104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2099

AN ACT

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

30, 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

5 Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban

6 Development, and for sundry independent agencies,

7 boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fis8 cal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other pur9 poses, namely:
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1 TITLE I

2 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

3 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

4 COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For the payment of compensation benefits to or on

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19 76 Stat. 1198); $17,649,972,000, to remain available

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

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

23 expenses in implementing those provisions authorized in

24 the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, and in

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

26 51, 53, and 55) the funding source for which is specifically
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1 provided as the ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’ appropria2 tion: Provided further, That such sums as may be earned

3 on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall be reimbursed

4 to ‘‘Medical facilities revolving fund’’ to augment the fund5 ing of individual medical facilities for nursing home care

6 provided to pensioners as authorized by the Veterans’

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

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

9 ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’ to ‘‘Medical facilities re10 volving fund’’ shall be transferred to this heading.

11 READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

12 For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation

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

14 (38 U.S.C. chapters 21, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53,

15 55, and 61), $1,345,300,000, to remain available until ex16 pended: Provided, That funds shall be available to pay any

17 court order, court award or any compromise settlement

18 arising from litigation involving the vocational training

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

20 as amended.

21 VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

22 For military and naval insurance, national service life

23 insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet24 erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as

25 authorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapter 19; 70 Stat. 887;
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1 72 Stat. 487) $24,890,000, to remain available until ex2 pended.

3 GUARANTY AND INDEMNITY PROGRAM ACCOUNT

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such

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

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

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

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

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

11 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

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

13 which may be transferred to and merged with the appro14 priation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’.

15 LOAN GUARANTY PROGRAM ACCOUNT

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such

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

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

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

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

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

23 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

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

25 which may be transferred to and merged with the appro26 priation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’.
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1 DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

6 That such costs, including the cost of modifying such

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

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

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

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

12 chapter 37).

13 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

14 the direct loan program, $459,000, which may be trans15 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General

16 operating expenses’’.

17 EDUCATION LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

22 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

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

24 are available to subsidize gross obligations for the prin25 cipal amount of direct loans not to exceed $4,000.
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

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

3 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

4 ‘‘General operating expenses’’.

5 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

10 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

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

12 are available to subsidize gross obligations for the prin13 cipal amount of direct loans not to exceed $1,964,000.

14 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

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

16 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

17 ‘‘General operating expenses’’.

18 NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

19 ACCOUNT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct

22 loan program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, sub23 chapter V, as amended, $205,000, which may be trans24 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General

25 operating expenses’’.
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1 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

2 MEDICAL CARE

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

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

11 expenses incidental thereto for beneficiaries receiving care

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

17 oversight, engineering and architectural activities not

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

19 providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes

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

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

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

2 to in 38 U.S.C. 8110(a)(5); $16,777,474,000, plus reim3 bursements: Provided, That of the funds made available

4 under this heading, $789,000,000 is for the equipment

5 and land and structures object classifications only, which

6 amount shall not become available for obligation until Au7 gust 1, 1996, and shall remain available for obligation

8 until September 30, 1997.

9 MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

10 For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of

11 medical and prosthetic research and development as au12 thorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapter 73), to remain avail13 able until September 30, 1997, $251,743,000, plus reim14 bursements.

15 HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

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

18 to a service obligation with the Department of Veterans

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

20 MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS

21 OPERATING EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses in the administration of the

23 medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction,

24 supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad25 ministrative expenses in support of planning, design,

26 project management, architectural, engineering, real prop-
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1 erty acquisition and disposition, construction and renova2 tion of any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use

3 of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including site ac4 quisition; engineering and architectural activities not

5 charged to project cost; and research and development in

6 building construction technology; $63,602,000, plus reim7 bursements.

8 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

11 by Public Law 102–54, section 8, which shall be trans12 ferred from the ‘‘General post fund’’: Provided, That such

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

14 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

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

16 are available to subsidize gross obligations for the prin17 cipal amount of direct loans not to exceed $70,000. In ad18 dition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct

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

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

21 102–54, section 8.

22 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

23 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES

24 For necessary operating expenses of the Department

25 of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including

26 uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law; not
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1 to exceed $25,000 for official reception and representation

2 expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and reimburse3 ment of the General Services Administration for security

4 guard services, and the Department of Defense for the

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

6 That funds under this heading shall be available to admin7 ister the Service Members Occupational Conversion and

8 Training Act: Provided further, That the $25,500,000 ear9 marked in Public Law 103–327 for the acquisition of

10 automated data processing equipment and services to sup11 port the modernization program of the Veterans Benefits

12 Administration is available for any expense authorized to

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

14 of the funds under this heading (including funds referred

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

16 for the acquisition of automated data processing equip17 ment and services for Department of Veterans Affairs re18 gional offices to support Stage III of the automated data

19 equipment modernization program of the Veterans Bene20 fits Administration.

21 NATIONAL CEMETERY SYSTEM

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

24 provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as

25 authorized by law; cemeterial expenses as authorized by

26 law; purchase of three passenger motor vehicles, for use
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1 in cemeterial operations; and hire of passenger motor vehi2 cles, $72,604,000.

3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

5 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

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

7 CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For constructing, altering, extending and improving

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

21 made available in a previous major project appropriation,

22 $183,455,000, to remain available until expended: Pro23 vided, That except for advance planning of projects funded

24 through the advance planning fund and the design of

25 projects funded through the design fund, none of these

26 funds shall be used for any project which has not been
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1 considered and approved by the Congress in the budgetary

2 process: Provided further, That funds provided in this ap3 propriation for fiscal year 1996, for each approved project

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

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

6 the awarding of a construction contract by September 30,

7 1997: Provided further, That the Secretary shall promptly

8 report in writing to the Comptroller General and to the

9 Committees on Appropriations any approved major con10 struction project in which obligations are not incurred

11 within the time limitations established above; and the

12 Comptroller General shall review the report in accordance

13 with the procedures established by section 1015 of the Im14 poundment Control Act of 1974 (title X of Public Law

15 93–344): Provided further, That no funds from any other

16 account except the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’, may be obli17 gated for constructing, altering, extending, or improving

18 a project which was approved in the budget process and

19 funded in this account until one year after substantial

20 completion and beneficial occupancy by the Department

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

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

23 funds made available under this heading in Public Law

24 103–327, $7,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Parking

25 revolving fund’’.
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1 CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

2 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving

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

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

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

8 claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19 of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for

20 the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs which are

21 necessary because of loss or damage caused by any natural

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

24 causes.
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1 PARKING REVOLVING FUND

2 For the parking revolving fund as authorized by law

3 (38 U.S.C. 8109), income from fees collected, to remain

4 available until expended. Resources of this fund shall be

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

6 except operations and maintenance costs which will be

7 funded from ‘‘Medical care’’.

8 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE

9 FACILITIES

10 For grants to assist the several States to acquire or

11 construct State nursing home and domiciliary facilities

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

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

15 8131–8137), $47,397,000, to remain available until ex16 pended.

17 GRANTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERANS

18 CEMETERIES

19 For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding,

20 or improving State veteran cemeteries as authorized by

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

22 until September 30, 1998.

23 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

25 SEC. 101. Any appropriation for 1996 for ‘‘Com26 pensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and
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1 ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ may be transferred

2 to any other of the mentioned appropriations.

3 SEC. 102. Appropriations available to the Depart4 ment of Veterans Affairs for 1996 for salaries and ex5 penses shall be available for services as authorized by 5

6 U.S.C. 3109.

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

8 for the Department of Veterans Affairs (except the appro9 priations for ‘‘Construction, major projects’’, ‘‘Construc10 tion, minor projects’’, and the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’)

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

12 the construction of any new hospital or home.

13 SEC. 104. No part of the foregoing appropriations

14 shall be available for hospitalization or examination of any

15 persons except beneficiaries entitled under the laws be16 stowing such benefits to veterans, unless reimbursement

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

18 be fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

19 SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Depart20 ment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1996 for ‘‘Com21 pensation and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and

22 ‘‘Veterans insurance and indemnities’’ shall be available

23 for payment of prior year accrued obligations required to

24 be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year

25 accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 1995.
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1 SEC. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the

2 Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1996 shall

3 be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding

4 prior year appropriations accounts resulting from title X

5 of the Competitive Equality Banking Act, Public Law

6 100–86, except that if such obligations are from trust

7 fund accounts they shall be payable from ‘‘Compensation

8 and pensions’’.

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

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

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

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

13 amended by striking out ‘‘September 30, 1992’’ in sub14 section (c) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘September 30,

15 1996’’.

