Union Calendar No. 103

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2099

[Report No. 104–201]

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Departments of Vetand for other purposes. for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices ment, and for sundry independent agencies, erans Affairs and Housing and Urban DevelopJULY 21, 1995

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the

State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 103

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2099

[Report No. 104–201]

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, 1996, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 21, 1995

Mr. LEWIS of California, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the

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

on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

A BILL

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

30, 1996, and for other purposes.

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

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

2 Development, and for sundry independent agencies,

3 boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fis4 cal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other pur5 poses, namely:

6 TITLE I

7 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

8 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

9 COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For the payment of compensation benefits to or on

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

24 76 Stat. 1198); $17,649,972,000, to remain available

25 until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $25,180,000

26 of the amount appropriated shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Gen-
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1 eral operating expenses’’ and ‘‘Medical care’’ for necessary

2 expenses in implementing those provisions authorized in

3 the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, and in

4 the Veterans’ Benefits Act of 1992, (38 U.S.C. chapters

5 51, 53, and 55) the funding source for which is specifically

6 provided as the ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’ appropria7 tion: Provided further, That such sums as may be earned

8 on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall be reimbursed

9 to ‘‘Medical facilities revolving fund’’ to augment the fund10 ing of individual medical facilities for nursing home care

11 provided to pensioners as authorized by the Veterans’

12 Benefits Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C. chapter 55): Provided

13 further, That $12,000,000 previously transferred from

14 ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’ to ‘‘Medical facilities re15 volving fund’’ shall be transferred to this heading.

16 READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

17 For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation

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

19 (38 U.S.C. chapters 21, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53,

20 55, and 61), $1,345,300,000, to remain available until ex21 pended: Provided, That funds shall be available to pay any

22 court order, court award or any compromise settlement

23 arising from litigation involving the vocational training

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

25 as amended.
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1 VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

2 For military and naval insurance, national service life

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

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

6 72 Stat. 487) $24,890,000, to remain available until ex7 pended.

8 GUARANTY AND INDEMNITY PROGRAM ACCOUNT

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such

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

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

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

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

15 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended.

16 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

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

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

20 LOAN GUARANTY PROGRAM ACCOUNT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such

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

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

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

2 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended.

3 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

4 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $52,138,000,

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

7 DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

12 That such costs, including the cost of modifying such

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

15 That during 1996, within the resources available, not to

16 exceed $300,000 in gross obligations for direct loans are

17 authorized for specially adapted housing loans (38 U.S.C.

18 chapter 37).

19 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

20 the direct loan program, $459,000, which may be trans21 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General

22 operating expenses’’.

23 EDUCATION LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

25 For the cost of direct loans, $1,000, as authorized

26 by 38 U.S.C. 3698, as amended: Provided, That such
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1 costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be

2 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

3 of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds

4 are available to subsidize gross obligations for the prin5 cipal amount of direct loans not to exceed $4,000.

6 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

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

8 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

9 ‘‘General operating expenses’’.

10 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

15 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

16 of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds

17 are available to subsidize gross obligations for the prin18 cipal amount of direct loans not to exceed $1,964,000.

19 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

20 carry out the direct loan program, $377,000, which may

21 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

22 ‘‘General operating expenses’’.
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1 NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

2 ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct

5 loan program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, sub6 chapter V, as amended, $205,000, which may be trans7 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General

8 operating expenses’’.

9 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

10 MEDICAL CARE

11 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op12 eration of hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facili13 ties; for furnishing, as authorized by law, inpatient and

14 outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of the De15 partment of Veterans Affairs, including care and treat16 ment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Depart17 ment of Veterans Affairs, and furnishing recreational fa18 cilities, supplies, and equipment; funeral, burial, and other

19 expenses incidental thereto for beneficiaries receiving care

20 in Department of Veterans Affairs facilities; administra21 tive expenses in support of planning, design, project man22 agement, real property acquisition and disposition, con23 struction and renovation of any facility under the jurisdic24 tion or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs;

25 oversight, engineering and architectural activities not

26 charged to project cost; repairing, altering, improving or
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1 providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes

2 under the jurisdiction of the Department of Veterans Af3 fairs, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by

4 the hire of temporary employees and purchase of mate5 rials; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by

6 law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); aid to State homes as author7 ized by law (38 U.S.C. 1741); and not to exceed

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

9 to in 38 U.S.C. 8110(a)(5); $16,713,521,000, plus reim10 bursements: Provided, That of the funds made available

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

12 and land and structures object classifications only, which

13 amount shall not become available for obligation until Au14 gust 1, 1996, and shall remain available for obligation

15 until September 30, 1997.

16 MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

17 For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of

18 medical and prosthetic research and development as au19 thorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapter 73), to remain avail20 able until September 30, 1997, $251,743,000, plus reim21 bursements.

22 MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS

23 OPERATING EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses in the administration of the

25 medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction,

26 supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad-
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1 ministrative expenses in support of planning, design,

2 project management, architectural, engineering, real prop3 erty acquisition and disposition, construction and renova4 tion of any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use

5 of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including site ac6 quisition; engineering and architectural activities not

7 charged to project cost; and research and development in

8 building construction technology; $63,602,000, plus reim9 bursements.

10 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

13 by Public Law 102–54, section 8, which shall be trans14 ferred from the ‘‘General post fund’’: Provided, That such

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

16 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

17 of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds

18 are available to subsidize gross obligations for the prin19 cipal amount of direct loans not to exceed $70,000. In ad20 dition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct

21 loan program, $54,000, which shall be transferred from

22 the ‘‘General post fund’’, as authorized by Public Law

23 102–54, section 8.
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1 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

2 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES

3 For necessary operating expenses of the Department

4 of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including

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

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

7 expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and reimburse8 ment of the General Services Administration for security

9 guard services, and the Department of Defense for the

10 cost of overseas employee mail; $821,487,000: Provided,

11 That funds under this heading shall be available to admin12 ister the Service Members Occupational Conversion and

13 Training Act: Provided further, That the $25,500,000 ear14 marked in Public Law 103–327 for the acquisition of

15 automated data processing equipment and services to sup16 port the modernization program of the Veterans Benefits

17 Administration is available for any expense authorized to

18 be funded under this heading: Provided further, That none

19 of the funds under this heading (including funds referred

20 to in the preceding proviso) may be obligated or expended

21 for the acquisition of automated data processing equip22 ment and services for Department of Veterans Affairs re23 gional offices to support Stage III of the automated data

24 equipment modernization program of the Veterans Bene25 fits Administration.
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1 NATIONAL CEMETERY SYSTEM

2 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op3 eration of the National Cemetery System not otherwise

4 provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as

5 authorized by law; cemeterial expenses as authorized by

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

7 in cemeterial operations; and hire of passenger motor vehi8 cles, $72,604,000.

9 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

11 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

12 General Act of 1978, as amended, $30,900,000.

13 CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For constructing, altering, extending and improving

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

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

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

19 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38, Unit20 ed States Code, including planning, architectural and en21 gineering services, maintenance or guarantee period serv22 ices costs associated with equipment guarantees provided

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

24 and storm drainage system construction costs, and site ac25 quisition, where the estimated cost of a project is

26 $3,000,000 or more or where funds for a project were
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1 made available in a previous major project appropriation,

2 $183,455,000, to remain available until expended: Pro3 vided, That except for advance planning of projects funded

4 through the advance planning fund and the design of

5 projects funded through the design fund, none of these

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

7 considered and approved by the Congress in the budgetary

8 process: Provided further, That funds provided in this ap9 propriation for fiscal year 1996, for each approved project

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

11 documents contract by September 30, 1996, and (2) by

12 the awarding of a construction contract by September 30,

13 1997: Provided further, That the Secretary shall promptly

14 report in writing to the Comptroller General and to the

15 Committees on Appropriations any approved major con16 struction project in which obligations are not incurred

17 within the time limitations established above; and the

18 Comptroller General shall review the report in accordance

19 with the procedures established by section 1015 of the Im20 poundment Control Act of 1974 (title X of Public Law

21 93–344): Provided further, That no funds from any other

22 account except the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’, may be obli23 gated for constructing, altering, extending, or improving

24 a project which was approved in the budget process and

25 funded in this account until one year after substantial
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1 completion and beneficial occupancy by the Department

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

3 respect to that part only: Provided further, That of the

4 funds made available under this heading in Public Law

5 103–327, $7,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Parking

6 revolving fund’’.

7 CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

8 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving

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

10 of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including plan11 ning, architectural and engineering services, maintenance

12 or guarantee period services costs associated with equip13 ment guarantees provided under the project, services of

14 claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system

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

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

17 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38, Unit18 ed States Code, where the estimated cost of a project is

19 less than $3,000,000, $152,934,000, to remain available

20 until expended, along with unobligated balances of pre21 vious ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ appropriations which

22 are hereby made available for any project where the esti23 mated cost is less than $3,000,000: Provided, That funds

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

25 of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for

26 the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs which are
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1 necessary because of loss or damage caused by any natural

2 disaster or catastrophe, and (2) temporary measures nec3 essary to prevent or to minimize further loss by such

4 causes.

5 PARKING REVOLVING FUND

6 For the parking revolving fund as authorized by law

7 (38 U.S.C. 8109), income from fees collected, to remain

8 available until expended. Resources of this fund shall be

9 available for all expenses authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8109

10 except operations and maintenance costs which will be

11 funded from ‘‘Medical care’’.

12 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE

13 FACILITIES

14 For grants to assist the several States to acquire or

15 construct State nursing home and domiciliary facilities

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

17 home and domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnish18 ing care to veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C.

19 8131–8137), $47,397,000, to remain available until ex20 pended.

21 GRANTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERANS

22 CEMETERIES

23 For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding,

24 or improving State veteran cemeteries as authorized by

25 law (38 U.S.C. 2408), $1,000,000, to remain available

26 until September 30, 1998.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 SEC. 101. Any appropriation for 1996 for ‘‘Com4 pensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and

5 ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ may be transferred

6 to any other of the mentioned appropriations.

