103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4624

AN ACT

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

5 Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban

6 Development, and for sundry independent agencies,

7 boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fis8 cal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other pur9 poses, namely:
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1 TITLE I

2 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

3 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

4 COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For the payment of compensation benefits to or on

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

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

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

10 chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 92 Stat. 2508); and bur11 ial benefits, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay,

12 adjusted-service credits and certificates, payment of pre13 miums due on commercial life insurance policies guaran14 teed under the provisions of Article IV of the Soldiers’

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

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

17 1312, 1977, and 2106, chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61;

18 50 U.S.C. App. 540–548; 43 Stat. 122, 123; 45 Stat. 735;

19 76 Stat. 1198), $17,626,892,000, to remain available

20 until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $25,750,000

21 of the amount appropriated shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Gen22 eral operating expenses’’ and ‘‘Medical care’’ for necessary

23 expenses in implementing those provisions authorized in

24 the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, Public

25 Law 101–508, and in the Veterans’ Benefits Act of 1992,
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1 Public Law 102–568, the funding source for which is spe2 cifically provided as the ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’ ap3 propriation: Provided further, That $6,000,000 of the

4 amount appropriated shall be transferred to ‘‘Medical fa5 cilities revolving fund’’ to augment the funding of individ6 ual medical facilities for nursing home care provided to

7 pensioners as authorized by the Veterans’ Benefits Act of

8 1992, Public Law 102–568.

9 READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

10 For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation

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

12 (38 U.S.C. chapters 21, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53,

13 55, and 61), $1,286,600,000, to remain available until ex14 pended: Provided, That funds shall be available to pay any

15 court order, court award or any compromise settlement

16 arising from litigation involving the vocational training

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

18 as amended.

19 VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

20 For military and naval insurance, national service life

21 insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet22 erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as

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

24 72 Stat. 487), $24,760,000, to remain available until ex25 pended.
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1 GUARANTY AND INDEMNITY PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such

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

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

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

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

8 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

9 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

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

11 which may be transferred to and merged with the appro12 priation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’.

13 LOAN GUARANTY PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such

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

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

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

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

20 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

21 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

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

23 which may be transferred to and merged with the appro24 priation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’.
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1 DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

4 necessary to carry out the purpose of the program, as au5 thorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, as amended: Provided,

6 That such costs, including the cost of modifying such

7 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres8 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That during

9 1995, within the resources available, not to exceed

10 $1,000,000 in gross obligations for direct loans are au11 thorized for specially adapted housing loans (38 U.S.C.

12 chapter 37).

13 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

14 the direct loan program, $1,020,000, which may be trans15 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General

16 operating expenses’’.

17 EDUCATION LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

22 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

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

24 to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of

25 direct loans not to exceed $4,034.
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

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

3 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

4 ‘‘General operating expenses’’.

5 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

10 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

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

12 to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of

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

14 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

15 carry out the direct loan program, $767,000, which may

16 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

17 ‘‘General operating expenses’’.

18 NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

19 ACCOUNT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct

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

23 subchapter V, as amended, $218,000, which may be trans24 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General

25 operating expenses’’.
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1 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

2 MEDICAL CARE

3 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op4 eration of hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facili5 ties; for furnishing, as authorized by law, inpatient and

6 outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of the De7 partment of Veterans Affairs, including care and treat8 ment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Depart9 ment of Veterans Affairs, and furnishing recreational fa10 cilities, supplies, and equipment; funeral, burial, and other

11 expenses incidental thereto for beneficiaries receiving care

12 in Department of Veterans Affairs facilities; administra13 tive expenses in support of planning, design, project man14 agement, real property acquisition and disposition, con15 struction and renovation of any facility under the jurisdic16 tion or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs;

17 oversight, engineering and architectural activities not

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

19 providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes

20 under the jurisdiction of the Department of Veterans Af21 fairs, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by

22 the hire of temporary employees and purchase of mate23 rials; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by

24 law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); aid to State homes as author25 ized by law (38 U.S.C. 1741); and not to exceed
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1 $8,000,000 to fund cost comparison studies as referred

2 to in 38 U.S.C. 8110(a)(5); $16,232,756,000, plus reim3 bursements: Provided, That of the funds made available

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

5 and land and structures object classifications only, which

6 amount shall not become available for obligation until Au7 gust 1, 1995, and shall remain available for obligation

8 until September 30, 1996.

9 MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

10 For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of

11 medical and prosthetic research and development as au12 thorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapter 73), to remain avail13 able until September 30, 1996, $252,000,000, plus reim14 bursements.

15 HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

16 For payment of health professional scholarship pro17 gram grants, as authorized by law, to students who agree

18 to a service obligation with the Department of Veterans

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

20 MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS

21 OPERATING EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses in the administration of the

23 medical hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction,

24 supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad25 ministrative expenses in support of planning, design,
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1 project management, architectural, engineering, real prop2 erty acquisition and disposition, construction and renova3 tion of any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use

4 of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including site ac5 quisition; engineering and architectural activites not

6 charged to project cost; and research and development in

7 building construction technology; $69,808,000, plus reim8 bursements.

9 GRANTS TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

10 For payment to the Republic of the Philippines of

11 grants, as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 1732), for assist12 ing in the replacement and upgrading of equipment and

13 in rehabilitating the physical plant and facilities of the

14 Veterans Memorial Medical Center, $500,000, to remain

15 available until September 30, 1996.

16 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

19 by Public Law 102–54, section 8, which shall be trans20 ferred from the ‘‘General post fund’’: Provided, That such

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

22 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

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

24 to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of

25 direct loans not to exceed $70,000. In addition, for admin-
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1 istrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program,

2 $54,000, which shall be transferred from the ‘‘General

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

4 8.

5 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

6 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES

7 For necessary operating expenses of the Department

8 of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including

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

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

11 expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and reimburse12 ment of the General Services Administration for security

13 guard services, and the Department of Defense for the

14 cost of overseas employee mail; $887,909,000, of which

15 $25,500,000, for the acquisition of automated data proc16 essing equipment and services to support the moderniza17 tion program in the Veterans Benefits Administration,

18 shall not become available for obligation until September

19 1, 1995, and shall remain available for obligation until

20 September 30, 1996.

21 NATIONAL CEMETERY SYSTEM

22 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op23 eration of the National Cemetery System not otherwise

24 provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as

25 authorized by law; cemeterial expenses as authorized by
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1 law; purchase of three passenger motor vehicles, for use

2 in cemeterial operations; and hire of passenger motor vehi3 cles, $72,663,000.

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, $32,219,000.

