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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3958

To reduce the budget deficit of the United States, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 3, 1994

Mr. SCHAEFER (for himself and Mr. PENNY) introduced the following bill;

which was referred jointly to the Committees on Agriculture, Armed Services, Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, Education and Labor, Energy

and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Government Operations, House Administration, the Judiciary, Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Natural Resources, Post Office and Civil Service, Public Works and Transportation,

Rules, Science, Space, and Technology, Small Business, Veterans’ Affairs, Ways and Means, and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

A BILL

To reduce the budget deficit of the United States, 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 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fiscal Responsibility

5 Act of 1994’’.
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1 SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATES.

2 Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this Act and

3 the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on Oc4 tober 1, 1994.

5 TITLE I—COMMITTEE ON

6 AGRICULTURE

7 Subtitle A—Administration

8 SEC. 101. CONSOLIDATION OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

9 SERVICE, COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH

10 SERVICE, AND EXTENSION SERVICE.

11 The Secretary of Agriculture shall consolidate the Ag12 ricultural Research Service, the Cooperative State Re13 search Service, and the Extension Service of the Depart14 ment of Agriculture (including personnel and field, re15 gional, and national offices of these agencies) in order to

16 reduce personnel and duplicative overhead expenses as a

17 result of the consolidation such that Department expendi18 tures for fiscal year 1994 and each fiscal year thereafter

19 are reduced by at least 50 percent compared to expendi20 tures for these agencies in fiscal year 1993.

21 SEC. 102. REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF FARM AGENCIES’

22 FIELD OFFICES.

23 (a) REDUCTION REQUIRED.—In addition to the con24 solidation of field offices of the Agricultural Research

25 Service and the Extension Service as part of the consolida26 tion of these farm agencies under section 101, the Sec-
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1 retary of Agriculture shall endeavor to reduce the number

2 of field offices of the farm agencies described in subsection

3 (b) by the following methods:

4 (1) Require two or more farm agencies to share

5 a common operating site.

6 (2) Merge two or more field offices of the same

7 farm agency into a single office.

8 (b) FARM AGENCIES DESCRIBED.—The farm agen9 cies referred to in subsection (a) are as follows:

10 (1) The Agricultural Research Service.

11 (2) The Extension Service.

12 (3) The Soil Conservation Service.

13 (4) The Farmers Home Administration.

14 (c) REPORT ON REDUCTIONS.—The Secretary shall

15 submit an annual report to Congress specifying the reduc16 tion in the number of field offices of farm agencies during

17 the year covered by the report and containing an estimate

18 of the cost savings to the Department of Agriculture re19 sulting from such reduction.

20 Subtitle B—Commodity Programs

21 SEC. 111. REPEAL OF AUTHORITY TO MAKE NONRECOURSE

22 LOANS AVAILABLE UNDER PRICE SUPPORT

23 PROGRAMS.

24 (a) RICE.—Section 101B(a)(1) of the Agricultural

25 Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1441–2(a)(1)) is amended in the
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1 matter preceding the subparagraphs by striking

2 ‘‘nonrecourse loans’’ and inserting ‘‘recourse loans’’.

3 (b) COTTON.—

4 (1) EXTRA LONG STAPLE COTTON.—Section

5 103(h)(2) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C.

6 1444–2(h)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘nonrecourse

7 loans’’ both places it appears and inserting ‘‘re8 course loans’’.

9 (2) UPLAND COTTON.—Section 103B(a) of the

10 Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1444–2(a)) is

11 amended—

12 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking

13 ‘‘nonrecourse loans’’ in the matter preceding

14 the subparagraphs and inserting ‘‘recourse

15 loans’’; and

16 (B) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking

17 ‘‘nonrecourse loans’’ and inserting ‘‘recourse

18 loans’’.

19 (c) FEED GRAINS.—Section 105B(a)(1) of the Agri20 cultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1444f(a)(1)) is amended

21 by striking ‘‘loans’’ and inserting ‘‘recourse loans’’.

22 (d) WHEAT.—Section 107B(a)(1) of the Agricultural

23 Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445b–3a(a)(1)) is amended by

24 striking ‘‘loans’’ and inserting ‘‘recourse loans’’.
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1 (e) OILSEEDS.—Section 205(b) of the Agricultural

2 Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446f(b)) is amended by striking

3 ‘‘nonrecourse loans’’ and inserting ‘‘recourse loans’’.

4 (f) SUGAR.—Section 206 of the Agricultural Act of

5 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446f(b)) is amended—

6 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘nonrecourse

7 loans’’ and inserting ‘‘recourse loans’’;

8 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘nonrecourse

9 loans’’ and inserting ‘‘recourse loans’’; and

10 (3) in subsection (g), by striking

11 ‘‘NONRECOURSE LOANS’’ and inserting ‘‘RECOURSE

12 LOANS’’.

13 (g) OTHER NONBASIC COMMODITIES.—Section 301

14 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1447) is amend15 ed by striking ‘‘loans’’ and inserting ‘‘recourse loans’’.

16 (h) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 504(c)(2)

17 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1464(c)(2)) is

18 amended by striking ‘‘nonrecourse loan’’ and inserting

19 ‘‘recourse loan’’.

20 SEC. 112. THREE PERCENT ANNUAL REDUCTION IN TAR21 GET PRICES FOR BASIC AGRICULTURAL COM22 MODITIES.

23 (a) WHEAT.—Section 107B(c)(1)(B)(iii) of the Agri24 cultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445b–3a(c)(1)(B)(iii)) is

25 amended by striking ‘‘1995 crops.’’ and inserting the fol-
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1 lowing: ‘‘1994 crops. Beginning with 1995 crops, the es2 tablished price for wheat for a crop year shall be three

3 percent less than the established price for wheat for the

4 preceding crop year.’’.

5 (b) FEED GRAINS.—Section 105B(c)(1)(B)(iii) of the

6 Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1444f(c)(1)(B)(iii)) is

7 amended—

8 (1) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘1995 crops of

9 corn.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘1994 crops of

10 corn. Beginning with 1995 crops, the established

11 price for corn for a crop year shall be three percent

12 less than the established price for corn for the pre13 ceding crop year.’’;

14 (2) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘per bushel.’’

15 and inserting the following: ‘‘per bushel for the 1991

16 through 1994 crops of oats. Beginning with 1995

17 crops, the established price for oats for a crop year

18 shall be three percent less than the established price

19 for oats for the preceding crop year.’’; and

20 (3) in subclause (III)—

21 (A) by striking ‘‘1995 crops’’ and inserting

22 ‘‘1994 crops’’; and

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

24 sentence: ‘‘Beginning with 1995 crops, the es25 tablished price for grain sorghums for a crop
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1 year shall be three percent less than the estab2 lished price for grain sorghums for the preced3 ing crop year.’’.

4 (c) UPLAND COTTON.—Section 103B(c)(1)(B)(ii) of

5 the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1444–

6 2(c)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘1997 crops.’’ and

7 inserting the following: ‘‘1994 crops. Beginning with 1995

8 crops, the established price for upland cotton for a crop

9 year shall be three percent less than the established price

10 for upland cotton for the preceding crop year.’’.

11 (d) RICE.—Section 101B(c)(1)(B)(iii) of the Agricul12 tural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1441–2(c)(1)(B)(iii)) is

13 amended by striking ‘‘1995 crops.’’ and inserting the fol14 lowing: ‘‘1994 crops. Beginning with 1995 crops, the es15 tablished price for rice for a crop year shall be three per16 cent less than the established price for rice for the preced17 ing crop year.’’.

18 SEC. 113. ELIMINATION OF 0/85 AND 50/85 PROGRAMS FOR

19 BASIC AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES.

20 (a) WHEAT.—Section 107B of the Agricultural Act

21 of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445b–3a(c)(1)) is amended—

22 (1) by striking subparagraphs (E) and (F) of

23 subsection (c)(1);

24 (2) by striking paragraph (3) of subsection (e);

25 and
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1 (3) in paragraph (4)(C)(i) of subsection (e), by

2 striking ‘‘, acreage devoted to a conservation use

3 under subsection (c)(1)(E),’’.

4 (b) FEED GRAINS.—Section 105B of the Agricultural

5 Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1444f) is amended—

6 (1) by striking subparagraphs (E) and (F) of

7 subsection (c)(1);

8 (2) by striking paragraph (3) of subsection (e);

9 and

10 (3) in paragraph (4)(C)(i) of subsection (e), by

11 striking ‘‘, acreage devoted to a conservation use

12 under subsection (c)(1)(E),’’.

13 (c) UPLAND COTTON.—Section 103B of the Agricul14 tural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1444–2) is amended—

15 (1) by striking subparagraphs (D) and (E) of

16 subsection (c)(1);

17 (2) by striking paragraph (3) of subsection (e);

18 and

19 (3) in paragraph (4)(C)(i) of subsection (e), by

20 striking ‘‘, acreage devoted to a conservation use

21 under subsection (c)(1)(E),’’.

22 (d) RICE.—Section 101B of the Agricultural Act of

23 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1441–2) is amended—

24 (1) by striking subparagraphs (D) and (E) of

25 subsection (c)(1);
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1 (2) by striking paragraph (3) of subsection (e);

2 and

3 (3) in paragraph (4)(C)(i) of subsection (e), by

4 striking ‘‘, acreage devoted to a conservation use

5 under subsection (c)(1)(E),’’.

6 (e) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The amend7 ments made by this section shall apply to crop years after

8 the 1994 crop year.

9 SEC. 114. REDUCTION IN PAYMENT ACRES.

10 (a) WHEAT.—Section 107B(c)(1)(C)(ii) of the Agri11 cultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445b–3a(c)(1)(C)(ii)) is

12 amended by striking ‘‘85 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘75 per13 cent’’.

14 (b) FEED GRAINS.—Section 105B(c)(1)(C)(ii) of the

15 Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1444f(c)(1)(C)(ii)) is

16 amended by striking ‘‘85 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘75 per17 cent’’.

18 (c) UPLAND COTTON.—Section 103B(c)(1)(C)(ii) of

19 the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1444–

20 2(c)(1)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘85 percent’’ and

21 inserting ‘‘75 percent’’.

22 (d) RICE.—Section 101B(c)(1)(C)(ii) of the Agricul23 tural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1441–2(c)(1)(C)(ii)) is

24 amended by striking ‘‘85 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘75 per25 cent’’.
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1 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

2 this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment

3 of this Act and shall apply with respect to 1994 crops of

4 wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice to the extent

5 that deficiency payments under title I of the Agricultural

6 Act of 1949 have not been made before that date.

7 SEC. 115. ELIMINATION OF TOBACCO PRICE SUPPORT PRO8 GRAM.

9 (a) ELIMINATION OF TOBACCO PRICE SUPPORT.—

10 The Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.) is

11 amended—

12 (1) in section 101 (7 U.S.C. 1441)—

13 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘tobacco

14 (except as otherwise provided herein), corn,’’

15 and inserting ‘‘corn’’;

16 (B) by striking subsection (c); and

17 (C) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘, ex18 cept tobacco,’’;

19 (2) by striking section 106 (7 U.S.C. 1445);

20 (3) by striking section 106A (7 U.S.C. 1445–

21 1);

22 (4) by striking section 106B (7 U.S.C. 1445–

23 2); and

24 (5) in section 408 (7 U.S.C. 1428)—
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1 (A) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘to2 bacco,’’; and

3 (B) in subsection (d), by adding before the

4 period at the end the following: ‘‘or tobacco’’.

5 (b) ELIMINATION OF TOBACCO MARKETING

6 QUOTAS.—Part I (sections 311 through 320B) of subtitle

7 B of title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938

8 (7 U.S.C. 1311–1316) is repealed.