7 SEC. 102. Appropriations available to the Depart8 ment of Veterans Affairs for 1996 for salaries and ex9 penses shall be available for services as authorized by 5

10 U.S.C. 3109.

11 SEC. 103. No part of the appropriations in this Act

12 for the Department of Veterans Affairs (except the appro13 priations for ‘‘Construction, major projects’’, ‘‘Construc14 tion, minor projects’’, and the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’)

15 shall be available for the purchase of any site for or toward

16 the construction of any new hospital or home.

17 SEC. 104. No part of the foregoing appropriations

18 shall be available for hospitalization or examination of any

19 persons except beneficiaries entitled under the laws be20 stowing such benefits to veterans, unless reimbursement

21 of cost is made to the appropriation at such rates as may

22 be fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

23 SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Depart24 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1996 for ‘‘Com25 pensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and

26 ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ shall be available
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1 for payment of prior year accrued obligations required to

2 be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year

3 accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 1995.

4 SEC. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the

5 Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1996 shall

6 be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding

7 prior year appropriations accounts resulting from title X

8 of the Competitive Equality Banking Act, Public Law

9 100–86, except that if such obligations are from trust

10 fund accounts they shall be payable from ‘‘Compensation

11 and pensions’’.

12 SEC. 107. (a) Effective October 1, 1995, section 5505

13 of title 38, United States Code, as in effect when repealed

14 by section 1201(g)(4)(A) of Public Law 103–446 (108

15 Stat. 4687), is hereby reenacted and, as so reenacted, is

16 amended by striking out ‘‘September 30, 1992’’ in sub17 section (c) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘September 30,

18 1996’’.

19 (b) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter

20 55 of such title is amended by adding at the end the fol21 lowing new item:

‘‘5505. Limitation on compensation payments for certain incompetent veterans.’’.

22 SEC. 108. Chapter 19 of title 38, United States Code,

23 is amended as follows:

24 (1) Section 1920 is amended—
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1 (A) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, and

2 for the reimbursement of administrative costs

3 under subsection (c)’’ before the period at the

4 end of the second sentence; and

5 (B) by adding at the end the following new

6 subsection:

7 ‘‘(c)(1) For each fiscal year for which this subsection

8 is in effect, the Secretary shall, from the National Service

9 Life Insurance Fund, reimburse the ‘General operating ex10 penses’ account of the Department for the amount of ad11 ministrative costs determined under paragraph (2) for

12 that fiscal year. Such reimbursement shall be made from

13 any surplus earnings for that fiscal year that are available

14 for dividends on such insurance after claims have been

15 paid and actuarially determined reserves have been set

16 aside. However, if the amount of such administrative costs

17 exceeds the amount of such surplus earnings, such reim18 bursement shall be made only to the extent of such surplus

19 earnings.

20 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall determine the administra21 tive costs to the Department for a fiscal year for which

22 this subsection is in effect which, in the judgment of the

23 Secretary, are properly allocable to the provision of Na24 tional Service Life Insurance (and to the provision of any
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1 total disability income insurance added to the provision

2 of such insurance).

3 ‘‘(3) This subsection shall be in effect only with re4 spect to fiscal year 1996.’’.

5 (2) Section 1923 is amended—

6 (A) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, and

7 for the reimbursement of administrative costs

8 under subsection (d)’’ before the period at the

9 end of the last sentence; and

10 (B) by adding at the end the following new

11 subsection:

12 ‘‘(d)(1) For each fiscal year for which this subsection

13 is in effect, the Secretary shall, from the Veterans’ Special

14 Life Insurance Fund, reimburse the ‘General operating ex15 penses’ account of the Department for the amount of ad16 ministrative costs determined under paragraph (2) for

17 that fiscal year. Such reimbursement shall be made from

18 any surplus earnings for that fiscal year that are available

19 for dividends on such insurance after claims have been

20 paid and actuarially determined reserves have been set

21 aside. However, if the amount of such administrative costs

22 exceeds the amount of such surplus earnings, such reim23 bursement shall be made only to the extent of such surplus

24 earnings.
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1 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall determine the administra2 tive costs to the Department for a fiscal year for which

3 this subsection is in effect which, in the judgment of the

4 Secretary, are properly allocable to the provision of Veter5 ans’ Special Life Insurance (and to the provision of any

6 total disability income insurance added to the provision

7 of such insurance).

8 ‘‘(3) This subsection shall be in effect only with re9 spect to fiscal year 1996.’’.

10 (3) Section 1955 is amended—

11 (A) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, and

12 for the reimbursement of administrative costs

13 under subsection (c)’’ before the period at the

14 end of the first sentence; and

15 (B) by adding at the end the following new

16 subsection:

17 ‘‘(c)(1) For each fiscal year for which this subsection

18 is in effect, the Secretary shall, from the United States

19 Government Life Insurance Fund, reimburse the ‘General

20 operating expenses’ account of the Department for the

21 amount of administrative costs determined under para22 graph (2) for that fiscal year. Such reimbursement shall

23 be made from any surplus earnings for that fiscal year

24 that are available for dividends on such insurance after

25 claims have been paid and actuarially determined reserves
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1 have been set aside. However, if the amount of such ad2 ministrative costs exceeds the amount of such surplus

3 earnings, such reimbursement shall be made only to the

4 extent of such surplus earnings.

5 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall determine the administra6 tive costs to the Department for a fiscal year for which

7 this subsection is in effect which, in the judgment of the

8 Secretary, are properly allocable to the provision of United

9 States Government Life Insurance (and to the provision

10 of any total disability income insurance added to the provi11 sion of such insurance).

12 ‘‘(3) This subsection shall be in effect only with re13 spect to fiscal year 1996.’’.

14 (4) Section 1982 is amended by striking out

15 ‘‘The United States’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

16 ‘‘Except as provided in sections 1920(c), 1923(d),

17 and 1955(c) of this title, the United States’’.

18 TITLE II

19 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN

20 DEVELOPMENT

21 HOUSING PROGRAMS

22 ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING

23 For assistance under the United States Housing Act

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

25 not otherwise provided for, $10,041,589,000, to remain
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1 available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds

2 made available under the head ‘‘Annual contributions for

3 assisted housing’’ in this Act or any prior Act shall be

4 expended if such expenditure would cause total fiscal year

5 1996 expenditures to exceed $19,939,311,000: Provided

6 further, That the Secretary shall report to the Committees

7 on Appropriations every 90 days on the implementation

8 of the spending limitation in the preceding proviso: Pro9 vided further, That of the total amount provided under

10 this head, $100,000,000 shall be for the development or

11 acquisition cost of public housing for Indian families, in12 cluding amounts for housing under the mutual help home13 ownership opportunity program under section 202 of the

14 Act (42 U.S.C. 1437bb): Provided further, That of the

15 total amount provided under this head, $2,500,000,000

16 shall be for modernization of existing public housing

17 projects pursuant to section 14 of the Act (42 U.S.C.

18 1437l): Provided further, That of the amounts earmarked

19 under this head for modernization of existing public hous20 ing projects, $15,000,000 shall be used for the Tenant Op21 portunity Program: Provided further, That during fiscal

22 year 1996, the Secretary may direct any public housing

23 agency that receives any part of the foregoing amount, to

24 use such amount, or any other amount that has been made

25 available in this or any other prior Act for public housing
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1 under this head or for the HOPE VI/Urban Revitalization

2 Demonstration Program, and that has not been obligated

3 by the agency, to demolish, reconfigure, or reduce the den4 sity of any public housing project owned by the agency:

5 Provided further, That of the total amount provided under

6 this head, $862,125,000 shall be available for non-incre7 mental rental assistance under the section 8 housing

8 voucher program under section 8(o) of the Act (42 U.S.C.

9 1437f(o)): Provided further, That notwithstanding any

10 other provision of law, voucher assistance provided under

11 the preceding proviso may be used in connection with leg12 islation enacted after the effective date of this Act that

13 authorizes assistance for such purpose, as determined by

14 the Secretary: Provided further, That of the total amount

15 provided under this head, $1,000,000,000 shall be for spe16 cial needs housing: Provided further, That the amount ear17 marked under the preceding proviso shall be for capital

18 advances, including amendments to capital advance con19 tracts, for housing for the elderly, as authorized by section

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

21 project rental assistance, and amendments to contracts for

22 project rental assistance, for supportive housing for the

23 elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of

24 1959, as amended; capital advances, including amend25 ments to capital advance contracts, and project rental as-
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1 sistance, including amendments to contracts for project

2 rental assistance, for supportive housing for persons with

3 disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cranston4 Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act; and housing

5 opportunities for persons with AIDS under title VIII, sub6 title D of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable

7 Housing Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may

8 use up to $200,000,000 from unobligated carryover bal9 ances under this heading as of September 30, 1995, for

10 assistance for State or local units of government, tenant

11 and nonprofit organizations to purchase projects where

12 owners have indicated an intention to prepay mortgages

13 and for assistance to be used as an incentive to prevent

14 prepayment or for vouchers to aid eligible tenants ad15 versely affected by mortgage prepayment, as authorized

16 under preservation legislation enacted subsequent to this

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

18 under this head, $10,000,000 shall be for the lead-based

19 paint hazard reduction program as authorized under sec20 tion 1053 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard

21 Reduction Act of 1992: Provided further, That of the total

22 amount provided under this head, $17,300,000 shall be

23 available for fees for coordinators under section 23(h)(1)

24 for the Family Self-sufficiency Program (42 U.S.C.