8 CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

9 For constructing, altering, extending and improving

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

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

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

13 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38, Unit14 ed States Code, including planning, architectural and en15 gineering services, maintenance or guarantee period serv16 ices costs associated with equipment guarantees provided

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

18 and storm drainage system construction costs, and site ac19 quisition, where the estimated cost of a project is

20 $3,000,000 or more or where funds for a project were

21 made available in a previous major project appropriation,

22 $101,965,000, to remain available until expended: Pro23 vided, That, except for advance planning of projects fund24 ed through the advance planning fund and the design of

25 projects funded through the design fund, none of these
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1 funds shall be used for any project which has not been

2 considered and approved by the Congress in the budgetary

3 process: Provided further, That funds provided in this ap4 propriation for fiscal year 1995, for each approved project

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

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

7 the awarding of a construction contract by September 30,

8 1996: Provided further, That the Secretary shall promptly

9 report in writing to the Comptroller General and to the

10 Committees on Appropriations any approved major con11 struction project in which obligations are not incurred

12 within the time limitations established above; and the

13 Comptroller General shall review the report in accordance

14 with the procedures established by section 1015 of the Im15 poundment Control Act of 1974 (title X of Public Law

16 93–344): Provided further, That no funds from any other

17 account except the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’, may be obli18 gated for constructing, altering, extending, or improving

19 a project which was approved in the budget process and

20 funded in this account until one year after substantial

21 completion and beneficial occupancy by the Department

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

23 respect to that part only.
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1 CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

2 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving

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

4 of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including plan5 ning, architectural and engineering services, maintenance

6 or guarantee period services costs associated with equip7 ment guarantees provided under the project, services of

8 claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system

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

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

11 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38, Unit12 ed States Code, where the estimated cost of a project is

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

14 until expended, along with unobligated balances of pre15 vious ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ appropriations which

16 are hereby made available for any project where the esti17 mated cost is less than $3,000,000: Provided, That funds

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

19 of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for

20 the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs which are

21 necessary because of loss or damage caused by any natural

22 disaster or catastrophe, and (2) temporary measures nec23 essary to prevent or to minimize further loss by such

24 causes.
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1 PARKING REVOLVING FUND

2 For the parking revolving fund as authorized by law

3 (38 U.S.C. 8109), $1,400,000, together with income from

4 fees collected, to remain available until expended. Re5 sources of this fund shall be available for all expenses au6 thorized by 38 U.S.C. 8109 except operations and mainte7 nance costs which will be funded from ‘‘Medical care’’.

8 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE

9 FACILITIES

10 For grants to assist the several States to acquire or

11 construct State nursing home and domiciliary facilities

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

13 home and domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnish14 ing care to veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C.

15 8131–8137), $37,397,000, to remain available until

16 expended.

17 GRANTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERANS

18 CEMETERIES

19 For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding,

20 or improving State veteran cemeteries as authorized by

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

22 until September 30, 1997.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 Any appropriation for 1995 for ‘‘Compensation and

4 pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans insur5 ance and indemnities’’ may be transferred to any other

6 of the mentioned appropriations.

7 Appropriations available to the Department of Veter8 ans Affairs for 1995 for salaries and expenses shall be

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

10 No part of the appropriations in this Act for the De11 partment of Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations

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

13 projects’’ and the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’) shall be avail14 able for the purchase of any site for or toward the con15 struction of any new hospital or home.

16 No part of the foregoing appropriations shall be avail17 able for hospitalization or examination of any persons ex18 cept beneficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing such

19 benefits to veterans, unless reimbursement of cost is made

20 to the appropriation at such rates as may be fixed by the

21 Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

22 Appropriations available to the Department of Veter23 ans Affairs for fiscal year 1995 for ‘‘Compensation and

24 pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans insur25 ance and indemnities’’ shall be available for payment of
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1 prior year accrued obligations required to be recorded by

2 law against the corresponding prior year accounts within

3 the last quarter of fiscal year 1994.

4 Appropriations accounts available to the Department

5 of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1995 shall be available

6 to pay prior year obligations of corresponding prior year

7 appropriations accounts resulting from title X of the Com8 petitive Equality Banking Act, Public Law 100–86, except

9 that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts they

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

11 Of the budgetary resources available to the Depart12 ment of Veterans Affairs during fiscal year 1995,

13 $20,742,000 are permanently canceled. The Secretary of

14 Veterans Affairs shall allocate the amount of budgetary

15 resources canceled among the Department’s accounts

16 available for procurement and procurement-related ex17 penses. Amounts available for procurement and procure18 ment-related expenses in each such account shall be re19 duced by the amount allocated to such account. For the

20 purposes of this section, the definition of ‘‘procurement’’

21 includes all stages of the process of acquiring property or

22 services, beginning with the process of determining a need

23 for a product or service and ending with contract comple24 tion and closeout, as specified in 41 U.S.C. 403(2).
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1 TITLE II

2 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN

3 DEVELOPMENT

4 HOUSING PROGRAMS

5 HOMEOWNERSHIP AND OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE

6 EVERYWHERE GRANTS (HOPE GRANTS)

7 For the homeownership and opportunity for people

8 everywhere (HOPE grants) program as authorized under

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

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

11 IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing

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

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

14 percent may be made available for technical assistance to

15 potential applicants, applicants and recipients of assist16 ance under this head as authorized under subtitle E of

17 title I of the Housing and Community Development Act

18 of 1992.

19 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

20 For the HOME investment partnerships program, as

21 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na22 tional Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101–625), as

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

24 expended.
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1 ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING

2 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

3 For assistance under the United States Housing Act

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

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

6 available until expended: Provided, That of the total

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

8 for the development or acquisition cost of public housing

9 for Indian families, including amounts for housing under

10 the mutual help homeownership opportunity program

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

12 $598,000,000 shall be for the development or acquisition

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

14 be available for technical assistance and inspection of pub15 lic housing agencies by the Secretary: Provided further,

16 That of the total amount provided under this head,

17 $3,600,000,000 shall be for modernization of existing pub18 lic housing projects pursuant to section 14 of the Act (42

19 U.S.C. 1437l), including up to .54 per centum for the in20 spection of modernization units and provision of technical

21 assistance by the Secretary and contract expertise to as22 sist in the oversight and management of the public and

23 Indian housing modernization program, including an an24 nual resident survey: Provided further, That of the

25 amounts provided under this head for modernization of
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1 existing public housing projects, $85,000,000 may be used

2 for the Tenant Opportunity Program: Provided further,

3 That of the total amount provided under this head,

4 $2,643,000,000 shall be for rental assistance under the

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

6 1437f) and the housing voucher program under section

7 8(o) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)): Provided further,

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

9 administering incremental units assisted in the certificate

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

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

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

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

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

15 for coordinators under section 23(h)(1) for the family self16 sufficiency program (42 U.S.C. 1437u): Provided further,

17 That of the total amount provided under this head,

18 $1,202,100,000 shall be for amendments to section 8 con19 tracts other than contracts for projects developed under

20 section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and

21 $555,000,000 shall be for section 8 assistance for property

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

23 State or local units of government, tenant and nonprofit

24 organizations to purchase projects where owners have indi25 cated an intention to prepay mortgages and for assistance
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1 to be used as an incentive to prevent prepayment or for

2 vouchers to aid eligible tenants adversely affected by mort3 gage prepayment, as authorized in the Emergency Low4 Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987, as amended:

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

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

7 cash amounts associated with such budget authority, that

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

9 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amend10 ments Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–628, 102 Stat. 3224,

11 3268) shall be rescinded, or in the case of cash, shall be

12 remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts of budget au13 thority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted

14 to the Treasury shall be used by State housing finance

15 agencies or local governments or local housing agencies

16 with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and

17 Urban Development for which settlement occurred after

18 January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section: Pro19 vided further, That of the total amount provided under

20 this head, $156,000,000 shall be for housing opportunities

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

22 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act;

23 $150,000,000 shall be for the lead-based paint hazard re24 duction program as authorized under sections 1011 and

25 1053 of the Residential Lead-Based Hazard Reduction
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1 Act of 1992; and $30,000,000 shall for service coordina2 tors in public housing pursuant to section 9(a)(1)(B)(ii)

3 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; and

4 $30,000,000 shall be for service coordinators in project5 based section 8 housing, pursuant to section 8(d)(2)(F)(1)

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

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

8 multifamily housing assisted under the National Housing

9 Act, pursuant to section 676 of the Housing and Commu10 nity Development Act of 1992: Provided further, That of

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

12 shall be for moving to opportunity.