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

17 55 of such title is amended by adding at the end the fol18 lowing new item:

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

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

20 is amended as follows:

21 (1) Section 1920 is amended—

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

23 for the reimbursement of administrative costs
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1 under subsection (c)’’ before the period at the

2 end of the second sentence; and

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

4 subsection:

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

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

7 Life Insurance Fund, reimburse the ‘General operating ex8 penses’ account of the Department for the amount of ad9 ministrative costs determined under paragraph (2) for

10 that fiscal year. Such reimbursement shall be made from

11 any surplus earnings for that fiscal year that are available

12 for dividends on such insurance after claims have been

13 paid and actuarially determined reserves have been set

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

15 exceeds the amount of such surplus earnings, such reim16 bursement shall be made only to the extent of such surplus

17 earnings.

18 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall determine the administra19 tive costs to the Department for a fiscal year for which

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

21 Secretary, are properly allocable to the provision of Na22 tional Service Life Insurance (and to the provision of any

23 total disability income insurance added to the provision

24 of such insurance).
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1 ‘‘(3) This subsection shall be in effect only with re2 spect to fiscal year 1996.’’.

3 (2) Section 1923 is amended—

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

5 for the reimbursement of administrative costs

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

7 end of the last sentence; and

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

9 subsection:

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

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

12 Life Insurance Fund, reimburse the ‘General operating ex13 penses’ account of the Department for the amount of ad14 ministrative costs determined under paragraph (2) for

15 that fiscal year. Such reimbursement shall be made from

16 any surplus earnings for that fiscal year that are available

17 for dividends on such insurance after claims have been

18 paid and actuarially determined reserves have been set

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

20 exceeds the amount of such surplus earnings, such reim21 bursement shall be made only to the extent of such surplus

22 earnings.

23 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall determine the administra24 tive costs to the Department for a fiscal year for which

25 this subsection is in effect which, in the judgment of the
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1 Secretary, are properly allocable to the provision of Veter2 ans’ Special Life Insurance (and to the provision of any

3 total disability income insurance added to the provision

4 of such insurance).

5 ‘‘(3) This subsection shall be in effect only with re6 spect to fiscal year 1996.’’.

7 (3) Section 1955 is amended—

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

9 for the reimbursement of administrative costs

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

11 end of the first sentence; and

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

13 subsection:

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

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

16 Government Life Insurance Fund, reimburse the ‘General

17 operating expenses’ account of the Department for the

18 amount of administrative costs determined under para19 graph (2) for that fiscal year. Such reimbursement shall

20 be made from any surplus earnings for that fiscal year

21 that are available for dividends on such insurance after

22 claims have been paid and actuarially determined reserves

23 have been set aside. However, if the amount of such ad24 ministrative costs exceeds the amount of such surplus
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1 earnings, such reimbursement shall be made only to the

2 extent of such surplus earnings.

3 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall determine the administra4 tive costs to the Department for a fiscal year for which

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

6 Secretary, are properly allocable to the provision of United

7 States Government Life Insurance (and to the provision

8 of any total disability income insurance added to the provi9 sion of such insurance).

10 ‘‘(3) This subsection shall be in effect only with re11 spect to fiscal year 1996.’’.

12 (4) Section 1982 is amended by striking out

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

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

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

16 TITLE II

17 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN

18 DEVELOPMENT

19 HOUSING PROGRAMS

20 ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING

21 For assistance under the United States Housing Act

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

23 not otherwise provided for, $10,182,359,000, to remain

24 available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds

25 made available under the head ‘‘Annual contributions for
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1 assisted housing’’ in this Act or any prior Act shall be

2 expended if such expenditure would cause total fiscal year

3 1996 expenditures to exceed $19,939,311,000: Provided

4 further, That the Secretary shall report to the Committees

5 on Appropriations every 90 days on the implementation

6 of the spending limitation in the preceding proviso: Pro7 vided further, That of the total amount provided under

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

9 acquisition cost of public housing for Indian families, in10 cluding amounts for housing under the mutual help home11 ownership opportunity program under section 202 of the

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

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

14 shall be for modernization of existing public housing

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

16 1437l): Provided further, That during fiscal year 1996, the

17 Secretary may direct any public housing agency that re18 ceives any part of the foregoing amount, to use such

19 amount, or any other amount that has been made avail20 able in this or any other prior Act for public housing under

21 this head or for the HOPE VI/Urban Revitalization Dem22 onstration Program, and that has not been obligated by

23 the agency, to demolish, reconfigure, or reduce the density

24 of any public housing project owned by the agency: Pro25 vided further, That of the amounts earmarked under this
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1 head for modernization of existing public housing projects,

2 $15,000,000 shall be used for the Tenant Opportunity

3 Program: Provided further, That of the total amount pro4 vided under this head, $862,125,000 shall be available for

5 non-incremental rental assistance under the section 8

6 housing voucher program under section 8(o) of the Act

7 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)): Provided further, That notwith8 standing any other provision of law, voucher assistance

9 provided under the preceding proviso may be used in con10 nection with legislation enacted after the effective date of

11 this Act that authorizes assistance for such purpose, as

12 determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That of the

13 total amount provided under this head, $1,440,770,000

14 shall be for special needs housing: Provided further, That

15 the amount earmarked under the preceding proviso shall

16 be for capital advances, including amendments to capital

17 advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as author18 ized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amend19 ed, and for project rental assistance, and amendments to

20 contracts for project rental assistance, for supportive

21 housing for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the

22 Housing Act of 1959, as amended; capital advances, in23 cluding amendments to capital advance contracts, and

24 project rental assistance, including amendments to con25 tracts for project rental assistance, for supportive housing
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1 for persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811

2 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing

3 Act; and housing opportunities for persons with AIDS

4 under title VIII, subtitle D of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na5 tional Affordable Housing Act: Provided further, That of

6 the funds earmarked in this appropriations Act for special

7 needs housing, the Secretary may waive any provision of

8 section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 and section 811

9 of the National Affordable Housing Act (including the

10 provisions governing the terms and conditions of project

11 rental assistance) that the Secretary determines is not

12 necessary to achieve the objectives of these programs, or

13 that otherwise impedes the ability to develop, operate or

14 administer projects assisted under these programs, and

15 may make provision for alternative conditions or terms

16 where appropriate: Provided further, That the Secretary

17 may use up to $200,000,000 from unobligated carryover

18 balances under this heading as of September 30, 1995,

19 for assistance for State or local units of government, ten20 ant and nonprofit organizations to purchase projects

21 where owners have indicated an intention to prepay mort22 gages and for assistance to be used as an incentive to pre23 vent prepayment or for vouchers to aid eligible tenants ad24 versely affected by mortgage prepayment, as authorized

25 under preservation legislation enacted subsequent to this
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1 Act: Provided further, That of the total amount provided

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

3 paint hazard reduction program as authorized under sec4 tion 1053 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard

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

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

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

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

9 1437u): Provided further, That of the total amount pro10 vided under this head, $4,641,589,000 shall be for assist11 ance under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42

12 U.S.C. 1437) for use in connection with expiring or termi13 nating section 8 subsidy contracts: Provided further, That

14 such amounts shall be merged with funds referenced in

15 section 204 of this title: Provided further, That the Sec16 retary of Housing and Urban Development may reserve

17 amounts available for the renewal of assistance under sec18 tion 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 and may

19 use such amounts, upon the termination or expiration of

20 a contract for assistance under section 8 of the United

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

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

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

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

25 market area for a number of eligible families equal to the
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1 number of units covered by the terminated or expired con2 tract, which assistance shall be in accordance with terms

3 and conditions prescribed by the Secretary: Provided fur4 ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, as5 sistance reserved under the preceding proviso may be used

6 in connection with any provision of Federal law enacted

7 after the enactment of this Act that authorizes the use

8 of rental assistance amounts in connection with such ter9 minated or expired contracts: Provided further, That of the

10 total amount provided under this head, $610,575,000

11 shall be for amendments to section 8 contracts other than

12 contracts for projects developed under section 202 of the

13 Housing Act of 1959, as amended.

14 FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

17 National Housing Act, as amended, all uncommitted bal18 ances of excess rental charges as of September 30, 1995,

19 and any collections during fiscal year 1996 shall be trans20 ferred, as authorized under such section, to the fund au21 thorized under Section 201 (j) of the Housing and Com22 munity Development Amendments of 1978, as amended.

23 RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

24 (RESCISSION)

25 The limitation otherwise applicable to the maximum

26 payments that may be required in any fiscal year by all
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1 contracts entered into under section 236 of the National

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

3 1996 by not more than $2,000,000 in uncommitted bal4 ances of authorizations provided for this purpose in appro5 priations Acts: Provided, That up to $163,000,000 of re6 captured section 236 budget authority resulting from the

7 prepayment of mortgages subsidized under section 236 of

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

9 rescinded in fiscal year 1996.

10 PAYMENTS FOR OPERATION OF LOW-INCOME HOUSING

11 PROJECTS

12 For payments to public housing agencies and Indian

13 housing authorities for operating subsidies for low-income

14 housing projects as authorized by section 9 of the United

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

16 1437g), $2,500,000,000.