9 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 3 of

10 Public Law 98–59 (7 U.S.C. 625) is repealed.

11 (2) The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 is fur12 ther amended—

13 (A) in section 301(b) (7 U.S.C. 1301(b))—

14 (i) by striking paragraphs (3)(C), (10)(B),

15 (14)(B), (14)(C), (14)(D), (15), (16)(B), and

16 (17);

17 (ii) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking ‘‘to18 bacco,’’

19 (iii) in the undesignated subparagraphs in

20 paragraph (7), by striking

21 ‘‘Tobacco (flue-cured), July 1–June 30;

22 ‘‘Tobacco (other than flue-cured), October

23 1–September 30;’’

24 (iv) in paragraph (11)(B), by striking ‘‘and

25 tobacco’’; and
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1 (v) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘to2 bacco,’’;

3 (B) in section 303 (7 U.S.C. 1303), by striking

4 ‘‘rice, or tobacco’’ and inserting ‘‘or rice’’; and

5 (C) in section 372(b) (7 U.S.C. 1372(b)), by

6 striking ‘‘Except as provided in section 320B, the

7 amount’’ in the third sentence and inserting ‘‘The

8 amount’’.

9 (3) Section 703 of Public Law 89–321 (7 U.S.C.

10 1316; 79 Stat. 1210) is amended by striking the second

11 sentence.

12 (4) The Act of July 12, 1952 (7 U.S.C. 1315; Chap13 ter 709; 66 Stat. 597), is repealed.

14 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICATION OF AMEND15 MENTS.—The amendments made by this section shall take

16 effect on January 1, 1995. Beginning on that date, the

17 Secretary of Agriculture shall terminate all loan agree18 ments entered into with tobacco producer associations

19 under section 106A of the Agricultural Adjustment Act

20 of 1938 and provide for the disposal of all funds in the

21 No Net Cost Tobacco Fund of those associations and the

22 No Net Cost Tobacco Account of the Commodity Credit

23 Corporation.

24 (e) CONTINUED LIABILITY OF PRODUCERS.—An

25 amendment made by this section shall not affect the liabil-
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1 ity of any person under any provision of law as in effect

2 before the effective date of this section.

3 SEC. 116. ELIMINATION OF PEANUT PRICE SUPPORT PRO4 GRAM.

5 (a) PRICE SUPPORT.—Effective October 1, 1994, the

6 Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1441 et seq.) is

7 amended—

8 (1) in section 101(b) (7 U.S.C. 1441(b)), by

9 striking ‘‘and peanuts’’;

10 (2) in section 408(c) (7 U.S.C. 1428(c)), by

11 striking ‘‘peanuts,’’;

12 (3) in section 408(d) (7 U.S.C. 1428(d)), by in13 serting ‘‘or peanuts’’ before the period at the end;

14 and

15 (4) by striking sections 108, 108A, and 108B,

16 relating to peanuts (7 U.S.C. 1445c through 1445c–

17 3).

18 (b) PROHIBITION ON SUBSEQUENT PROVISION OF

19 PRICE SUPPORT.—

20 (1) PROHIBITION.—After October 1, 1994, the

21 Secretary of Agriculture may not make price support

22 available to peanut producers in the form of loans,

23 purchases, or other operations for peanuts by using

24 the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation or

25 under the authority of any law.
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1 (2) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph

2 (1), the Secretary shall settle any outstanding loans

3 under section 108B of the Agricultural Act of 1949

4 (7 U.S.C. 1445c–3) made before the date of the en5 actment of this Act.

6 (c) CONTINUED LIABILITY OF PRODUCERS.—An

7 amendment made by this section shall not affect the liabil8 ity of any person under any provision of law as in effect

9 before the effective date of this Act.

10 SEC. 117. ELIMINATION OF COTTON PRICE SUPPORT AC11 TIVITIES.

12 (a) EXTRA LONG STAPLE COTTON.—Effective Octo13 ber 1, 1994, section 103(h)(16) of the Agricultural Act

14 of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1444(h)(16)) is amended by striking

15 ‘‘1996’’ and inserting ‘‘1994’’.

16 (b) UPLAND COTTON.—Effective October 1, 1994,

17 the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1441 et seq.) is

18 amended—

19 (1) in section 101(b) (7 U.S.C. 1441(b)), by

20 striking ‘‘cotton and’’;

21 (2) in section 408(c) (7 U.S.C. 1428(c)), by

22 striking ‘‘cotton,’’;

23 (3) in section 408(d) (7 U.S.C. 1428(d)), by in24 serting ‘‘or cotton’’ before the period at the end; and
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1 (4) by striking sections 103(a), 103A, and

2 103B, relating to cotton (7 U.S.C. 1444 through

3 1444–2).

4 (c) CONTINUATION OF SUSPENSION OF BASE ACRE5 AGE ALLOTMENTS, MARKET QUOTAS, AND RELATED

6 PROVISIONS.—Title V of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva7 tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–624; 104

8 Stat. 3421) is amended—

9 (1) in section 502 (7 U.S.C. 1342 note), by

10 striking ‘‘through 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘and subse11 quent’’; and

12 (2) by striking section 505 (7 U.S.C. 1342

13 note).

14 (d) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The amend15 ments made by this section shall apply with respect upland

16 cotton and extra long staple cotton for crop years begin17 ning after crop year 1994.

18 (e) PROHIBITION ON SUBSEQUENT LOANS OR PAY19 MENTS.—The Secretary of Agriculture may not provide,

20 using funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation or

21 under the authority of any law, loans or payments for up22 land cotton or extra long staple cotton produced in crop

23 years beginning after crop year 1994.

24 (f) CONTINUED LIABILITY OF PRODUCERS.—An

25 amendment made by this section shall not affect the liabil-
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1 ity of any person under any provision of law as in effect

2 before the effective date of this Act.

3 SEC. 118. ELIMINATION OF RICE PRICE SUPPORT ACTIVI4 TIES.

5 (a) PRICE SUPPORT.—Effective October 1, 1994, the

6 Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1441 et seq.) is

7 amended—

8 (1) in section 101(a) (7 U.S.C. 1441(b)), by

9 striking the material below the table;

10 (2) in section 408(c) (7 U.S.C. 1428(c)), by

11 striking ‘‘rice,’’;

12 (3) in section 408(d) (7 U.S.C. 1428(d)), by in13 serting ‘‘or rice’’ before the period at the end; and

14 (4) by striking sections 101A and 101B, relat15 ing to rice (7 U.S.C. 1441–1, 1441–2).

16 (b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The amend17 ments made by this section shall apply with respect to rice

18 for crop years beginning after crop year 1994.

19 (c) PROHIBITION ON SUBSEQUENT LOANS OR PAY20 MENTS.—The Secretary of Agriculture may not provide,

21 using funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation or

22 under the authority of any law, loans or payments for rice

23 produced in crop years beginning after crop year 1994.

24 (d) CONTINUED LIABILITY OF PRODUCERS.—An

25 amendment made by this section shall not affect the liabil-
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1 ity of any person under any provision of law as in effect

2 before the effective date of this Act.

3 Subtitle C—Crop Insurance and

4 Disaster Relief

5 SEC. 121. REPEAL OF FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE ACT AND

6 RELIANCE ON ANNUAL DISASTER ASSIST7 ANCE AUTHORITY.

8 (a) REPEAL.—Effective on October 1, 1994, the Fed9 eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) is

10 repealed.

11 (b) EFFECT OF REPEAL ON EXISTING CON12 TRACTS.—The repeal by subsection (a) of the Federal

13 Crop Insurance Act shall not affect the validity or contin14 ued operation of any contract of insurance or reinsurance

15 entered into before the effective date specified in sub16 section (a) with respect to crops to be harvested in 1994

17 or 1995.

18 (c) ANNUAL AUTHORITY FOR EMERGENCY CROP

19 LOSS ASSISTANCE FOR FARMERS.—

20 (1) EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—As

21 soon as possible after the date of the enactment of

22 this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall imple23 ment a program to provide emergency crop loss as24 sistance to producers on a farm who suffer signifi25 cant losses to crops during a particular crop year as
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1 a result of damaging weather or related conditions

2 during the calendar years encompassing that crop

3 year.

4 (2) SPECIFICATIONS OF PROGRAM.—In imple5 menting the program required by this subsection,

6 the Secretary of Agriculture shall conform such pro7 gram to the eligibility criteria, payment limitations,

8 definitions, and other requirements (except any re9 quirement relating to crop insurance) imposed on

10 the provision of emergency crop loss assistance for

11 1990 crops contained in chapter 3 of subtitle B of

12 title XXII of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation,

13 and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; 104

14 Stat. 3962).

15 (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

16 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec17 retary of Agriculture such sums as may be necessary

18 to carry out the program required by this sub19 section. Assistance under this program shall be

20 made available only to the extent provided for in ad21 vance in appropriation Acts.

22 Subtitle D—Food Stamps

23 SEC. 131. REPEAL OF MINIMUM ALLOTMENT.

24 (a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 8 of the Food Stamp

25 Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2017)—
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1 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘households

2 of’’ and all that follows through ‘‘$5’’, and inserting

3 ‘‘no allotment may be issued to a household if the

4 value of the allotment such household would other5 wise be eligible to receive under this section is less

6 that $10’’, and

7 (2) in the first sentence of subsection (c)(1) by

8 striking ‘‘except’’ and all that follows through

9 ‘‘$10’’.

10 (b) APPLICABILITY OF AMENDMENTS.—The amend11 ments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to

12 allotments made for months beginning after September

13 30, 1994.

14 SEC. 132. REIMBURSEMENT OF STATES FOR ADMINISTRA15 TIVE COSTS OF THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM.

16 Section 16 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.

17 2025) is amended—

18 (1) in the first sentence of subsection (a) by

19 striking ‘‘50 per centum’’ and inserting ‘‘45 per20 cent’’,

21 (2) in subsection (c)(1)(A) by striking ‘‘, other

22 than’’ and all that follows through ‘‘subsection (g),’’,

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1 (3) in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (h)

2 by striking ‘‘50 per centum’’ each place it appears,

3 and inserting ‘‘45 percent’’.

4 Subtitle E—Agricultural Trade

5 SEC. 141. REDUCTION OF SPENDING FOR EXPORT MARKET6 ING AND INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

7 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the co8 operator market development program of the Foreign Ag9 ricultural Service shall be discontinued. The Secretary of

10 Agriculture may provide for the orderly phase out of this

11 program.

12 SEC. 142. ELIMINATION OF EXPORT ENHANCEMENT PRO13 GRAM.

14 (a) REPEAL.—Title III of the Agricultural Trade Act

15 of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5651 et seq.) is repealed.

16 (b) EFFECT OF REPEAL ON EXISTING AGREE17 MENTS.—The repeal by subsection (a) of the export en18 hancement program under title III of the Agricultural

19 Trade Act of 1978 shall not affect the validity or contin20 ued operation of an agreement entered into before the date

21 of the enactment of this Act under such title.

22 SEC. 143. REDUCTION OF LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM.

23 Subparagraph (A) of section 211(b)(1) of The Agri24 cultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641(b)(1)) is

25 amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(A) MAXIMUM AMOUNTS.—The Com2 modity Credit Corporation shall make

3 available for each of the fiscal years 1994

4 through 1995 not more than

5 $4,000,000,000 in credit guarantees under

6 section 202(a).’’.

7 SEC. 144. ELIMINATION OF MARKET PROMOTION PRO8 GRAM.

9 (a) REPEAL.—Section 203 of the Agricultural Trade

10 Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623) is repealed.

11 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Agricultural

12 Trade Act of 1978 is amended—

13 (1) in section 211 (7 U.S.C. 5641), by striking

14 subsection (c); and

15 (2) in section 402(a)(1) (7 U.S.C. 5662(a)(1)),

16 by striking ‘‘203,’’.

17 (c) EFFECT OF REPEAL ON EXISTING AGREE18 MENTS.—The repeal by subsection (a) of the market pro19 motion program established pursuant to section 203 of the

20 Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 shall not affect the validity

21 or continued operation of an agreement entered into be22 fore the date of the enactment of this Act to provide as23 sistance under such section.
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1 Subtitle F—Conservation

2 SEC. 151. ELIMINATION OF CONSERVATION RESERVE PRO3 GRAM.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter B of chapter 1 of sub5 title D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16

6 U.S.C. 3831–3836) is hereby repealed.

7 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

8 (1) Section 1201(a) of such Act (16 U.S.C.