13 Of the total amount provided under this head,

14 $1,158,000,000 shall be for capital advances, including

15 amendments to capital advance contracts, for housing for

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

17 Act of 1959, as amended, and for project rental assist18 ance, and amendments to contracts for project rental as19 sistance, for supportive housing for the elderly under sec20 tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959: Provided, That

21 $22,000,000 shall be for service coordinators pursuant to

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

23 E of title VI of the Housing and Community Development

24 Act of 1992, other than section 676 of such Act and sec25 tion 8(d)(2)(F)(i) of the Act.
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1 Of the total amount provided under this head,

2 $387,000,000 shall be for capital advances, including

3 amendments to capital advance contracts, for supportive

4 housing for persons with disabilities, as authorized by sec5 tion 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable

6 Housing Act; and for project rental assistance, and

7 amendments to contracts for project rental assistance, for

8 supportive housing for persons with disabilities as author9 ized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af10 fordable Housing Act.

11 ASSISTANCE FOR THE RENEWAL OF EXPIRING SECTION 8

12 SUBSIDY CONTRACTS

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For assistance under the United States Housing Act

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

16 use in connection with expiring section 8 subsidy con17 tracts, $3,705,000,000, to remain available until ex18 pended: Provided, That to the extent the amount in this

19 appropriation is insufficient to fund all expiring section

20 8 contracts, the Secretary may transfer to and merge with

21 this appropriation such amounts from the ‘‘Annual con22 tributions for assisted housing’’ appropriation as the Sec23 retary shall determine, and amounts earmarked in the

24 foregoing account may be reduced accordingly, at the Sec25 retary’s discretion: Provided further, That the Secretary
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1 may maintain consolidated accounting data for funds dis2 bursed at the public housing agency or Indian housing au3 thority or project level for subsidy assistance regardless

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

5 administrative burden of multiple accounts.

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

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

8 to remain available for obligation until expended.

9 RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

10 (RESCISSION)

11 The limitation otherwise applicable to the maximum

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

13 contracts entered into under section 236 of the National

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

15 1995 by not more than $2,000,000 in uncommitted bal16 ances of authorizations provided for this purpose in appro17 priations Acts: Provided, That up to $66,000,000 of re18 captured section 236 budget authority resulting from the

19 prepayment of mortgages subsidized under section 236 of

20 the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) shall be

21 rescinded in fiscal year 1995.

22 HOMEOWNERSHIP ASSISTANCE

23 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

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

25 Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1715z) for incentives
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1 to mortgagors to refinance mortgages that are insured

2 under such section 235 and for closing and other costs

3 in connection with such refinancing, $6,875,000, to re4 main available until expended: Provided, That up to

5 $50,000,000 of recaptured section 235 budget authority

6 resulting from reducing the interest rate on such refi7 nanced mortgages shall be reused for payments under this

8 heading: Provided further, That up to $184,000,000 of ad9 ditional recaptured section 235 budget authority from refi10 nancing section 235 mortgages shall be rescinded in fiscal

11 year 1995.

12 CONGREGATE SERVICES

13 For contracts with and payments to public housing

14 agencies and nonprofit corporations for congregate serv15 ices programs, $6,267,000, to remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 1996, in accordance with the provisions of the

17 Congregate Services Act of 1978, as amended.

18 PAYMENTS FOR OPERATION OF LOW-INCOME HOUSING

19 PROJECTS

20 For payments to public housing agencies and Indian

21 housing authorities for operating subsidies for low-income

22 housing projects as authorized by section 9 of the United

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

24 1437g), $2,900,000,000.
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1 SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC HOUSING

2 For the revitalization of severely distressed public

3 housing program, as authorized by section 24 of the Unit4 ed States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C.

5 1437), $500,000,000, to remain available until expended,

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

7 technical assistance under this program, to be made avail8 able directly, or indirectly under contracts or grants, as

9 appropriate.

10 DRUG ELIMINATION GRANTS FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING

11 For grants to public housing agencies for use in

12 eliminating drug-related crime in public housing projects

13 authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11901–11908, and for drug in14 formation clearinghouse services authorized by 42 U.S.C.

15 11921–11925, $265,000,000, to remain available until ex16 pended, of which $10,000,000 shall be for grants, tech17 nical assistance, contracts and other assistance training,

18 program assessment, and execution for or on behalf of

19 public housing agencies and resident organizations (in20 cluding the cost of necessary travel for participants in

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

22 for an after school demonstration program in public hous23 ing projects, run by the 4H Clubs of America and co-spon24 sored by private sector firms.
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1 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM

2 ACCOUNT

3 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $3,000,000, as au4 thorized by section 184 of the Housing and Community

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

6 That such costs, including the costs of modifying such

7 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres8 sional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further,

9 That these funds are available to subsidize total loan prin10 cipal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed

11 $22,388,000.

12 YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For youthbuild program activities authorized by sub15 title D of title IV of the Crantson-Gonzalez National Af16 fordable Housing Act, as amended, $50,000,000, to re17 main available until expended. In addition, the unex18 pended balances from the $28,000,000 made available for

19 subtitle D of title IV of such Act under the head ‘‘Home20 ownership and opportunity for people everywhere grants

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

22 and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent

23 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994 shall be transferred to

24 and merged with this appropriation.
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1 HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE

2 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, other

3 than loans, not otherwise provided for, for providing coun4 seling and advice to tenants and homeowners—both cur5 rent and prospective—with respect to property mainte6 nance, financial management, and such other matters as

7 may be appropriate to assist them in improving their hous8 ing conditions and meeting the responsibilities of tenancy

9 or homeownership, including provisions for training and

10 for support of voluntary agencies and services as author11 ized by section 106 of the Housing and Urban Develop12 ment Act of 1968, as amended, $50,000,000.

13 FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND

14 For assistance to owners of eligible multifamily hous15 ing projects insured, or formerly insured, and under the

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

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

18 and Community Development Amendments of 1978, as

19 amended (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1a), in the program of assist20 ance for troubled multifamily housing projects under the

21 Housing and Community Development Amendments of

22 1978, as amended, $50,000,000, and all uncommitted bal23 ances of excess rental charges as of September 30, 1994,

24 and any collections and other amounts in the fund author25 ized under section 201(j) of the Housing and Community
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1 Development Amendments of 1978, as amended, during

2 fiscal year 1995, to remain available until expended: Pro3 vided, That assistance to an owner of a multifamily hous4 ing project assisted, but not insured, under the National

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

6 mortgagee have provided or agreed to provide assistance

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

8 of Housing and Urban Development.

9 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

10 FHA—MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM

11 ACCOUNT

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 During fiscal year 1995, commitments to guarantee

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

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

16 principal of $100,000,000,000.

17 During fiscal year 1995, obligations to make direct

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

19 National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed

20 $180,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing amount shall

21 be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in con22 nection with sales of single family real properties owned

23 by the Secretary and formerly insured under section 203

24 of such Act.
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1 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out

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

3 to be derived from the FHA-mutual mortgage insurance

4 guaranteed loans receipt account, of which not to exceed

5 $302,056,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for

6 salaries and expenses; and of which not to exceed

7 $6,790,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for

8 the Office of Inspector General.

