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Union Calendar No. 308

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4624

[Report No. 103–555]

Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing

and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards,

commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 22, 1994

Mr. STOKES, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following

bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the

State of the Union and ordered to be printed

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September

30, 1995, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
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1 Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban

2 Development, and for sundry independent agencies,

3 boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fis4 cal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other pur5 poses, namely:

6 TITLE I

7 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

8 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

9 COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For the payment of compensation benefits to or on

12 behalf of veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107,

13 chapters 11, 13, 51, 53, 55, and 61); pension benefits to

14 or on behalf of veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C.

15 chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 92 Stat. 2508); and bur16 ial benefits, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay,

17 adjusted-service credits and certificates, payment of pre18 miums due on commercial life insurance policies guaran19 teed under the provisions of Article IV of the Soldiers’

20 and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended, and

21 for other benefits as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107,

22 1312, 1977, and 2106, chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61;

23 50 U.S.C. App. 540–548; 43 Stat. 122, 123; 45 Stat. 735;

24 76 Stat. 1198), $17,626,892,000, to remain available

25 until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $25,750,000
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1 of the amount appropriated shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Gen2 eral operating expenses’’ and ‘‘Medical care’’ for necessary

3 expenses in implementing those provisions authorized in

4 the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, Public

5 Law 101–508, and in the Veterans’ Benefits Act of 1992,

6 Public Law 102–568, the funding source for which is spe7 cifically provided as the ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’ ap8 propriation: Provided further, That $6,000,000 of the

9 amount appropriated shall be transferred to ‘‘Medical fa10 cilities revolving fund’’ to augment the funding of individ11 ual medical facilities for nursing home care provided to

12 pensioners as authorized by the Veterans’ Benefits Act of

13 1992, Public Law 102–568.

14 READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

15 For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation

16 benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by law

17 (38 U.S.C. chapters 21, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53,

18 55, and 61), $1,286,600,000, to remain available until ex19 pended: Provided, That funds shall be available to pay any

20 court order, court award or any compromise settlement

21 arising from litigation involving the vocational training

22 program authorized by section 18 of Public Law 98–77,

23 as amended.
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1 VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

2 For military and naval insurance, national service life

3 insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet4 erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as

5 authorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapter 19; 70 Stat. 887;

6 72 Stat. 487), $24,760,000, to remain available until ex7 pended.

8 GUARANTY AND INDEMNITY PROGRAM ACCOUNT

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such

11 sums as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of the

12 program, as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, as

13 amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of

14 modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502

15 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

16 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

17 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $65,226,000,

18 which may be transferred to and merged with the appro19 priation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’.

20 LOAN GUARANTY PROGRAM ACCOUNT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such

23 sums as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of the

24 program, as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, as

25 amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of
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1 modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502

2 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

3 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

4 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $59,371,000,

5 which may be transferred to and merged with the appro6 priation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’.

7 DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For the cost of direct loans, such sums as may be

10 necessary to carry out the purpose of the program, as au11 thorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, as amended: Provided,

12 That such costs, including the cost of modifying such

13 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres14 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That during

15 1995, within the resources available, not to exceed

16 $1,000,000 in gross obligations for direct loans are au17 thorized for specially adapted housing loans (38 U.S.C.

18 chapter 37).

19 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

20 the direct loan program, $1,020,000, which may be trans21 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General

22 operating expenses’’.
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1 EDUCATION LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For the cost of direct loans, $1,061, as authorized

4 by 38 U.S.C. 3698, as amended: Provided, That such

5 costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be

6 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

7 of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available

8 to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of

9 direct loans not to exceed $4,034.

10 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

11 carry out the direct loan program, $195,000, which may

12 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

13 ‘‘General operating expenses’’.

14 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For the cost of direct loans, $54,000, as authorized

17 by 38 U.S.C. chapter 31, as amended: Provided, That such

18 costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be

19 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

20 of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available

21 to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of

22 direct loans not to exceed $1,964,000.

23 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

24 carry out the direct loan program, $767,000, which may
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1 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

2 ‘‘General operating expenses’’.

3 NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

4 ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct

7 loan program authorized by section 38, U.S.C. chapter 37,

8 subchapter V, as amended, $218,000, which may be trans9 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General

10 operating expenses’’.

11 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

12 MEDICAL CARE

13 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op14 eration of hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facili15 ties; for furnishing, as authorized by law, inpatient and

16 outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of the De17 partment of Veterans Affairs, including care and treat18 ment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Depart19 ment of Veterans Affairs, and furnishing recreational fa20 cilities, supplies, and equipment; funeral, burial, and other

21 expenses incidental thereto for beneficiaries receiving care

22 in Department of Veterans Affairs facilities; administra23 tive expenses in support of planning, design, project man24 agement, real property acquisition and disposition, con25 struction and renovation of any facility under the jurisdic-
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1 tion or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs;

2 oversight, engineering and architectural activities not

3 charged to project cost; repairing, altering, improving or

4 providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes

5 under the jurisdiction of the Department of Veterans Af6 fairs, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by

7 the hire of temporary employees and purchase of mate8 rials; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by

9 law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); aid to State homes as author10 ized by law (38 U.S.C. 1741); and not to exceed

11 $8,000,000 to fund cost comparison studies as referred

12 to in 38 U.S.C. 8110(a)(5); $16,232,756,000, plus reim13 bursements: Provided, That of the funds made available

14 under this heading, $771,000,000 is for the equipment

15 and land and structures object classifications only, which

16 amount shall not become available for obligation until Au17 gust 1, 1995, and shall remain available for obligation

18 until September 30, 1996.

19 MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

20 For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of

21 medical and prosthetic research and development as au22 thorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapter 73), to remain avail23 able until September 30, 1996, $252,000,000, plus reim24 bursements.
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1 HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

2 For payment of health professional scholarship pro3 gram grants, as authorized by law, to students who agree

4 to a service obligation with the Department of Veterans

5 Affairs at one of its medical facilities, $10,386,000.

6 MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS

7 OPERATING EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses in the administration of the

9 medical hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction,

10 supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad11 ministrative expenses in support of planning, design,

12 project management, architectural, engineering, real prop13 erty acquisition and disposition, construction and renova14 tion of any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use

15 of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including site ac16 quisition; engineering and architectural activites not

17 charged to project cost; and research and development in

18 building construction technology; $69,808,000, plus reim19 bursements.

20 GRANTS TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

21 For payment to the Republic of the Philippines of

22 grants, as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 1732), for assist23 ing in the replacement and upgrading of equipment and

24 in rehabilitating the physical plant and facilities of the
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1 Veterans Memorial Medical Center, $500,000, to remain

2 available until September 30, 1996.

3 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For the cost of direct loans, $7,000, as authorized

6 by Public Law 102–54, section 8, which shall be trans7 ferred from the ‘‘General post fund’’: Provided, That such

8 costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be

9 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

10 of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available

11 to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of

12 direct loans not to exceed $70,000. In addition, for admin13 istrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program,

14 $54,000, which shall be transferred from the ‘‘General

15 post fund’’, as authorized by Public Law 102–54, section

16 8.

17 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

18 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES

19 For necessary operating expenses of the Department

20 of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including

21 uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law; not

22 to exceed $25,000 for official reception and representation

23 expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and reimburse24 ment of the General Services Administration for security

25 guard services, and the Department of Defense for the
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1 cost of overseas employee mail; $887,909,000, of which

2 $25,500,000, for the acquisition of automated data proc3 essing equipment and services to support the moderniza4 tion program in the Veterans Benefits Administration,

5 shall not become available for obligation until September

6 1, 1995, and shall remain available for obligation until

7 September 30, 1996.

8 NATIONAL CEMETERY SYSTEM

9 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op10 eration of the National Cemetery System not otherwise

11 provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as

12 authorized by law; cemeterial expenses as authorized by

13 law; purchase of three passenger motor vehicles, for use

14 in cemeterial operations; and hire of passenger motor vehi15 cles, $72,663,000.