25 1437u): Provided further, That of the total amount pro-
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1 vided under this head, $4,941,589,000 shall be for assist2 ance under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42

3 U.S.C. 1437) for use in connection with expiring or termi4 nating section 8 subsidy contracts: Provided further, That

5 such amounts shall be merged with funds referenced in

6 section 204 of this title: Provided further, That the Sec7 retary of Housing and Urban Development may reserve

8 amounts available for the renewal of assistance under sec9 tion 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 and may

10 use such amounts, upon the termination or expiration of

11 a contract for assistance under section 8 of the United

12 States Housing Act of 1937 (other than a contract for

13 tenant-based assistance and notwithstanding section 8(v)

14 of such Act for loan management assistance), to provide

15 voucher assistance under section 8(o) of such Act in the

16 market area for a number of eligible families equal to the

17 number of units covered by the terminated or expired con18 tract, which assistance shall be in accordance with terms

19 and conditions prescribed by the Secretary: Provided fur20 ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, as21 sistance reserved under the preceding proviso may be used

22 in connection with any provision of Federal law enacted

23 after the enactment of this Act that authorizes the use

24 of rental assistance amounts in connection with such ter25 minated or expired contracts: Provided further, That of the
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1 total amount provided under this head, $610,575,000

2 shall be for amendments to section 8 contracts other than

3 contracts for projects developed under section 202 of the

4 Housing Act of 1959, as amended.

5 FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 From the fund established by section 236(g) of the

8 National Housing Act, as amended, all uncommitted bal9 ances of excess rental charges as of September 30, 1995,

10 and any collections during fiscal year 1996 shall be trans11 ferred, as authorized under such section, to the fund au12 thorized under Section 201 (j) of the Housing and Com13 munity Development Amendments of 1978, as amended.

14 RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

15 (RESCISSION)

16 The limitation otherwise applicable to the maximum

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

18 contracts entered into under section 236 of the National

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

20 1996 by not more than $2,000,000 in uncommitted bal21 ances of authorizations provided for this purpose in appro22 priations Acts: Provided, That up to $163,000,000 of re23 captured section 236 budget authority resulting from the

24 prepayment of mortgages subsidized under section 236 of

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

26 rescinded in fiscal year 1996.
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1 PAYMENTS FOR OPERATION OF LOW-INCOME HOUSING

2 PROJECTS

3 For payments to public housing agencies and Indian

4 housing authorities for operating subsidies for low-income

5 housing projects as authorized by section 9 of the United

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

7 1437g), $2,500,000,000.

8 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

9 For the HOME investment partnerships program, as

10 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na11 tional Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101–625), as

12 amended, $1,400,000,000, to remain available until ex13 pended.

14 HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE

15 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, other

16 than loans, not otherwise provided for, for providing coun17 seling and advice to tenants and homeowners—both cur18 rent and prospective—with respect to property mainte19 nance, financial management, and such other matters as

20 may be appropriate to assist them in improving their hous21 ing conditions and meeting the responsibilities of tenancy

22 or homeownership, including provisions for training and

23 for support of voluntary agencies and services as author24 ized by section 106 of the Housing and Urban Develop25 ment Act of 1968, as amended, $12,000,000, notwith-
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1 standing section 106(c)(9) and section 106(d)(13), of such

2 Act.

3 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM

4 ACCOUNT

5 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $3,000,000, as au6 thorized by section 184 of the Housing and Community

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

8 That such costs, including the costs of modifying such

9 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres10 sional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further,

11 That these funds are available to subsidize total loan prin12 cipal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed

13 $36,900,000.

14 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

15 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

16 For the emergency shelter grants program (as au17 thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the Stewart B.

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

19 as amended); the supportive housing program (as author20 ized under subtitle C of title IV of such Act); the section

21 8 moderate rehabilitation single room occupancy program

22 (as authorized under the United States Housing Act of

23 1937, as amended) to assist homeless individuals pursuant

24 to section 441 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless As25 sistance Act; the shelter plus care program (as authorized

26 under subtitle F of title IV of such Act); and the innova-
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1 tive homeless initiatives demonstration program (as de2 scribed in sections 2(a)–2(f) of the HUD Demonstration

3 Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–120)), $576,000,000, to re4 main available until expended.

5 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

6 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For grants to States and units of general local gov9 ernment and for related expenses, not otherwise provided

10 for, necessary for carrying out a community development

11 grants program as authorized by title I of the Housing

12 and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended

13 (42 U.S.C. 5301), $4,600,000,000, to remain available

14 until September 30, 1998: Provided, That $46,000,000

15 shall be available for grants to Indian tribes pursuant to

16 section 106(a)(1) of the Housing and Community Devel17 opment Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5301), and

18 $19,500,000 shall be available for ‘‘special purpose

19 grants’’ pursuant to section 107 of such Act: Provided fur20 ther, That not to exceed 20 per centum of any grant made

21 with funds appropriated herein (other than a grant using

22 funds under section 107(b)(3) of such Act shall be ex23 pended for ‘‘Planning and Management Development’’

24 and ‘‘Administration’’ as defined in regulations promul25 gated by the Department of Housing and Urban Develop26 ment.
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1 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $10,500,000, as au2 thorized by section 108 of the Housing and Community

3 Development Act of 1974: Provided, That such costs, in4 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de5 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of

6 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are

7 available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of

8 which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $1,000,000,000.

9 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the

10 guaranteed loan program, $225,000 which shall be trans11 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for depart12 mental salaries and expenses.

13 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

14 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

15 For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro16 grams of research and studies relating to housing and

17 urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized

18 by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act

19 of 1970, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), includ20 ing carrying out the functions of the Secretary under sec21 tion 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968,

22 $34,000,000, to remain available until September 30,

23 1997.
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1 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

2 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

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

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

6 Amendments Act of 1988, $30,000,000, to remain avail7 able until September 30, 1997.

8 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary administrative and nonadministrative

12 expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel13 opment, not otherwise provided for, including not to ex14 ceed $7,000 for official reception and representation ex15 penses, $951,988,000, of which $495,355,000 shall be

16 provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing

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

18 funds of the Government National Mortgage Association,

19 and $225,000 shall be provided from the Community De20 velopment Grants Program account.

21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

24 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

25 General Act of 1978, as amended, $47,388,000, of which
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1 $10,961,000 shall be transferred from the various funds

2 of the Federal Housing Administration.

3 OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprise Fi7 nancial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, $14,895,000,

8 to remain available until expended, from the Federal

9 Housing Enterprise Oversight Fund: Provided, That such

10 amounts shall be collected by the Director as authorized

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

12 in the Fund under section 1316(f) of such Act.

13 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

14 FHA—MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM

15 ACCOUNT

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 During fiscal year 1996, commitments to guarantee

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

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

20 principal of $110,000,000,000.

21 During fiscal year 1996, obligations to make direct

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

23 National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed

24 $200,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing amount shall

25 be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in con26 nection with sales of single family real properties owned
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1 by the Secretary and formerly insured under section 203

2 of such Act.

3 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out

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

5 to be derived from the FHA-mutual mortgage insurance

6 guaranteed loans receipt account, of which not to exceed

7 $302,056,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for

8 departmental salaries and expenses; and of which not to

9 exceed $6,790,000 shall be transferred to the appropria10 tion for the Office of Inspector General.

11 FHA—GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 Total loan principal any part of which is to be guar14 anteed shall not exceed $15,000,000,000: Provided, That

15 during fiscal year 1996, the Secretary shall sell assigned

16 mortgage notes having an unpaid principal balance of up

17 to $2,600,000,000, which notes were originally obligations

18 of the funds established under sections 238 and 519 of

19 the National Housing Act: Provided further, That of the

20 amount appropriated herein, an amount equal to the lesser

21 of $52,000,000 or the excess of net proceeds above the

22 value of holding the loans to maturity, such value estab23 lished using assumptions specified in the President’s fiscal

24 year 1996 Budget adjusted for interest rates at the time
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1 of the sale, shall become available only after such sale has

2 been completed.

3 Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct

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

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

6 $120,000,000; of which not to exceed $100,000,000 shall

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

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

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

14 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

15 carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs,

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

17 to the appropriation for departmental salaries and ex18 penses; and of which $4,171,000 shall be transferred to

19 the appropriation for the Office of Inspector General.

20 GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

21 GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN

22 GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

23 (INCLUDES TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 During fiscal year 1996, new commitments to issue

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

2 shall not exceed $110,000,000,000.

3 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out

4 the guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program,

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

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

9 expenses.

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 201. PUBLIC HOUSING. (a) SUSPENSION OF

13 RENT FORMULA.—Notwithstanding section 3(a) of the

14 United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, each

15 public housing agency that owns or operates public hous16 ing shall establish rental charges for dwelling units in pub17 lic housing in such amounts as the agency considers ap18 propriate and in accordance with the provision of this sec19 tion, which shall be effective for fiscal year 1996.

20 (b) MINIMUM RENT.—During fiscal year 1996, pub21 lic housing agencies shall require that each family occupy22 ing a dwelling unit in public housing shall pay an amount

23 for monthly rent that is not less than one of the following

24 amounts:

25 (1) An amount equal to the sum of $50 and the

26 cost of any utilities for the unit.
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1 (2) An amount equal to 32 percent of—

2 (A) the basic benefits to an individual for

3 a month under the supplemental security in4 come program under title XVI of the Social Se5 curity Act; or

6 (B) the amount of assistance allocated for

7 a month to a family of the applicable size under

8 the aid to families with dependent children pro9 gram under a State plan approved under part

10 A of title IV of the Social Security Act or any

11 successor program.

12 (3) An amount based on monthly earnings of a

13 person working 30-hour workweeks at a wage equal

14 to the Federal minimum wage, except that this para15 graph shall not apply to any disabled family or el16 derly family.

17 (c) CEILING RENTS.—Notwithstanding section 3(a)

18 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended,

19 public housing agencies shall provide that the amount of

20 rent paid by a family occupying a dwelling unit in public

21 housing during fiscal year 1996 does not exceed the maxi22 mum monthly rental amount, which shall be established

23 for the dwelling unit by the public housing agency that

24 owns or administers the unit and may not exceed an

25 amount determined by the agency based upon—
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1 (1) the average, for dwelling units of similar

2 size in public housing developments owned and oper3 ated by such agency, of any monthly amount of debt

4 service and operating expenses attributable to such

5 units;

6 (2) the reasonable rental value of the unit; or

7 (3) the local market rent for comparable units

8 of similar size.