9 FHA—GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by

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

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

14 $152,000,000, to remain available until September 30,

15 1996, of which up to $132,903,000 is to be derived from

16 the FHA—general and special risk, negative subsidies re17 ceipt account: Provided, That such costs, including the

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

19 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided

20 further, That these funds are available to subsidize total

21 loan principal any part of which is to be guaranteed of

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

23 Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct

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

25 and 519(d) of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed
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1 $220,000,000; of which not to exceed $200,000,000 shall

2 be for bridge financing in connection with the sale of mul3 tifamily real properties owned by the Secretary and for4 merly insured under such Act; and of which not to exceed

5 $20,000,000 shall be for loans to nonprofit and govern6 mental entities in connection with the sale of single-family

7 real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly in8 sured under such Act.

9 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

10 carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs,

11 $197,470,000, of which $193,299,000 shall be transferred

12 to the appropriation for salaries and expenses; and of

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

14 for the Office of Inspector General.

15 GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

16 GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN

17 GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 (INCLUDES TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 During fiscal year 1995, new commitments to issue

20 guarantees to carry out the purposes of section 306 of the

21 National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)),

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

23 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out

24 the guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program,

25 $8,824,000, to be derived from the GNMA—guarantees
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1 of mortgage-backed securities guaranteed loan receipt ac2 count, of which not to exceed $8,824,000 shall be trans3 ferred to the appropriation for salaries and expenses.

4 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

5 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

6 For the emergency shelter grants program (as au7 thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the Stewart B.

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

9 as amended); the supportive housing program (as author10 ized under subtitle C of title IV of such Act); the section

11 8 moderate rehabilitation single room occupancy program

12 (as authorized under the United States Housing Act of

13 1937, as amended) to assist homeless individuals pursuant

14 to section 441 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless As15 sistance Act; the shelter plus care program (as authorized

16 under substitle F of title IV of such Act); and the innova17 tive homeless initiatives demonstration program (as au18 thorized under section 2 of the HUD Demonstration Act

19 of 1993 (Public Law 103–120)), $1,120,000,000, to re20 main available until expended.

21 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

22 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

23 For grants to States and units of general local gov24 ernment and for related expenses, not otherwise provided

25 for, necessary for carrying out a community development
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1 grants program as authorized by title I of the Housing

2 and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended

3 (42 U.S.C. 5301), $4,600,000,000, to remain available

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

5 shall be available for grants to Indian tribes pursuant to

6 section 106(a)(1) of the Housing and Community Devel7 opment Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5301), and

8 $61,500,000 shall be available for ‘‘special purpose

9 grants’’ pursuant to section 107 of such Act: Provided fur10 ther, That not to exceed 20 per centum of any grant made

11 with funds appropriated herein (other than a grant using

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

13 aside in the following provisos) shall be expended for

14 ‘‘Planning and Management Development’’ and ‘‘Adminis15 tration’’ as defined in regulations promulgated by the De16 partment of Housing and Urban Development: Provided

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

18 the total amount provided to carry out an early childhood

19 development program under section 222 of the Housing

20 and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983, as amended (12

21 U.S.C. 1701z–6 note), including services for families that

22 are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless: Provided

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

24 the total amount provided to carry out a neighborhood de-
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1 velopment program under section 123 of said Act (42

2 U.S.C. 5318 note).

3 During fiscal year 1995, new commitments to issue

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

5 Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as

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

7 $2,054,000,000.

8 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

9 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

10 For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro11 grams of research and studies relating to housing and

12 urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized

13 by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act

14 of 1970, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), includ15 ing carrying out the functions of the Secretary under sec16 tion 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968,

17 $40,000,000, to remain available until September 30,

18 1996.

19 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

20 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

21 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth22 erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil

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

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

25 and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended,
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1 $33,375,000, to remain available until September 30,

2 1996: Provided, That $26,000,000 shall be available to

3 carry out activities pursuant to section 561 of the Housing

4 and Community Development Act of 1987.

5 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary administrative and nonadministrative

9 expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel10 opment, not otherwise provided for, including not to ex11 ceed $7,000 for official reception and representation ex12 penses, $962,173,000, of which $495,355,000 shall be

13 provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing

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

15 funds of the Government National Mortgage Association.

16 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

19 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

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

21 $10,961,000 shall be transferred from the various funds

22 of the Federal Housing Administration.
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1 OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OR FUNDS)

4 For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprise Fi5 nancial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, $15,451,000,

6 to remain available until expended, from the Federal

7 Housing Enterprise Oversight Fund: Provided, That such

8 amounts shall be collected by the Director as authorized

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

10 in the Fund under section 1316(f).

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

12 None of the funds provided under this title to the

13 Department of Housing and Urban Development, which

14 are obligated to State or local governments or to housing

15 finance agencies or other public or quasi-public housing

16 agencies, shall be used to indemnify contractors or sub17 contractors of the government or agency against costs as18 sociated with judgments of infringement of intellectual

19 property rights.

20 Of the budgetary resources available to the Depart21 ment of Housing and Urban Development during fiscal

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

23 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allo24 cate the amount of budgetary resources canceled among

25 the Department’s accounts available for procurement and
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1 procurement-related expenses. Amounts available for pro2 curement and procurement-related expenses in each such

3 account shall be reduced by the amount allocated to such

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

5 of ‘‘procurement’’ includes all stages of the process of ac6 quiring property or services, beginning with the process

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

8 with contract completion and closeout as specified in 41

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

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

11 139 for special purpose grants (105 Stat. 736, 745),

12 $1,000,000 made available to the Pennsylvania Housing

13 Finance Agency to complete renovation and revitalization

14 of the Saquoit Silk Mills in Scranton into low-income el15 derly apartments shall instead be made available for such

16 low-income elderly apartments on the site of the existing

17 Lackawanna Junior College in Lackawanna County,

18 Pennsylvania.

19 Notwithstanding any provision of law or regulation

20 thereunder, the requirement that an amendment to an

21 urban development action grant agreement must be inte22 grally related to the approved project is hereby waived for

23 project numbers B87AA360540 and B87AA360521.

24 None of the funds made available in this Act may

25 be used in violation of section 214 of the Housing and
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1 Community Development Act of 1980 or of any applicable

2 Federal law or regulation of the United States.

3 Subparagraph (A) of the first sentence of section

4 203(b) (2) of the National Housing Act is amended by

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

6 and inserting in lieu thereof the following——

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

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

9 Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act for a resi10 dence of the applicable size; except that the applica11 ble dollar amount limitation in effect for any area

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

13 the greater of—

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

15 under this section for the area on the date of

16 enactment of the Housing Choice and Commu17 nity Investment Act of 1994; or

18 ‘‘(II) the applicable average area purchase

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

20 Internal Revenue Code of 1986, adjusted by the

21 Secretary to reflect a single amount using pur22 chase prices for residences that have been pre23 viously occupied, and for residences that have

24 not been so occupied, which amount shall be ad-
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1 justed by the Secretary annually on the basis of

2 the Constant Quality Housing Price Index;’’.

3 Notwithstanding subsection 306(g) (3) of the Na4 tional Housing Act, as amended, fees charged for the

5 guaranty of, or commitment to guaranty, multiclass secu6 rities backed by a trust or pool of securities or notes guar7 anteed by the Government National Mortgage Association

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

9 be charged in an amount the Association deems appro10 priate.