16 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

18 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

19 General Act of 1978, as amended, $32,219,000.

20 CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

21 For constructing, altering, extending and improving

22 any of the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use

23 of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any of the

24 purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102,

25 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38, Unit-
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1 ed States Code, including planning, architectural and en2 gineering services, maintenance or guarantee period serv3 ices costs associated with equipment guarantees provided

4 under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility

5 and storm drainage system construction costs, and site ac6 quisition, where the estimated cost of a project is

7 $3,000,000 or more or where funds for a project were

8 made available in a previous major project appropriation,

9 $101,965,000, to remain available until expended: Pro10 vided, That, except for advance planning of projects fund11 ed through the advance planning fund and the design of

12 projects funded through the design fund, none of these

13 funds shall be used for any project which has not been

14 considered and approved by the Congress in the budgetary

15 process: Provided further, That funds provided in this ap16 propriation for fiscal year 1995, for each approved project

17 shall be obligated (1) by the awarding of a construction

18 documents contract by September 30, 1995, and (2) by

19 the awarding of a construction contract by September 30,

20 1996: Provided further, That the Secretary shall promptly

21 report in writing to the Comptroller General and to the

22 Committees on Appropriations any approved major con23 struction project in which obligations are not incurred

24 within the time limitations established above; and the

25 Comptroller General shall review the report in accordance
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1 with the procedures established by section 1015 of the Im2 poundment Control Act of 1974 (title X of Public Law

3 93–344): Provided further, That no funds from any other

4 account except the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’, may be obli5 gated for constructing, altering, extending, or improving

6 a project which was approved in the budget process and

7 funded in this account until one year after substantial

8 completion and beneficial occupancy by the Department

9 of Veterans Affairs of the project or any part thereof with

10 respect to that part only.

11 CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

12 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving

13 any of the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use

14 of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including plan15 ning, architectural and engineering services, maintenance

16 or guarantee period services costs associated with equip17 ment guarantees provided under the project, services of

18 claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system

19 construction costs, and site acquisition, or for any of the

20 purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102,

21 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38, Unit22 ed States Code, where the estimated cost of a project is

23 less than $3,000,000, $153,540,000, to remain available

24 until expended, along with unobligated balances of pre25 vious ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ appropriations which
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1 are hereby made available for any project where the esti2 mated cost is less than $3,000,000: Provided, That funds

3 in this account shall be available for (1) repairs to any

4 of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for

5 the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs which are

6 necessary because of loss or damage caused by any natural

7 disaster or catastrophe, and (2) temporary measures nec8 essary to prevent or to minimize further loss by such

9 causes.

10 PARKING REVOLVING FUND

11 For the parking revolving fund as authorized by law

12 (38 U.S.C. 8109), $1,400,000, together with income from

13 fees collected, to remain available until expended. Re14 sources of this fund shall be available for all expenses au15 thorized by 38 U.S.C. 8109 except operations and mainte16 nance costs which will be funded from ‘‘Medical care’’.

17 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE

18 FACILITIES

19 For grants to assist the several States to acquire or

20 construct State nursing home and domiciliary facilities

21 and to remodel, modify or alter existing hospital, nursing

22 home and domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnish23 ing care to veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C.

24 8131–8137), $37,397,000, to remain available until

25 expended.
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1 GRANTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERANS

2 CEMETERIES

3 For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding,

4 or improving State veteran cemeteries as authorized by

5 law (38 U.S.C. 2408), $5,378,000, to remain available

6 until September 30, 1997.

7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 Any appropriation for 1995 for ‘‘Compensation and

10 pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans insur11 ance and indemnities’’ may be transferred to any other

12 of the mentioned appropriations.

13 Appropriations available to the Department of Veter14 ans Affairs for 1995 for salaries and expenses shall be

15 available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.

16 No part of the appropriations in this Act for the De17 partment of Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations

18 for ‘‘Construction, major projects’’, ‘‘Construction, minor

19 projects’’ and the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’) shall be avail20 able for the purchase of any site for or toward the con21 struction of any new hospital or home.

22 No part of the foregoing appropriations shall be avail23 able for hospitalization or examination of any persons ex24 cept beneficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing such

25 benefits to veterans, unless reimbursement of cost is made
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1 to the appropriation at such rates as may be fixed by the

2 Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

3 Appropriations available to the Department of Veter4 ans Affairs for fiscal year 1995 for ‘‘Compensation and

5 pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans insur6 ance and indemnities’’ shall be available for payment of

7 prior year accrued obligations required to be recorded by

8 law against the corresponding prior year accounts within

9 the last quarter of fiscal year 1994.

10 Appropriations accounts available to the Department

11 of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1995 shall be available

12 to pay prior year obligations of corresponding prior year

13 appropriations accounts resulting from title X of the Com14 petitive Equality Banking Act, Public Law 100–86, except

15 that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts they

16 shall be payable from ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’.

17 Of the budgetary resources available to the Depart18 ment of Veterans Affairs during fiscal year 1995,

19 $20,742,000 are permanently canceled. The Secretary of

20 Veterans Affairs shall allocate the amount of budgetary

21 resources canceled among the Department’s accounts

22 available for procurement and procurement-related ex23 penses. Amounts available for procurement and procure24 ment-related expenses in each such account shall be re25 duced by the amount allocated to such account. For the
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1 purposes of this section, the definition of ‘‘procurement’’

2 includes all stages of the process of acquiring property or

3 services, beginning with the process of determining a need

4 for a product or service and ending with contract comple5 tion and closeout, as specified in 41 U.S.C. 403(2).

6 TITLE II

7 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN

8 DEVELOPMENT

9 HOUSING PROGRAMS

10 HOMEOWNERSHIP AND OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE

11 EVERYWHERE GRANTS (HOPE GRANTS)

12 For the homeownership and opportunity for people

13 everywhere (HOPE grants) program as authorized under

14 title III of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42

15 U.S.C. 1437aaa et seq.) and subtitles A, B, and C of title

16 IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing

17 Act (Public Law 101–625), $100,000,000, to remain

18 available until expended, of which up to one and one-half

19 percent may be made available for technical assistance to

20 potential applicants, applicants and recipients of assist21 ance under this head as authorized under subtitle E of

22 title I of the Housing and Community Development Act

23 of 1992.
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1 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

2 For the HOME investment partnerships program, as

3 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na4 tional Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101–625), as

5 amended, $1,275,000,000, to remain available until

6 expended.

7 ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING

8 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

9 For assistance under the United States Housing Act

10 of 1937, as amended (‘‘the Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 1437),

11 not otherwise provided for, $11,473,019,000, to remain

12 available until expended: Provided, That of the total

13 amount provided under this head, $263,000,000 shall be

14 for the development or acquisition cost of public housing

15 for Indian families, including amounts for housing under

16 the mutual help homeownership opportunity program

17 under section 202 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437bb); and

18 $598,000,000 shall be for the development or acquisition

19 cost of public housing, of which up to .67 per centum shall

20 be available for technical assistance and inspection of pub21 lic housing agencies by the Secretary: Provided further,

22 That of the total amount provided under this head,

23 $3,600,000,000 shall be for modernization of existing pub24 lic housing projects pursuant to section 14 of the Act (42

25 U.S.C. 1437l), including up to .54 per centum for the in-
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1 spection of modernization units and provision of technical

2 assistance by the Secretary and contract expertise to as3 sist in the oversight and management of the public and

4 Indian housing modernization program, including an an5 nual resident survey: Provided further, That of the

6 amounts provided under this head for modernization of

7 existing public housing projects, $85,000,000 may be used

8 for the Tenant Opportunity Program: Provided further,

9 That of the total amount provided under this head,

10 $2,643,000,000 shall be for rental assistance under the

11 section 8 existing housing certificate program (42 U.S.C.

12 1437f) and the housing voucher program under section

13 8(o) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)): Provided further,

14 That those portions of the fees for the costs incurred in

15 administering incremental units assisted in the certificate

16 and housing voucher programs under sections 8(b), 8(o),

17 and 8(e)(2) shall be established or increased in accordance

18 with the authorization for such fees in section 8(q) of the

19 Act: Provided further, That of the total amount provided

20 under this head, $17,300,000 shall be available for fees

21 for coordinators under section 23(h)(1) for the family self22 sufficiency program (42 U.S.C. 1437u): Provided further,

23 That of the total amount provided under this head,

24 $1,202,100,000 shall be for amendments to section 8 con25 tracts other than contracts for projects developed under
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1 section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and

2 $555,000,000 shall be for section 8 assistance for property

3 deposition, and $100,000,000 shall be for assistance for

4 State or local units of government, tenant and nonprofit

5 organizations to purchase projects where owners have indi6 cated an intention to prepay mortgages and for assistance

7 to be used as an incentive to prevent prepayment or for

8 vouchers to aid eligible tenants adversely affected by mort9 gage prepayment, as authorized in the Emergency Low10 Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987, as amended:

11 Provided further, That 50 per centum of the amounts of

12 budget authority, or in lieu thereof 50 per centum of the

13 cash amounts associated with such budget authority, that

14 are recaptured from projects described in section 1012(a)

15 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amend16 ments Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–628, 102 Stat. 3224,

17 3268) shall be rescinded, or in the case of cash, shall be

18 remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts of budget au19 thority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted

20 to the Treasury shall be used by State housing finance

21 agencies or local governments or local housing agencies

22 with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and

23 Urban Development for which settlement occurred after

24 January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section: Pro25 vided further, That of the total amount provided under
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1 this head, $156,000,000 shall be for housing opportunities

2 for persons with AIDS under title VIII, subtitle D of the

3 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act;

4 $150,000,000 shall be for the lead-based paint hazard re5 duction program as authorized under sections 1011 and

6 1053 of the Residential Lead-Based Hazard Reduction

7 Act of 1992; and $30,000,000 shall for service coordina8 tors in public housing pursuant to section 9(a)(1)(B)(ii)

9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; and

10 $30,000,000 shall be for service coordinators in project11 based section 8 housing, pursuant to section 8(d)(2)(F)(1)

12 of the Act, tenant-based section 8 housing, pursuant to

13 section 8(q) of the Act and, for service coordinators in

14 multifamily housing assisted under the National Housing

15 Act, pursuant to section 676 of the Housing and Commu16 nity Development Act of 1992: Provided further, That of

17 the total amount provided under this head, $149,100,000

18 shall be for moving to opportunity.