9 (d) DEMOLITION AND DISPOSITION.—

10 (1) INAPPLICABILITY OF REPLACEMENT

11 RULE.—With respect to any application under sec12 tion 18 of the United States Housing Act of 1937,

13 as amended, for the demolition or disposition of pub14 lic housing, including an application submitted under

15 paragraph (3), that is approved during fiscal year

16 1996, the provisions of subsection (b)(3) of such sec17 tion shall not apply with respect to—

18 (A) the approval of such application; or

19 (B) the demolition or disposition of any

20 public housing pursuant to such application.

21 (2) CONFORMING PROVISION.—The requirement

22 under section 18(d) of such Act that a public hous23 ing agency satisfy the conditions specified in section

24 18(b)(3) of such Act as a condition of taking action

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1 apply with respect to any application under such sec2 tion 18 approved during such fiscal year.

3 (3) AUTHORITY TO RESUBMIT APPLICATIONS.—

4 Any public housing agency that, before fiscal year

5 1996, submitted to the Secretary an application

6 under section 18 of such Act for demolition or dis7 position of public housing may (regardless of wheth8 er such application has been approved) at any time

9 during fiscal year 1996 submit an application sub10 ject to the provisions of this subsection that covers

11 some or all of the property covered by such previous

12 application and, to the extent the same property is

13 covered by both applications, the Secretary shall

14 treat the latter application as replacing the previous

15 application.

16 (e) APPLICABILITY.—In accordance with section

17 201(b)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as

18 amended, the provisions of this section shall apply to pub19 lic housing developed or operated pursuant to a contract

20 between the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop21 ment and an Indian housing authority.

22 SEC. 202. RENTAL ASSISTANCE UNDER SECTION 8

23 OF UNITED STATES HOUSING ACT OF 1937. (a) IN24 CREASE OF FAMILY RENTAL PAYMENT.—Notwithstand-
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1 ing sections 3(a) and 8(o)(2) of the United States Housing

2 Act of 1937, as amended, effective for fiscal year 1996—

3 (1) public housing agencies shall increase to 32

4 percent the percentage of the family’s monthly ad5 justed income used in determining—

6 (A) the amount of monthly rent required

7 to be paid by each family who is assisted under

8 the certificate or moderate rehabilitation pro9 gram under section 8 of such Act; and

10 (B) the amount of the monthly assistance

11 payment for each family who is assisted under

12 the voucher program under section 8 of such

13 Act; and

14 (2) owners of housing assisted under other pro15 grams for rental assistance under section 8 of such

16 Act shall increase to 32 percent the percentage of a

17 family’s adjusted monthly income used in determin18 ing the rent required to be paid by each family as19 sisted under any such program.

20 (b) MINIMUM RENTS.—Notwithstanding subsection

21 (a) of this section or sections 3(a) and 8(o)(2) of the Unit22 ed States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, effective for

23 fiscal year 1996 and no later than October 30, 1995—

24 (1) public housing agencies shall require each

25 family who is assisted under the certificate or mod-
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1 erate rehabilitation program under section 8 of such

2 Act to pay for monthly rent an amount that is not

3 less than the sum of $50 and the cost of any utilities

4 for the unit;

5 (2) public housing agencies shall reduce the

6 monthly assistance payment on behalf of each family

7 who is assisted under the voucher program under

8 section 8 of such Act so that the family pays for

9 monthly rent an amount that is not less than the

10 sum of $50 and the cost of any utilities for the unit;

11 and

12 (3) owners of housing assisted under other pro13 grams for rental assistance under section 8 of such

14 Act shall require each family who is assisted under

15 such program to pay for monthly rent an amount

16 that is not less than the sum of $50 and the cost

17 of any utilities for the unit.

18 (c) FAIR MARKET RENTALS.—The Secretary shall

19 establish fair market rentals for purposes of section

20 8(c)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as

21 amended, that shall be effective for fiscal year 1996 and

22 shall be based on the 40th percentile rent of rental dis23 tributions of standard quality rental housing units. In es24 tablishing such fair market rentals, the Secretary shall

25 consider only the rents for dwelling units occupied by re-
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1 cent movers and may not consider the rents for public

2 housing dwelling units or newly constructed rental dwell3 ing units.

4 (d) ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS.—Section 8(c)(2)(A) of

5 the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42

6 U.S.C. 1437f(c)(2)(A)) is further amended—

7 (1) in the third sentence by inserting ‘‘and fis8 cal year 1996’’ after ‘‘1995’’; and

9 (2) in the last sentence by inserting ‘‘and fiscal

10 year 1996’’ after ‘‘1995’’.

11 (e) ADMINISTRATIVE FEES.—Notwithstanding the

12 second sentence of section 8(q)(1) of the United States

13 Housing Act of 1937, as amended, for fiscal year 1996,

14 the portions of the fees for costs incurred by public hous15 ing agencies in administering the certificate, voucher, and

16 moderate rehabilitation programs under section 8 shall not

17 exceed 7.0 percent of the fair market rental established

18 for a 2-bedroom existing rental dwelling unit in the market

19 area of the public housing agency.

20 (f) DELAY OF ISSUANCE AND REISSUANCE OF

21 VOUCHERS AND CERTIFICATES.—Notwithstanding any

22 other provision of law, a public housing agency administer23 ing certificate or voucher assistance provided under sub24 section (b) or (o) of section 8 of the United States Hous25 ing Act of 1937, as amended, shall delay—
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1 (1) until October 1, 1996, the initial issuance

2 of any such tenant-based assistance representing in3 cremental assistance allocated in fiscal year 1996;

4 and

5 (2) for 6 months, the use of any amounts of

6 such assistance (or the certificate or voucher rep7 resenting assistance amounts) made available by the

8 termination during fiscal year 1996 of such assist9 ance on behalf of any family for any reason, but not

10 later than October 1, 1996.

11 SEC. 203. PREFERENCES FOR HOUSING ASSIST12 ANCE. (a) PUBLIC HOUSING.—

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—During fiscal year 1996,

14 dwelling units in public housing that are available

15 for occupancy shall be made available—

16 (A) without regard to the requirements re17 garding preferences set forth in section

18 6(c)(4)(A) of the United States Housing Act of

19 1937, as amended; and

20 (B) subject to a system of preferences that

21 the public housing agency for the public hous22 ing may establish, which shall be based upon

23 local housing needs and priorities, as deter24 mined by the agency.
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1 (2) APPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (1)(B) shall

2 not apply to projects or portions of projects des3 ignated for occupancy pursuant to section 7(a) of

4 the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amend5 ed, for which the Secretary has determined that ap6 plication of such paragraph would result in excessive

7 delays in meeting the housing need of such families.

8 In accordance with section 201(b)(2) of the United

9 States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, the provi10 sions of this subsection shall apply to public housing

11 developed or operated pursuant to a contract be12 tween the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop13 ment and an Indian housing authority.

14 (b) SECTION 8 ASSISTANCE.—During fiscal year

15 1996, the selection of families for assistance under section

16 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amend17 ed—

18 (1) shall not be subject to the requirements re19 garding preferences set forth in sections 8(d)(1)(A)

20 and 8(o)(3)(B) of the United States Housing Act of

21 1937, as amended; and

22 (2) shall be subject to a system of preferences

23 that may be established by the public housing agen24 cy administering such assistance, which shall be
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1 based upon local housing needs and priorities, as de2 termined by the agency.

3 (c) CONFORMING PROVISIONS.—Each reference in

4 sections 6(o), 7(a)(2), 7(a)(3), 8(d)(2)(A), 8(d)(2)(H),

5 16(c), and 24(e)(2) of the United States Housing Act of

6 1937, as amended, sections 212(a)(3), 217(c)(2)(B),

7 225(d)(3), 455(a)(2)(D)(iii), 522(f)(6)(B), and

8 522(j)(2)(A) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford9 able Housing Act, section 226(b)(6)(B) of the Low-In10 come Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership

11 Act of 1990, section 203(g)(2) of the Housing and Com12 munity Development Amendments of 1978, and section

13 655 of the Housing and Community Development Act of

14 1992, to the preferences under section 6(c)(4)(A),

15 8(d)(1)(A), or 8(o)(3)(B) of the United States Housing

16 Act of 1937, as amended, shall be considered, during fiscal

17 year 1996, to refer to the applicable preferences estab18 lished (if any) under the subsections (a)(1)(B) and (b)(2).

19 (d) NEW CONSTRUCTION/SUBSTANTIAL REHABILITA20 TION HOUSING.—During fiscal year 1996, dwelling units

21 in housing constructed or substantially rehabilitated pur22 suant to assistance provided under section 8(b)(2) of the

23 United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (as such

24 section existed before October 1, 1983) and projects fi25 nanced under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (as
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1 such section existed before the enactment of the Cranston2 Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act) shall be made

3 available for occupancy without regard to section 545(c)

4 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing

5 Act and no other provision of law relating to Federal ten6 ant selection preferences shall apply to such housing.

7 (e) RENT SUPPLEMENTS.—During fiscal year 1996,

8 section 101(k) of the Housing and Urban Development

9 Act of 1965 shall not be effective.

10 SEC. 204. MERGER LANGUAGE FOR ASSISTANCE FOR

11 THE RENEWAL OF EXPIRING SECTION 8 OF SUBSIDY

12 CONTRACTS AND ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED

13 HOUSING.—All remaining obligated and unobligated bal14 ances in the Renewal of Expiring Section 8 Subsidy Con15 tracts account on September 30, 1995, shall immediately

16 thereafter be transferred to and merged with the obligated

17 and unobligated balances, respectively, of the Annual Con18 tributions for Assisted Housing account.