17 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

18 For the HOME investment partnerships program, as

19 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na20 tional Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101–625), as

21 amended, $1,400,000,000, to remain available until ex22 pended.

23 HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE

24 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, other

25 than loans, not otherwise provided for, for providing coun26 seling and advice to tenants and homeowners—both cur-
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1 rent and prospective—with respect to property mainte2 nance, financial management, and such other matters as

3 may be appropriate to assist them in improving their hous4 ing conditions and meeting the responsibilities of tenancy

5 or homeownership, including provisions for training and

6 for support of voluntary agencies and services as author7 ized by section 106 of the Housing and Urban Develop8 ment Act of 1968, as amended, $12,000,000, notwith9 standing section 106(c)(9) and section 106(d)(13), of such

10 Act.

11 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM

12 ACCOUNT

13 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $3,000,000, as au14 thorized by section 184 of the Housing and Community

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

16 That such costs, including the costs of modifying such

17 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres18 sional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further,

19 That these funds are available to subsidize total loan prin20 cipal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed

21 $36,900,000.

22 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

23 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

24 For the emergency shelter grants program (as au25 thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the Stewart B.

26 McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (Public Law 100–77),
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1 as amended); the supportive housing program (as author2 ized under subtitle C of title IV of such Act); the section

3 8 moderate rehabilitation single room occupancy program

4 (as authorized under the United States Housing Act of

5 1937, as amended) to assist homeless individuals pursuant

6 to section 441 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless As7 sistance Act; the shelter plus care program (as authorized

8 under subtitle F of title IV of such Act); and the innova9 tive homeless initiatives demonstration program (as de10 scribed in sections 2(a)–2(f) of the HUD Demonstration

11 Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–120)), $676,000,000, to re12 main available until expended.

13 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

14 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For grants to States and units of general local gov17 ernment and for related expenses, not otherwise provided

18 for, necessary for carrying out a community development

19 grants program as authorized by title I of the Housing

20 and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended

21 (42 U.S.C. 5301), $4,600,000,000, to remain available

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

23 shall be available for grants to Indian tribes pursuant to

24 section 106(a)(1) of the Housing and Community Devel25 opment Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5301), and

26 $19,500,000 shall be available for ‘‘special purpose
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1 grants’’ pursuant to section 107 of such Act: Provided fur2 ther, That not to exceed 20 per centum of any grant made

3 with funds appropriated herein (other than a grant using

4 funds under section 107(b)(3) of such Act shall be ex5 pended for ‘‘Planning and Management Development’’

6 and ‘‘Administration’’ as defined in regulations promul7 gated by the Department of Housing and Urban Develop8 ment.

9 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $10,500,000, as au10 thorized by section 108 of the Housing and Community

11 Development Act of 1974: Provided, That such costs, in12 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de13 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of

14 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are

15 available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of

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

17 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the

18 guaranteed loan program, $225,000 which shall be trans19 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for depart20 mental salaries and expenses.

21 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

22 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

23 For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro24 grams of research and studies relating to housing and

25 urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized
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1 by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act

2 of 1970, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), includ3 ing carrying out the functions of the Secretary under sec4 tion 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968,

5 $34,000,000, to remain available until September 30,

6 1997.

7 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

8 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

9 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth10 erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil

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

12 Amendments Act of 1988, $30,000,000, to remain avail13 able until September 30, 1997.

14 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary administrative and nonadministrative

18 expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel19 opment, not otherwise provided for, including not to ex20 ceed $7,000 for official reception and representation ex21 penses, $951,988,000, of which $505,745,000 shall be

22 provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing

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

24 funds of the Government National Mortgage Association,

25 and $225,000 shall be provided from the Community De26 velopment Grants Program account.
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

4 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

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

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

7 of the Federal Housing Administration.

8 OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprise Fi12 nancial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, $14,895,000,

13 to remain available until expended, from the Federal

14 Housing Enterprise Oversight Fund: Provided, That such

15 amounts shall be collected by the Director as authorized

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

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

18 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

19 FHA—MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM

20 ACCOUNT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 During fiscal year 1996, commitments to guarantee

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

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

25 principal of $110,000,000,000.
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1 During fiscal year 1996, obligations to make direct

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

3 National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed

4 $200,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing amount shall

5 be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in con6 nection with sales of single family real properties owned

7 by the Secretary and formerly insured under section 203

8 of such Act.

9 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out

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

11 to be derived from the FHA-mutual mortgage insurance

12 guaranteed loans receipt account, of which not to exceed

13 $308,290,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for

14 departmental salaries and expenses; and of which not to

15 exceed $6,790,000 shall be transferred to the appropria16 tion for the Office of Inspector General.

17 FHA—GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 Total loan principal any part of which is to be guar20 anteed shall not exceed $15,000,000,000: Provided, That

21 any amounts made available in any prior appropriation

22 Act for the cost (as such term is defined in section 502

23 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of guaranteed

24 loans that are obligations of the funds established under

25 section 238 or 519 of the National Housing Act that have
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1 not been made available for obligation or that are

2 deobligated shall be available to the Secretary of Housing

3 and Urban Development in connection with the making

4 of such guarantees and shall remain available until ex5 pended, notwithstanding the expiration of any period of

6 availability otherwise applicable to such amounts: Provided

7 further, That any amounts of negative subsidy resulting

8 in fiscal year 1996 from the sales of assigned mortgage

9 notes or insurance actions that exceed the amounts of neg10 ative subsidy determined to be generated during such fis11 cal year, based on the assumptions specified in the Presi12 dent’s Budget for such fiscal year, shall be available to

13 the Secretary for the costs of any note sales or insurance

14 actions, without regard to whether the source of the nega15 tive subsidy amount is a note sale or insurance action, and

16 the last proviso of this paragraph shall not apply to such

17 amounts so used in connection with insurance actions:

18 Provided further, That during fiscal year 1996, the Sec19 retary shall sell assigned mortgage notes having an unpaid

20 principal balance of up to $2,600,000,000, which notes

21 were originally obligations of the funds established under

22 sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act: Pro23 vided further, That of the amount appropriated herein, an

24 amount equal to the lesser of $52,000,000 or the excess

25 of net proceeds above the value of holding the loans to
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1 maturity, such value established using assumptions speci2 fied in the President’s fiscal year 1996 Budget adjusted

3 for interest rates at the time of the sale, shall become

4 available only after such sale has been completed.

5 In addition, for the cost of guarantees for loans, as

6 authorized by sections 238 and 519 of the National Hous7 ing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), $69,620,000,

8 Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying

9 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con10 gressional Budget Act of 1974.

11 Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct

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

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

14 $120,000,000; of which not to exceed $100,000,000 shall

15 be for bridge financing in connection with the sale of mul16 tifamily real properties owned by the Secretary and for17 merly insured under such Act; and of which not to exceed

18 $20,000,000 shall be for loans to nonprofit and govern19 mental entities in connection with the sale of single-family

20 real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly in21 sured under such Act.

22 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

23 carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs,

24 $197,470,000, of which $197,455,000 shall be transferred

25 to the appropriation for departmental salaries and ex-
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1 penses; and of which $4,171,000 shall be transferred to

2 the appropriation for the Office of Inspector General.

3 GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

4 GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN

5 GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

6 (INCLUDES TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 During fiscal year 1996, new commitments to issue

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

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

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

11 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out

12 the guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program,

13 $8,824,000, to be derived from the GNMA—guarantees

14 of mortgage-backed securities guaranteed loan receipt ac15 count, of which not to exceed $8,824,000 shall be trans16 ferred to the appropriation for departmental salaries and

17 expenses.

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 201. PUBLIC HOUSING. (a) CEILING RENTS.—

21 Notwithstanding section 3(a) of the United States Hous22 ing Act of 1937, as amended, public housing agencies shall

23 provide that the amount of rent paid by a family occupy24 ing a dwelling unit in public housing during fiscal year

25 1996 does not exceed the maximum monthly rental

26 amount, which shall be established for the dwelling unit
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1 by the public housing agency that owns or administers the

2 unit and may not exceed an amount determined by the

3 agency based upon—

4 (1) the average, for dwelling units of similar

5 size in public housing developments owned and oper6 ated by such agency, of any monthly amount of debt

7 service and operating expenses attributable to such

8 units;

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

10 (3) the local market rent for comparable units

11 of similar size.

12 (b) DEMOLITION AND DISPOSITION.—

13 (1) INAPPLICABILITY OF REPLACEMENT

14 RULE.—With respect to any application under sec15 tion 18 of the United States Housing Act of 1937,

16 as amended, for the demolition or disposition of pub17 lic housing, including an application submitted under

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

19 1996, the provisions of subsection (b)(3) of such sec20 tion shall not apply with respect to—

21 (A) the approval of such application; or

22 (B) the demolition or disposition of any

23 public housing pursuant to such application.