19 Of the total amount provided under this head,

20 $1,158,000,000 shall be for capital advances, including

21 amendments to capital advance contracts, for housing for

22 the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the Housing

23 Act of 1959, as amended, and for project rental assist24 ance, and amendments to contracts for project rental as25 sistance, for supportive housing for the elderly under sec-
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1 tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959: Provided, That

2 $22,000,000 shall be for service coordinators pursuant to

3 section 202(q) of the Housing Act of 1959 and subtitle

4 E of title VI of the Housing and Community Development

5 Act of 1992, other than section 676 of such Act and sec6 tion 8(d)(2)(F)(i) of the Act.

7 Of the total amount provided under this head,

8 $387,000,000 shall be for capital advances, including

9 amendments to capital advance contracts, for supportive

10 housing for persons with disabilities, as authorized by sec11 tion 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable

12 Housing Act; and for project rental assistance, and

13 amendments to contracts for project rental assistance, for

14 supportive housing for persons with disabilities as author15 ized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af16 fordable Housing Act.

17 ASSISTANCE FOR THE RENEWAL OF EXPIRING SECTION 8

18 SUBSIDY CONTRACTS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For assistance under the United States Housing Act

21 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437) not otherwise provided for, for

22 use in connection with expiring section 8 subsidy con23 tracts, $3,705,000,000, to remain available until ex24 pended: Provided, That to the extent the amount in this

25 appropriation is insufficient to fund all expiring section
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1 8 contracts, the Secretary may transfer to and merge with

2 this appropriation such amounts from the ‘‘Annual con3 tributions for assisted housing’’ appropriation as the Sec4 retary shall determine, and amounts earmarked in the

5 foregoing account may be reduced accordingly, at the Sec6 retary’s discretion: Provided further, That the Secretary

7 may maintain consolidated accounting data for funds dis8 bursed at the public housing agency or Indian housing au9 thority or project level for subsidy assistance regardless

10 of the source of the disbursement so as to minimize the

11 administrative burden of multiple accounts.

12 Further, for the foregoing purposes, $800,000,000,

13 to become available for obligation on October 1, 1995, and

14 to remain available for obligation until expended.

15 RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

16 (RESCISSION)

17 The limitation otherwise applicable to the maximum

18 payments that may be required in any fiscal year by all

19 contracts entered into under section 236 of the National

20 Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) is reduced in fiscal year

21 1995 by not more than $2,000,000 in uncommitted bal22 ances of authorizations provided for this purpose in appro23 priations Acts: Provided, That up to $66,000,000 of re24 captured section 236 budget authority resulting from the

25 prepayment of mortgages subsidized under section 236 of
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1 the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) shall be

2 rescinded in fiscal year 1995.

3 HOMEOWNERSHIP ASSISTANCE

4 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

5 For payments under section 235(r) of the National

6 Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1715z) for incentives

7 to mortgagors to refinance mortgages that are insured

8 under such section 235 and for closing and other costs

9 in connection with such refinancing, $6,875,000, to re10 main available until expended: Provided, That up to

11 $50,000,000 of recaptured section 235 budget authority

12 resulting from reducing the interest rate on such refi13 nanced mortgages shall be reused for payments under this

14 heading: Provided further, That up to $184,000,000 of ad15 ditional recaptured section 235 budget authority from refi16 nancing section 235 mortgages shall be rescinded in fiscal

17 year 1995.

18 CONGREGATE SERVICES

19 For contracts with and payments to public housing

20 agencies and nonprofit corporations for congregate serv21 ices programs, $6,267,000, to remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 1996, in accordance with the provisions of the

23 Congregate Services Act of 1978, as amended.
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1 PAYMENTS FOR OPERATION OF LOW-INCOME HOUSING

2 PROJECTS

3 For payments to public housing agencies and Indian

4 housing authorities for operating subsidies for low-income

5 housing projects as authorized by section 9 of the United

6 States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C.

7 1437g), $2,900,000,000.

8 SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC HOUSING

9 For the revitalization of severely distressed public

10 housing program, as authorized by section 24 of the Unit11 ed States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C.

12 1437), $500,000,000, to remain available until expended,

13 of which up to one-half of one percent may be used for

14 technical assistance under this program, to be made avail15 able directly, or indirectly under contracts or grants, as

16 appropriate.

17 DRUG ELIMINATION GRANTS FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING

18 For grants to public housing agencies for use in

19 eliminating drug-related crime in public housing projects

20 authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11901–11908, and for drug in21 formation clearinghouse services authorized by 42 U.S.C.

22 11921–11925, $265,000,000, to remain available until ex23 pended, of which $10,000,000 shall be for grants, tech24 nical assistance, contracts and other assistance training,

25 program assessment, and execution for or on behalf of
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1 public housing agencies and resident organizations (in2 cluding the cost of necessary travel for participants in

3 such training) and of which $1,500,000 shall be for grants

4 for an after school demonstration program in public hous5 ing projects, run by the 4H Clubs of America and co-spon6 sored by private sector firms.

7 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM

8 ACCOUNT

9 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $3,000,000, as au10 thorized by section 184 of the Housing and Community

11 Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 3739): Provided,

12 That such costs, including the costs of modifying such

13 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres14 sional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further,

15 That these funds are available to subsidize total loan prin16 cipal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed

17 $22,388,000.

18 YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For youthbuild program activities authorized by sub21 title D of title IV of the Crantson-Gonzalez National Af22 fordable Housing Act, as amended, $50,000,000, to re23 main available until expended. In addition, the unex24 pended balances from the $28,000,000 made available for

25 subtitle D of title IV of such Act under the head ‘‘Home-
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1 ownership and opportunity for people everywhere grants

2 (HOPE Grants)’’ in the Departments of Veterans Affairs

3 and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent

4 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994 shall be transferred to

5 and merged with this appropriation.

6 HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE

7 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, other

8 than loans, not otherwise provided for, for providing coun9 seling and advice to tenants and homeowners—both cur10 rent and prospective—with respect to property mainte11 nance, financial management, and such other matters as

12 may be appropriate to assist them in improving their hous13 ing conditions and meeting the responsibilities of tenancy

14 or homeownership, including provisions for training and

15 for support of voluntary agencies and services as author16 ized by section 106 of the Housing and Urban Develop17 ment Act of 1968, as amended, $50,000,000.

18 FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND

19 For assistance to owners of eligible multifamily hous20 ing projects insured, or formerly insured, and under the

21 National Housing Act, as amended, or which are otherwise

22 eligible for assistance under section 201(c) of the Housing

23 and Community Development Amendments of 1978, as

24 amended (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1a), in the program of assist25 ance for troubled multifamily housing projects under the
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1 Housing and Community Development Amendments of

2 1978, as amended, $50,000,000, and all uncommitted bal3 ances of excess rental charges as of September 30, 1994,

4 and any collections and other amounts in the fund author5 ized under section 201(j) of the Housing and Community

6 Development Amendments of 1978, as amended, during

7 fiscal year 1995, to remain available until expended: Pro8 vided, That assistance to an owner of a multifamily hous9 ing project assisted, but not insured, under the National

10 Housing Act may be made if the project owner and the

11 mortgagee have provided or agreed to provide assistance

12 to the project in a manner as determined by the Secretary

13 of Housing and Urban Development.

14 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

15 FHA—MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM

16 ACCOUNT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 During fiscal year 1995, commitments to guarantee

19 loans to carry out the purposes of section 203(b) of the

20 National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed a loan

21 principal of $100,000,000,000.

22 During fiscal year 1995, obligations to make direct

23 loans to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the

24 National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed

25 $180,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing amount shall
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1 be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in con2 nection with sales of single family real properties owned

3 by the Secretary and formerly insured under section 203

4 of such Act.

5 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out

6 the guaranteed and direct loan program, $308,846,000,

7 to be derived from the FHA-mutual mortgage insurance

8 guaranteed loans receipt account, of which not to exceed

9 $302,056,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for

10 salaries and expenses; and of which not to exceed

11 $6,790,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for

12 the Office of Inspector General.