19 SEC. 205. EXTENSION OF HOME EQUITY CONVER20 SION MORTGAGE PROGRAM.—Section 255(g) of the Na21 tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)) is amend22 ed—

23 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘Septem24 ber 30, 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 1996’’;

25 and
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1 (2) in the second sentence, by striking

2 ‘‘25,000’’ and inserting ‘‘30,000’’.

3 SEC. 206. DEBT FORGIVENESS.—(a) The Secretary

4 of Housing and Urban Development shall cancel the in5 debtedness of the Hubbard Hospital Authority of Hub6 bard, Texas, relating to the public facilities loan for

7 Project Number PFL–TEX–215, issued under title II of

8 the Housing Amendments of 1955. Such hospital author9 ity is relieved of all liability to the Government for the

10 outstanding principal balance on such loan, for the

11 amount of accrued interest on such loan, and for any fees

12 and charges payable in connection with such loan.

13 (b) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop14 ment shall cancel the indebtedness of the Groveton Texas

15 Hospital Authority relating to the public facilities loan for

16 Project Number TEX–41–PFL0162, issued under title II

17 of the Housing Amendments of 1955. Such hospital au18 thority is relieved of all liability to the Government for

19 the outstanding principal balance on such loan, for the

20 amount of accrued interest on such loan, and for any fees

21 and charges payable in connection with such loan.

22 SEC. 207. DELAYING OUTLAYS FOR PUBLIC HOUS23 ING DEVELOPMENT.—During fiscal year 1996, a public

24 housing agency or Indian housing authority may slow the

25 rate at which it develops a project that the Secretary has
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1 approved under 24 C.F.R. Part 941 in order to slow the

2 rate at which such agency or authority takes actions re3 sulting in outlays of amounts appropriated under the head

4 ‘‘Annual contributions for assisted housing’’ in this title

5 or any prior appropriation Act, and the Secretary may

6 allow such agency or authority to develop a project at such

7 a slow rate, notwithstanding 24 C.F.R. Sec. 941.405(d).

8 SEC. 208. ASSESSMENT COLLECTION DATES FOR

9 OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVER10 SIGHT.—Section 1316(b) of the Housing and Community

11 Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4516(b)) is amended

12 by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new

13 paragraph:

14 ‘‘(2) TIMING OF PAYMENT.—The annual assess15 ment shall be payable semiannually for each fiscal

16 year, on October 1st and April 1st.’’.

17 SEC. 209. SPENDING LIMITATIONS.—(a) None of the

18 funds provided in this Act may be used during fiscal year

19 1996 to sign, promulgate, implement, or enforce any re20 quirement or regulation relating to the application of the

21 Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601, et seq.) to the busi22 ness of property insurance, or for any activity pertaining

23 to property insurance.

24 (b) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may

25 be expended by the Department for the purpose of finaliz-
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1 ing the Department’s proposed rule dated July 21, 1994

2 regarding amendments to Regulation X, the Real Estate

3 Settlement Procedures Regulation, or for the purpose of

4 developing or issuing any interpretive rule with respect to

5 any of the four issues denominated in the preamble to the

6 proposed rule.

7 (c) None of the funds provided in this Act may be

8 used in fiscal year 1996 for the remuneration of more than

9 seven Assistant Secretaries at the Department of Housing

10 and Urban Development, notwithstanding section 4(a) of

11 the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act.

12 (d) None of the funds provided in this Act may be

13 used in fiscal year 1996 for the remuneration of more than

14 94 schedule C and non-career senior executive service em15 ployees at the Department of Housing and Urban Devel16 opment.

17 (e) None of the funds made available in this Act may

18 be used by the Secretary to take, impose, or enforce, or

19 to investigate taking, imposing, or enforcing any action,

20 sanction, or penalty against any State or unit of general

21 local government (or any entity or agency thereof) because

22 of the enactment, enforcement, or effectiveness of any

23 State or local law or regulation requiring the spoken or

24 written use of the English language or declaring English

25 as the official language.
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1 (f) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act

2 shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not au3 thorized by the Congress.

4 SEC. 210. CLARIFICATIONS.—For purposes of Fed5 eral law, the Paul Mirabile Center in San Diego, Califor6 nia, including areas within such Center that are devoted

7 to the delivery of supportive services, has been determined

8 to satisfy the ‘‘continuum of care’’ requirements of the De9 partment of Housing and Urban Development, and shall

10 be treated as:

11 (a) consisting solely of residential units that (i)

12 contain sleeping accommodations and kitchen and

13 bathroom facilities, (ii) are located in a building that

14 is used exclusively to facilitate the transition of

15 homeless individuals (within the meaning of section

16 103 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assist17 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302)) to independent living

18 within 24 months, (iii) are suitable for occupancy,

19 with each cubicle constituting a separate bedroom

20 and residential unit, (iv) are used on other than a

21 transient basis, and (v) shall be originally placed in

22 service on August 1, 1995; and

23 (b) property that is entirely residential rental

24 property, namely, a project for residential rental

25 property.
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1 TITLE III

2 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

3 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

6 of the American Battle Monuments Commission, including

7 the acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign coun8 tries; purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of

9 national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United

10 States and its territories and possessions; rent of office

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

12 replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles;

13 and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign coun14 tries, when required by law of such countries;

15 $20,265,000, to remain available until expended: Pro16 vided, That where station allowance has been authorized

17 by the Department of the Army for officers of the Army

18 serving the Army at certain foreign stations, the same al19 lowance shall be authorized for officers of the Armed

20 Forces assigned to the Commission while serving at the

21 same foreign stations, and this appropriation is hereby

22 made available for the payment of such allowance: Pro23 vided further, That when traveling on business of the Com24 mission, officers of the Armed Forces serving as members

25 or as Secretary of the Commission may be reimbursed for
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1 expenses as provided for civilian members of the Commis2 sion: Provided further, That the Commission shall reim3 burse other Government agencies, including the Armed

4 Forces, for salary, pay, and allowances of personnel as5 signed to it.

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, $40,000,000.

16 CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

17 NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS

18 OPERATING EXPENSES

19 Of the funds appropriated under this heading in Pub20 lic Law 103–327, the Corporation for National and Com21 munity Service shall use such amounts of such funds as

22 may be necessary to carry out the orderly termination of

23 (1) the programs, activities, and initiatives under the Na24 tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (Public Law
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1 103–82); (2) the Corporation; and (3) the Corporation’s

2 Office of Inspector General.

3 COURT OF VETERANS APPEALS

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses for the operation of the Unit6 ed States Court of Veterans Appeals as authorized by 38

7 U.S.C. sections 7251–7292, $9,000,000, of which not to

8 exceed $678,000, to remain available until September 30,

9 1997, shall be available for the purpose of providing finan10 cial assistance as described, and in accordance with the

11 process and reporting procedures set forth, under this

12 head in Public Law 102–229.

13 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

14 CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for

17 maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington

18 National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home Na19 tional Cemetery, and not to exceed $1,000 for official re20 ception and representation expenses; $11,296,000, to re21 main available until expended.

22 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

23 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

24 For research and development activities, including

25 procurement of laboratory equipment and supplies; other
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1 operating expenses in support of research and develop2 ment; and construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation

3 and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per

4 project; $384,052,000, to remain available until Septem5 ber 30, 1997.

6 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND COMPLIANCE

7 For environmental programs and compliance activi8 ties, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire,

9 maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchases of re10 prints; library memberships in societies or associations

11 which issue publications to members only or at a price to

12 members lower than to subscribers who are not members;

13 construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renova14 tion of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; and

15 not to exceed $6,000 for official reception and representa16 tion expenses; and for necessary expenses, not otherwise

17 provided for, for personnel and related costs and for travel

18 expenses, including uniforms, or allowances therefor, as

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

20 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals

21 not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for

22 GS–18; $1,881,614,000, to remain available until ex23 pended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated

24 under this heading shall be available to the National Oce25 anic and Atmospheric Administration pursuant to section

26 118(h)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as
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1 amended: Provided further, That from funds appropriated

2 under this heading, the Administrator may make grants

3 to federally recognized Indian governments for the devel4 opment of multimedia environmental programs: Provided

5 further, That for this fiscal year and thereafter, any indus6 trial discharger to the Kalamazoo Water Reclamation

7 Plant is exempt from categorical pretreatment standards

8 under section 307(b) of the Federal Water Pollution Con9 trol Act, as amended, if the following conditions are met:

10 (1) the Kalamazoo Water Reclamation Plant applies to the

11 State of Michigan for an exemption for its industry and

12 (2) the State or the Administrator, as applicable, approves

13 such exemption request based upon a determination that

14 there exists an operative financial contract between the

15 City of Kalamazoo and the industrial user and an ap16 proved local pretreatment program, including a joint mon17 itoring program and local controls to prevent against in18 terference and pass through: Provided further, That none

19 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be obli20 gated or expended to implement or enforce section

21 118(c)(2)(C) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act,

22 as amended: Provided further, That none of the funds ap23 propriated under this heading may be made available for

24 the implementation or enforcement of the stormwater per25 mitting program under section 402(p) of the Federal
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1 Water Pollution Control Act, as amended: Provided fur2 ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this head3 ing shall be made available for the enforcement of permit

4 limits or compliance schedules for combined sewer over5 flows or sanitary sewer overflows under section 402 of the

6 Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended: Pro7 vided further, That none of the funds appropriated under

8 this heading may be used to implement or enforce section

9 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as

10 amended: Provided further, That none of the funds appro11 priated under this heading may be made available for the

12 development and implementation of new or revised efflu13 ent limitation guidelines and standards, pretreatment

14 standards, or new source performance standards under

15 the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended:

16 Provided further, That the limitations on the use of funds

17 set forth in the previous four provisos shall have no force

18 and effect upon enactment of legislation which further

19 amends the named sections of the Federal Water Pollution

20 Control Act, as amended, in each of the previous four pro21 visos: Provided further, That none of the funds appro22 priated under this heading may be used by the Environ23 mental Protection Agency to impose or enforce any re24 quirement that a State implement trip reduction measures