24 (2) CONFORMING PROVISION.—The requirement

25 under section 18(d) of such Act that a public hous-
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1 ing agency satisfy the conditions specified in section

2 18(b)(3) of such Act as a condition of taking action

3 to demolish or dispose of public housing shall not

4 apply with respect to any application under such sec5 tion 18 approved during such fiscal year.

6 (3) AUTHORITY TO RESUBMIT APPLICATIONS.—

7 Any public housing agency that, before fiscal year

8 1996, submitted to the Secretary an application

9 under section 18 of such Act for demolition or dis10 position of public housing may (regardless of wheth11 er such application has been approved) at any time

12 during fiscal year 1996 submit an application sub13 ject to the provisions of this subsection that covers

14 some or all of the property covered by such previous

15 application and, to the extent the same property is

16 covered by both applications, the Secretary shall

17 treat the latter application as replacing the previous

18 application.

19 (c) APPLICABILITY.—In accordance with section

20 201(b)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as

21 amended, the provisions of this section shall apply to pub22 lic housing developed or operated pursuant to a contract

23 between the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop24 ment and an Indian housing authority.
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1 SEC. 202. RENTAL ASSISTANCE UNDER SECTION 8

2 OF UNITED STATES HOUSING ACT OF 1937. (a) IN3 CREASE OF FAMILY RENTAL PAYMENT.—Notwithstand4 ing sections 3(a) and 8(o)(2) of the United States Housing

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

6 (1) public housing agencies shall increase to 32

7 percent the percentage of the family’s monthly ad8 justed income used in determining—

9 (A) the amount of monthly rent required

10 to be paid by each family who is assisted under

11 the certificate or moderate rehabilitation pro12 gram under section 8 of such Act; and

13 (B) the amount of the monthly assistance

14 payment for each family who is assisted under

15 the voucher program under section 8 of such

16 Act; and

17 (2) owners of housing assisted under other pro18 grams for rental assistance under section 8 of such

19 Act shall increase to 32 percent the percentage of a

20 family’s adjusted monthly income used in determin21 ing the rent required to be paid by each family as22 sisted under any such program.

23 (b) MINIMUM RENTS.—Notwithstanding subsection

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

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

3 (1) public housing agencies shall require each

4 family who is assisted under the certificate or mod5 erate rehabilitation program under section 8 of such

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

7 less than the sum of $50 for the unit;

8 (2) public housing agencies shall reduce the

9 monthly assistance payment on behalf of each family

10 who is assisted under the voucher program under

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

12 monthly rent an amount that is not less than the

13 sum of $50 for the unit; and

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

16 Act shall require each family who is assisted under

17 such program to pay for monthly rent an amount

18 that is not less than the sum of $50 for the unit.

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

20 establish fair market rentals for purposes of section

21 8(c)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as

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

23 shall be based on the 40th percentile rent of rental dis24 tributions of standard quality rental housing units. In es25 tablishing such fair market rentals, the Secretary shall
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1 consider only the rents for dwelling units occupied by re2 cent movers and may not consider the rents for public

3 housing dwelling units or newly constructed rental dwell4 ing units.

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

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

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

8 (1) in the third sentence by inserting ‘‘and fis9 cal year 1996’’ after ‘‘1995’’; and

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

11 year 1996’’ after ‘‘1995’’.

12 (e) ADMINISTRATIVE FEES.—Notwithstanding the

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

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

15 the portions of the fees for costs incurred by public hous16 ing agencies in administering the certificate, voucher, and

17 moderate rehabilitation programs under section 8 shall not

18 exceed 7.0 percent of the fair market rental established

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

20 area of the public housing agency.

21 (f) DELAY OF ISSUANCE AND REISSUANCE OF

22 VOUCHERS AND CERTIFICATES.—Notwithstanding any

23 other provision of law, a public housing agency administer24 ing certificate or voucher assistance provided under sub-
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1 section (b) or (o) of section 8 of the United States Hous2 ing Act of 1937, as amended, shall delay—

3 (1) until October 1, 1996, the initial issuance

4 of any such tenant-based assistance representing in5 cremental assistance allocated in fiscal year 1996;

6 and

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

8 such assistance (or the certificate or voucher rep9 resenting assistance amounts) made available by the

10 termination during fiscal year 1996 of such assist11 ance on behalf of any family for any reason, but not

12 later than October 1, 1996.

13 SEC. 203. PREFERENCES FOR HOUSING ASSIST14 ANCE. (a) PUBLIC HOUSING.—

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

16 dwelling units in public housing that are available

17 for occupancy shall be made available—

18 (A) without regard to the requirements re19 garding preferences set forth in section

20 6(c)(4)(A) of the United States Housing Act of

21 1937, as amended; and

22 (B) subject to a system of preferences that

23 the public housing agency for the public hous24 ing may establish, which shall be based upon
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1 local housing needs and priorities, as deter2 mined by the agency.

3 (2) APPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (1)(B) shall

4 not apply to projects or portions of projects des5 ignated for occupancy pursuant to section 7(a) of

6 the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amend7 ed, for which the Secretary has determined that ap8 plication of such paragraph would result in excessive

9 delays in meeting the housing need of such families.

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

11 States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, the provi12 sions of this subsection shall apply to public housing

13 developed or operated pursuant to a contract be14 tween the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop15 ment and an Indian housing authority.

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

17 1996, the selection of families for assistance under section

18 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amend19 ed—

20 (1) shall not be subject to the requirements re21 garding preferences set forth in sections 8(d)(1)(A)

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

23 1937, as amended; and

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

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1 cy administering such assistance, which shall be

2 based upon local housing needs and priorities, as de3 termined by the agency.

4 (c) CONFORMING PROVISIONS.—Each reference in

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

6 16(c), and 24(e)(2) of the United States Housing Act of

7 1937, as amended, sections 212(a)(3), 217(c)(2)(B),

8 225(d)(3), 455(a)(2)(D)(iii), 522(f)(6)(B), and

9 522(j)(2)(A) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford10 able Housing Act, section 226(b)(6)(B) of the Low-In11 come Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership

12 Act of 1990, section 203(g)(2) of the Housing and Com13 munity Development Amendments of 1978, and section

14 655 of the Housing and Community Development Act of

15 1992, to the preferences under section 6(c)(4)(A),

16 8(d)(1)(A), or 8(o)(3)(B) of the United States Housing

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

18 year 1996, to refer to the applicable preferences estab19 lished (if any) under the subsections (a)(1)(B) and (b)(2).

20 (d) NEW CONSTRUCTION/SUBSTANTIAL REHABILITA21 TION HOUSING.—During fiscal year 1996, dwelling units

22 in housing constructed or substantially rehabilitated pur23 suant to assistance provided under section 8(b)(2) of the

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

25 section existed before October 1, 1983) and projects fi-
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1 nanced under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (as

2 such section existed before the enactment of the Cranston3 Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act) shall be made

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

5 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing

6 Act and no other provision of law relating to Federal ten7 ant selection preferences shall apply to such housing.

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

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

10 Act of 1965 shall not be effective.

11 SEC. 204. MERGER LANGUAGE FOR ASSISTANCE FOR

12 THE RENEWAL OF EXPIRING SECTION 8 OF SUBSIDY

13 CONTRACTS AND ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED

14 HOUSING.—All remaining obligated and unobligated bal15 ances in the Renewal of Expiring Section 8 Subsidy Con16 tracts account on September 30, 1995, shall immediately

17 thereafter be transferred to and merged with the obligated

18 and unobligated balances, respectively, of the Annual Con19 tributions for Assisted Housing account.

20 SEC. 205. EXTENSION OF HOME EQUITY CONVER21 SION MORTGAGE PROGRAM.—Section 255(g) of the Na22 tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)) is amend23 ed—
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1 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘Septem2 ber 30, 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 1996’’;

3 and

4 (2) in the second sentence, by striking

5 ‘‘25,000’’ and inserting ‘‘30,000’’.

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

7 of Housing and Urban Development shall cancel the in8 debtedness of the Hubbard Hospital Authority of Hub9 bard, Texas, relating to the public facilities loan for

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

11 the Housing Amendments of 1955. Such hospital author12 ity is relieved of all liability to the Government for the

13 outstanding principal balance on such loan, for the

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

15 and charges payable in connection with such loan.