13 FHA—GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by

16 sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act, as

17 amended (12 U.S.C. 1715z–3(b) and 1735c(f)),

18 $152,000,000, to remain available until September 30,

19 1996, of which up to $132,903,000 is to be derived from

20 the FHA—general and special risk, negative subsidies re21 ceipt account: Provided, That such costs, including the

22 cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section

23 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided

24 further, That these funds are available to subsidize total
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1 loan principal any part of which is to be guaranteed of

2 not to exceed $20,885,072,000.

3 Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct

4 loans, as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238(a),

5 and 519(d) of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed

6 $220,000,000; of which not to exceed $200,000,000 shall

7 be for bridge financing in connection with the sale of mul8 tifamily real properties owned by the Secretary and for9 merly insured under such Act; and of which not to exceed

10 $20,000,000 shall be for loans to nonprofit and govern11 mental entities in connection with the sale of single-family

12 real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly in13 sured under such Act.

14 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

15 carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs,

16 $197,470,000, of which $193,299,000 shall be transferred

17 to the appropriation for salaries and expenses; and of

18 which $4,171,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation

19 for the Office of Inspector General.

20 GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

21 GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN

22 GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

23 (INCLUDES TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 During fiscal year 1995, new commitments to issue

25 guarantees to carry out the purposes of section 306 of the
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1 National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)),

2 shall not exceed $142,000,000,000.

3 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out

4 the guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program,

5 $8,824,000, to be derived from the GNMA—guarantees

6 of mortgage-backed securities guaranteed loan receipt ac7 count, of which not to exceed $8,824,000 shall be trans8 ferred to the appropriation for salaries and expenses.

9 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

10 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

11 For the emergency shelter grants program (as au12 thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the Stewart B.

13 McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (Public Law 100–77),

14 as amended); the supportive housing program (as author15 ized under subtitle C of title IV of such Act); the section

16 8 moderate rehabilitation single room occupancy program

17 (as authorized under the United States Housing Act of

18 1937, as amended) to assist homeless individuals pursuant

19 to section 441 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless As20 sistance Act; the shelter plus care program (as authorized

21 under substitle F of title IV of such Act); and the innova22 tive homeless initiatives demonstration program (as au23 thorized under section 2 of the HUD Demonstration Act

24 of 1993 (Public Law 103–120)), $1,120,000,000, to re25 main available until expended.
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1 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

2 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

3 For grants to States and units of general local gov4 ernment and for related expenses, not otherwise provided

5 for, necessary for carrying out a community development

6 grants program as authorized by title I of the Housing

7 and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended

8 (42 U.S.C. 5301), $4,600,000,000, to remain available

9 until September 30, 1997: Provided, That $46,000,000

10 shall be available for grants to Indian tribes pursuant to

11 section 106(a)(1) of the Housing and Community Devel12 opment Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5301), and

13 $61,500,000 shall be available for ‘‘special purpose

14 grants’’ pursuant to section 107 of such Act: Provided fur15 ther, That not to exceed 20 per centum of any grant made

16 with funds appropriated herein (other than a grant using

17 funds under section 107(b)(3) of such Act or funds set

18 aside in the following provisos) shall be expended for

19 ‘‘Planning and Management Development’’ and ‘‘Adminis20 tration’’ as defined in regulations promulgated by the De21 partment of Housing and Urban Development: Provided

22 further, That $35,000,000 shall be made available from

23 the total amount provided to carry out an early childhood

24 development program under section 222 of the Housing

25 and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983, as amended (12
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1 U.S.C. 1701z–6 note), including services for families that

2 are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless: Provided

3 further, That $10,000,000 shall be made available from

4 the total amount provided to carry out a neighborhood de5 velopment program under section 123 of said Act (42

6 U.S.C. 5318 note).

7 During fiscal year 1995, new commitments to issue

8 guarantees to carry out the purposes of section 108 of the

9 Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as

10 amended (42 U.S.C. 5301), shall not exceed

11 $2,054,000,000.

12 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

13 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

14 For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro15 grams of research and studies relating to housing and

16 urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized

17 by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act

18 of 1970, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), includ19 ing carrying out the functions of the Secretary under sec20 tion 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968,

21 $40,000,000, to remain available until September 30,

22 1996.
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1 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

2 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

3 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth4 erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil

5 Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing

6 Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing

7 and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended,

8 $33,375,000, to remain available until September 30,

9 1996: Provided, That $26,000,000 shall be available to

10 carry out activities pursuant to section 561 of the Housing

11 and Community Development Act of 1987.

12 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary administrative and nonadministrative

16 expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel17 opment, not otherwise provided for, including not to ex18 ceed $7,000 for official reception and representation ex19 penses, $962,173,000, of which $495,355,000 shall be

20 provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing

21 Administration, and $8,824,000 shall be provided from

22 funds of the Government National Mortgage Association.
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

4 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

5 General Act of 1978, as amended, $47,388,000, of which

6 $10,961,000 shall be transferred from the various funds

7 of the Federal Housing Administration.

8 OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OR FUNDS)

11 For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprise Fi12 nancial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, $15,451,000,

13 to remain available until expended, from the Federal

14 Housing Enterprise Oversight Fund: Provided, That such

15 amounts shall be collected by the Director as authorized

16 by section 1316 (a) and (b) of such Act, and deposited

17 in the Fund under section 1316(f).

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

19 None of the funds provided under this title to the

20 Department of Housing and Urban Development, which

21 are obligated to State or local governments or to housing

22 finance agencies or other public or quasi-public housing

23 agencies, shall be used to indemnify contractors or sub24 contractors of the government or agency against costs as-
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1 sociated with judgments of infringement of intellectual

2 property rights.

3 Of the budgetary resources available to the Depart4 ment of Housing and Urban Development during fiscal

5 year 1995, $3,538,000 are permanently canceled. The

6 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allo7 cate the amount of budgetary resources canceled among

8 the Department’s accounts available for procurement and

9 procurement-related expenses. Amounts available for pro10 curement and procurement-related expenses in each such

11 account shall be reduced by the amount allocated to such

12 account. For the purpose of this paragraph, the definition

13 of ‘‘procurement’’ includes all stages of the process of ac14 quiring property or services, beginning with the process

15 of determining a need for a product or service and ending

16 with contract completion and closeout as specified in 41

17 U.S.C. 403 (2).

18 Of the $150,000,000 earmarked in Public Law 102–

19 139 for special purpose grants (105 Stat. 736, 745),

20 $1,000,000 made available to the Pennsylvania Housing

21 Finance Agency to complete renovation and revitalization

22 of the Saquoit Silk Mills in Scranton into low-income el23 derly apartments shall instead be made available for such

24 low-income elderly apartments on the site of the existing
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1 Lackawanna Junior College in Lackawanna County,

2 Pennsylvania.

3 Notwithstanding any provision of law or regulation

4 thereunder, the requirement that an amendment to an

5 urban development action grant agreement must be inte6 grally related to the approved project is hereby waived for

7 project numbers B87AA360540 and B87AA360521.

8 None of the funds made available in this Act may

9 be used in violation of section 214 of the Housing and

10 Community Development Act of 1980 or of any applicable

11 Federal law or regulation of the United States.

12 Subparagraph (A) of the first sentence of section

13 203(b) (2) of the National Housing Act is amended by

14 striking clause (ii) and all that follows through ‘‘1992;’’

15 and inserting in lieu thereof the following——

16 ‘‘(ii) 85 percent of the dollar amount limitation

17 determined under section 305(a)(2) of the Federal

18 Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act for a resi19 dence of the applicable size; except that the applica20 ble dollar amount limitation in effect for any area

21 under this subparagraph (A) may not be less than

22 the greater of—

23 ‘‘(I) the dollar amount limitation in effect

24 under this section for the area on the date of
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1 enactment of the Housing Choice and Commu2 nity Investment Act of 1994; or

3 ‘‘(II) the applicable average area purchase

4 price determined under section 143(e)(2) of the

5 Internal Revenue Code of 1986, adjusted by the

6 Secretary to reflect a single amount using pur7 chase prices for residences that have been pre8 viously occupied, and for residences that have

9 not been so occupied, which amount shall be ad10 justed by the Secretary annually on the basis of

11 the Constant Quality Housing Price Index;’’.

12 Notwithstanding subsection 306(g) (3) of the Na13 tional Housing Act, as amended, fees charged for the

14 guaranty of, or commitment to guaranty, multiclass secu15 rities backed by a trust or pool of securities or notes guar16 anteed by the Government National Mortgage Association

17 prior to February 1, 1993, and other related fees, shall

18 be charged in an amount the Association deems appro19 priate.