25 to reduce vehicular emissions. Section 304 of the Clean
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1 Air Act, as amended, shall not apply with respect to any

2 such requirement: Provided further, That none of the

3 funds appropriated under this heading may be used to as4 sign less than full credit for automobile emissions inspec5 tions programs required under section 182 (c), (d), or (e)

6 of the Clean Air Act, as amended, on the basis of network

7 design equipment unless the Administrator determines,

8 based on data collected from at least two full cycles of

9 the program, that less than full credit is appropriate: Pro10 vided further, That beginning in fiscal year 1996 and each

11 fiscal year thereafter, and notwithstanding any other pro12 vision of law, the Administrator is authorized to make

13 grants annually from funds appropriated under this head14 ing, subject to such terms and conditions as the Adminis15 trator shall establish, to any State or federally recognized

16 Indian tribe for multimedia or single media pollution pre17 vention, control and abatement and related environmental

18 activities at the request of the Governor or other appro19 priate State official or the tribe: Provided further, That

20 none of the funds appropriated under this heading may

21 be used to develop, propose, promulgate, issue, enforce,

22 or to set or enforce compliance deadlines or issuance

23 schedules for maximum achievable control technology

24 standards pursuant to section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act,

25 as amended, for the category proposed to be regulated at
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1 Vol. 59, Federal Register, No. 135, page 36130, dated

2 July 15, 1994, and for purposes of this provision, section

3 304 of the Clean Air Act shall not apply: Provided further,

4 That none of the funds appropriated under this heading

5 shall be obligated or expended to take any action to extend

6 the risk management plan requirements under section

7 112(r) of the Clean Air Act, as amended, to the domestic

8 oil and gas exploration and production and natural gas

9 processing industry: Provided further, That none of the

10 funds appropriated under this heading may be used by the

11 Administrator or the Administrator’s designee for signing

12 and publishing a national primary drinking water regula13 tion for radon and other radionuclei: Provided further,

14 That none of the funds appropriated under this heading

15 may be used by the Administrator or the Administrator’s

16 designee for signing and publishing any proposed national

17 primary drinking water regulation for arsenic: Provided

18 further, That none of the funds appropriated under this

19 heading may be used to issue or enforce any requirement

20 not otherwise authorized under existing law or regulation

21 with respect to combustion of hazardous waste prior to

22 promulgation of final regulations pursuant to a rule23 making proceeding under the Administrative Procedure

24 Act or to impose or enforce any requirement or condition

25 of a permit, including the use of an indirect risk assess-
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1 ment, or to deny a permit pursuant to section 3005(c)(3)

2 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as

3 amended, unless the Environmental Protection Agency fol4 lows the procedures governing the use of authority under

5 such section which it has set forth at 56 Fed. Reg. 7145,

6 note 8, February 21, 1991: Provided further, That none

7 of the funds appropriated under this heading may be used

8 to issue or enforce any regulatory standard for maximum

9 achievable control technology (MACT) for hazardous

10 waste combustion under any statute other than the Clean

11 Air Act, as amended, issue any such standard without first

12 determining that in calculating the MACT floor emission

13 levels for existing sources under section 112(d)(3) of the

14 Clean Air Act, as amended, one-half of the currently oper15 ating facilities in the group of sources that make up the

16 floor pool for that category or subcategory actually achieve

17 the MACT floor levels for all of the hazardous air pollut18 ants to be regulated: Provided further, That none of the

19 funds appropriated under this heading may be used to

20 promulgate, implement, or enforce sections 502(d)(2),

21 502(d)(3), or 502(i)(4) of the Clean Air Act, as amended,

22 against a State which is involved in litigation regarding

23 provisions of title V of the Clean Air Act, as amended:

24 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated

25 under this heading may be obligated or expended to re-
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1 quire facilities to submit any data pursuant to section

2 313(a) of the Emergency Planning and Community Right3 to-Know Act or section 8 of the Toxic Substances Control

4 Act, as amended, that is not specifically enumerated in

5 said sections, including mass balance, materials account6 ing, or other chemical use data: Provided further, That

7 none of the funds appropriated under this heading may

8 be used to revoke, or require the issuance of, a food addi9 tive regulation under section 409 of the Federal Food,

10 Drug and Cosmetic Act for a pesticide in processed food

11 where there is a tolerance established under section 408

12 of said Act for the pesticide on the raw commodity from

13 which the processed food was made, and may not be used

14 to revoke, or deny the issuance of, a section 408 tolerance

15 for a pesticide on a raw agricultural commodity solely on

16 the basis that a food additive regulation cannot be issued

17 or maintained under section 409 of said Act for the pes18 ticide in a processed form of the commodity: Provided fur19 ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this head20 ing may be used to exclusively regulate whole agricultural

21 plants subject to regulation by another federal agency:

22 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated

23 under this heading may be used to obtain a voluntary envi24 ronmental audit report or to assess an administrative, civil

25 or criminal negligence penalty, in any matter subject to
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1 a state law providing a privilege for voluntary environ2 mental audit reports or protections or immunities for the

3 voluntary disclosure of environmental concerns.

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, and for construction,

8 alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facili9 ties, not to exceed $75,000 per project, $28,542,000.

10 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

11 For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al12 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of,

13 or use by, the Environmental Protection Agency,

14 $28,820,000, to remain available until expended.

15 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen18 sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil19 ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including sec20 tions 111 (c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C.

21 9611), and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilita22 tion, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000

23 per project; not to exceed $1,003,400,000 to remain avail24 able until expended, to be derived from general revenues:

25 Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading

26 may be allocated to other Federal agencies in accordance
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1 with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That

2 $5,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading

3 shall be transferred to the Office of Inspector General ap4 propriation to remain available until September 30, 1996:

5 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 111(m) of

6 CERCLA or any other provision of law, not to exceed

7 $62,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading

8 shall be available to the Agency for Toxic Substances and

9 Disease Registry to carry out activities described in sec10 tions 104(i), 111(c)(4), and 111(c)(14) of CERCLA and

11 section 118(f) of the Superfund Amendments and Reau12 thorization Act of 1986: Provided further, That none of

13 the funds appropriated under this heading shall be avail14 able for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease

15 Registry to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pur16 suant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year

17 1996: Provided further, That no part of any appropriation

18 made under this heading shall remain available for obliga19 tion beyond December 31, 1995, unless the Comprehen20 sive Environmental Response Compensation, and Liability

21 Act of 1980 has been reauthorized.

22 LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under25 ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sec26 tion 205 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthoriza-
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1 tion Act of 1986, and for construction, alteration, repair,

2 rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed

3 $75,000 per project, $45,827,000, to remain available

4 until expended: Provided, That no more than $5,285,000

5 shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided

6 further, That $426,000 shall be transferred to the Office

7 of Inspector General appropriation to remain available

8 until September 30, 1996.

9 OIL SPILL RESPONSE

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ12 mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil

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

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

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

16 of these funds shall be available for administrative ex17 penses.

18 WATER INFRASTRUCTURE/STATE REVOLVING FUNDS

19 For necessary expenses for capitalization grants for

20 State Revolving Funds to support wastewater infrastruc21 ture financing, and to carry out the purposes of the Fed22 eral Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, the Water

23 Quality Act of 1987, and section 1443(a) of the Public

24 Health Service Act, $1,500,175,000, to remain available

25 until expended, of which $1,000,000,000 shall be for cap26 italization grants for Clean Water State Revolving Funds
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1 under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act,

2 as amended; $100,000,000 for architectural, engineering,

3 design, construction, and related activities in connection

4 with the construction of high priority wastewater facilities

5 in the area of the United States-Mexico Border, after con6 sultation with the appropriate border commissions;

7 $50,000,000 for grants to the State of Texas, which shall

8 be matched by an equal amount of State funds from State

9 sources, for the purpose of improving wastewater treat10 ment for colonias; $15,000,000 for grants to the State of

11 Alaska, subject to an appropriate cost share as determined

12 by the Administrator, to address wastewater infrastruc13 ture needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages;

14 $22,500,000 for making grants under section 104(b)(3)

15 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended;

16 $100,000,000 for making grants under section 319 of the

17 Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended;

18 $75,000,000 for making grants under section 1443(a) of

19 the Public Health Service Act; and, notwithstanding any

20 other provision of law, $137,675,000 for making grants

21 for the construction of wastewater treatment facilities and

22 the development of groundwater in accordance with the

23 terms and conditions set forth in the House Report accom24 panying this Act: Provided, That of the funds made avail25 able under this heading in Public Law 103–327 and in
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1 Public Law 103–124 for capitalization grants for State

2 Revolving Funds to support water infrastructure financ3 ing, $225,000,000 shall be made available for capitaliza4 tion grants for State Revolving Funds under title VI of

5 the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended:

6 Provided further, That of the funds made available under

7 this heading for capitalization grants for State Revolving

8 Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Con9 trol Act, as amended, $50,000,000 shall be for wastewater

10 treatment in impoverished communities pursuant to sec11 tion 102(d) of H.R. 961 as approved by the United States

12 House of Representatives on May 16, 1995: Provided fur13 ther, That appropriations made available under this head14 ing to carry out the purposes of the Federal Water Pollu15 tion Control Act, as amended, shall be available only upon

16 enactment of legislation which reauthorizes said Act.

17 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

18 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and

20 Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na21 tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and

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

23 of passenger motor vehicles, services as authorized by 5

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

25 and representation expenses, and rental of conference
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1 rooms in the District of Columbia, $4,981,000: Provided,

2 That the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall

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

4 personnel compensation costs of individuals detailed to it.

5 COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF

6 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

7 To carry out the orderly termination of the programs

8 and activities authorized by the National Environmental

9 Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Improvement Act

10 of 1970 and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977,

11 $1,000,000.

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, $2,155,000, as author20 ized by section 319 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re21 lief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et

22 seq.): Provided, That such costs, including the cost of

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

24 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended:

25 Provided further, That these funds are available to sub-
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1 sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct

2 loans not to exceed $25,000,000.