16 (b) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop17 ment shall cancel the indebtedness of the Groveton Texas

18 Hospital Authority relating to the public facilities loan for

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

20 of the Housing Amendments of 1955. Such hospital au21 thority is relieved of all liability to the Government for

22 the outstanding principal balance on such loan, for the

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

24 and charges payable in connection with such loan.
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1 SEC. 207. DELAYING OUTLAYS FOR PUBLIC HOUS2 ING DEVELOPMENT.—During fiscal year 1996, a public

3 housing agency or Indian housing authority may slow the

4 rate at which it develops a project that the Secretary has

5 approved under 24 C.F.R. Part 941 in order to slow the

6 rate at which such agency or authority takes actions re7 sulting in outlays of amounts appropriated under the head

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

9 or any prior appropriation Act, and the Secretary may

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

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

12 SEC. 208. ASSESSMENT COLLECTION DATES FOR

13 OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVER14 SIGHT.—Section 1316(b) of the Housing and Community

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

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

17 paragraph:

18 ‘‘(2) TIMING OF PAYMENT.—The annual assess19 ment shall be payable semiannually for each fiscal

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

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

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

23 1996 to sign, promulgate, implement, or enforce any re24 quirement or regulation relating to the application of the

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

2 to property insurance.

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

4 be expended by the Department for the purpose of finaliz5 ing the Department’s proposed rule dated July 21, 1994

6 regarding amendments to Regulation X, the Real Estate

7 Settlement Procedures Regulation, or for the purpose of

8 developing or issuing any interpretive rule with respect to

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

10 proposed rule.

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

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

13 seven Assistant Secretaries at the Department of Housing

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

15 the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act.

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

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

18 94 schedule C and non-career senior executive service em19 ployees at the Department of Housing and Urban Devel20 opment.

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

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

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

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

25 local government (or any entity or agency thereof) because
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1 of the enactment, enforcement, or effectiveness of any

2 State or local law or regulation requiring the spoken or

3 written use of the English language or declaring English

4 as the official language.

5 (f) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act

6 shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not au7 thorized by the Congress.

8 SEC. 210. CLARIFICATIONS.—For purposes of Fed9 eral law, the Paul Mirabile Center in San Diego, Califor10 nia, including areas within such Center that are devoted

11 to the delivery of supportive services, has been determined

12 to satisfy the ‘‘continuum of care’’ requirements of the De13 partment of Housing and Urban Development, and shall

14 be treated as:

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

16 contain sleeping accommodations and kitchen and

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

18 is used exclusively to facilitate the transition of

19 homeless individuals (within the meaning of section

20 103 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assist21 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302)) to independent living

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

23 with each cubicle constituting a separate bedroom

24 and residential unit, (iv) are used on other than a
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1 transient basis, and (v) shall be originally placed in

2 service on August 1, 1995; and

3 (b) property that is entirely residential rental

4 property, namely, a project for residential rental

5 property.

6 SEC. 211. EXTENSION OF MULTIFAMILY HOUSING

7 FINANCE PROGRAMS.—(a) Section 542(b)(5) of the Hous8 ing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C.

9 1707 note) is amended by striking ‘‘on not more than

10 15,000 units over fiscal years 1993 and 1994’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘on not more than 7,500 units during fiscal year

12 1996’’.

13 (b) Section 542(c)(4) of the Housing and Community

14 Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1707 note) is

15 amended by striking ‘‘on not to exceed 30,000 units over

16 fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘on not

17 more than 10,000 units during fiscal year 1996’’.

18 SEC. 212. DOCUMENTATION OF MULTIFAMILY

19 REFINANCINGS.—Notwithstanding the 16th paragraph

20 under the item relating to ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS’’

21 in title II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and

22 Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agen23 cies Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103–327; 108

24 Stat. 2316), the amendments to section 223(a)(7) of the

25 National Housing Act made by the 15th paragraph of
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1 such Act shall be effective during fiscal years 1996 and

2 thereafter.

3 TITLE III

4 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

5 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

8 of the American Battle Monuments Commission, including

9 the acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign coun10 tries; purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of

11 national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United

12 States and its territories and possessions; rent of office

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

14 replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles;

15 and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign coun16 tries, when required by law of such countries;

17 $20,265,000, to remain available until expended: Pro18 vided, That where station allowance has been authorized

19 by the Department of the Army for officers of the Army

20 serving the Army at certain foreign stations, the same al21 lowance shall be authorized for officers of the Armed

22 Forces assigned to the Commission while serving at the

23 same foreign stations, and this appropriation is hereby

24 made available for the payment of such allowance: Pro25 vided further, That when traveling on business of the Com-
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1 mission, officers of the Armed Forces serving as members

2 or as Secretary of the Commission may be reimbursed for

3 expenses as provided for civilian members of the Commis4 sion: Provided further, That the Commission shall reim5 burse other Government agencies, including the Armed

6 Forces, for salary, pay, and allowances of personnel as7 signed to it.

8 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product

11 Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve12 hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at

13 rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv14 alent to the rate for GS–18, purchase of nominal awards

15 to recognize non-Federal officials’ contributions to Com16 mission activities, and not to exceed $500 for official re17 ception and representation expenses, $40,000,000.

18 CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

19 NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS

20 OPERATING EXPENSES

21 Of the funds appropriated under this heading in Pub22 lic Law 103–327, the Corporation for National and Com23 munity Service shall use such amounts of such funds as

24 may be necessary to carry out the orderly termination of

25 (1) the programs, activities, and initiatives under the Na-
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1 tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (Public Law

2 103–82); (2) the Corporation; and (3) the Corporation’s

3 Office of Inspector General.

4 COURT OF VETERANS APPEALS

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses for the operation of the Unit7 ed States Court of Veterans Appeals as authorized by 38

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

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

10 1997, shall be available for the purpose of providing finan11 cial assistance as described, and in accordance with the

12 process and reporting procedures set forth, under this

13 head in Public Law 102–229.

14 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

15 CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for

18 maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington

19 National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home Na20 tional Cemetery, and not to exceed $1,000 for official re21 ception and representation expenses; $11,296,000, to re22 main available until expended.
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1 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

2 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

3 For research and development activities, including

4 procurement of laboratory equipment and supplies; other

5 operating expenses in support of research and develop6 ment; and construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation

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

8 project; $384,052,000, to remain available until Septem9 ber 30, 1997.

10 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND COMPLIANCE

11 For environmental programs and compliance activi12 ties, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire,

13 maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchases of re14 prints; library memberships in societies or associations

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

16 members lower than to subscribers who are not members;

17 construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renova18 tion of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; and

19 not to exceed $6,000 for official reception and representa20 tion expenses; and for necessary expenses, not otherwise

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

22 expenses, including uniforms, or allowances therefor, as

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

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

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

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

2 under this heading shall be available to the National Oce3 anic and Atmospheric Administration pursuant to section

4 118(h)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as

5 amended: Provided further, That from funds appropriated

6 under this heading, the Administrator may make grants

7 to federally recognized Indian governments for the devel8 opment of multimedia environmental programs: Provided

9 further, That for this fiscal year and thereafter, any indus10 trial discharger to the Kalamazoo Water Reclamation

11 Plant is exempt from categorical pretreatment standards

12 under section 307(b) of the Federal Water Pollution Con13 trol Act, as amended, if the following conditions are met:

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

15 State of Michigan for an exemption for its industry and

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

17 such exemption request based upon a determination that

18 there exists an operative financial contract between the

19 City of Kalamazoo and the industrial user and an ap20 proved local pretreatment program, including a joint mon21 itoring program and local controls to prevent against in22 terference and pass through: Provided further, That none

23 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be obli24 gated or expended to implement or enforce section

25 118(c)(2)(C) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act,
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1 as amended: Provided further, That none of the funds ap2 propriated under this heading may be made available for

3 the implementation or enforcement of the stormwater per4 mitting program under section 402(p) of the Federal

5 Water Pollution Control Act, as amended: Provided fur6 ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this head7 ing shall be made available for the enforcement of permit

8 limits or compliance schedules for combined sewer over9 flows or sanitary sewer overflows under section 402 of the

10 Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended: Pro11 vided further, That none of the funds appropriated under

12 this heading may be used to implement or enforce section

13 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as

14 amended: Provided further, That none of the funds appro15 priated under this heading may be made available for the

16 development and implementation of new or revised efflu17 ent limitation guidelines and standards, pretreatment

18 standards, or new source performance standards under

19 the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended:

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

21 set forth in the previous five provisos shall have no force

22 and effect upon enactment of legislation which further

23 amends the named sections of the Federal Water Pollution

24 Control Act, as amended, in each of the previous four pro25 visos: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
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1 priated under this heading may be used by the Environ2 mental Protection Agency to impose or enforce any re3 quirement that a State implement trip reduction measures

4 to reduce vehicular emissions. Section 304 of the Clean

5 Air Act, as amended, shall not apply with respect to any

6 such requirement: Provided further, That none of the

7 funds appropriated under this heading may be used to as8 sign less than full credit for automobile emissions inspec9 tions programs required under section 182 (c), (d), or (e)