9 3801(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (3).

10 (2) Sections 1211(3) and 1221(a)(3) of such

11 Act (16 U.S.C. 3811(3) and 3821(a)(3)) are each

12 amended by striking subparagraph (C) and by redes13 ignating subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F) as sub14 paragraphs (C), (D), and (E), respectively.

15 (3) Section 1230 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 3830)

16 is amended—

17 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘highly’’

18 and all that follows through ‘‘contamination),

19 and’’;

20 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘sub21 chapters B and C’’ and inserting ‘‘subchapter

22 C’’; and

23 (C) in subsection (c)—

24 (i) by striking ‘‘the conservation re25 serve program and’’; and
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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘subchapters B and C,

2 respectively’’ and inserting ‘‘subchapter

3 C’’.

4 (4) Section 1237 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 3837)

5 is amended by striking subsection (f).

6 (5) Section 1239(b) of such Act (16 U.S.C.

7 3839(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (3).

8 (6) Section 1247 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 3847)

9 is amended—

10 (A) by striking ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’; and

11 (B) by striking subsection (b).

12 (7) Section 1305 of the Omnibus Budget Rec13 onciliation Act of 1987 (P.L. 100–203; 101 Stat.

14 1330–18) is amended by striking subsection (d).

15 (8) Section 10 of the Farm Disaster Assistance

16 Act of 1987 (P.L. 100–45; 101 Stat. 323) is hereby

17 repealed.

18 (c) NO EFFECT ON OUTSTANDING CONTRACTS.—

19 The repeal and amendments made by this section shall

20 not be construed to affect the terms of any contract en21 tered into under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D

22 of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 before the

23 date of the enactment of this Act.
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1 TITLE II—COMMITTEE ON

2 ARMED SERVICES

3 Subtitle A—General Program

4 Reductions

5 SEC. 201. TERMINATION OF PRODUCTION OF D–5 MISSILE.

6 (a) TERMINATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall

7 terminate procurement of Trident II (D–5) sea-launched

8 ballistic missiles for the Navy with those missiles for which

9 funds were provided (other than for advance procurement)

10 for fiscal years before fiscal year 1995. No funds appro11 priated for a fiscal year after fiscal year 1994 may be obli12 gated for procurement of such missiles except as necessary

13 to meet required contract termination costs.

14 (b) SAVINGS.— The Secretary shall carry out this

15 section so as to achieve savings in defense budgets during

16 the period of fiscal year 1994 through fiscal year 1998

17 of not less than $3,040,000,000.

18 SEC. 202. REDUCTION IN OPERATING TEMPO FOR BALLIS19 TIC MISSILE SUBMARINES.

20 (a) REDUCTION.—By the end of fiscal year 1995, the

21 Secretary of the Navy shall end the use of double crews

22 on ballistic missile submarines and take such other steps

23 as necessary to reduce the operating tempo of ballistic

24 missile submarines so that only about one-third are at sea

25 at any one time.
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1 (b) EXCEPTION.—The President may waive sub2 section (a) if necessary for reasons of national security.

3 Upon making such a waiver, the President shall promptly

4 transmit to Congress notice of the waiver and the reasons

5 for the waiver.

6 SEC. 203. REDUCTION IN SPENDING ON INTELLIGENCE AC7 TIVITIES.

8 The amount spend on intelligence activities of the

9 Government during fiscal year 1995 may not exceed 95

10 percent of the amount spent on intelligence activities of

11 the Government during fiscal year 1994.

12 SEC. 204. CANCELLATION OF FOLLOW-ON EARLY WARNING

13 SYSTEM.

14 The Secretary of Defense shall cancel the Follow-on

15 Early Warning System of the Department of the Air

16 Force. No funds may be obligated for acquisition and de17 ployment of elements of that system after the date of the

18 enactment of this Act.

19 SEC. 205. REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF NAVY SURFACE COM20 BATANT SHIPS.

21 The Secretary of the Navy shall reduce the number

22 of cruisers, destroyers, and frigates in the active forces

23 of the Navy to a total of not more than 100 by the end

24 of fiscal year 1997.
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1 SEC. 206. REDUCTION IN RATE OF PROCUREMENT OF DDG–

2 51 DESTROYERS.

3 The Secretary of the Navy may not contract for con4 struction of more than 10 DDG–51 destroyers using funds

5 appropriated for fiscal years 1994 through 1998.

6 SEC. 207. CANCELLATION OF PROCUREMENT OF ADDI7 TIONAL TAGOS VESSELS.

8 The Secretary of the Navy may not enter into a con9 tract for construction of any new TAGOS–23 vessel after

10 the date of the enactment of this Act.

11 SEC. 208. CANCELLATION OF PROCUREMENT OF ADDI12 TIONAL MHC(V)–VESSELS.

13 The Secretary of the Navy may not enter into a con14 tract for construction of any MHC coastal mine-hunting

15 vessel in the configuration designated as MHC(V).

16 SEC. 209. ELIMINATION OF FOUR ARMY LIGHT DIVISIONS.

17 The Secretary of the Army shall by the end of fiscal

18 year 1998—

19 (1) eliminate from the active forces of the Army

20 three light infantry divisions; and

21 (2) merge the airborne and air assault divisions

22 into one airborne division consisting of two air as23 sault brigades and one airborne brigade.
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1 SEC. 210. CANCELLATION OF ARMY TANK UPGRADE PRO2 GRAM.

3 The Secretary of the Army shall cancel the tank up4 grade program to convert M1 tanks to the configuration

5 designated as M1A2.

6 SEC. 211. LIMITATION ON C–17 AIRCRAFT PROGRAM.

7 The Secretary of the Air Force may not purchase

8 more than 60 aircraft under the C–17 aircraft program.

9 SEC. 212. REDUCTION IN AMOUNTS SPENT FOR INDEPEND10 ENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

11 The amount obligated by the Department of Defense

12 during fiscal year 1995 for independent research and de13 velopment under section 2372 of title 10, United States

14 Code, may not exceed 90 percent of the amount obligated

15 by the Department of Defense under that section during

16 fiscal year 1994.

17 SEC. 213. CANCELLATION OF NATIONAL AEROSPACE

18 PLANE.

19 The Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of

20 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall

21 cancel the National Aerospace Plane program. No amount

22 may be obligated for that program after the date of the

23 enactment of this Act except for required contract termi24 nation costs.
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1 SEC. 214. TERMINATION OF FUNDING FOR SEMATECH.

2 The Secretary of Defense may not after the date of

3 the enactment of this Act obligate any funds for support

4 of the consortium known as SEMATECH.

5 SEC. 215. USE OF EARLY RETIREMENT AUTHORITY.

6 (a) USE FOR REDUCTION IN FORCE.—The Secretary

7 of Defense shall direct that the Secretaries of the military

8 departments use the temporary early retirement authority

9 to grant early retirement to not less than a total of 60,000

10 members of the Armed Forces by the end of fiscal year

11 1995.

12 (b) TEMPORARY EARLY RETIREMENT AUTHORITY.—

13 For purposes of subsection (a), the temporary early retire14 ment authority is the authority provided in section 4403

15 of Public Law 102–484 (106 Stat. 2702) to grant retire16 ment to members of the Armed Forces under the jurisdic17 tion of the Secretary of a military department who have

18 15 or more, but less than 20, years of active service.

19 SEC. 216. ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS IN OFFICER CORPS.

20 The Secretary of Defense shall require that the offi21 cer personnel management policies of the Army, Navy, Air

22 Force, and Marine Corps be modified so as to ensure that

23 by the end of fiscal year 1998 the ratio of enlisted mem24 bers on active duty to officers on active duty in each of

25 those Armed Forces is not greater than 6.4 to 1. The Sec-
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1 retary shall provide for the separation of officers from

2 active duty as necessary to achieve that ratio.

3 SEC. 217. REDUCTION IN DRILLS FOR NONCOMBAT RE4 SERVE UNITS.

5 The Secretary of Defense shall direct that, in the case

6 of any element of a reserve component that is not classi7 fied as a combat unit, the number of days of required inac8 tive-duty training per year be reduced from 48 to 24. The

9 Secretary may waive or modify the preceding sentence in

10 the case of specific units as necessary to ensure that readi11 ness is not affected.

12 SEC. 218. DENIAL OF UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS TO INDI13 VIDUALS WHO VOLUNTARILY LEAVE MILI14 TARY SERVICE.

15 (a) GENERAL RULE.—Paragraph (1) of section 8521

16 of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as

17 follows:

18 ‘‘(1) ‘Federal service’ means active service (not

19 including active duty in a reserve status unless for

20 a continuous period of 45 days or more) in the

21 armed forces or the commissioned corps of the Na22 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration if

23 with respect to that service the individual—

24 ‘‘(A) was discharged or released under

25 honorable conditions,
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1 ‘‘(B) did not resign or voluntarily leave the

2 service, and

3 ‘‘(C) was not released or discharged for

4 cause as defined by the Department of

5 Defense.’’

6 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by

7 subsection (a) shall apply in the case of releases or dis8 charges after the date of the enactment of this Act.

9 SEC. 219. REDUCTION AND RESHAPING OF DEPARTMENT

10 OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN WORK FORCE.

11 (a) REDUCTION.—The Secretary of Defense shall re12 duce the civilian work force of the Department of Defense

13 to 813,000 by the end of fiscal year 1997.

14 (b) RESHAPING.—The Secretary of Defense shall

15 take such management actions as necessary so as to re16 store the grade distribution of the civilian work force of

17 the Department of Defense within the General Schedule

18 to the grade distribution existing in 1987.

19 SEC. 220. CONSOLIDATION AND DOWNSIZING OF RECRUIT20 ING ESTABLISHMENT.

21 (a) REDUCTION.—The Secretary of Defense shall

22 make reductions in the amount expended for recruiting ex23 penses so as to achieve a reduction of 5 percent in fiscal

24 year 1994 and an additional 8 percent in fiscal year 1995.
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1 (b) BUDGETING PROCEDURES.—Effective with fiscal

2 year 1995—

3 (1) amounts appropriated for pay and benefits

4 for members of the Armed Forces assigned to re5 cruiting functions shall be appropriated as part of

6 appropriations for operation of those functions (in

7 operation and maintenance accounts); and

8 (2) those amounts shall be expended by transfer

9 to the appropriate military personnel accounts for

10 disbursement.

11 SEC. 221. USE OF DEPLOYABLE MILITARY PERSONNEL FOR

12 CERTAIN PEACETIME SUPPORT FUNCTIONS.

13 The Secretary of Defense shall, to the extent prac14 ticable, reduce the number of Department of Defense civil15 ian personnel performing support functions at military in16 stallations through increased reliance on deployable mili17 tary personnel assigned to combat or combat support units

18 for the performance of those functions during periods

19 when those units are not deployed. The Secretary shall

20 only carry out this section in the case of military personnel

21 for which participation would not detract from readiness.

22 SEC. 222. REQUIREMENT OF ONE-YEAR UNACCOMPANIED

23 TOURS OF DUTY IN EUROPE.

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall

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1 for members of the Armed Forces assigned to permanent

2 duty ashore in Europe a policy of one-year unaccompanied

3 tours of duty similar to the policy generally applicable to

4 tours of duty in the Republic of Korea.

5 (b) CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS AUTHORIZED.—The Sec6 retary may authorize exceptions to the policy required

7 under subsection (a) in the case of specified headquarters

8 or support positions which the Secretary determines re9 quire longer tours of duty in order to ensure continuity

10 in United States operations.