3 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

4 the direct loan program, $95,000.

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

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

8 1343); uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by

9 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

10 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per

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

12 attendance of cooperating officials and individuals at

13 meetings concerned with the work of emergency prepared14 ness; transportation in connection with the continuity of

15 Government programs to the same extent and in the same

16 manner as permitted the Secretary of a Military Depart17 ment under 10 U.S.C. 2632; and not to exceed $2,500

18 for official reception and representation expenses;

19 $162,000,000.

20 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector

22 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

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

24 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE

25 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

26 to carry out activities under the National Flood Insurance
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1 Act of 1968, as amended, and the Flood Disaster Protec2 tion Act of 1973, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.),

3 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As4 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake

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

6 7701 et seq.), the Federal Fire Prevention and Control

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

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

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

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

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

12 (50 U.S.C. 404–405), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of

13 1978, $203,044,000.

14 EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM

15 There is hereby appropriated $100,000,000 to the

16 Federal Emergency Management Agency to carry out an

17 emergency food and shelter program pursuant to title III

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

19 administrative costs shall not exceed three and one-half

20 per centum of the total appropriation.

21 NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

22 For activities under the National Flood Insurance

23 Act of 1968, the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973,

24 and the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994,

25 not to exceed $20,562,000 for salaries and expenses asso26 ciated with flood mitigation and flood insurance oper-
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1 ations, and not to exceed $70,464,000 for flood mitigation,

2 including up to $12,000,000 for expenses under section

3 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as

4 amended, which amount shall be available until September

5 30, 1997. In fiscal year 1996, no funds in excess of (1)

6 $47,000,000 for operating expenses, (2) $292,526,000 for

7 agents’ commissions and taxes, and (3) $3,500,000 for in8 terest on Treasury borrowings shall be available from the

9 National Flood Insurance Fund without prior notice to the

10 Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That none of the

11 funds appropriated in this Act for the Federal Emergency

12 Management Agency (FEMA) shall be available for any

13 further work on effective Flood Insurance Rate Maps for

14 the City of Stockton and San Joaquin County, California

15 based on FEMA’s restudy of flood hazards on South

16 Paddy Creek, Middle Paddy Creek, Paddy Creek, Bear

17 Creek, Mosher Slough, Calaveras River, Potter A Slough,

18 Potter B Slough, Mormon Slough, and the Diversion

19 Channel.

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

21 The Director of the Federal Emergency Management

22 Agency shall promulgate through rulemaking a methodol23 ogy for assessment and collection of fees to be assessed

24 and collected beginning in fiscal year 1996 applicable to

25 persons subject to the Federal Emergency Management

26 Agency’s radiological emergency preparedness regulations.
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1 The aggregate charges assessed pursuant to this section

2 during fiscal year 1996 shall approximate, but not be less

3 than, 100 per centum of the amounts anticipated by the

4 Federal Emergency Management Agency to be obligated

5 for its radiological emergency preparedness program for

6 such fiscal year. The methodology for assessment and col7 lection of fees shall be fair and equitable, and shall reflect

8 the full amount of costs of providing radiological emer9 gency planning, preparedness, response and associated

10 services. Such fees will be assessed in a manner that re11 flects the use of agency resources for classes of regulated

12 persons and the administrative costs of collecting such

13 fees. Fees received pursuant to this section shall be depos14 ited in the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting re15 ceipts. Assessment and collection of such fees are only au16 thorized during fiscal year 1996.

17 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

18 CONSUMER INFORMATION CENTER

19 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Information

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

21 $2,061,000, to be deposited into the Consumer Informa22 tion Center Fund: Provided, That the appropriations, rev23 enues and collections deposited into the fund shall be

24 available for necessary expenses of Consumer Information

25 Center activities in the aggregate amount of $7,500,000.
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1 Administrative expenses of the Consumer Information

2 Center in fiscal year 1996 shall not exceed $2,502,000.

3 Appropriations, revenues, and collections accruing to this

4 fund during fiscal year 1996 in excess of $7,500,000 shall

5 remain in the fund and shall not be available for expendi6 ture except as authorized in appropriations Acts.

7 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

8 OFFICE OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of Consumer Af10 fairs, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,

11 $1,811,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other

12 provision of law, that Office may accept and deposit to

13 this account, during fiscal year 1996, gifts for the purpose

14 of defraying its costs of printing, publishing, and distrib15 uting consumer information and educational materials;

16 may expend up to $1,100,000 of those gifts for those pur17 poses, in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated; and

18 the balance shall remain available for expenditure for such

19 purposes to the extent authorized in subsequent appro20 priations Acts: Provided further, That none of the funds

21 provided under this heading may be made available for

22 any other activities within the Department of Health and

23 Human Services.
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1 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

2 HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT

3 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

4 in the conduct and support of human space flight research

5 and development activities, including research; develop6 ment; operations; services; maintenance; construction of

7 facilities including repair, rehabilitation, and modification

8 of real and personal property, and acquisition or con9 demnation of real property, as authorized by law; space

10 flight, spacecraft control and communications activities in11 cluding operations, production, and services; and pur12 chase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mis13 sion and administrative aircraft; $5,449,600,000, to re14 main available until September 30, 1997: Provided, That

15 of the funds made available under this heading,

16 $390,000,000 of funds provided for Space Station shall

17 not become available for obligation until August 1, 1996

18 and shall remain available for obligation until September

19 30, 1997.

20 SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY

21 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

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

23 technology research and development activities, including

24 research; development; operations; services; maintenance;

25 construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation

26 and modification of real and personal property, and acqui-
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1 sition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by

2 law; space flight, spacecraft control and communications

3 activities including operations, production, and services;

4 and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation

5 of mission and administrative aircraft; $5,588,000,000, to

6 remain available until September 30, 1997.

7 MISSION SUPPORT

8 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

9 in carrying out mission support for human space flight

10 programs and science, aeronautical, and technology pro11 grams, including research operations and support; space

12 communications activities including operations, produc13 tion, and services; maintenance; construction of facilities

14 including repair, rehabilitation, and modification of facili15 ties, minor construction of new facilities and additions to

16 existing facilities, facility planning and design, environ17 mental compliance and restoration, and acquisition or con18 demnation of real property, as authorized by law; program

19 management; personnel and related costs, including uni20 forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5

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

22 charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and ad23 ministrative aircraft; not to exceed $35,000 for official re24 ception and representation expenses; and purchase (not to

25 exceed thirty-three for replacement only) and hire of pas-
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1 senger motor vehicles; $2,618,200,000, to remain avail2 able until September 30, 1997.

3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector

5 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

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

7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of

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

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

12 appropriations Act, when any activity has been initiated

13 by the incurrence of obligations for construction of facili14 ties as authorized by law, the amount available for such

15 activity shall remain available until expended. This provi16 sion does not apply to the amounts appropriated in ‘‘Mis17 sion support’’ pursuant to the authorization for repair, re18 habilitation and modification of facilities, minor construc19 tion of new facilities and additions to existing facilities,

20 and facility planning and design.

21 Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of

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

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

24 appropriations Act, the amounts appropriated for con25 struction of facilities shall remain available until Septem26 ber 30, 1998.
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1 Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of

2 funds appropriated for ‘‘Mission support’’ and ‘‘Office of

3 Inspector General’’, amounts made available by this Act

4 for personnel and related costs and travel expenses of the

5 National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall re6 main available until September 30, 1996 and may be used

7 to enter into contracts for training, investigations, cost as8 sociated with personnel relocation, and for other services,

9 to be provided during the next fiscal year.

10 No amount appropriated pursuant to this or any

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

12 a new contractor-funded facility for exclusive use in sup13 port of a contract or contracts with the National Aero14 nautics and Space Administration under which the Admin15 istration would be required to substantially amortize

16 through payment or reimbursement such contractor in17 vestment, unless an appropriations Act specifies the lease

18 or contract pursuant to which such facilities are to be con19 structed or leased or such facility is otherwise identified

20 in such Act. The Administrator may authorize such facil21 ity lease or construction, if he determines, in consultation

22 with the Committees on Appropriations, that deferral of

23 such action until the enactment of the next appropriations

24 Act would be inconsistent with the interest of the Nation

25 in aeronautical and space activities.
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1 The unexpired balances of prior appropriations to

2 NASA for activities for which funds are provided under

3 this Act may be transferred to the new account established

4 for the appropriation that provides funds for such activity

5 under this Act. Balances so transferred may be merged

6 with funds in the newly established account and thereafter

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

8 same purposes and under the same terms and conditions.

9 Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regula10 tion, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

11 shall convey, without reimbursement, to the State of Mis12 sissippi, all rights, title and interest of the United States

13 in the property known as the Yellow Creek Facility and

14 consisting of approximately 1,200 acres near the city of

15 Iuka, Mississippi, including all improvements thereon and

16 also including any personal property owned by NASA that

17 is currently located on-site and which the State of Mis18 sissippi requires to facilitate the transfer: Provided, That

19 appropriated funds shall be used to effect this conveyance:

20 Provided further, That $10,000,000 in appropriated funds

21 otherwise available to the National Aeronautics and Space

22 Administration shall be transferred to the State of Mis23 sissippi to be used in the transition of the facility: Pro24 vided further, That in consideration of this conveyance, the

25 National Aeronautics and Space Administration may re-
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1 quire such other terms and conditions as the Adminis2 trator deems appropriate to protect the interests of the

3 United States: Provided further, That the conveyance of

4 the site and the transfer of the funds to the State of Mis5 sissippi shall occur not later than thirty days from the

6 date of enactment of this Act.

7 The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and

8 Space Administration shall conduct a study of the closing

9 or re-structuring of Space Flight Centers and Research

10 Centers. The study shall include an analysis of functions

11 currently being performed at each Center, the cost of per12 forming each function at its current location and at logical

13 alternative Centers, the schedule for transitioning func14 tions to alternative Centers, and the overall cost savings

15 which will be derived from the closing or re-structuring

16 of each Center. The findings of the study, including a de17 tailed schedule for completion of the re-structuring, shall

18 be submitted to the Congress no later than March 31,

19 1996. Closure or re-structuring of these Centers shall be

20 completed no later than October 1, 1998.