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

11 design equipment unless the Administrator determines,

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

13 the program, that less than full credit is appropriate: Pro14 vided further, That beginning in fiscal year 1996 and each

15 fiscal year thereafter, and notwithstanding any other pro16 vision of law, the Administrator is authorized to make

17 grants annually from funds appropriated under this head18 ing, subject to such terms and conditions as the Adminis19 trator shall establish, to any State or federally recognized

20 Indian tribe for multimedia or single media pollution pre21 vention, control and abatement and related environmental

22 activities at the request of the Governor or other appro23 priate State official or the tribe: Provided further, That

24 none of the funds appropriated under this heading may

25 be used to develop, propose, promulgate, issue, enforce,
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1 or to set or enforce compliance deadlines or issuance

2 schedules for maximum achievable control technology

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

4 as amended, for the category proposed to be regulated at

5 Vol. 59, Federal Register, No. 135, page 36130, dated

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

7 304 of the Clean Air Act shall not apply: Provided further,

8 That none of the funds appropriated under this heading

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

10 the risk management plan requirements under section

11 112(r) of the Clean Air Act, as amended, to the domestic

12 oil and gas exploration and production and natural gas

13 processing industry: Provided further, That none of the

14 funds appropriated under this heading may be used by the

15 Administrator or the Administrator’s designee for signing

16 and publishing a national primary drinking water regula17 tion for radon and other radionuclei: Provided further,

18 That none of the funds appropriated under this heading

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

20 designee for signing and publishing any proposed national

21 primary drinking water regulation for arsenic: Provided

22 further, That none of the funds appropriated under this

23 heading may be used to issue or enforce any requirement

24 not otherwise authorized under existing law or regulation

25 with respect to combustion of hazardous waste prior to
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1 promulgation of final regulations pursuant to a rule2 making proceeding under the Administrative Procedure

3 Act or to impose or enforce any requirement or condition

4 of a permit, including the use of an indirect risk assess5 ment, or to deny a permit pursuant to section 3005(c)(3)

6 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as

7 amended, unless the Environmental Protection Agency fol8 lows the procedures governing the use of authority under

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

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

11 of the funds appropriated under this heading may be used

12 to issue or enforce any regulatory standard for maximum

13 achievable control technology (MACT) for hazardous

14 waste combustion under any statute other than the Clean

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

16 determining that in calculating the MACT floor emission

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

18 Clean Air Act, as amended, one-half of the currently oper19 ating facilities in the group of sources that make up the

20 floor pool for that category or subcategory actually achieve

21 the MACT floor levels for all of the hazardous air pollut22 ants to be regulated: Provided further, That none of the

23 funds appropriated under this heading may be used to

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

25 502(d)(3), or 502(i)(4) of the Clean Air Act, as amended,
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1 against a State which is involved in litigation regarding

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

3 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated

4 under this heading may be obligated or expended to re5 quire facilities to submit any data pursuant to section

6 313(a) of the Emergency Planning and Community Right7 to-Know Act or section 8 of the Toxic Substances Control

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

9 said sections, including mass balance, materials account10 ing, or other chemical use data: Provided further, That

11 none of the funds appropriated under this heading may

12 be used to revoke, or require the issuance of, a food addi13 tive regulation under section 409 of the Federal Food,

14 Drug and Cosmetic Act for a pesticide in processed food

15 where there is a tolerance established under section 408

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

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

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

19 for a pesticide on a raw agricultural commodity solely on

20 the basis that a food additive regulation cannot be issued

21 or maintained under section 409 of said Act for the pes22 ticide in a processed form of the commodity: Provided fur23 ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this head24 ing may be used to exclusively regulate whole agricultural

25 plants subject to regulation by another federal agency:
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1 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated

2 under this heading may be used to obtain a voluntary envi3 ronmental audit report or to assess an administrative, civil

4 or criminal negligence penalty, in any matter subject to

5 a state law providing a privilege for voluntary environ6 mental audit reports or protections or immunities for the

7 voluntary disclosure of environmental concerns.

8 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

10 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

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

12 alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facili13 ties, not to exceed $75,000 per project, $28,542,000.

14 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

15 For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al16 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of,

17 or use by, the Environmental Protection Agency,

18 $28,820,000, to remain available until expended.

19 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen22 sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil23 ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including sec24 tions 111 (c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C.

25 9611), and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilita26 tion, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000
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1 per project; not to exceed $1,003,400,000 to remain avail2 able until expended, to be derived from general revenues:

3 Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading

4 may be allocated to other Federal agencies in accordance

5 with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That

6 $5,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading

7 shall be transferred to the Office of Inspector General ap8 propriation to remain available until September 30, 1996:

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

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

11 $62,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading

12 shall be available to the Agency for Toxic Substances and

13 Disease Registry to carry out activities described in sec14 tions 104(i), 111(c)(4), and 111(c)(14) of CERCLA and

15 section 118(f) of the Superfund Amendments and Reau16 thorization Act of 1986: Provided further, That none of

17 the funds appropriated under this heading shall be avail18 able for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease

19 Registry to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pur20 suant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year

21 1996: Provided further, That no part of any appropriation

22 made under this heading shall remain available for obliga23 tion beyond December 31, 1995, unless the Comprehen24 sive Environmental Response Compensation, and Liability

25 Act of 1980 has been reauthorized.
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1 LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under4 ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sec5 tion 205 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthoriza6 tion Act of 1986, and for construction, alteration, repair,

7 rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed

8 $75,000 per project, $45,827,000, to remain available

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

10 shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided

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

12 of Inspector General appropriation to remain available

13 until September 30, 1996.

14 OIL SPILL RESPONSE

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ17 mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil

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

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

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

21 of these funds shall be available for administrative ex22 penses.

23 WATER INFRASTRUCTURE/STATE REVOLVING FUNDS

24 For necessary expenses for capitalization grants for

25 State Revolving Funds to support wastewater infrastruc26 ture financing, and to carry out the purposes of the Fed-
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1 eral Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, the Water

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

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

4 until expended, of which $1,000,000,000 shall be for cap5 italization grants for Clean Water State Revolving Funds

6 under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act,

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

8 design, construction, and related activities in connection

9 with the construction of high priority wastewater facilities

10 in the area of the United States-Mexico Border, after con11 sultation with the appropriate border commissions;

12 $50,000,000 for grants to the State of Texas, which shall

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

14 sources, for the purpose of improving wastewater treat15 ment for colonias; $15,000,000 for grants to the State of

16 Alaska, subject to an appropriate cost share as determined

17 by the Administrator, to address wastewater infrastruc18 ture needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages;

19 $22,500,000 for making grants under section 104(b)(3)

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

21 $100,000,000 for making grants under section 319 of the

22 Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended;

23 $75,000,000 for making grants under section 1443(a) of

24 the Public Health Service Act; and, notwithstanding any

25 other provision of law, $137,675,000 for making grants
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1 for the construction of wastewater treatment facilities and

2 the development of groundwater in accordance with the

3 terms and conditions set forth in the House Report accom4 panying this Act: Provided, That of the funds made avail5 able under this heading in Public Law 103–327 and in

6 Public Law 103–124 for capitalization grants for State

7 Revolving Funds to support water infrastructure financ8 ing, $225,000,000 shall be made available for capitaliza9 tion grants for State Revolving Funds under title VI of

10 the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended:

11 Provided further, That of the funds made available under

12 this heading for capitalization grants for State Revolving

13 Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Con14 trol Act, as amended, $50,000,000 shall be for wastewater

15 treatment in impoverished communities pursuant to sec16 tion 102(d) of H.R. 961 as approved by the United States

17 House of Representatives on May 16, 1995: Provided fur18 ther, That except for grants made under section 1443(a)

19 of the Public Health Service Act, appropriations for pro20 grams and projects pursuant to the Federal Water Pollu21 tion Control Act made available under this heading shall

22 be available only upon enactment of legislation reauthoriz23 ing such Act, and appropriations for programs and

24 projects pursuant to other Acts made available under this
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1 heading shall be available only upon enactment of legisla2 tion specifically authorizing such appropriations.

3 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

4 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and

6 Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na7 tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and

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

9 of passenger motor vehicles, services as authorized by 5

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

11 and representation expenses, and rental of conference

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

13 That the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall

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

15 personnel compensation costs of individuals detailed to it.

16 COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF

17 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

18 To carry out the orderly termination of the programs

19 and activities authorized by the National Environmental

20 Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Improvement Act

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

22 $1,000,000.

23 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

24 DISASTER RELIEF

25 For necessary expenses in carrying out the functions

26 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
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1 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $235,500,000,

2 to remain available until expended.

3 DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

4 For the cost of direct loans, $2,155,000, as author5 ized by section 319 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re6 lief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et

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

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

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

10 Provided further, That these funds are available to sub11 sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct

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

13 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

14 the direct loan program, $95,000.