11 SEC. 223. INCREASED SUPPORT OF UNITED STATES

12 FORCES BY HOST NATIONS.

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall seek to

14 achieve with the government of each nation specified in

15 subsection (b) agreement that such nation assume, by the

16 end of fiscal year 1995, not less than 75 percent of the

17 annual cost (excluding the salaries of United States per18 sonnel) of stationing United States forces in that country.

19 (b) COUNTRIES COVERED.—Subsection (a) applies

20 with respect to Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, and

21 the Republic of Korea.

22 SEC. 224. SALE OF NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES.

23 (a) SALE.—The Secretary of Energy shall sale the

24 Naval Petroleum Reserves. The sale shall be made to the

25 highest qualifed bidder.
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1 (b) DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.—Proceeds from the sale

2 under subsection (a) shall be available to the Secretary

3 for the purchase of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum

4 Reserve. Such proceeds may not be used for any other

5 purpose.

6 Subtitle B—National Defense

7 Stockpile

8 SEC. 231. REQUIRED DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE AND EXCESS

9 MATERIALS CONTAINED IN THE NATIONAL

10 DEFENSE STOCKPILE.

11 (a) DISPOSALS AUTHORIZED IN 1993.—Section

12 3301(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for

13 Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 103–160; 50 U.S.C. 98d

14 note) is amended—

15 (1) by striking ‘‘DISPOSAL AUTHORIZED’’ and

16 inserting ‘‘DISPOSAL REQUIRED’’;

17 (2) by striking ‘‘may dispose’’ in the first sen18 tence and inserting ‘‘shall dispose’’; and

19 (3) by striking ‘‘authorized’’ in the second sen20 tence and inserting ‘‘required’’.

21 (b) DISPOSALS AUTHORIZED IN 1992.—Section

22 3302(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for

23 Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–484; 50 U.S.C. 98d

24 note) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘DISPOSAL AUTHORIZED’’ and

2 inserting ‘‘DISPOSAL REQUIRED’’;

3 (2) by striking ‘‘may dispose’’ in the first sen4 tence and inserting ‘‘shall dispose’’; and

5 (3) by striking ‘‘authorized’’ in the second sen6 tence and inserting ‘‘required’’.

7 SEC. 232. DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS FROM DISPOSALS OF MA8 TERIALS IN THE NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCK9 PILE.

10 (a) DISPOSALS AUTHORIZED IN 1993.—Subtitle A of

11 title XXXIII of the National Defense Authorization Act

12 for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 103–160; 107 Stat.

13 1960) is amended by adding at the end the following new

14 section:

15 ‘‘SEC. 3305. DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS FROM DISPOSALS IN

16 THE GENERAL FUND OF THE TREASURY.

17 ‘‘All moneys received from the sale of materials re18 quired to be disposed of under section 3301 shall be depos19 ited into the general fund of the Treasury for the purpose

20 of reducing the Federal budget deficit.’’.

21 (b) DISPOSALS AUTHORIZED IN 1992.—Section 3304

22 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year

23 1993 (Public Law 102–484; 106 Stat. 2652) is amended

24 to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 3304. DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS FROM DISPOSALS IN

2 THE GENERAL FUND OF THE TREASURY.

3 ‘‘All moneys received from the sale of materials re4 quired to be disposed of under subsection (a) or (c) of

5 section 3302 shall be deposited into the general fund of

6 the Treasury for the purpose of reducing the Federal

7 budget deficit.’’.

8 TITLE III—COMMITTEE ON

9 BANKING, FINANCE AND

10 URBAN AFFAIRS

11 SEC. 301. ELIMINATION OF CDBG PROGRAM.

12 (a) REPEAL.—Title I of the Housing and Community

13 Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) is here14 by repealed.

15 (b) TRANSITION.—Any amounts appropriated to

16 carry out title I of the Housing and Community Develop17 ment Act of 1974 before the date of the enactment of this

18 Act shall be used in accordance with the provisions of such

19 title as in effect immediately before the enactment of this

20 Act.

21 SEC. 302. REDUCTION OF RENT SUBSIDIES.

22 (a) UNITED STATES HOUSING ACT OF 1937.—The

23 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et

24 seq.) is amended as follows:
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1 (1) GENERAL RULE FOR SECTION 8 AND PUB2 LIC HOUSING.—In section 3(a)(1)(A), by striking

3 ‘‘30 per centum’’ and inserting ‘‘35 percent’’.

4 (2) SECTION 8 VOUCHERS.—In section 8(o)—

5 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘30 per

6 centum’’ and inserting ‘‘35 percent’’; and

7 (B) in paragraph (11)(B)(ii), by striking

8 ‘‘30 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘35 percent’’.

9 (3) SECTION 8 ASSISTANCE FOR RENTAL REHA10 BILITATION PROJECTS.—In section 8(u)(2), by strik11 ing ‘‘30 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘35 percent’’.

12 (4) SECTION 8 HOMEOWNERSHIP ASSIST13 ANCE.—In section 8(y)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘30 per14 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘35 percent’’.

15 (5) DISPLACEMENT ASSISTANCE.—In section

16 16(d)(1), by striking ‘‘30 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘35

17 percent’’.

18 (6) FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM.—In

19 section 23(d), by striking ‘‘30 percent’’ each place it

20 appears and inserting ‘‘35 percent’’.

21 (7) MUTUAL HELP HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAM

22 FOR INDIAN HOUSING.—In section

23 202(e)(2)(A)(i)(I), by striking ‘‘30 percent’’ and in24 serting ‘‘35 percent’’.
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1 (b) SECTION 8 ASSISTANCE FOR PRESERVATION OF

2 STATE-SPONSORED LOW-INCOME HOUSING.—Section

3 613(b)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable

4 Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 4125(b)(2)) is amended by strik5 ing ‘‘30 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘35 percent’’.

6 (c) LOW-INCOME HOUSING PRESERVATION PRO7 GRAMS.—

8 (1) LIHPRH ACT OF 1990.—Effective January

9 1, 1995, the references in sections 218(a)(1)(A) and

10 222(a)(2)(D) of the Low-Income Housing Preserva11 tion and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (12

12 U.S.C. 4108(a)(1)(A), 4112(a)(2)(D)) (as in effect

13 before the date of the enactment of this Act) to 30

14 percent of the adjusted income of a tenant shall be

15 considered to mean 35 percent of such adjusted in16 come for purposes of the applicability of the provi17 sions of the Low-Income Housing Preservation and

18 Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 pursuant to

19 section 313 of this Act.

20 (2) ELIHP ACT OF 1987.—Effective January 1,

21 1995, any reference in the provisions of the Emer22 gency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of

23 1987 (as in effect before the date of the enactment

24 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Hous25 ing Act) to 30 percent of the adjusted income of a
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1 tenant or family shall be considered to mean 35 per2 cent of such adjusted income, for purposes of the

3 applicability of the provisions of the Emergency Low

4 Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 pursuant

5 to section 604 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National

6 Affordable Housing Act and section 313 of this Act.

7 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

8 subsections (a) and (b) shall become effective on January

9 1, 1995.

10 SEC. 303. PROHIBITION OF EXPANSION OF FEDERAL RENT11 AL ASSISTANCE OBLIGATIONS.

12 (a) PUBLIC HOUSING.—Section 6 of the United

13 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d) is amend14 ed by adding at the end the following new subsection:

15 ‘‘(q) OVERALL LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—Not16 withstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal year

17 1995 and each fiscal year thereafter, the total number of

18 dwelling units assisted during the year under contracts

19 under this section may not exceed the total number of

20 dwelling units for which a commitment for such assistance

21 was in effect immediately before the end of fiscal year

22 1994.’’.

23 (b) SECTION 8.—Section 8 of the United States

24 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) is amended by

25 adding at the end the following new subsection:
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1 ‘‘(z) OVERALL LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—Not2 withstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal year

3 1995 and each fiscal year thereafter, the total number of

4 families on behalf of which assistance is provided during

5 the year under any program for assistance pursuant to

6 this section may not exceed the total number of families

7 for which a commitment for such assistance was in effect

8 immediately before the end of fiscal year 1994.’’.

9 SEC. 304. TRANSFER OF HOUSING ASSISTANCE FROM NEW

10 CONSTRUCTION TO RENTAL VOUCHERS.

11 (a) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE FOR CONSTRUC12 TION OF PUBLIC HOUSING.—

13 (1) LOAN AUTHORITY.—After the date of the

14 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and

15 Urban Development may not enter into any new

16 commitment to make loans under section 4 of the

17 United States Housing Act of 1937 to public hous18 ing agencies for the development or acquisition of

19 public housing projects by such agencies.

20 (2) CONTRIBUTION AUTHORITY.—After the

21 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of

22 Housing and Urban Development may not enter into

23 any new contract to make contributions under sec24 tion 5 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to
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1 public housing agencies for the development or ac2 quisition of public housing projects by such agencies.

3 (3) EXISTING COMMITMENTS.—After the date

4 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Hous5 ing and Urban Development may make contributions

6 and loans for the development or acquisition of pub7 lic housing projects only pursuant to legally binding

8 commitments to make such loans or contracts for

9 such contributions entered into on or before the date

10 of the enactment of this Act.

11 (4) INAPPLICABILITY TO INDIAN HOUSING.—

12 The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to

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

16 (5) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub17 section, the terms ‘‘Indian housing authority’’,

18 ‘‘project’’, ‘‘public housing’’, and ‘‘public housing

19 agency’’ have the meanings given the terms in sec20 tion 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937.

21 (b) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE FOR CONSTRUC22 TION OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY.—

23 (1) AUTHORITY.—After the date of the enact24 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and

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1 commitment to make capital advances under section

2 202(c)(1) of the Housing Act of 1959 for the con3 struction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or acquisi4 tion of supportive housing for the elderly under such

5 section 202.

6 (2) EXISTING COMMITMENTS.—After the date

7 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Hous8 ing and Urban Development may make capital ad9 vances for the construction, reconstruction, rehabili10 tation, or acquisition of supportive housing for the

11 elderly under section 202 of the Housing Act of

12 1959 only pursuant to legally binding commitments

13 to make such advances entered into on or before the

14 date of the enactment of this Act.

15 (c) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE FOR CONSTRUC16 TION OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DIS17 ABILITIES.—

18 (1) AUTHORITY.—After the date of the enact19 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and

20 Urban Development may not enter into any new

21 commitment to make capital advances under section

22 811(d)(1) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford23 able Housing Act for the construction, reconstruc24 tion, rehabilitation, or acquisition of supportive
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1 housing for the persons with disabilities under such

2 section 811.

3 (2) EXISTING COMMITMENTS.—After the date

4 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Hous5 ing and Urban Development may make capital ad6 vances for the construction, reconstruction, rehabili7 tation, or acquisition of supportive housing for per8 sons with disabilities under section 811 of the Cran9 ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act only

10 pursuant to legally binding commitments to make

11 such advances entered into on or before the date of

12 the enactment of this Act.

13 (d) INCREASE OF VOUCHER AUTHORITY AND SET14 ASIDES FOR THE ELDERLY AND PERSONS WITH DISABIL15 ITIES.—

16 (1) BUDGET AUTHORITY.—Any budget author17 ity available under section 5(c) of the United States

18 Housing Act of 1937 for assistance under section

19 8(o) of such Act is authorized to be increased by

20 $150,000,000 on or after October 1, 1994.

21 (2) SET-ASIDE.—From any amount appro22 priated pursuant to paragraph (1) in any fiscal year,

23 the Secretary shall make available an amount for

24 voucher assistance for elderly persons (as such term

25 is defined in section 202(k) of the Housing Act of
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1 1959) and for persons with disabilities (as such term

2 is defined in section 811(k) of the Cranston-Gon3 zalez National Affordable Housing Act) that bears

4 approximately the same ratio to such amount appro5 priated as—

6 (A) the actual need for such assistance for

7 elderly persons and persons with disabilities

8 bears to the total national need for such assist9 ance, as determined by the Secretary; or

10 (B) the total annual amount of assistance

11 provided by the Secretary for construction, re12 construction, rehabilitation, or acquisition of

13 housing for elderly persons and persons with

14 disabilities bears to the total annual amount of

15 housing assistance provided by the Secretary,

16 as determined by the Secretary for recent years.