11 TITLE III

12 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

13 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

16 of the American Battle Monuments Commission, including

17 the acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign coun18 tries; purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of

19 national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United

20 States and its territories and possessions; rent of office

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

22 replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles;

23 and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign coun24 tries, when required by law of such countries;

25 $20,265,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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1 vided, That where station allowance has been authorized

2 by the Department of the Army for officers of the Army

3 serving the Army at certain foreign stations, the same al4 lowance shall be authorized for officers of the Armed

5 Forces assigned to the Commission while serving at the

6 same foreign stations, and this appropriation is hereby

7 made available for the payment of such allowance: Pro8 vided further, That when traveling on business of the Com9 mission, officers of the Armed Forces serving as members

10 or as Secretary of the Commission may be reimbursed for

11 expenses as provided for civilian members of the Commis12 sion: Provided further, That the Commission shall reim13 burse other Government agencies, including the Armed

14 Forces, for salary, pay, and allowances of personnel as15 signed to it: Provided further, That section 509 of the gen16 eral provisions carried in title V of this Act shall not apply

17 to the funds provided under this heading: Provided further,

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

19 to the Korean War Memorial Fund may be used for ad20 ministrative support of the Korean War Veterans Memo21 rial Advisory Board including travel by members of the

22 board authorized by the Commission, travel allowances to

23 conform to those provided by Federal travel regulations.
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1 CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (RESCISSION)

4 Of the funds made available under this heading in

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

6 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product

9 Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve10 hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at

11 rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv12 alent to the rate for GS–18, purchase of nominal awards

13 to recognize non-Federal officials’ contributions to Com14 mission activities, and not to exceed $500 for official re15 ception and representation expenses, $43,486,000.

16 CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

17 NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS

18 OPERATING EXPENSES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na21 tional and Community Service in carrying out the pro22 grams, activities, and initiatives under the National and

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

24 103–82) (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the Act’’),

25 $490,388,000 to remain available until September 30,
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1 1996, except as provided hereafter: Provided, That not

2 more than $27,400,000 is available for administrative ex3 penses authorized under section 501(a)(4) of the Act, of

4 which not more than $13,700,000 shall be for administra5 tive expenses for State commissions pursuant to section

6 126(a) of subtitle C of title I of the Act: Provided further,

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

8 and representation expenses: Provided further, That not

9 more than $125,900,000, to remain available without fis10 cal year limitation, shall be transferred to the National

11 Service Trust Fund for educational awards as authorized

12 under subtitle D of title I of the Act.

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, $1,000,000.

17 COURT OF VETERANS APPEALS

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses for the operation of the Unit20 ed States Court of Veterans Appeals as authorized by 38

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

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

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

24 30, 1996, shall be available for the purpose of providing

25 financial assistance as described, and in accordance with
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1 the process and reporting procedures set forth, under this

2 head in Public Law 102–229.

3 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

4 CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for

7 maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington

8 National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home Na9 tional Cemetery, including the purchase of two passenger

10 motor vehicles for replacement only, and not to exceed

11 $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses;

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

13 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

14 RESEARCH, PREVENTION AND PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

15 For research and development, prevention, abate16 ment, compliance and enforcement activities, including

17 hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and

18 operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library mem19 berships in societies or associations which issue publica20 tions to members only or at a price to members lower than

21 to subscribers who are not members; construction, alter22 ation, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities,

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

24 $9,000 for official reception and representation expenses;

25 $1,600,300,000, to remain available until September 30,
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1 1996: Provided, That not more than $250,000,000 of

2 these funds shall be available for operating expenses, in3 cluding not more than $55,000,000 for procurement of

4 laboratory equipment, supplies, and other operating ex5 penses in support of research and development: Provided

6 further, That none of the funds appropriated under this

7 heading shall be available to the National Oceanic and At8 mospheric Administration pursuant to section 118(h)(3)

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

10 Provided further, That from funds appropriated under this

11 heading, the Administrator may make grants to federally

12 recognized Indian governments for the development of

13 multimedia environmental programs.

14 PROGRAM AND RESEARCH OPERATIONS

15 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

16 for personnel and related costs and for travel expenses,

17 including uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized

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

19 by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to ex20 ceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for GS–18;

21 $935,000,000.

22 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

25 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
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1 General Act of 1978, as amended, and for construction,

2 alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facili3 ties, not to exceed $75,000 per project, $44,595,000, of

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

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

6 derived from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank

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

8 these funds shall be available for administrative expenses.

9 FACILITIES AND NATIONWIDE SUPPORT

10 For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al11 teration and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of

12 or for use by the Environmental Protection Agency, and

13 for nationwide support of facilities-related activities,

14 $174,700,000, to remain available until expended.

15 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

16 For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen17 sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil18 ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including sec19 tions 111 (c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C.

20 9611), and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilita21 tion, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000

22 per project; $1,435,000,000 to remain available until ex23 pended, consisting of $1,185,000,000 as authorized by

24 section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and Reau25 thorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended by Public
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1 Law 101–508, and $250,000,000 as a payment from gen2 eral revenues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund as

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

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

5 the Hazardous Substance Superfund in excess of

6 $229,391,000 during fiscal year 1995: Provided, That

7 funds appropriated under this heading may be allocated

8 to other Federal agencies in accordance with section

9 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That notwithstand10 ing section 111(m) of CERCLA or any other provision of

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

12 under this heading shall be available to the Agency for

13 Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to carry out activi14 ties described in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and

15 111(c)(14) of CERCLA and section 118(f) of the

16 Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986:

17 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated

18 under this heading shall be available for the Agency for

19 Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to issue in excess

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

21 CERCLA during fiscal year 1995: Provided further, That

22 no more than $308,000,000 of these funds shall be avail23 able for administrative expenses of the Environmental

24 Protection Agency: Provided further, That none of the

25 funds appropriated in this Act may be made available for
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1 program management of Alternative Remedial Contract2 ing Strategy (ARCS) contracts exceeding 11 percent of

3 the total cost of such contract.

4 LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND

5 For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under6 ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sec7 tion 205 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthoriza8 tion Act of 1986, and for construction, alteration, repair,

9 rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed

10 $75,000 per project, $70,000,000, to remain available

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

12 shall be available for administrative expenses.

13 OIL SPILL RESPONSE

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ16 mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil

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

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

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

20 of these funds shall be available for administrative ex21 penses.

22 WATER INFRASTRUCTURE/STATE REVOLVING FUNDS

23 For necessary expenses for capitalization grants for

24 State revolving funds to support water infrastructure fi25 nancing, and to carry out the purposes of the Federal
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1 Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, the Water Qual2 ity Act of 1987, and the Public Health Service Act,

3 $2,732,000,000, to remain available until expended, of

4 which $1,787,000,000 shall not become available until au5 thorized by law: Provided, That of the amount which be6 comes available on October 1, 1994, $22,500,000 shall be

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

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

9 shall be for making grants under section 319 of the Fed10 eral Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, and shall

11 not become available until authorized by law; $52,500,000

12 shall be for section 510 of the Water Quality Act of 1987;

13 and $70,000,000 shall be for making grants under section

14 1443(a) of the Public Health Service Act: Provided fur15 ther, That the grant awarded from funds appropriated

16 under the paragraph with the heading ‘‘Construction

17 grants’’ in title III of the Departments of Veterans Affairs

18 and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent

19 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990 (103 Stat. 858) for

20 construction of a connector sewer line, consisting of a

21 main trunk line and 4 pump stations for the town of

22 Honea Path, South Carolina, to the wastewater treatment

23 facility in the town of Ware Shoals, South Carolina, shall

24 include demolition of Chiquola Mill Lagoon, Clatworthy

25 Lagoon, Corner Creek Lagoon, and Still Branch Lagoon.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 Of the budgetary resources available to the Environ3 mental Protection Agency during fiscal year 1995,

4 $7,525,000 are permanently canceled. The Administrator

5 of the Environmental Protection Agency shall allocate the

6 amount of budgetary resources canceled among the agen7 cy’s accounts available for procurement and procurement8 related expenses. Amounts available for procurement and

9 procurement-related expenses in each such account shall

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

11 the purposes of this paragraph, the definition of ‘‘procure12 ment’’ includes all stages of the process of acquiring prop13 erty or services, beginning with the process of determining

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

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

16 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

17 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and

19 Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na20 tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and

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

22 of passenger motor vehicles, services as authorized by 5

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

24 and representation expenses, and rental of conference

25 rooms in the District of Columbia, $4,981,000: Provided,
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1 That the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall

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

3 personnel compensation costs of individuals detailed to it.