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

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

18 1343); uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by

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

20 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per

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

22 attendance of cooperating officials and individuals at

23 meetings concerned with the work of emergency prepared24 ness; transportation in connection with the continuity of

25 Government programs to the same extent and in the same

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

2 for official reception and representation expenses;

3 $162,000,000.

4 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector

6 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

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

8 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE

9 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

10 to carry out activities under the National Flood Insurance

11 Act of 1968, as amended, and the Flood Disaster Protec12 tion Act of 1973, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.),

13 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As14 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake

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

16 7701 et seq.), the Federal Fire Prevention and Control

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

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

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

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

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

22 (50 U.S.C. 404–405), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of

23 1978, $203,044,000.

24 EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM

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

26 Federal Emergency Management Agency to carry out an
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1 emergency food and shelter program pursuant to title III

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

3 administrative costs shall not exceed three and one-half

4 per centum of the total appropriation.

5 NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

6 For activities under the National Flood Insurance

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

8 and the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994,

9 not to exceed $20,562,000 for salaries and expenses asso10 ciated with flood mitigation and flood insurance oper11 ations, and not to exceed $70,464,000 for flood mitigation,

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

13 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as

14 amended, which amount shall be available until September

15 30, 1997. In fiscal year 1996, no funds in excess of (1)

16 $47,000,000 for operating expenses, (2) $292,526,000 for

17 agents’ commissions and taxes, and (3) $3,500,000 for in18 terest on Treasury borrowings shall be available from the

19 National Flood Insurance Fund without prior notice to the

20 Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That none of the

21 funds appropriated in this Act for the Federal Emergency

22 Management Agency (FEMA) shall be available for any

23 further work on effective Flood Insurance Rate Maps for

24 the City of Stockton and San Joaquin County, California

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

26 Paddy Creek, Middle Paddy Creek, Paddy Creek, Bear
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1 Creek, Mosher Slough, Calaveras River, Potter A Slough,

2 Potter B Slough, Mormon Slough, and the Diversion

3 Channel.

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

5 The Director of the Federal Emergency Management

6 Agency shall promulgate through rulemaking a methodol7 ogy for assessment and collection of fees to be assessed

8 and collected beginning in fiscal year 1996 applicable to

9 persons subject to the Federal Emergency Management

10 Agency’s radiological emergency preparedness regulations.

11 The aggregate charges assessed pursuant to this section

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

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

14 Federal Emergency Management Agency to be obligated

15 for its radiological emergency preparedness program for

16 such fiscal year. The methodology for assessment and col17 lection of fees shall be fair and equitable, and shall reflect

18 the full amount of costs of providing radiological emer19 gency planning, preparedness, response and associated

20 services. Such fees will be assessed in a manner that re21 flects the use of agency resources for classes of regulated

22 persons and the administrative costs of collecting such

23 fees. Fees received pursuant to this section shall be depos24 ited in the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting re25 ceipts. Assessment and collection of such fees are only au26 thorized during fiscal year 1996.
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1 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

2 CONSUMER INFORMATION CENTER

3 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Information

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

5 $2,061,000, to be deposited into the Consumer Informa6 tion Center Fund: Provided, That the appropriations, rev7 enues and collections deposited into the fund shall be

8 available for necessary expenses of Consumer Information

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

10 Administrative expenses of the Consumer Information

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

12 Appropriations, revenues, and collections accruing to this

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

14 remain in the fund and shall not be available for expendi15 ture except as authorized in appropriations Acts.

16 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

17 OFFICE OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Consumer Af19 fairs, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,

20 $1,811,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other

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

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

23 of defraying its costs of printing, publishing, and distrib24 uting consumer information and educational materials;

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

2 the balance shall remain available for expenditure for such

3 purposes to the extent authorized in subsequent appro4 priations Acts: Provided further, That none of the funds

5 provided under this heading may be made available for

6 any other activities within the Department of Health and

7 Human Services.

8 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

9 HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT

10 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

11 in the conduct and support of human space flight research

12 and development activities, including research; develop13 ment; operations; services; maintenance; construction of

14 facilities including repair, rehabilitation, and modification

15 of real and personal property, and acquisition or con16 demnation of real property, as authorized by law; space

17 flight, spacecraft control and communications activities in18 cluding operations, production, and services; and pur19 chase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mis20 sion and administrative aircraft; $5,449,600,000, to re21 main available until September 30, 1997: Provided, That

22 of the funds made available under this heading,

23 $390,000,000 of funds provided for Space Station shall

24 not become available for obligation until August 1, 1996
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1 and shall remain available for obligation until September

2 30, 1997.

3 SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY

4 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

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

6 technology research and development activities, including

7 research; development; operations; services; maintenance;

8 construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation

9 and modification of real and personal property, and acqui10 sition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by

11 law; space flight, spacecraft control and communications

12 activities including operations, production, and services;

13 and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation

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

15 remain available until September 30, 1997.

16 MISSION SUPPORT

17 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

18 in carrying out mission support for human space flight

19 programs and science, aeronautical, and technology pro20 grams, including research operations and support; space

21 communications activities including operations, produc22 tion, and services; maintenance; construction of facilities

23 including repair, rehabilitation, and modification of facili24 ties, minor construction of new facilities and additions to

25 existing facilities, facility planning and design, environ26 mental compliance and restoration, and acquisition or con-
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1 demnation of real property, as authorized by law; program

2 management; personnel and related costs, including uni3 forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5

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

5 charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and ad6 ministrative aircraft; not to exceed $35,000 for official re7 ception and representation expenses; and purchase (not to

8 exceed thirty-three for replacement only) and hire of pas9 senger motor vehicles; $2,618,200,000, to remain avail10 able until September 30, 1997.

11 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector

13 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

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

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of

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

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

20 appropriations Act, when any activity has been initiated

21 by the incurrence of obligations for construction of facili22 ties as authorized by law, the amount available for such

23 activity shall remain available until expended. This provi24 sion does not apply to the amounts appropriated in ‘‘Mis25 sion support’’ pursuant to the authorization for repair, re26 habilitation and modification of facilities, minor construc-
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1 tion of new facilities and additions to existing facilities,

2 and facility planning and design.

3 Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of

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

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

6 appropriations Act, the amounts appropriated for con7 struction of facilities shall remain available until Septem8 ber 30, 1998.

9 Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of

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

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

12 for personnel and related costs and travel expenses of the

13 National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall re14 main available until September 30, 1996 and may be used

15 to enter into contracts for training, investigations, cost as16 sociated with personnel relocation, and for other services,

17 to be provided during the next fiscal year.

18 No amount appropriated pursuant to this or any

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

20 a new contractor-funded facility for exclusive use in sup21 port of a contract or contracts with the National Aero22 nautics and Space Administration under which the Admin23 istration would be required to substantially amortize

24 through payment or reimbursement such contractor in25 vestment, unless an appropriations Act specifies the lease
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1 or contract pursuant to which such facilities are to be con2 structed or leased or such facility is otherwise identified

3 in such Act. The Administrator may authorize such facil4 ity lease or construction, if he determines, in consultation

5 with the Committees on Appropriations, that deferral of

6 such action until the enactment of the next appropriations

7 Act would be inconsistent with the interest of the Nation

8 in aeronautical and space activities.

9 The unexpired balances of prior appropriations to

10 NASA for activities for which funds are provided under

11 this Act may be transferred to the new account established

12 for the appropriation that provides funds for such activity

13 under this Act. Balances so transferred may be merged

14 with funds in the newly established account and thereafter

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

16 same purposes and under the same terms and conditions.

17 Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regula18 tion, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

19 shall convey, without reimbursement, to the State of Mis20 sissippi, all rights, title and interest of the United States

21 in the property known as the Yellow Creek Facility and

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

23 Iuka, Mississippi, including all improvements thereon and

24 also including any personal property owned by NASA that

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

2 appropriated funds shall be used to effect this conveyance:

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

4 otherwise available to the National Aeronautics and Space

5 Administration shall be transferred to the State of Mis6 sissippi to be used in the transition of the facility: Pro7 vided further, That in consideration of this conveyance, the

8 National Aeronautics and Space Administration may re9 quire such other terms and conditions as the Adminis10 trator deems appropriate to protect the interests of the

11 United States: Provided further, That the conveyance of

12 the site and the transfer of the funds to the State of Mis13 sissippi shall occur not later than thirty days from the

14 date of enactment of this Act.

15 The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and

16 Space Administration shall conduct a study of the closing

17 or re-structuring of Space Flight Centers and Research

18 Centers. The study shall include an analysis of functions

19 currently being performed at each Center, the cost of per20 forming each function at its current location and at logical

21 alternative Centers, the schedule for transitioning func22 tions to alternative Centers, and the overall cost savings

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

24 of each Center. The findings of the study, including a de25 tailed schedule for completion of the re-structuring, shall
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1 be submitted to the Congress no later than March 31,

2 1996. Closure or re-structuring of these Centers shall be

3 completed no later than October 1, 1998.