17 (3) PERMISSIBLE USES.—Vouchers for rental

18 assistance provided with the amounts made available

19 under this section may be used for the rental of

20 dwelling units or costs of residency as determined by

21 qualified voucher recipients.

22 SEC. 305. PROHIBITION OF HUD SPECIAL PURPOSE

23 GRANTS.

24 Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary of

25 Housing and Urban Development may not obligate or ex-
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1 pend any budget authority provided in any appropriation

2 Act for projects or activities of the Department of Housing

3 and Urban Development not previously authorized in law,

4 including any budget authority provided for special

5 projects that are specified only in the joint explanatory

6 statement for the conference report accompanying the bill

7 that was approved as such appropriations Act. Any budget

8 authority provided for any such project or activity shall

9 be considered to be rescinded immediately upon the enact10 ment of the Act providing such budget authority, unless

11 the provision of law providing such budget authority ex12 plicitly provides that this section shall not apply.

13 SEC. 306. REDUCTION OF PHA ADMINISTRATIVE FEES FOR

14 SECTION 8 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

15 (a) MONTHLY FEE.—

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 8(q)(1) of the Unit17 ed States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.

18 1437f(q)(1)) is amended—

19 (A) by striking the 2d sentence and insert20 ing the following new sentences: ‘‘In fiscal year

21 1995, the amount of the fee for each month for

22 which a dwelling unit is covered by an assist23 ance contract shall be 7.2375 percent of the

24 fair market rental established under subsection

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1 unit in the market area of the public housing

2 agency. After fiscal year 1995, the Secretary

3 may decrease the amount of the fee at such

4 times and in such amounts as the Secretary

5 considers appropriate, except that (A) the fee

6 may not be less than 5.0 percent of such fair

7 market rental at any time, and (B) in fiscal

8 year 1999 and in each fiscal year thereafter,

9 the fee shall be 5.0 percent of such fair market

10 rental.’’; and

11 (B) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘fee’’

12 and inserting ‘‘amount of the fee established

13 under this paragraph, for certain programs,’’.

14 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY.—

15 (A) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments

16 under paragraph (1) shall be made on October

17 1, 1994.

18 (B) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments

19 made by this subsection shall apply to any

20 dwelling units covered by an assistance contract

21 under section 8 of the United States Housing

22 Act of 1937 in effect on October 1, 1994, and

23 any units covered by such a contract entered

24 into or renewed on or after such date.

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 8(q)(2)(A)(i) of the

2 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.

3 1437f(q)(2)(A)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘$275’’

4 and inserting ‘‘$590’’.

5 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment under

6 paragraph (1) shall be made and shall take effect on

7 October 1, 1994.

8 SEC. 307. IMPROVED UNDERWRITING, MONITORING, AND

9 ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS FOR FHA.

10 The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

11 shall take such actions as may be necessary to improve

12 the standards, procedures, and activities for underwriting,

13 monitoring, and enforcing the requirements applicable to

14 mortgage insurance for single family and multifamily

15 housing provided under the National Housing Act so that

16 the amount of aggregate expenditures from the Mutual

17 Mortgage Insurance Fund, the General Insurance Fund,

18 the Special Risk Insurance Fund, and the Cooperative

19 Management Housing Insurance Fund that are attrib20 utable to losses under such mortgages and costs of admin21 istering the program in fiscal year 1995 does not exceed

22 the difference between the amount of such aggregate ex23 penditures in fiscal year 1994 and $564,000,000.
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1 SEC. 308. TERMINATION OF GOVERNMENT NATIONAL

2 MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION.

3 (a) TERMINATION.—Section 302(a)(2)(A) of the Na4 tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1717(a)(2)(A)) is amended

5 by adding at the end the following new sentences: ‘‘Upon

6 October 1, 1999 (or such earlier date as provided in the

7 plan of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

8 under section 8(b) of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of

9 1994), the body corporate described in this subparagraph

10 shall cease to exist. Upon such date, any authority of the

11 Department of Housing and Urban Development under

12 this Act or any other Act to carry out duties and functions

13 of the Association shall terminate, except to the extent

14 provided in such plan as necessary to meet any outstand15 ing obligations of the Association.’’.

16 (b) PHASE-OUT PLAN.—The Secretary of Housing

17 and Urban Development shall establish a plan for termi18 nating the Government National Mortgage Association (in

19 this section referred to as the ‘‘Association’’. The plan—

20 (1) shall provide that the Association shall ter21 minate before October 1, 1999;

22 (2) may provide for the transfer of functions of

23 the Association to the Federal National Mortgage

24 Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage

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1 (3) shall provide for the fulfillment of any out2 standing obligations of the Association and the wind3 up of the business of the Association; and

4 (4) shall include any recommendations for legis5 lation that may be necessary for carrying out the

6 amendment made by subsection (a) and the plan

7 under this subsection;

8 The Secretary shall submit a copy of the plan under this

9 section to the Congress not later than the expiration of

10 the 1-year period beginning on the date of the enactment

11 of this Act.

12 SEC. 309. CALCULATION OF FAIR MARKET RENTS UNDER

13 SECTION 8 PROGRAM.

14 Section 8(c)(1) of the United States Housing Act of

15 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(c)(1)) is amended—

16 (1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(c)(1)’’; and

17 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub18 paragraph:

19 ‘‘(B) The Secretary shall establish a computerized

20 random digit dialing system similar to such systems used

21 by private real estate agents to maintain current informa22 tion on market rents for all market areas. The Secretary

23 shall examine the information for each market area that

24 is available from the system established under this sub25 paragraph not less than once every 3 months, and shall
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1 take such information into consideration in determining

2 and adjusting fair market rentals under this paragraph.’’.

3 SEC. 310. INCREASE OF THRESHOLD OCCUPANCY RATE

4 FOR PHA’S UNDER PERFORMANCE FUNDING

5 SYSTEM.

6 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pur7 poses of determining the amount of operating subsidies

8 available for a public housing agency pursuant to the per9 formance funding system under section 9 of the United

10 States Housing Act of 1937, the projected percentage of

11 occupancy for all project units for an agency shall be—

12 (1) 98 percent, if the actual occupancy percent13 age for the agency is equal to or greater than 98

14 percent; and

15 (2) the actual occupancy percentage for the

16 agency, if the actual occupancy percentage is less

17 than 98 percent solely because of vacant, on-sched18 ule modernization units.

19 SEC. 311. PROHIBITION OF UTILITY REIMBURSEMENTS.

20 Section 3(a) of the United States Housing Act of

21 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(a)) is amended—

22 (1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding

23 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and

24 inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; and
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1 (2) by adding at the end the following new

2 paragraph:

3 ‘‘(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,

4 no payment may be made to a family occupying a dwelling

5 unit assisted under this Act for costs of utilities for the

6 unit not actually incurred.’’.

7 SEC. 312. COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR PUBLIC HOUSING

8 MODERNIZATION ACTIVITIES.

9 Section 14 of the United States Housing Act of 1937

10 (42 U.S.C. 1437l) is amended—

11 (1) in subsection (d)—

12 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at

13 the end;

14 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking the pe15 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

16 (C) by adding at the end the following new

17 paragraph:

18 ‘‘(5) a description of the competitive bidding

19 procedures to be used by the public housing agency

20 for contracts for acquiring supplies and services

21 using assistance provided pursuant to subsection

22 (b).’’;

23 (2) in subsection (e)(1)—

24 (A) in subparagraph (G), by striking

25 ‘‘and’’ at the end;
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1 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (H) as

2 subparagraph (I); and

3 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (G)

4 the following new subparagraph:

5 ‘‘(H) a description of the competitive bidding

6 procedures to be used by the public housing agency

7 for contracts for acquiring supplies and services

8 using assistance provided pursuant to subsection

9 (b).’’;

10 (3) by striking the 2d sentence of subsection

11 (e)(3)(A) and inserting the following new sentence:

12 ‘‘A public housing agency may expend assistance for

13 any activities and work consistent with the approved

14 plan as the agency determines appropriate, but shall

15 comply with the competitive bidding procedures of

16 the agency established in accordance with the stand17 ards issued by the Secretary under subsection

18 (g)(2).’’; and

19 (4) in subsection (g)—

20 (A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(g)’’;

21 (B) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘that such

22 agency’’;

23 (C) by inserting before the period at the

24 end the following: ‘‘, and (B) in acquiring sup25 plies and services using assistance provided pur-
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1 suant to subsection (b), has established and

2 complied with competitive bidding procedures in

3 accordance with the standards issued by the

4 Secretary under paragraph (2)’’; and

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

6 paragraph:

7 ‘‘(2) Each public housing agency that receives assist8 ance under subsection (b) shall establish competitive bid9 ding procedures for expending such assistance for activi10 ties, work, supplies, and services for the purpose under

11 such subsection and shall expend such assistance in ac12 cordance with the procedures. The Secretary shall issue

13 regulations requiring and establishing standards for such

14 competitive bidding procedures.’’.

15 SEC. 313. LOW-INCOME HOUSING PRESERVATION.

16 (a) REPEAL OF LOW-INCOME HOUSING PRESERVA17 TION AND RESIDENT HOMEOWNERSHIP ACT OF 1990.—

18 The Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident

19 Homeownership Act of 1990 (12 U.S.C. 4101) is hereby

20 repealed.

21 (b) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Notwithstanding the repeal

22 made by subsection (a), the provisions of the Low-Income

23 Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act

24 of 1990 (as in effect immediately before the enactment

25 of this Act) shall apply with respect to—
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1 (1) any eligible low-income housing (as such

2 term is defined in section 229 of such Act) for which

3 a plan of action under section 217 of such Act or

4 second notice of intent under section 216(d) of such

5 Act, was submitted to the Secretary (or was required

6 by such Act to have been submitted) before the date

7 of the enactment of this Act; and

8 (2) any eligible low-income housing for which

9 the owner (A) submitted a notice of intent under

10 section 212 of such Act to the Secretary before the

11 date of the enactment of this Act, and (B) elects to

12 be subject to the provisions of such Act.

13 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The National

14 Housing Act is amended—

15 (1) in section 229 (12 U.S.C. 1715t), by strik16 ing ‘‘except as specified under section 250 of this

17 Act and subtitle B of the Emergency Low Income

18 Housing Preservation Act of 1987,’’ and inserting

19 ‘‘except for housing that, pursuant to section 604 of

20 the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing

21 Act or section 13(b) of the Fiscal Responsibility Act

22 of 1994, is subject to the provisions of the Low-In23 come Housing Preservation and Resident Home24 ownership Act of 1990 or the Emergency Low

25 Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987’’; and
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1 (2) in section 250, by striking ‘‘eligible low-in2 come housing project (as such term is defined in sec3 tion 229 of the Low-Income Housing Preservation

4 and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990)’’ and in5 serting ‘‘housing that, pursuant to section 604 of

6 the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing

7 Act or section 13(b) of the Fiscal Responsibility Act

8 of 1994, is subject to the provisions of the Low-In9 come Housing Preservation and Resident Home10 ownership Act of 1990 or the Emergency Low

11 Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987,’’.

12 SEC. 314. QUALITY STANDARDS FOR UNITS ASSISTED WITH

13 SECTION 8 VOUCHERS.

14 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, assist15 ance may not be provided under section 8(o) of the United

16 States Housing Act of 1937 for the rental of any dwelling

17 unit that does not meet the housing quality standards

18 under section 886.113 of title 24, Code of Federal Regula19 tions.

20 SEC. 315. PROHIBITION OF NEW LOANS UNDER SECTION

21 515 RURAL RENTAL HOUSING PROGRAM.