4 COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF

5 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

6 For necessary expenses to continue functions as7 signed to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office

8 of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Envi9 ronmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality

10 Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No.

11 1 of 1977, $997,000.

12 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

13 DISASTER RELIEF

14 For necessary expenses in carrying out the functions

15 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency

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

17 to remain available until expended.

18 DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 For the cost of direct loans, $2,418,000, as author20 ized by section 319, and $1,980,000, as authorized by sec21 tion 417 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

22 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Pro23 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying

24 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con25 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That
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1 these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for

2 the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed

3 $175,000,000 under section 319 and not to exceed

4 $3,000,000 under section 417 of the Stafford Act: Pro5 vided further, That any unused portion of the direct loan

6 limitation and subsidy shall be available until expended.

7 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

8 the direct loan program, $145,000.

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

11 including hire and purchase of motor vehicles (31 U.S.C.

12 1343); uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by

13 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

14 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per

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

16 attendance of cooperating officials and individuals at

17 meetings concerned with the work of emergency prepared18 ness; transportation in connection with the continuity of

19 Government programs to the same extent and in the same

20 manner as permitted the Secretary of a Military Depart21 ment under 10 U.S.C. 2632; and not to exceed $2,500

22 for official reception and representation expenses;

23 $165,000,000.
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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, $4,400,000.

5 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE

6 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

7 to carry out activities under the National Flood Insurance

8 Act of 1968, as amended, and the Flood Disaster Protec9 tion Act of 1973, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.),

10 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As11 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake

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

13 7701 et seq.), the Federal Fire Prevention and Control

14 Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), the

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

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

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

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

19 (50 U.S.C. 404–405), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of

20 1978, $220,345,000.

21 EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM

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

23 Federal Emergency Management Agency to carry out an

24 emergency food and shelter program pursuant to title III

25 of Public Law 100–77, as amended: Provided, That total
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1 administrative costs shall not exceed three and one-half

2 per centum of the total appropriation.

3 NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

4 (TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 Of the funds available from the National Flood Insur6 ance Fund for activities under the National Flood Insur7 ance Act of 1968, and the Flood Disaster Protection Act

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

9 the ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’ appropriation for administra10 tive costs of the insurance and flood plain management

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

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

13 appropriation for flood plain management activities, in14 cluding $4,720,000 for expenses under section 1362 of the

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

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

17 September 30, 1996. In fiscal year 1995, no funds in ex18 cess of (1) $32,000,000 for operating expenses, (2)

19 $253,641,000 for agents’ commissions and taxes, and (3)

20 $12,000,000 for interest on Treasury borrowings shall be

21 available from the National Flood Insurance Fund without

22 prior notice to the Committees on Appropriations.

23 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

24 The Director of the Federal Emergency Management

25 Agency shall promulgate through rulemaking a methodol-
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1 ogy for assessment and collection of fees to be assessed

2 and collected in fiscal year 1995 applicable to persons sub3 ject to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s ra4 diological emergency preparedness regulations. The aggre5 gate charges assessed pursuant to this section during fis6 cal year 1995 shall approximate, but not be less than, 100

7 per centum of the amounts anticipated by the Federal

8 Emergency Management Agency to be obligated for its ra9 diological emergency preparedness program for such fiscal

10 year. The methodology for assessment and collection of

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

12 amount of costs of providing radiological emergency plan13 ning, preparedness, response and associated services. Such

14 fees will be assessed in a manner that reflects the use of

15 agency resources for classes of regulated persons and the

16 administrative costs of collecting such fees. Fees received

17 pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the general

18 fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts. Assessment

19 and collection of such fees are only authorized during fis20 cal year 1995.

21 Of the budgetary resources available to the Federal

22 Emergency Management Agency during fiscal year 1995,

23 $1,441,000 are permanently canceled. The Director of the

24 Federal Emergency Management Agency shall allocate the

25 amount of budgetary resources canceled among the Agen-
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1 cy’s accounts available for procurement and procurement2 related expenses. Amounts available for procurement and

3 procurement-related expenses in each such account shall

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

5 the purposes of this paragraph, the definition of ‘‘procure6 ment’’ includes all stages of the process of acquiring prop7 erty or services, beginning with the process of determining

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

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

10 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

11 CONSUMER INFORMATION CENTER

12 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Information

13 Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,

14 $2,008,000, to be deposited into the Consumer Informa15 tion Center Fund: Provided, That the appropriations, rev16 enues and collections deposited into the fund shall be

17 available for necessary expenses of Consumer Information

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

19 Administrative expenses of the Consumer Information

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

21 Appropriations, revenues, and collections accruing to this

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

23 remain in the fund and shall not be available for expendi24 ture except as authorized in appropriations Acts.
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1 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

2 OFFICE OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Consumer Af4 fairs, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,

5 $2,166,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other

6 provision of law, that Office may solicit, accept and de7 posit to this account, during fiscal year 1995, gifts for

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

9 and distributing consumer information and educational

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

11 those purposes, in addition to amounts otherwise appro12 priated; and the balance shall remain available for expend13 iture for such purposes to the extent authorized in subse14 quent appropriations Acts: Provided further, That none of

15 the funds provided under this heading may be made avail16 able for any other activities within the Department of

17 Health and Human Services.

18 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

19 HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT

20 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

21 in the conduct and support of human space flight research

22 and development activities, including research; develop23 ment; operations; services; maintenance; construction of

24 facilities including repair, rehabilitation, and modification

25 of real and personal property, and acquisition or con-
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1 demnation of real property, as authorized by law; space

2 flight, spacecraft control and communications activities in3 cluding operations, production, and services; and pur4 chase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mis5 sion and administrative aircraft; $5,592,900,000, to re6 main available until September 30, 1996.

7 SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY

8 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

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

10 technology research and development activities, including

11 research; development; operations; services; maintenance;

12 construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation

13 and modification of real and personal property, and acqui14 sition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by

15 law; space flight, spacecraft control and communications

16 activities including operations, production, and services;

17 and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation

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

19 remain available until September 30, 1996.