20 TITLE III

21 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

22 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

25 of the American Battle Monuments Commission, including
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1 the acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign coun2 tries; purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of

3 national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United

4 States and its territories and possessions; rent of office

5 and garage space in foreign countries; purchase (one for

6 replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles;

7 and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign coun8 tries, when required by law of such countries;

9 $20,265,000, to remain available until expended: Pro10 vided, That where station allowance has been authorized

11 by the Department of the Army for officers of the Army

12 serving the Army at certain foreign stations, the same al13 lowance shall be authorized for officers of the Armed

14 Forces assigned to the Commission while serving at the

15 same foreign stations, and this appropriation is hereby

16 made available for the payment of such allowance: Pro17 vided further, That when traveling on business of the Com18 mission, officers of the Armed Forces serving as members

19 or as Secretary of the Commission may be reimbursed for

20 expenses as provided for civilian members of the Commis21 sion: Provided further, That the Commission shall reim22 burse other Government agencies, including the Armed

23 Forces, for salary, pay, and allowances of personnel as24 signed to it: Provided further, That section 509 of the gen25 eral provisions carried in title V of this Act shall not apply
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1 to the funds provided under this heading: Provided further,

2 That not more than $125,000 of the private contributions

3 to the Korean War Memorial Fund may be used for ad4 ministrative support of the Korean War Veterans Memo5 rial Advisory Board including travel by members of the

6 board authorized by the Commission, travel allowances to

7 conform to those provided by Federal travel regulations.

8 CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 (RESCISSION)

11 Of the funds made available under this heading in

12 Public Law 103–124, $1,730,000 are rescinded.

13 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product

16 Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve17 hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at

18 rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv19 alent to the rate for GS–18, purchase of nominal awards

20 to recognize non-Federal officials’ contributions to Com21 mission activities, and not to exceed $500 for official re22 ception and representation expenses, $43,486,000.
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1 CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

2 NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS

3 OPERATING EXPENSES

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na6 tional and Community Service in carrying out the pro7 grams, activities, and initiatives under the National and

8 Community Service Act of 1990, as amended (Public Law

9 103–82) (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the Act’’),

10 $490,388,000 to remain available until September 30,

11 1996, except as provided hereafter: Provided, That not

12 more than $27,400,000 is available for administrative ex13 penses authorized under section 501(a)(4) of the Act, of

14 which not more than $13,700,000 shall be for administra15 tive expenses for State commissions pursuant to section

16 126(a) of subtitle C of title I of the Act: Provided further,

17 That not more than $2,500 shall be for official reception

18 and representation expenses: Provided further, That not

19 more than $125,900,000, to remain available without fis20 cal year limitation, shall be transferred to the National

21 Service Trust Fund for educational awards as authorized

22 under subtitle D of title I of the Act.

23 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

25 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

26 General Act of 1978, as amended, $1,000,000.
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1 COURT OF VETERANS APPEALS

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses for the operation of the Unit4 ed States Court of Veterans Appeals as authorized by 38

5 U.S.C. sections 7251–7292, $9,289,000, to be available

6 without regard to section 509 of this Act, of which not

7 to exceed $650,000, to remain available until September

8 30, 1996, shall be available for the purpose of providing

9 financial assistance as described, and in accordance with

10 the process and reporting procedures set forth, under this

11 head in Public Law 102–229.

12 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

13 CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for

16 maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington

17 National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home Na18 tional Cemetery, including the purchase of two passenger

19 motor vehicles for replacement only, and not to exceed

20 $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses;

21 $12,017,000, to remain available until expended.

22 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

23 RESEARCH, PREVENTION AND PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

24 For research and development, prevention, abate25 ment, compliance and enforcement activities, including
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1 hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and

2 operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library mem3 berships in societies or associations which issue publica4 tions to members only or at a price to members lower than

5 to subscribers who are not members; construction, alter6 ation, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities,

7 not to exceed $75,000 per project; and not to exceed

8 $9,000 for official reception and representation expenses;

9 $1,600,300,000, to remain available until September 30,

10 1996: Provided, That not more than $250,000,000 of

11 these funds shall be available for operating expenses, in12 cluding not more than $55,000,000 for procurement of

13 laboratory equipment, supplies, and other operating ex14 penses in support of research and development: Provided

15 further, That none of the funds appropriated under this

16 heading shall be available to the National Oceanic and At17 mospheric Administration pursuant to section 118(h)(3)

18 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended:

19 Provided further, That from funds appropriated under this

20 heading, the Administrator may make grants to federally

21 recognized Indian governments for the development of

22 multimedia environmental programs.

23 PROGRAM AND RESEARCH OPERATIONS

24 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

25 for personnel and related costs and for travel expenses,
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1 including uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized

2 by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and for services as authorized

3 by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to ex4 ceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for GS–18;

5 $935,000,000.

6 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

9 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

10 General Act of 1978, as amended, and for construction,

11 alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facili12 ties, not to exceed $75,000 per project, $44,595,000, of

13 which $15,384,000 shall be derived from the Hazardous

14 Substance Superfund trust fund and $669,000 shall be

15 derived from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank

16 trust fund: Provided, That not more than $41,150,000 of

17 these funds shall be available for administrative expenses.

18 FACILITIES AND NATIONWIDE SUPPORT

19 For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al20 teration and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of

21 or for use by the Environmental Protection Agency, and

22 for nationwide support of facilities-related activities,

23 $174,700,000, to remain available until expended.
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1 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

2 For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen3 sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil4 ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including sec5 tions 111 (c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C.

6 9611), and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilita7 tion, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000

8 per project; $1,435,000,000 to remain available until ex9 pended, consisting of $1,185,000,000 as authorized by

10 section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and Reau11 thorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended by Public

12 Law 101–508, and $250,000,000 as a payment from gen13 eral revenues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund as

14 authorized by section 517(b) of SARA, as amended by

15 Public Law 101–508, plus sums recovered on behalf of

16 the Hazardous Substance Superfund in excess of

17 $229,391,000 during fiscal year 1995: Provided, That

18 funds appropriated under this heading may be allocated

19 to other Federal agencies in accordance with section

20 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That notwithstand21 ing section 111(m) of CERCLA or any other provision of

22 law, not to exceed $69,000,000 of the funds appropriated

23 under this heading shall be available to the Agency for

24 Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to carry out activi25 ties described in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and
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1 111(c)(14) of CERCLA and section 118(f) of the

2 Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986:

3 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated

4 under this heading shall be available for the Agency for

5 Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to issue in excess

6 of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of

7 CERCLA during fiscal year 1995: Provided further, That

8 no more than $308,000,000 of these funds shall be avail9 able for administrative expenses of the Environmental

10 Protection Agency: Provided further, That none of the

11 funds appropriated in this Act may be made available for

12 program management of Alternative Remedial Contract13 ing Strategy (ARCS) contracts exceeding 11 percent of

14 the total cost of such contract.

15 LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND

16 For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under17 ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sec18 tion 205 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthoriza19 tion Act of 1986, and for construction, alteration, repair,

20 rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed

21 $75,000 per project, $70,000,000, to remain available

22 until expended: Provided, That no more than $8,150,000

23 shall be available for administrative expenses.
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1 OIL SPILL RESPONSE

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ4 mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil

5 Pollution Act of 1990, $20,000,000, to be derived from

6 the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, and to remain available

7 until expended: Provided, That not more than $8,420,000

8 of these funds shall be available for administrative ex9 penses.

10 WATER INFRASTRUCTURE/STATE REVOLVING FUNDS

11 For necessary expenses for capitalization grants for

12 State revolving funds to support water infrastructure fi13 nancing, and to carry out the purposes of the Federal

14 Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, the Water Qual15 ity Act of 1987, and the Public Health Service Act,

16 $2,732,000,000, to remain available until expended, of

17 which $1,787,000,000 shall not become available until De18 cember 31, 1994: Provided, That of the amount which be19 comes available on October 1, 1994, $22,500,000 shall be

20 for making grants under section 104(b)(3) of the Federal

21 Water Pollution Control Act, as amended; $100,000,000

22 shall be for making grants under section 319 of the Fed23 eral Water Pollution Control Act, as amended;

24 $52,500,000 shall be for section 510 of the Water Quality

25 Act of 1987; and $70,000,000 shall be for making grants
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1 under section 1443(a) of the Public Health Service Act:

2 Provided further, That the grant awarded from funds ap3 propriated under the paragraph with the heading ‘‘Con4 struction grants’’ in title III of the Departments of Veter5 ans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and

6 Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990 (103

7 Stat. 858) for construction of a connector sewer line, con8 sisting of a main trunk line and 4 pump stations for the

9 town of Honea Path, South Carolina, to the wastewater

10 treatment facility in the town of Ware Shoals, South Caro11 lina, shall include demolition of Chiquola Mill Lagoon,

12 Clatworthy Lagoon, Corner Creek Lagoon, and Still

13 Branch Lagoon.

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

15 Of the budgetary resources available to the Environ16 mental Protection Agency during fiscal year 1995,

17 $7,525,000 are permanently canceled. The Administrator

18 of the Environmental Protection Agency shall allocate the

19 amount of budgetary resources canceled among the agen20 cy’s accounts available for procurement and procurement21 related expenses. Amounts available for procurement and

22 procurement-related expenses in each such account shall

23 be reduced by the amount allocated to such account. For

24 the purposes of this paragraph, the definition of ‘‘procure25 ment’’ includes all stages of the process of acquiring prop-
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1 erty or services, beginning with the process of determining

2 a need for a product or service and ending with contract

3 completion and closeout, as specified in 41 U.S.C. 403(2).