22 After the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec23 retary of Agriculture may not make or insure, or enter

24 into any commitment to make or insure, any loan under

25 section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949.
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1 SEC. 316. REDUCTION OF SPENDING UNDER SECTION 502

2 RURAL HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM.

3 (a) MAXIMUM ANNUAL LOAN LIMITATION.—Section

4 502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472) is

5 amended by adding at the end the following new sub6 section:

7 ‘‘(i) LIMITATION ON LOAN AUTHORITY.—In any sin8 gle fiscal year, the Secretary may not make or insure loans

9 under this section, or enter into commitments to make or

10 insure such loans, in an aggregate amount that exceeds

11 50 percent of the aggregate amount of such loans made

12 or insured in fiscal year 1994.’’.

13 (b) INCREASE IN BORROWERS’ PAYMENTS.—Section

14 502(b)(2) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.

15 1472(b)(2)) is amended to read as follows:

16 ‘‘(2) provide for the repayment of principal and

17 interest in accordance with schedules and repayment

18 plans prescribed by the Secretary, which plans and

19 schedules shall—

20 ‘‘(A) require a borrower of a loan to make

21 regular payments in an amount equal to 30

22 percent of the income of the borrower, except as

23 provided in subparagraph (B), and

24 ‘‘(B) provide that, for any borrower of a

25 loan made before the date of the enactment of

26 the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1994, the an-
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1 nual regular payment amounts required shall be

2 increased in each year by the dollar amount

3 equal to 1 percent of the borrower’s income

4 until the regular payment amount of the bor5 rower is equal to 30 percent of the income of

6 the borrower, and thereafter subparagraph (A)

7 shall apply to such loan,

8 except that any prepayment of a loan made or in9 sured under section 514 or 515 shall be subject to

10 the provisions of subsection (c);’’.

11 SEC. 317. ELIMINATION OF NEW CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE

12 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIA13 TION.

14 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds of

15 the United States shall not be provided, directly or indi16 rectly, to the International Development Association dur17 ing the period that begins with October 1, 1994, and ends

18 with September 30, 1999.

19 SEC. 318. REDUCTION OF CREDIT ASSISTANCE BY THE EX20 PORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.

21 Section 6 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945

22 (12 U.S.C. 635e) is amended by adding at the end the

23 following:

24 ‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO25 PRIATIONS.—For all costs authorized to be incurred under
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1 this Act, there are authorized to be appropriated not to

2 exceed—

3 ‘‘(1) $772,683,000 for fiscal year 1995;

4 ‘‘(2) $712,683,000 for fiscal year 1996;

5 ‘‘(3) $672,683,000 for fiscal year 1997;

6 ‘‘(4) $632,683,000 for fiscal year 1998; and

7 ‘‘(5) $602,683,000 for fiscal year 1999.’’.

8 TITLE IV—COMMITTEE ON

9 EDUCATION AND LABOR

10 SEC. 401. ANCILLARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS

11 Parts A and B of title III of the Carl D. Perkins

12 Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act (20

13 U.S.C. 2351–2363) are repealed.

14 SEC. 402. ELIMINATION OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT

15 HAVE LARGELY ACHIEVED THEIR PURPOSE.

16 (a) PUBLIC LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION.—

17 (1) REPEAL.—Title II of the Library Services

18 and Construction Act (20 U.S.C. 355a et seq.) is

19 repealed.

20 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section

21 4(a)(2) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 351b(a)(2)) is

22 repealed.

23 (b) FOLLOW THROUGH PROGRAM.—The Follow

24 Through Act (42 U.S.C. 9861 et seq.) is repealed.
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1 (c) LAW-RELATED EDUCATION.—Section 1565 of the

2 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20

3 U.S.C. 2965) is repealed.

4 (d) LAW SCHOOL CLINICAL EXPERIENCE PRO5 GRAM.—Part G of title IX of the Higher Education Act

6 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1132u et seq.) is repealed.

7 SEC. 403. ELIMINATION OF STATE STUDENT INCENTIVE

8 GRANT PROGRAM.

9 Subpart 4 of part A of title IV of the Higher Edu10 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070c et seq.) is repealed.

11 SEC. 404. MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION PRO12 GRAMS.

13 Part A of title II of the Elementary and Secondary

14 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2981 et seq.) is

15 repealed.

16 SEC. 405. ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN CAMPUS-BASED STU17 DENT AID PROGRAMS.

18 (a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section—

19 (1) to repeal the authority for certain campus20 based student financial assistance programs; and

21 (2) to permit one-half of the savings resulting

22 from terminating such programs to increase the

23 amount available for the Pell Grant program under

24 subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the Higher Edu25 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a).
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1 (b) REPEAL OF SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL OP2 PORTUNITY GRANT PROGRAM.—Subpart 3 of part A of

3 title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.

4 1070b et seq.) is repealed.

5 (c) REPEAL OF WORK-STUDY PROGRAM.—Part C of

6 title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.

7 2751 et seq.) is repealed.

8 (d) REPEAL OF PERKINS LOAN PROGRAM.—Part E

9 of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.

10 1087aa et seq.) is repealed.

11 SEC. 406. REPEAL OF THE OLDER AMERICAN COMMUNITY

12 SERVICE EMPLOYMENT ACT.

13 Title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42

14 U.S.C. 3056–3056i) is repealed.

15 SEC. 407. INCREASED TARGETING OF CHILD NUTRITION

16 SUBSIDIES UNDER NATIONAL SCHOOL

17 LUNCH ACT.

18 (a) PROHIBITION ON CASH AND COMMODITY ASSIST19 ANCE FOR PAID LUNCHES FOR CHILDREN IN HIGH IN20 COME FAMILIES.—Section 9(b)(1) of the National School

21 Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(a)(1)) is amended—

22 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘subpara23 graph (B)’’ each place it appears and inserting

24 ‘‘subparagraph (C)’’;
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1 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub2 paragraph (C); and

3 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol4 lowing new subparagraph:

5 ‘‘(B) Any child who is a member of a household

6 whose income is above 350 percent of the applicable family

7 size income levels contained in the nonfarm income pov8 erty guidelines prescribed by the Office of Management

9 and Budget, as adjusted annually in accordance with sub10 paragraph (C), shall not be eligible for a meal receiving—

11 ‘‘(i) the national average lunch payment speci12 fied under section 4(b)(2); and

13 ‘‘(ii) the national average value of commodities,

14 or cash in lieu thereof, specified under section

15 6(e)(1)(A).’’.

16 (b) INCREASE IN ASSISTANCE FOR REDUCED PRICE

17 LUNCHES FOR CHILDREN IN LOWER-MIDDLE INCOME

18 FAMILIES.—Such Act is amended—

19 (1) in section 11(a)(2) (42 U.S.C.

20 1759a(a)(2)), by striking ‘‘40 cents’’ and inserting

21 ‘‘20 cents’’; and

22 (2) in section 9(b)(3) (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(3)),

23 by striking ‘‘40 cents’’ and inserting ‘‘20 cents’’.

24 (c) DECREASE IN ASSISTANCE FOR MEALS OR SUP25 PLEMENTS FOR CHILDREN IN MIDDLE AND HIGH IN-
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1 COME FAMILIES UNDER FAMILY OR GROUP DAY CARE

2 HOME MEAL PROGRAM.—Section 17(f)(3)(A) of such Act

3 (42 U.S.C. 1766(f)(3)(A)) is amended—

4 (1) by striking ‘‘(A) Institutions’’ and inserting

5 ‘‘(A)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), institu6 tions’’; and

7 (2) by adding at the end the following new

8 clause:

9 ‘‘(ii) With respect to meals or supplements served

10 under this subsection to children who are members of

11 households whose incomes are above 185 percent of the

12 applicable family size income levels contained in the non13 farm income poverty guidelines prescribed by the Office

14 of Management and Budget (as adjusted annually in ac15 cordance with section 9(b)(1)(C)), the reimbursement fac16 tor shall be reduced by—

17 ‘‘(I) 20 cents for snacks;

18 ‘‘(II) 30 cents for breakfasts; and

19 ‘‘(III) 40 cents for lunches.’’.

20 (d) EFFECTIVE DATES.—The amendments made by

21 subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on July 1, 1995.

22 SEC. 408. DAVIS-BACON ACT OF 1931 REPEALED.

23 (a) REPEAL.—The Act of March 3, 1931, entitled

24 ‘‘An Act relating to the rate of wages for laborers and

25 mechanics employed on public buildings of the United
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1 States and the District of Columbia by contractors and

2 subcontractors, and for other purposes’’ (40 U.S.C. 276a–

3 276a–5), commonly referred to as the Davis-Bacon Act,

4 is repealed.

5 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The provisions of this sec6 tion shall take effect thirty days after the date of enact7 ment of this Act but shall not affect any contract in exist8 ence on that date or made pursuant to invitations for bids

9 outstanding on that date.

10 SEC. 409. REPEAL OF SERVICE CONTRACT ACT.

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Service Contract Act of 1965

12 (41 U.S.C. 351 et seq.) is repealed.

13 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The repeal under subsection

14 (a) shall be effective on and after the date of the enact15 ment of this Act and such repealed provisions may not

16 be enforced with regard to any contract entered into

17 before the date of the enactment of this Act.

18 SEC. 410. AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION

19 ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES ACT OF

20 1965.

21 (a) MODIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON USE OF FED22 ERAL FUNDS.—Section 5(g) of the National Foundation

23 on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.

24 954(g)) is amended—

25 (1) in paragraph (4)(C)—
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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ after ‘‘(C)’’, and

2 (B) by adding at the end the following:

3 ‘‘(ii) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sub4 section, the amount allotted to a State for the current fis5 cal year under this subsection may not be greater than

6 the amount so allotted to such State for the preceding fis7 cal year if—

8 ‘‘(I) the amount of State funds to be expended

9 for such current fiscal year to carry out this sub10 section is less than the average annual amount ex11 pended by such State during the most recent preced12 ing period of 3 fiscal years to carry out this sub13 section; and

14 ‘‘(II) the rate of the reduction in the amount of

15 State funds exceeds the rate of reduction in the ag16 gregate of all general fund expenditures to be made

17 by the State in such current fiscal year.’’, and

18 (2) in paragraph (5)—

19 (A) by striking ‘‘(5) All’’ and inserting

20 ‘‘(5)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph

21 (B), all’’, and

22 (B) by adding at the end the following:

23 ‘‘(B) All amounts allotted under paragraph (3) that

24 are not made available to a State as a result of the oper-
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1 ation of subsection (g)(4)(C)(ii) shall be allotted to the

2 remaining States in equal amounts.’’.

3 (b) FUNDS AUTHORIZED FOR PROGRAM GRANTS.—

4 Section 11(a)(1) of the National Foundation on the Arts

5 and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 960(a)(1))

6 is amended—

7 (1) in subparagraph (A)—

8 (A) in clause (i) by striking

9 ‘‘$125,800,000’’ and all that follows through

10 ‘‘1993’’, and inserting ‘‘$119,985,000 for fiscal

11 year 1994, $61,792,275 for fiscal year 1995,

12 $63,646,043 for fiscal year 1996, $65,555,425

13 for fiscal year 1997, $67,522,087 for fiscal year

14 1998, and $69,547,750 for fiscal year 1999’’,

15 (B) by amending clause (ii) to read as fol16 lows:

17 ‘‘(ii) Not less than 27.5 percent of the amount appro18 priated under clause (i) for each of the fiscal years 1994,

19 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999 shall be for carrying

20 out section 5(g).’’, and

21 (C) in the first sentence of clause (iii) by

22 striking ‘‘For’’ and all that follows through

23 ‘‘year;’’ the last place it appears, and inserting

24 ‘‘Not less than 7.5 percent of the amount ap25 propriated under clause (i) for each of the fiscal
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1 years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and

2 1999’’, and

3 (2) in the first sentence of subparagraph (B) by

4 striking ‘‘$119,900,000’’ and all that follows

5 through ‘‘1993’’, and inserting ‘‘$130,573,000 for

6 fiscal year 1994, $67,245,095 for fiscal year 1995,

7 $69,262,448 for fiscal year 1996, $71,340,321 for

8 fiscal year 1997, $73,480,531 for fiscal year 1998,

9 and $75,684,947 for fiscal year 1999’’.