4 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

5 CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

6 During fiscal year 1996, gross obligations of the

7 Central Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new

8 direct loans to member credit unions as authorized by the

9 National Credit Union Central Liquidity Facility Act (12

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

11 That administrative expenses of the Central Liquidity Fa12 cility in fiscal year 1996 shall not exceed $560,000.

13 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

14 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

15 For necessary expenses in carrying out the purposes

16 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as

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

18 a National Medal of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880–1881); serv19 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and op20 eration of aircraft and purchase of flight services for re21 search support; acquisition of aircraft; $2,254,000,000, of

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

23 until expended for Polar research and operations support,

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

2 balance to remain available until September 30, 1997:

3 Provided, That receipts for scientific support services and

4 materials furnished by the National Research Centers and

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

8 less than the total amount authorized to be appropriated

9 for included program activities, all amounts, including

10 floors and ceilings, specified in the authorizing Act for

11 those program activities or their subactivities shall be re12 duced proportionally.

13 MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT

14 For necessary expenses in carrying out major con15 struction projects, and related expenses, pursuant to the

16 purposes of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950,

17 as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), $70,000,000, to re18 main available until expended.

19 ACADEMIC RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE

20 For necessary expenses in carrying out an academic

21 research infrastructure program pursuant to the purposes

22 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as

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

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

25 rooms in the District of Columbia, $100,000,000, to re26 main available until September 30, 1997.
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1 EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

2 For necessary expenses in carrying out science and

3 engineering education and human resources programs and

4 activities pursuant to the purposes of the National Science

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

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

7 and rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum8 bia, $599,000,000, to remain available until September

9 30, 1997: Provided, That to the extent that the amount

10 of this appropriation is less than the total amount author11 ized to be appropriated for included program activities, all

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

14 subactivities shall be reduced proportionally.

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary salaries and expenses in carrying out

17 the purposes of the National Science Foundation Act of

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

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

24 of the General Services Administration for security guard

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

26 entered into under salaries and expenses in fiscal year
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1 1996 for maintenance and operation of facilities, and for

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

3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

5 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

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

7 available until September 30, 1997.

8 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION HEADQUARTERS

9 RELOCATION

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

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

14 in support of relocating the National Science Foundation.

15 NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

16 PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT

17 CORPORATION

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

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

22 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys25 tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of

26 training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective
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1 Service System, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 4101–

2 4118) for civilian employees; and not to exceed $1,000 for

3 official reception and representation expenses;

4 $22,930,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal

5 year, the President may exempt this appropriation from

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

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

8 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by

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

10 induction of any person into the Armed Forces of the

11 United States.

12 TITLE IV

13 CORPORATIONS

14 Corporations and agencies of the Department of

15 Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the

16 Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, are

17 hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the

18 limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each

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

20 to make such contracts and commitments without regard

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

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

23 forth in the budget for 1996 for such corporation or agen24 cy except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collec25 tions of these corporations and agencies may be used for
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1 new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the

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

3 are in support of other forms of assistance provided for

4 in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this pro5 viso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty

6 operations of these corporations, or where loans or mort7 gage purchases are necessary to protect the financial in8 terest of the United States Government.

9 RESOLUTION TRUST CORPORATION

10 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

12 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

13 General Act of 1978, as amended, $11,400,000.

14 TITLE V

15 GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

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

18 no specific limitation has been placed thereon, the expendi19 tures for such travel expenses may not exceed the amounts

20 set forth therefor in the budget estimates submitted for

21 the appropriations: Provided, That this section shall not

22 apply to travel performed by uncompensated officials of

23 local boards and appeal boards of the Selective Service

24 System; to travel performed directly in connection with

25 care and treatment of medical beneficiaries of the Depart-
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1 ment of Veterans Affairs; to travel performed in connec2 tion with major disasters or emergencies declared or deter3 mined by the President under the provisions of the Robert

4 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance

5 Act; to travel performed by the Offices of Inspector Gen6 eral in connection with audits and investigations; or to

7 payments to interagency motor pools where separately set

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

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

10 set forth in budget estimates initially submitted for such

11 appropriations, the expenditures for travel may cor12 respondingly exceed the amounts therefor set forth in the

13 estimates in the same proportion.

14 SEC. 502. Appropriations and funds available for the

15 administrative expenses of the Department of Housing

16 and Urban Development and the Selective Service System

17 shall be available in the current fiscal year for purchase

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

19 (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); hire of passenger motor vehicles;

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

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

22 Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora23 tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of

24 1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations

25 on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract
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1 or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for

2 services and facilities of Federal National Mortgage Asso3 ciation, Government National Mortgage Association, Fed4 eral Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financ5 ing Bank, Resolution Trust Corporation, Federal Reserve

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

7 and any insured bank within the meaning of the Federal

8 Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended (12

9 U.S.C. 1811–1831).

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

11 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

12 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

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

14 expended—

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

16 employee of the United States unless—

17 (A) such certification is accompanied by,

18 or is part of, a voucher or abstract which de19 scribes the payee or payees and the items or

20 services for which such expenditure is being

21 made, or

22 (B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to

23 such certification, and without such a voucher

24 or abstract, is specifically authorized by law;

25 and
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1 (2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit

2 by the General Accounting Office or is specifically

3 exempt by law from such audit.

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

5 any department or agency may be expended for the trans6 portation of any officer or employee of such department

7 or agency between his domicile and his place of employ8 ment, with the exception of any officer or employee au9 thorized such transportation under title 31, United States

10 Code, section 1344.

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

12 be used for payment, through grants or contracts, to re13 cipients that do not share in the cost of conducting re14 search resulting from proposals not specifically solicited

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

16 sharing by the recipient shall reflect the mutuality of in17 terest of the grantee or contractor and the Government

18 in the research.

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

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

21 reimbursement for payment of the salary of a consultant

22 (whether retained by the Federal Government or a grant23 ee) at more than the daily equivalent of the rate paid for

24 Level IV of the Executive Schedule, unless specifically au25 thorized by law.
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1 SEC. 509. None of the funds in this Act shall be used

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

5 Consumer Product Safety Commission pursuant to section

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

7 et seq.).

8 SEC. 510. Except as otherwise provided under exist9 ing law or under an existing Executive order issued pursu10 ant to an existing law, the obligation or expenditure of

11 any appropriation under this Act for contracts for any

12 consulting service shall be limited to contracts which are

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

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

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

17 the public and of all contracts on which performance has

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

19 preceding sentence shall be updated quarterly and shall

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

22 SEC. 511. Except as otherwise provided by law, no

23 part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be

24 obligated or expended by any executive agency, as referred

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

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

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

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

7 prepared by the agency which is substantially derived from

8 or substantially includes any report prepared pursuant to

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

10 contract pursuant to which the report was prepared, and

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

12 such contract.

13 SEC. 512. Except as otherwise provided in section

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

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

17 any officer or employee of such department or agency.

18 SEC. 513. None of the funds provided in this Act to

19 any department or agency shall be obligated or expended

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

21 2001 with an EPA estimated miles per gallon average of

22 less than 22 miles per gallon.

23 SEC. 514. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

24 year 1996 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall

25 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.
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1 SEC. 515. None of the funds appropriated in title I

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

3 real property if the estimated annual rental is more than

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

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

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

9 SEC. 516. (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE

10 EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Con11 gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip12 ment and products purchased with funds made available

13 in this Act should be American-made.

14 (b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial

15 assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any en16 tity using funds made available in this Act, the head of

17 each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable,

18 shall provide to such entity a notice describing the state19 ment made in subsection (a) by the Congress.

20 SEC. 517. None of the funds appropriated in this Act

21 may be used to implement any cap on reimbursements to

22 grantees for indirect costs, except as published in Office

23 of Management and Budget Circular A–21.

24 SEC. 518. None of the funds made available in this

25 Act may be used for any program, project, or activity,
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1 when it is made known to the Federal entity or official

2 to which the funds are made available that the program,

3 project, or activity is not in compliance with any Federal

4 law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private

5 property rights, or unfunded mandates.

6 SEC. 519. (a) CONTRACTOR CONVERSION.—The Ad7 ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall

8 cease any further hiring in the Agency’s Office of Re9 search and Development.

10 (b) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 1996, the

11 head of the Office of Research and Development of the

12 Environmental Protection Agency shall submit to the Con13 gress a report on all staffing plans including the use of

14 Federal and contract employees.

15 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Veter16 ans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and

17 Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996’’.

Passed the House of Representatives July 31, 1995.

Attest:

Clerk.

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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2099

AN ACT

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 Develop-