4 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

5 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and

7 Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na8 tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and

9 Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 and 6671), hire

10 of passenger motor vehicles, services as authorized by 5

11 U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,500 for official reception

12 and representation expenses, and rental of conference

13 rooms in the District of Columbia, $4,981,000: Provided,

14 That the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall

15 reimburse other agencies for not less than one-half of the

16 personnel compensation costs of individuals detailed to it.

17 COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF

18 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

19 For necessary expenses to continue functions as20 signed to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office

21 of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Envi22 ronmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality

23 Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No.

24 1 of 1977, $997,000.
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1 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

2 DISASTER RELIEF

3 For necessary expenses in carrying out the functions

4 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency

5 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $320,000,000,

6 to remain available until expended.

7 DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

8 For the cost of direct loans, $2,418,000, as author9 ized by section 319, and $1,980,000, as authorized by sec10 tion 417 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

11 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Pro12 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying

13 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con14 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That

15 these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for

16 the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed

17 $175,000,000 under section 319 and not to exceed

18 $3,000,000 under section 417 of the Stafford Act: Pro19 vided further, That any unused portion of the direct loan

20 limitation and subsidy shall be available until expended.

21 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

22 the direct loan program, $145,000.

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

25 including hire and purchase of motor vehicles (31 U.S.C.
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1 1343); uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by

2 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

3 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per

4 diem rate equivalent to the rate for GS–18; expenses of

5 attendance of cooperating officials and individuals at

6 meetings concerned with the work of emergency prepared7 ness; transportation in connection with the continuity of

8 Government programs to the same extent and in the same

9 manner as permitted the Secretary of a Military Depart10 ment under 10 U.S.C. 2632; and not to exceed $2,500

11 for official reception and representation expenses;

12 $165,000,000.

13 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

15 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

16 General Act of 1978, as amended, $4,400,000.

17 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE

18 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

19 to carry out activities under the National Flood Insurance

20 Act of 1968, as amended, and the Flood Disaster Protec21 tion Act of 1973, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.),

22 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As23 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake

24 Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, as amended (42 U.S.C.

25 7701 et seq.), the Federal Fire Prevention and Control
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1 Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), the

2 Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C.

3 App. 2251 et seq.), the Defense Production Act of 1950,

4 as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), sections 107

5 and 303 of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended

6 (50 U.S.C. 404–405), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of

7 1978, $220,345,000.

8 EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM

9 There is hereby appropriated $130,000,000 to the

10 Federal Emergency Management Agency to carry out an

11 emergency food and shelter program pursuant to title III

12 of Public Law 100–77, as amended: Provided, That total

13 administrative costs shall not exceed three and one-half

14 per centum of the total appropriation.

15 NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

16 (TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 Of the funds available from the National Flood Insur18 ance Fund for activities under the National Flood Insur19 ance Act of 1968, and the Flood Disaster Protection Act

20 of 1973, $14,913,000 shall be transferred as needed to

21 the ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’ appropriation for administra22 tive costs of the insurance and flood plain management

23 programs and $49,229,000 shall be transferred as needed

24 to the ‘‘Emergency management planning and assistance’’

25 appropriation for flood plain management activities, in-
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1 cluding $4,720,000 for expenses under section 1362 of the

2 National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42

3 U.S.C. 4103, 4127), which amount shall be available until

4 September 30, 1996. In fiscal year 1995, no funds in ex5 cess of (1) $32,000,000 for operating expenses, (2)

6 $253,641,000 for agents’ commissions and taxes, and (3)

7 $12,000,000 for interest on Treasury borrowings shall be

8 available from the National Flood Insurance Fund without

9 prior notice to the Committees on Appropriations.

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

11 The Director of the Federal Emergency Management

12 Agency shall promulgate through rulemaking a methodol13 ogy for assessment and collection of fees to be assessed

14 and collected in fiscal year 1995 applicable to persons sub15 ject to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s ra16 diological emergency preparedness regulations. The aggre17 gate charges assessed pursuant to this section during fis18 cal year 1995 shall approximate, but not be less than, 100

19 per centum of the amounts anticipated by the Federal

20 Emergency Management Agency to be obligated for its ra21 diological emergency preparedness program for such fiscal

22 year. The methodology for assessment and collection of

23 fees shall be fair and equitable, and shall reflect the full

24 amount of costs of providing radiological emergency plan25 ning, preparedness, response and associated services. Such
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1 fees will be assessed in a manner that reflects the use of

2 agency resources for classes of regulated persons and the

3 administrative costs of collecting such fees. Fees received

4 pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the general

5 fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts. Assessment

6 and collection of such fees are only authorized during fis7 cal year 1995.

8 Of the budgetary resources available to the Federal

9 Emergency Management Agency during fiscal year 1995,

10 $1,441,000 are permanently canceled. The Director of the

11 Federal Emergency Management Agency shall allocate the

12 amount of budgetary resources canceled among the Agen13 cy’s accounts available for procurement and procurement14 related expenses. Amounts available for procurement and

15 procurement-related expenses in each such account shall

16 be reduced by the amount allocated to such account. For

17 the purposes of this paragraph, the definition of ‘‘procure18 ment’’ includes all stages of the process of acquiring prop19 erty or services, beginning with the process of determining

20 a need for a product or service and ending with contract

21 completion and closeout, as specified in 41 U.S.C. 403(2).

22 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

23 CONSUMER INFORMATION CENTER

24 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Information

25 Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
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1 $2,008,000, to be deposited into the Consumer Informa2 tion Center Fund: Provided, That the appropriations, rev3 enues and collections deposited into the fund shall be

4 available for necessary expenses of Consumer Information

5 Center activities in the aggregate amount of $7,500,000.

6 Administrative expenses of the Consumer Information

7 Center in fiscal year 1995 shall not exceed $2,454,000.

8 Appropriations, revenues, and collections accruing to this

9 fund during fiscal year 1995 in excess of $7,500,000 shall

10 remain in the fund and shall not be available for expendi11 ture except as authorized in appropriations Acts.

12 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

13 OFFICE OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Consumer Af15 fairs, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,

16 $2,166,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other

17 provision of law, that Office may solicit, accept and de18 posit to this account, during fiscal year 1995, gifts for

19 the purpose of defraying its costs of printing, publishing,

20 and distributing consumer information and educational

21 materials; may expend up to $1,100,000 of those gifts for

22 those purposes, in addition to amounts otherwise appro23 priated; and the balance shall remain available for expend24 iture for such purposes to the extent authorized in subse25 quent appropriations Acts: Provided further, That none of
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1 the funds provided under this heading may be made avail2 able for any other activities within the Department of

3 Health and Human Services.

4 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

5 HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT

6 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

7 in the conduct and support of human space flight research

8 and development activities, including research; develop9 ment; operations; services; maintenance; construction of

10 facilities including repair, rehabilitation, and modification

11 of real and personal property, and acquisition or con12 demnation of real property, as authorized by law; space

13 flight, spacecraft control and communications activities in14 cluding operations, production, and services; and pur15 chase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mis16 sion and administrative aircraft; $5,592,900,000, to re17 main available until September 30, 1996.

18 SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY

19 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

20 for the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, and

21 technology research and development activities, including

22 research; development; operations; services; maintenance;

23 construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation

24 and modification of real and personal property, and acqui25 sition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by
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1 law; space flight, spacecraft control and communications

2 activities including operations, production, and services;

3 and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation

4 of mission and administrative aircraft; $5,901,200,000, to

5 remain available until September 30, 1996.