20 MISSION SUPPORT

21 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

22 in carrying out mission support for human space flight

23 programs and science, aeronautical, and technology pro24 grams, including research operations and support; space

25 communications activities including operations, produc-
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1 tion, and services; maintenance; construction of facilities

2 including repair, rehabilitation, and modification of facili3 ties, minor construction of new facilities and additions to

4 existing facilities, facility planning and design, environ5 mental compliance and restoration, and acquisition or con6 demnation of real property, as authorized by law; program

7 management; personnel and related costs, including uni8 forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5

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

10 charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and ad11 ministrative aircraft; not to exceed $35,000 for official re12 ception and representation expenses; and purchase (not to

13 exceed thirty-three for replacement only) and hire of pas14 senger motor vehicles; $2,549,587,000.

15 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

17 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

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

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 Of the budgetary resources available to the National

22 Aeronautics and Space Administration during fiscal year

23 1995, $59,003,000 are permanently canceled. The Admin24 istrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis25 tration shall allocate the amount of budgetary resources

26 canceled among the agency’s accounts available for pro-
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1 curement and procurement-related expenses. Amounts

2 available for procurement and procurement-related ex3 penses in each such account shall be reduced by the

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

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

6 stages of the process of acquiring property or services, be7 ginning with the process of determining a need for a prod8 uct or service and ending with contract completion and

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

10 Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of

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

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

13 appropriations Act, when any activity has been initiated

14 by the incurrence of obligations for construction of facili15 ties as authorized by law, the amount available for such

16 activity shall remain available until expended. This provi17 sion does not apply to the amounts appropriated in ‘‘Mis18 sion support’’ pursuant to the authorization for repair, re19 habilitation and modification of facilities, minor construc20 tion of new facilities and additions to existing facilities,

21 and facility planning and design.

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, the amounts appropriated for con-
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1 struction of facilities shall remain available until Septem2 ber 30, 1997.

3 No amount appropriated pursuant to this or any

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

5 a new contractor-funded facility for exclusive use in sup6 port of a contract or contracts with the National Aero7 nautics and Space Administration under which the Admin8 istration would be required to substantially amortize

9 through payment or reimbursement such contractor in10 vestment, unless an appropriations Act specifies the lease

11 or contract pursuant to which such facilities are to be con12 structed or leased or such facility is otherwise identified

13 in such Act. The Administrator may authorize such facil14 ity lease or construction, if he determines, in consultation

15 with the Committees on Appropriations, that deferral of

16 such action until the enactment of the next appropriations

17 Act would be inconsistent with the interest of the Nation

18 in aeronautical and space activities.

19 The unexpired balances of prior appropriations to

20 NASA for activities for which funds are provided under

21 this Act may be transferred to the new account established

22 for the appropriation that provides funds for such activity

23 under this Act. Balances so transferred may be merged

24 with funds in the newly established account and thereafter
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1 may be accounted for as one fund to be available for the

2 same purposes and under the same terms and conditions.

3 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

4 CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

5 During fiscal year 1995, gross obligations of the

6 Central Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new

7 direct loans to member credit unions as authorized by the

8 National Credit Union Central Liquidity Facility Act (12

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

10 That administrative expenses of the Central Liquidity Fa11 cility in fiscal year 1995 shall not exceed $901,000.

12 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

13 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses in carrying out the purposes

16 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as

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

18 a National Medal of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880–1881); serv19 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and op20 eration of aircraft and purchase of flight services for re21 search support; acquisition of aircraft; $2,216,923,000, of

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

23 until expended for Polar research and operations support,

24 and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for oper25 ational and science support and logistical and other relat-
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1 ed activities for the United States Antarctic program; the

2 balance to remain available until September 30, 1996:

3 Provided, That receipts for scientific support services and

4 materials furnished by the National Research Centers and

5 other National Science Foundation supported research fa6 cilities may be credited to this appropriation: Provided fur7 ther, That to the extent that the amount appropriated is

8 less than the total amount authorized to be appropriated

9 for included program activities, all amounts, including

10 floors and ceilings, specified in the authorizing Act for

11 those program activities or their subactivities shall be re12 duced proportionally: Provided further, That amounts ap13 propriated in prior fiscal years for the United States Polar

14 Research Programs, the United States Antarctic

15 Logistical Support Activities, and the Critical Tech16 nologies Institute shall be transferred to and merged with

17 this appropriation and remain available until expended.

18 Of the amounts made available under this heading

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

20 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT

21 For necessary expenses in carrying out major con22 struction and procurement projects pursuant to the pur23 poses of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950,

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

25 expended.
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1 ACADEMIC RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE

2 For necessary expenses in carrying out an academic

3 research infrastructure program pursuant to the purposes

4 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as

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

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

7 rooms in the District of Columbia, $100,000,000, to re8 main available until September 30, 1996: Provided, That

9 these funds shall not become available for obligation until

10 March 31, 1995.

11 EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

12 For necessary expenses in carrying out science and

13 engineering education and human resources programs and

14 activities pursuant to the purposes of the National Science

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

16 1875), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109

17 and rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum18 bia, $585,974,000, to remain available until September

19 30, 1996: Provided, That to the extent that the amount

20 of this appropriation is less than the total amount author21 ized to be appropriated for included program activities, all

22 amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified in the au23 thorizing Act for those program activities or their

24 subactivities shall be reduced proportionally.
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1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

2 For necessary salaries and expenses in carrying out

3 the purposes of the National Science Foundation Act of

4 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875); services au5 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehi6 cles; not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and rep7 resentation expenses; uniforms or allowances therefor, as

8 authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); rental of con9 ference rooms in the District of Columbia; reimbursement

10 of the General Services Administration for security guard

11 services; $123,966,000: Provided, That contracts may be

12 entered into under salaries and expenses in fiscal year

13 1995 for maintenance and operation of facilities, and for

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

15 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

17 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

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

19 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION HEADQUARTERS

20 RELOCATION

21 For necessary support of the relocation of the Na22 tional Science Foundation, $5,200,000: Provided, That

23 these funds shall be used to reimburse the General Serv24 ices Administration for services and related acquisitions

25 in support of relocating the National Science Foundation.
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1 NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

2 PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT

3 CORPORATION

4 For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor5 poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities,

6 as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora7 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $38,667,000.

8 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys11 tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of

12 training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective

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

14 4118) for civilian employees; and not to exceed $1,000 for

15 official reception and representation expenses;

16 $22,930,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal

17 year, the President may exempt this appropriation from

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

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

20 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by

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

22 induction of any person into the Armed Forces of the

23 United States.
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1 TITLE IV

2 CORPORATIONS

3 Corporations and agencies of the Department of

4 Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the

5 Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, are

6 hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the

7 limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each

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

9 to make such contracts and commitments without regard

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

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

12 forth in the budget for 1995 for such corporation or agen13 cy except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collec14 tions of these corporations and agencies may be used for

15 new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the

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

17 are in support of other forms of assistance provided for

18 in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this pro19 viso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty

20 operations of these corporations, or where loans or

21 mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the financial

22 interest of the United States Government.
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1 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

2 FSLIC RESOLUTION FUND

3 For payment of expenditures of the FSLIC Resolu4 tion Fund, for which other funds available to the FSLIC

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

6 insufficient, $827,000,000, to remain available until ex7 pended.

8 FDIC AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM

9 For the affordable housing program of the Federal

10 Deposit Insurance Corporation under section 40 of the

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

12 $15,000,000 to pay for any losses resulting from the sale

13 of properties under the program, and for all administra14 tive and holding costs associated with operating the

15 program.