21 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

22 CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

23 During fiscal year 1996, gross obligations of the

24 Central Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new

25 direct loans to member credit unions as authorized by the
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1 National Credit Union Central Liquidity Facility Act (12

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

3 That administrative expenses of the Central Liquidity Fa4 cility in fiscal year 1996 shall not exceed $560,000.

5 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

6 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

7 For necessary expenses in carrying out the purposes

8 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as

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

10 a National Medal of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880–1881); serv11 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and op12 eration of aircraft and purchase of flight services for re13 search support; acquisition of aircraft; $2,254,000,000, of

14 which not to exceed $235,000,000 shall remain available

15 until expended for Polar research and operations support,

16 and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for oper17 ational and science support and logistical and other relat18 ed activities for the United States Antarctic program; the

19 balance to remain available until September 30, 1997:

20 Provided, That receipts for scientific support services and

21 materials furnished by the National Research Centers and

22 other National Science Foundation supported research fa23 cilities may be credited to this appropriation: Provided fur24 ther, That to the extent that the amount appropriated is

25 less than the total amount authorized to be appropriated
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1 for included program activities, all amounts, including

2 floors and ceilings, specified in the authorizing Act for

3 those program activities or their subactivities shall be re4 duced proportionally.

5 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT

6 For necessary expenses in carrying out major con7 struction projects, and related expenses, pursuant to the

8 purposes of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950,

9 as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), $70,000,000, to re10 main available until expended.

11 ACADEMIC RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE

12 For necessary expenses in carrying out an academic

13 research infrastructure program pursuant to the purposes

14 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as

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

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

17 rooms in the District of Columbia, $100,000,000, to re18 main available until September 30, 1997.

19 EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

20 For necessary expenses in carrying out science and

21 engineering education and human resources programs and

22 activities pursuant to the purposes of the National Science

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

24 1875), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109

25 and rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum26 bia, $599,000,000, to remain available until September
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1 30, 1997: Provided, That to the extent that the amount

2 of this appropriation is less than the total amount author3 ized to be appropriated for included program activities, all

4 amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified in the au5 thorizing Act for those program activities or their

6 subactivities shall be reduced proportionally.

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary salaries and expenses in carrying out

9 the purposes of the National Science Foundation Act of

10 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875); services au11 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehi12 cles; not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and rep13 resentation expenses; uniforms or allowances therefor, as

14 authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); rental of con15 ference rooms in the District of Columbia; reimbursement

16 of the General Services Administration for security guard

17 services; $127,310,000: Provided, That contracts may be

18 entered into under salaries and expenses in fiscal year

19 1996 for maintenance and operation of facilities, and for

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

21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

23 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

24 General Act of 1978, as amended, $4,490,000, to remain

25 available until September 30, 1997.
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1 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION HEADQUARTERS

2 RELOCATION

3 For necessary support of the relocation of the Na4 tional Science Foundation, $5,200,000: Provided, That

5 these funds shall be used to reimburse the General Serv6 ices Administration for services and related acquisitions

7 in support of relocating the National Science Foundation.

8 NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

9 PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT

10 CORPORATION

11 For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor12 poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities,

13 as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora14 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $38,667,000.

15 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys18 tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of

19 training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective

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

21 4118) for civilian employees; and not to exceed $1,000 for

22 official reception and representation expenses;

23 $22,930,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal

24 year, the President may exempt this appropriation from

25 the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever he deems such
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1 action to be necessary in the interest of national defense:

2 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by

3 the Act may be expended for or in connection with the

4 induction of any person into the Armed Forces of the

5 United States.

6 TITLE IV

7 CORPORATIONS

8 Corporations and agencies of the Department of

9 Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the

10 Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, are

11 hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the

12 limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each

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

14 to make such contracts and commitments without regard

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

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

17 forth in the budget for 1996 for such corporation or agen18 cy except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collec19 tions of these corporations and agencies may be used for

20 new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the

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

22 are in support of other forms of assistance provided for

23 in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this pro24 viso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty

25 operations of these corporations, or where loans or mort-
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1 gage purchases are necessary to protect the financial in2 terest of the United States Government.

3 RESOLUTION TRUST CORPORATION

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, $11,400,000.

8 TITLE V

9 GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

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

12 no specific limitation has been placed thereon, the expendi13 tures for such travel expenses may not exceed the amounts

14 set forth therefor in the budget estimates submitted for

15 the appropriations: Provided, That this section shall not

16 apply to travel performed by uncompensated officials of

17 local boards and appeal boards of the Selective Service

18 System; to travel performed directly in connection with

19 care and treatment of medical beneficiaries of the Depart20 ment of Veterans Affairs; to travel performed in connec21 tion with major disasters or emergencies declared or deter22 mined by the President under the provisions of the Robert

23 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance

24 Act; to travel performed by the Offices of Inspector Gen25 eral in connection with audits and investigations; or to
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1 payments to interagency motor pools where separately set

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

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

4 set forth in budget estimates initially submitted for such

5 appropriations, the expenditures for travel may cor6 respondingly exceed the amounts therefor set forth in the

7 estimates in the same proportion.

8 SEC. 502. Appropriations and funds available for the

9 administrative expenses of the Department of Housing

10 and Urban Development and the Selective Service System

11 shall be available in the current fiscal year for purchase

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

13 (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); hire of passenger motor vehicles;

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

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

16 Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora17 tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of

18 1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations

19 on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract

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

21 services and facilities of Federal National Mortgage Asso22 ciation, Government National Mortgage Association, Fed23 eral Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financ24 ing Bank, Resolution Trust Corporation, Federal Reserve

25 banks or any member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks,
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1 and any insured bank within the meaning of the Federal

2 Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended (12

3 U.S.C. 1811–1831).

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

5 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

6 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

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

8 expended—

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

10 employee of the United States unless—

11 (A) such certification is accompanied by,

12 or is part of, a voucher or abstract which de13 scribes the payee or payees and the items or

14 services for which such expenditure is being

15 made, or

16 (B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to

17 such certification, and without such a voucher

18 or abstract, is specifically authorized by law;

19 and

20 (2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit

21 by the General Accounting Office or is specifically

22 exempt by law from such audit.

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

24 any department or agency may be expended for the trans25 portation of any officer or employee of such department
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1 or agency between his domicile and his place of employ2 ment, with the exception of any officer or employee au3 thorized such transportation under title 31, United States

4 Code, section 1344.

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

6 be used for payment, through grants or contracts, to re7 cipients that do not share in the cost of conducting re8 search resulting from proposals not specifically solicited

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

10 sharing by the recipient shall reflect the mutuality of in11 terest of the grantee or contractor and the Government

12 in the research.

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

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

15 reimbursement for payment of the salary of a consultant

16 (whether retained by the Federal Government or a grant17 ee) at more than the daily equivalent of the rate paid for

18 Level IV of the Executive Schedule, unless specifically au19 thorized by law.

20 SEC. 509. None of the funds in this Act shall be used

21 to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Fed22 eral parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory pro23 ceedings. Nothing herein affects the authority of the

24 Consumer Product Safety Commission pursuant to section
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1 7 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2056

2 et seq.).

3 SEC. 510. Except as otherwise provided under exist4 ing law or under an existing Executive order issued pursu5 ant to an existing law, the obligation or expenditure of

6 any appropriation under this Act for contracts for any

7 consulting service shall be limited to contracts which are

8 (1) a matter of public record and available for public in9 spection, and (2) thereafter included in a publicly available

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

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

12 the public and of all contracts on which performance has

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

14 preceding sentence shall be updated quarterly and shall

15 include a narrative description of the work to be per16 formed under each such contract.

17 SEC. 511. Except as otherwise provided by law, no

18 part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be

19 obligated or expended by any executive agency, as referred

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

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

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

23 contract in full compliance with such Act and the regula24 tions promulgated thereunder, and (2) requires any report

25 prepared pursuant to such contract, including plans, eval-
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1 uations, studies, analyses and manuals, and any report

2 prepared by the agency which is substantially derived from

3 or substantially includes any report prepared pursuant to

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

5 contract pursuant to which the report was prepared, and

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

7 such contract.

8 SEC. 512. Except as otherwise provided in section

9 506, none of the funds provided in this Act to any depart10 ment or agency shall be obligated or expended to provide

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

12 any officer or employee of such department or agency.

13 SEC. 513. None of the funds provided in this Act to

14 any department or agency shall be obligated or expended

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

16 2001 with an EPA estimated miles per gallon average of

17 less than 22 miles per gallon.

18 SEC. 514. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

19 year 1996 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall

20 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.

21 SEC. 515. None of the funds appropriated in title I

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

23 real property if the estimated annual rental is more than

24 $300,000 unless the Secretary submits, in writing, a re25 port to the Committees on Appropriations of the Congress
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1 and a period of 30 days has expired following the date

2 on which the report is received by the Committees on Ap3 propriations.

4 SEC. 516. (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE

5 EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Con6 gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip7 ment and products purchased with funds made available

8 in this Act should be American-made.

9 (b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial

10 assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any en11 tity using funds made available in this Act, the head of

12 each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable,

13 shall provide to such entity a notice describing the state14 ment made in subsection (a) by the Congress.

15 SEC. 517. None of the funds appropriated in this Act

16 may be used to implement any cap on reimbursements to

17 grantees for indirect costs, except as published in Office

18 of Management and Budget Circular A–21.

19 SEC. 518. None of the funds made available in this

20 Act may be used for any program, project, or activity,

21 when it is made known to the Federal entity or official

22 to which the funds are made available that the program,

23 project, or activity is not in compliance with any Federal

24 law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private

25 property rights, or unfunded mandates.
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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Veter2 ans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and

3 Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996’’.

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