6 MISSION SUPPORT

7 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

8 in carrying out mission support for human space flight

9 programs and science, aeronautical, and technology pro10 grams, including research operations and support; space

11 communications activities including operations, produc12 tion, and services; maintenance; construction of facilities

13 including repair, rehabilitation, and modification of facili14 ties, minor construction of new facilities and additions to

15 existing facilities, facility planning and design, environ16 mental compliance and restoration, and acquisition or con17 demnation of real property, as authorized by law; program

18 management; personnel and related costs, including uni19 forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5

20 U.S.C. 5901–5902); travel expenses; purchase, lease,

21 charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and ad22 ministrative aircraft; not to exceed $35,000 for official re23 ception and representation expenses; and purchase (not to

24 exceed thirty-three for replacement only) and hire of pas25 senger motor vehicles; $2,549,587,000.
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

3 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

4 General Act of 1978, as amended, $16,000,000.

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 Of the budgetary resources available to the National

8 Aeronautics and Space Administration during fiscal year

9 1995, $59,003,000 are permanently canceled. The Admin10 istrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis11 tration shall allocate the amount of budgetary resources

12 canceled among the agency’s accounts available for pro13 curement and procurement-related expenses. Amounts

14 available for procurement and procurement-related ex15 penses in each such account shall be reduced by the

16 amount allocated to such account. For the purposes of this

17 paragraph, the definition of ‘‘procurement’’ includes all

18 stages of the process of acquiring property or services, be19 ginning with the process of determining a need for a prod20 uct or service and ending with contract completion and

21 closeout, as specified in 41 U.S.C. 403(2).

22 Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of

23 funds appropriated for ‘‘Human space flight’’, ‘‘Science,

24 aeronautics and technology’’, or ‘‘Mission support’’ by this

25 appropriations Act, when any activity has been initiated

26 by the incurrence of obligations for construction of facili-
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1 ties as authorized by law, the amount available for such

2 activity shall remain available until expended. This provi3 sion does not apply to the amounts appropriated in ‘‘Mis4 sion support’’ pursuant to the authorization for repair, re5 habilitation and modification of facilities, minor construc6 tion of new facilities and additions to existing facilities,

7 and facility planning and design.

8 Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of

9 funds appropriated for ‘‘Human space flight’’, ‘‘Science,

10 aeronautics and technology’’, or ‘‘Mission support’’ by this

11 appropriations Act, the amounts appropriated for con12 struction of facilities shall remain available until Septem13 ber 30, 1997.

14 No amount appropriated pursuant to this or any

15 other Act may be used for the lease or construction of

16 a new contractor-funded facility for exclusive use in sup17 port of a contract or contracts with the National Aero18 nautics and Space Administration under which the Admin19 istration would be required to substantially amortize

20 through payment or reimbursement such contractor in21 vestment, unless an appropriations Act specifies the lease

22 or contract pursuant to which such facilities are to be con23 structed or leased or such facility is otherwise identified

24 in such Act. The Administrator may authorize such facil25 ity lease or construction, if he determines, in consultation
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1 with the Committees on Appropriations, that deferral of

2 such action until the enactment of the next appropriations

3 Act would be inconsistent with the interest of the Nation

4 in aeronautical and space activities.

5 The unexpired balances of prior appropriations to

6 NASA for activities for which funds are provided under

7 this Act may be transferred to the new account established

8 for the appropriation that provides funds for such activity

9 under this Act. Balances so transferred may be merged

10 with funds in the newly established account and thereafter

11 may be accounted for as one fund to be available for the

12 same purposes and under the same terms and conditions.

13 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

14 CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

15 During fiscal year 1995, gross obligations of the

16 Central Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new

17 direct loans to member credit unions as authorized by the

18 National Credit Union Central Liquidity Facility Act (12

19 U.S.C. 1795) shall not exceed $600,000,000: Provided,

20 That administrative expenses of the Central Liquidity Fa21 cility in fiscal year 1995 shall not exceed $901,000.
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1 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

2 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses in carrying out the purposes

5 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as

6 amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), and the Act to establish

7 a National Medal of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880–1881); serv8 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and op9 eration of aircraft and purchase of flight services for re10 search support; acquisition of aircraft; $2,216,923,000, of

11 which not to exceed $225,430,000 shall remain available

12 until expended for Polar research and operations support,

13 and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for oper14 ational and science support and logistical and other relat15 ed activities for the United States Antarctic program; the

16 balance to remain available until September 30, 1996:

17 Provided, That receipts for scientific support services and

18 materials furnished by the National Research Centers and

19 other National Science Foundation supported research fa20 cilities may be credited to this appropriation: Provided fur21 ther, That to the extent that the amount appropriated is

22 less than the total amount authorized to be appropriated

23 for included program activities, all amounts, including

24 floors and ceilings, specified in the authorizing Act for

25 those program activities or their subactivities shall be re-
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1 duced proportionally: Provided further, That amounts ap2 propriated in prior fiscal years for the United States Polar

3 Research Programs, the United States Antarctic

4 Logistical Support Activities, and the Critical Tech5 nologies Institute shall be transferred to and merged with

6 this appropriation and remain available until expended.

7 Of the amounts made available under this heading

8 in Public Law 103–124, $35,000,000 are rescinded.

9 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT

10 For necessary expenses in carrying out major con11 struction and procurement projects pursuant to the pur12 poses of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950,

13 as amended, $105,000,000, to remain available until

14 expended.

15 ACADEMIC RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE

16 For necessary expenses in carrying out an academic

17 research infrastructure program pursuant to the purposes

18 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as

19 amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), including services as

20 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and rental of conference

21 rooms in the District of Columbia, $100,000,000, to re22 main available until September 30, 1996: Provided, That

23 these funds shall not become available for obligation until

24 March 31, 1995.
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1 EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

2 For necessary expenses in carrying out science and

3 engineering education and human resources programs and

4 activities pursuant to the purposes of the National Science

5 Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–

6 1875), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109

7 and rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum8 bia, 585,974,000, to remain available until September 30,

9 1996: Provided, That to the extent that the amount of

10 this appropriation is less than the total amount authorized

11 to be appropriated for included program activities, all

12 amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified in the au13 thorizing Act for those program activities or their

14 subactivities shall be reduced proportionally.

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary salaries and expenses in carrying out

17 the purposes of the National Science Foundation Act of

18 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875); services au19 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehi20 cles; not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and rep21 resentation expenses; uniforms or allowances therefor, as

22 authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); rental of con23 ference rooms in the District of Columbia; reimbursement

24 of the General Services Administration for security guard

25 services; $123,966,000: Provided, That contracts may be
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1 entered into under salaries and expenses in fiscal year

2 1995 for maintenance and operation of facilities, and for

3 other services, to be provided during the next fiscal year.

4 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

6 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

7 General Act of 1978, as amended, $4,000,000.

8 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION HEADQUARTERS

9 RELOCATION

10 For necessary support of the relocation of the Na11 tional Science Foundation, $5,200,000: Provided, That

12 these funds shall be used to reimburse the General Serv13 ices Administration for services and related acquisitions

14 in support of relocating the National Science Foundation.

15 NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

16 PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT

17 CORPORATION

18 For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor19 poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities,

20 as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora21 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $38,667,000.

22 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys25 tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of
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1 training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective

2 Service System, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 4101–

3 4118) for civilian employees; and not to exceed $1,000 for

4 official reception and representation expenses;

5 $22,930,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal

6 year, the President may exempt this appropriation from

7 the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever he deems such

8 action to be necessary in the interest of national defense:

9 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by

10 this Act may be expended for or in connection with the

11 induction of any person into the Armed Forces of the

12 United States.

13 TITLE IV

14 CORPORATIONS

15 Corporations and agencies of the Department of

16 Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the

17 Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, are

18 hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the

19 limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each

20 such corporation or agency and in accord with law, and

21 to make such contracts and commitments without regard

22 to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the

23 Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set

24 forth in the budget for 1995 for such corporation or agen25 cy except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collec-
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1 tions of these corporations and agencies may be used for

2 new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the

3 extent expressly provided for in this Act (unless such loans

4 are in support of other forms of assistance provided for

5 in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this pro6 viso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty

7 operations of these corporations, or where loans or

8 mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the financial

9 interest of the United States Government.

10 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

11 FSLIC RESOLUTION FUND

12 For payment of expenditures of the FSLIC Resolu13 tion Fund, for which other funds available to the FSLIC

14 Resolution Fund as authorized by Public Law 101–73 are

15 insufficient, $827,000,000, to remain available until ex16 pended.

17 FDIC AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM

18 For the affordable housing program of the Federal

19 Deposit Insurance Corporation under section 40 of the

20 Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831q),

21 $15,000,000 to pay for any losses resulting from the sale

22 of properties under the program, and for all administra23 tive and holding costs associated with operating the

24 program.
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1 Notwithstanding any provisions of section 40 of the

2 Federal Deposit Insurance Act or any other provision of

3 law, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation shall be

4 deemed in compliance with such section if, in its sole dis5 cretion, the Corporation at any time modifies, amends or

6 waives any provisions of such section in order to maximize

7 the efficient use of the available appropriated funds. The

8 Corporation shall not be subject to suit for its failure to

9 comply with the requirements of this provision or section

10 40 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.