10 (c) FUNDS AUTHORIZED TO MATCH NON-FEDERAL

11 FUNDS RECEIVED.—Section 11(a) of the National Foun12 dation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20

13 U.S.C. 960(a)) is amended—

14 (1) in paragraph (2)—

15 (A) in subparagraph (A)—

16 (i) by striking ‘‘1993’’ the first place

17 it appears and inserting ‘‘1999’’, and

18 (ii) by striking ‘‘$13,000,000’’ and all

19 that follows through ‘‘1993’’, and inserting

20 ‘‘$16,955,000 for fiscal year 1994,

21 $8,731,825 for fiscal year 1995,

22 $8,993,780 for fiscal year 1996,

23 $9,263,593 for fiscal year 1997,

24 $9,541,501 for fiscal year 1998, and

25 $9,827,746 for fiscal year 1999’’, and
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1 (B) in subparagraph (B)—

2 (i) by striking ‘‘1993’’ the first place

3 it appears and inserting ‘‘1999’’, and

4 (ii) by striking ‘‘$12,000,000’’ and all

5 that follows through ‘‘1993’’, and inserting

6 ‘‘$11,963,000 for fiscal year 1994,

7 $6,160,945 for fiscal year 1995,

8 $6,345,773 for fiscal year 1996,

9 $6,536,147 for fiscal year 1997,

10 $6,732,231 for fiscal year 1998, and

11 $6,934,198 for fiscal year 1999’’,

12 (2) in paragraph (3)—

13 (A) in subparagraph (A)—

14 (i) by striking ‘‘1993’’ the first place

15 it appears and inserting ‘‘1999’’, and

16 (ii) by striking ‘‘$15,000,000’’ and all

17 that follows through ‘‘1993’’, and inserting

18 ‘‘$13,187,000 for fiscal year 1994,

19 $6,791,305 for fiscal year 1995,

20 $6,995,044 for fiscal year 1996,

21 $7,204,895 for fiscal year 1997,

22 $7,421,042 for fiscal year 1998, and

23 $7,643,674 for fiscal year 1999’’, and

24 (B) in subparagraph (B)—
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘1993’’ the first place

2 it appears and inserting ‘‘1999’’, and

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘$15,150,000’’ and all

4 that follows through ‘‘1993’’, and inserting

5 ‘‘$14,228,000 for fiscal year 1994,

6 $7,327,420 for fiscal year 1995,

7 $7,547,243 for fiscal year 1996,

8 $7,773,660 for fiscal year 1997,

9 $8,006,870 for fiscal year 1998, and

10 $8,247,076 for fiscal year 1999’’, and

11 (3) in the last sentence of paragraph (4) by

12 striking ‘‘section 5(l)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section

13 5(p)(2)’’.

14 (d) FUNDS AUTHORIZED FOR ADMINISTRATION OF

15 PROGRAMS OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENTS.—Section

16 11(c) of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Hu17 manities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 960(c)) is amended—

18 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘$21,200,000’’

19 and all that follows through ‘‘1993’’, and inserting

20 ‘‘$24,466,000 for fiscal year 1994, $12,599,990 for

21 fiscal year 1995, $12,977,990 for fiscal year 1996,

22 $13,367,329 for fiscal year 1997, $13,768,349 for

23 fiscal year 1998, and $14,181,400 for fiscal year

24 1999’’, and
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1 (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘$17,950,000’’

2 and all that follows through ‘‘1993’’, and inserting

3 ‘‘$20,727,000 for fiscal year 1994, $10,674,405 for

4 fiscal year 1995, $10,994,637 for fiscal year 1996,

5 $11,324,476 for fiscal year 1997, $11,664,211 for

6 fiscal year 1998, and $12,014,137 for fiscal year

7 1999’’.

8 (e) LIMITATIONS ON TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS AU9 THORIZED.—Section 11(d) of the National Foundation on

10 the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.

11 960(d)) is amended—

12 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘exceed’’ and

13 all that follows through the period at the end, and

14 inserting ‘‘exceed $174,593,000 for fiscal year 1994,

15 $89,915,395 for fiscal year 1995, $92,612,857 for

16 fiscal year 1996, $95,391,243 for fiscal year 1997,

17 $98,252,980 for fiscal year 1998, and $101,200,569

18 for fiscal year 1999.’’, and

19 (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘exceed’’ and

20 all that follows through the period at the end, and

21 inserting ‘‘exceed $177,491,000 for fiscal year 1994,

22 $91,407,865 for fiscal year 1995, $94,150,101 for

23 fiscal year 1996, $96,974,604 for fiscal year 1997,

24 $99,883,842 for fiscal year 1998, and $102,880,357

25 for fiscal year 1999.’’.
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1 (f) INVESTIGATION AND REPORT.—Not later than

2 September 30, 1995, the Chairperson of the National En3 dowment for the Arts shall—

4 (1) conduct an investigation of State compli5 ance with section 5(g)(4)(C)(i) of the National

6 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of

7 1965 (20 U.S.C. 954(g)(4)(C)(i)), and

8 (2) submit to the Speaker of the House of Rep9 resentatives and the President pro tempore, a report

10 containing—

11 (A) the results of such investigation, and

12 (B) any information and recommendations

13 as the Chairperson considers to be appropriate.

14 TITLE V—COMMITTEE ON

15 ENERGY AND COMMERCE

16 SEC. 501. REDUCING TO 45 PERCENT THE MATCHING RATE

17 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS UNDER THE

18 MEDICAID PROGRAM.

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1903(a) of the Social Se20 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(a)) is amended to read as

21 follows:

22 ‘‘(a) From the sums appropriated therefor, the Sec23 retary (except as otherwise provided in this section) shall

24 pay to each State that has a plan approved under this

25 title, for each quarter—
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1 ‘‘(1) an amount with respect to total expendi2 tures during such quarter under the State plan for

3 medical assistance (as defined in section 1905(a))

4 equal to the sum of—

5 ‘‘(A) an amount equal to 90 percent of

6 such expenditures for family planning services

7 and supplies, plus

8 ‘‘(B) an amount equal to the Federal med9 ical assistance percentage (as defined in section

10 1905(b), subject to subsections (g) and (j) of

11 this section), of the remainder of such expendi12 tures; plus

13 ‘‘(2) subject to section 1919(g)(3)(C), an

14 amount equal to 45 percent of the remainder of the

15 expenditures during such quarter as found necessary

16 by the Secretary for the proper and efficient admin17 istration of the State plan.’’.

18 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

19 (1) FRAUD CONTROL UNITS.—Section 1903(b)

20 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(b)) is amended by

21 striking paragraph (3).

22 (2) MEDICAID MANAGEMENT INFORMATION

23 SYSTEMS.—Section 1903(r) of such Act (42 U.S.C.

24 1396b(r)) is amended—
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1 (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as

2 follows:

3 ‘‘(1) In order to receive payments under subsection

4 (a)(2) without being subject to per centum reductions set

5 forth in paragraph (2), a State must have in operation

6 mechanized claims processing and information retrieval

7 systems approved by the Secretary (of the type approved

8 since October 7, 1980) which are determined to be likely

9 to provide more efficient, economical, and effective admin10 istration of the plan and which—

11 ‘‘(A) are compatible with the claims processing

12 and information retrieval systems used in the admin13 istration of title XVIII, and

14 ‘‘(B) include provision for prompt written notice

15 to each individual who is furnished services covered

16 by the plan, or to each individual in a sample group

17 of such individuals, of the specific services (other

18 than confidential services) so covered, the name of

19 the person or persons furnishing the services, the

20 date or dates on which the services were furnished,

21 and the amount of the payment or payments made

22 under the plan on account of the services.’’;

23 (B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3), and re24 designating paragraphs (4) through (8) as para25 graphs (2) through (6), respectively;
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1 (C) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated—

2 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking

3 ‘‘paragraph (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph

4 (4)’’, and

5 (ii) in subparagraph (B)—

6 (I) by striking ‘‘subsection

7 (a)(3)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection

8 (a)(2)’’; and

9 (II) by striking ‘‘not less than 50

10 per centum and not more than 70 per

11 centum’’ and inserting ‘‘not less than

12 25 per centum and not more than 45

13 per centum’’;

14 (D) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated—

15 (i) in the matter in subparagraph (A)

16 preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘sub17 section (a)(3)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘para18 graph (1)’’, and

19 (ii) in subparagraphs (A)(iii) and (B),

20 by striking ‘‘paragraph (6)’’ and inserting

21 ‘‘paragraph (4)’’; and

22 (E) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated—

23 (i) by striking subparagraph (C) and

24 redesignating subparagraphs (D) through

25 (J) as subparagraphs (C) through (I), and
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1 (ii) in subparagraph (H), as redesig2 nated, by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(3) of

3 this section’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection

4 (a)(2)’’.

5 (3) NURSING HOME ENFORCEMENT.—Section

6 1919 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r) is amended—

7 (A) in subsection (g)(3)(C), by striking

8 ‘‘section 1903(a)(2)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘section

9 1903(a)(2) with respect to amounts expended

10 for State activities under this subsection’’, and

11 (B) in subsection (h)(2), by striking

12 ‘‘1903(a)(7)’’ and inserting ‘‘1903(a)(2)’’ each

13 place it appears in subparagraphs (E) and (F).

14 (4) PEER REVIEW FUNDING.—Section 1158 of

15 such Act (42 U.S.C. 1320c–7) is amended—

16 (A) by striking ‘‘(a)’’, and

17 (B) by striking subsection (b).

18 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

19 subsections (a) and (b) shall apply to expenditures in cal20 endar quarters beginning on or after October 1, 1994,

21 without regard to whether or not final regulations to carry

22 out such amendments have been promulgated by such

23 date.
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1 SEC. 502. TERMINATION OF CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY

2 PROGRAM.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The United States shall not obli4 gate any funds for the Clean Coal Technology program.

5 (b) REPEAL.—

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para7 graph (2), the matter under the heading ‘‘DEPART8 MENT OF ENERGY, CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY’’

9 in the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations

10 for the Department of the Interior and Related

11 Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,

12 1986, and for other purposes’’ enacted by section

13 101(d) of the Joint Resolution entitled ‘‘Joint Reso14 lution making further continuing appropriations for

15 the fiscal year 1986, and for other purposes’’ (Public

16 Law 99–190; 99 Stat. 1251) is repealed.

17 (2) EXCEPTION.—The authority provided in the

18 matter repealed by paragraph (1) of this subsection

19 shall be preserved to the extent necessary to carry

20 out obligations of the United States with respect to

21 clean coal technology projects selected by the Sec22 retary of Energy pursuant to the fifth general re23 quest for proposals issued by the Secretary under

24 such section 101(d) (and pursuant to any such gen25 eral request issued before the fifth general request).
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1 SEC. 503. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE.

2 (a) NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.—Title IV of

3 the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 281 et seq.) is

4 amended by adding at the end the following part:

5 ‘‘PART J—REDUCTIONS IN RESEARCH BUDGET

6 ‘‘REDUCED AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

7 ‘‘SEC. 499C. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 1995

8 and each subsequent fiscal year, for the purpose of con9 ducting and supporting biomedical and behavioral re10 search through the agencies of the National Institutes of

11 Health, there is authorized to be appropriated in the ag12 gregate for such agencies an amount equal to the dif13 ference between—

14 ‘‘(1) the amount appropriated in the aggregate

15 for such agencies for such purpose for fiscal year

16 1994; and

17 ‘‘(2) 10 percent of the amount specified in

18 paragraph (1).

19 ‘‘(b) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—For fiscal

20 year 1995 or any subsequent fiscal year, the authorization

21 of appropriations established in subsection (a) for the fis22 cal year is the exclusive authorization of appropriations

23 for such year for the purpose described in such subsection,

24 notwithstanding any other provision of law.’’.