16 Notwithstanding any provisions of section 40 of the

17 Federal Deposit Insurance Act or any other provision of

18 law, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation shall be

19 deemed in compliance with such section if, in its sole dis20 cretion, the Corporation at any time modifies, amends or

21 waives any provisions of such section in order to maximize

22 the efficient use of the available appropriated funds. The

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

24 comply with the requirements of this provision or section

25 40 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.
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1 RESOLUTION TRUST CORPORATION

2 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

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, $32,000,000.

6 TITLE V

7 GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

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

10 no specific limitation has been placed thereon, the expendi11 tures for such travel expenses may not exceed the amounts

12 set forth therefor in the budget estimates submitted for

13 the appropriations: Provided, That this section shall not

14 apply to travel performed by uncompensated officials of

15 local boards and appeal boards of the Selective Service

16 System; to travel performed directly in connection with

17 care and treatment of medical beneficiaries of the Depart18 ment of Veterans Affairs; to travel performed in connec19 tion with major disasters or emergencies declared or deter20 mined by the President under the provisions of the Robert

21 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance

22 Act; to travel performed by the Offices of Inspector Gen23 eral in connection with audits and investigations; or to

24 payments to interagency motor pools where separately set

25 forth in the budget schedules: Provided further, That if
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1 appropriations in titles I, II, and III exceed the amounts

2 set forth in budget estimates initially submitted for such

3 appropriations, the expenditures for travel may cor4 respondingly exceed the amounts therefor set forth in the

5 estimates in the same proportion.

6 SEC. 502. Appropriations and funds available for the

7 administrative expenses of the Department of Housing

8 and Urban Development and the Selective Service System

9 shall be available in the current fiscal year for purchase

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

11 (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); hire of passenger motor vehicles;

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

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

14 Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora15 tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of

16 1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations

17 on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract

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

19 services and facilities of Federal National Mortgage Asso20 ciation, Government National Mortgage Association, Fed21 eral Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financ22 ing Bank, Resolution Trust Corporation, Federal Reserve

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

24 and any insured bank within the meaning of the Federal
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1 Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended (12

2 U.S.C. 1811–1831).

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

4 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

5 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

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

7 expended—

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

9 employee of the United States unless—

10 (A) such certification is accompanied by,

11 or is part of, a voucher or abstract which de12 scribes the payee or payees and the items or

13 services for which such expenditure is being

14 made, or

15 (B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to

16 such certification, and without such a voucher

17 or abstract, is specifically authorized by law;

18 and

19 (2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit

20 by the General Accounting Office or is specifically

21 exempt by law from such audit.

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

23 any department or agency may be expended for the trans24 portation of any officer or employee of such department

25 or agency between his domicile and his place of employ-
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1 ment, with the exception of any officer or employee au2 thorized such transportation under title 31, United States

3 Code, section 1344.

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

5 be used for payment, through grants or contracts, to re6 cipients that do not share in the cost of conducting re7 search resulting from proposals not specifically solicited

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

9 sharing by the recipient shall reflect the mutuality of in10 terest of the grantee or contractor and the Government

11 in the research.

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

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

14 reimbursement for payment of the salary of a consultant

15 (whether retained by the Federal Government or a grant16 ee) at more than the daily equivalent of the rate paid for

17 Level IV of the Executive Schedule, unless specifically au18 thorized by law.

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

20 this Act for personnel compensation and benefits shall be

21 available for other object classifications set forth in the

22 budget estimates submitted for the appropriations: Pro23 vided, That this section shall not apply to any part of the

24 appropriations contained in this Act for Offices of Inspec25 tor General personnel compensation and benefits.
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1 SEC. 510. None of the funds in this Act shall be used

2 to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Fed3 eral parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory pro4 ceedings. Nothing herein affects the authority of the

5 Consumer Product Safety Commission pursuant to section

6 7 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2056

7 et seq.).

8 SEC. 511. Except as otherwise provided under exist9 ing law or under an existing Executive order issued pursu10 ant to an existing law, the obligation or expenditure of

11 any appropriation under this Act for contracts for any

12 consulting service shall be limited to contracts which are

13 (1) a matter of public record and available for public in14 spection, and (2) thereafter included in a publicly available

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

16 prior to the date on which the list is made available to

17 the public and of all contracts on which performance has

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

19 preceding sentence shall be updated quarterly and shall

20 include a narrative description of the work to be per21 formed under each such contract.

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

23 part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be

24 obligated or expended by any executive agency, as referred

25 to in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41
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1 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) for a contract for services unless such

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

3 contract in full compliance with such Act and the regula4 tions promulgated thereunder, and (2) requires any report

5 prepared pursuant to such contract, including plans, eval6 uations, studies, analyses and manuals, and any report

7 prepared by the agency which is substantially derived from

8 or substantially includes any report prepared pursuant to

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

10 contract pursuant to which the report was prepared, and

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

12 such contract.

13 SEC. 513. Except as otherwise provided in section

14 506, none of the funds provided in this Act to any depart15 ment or agency shall be obligated or expended to provide

16 a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to

17 any officer or employee of such department or agency.

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

19 any department or agency shall be obligated or expended

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

21 2001 with an EPA estimated miles per gallon average of

22 less than 22 miles per gallon.

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

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

25 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.
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1 SEC. 516. None of the funds appropriated in title I

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

3 real property if the estimated annual rental is more than

4 $300,000 unless the Secretary submits, in writing, a re5 port to the Committees on Appropriations of the Congress

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

7 on which the report is received by the Committees on Ap8 propriations.

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

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

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

12 21A(b)(11)(B) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act and

13 the actions taken with respect to the agreements described

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

15 agreement, the review that has been conducted and the

16 action that has been taken, if any, to rescind or to restruc17 ture, modify, or renegotiate the agreement. In describing

18 the action taken, the Corporation is not required to pro19 vide detailed information regarding an ongoing investiga20 tion or negotiation. The Corporation shall exercise any

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

22 rescind such agreement, notwithstanding any other provi23 sion of law, where the savings would be realized.

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

25 of restructuring, modifying, or renegotiating the agree-
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1 ments described in subsection (a), the Corporation shall

2 certify to the Congress, for each such agreement, the fol3 lowing:

4 (1) the Corporation has completed its review of

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

6 of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act;

7 (2)(A) at the time of certification, in the opin8 ion of the Corporation and based upon the informa9 tion available to it, there is insufficient evidence or

10 other indication of fraud, mis-representation, failure

11 to disclose a material fact, failure to perform under

12 the terms of the agreement, improprieties in the bid13 ding process, failure to comply with any law, rule or

14 regulation regarding the validity of the agreement,

15 or any other legal basis sufficient for the rescission

16 of the agreement; or

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

18 finds that there may be sufficient evidence to pro19 vide a legal basis for the rescission of the assistance

20 agreement, but the Corporation determines that it

21 may be in the best interest of the Government of re22 structure, modify or renegotiate the assistance

23 agreement; and

24 (3) the Corporation has or will promptly exer25 cise any and all legal rights to modify, renegotiate,
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1 or restructure the agreement where savings would be

2 realized by such action.

3 SEC. 518. (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE

4 EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Con5 gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip6 ment and products purchased with funds made available

7 in this Act should be American-made.

8 (b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial

9 assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any en10 tity using funds made available in this Act, the head of

11 each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable,

12 shall provide to such entity a notice describing the state13 ment made in subsection (a) by the Congress.

14 This Act may be cited as the Departments of Veter15 ans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and

16 Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995.

Passed the House of Representatives June 29, 1994.

Attest:

Clerk.
103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4624

AN ACT

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 Develop-