11 RESOLUTION TRUST CORPORATION

12 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

14 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

15 General Act of 1978, as amended, $32,000,000.

16 TITLE V

17 GENERAL PROVISIONS

18 SECTION 501. Where appropriations in titles I, II,

19 and III of this Act are expendable for travel expenses and

20 no specific limitation has been placed thereon, the expendi21 tures for such travel expenses may not exceed the amounts

22 set forth therefor in the budget estimates submitted for

23 the appropriations: Provided, That this section shall not

24 apply to travel performed by uncompensated officials of

25 local boards and appeal boards of the Selective Service
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1 System; to travel performed directly in connection with

2 care and treatment of medical beneficiaries of the Depart3 ment of Veterans Affairs; to travel performed in connec4 tion with major disasters or emergencies declared or deter5 mined by the President under the provisions of the Robert

6 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance

7 Act; to travel performed by the Offices of Inspector Gen8 eral in connection with audits and investigations; or to

9 payments to interagency motor pools where separately set

10 forth in the budget schedules: Provided further, That if

11 appropriations in titles I, II, and III exceed the amounts

12 set forth in budget estimates initially submitted for such

13 appropriations, the expenditures for travel may cor14 respondingly exceed the amounts therefor set forth in the

15 estimates in the same proportion.

16 SEC. 502. Appropriations and funds available for the

17 administrative expenses of the Department of Housing

18 and Urban Development and the Selective Service System

19 shall be available in the current fiscal year for purchase

20 of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law

21 (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); hire of passenger motor vehicles;

22 and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.

23 SEC. 503. Funds of the Department of Housing and

24 Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora25 tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of
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1 1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations

2 on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract

3 or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for

4 services and facilities of Federal National Mortgage Asso5 ciation, Government National Mortgage Association, Fed6 eral Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financ7 ing Bank, Resolution Trust Corporation, Federal Reserve

8 banks or any member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks,

9 and any insured bank within the meaning of the Federal

10 Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended (12

11 U.S.C. 1811–1831).

12 SEC. 504. No part of any appropriation contained in

13 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

14 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

15 SEC. 505. No funds appropriated by this Act may be

16 expended—

17 (1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or

18 employee of the United States unless—

19 (A) such certification is accompanied by,

20 or is part of, a voucher or abstract which de21 scribes the payee or payees and the items or

22 services for which such expenditure is being

23 made, or

24 (B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to

25 such certification, and without such a voucher
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1 or abstract, is specifically authorized by law;

2 and

3 (2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit

4 by the General Accounting Office or is specifically

5 exempt by law from such audit.

6 SEC. 506. None of the funds provided in this Act to

7 any department or agency may be expended for the trans8 portation of any officer or employee of such department

9 or agency between his domicile and his place of employ10 ment, with the exception of any officer or employee au11 thorized such transportation under title 31, United States

12 Code, section 1344.

13 SEC. 507. None of the funds provided in this Act may

14 be used for payment, through grants or contracts, to re15 cipients that do not share in the cost of conducting re16 search resulting from proposals not specifically solicited

17 by the Government: Provided, That the extent of cost

18 sharing by the recipient shall reflect the mutuality of in19 terest of the grantee or contractor and the Government

20 in the research.

21 SEC. 508. None of the funds provided in this Act may

22 be used, directly or through grants, to pay or to provide

23 reimbursement for payment of the salary of a consultant

24 (whether retained by the Federal Government or a grant25 ee) at more than the daily equivalent of the rate paid for
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1 Level IV of the Executive Schedule, unless specifically au2 thorized by law.

3 SEC. 509. No part of any appropriation contained in

4 this Act for personnel compensation and benefits shall be

5 available for other object classifications set forth in the

6 budget estimates submitted for the appropriations: Pro7 vided, That this section shall not apply to any part of the

8 appropriations contained in this Act for Offices of Inspec9 tor General personnel compensation and benefits.

10 SEC. 510. None of the funds in this Act shall be used

11 to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Fed12 eral parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory pro13 ceedings. Nothing herein affects the authority of the

14 Consumer Product Safety Commission pursuant to section

15 7 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2056

16 et seq.).

17 SEC. 511. Except as otherwise provided under exist18 ing law or under an existing Executive order issued pursu19 ant to an existing law, the obligation or expenditure of

20 any appropriation under this Act for contracts for any

21 consulting service shall be limited to contracts which are

22 (1) a matter of public record and available for public in23 spection, and (2) thereafter included in a publicly available

24 list of all contracts entered into within twenty-four months

25 prior to the date on which the list is made available to
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1 the public and of all contracts on which performance has

2 not been completed by such date. The list required by the

3 preceding sentence shall be updated quarterly and shall

4 include a narrative description of the work to be per5 formed under each such contract.

6 SEC. 512. Except as otherwise provided by law, no

7 part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be

8 obligated or expended by any executive agency, as referred

9 to in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41

10 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) for a contract for services unless such

11 executive agency (1) has awarded and entered into such

12 contract in full compliance with such Act and the regula13 tions promulgated thereunder, and (2) requires any report

14 prepared pursuant to such contract, including plans, eval15 uations, studies, analyses and manuals, and any report

16 prepared by the agency which is substantially derived from

17 or substantially includes any report prepared pursuant to

18 such contract, to contain information concerning (A) the

19 contract pursuant to which the report was prepared, and

20 (B) the contractor who prepared the report pursuant to

21 such contract.

22 SEC. 513. Except as otherwise provided in section

23 506, none of the funds provided in this Act to any depart24 ment or agency shall be obligated or expended to provide
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1 a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to

2 any officer or employee of such department or agency.

3 SEC. 514. None of the funds provided in this Act to

4 any department or agency shall be obligated or expended

5 to procure passenger automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C.

6 2001 with an EPA estimated miles per gallon average of

7 less than 22 miles per gallon.

8 SEC. 515. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

9 year 1995 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall

10 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.

11 SEC. 516. None of the funds appropriated in title I

12 of this Act shall be used to enter into any new lease of

13 real property if the estimated annual rental is more than

14 $300,000 unless the Secretary submits, in writing, a re15 port to the Committees on Appropriations of the Congress

16 and a period of 30 days has expired following the date

17 on which the report is received by the Committees on Ap18 propriations.

19 SEC. 517. (a) The Resolution Trust Corporation

20 (‘‘Corporation’’) shall report to the Congress at least once

21 a month on the status of the review required by section

22 21A(b)(11)(B) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act and

23 the actions taken with respect to the agreements described

24 in such section. The report shall describe, for each such

25 agreement, the review that has been conducted and the
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1 action that has been taken, if any, to rescind or to restruc2 ture, modify, or renegotiate the agreement. In describing

3 the action taken, the Corporation is not required to pro4 vide detailed information regarding an ongoing investiga5 tion or negotiation. The Corporation shall exercise any

6 and all legal rights to restructure, modify, renegotiate or

7 rescind such agreement, notwithstanding any other provi8 sion of law, where the savings would be realized.

9 (b) To expend any appropriated funds for the purpose

10 of restructuring, modifying, or renegotiating the agree11 ments described in subsection (a), the Corporation shall

12 certify to the Congress, for each such agreement, the fol13 lowing:

14 (1) the Corporation has completed its review of

15 the agreement, as required by section 21A(b)(11)(B)

16 of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act;

17 (2)(A) at the time of certification, in the opin18 ion of the Corporation and based upon the informa19 tion available to it, there is insufficient evidence or

20 other indication of fraud, mis-representation, failure

21 to disclose a material fact, failure to perform under

22 the terms of the agreement, improprieties in the bid23 ding process, failure to comply with any law, rule or

24 regulation regarding the validity of the agreement,
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1 or any other legal basis sufficient for the rescission

2 of the agreement; or

3 (B) at the time of certification, the Corporation

4 finds that there may be sufficient evidence to pro5 vide a legal basis for the rescission of the assistance

6 agreement, but the Corporation determines that it

7 may be in the best interest of the Government of re8 structure, modify or renegotiate the assistance

9 agreement; and

10 (3) the Corporation has or will promptly exer11 cise any and all legal rights to modify, renegotiate,

12 or restructure the agreement where savings would be

13 realized by such action.

14 SEC. 518. COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN

15 ACT.—None of the funds made available in this Act may

16 be expended in violation of sections 2 through 4 of the

17 Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c; popularly

18 known as ‘‘Buy American Act’’), which are applicable to

19 those funds.

20 This Act may be cited as the Departments of Veter21 ans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and

22 Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995.

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Union Calendar No. 308

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4624

[Report No. 103–555]

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Departments of Vetand for other purposes. for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices ment, and for sundry independent agencies, erans Affairs and Housing and Urban DevelopJUNE 22, 1994

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the

State of the Union and ordered to be printed