25 (b) HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINIS26 TRATION; HEALTH PROFESSIONS PROGRAMS.—Title VII
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1 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 292 et seq.)

2 is amended by adding at the end the following part:

3 ‘‘PART H—REDUCTIONS IN HEALTH

4 PROFESSIONS BUDGET

5 ‘‘SEC. 799A. PROGRAMS FOR MINORITY AND DISADVAN6 TAGED STUDENTS AS EXCLUSIVE TITLE VII

7 PROGRAMS.

8 ‘‘(a) EFFECT ON OTHER PROGRAMS.—For fiscal

9 year 1995 or any subsequent fiscal year, the authorization

10 of appropriations established in subsection (b) for the fis11 cal year is the exclusive authorization of appropriations

12 for such year under this title, notwithstanding any other

13 provision of law.

14 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS RE15 GARDING MINORITY AND DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS.—

16 For the purpose of carrying out programs under this title

17 that are designed to increase the enrollment of minority

18 and economically disadvantaged students, there are au19 thorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec20 essary for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 1997.’’.

21 SEC. 504. UNITED STATES TRAVEL AND TOURISM ADMINIS22 TRATION.

23 (a) REPEALS.—Sections 206 and 301 of the Inter24 national Travel Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2123d, 2124) are

25 repealed.
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1 (b) DELEGATION.—Any authority which was vested

2 in the United States Travel and Tourism Administration

3 on the date of the enactment of this Act shall after that

4 date be vested in the Secretary of Commerce.

5 (c) REFERENCE.—After the date of the enactment of

6 this Act any reference to the United States Travel and

7 Tourism Administration shall be considered a reference to

8 the Secretary of Commerce.

9 SEC. 505. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION.

10 Section 601 of the Rail Passenger Service Act (45

11 U.S.C. 601) is amended by adding at the end the following

12 new subsection:

13 ‘‘(f) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS.—There are au14 thorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for the benefit

15 of the Corporation for each of the fiscal years 1995, 1996,

16 1997, 1998, and 1999, not to exceed 42 percent of the

17 aggregate amount authorized to be appropriated for the

18 Corporation for fiscal year 1994.’’.

19 TITLE VI—COMMITTEE ON

20 FOREIGN AFFAIRS

21 SEC. 601. LIMITATION ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED

22 NATIONS.

23 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the ag24 gregate amount of assessed and voluntary contributions

25 by the United States to the United Nations and its affili-
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1 ated agencies for any calendar year after 1986 shall not

2 exceed an amount which bears the same ratio to the total

3 budget of the United Nations and its affiliated agencies

4 as the total population of the United States bears to the

5 total population of all the member states of the United

6 Nations.

7 SEC. 602. ELIMINATION OF PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I AND

8 TITLE III PROGRAMS.

9 (a) CONCESSIONAL SALES PROGRAM.—Title I of the

10 Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of

11 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1701–1705) is repealed.

12 (b) FOOD FOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.—Title III

13 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 1727–1727e) is repealed.

14 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—That Act is fur15 ther amended as follows:

16 (1) In section 2 by striking paragraphs (3) and

17 (4), by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (2),

18 and by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph

19 (3).

20 (2) In section 401—

21 (A) in subsection (e)(2) by striking ‘‘sec22 tion 303 or’’; and

23 (B) by repealing subsection (f).

24 (3) In section 403—
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1 (A) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Sec2 retary or the Administrator, as appropriate,’’

3 and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’;

4 (B) in subsection (c)—

5 (i) by striking ‘‘Secretary or the Ad6 ministrator, as appropriate,’’ and inserting

7 ‘‘Administrator’’; and

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘or purchased’’;

9 (C) in subsection (d) by striking all that

10 follows ‘‘recipient countries’’ and inserting a pe11 riod;

12 (D) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘sales

13 or’’;

14 (E) in subsection (g) by striking ‘‘Sec15 retary or the Administrator, as appropriate,’’

16 and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’;

17 (F) in subsection (h) by striking ‘‘Sec18 retary or’’;

19 (G) in subsection (i) by striking ‘‘Secretary

20 or the Administrator, as appropriate,’’ each

21 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’;

22 and

23 (H) in subsection (j)—
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘Secretary or the Ad2 ministrator, as appropriate,’’ and inserting

3 ‘‘Administrator’’; and

4 (ii) by striking ‘‘, or to finance the

5 sale of agricultural commodities,’’.

6 (4) In section 404—

7 (A) by repealing subsection (a) and redes8 ignating subsections (b) through (d) as sub9 sections (a) through (c), respectively;

10 (B) in subsection (a), as so redesignated,

11 by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and redesig12 nating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs

13 (2) and (3), respectively;

14 (C) by striking ‘‘Secretary or the’’ each

15 place it appears; and

16 (D) by striking ‘‘, as appropriate,’’ each

17 place it appears.

18 (5) By repealing section 405.

19 (6) In section 407—

20 (A) by repealing subsection (a);

21 (B) by repealing subsection (b);

22 (C) in subsection (c)—

23 (i) by striking ‘‘(c) AGENTS.—’’ and

24 all that follows through ‘‘INTEREST.—’’ in
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1 paragraph (4) and inserting ‘‘(a) AVOID2 ANCE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.—’’; and

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘this paragraph’’ and

4 inserting ‘‘this subsection’’;

5 (D) in subsection (d)—

6 (i) by striking ‘‘(d) TITLE II AND III’’

7 and inserting ‘‘(b) TITLE II’’;

8 (ii) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘and

9 title III’’; and

10 (iii) in paragraphs (2) and (3) by

11 striking ‘‘titles II and III’’ and inserting

12 ‘‘title II’’;

13 (E) in subsection (e)—

14 (i) by striking ‘‘(e)’’ and inserting

15 ‘‘(c)’’; and

16 (ii) by striking ‘‘Secretary or the Ad17 ministrator, as appropriate,’’ and inserting

18 ‘‘Administrator’’; and

19 (F) by repealing subsection (f) and redes20 ignating subsections (g) and (h) as subsections

21 (d) and (e), respectively;

22 (7) In section 408 by striking ‘‘finance sales or

23 to provide other’’ and inserting ‘‘provide’’.

24 (8) By repealing section 410.
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1 (9) In section 411 by repealing subsection (d)

2 and redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d).

3 (10) In section 412—

4 (A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘out—’’

5 and all that follows through ‘‘including’’ and in6 serting ‘‘out the emergency and private assist7 ance program under title II, including’’; and

8 (B) by repealing subsections (b) and (c)

9 and by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as

10 subsections (b) and (c), respectively.

11 (d) TRANSITION RULE.—Provisions of law repealed

12 by this subsection shall continue to apply with respect to

13 agreements entered into under title I or III of the Agricul14 tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 be15 fore the effective date of this section.

16 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section takes effect on

17 October 1, 1994.

18 SEC. 603. REDUCTION OF FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING

19 ASSISTANCE.

20 For fiscal years 1995 through 1999, outlays under

21 the ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ account under

22 section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act may not exceed

23 the following amounts:
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1 (1) FISCAL YEAR 1995.—For fiscal year 1995,

2 outlays shall be at least 4 percent less than outlays

3 for fiscal year 1994.

4 (2) FISCAL YEAR 1996.—For fiscal year 1996,

5 outlays shall be at least 8 percent less than outlays

6 for fiscal year 1994.

7 (3) FISCAL YEAR 1997.—For fiscal year 1997,

8 outlays shall be at least 12 percent less than outlays

9 for fiscal year 1994.

10 (4) FISCAL YEAR 1998.—For fiscal year 1998,

11 outlays shall be at least 16 percent less than outlays

12 for fiscal year 1994.

13 (5) FISCAL YEAR 1999.—For fiscal year 1999,

14 outlays shall be at least 20 percent less than outlays

15 for fiscal year 1994.

16 SEC. 604. REDUCTION OF ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND AS17 SISTANCE.

18 For fiscal years 1995 through 1999, outlays under

19 the ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ account under chapter 4

20 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may not

21 exceed the following amounts:

22 (1) FISCAL YEAR 1995.—For fiscal year 1995,

23 outlays shall be at least 10 percent less than outlays

24 for fiscal year 1994.
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1 (2) FISCAL YEAR 1996.—For fiscal year 1996,

2 outlays shall be at least 20 percent less than outlays

3 for fiscal year 1994.

4 (3) FISCAL YEAR 1997.—For fiscal year 1997,

5 outlays shall be at least 30 percent less than outlays

6 for fiscal year 1994.

7 (4) FISCAL YEAR 1998.—For fiscal year 1998,

8 outlays shall be at least 40 percent less than outlays

9 for fiscal year 1994.

10 (5) FISCAL YEAR 1999.—For fiscal year 1999,

11 outlays shall be at least 50 percent less than outlays

12 for fiscal year 1994.

13 SEC. 605. DEOBLIGATION OF CERTAIN UNEXPENDED FOR14 EIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE FUNDS.

15 (a) REQUIREMENT TO DEOBLIGATE.—Except as

16 provided in subsection (b) of this section and in the second

17 and third sentences of section 617 of the Foreign Assist18 ance Act of 1961, at the beginning of each fiscal year the

19 President shall deobligate, and return to the Treasury,

20 any foreign economic assistance funds that, as of the end

21 of the preceding fiscal year, have been obligated for a pe22 riod of more than 3 years but have not been expended.

23 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The President, on a case-by-case

24 basis, may waive the requirement of subsection (a) if the
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1 President determines, and reports to the appropriate con2 gressional committees, that—

3 (1) the funds are being used for a construction

4 project that requires more than 3 years to complete;

5 or

6 (2) the funds have not been expended because

7 of unforeseen circumstances, and those cir8 cumstances could not have been reasonably foreseen.

9 (c) COMMENTS BY AID INSPECTOR GENERAL ON

10 WAIVERS.—As soon as possible after submission of a re11 port pursuant to subsection (b), the Inspector General of

12 the Agency for International Development shall submit to

13 the appropriate congressional committees such comments

14 as the Inspector General considers appropriate with re15 gard to the determination described in that report.

16 (d) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—

17 (1) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com18 mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs

19 and the Committee on Appropriations of the House

20 of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign

21 Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of

22 the Senate; and

23 (2) the term ‘‘economic assistance’’ means—

24 (A) assistance under chapter 1 of part I of

25 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to
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1 development assistance), chapter 10 of part I of

2 that Act (relating to the Development Fund for

3 Africa), chapter 11 of part I of that Act (relat4 ing to assistance for the independent states of

5 the former Soviet Union), or chapter 4 of part

6 II of that Act (relating to the economic support

7 fund);

8 (B) assistance under the ‘‘Multilateral As9 sistance Initiative for the Philippines’’; and

10 (C) assistance under the Support for East

11 European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989.

12 TITLE VII—COMMITTEE ON

13 GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

14 SEC. 701. CONTRACTS FOR LOCATION OF FEDERAL

15 AMOUNTS IN DORMANT ACCOUNTS.

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi17 sion of law and subject to subsections (b) and (c), the Sec18 retary of the Treasury may enter contracts to procure

19 services for locating Federal amounts in dormant accounts

20 in financial institutions.

21 (b) PAYMENTS.—Payments to a contractor under

22 this section shall be limited to a percentage of Federal

23 amounts in dormant accounts located by the contractor

24 pursuant to the contract, as such percentage is specified

25 in the contract.
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1 (c) PROCEDURE.—Title III of the Federal Property

2 and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 251

3 et seq.) shall apply to procurements conducted pursuant

4 to this section.

5 SEC. 702. LIMITATION ON INDIRECT COSTS INCURRED IN

6 FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH.

7 (a) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other provi8 sion of law, on and after the date of the enactment of

9 this Act, each head of a Federal agency making a grant

10 to, or entering into a contract with, an institution of high11 er education for research and development, shall condition

12 such grant or contract on a requirement that the institu13 tion not use such grant or contract funds to pay for those

14 indirect costs related to such research and development

15 which exceed the amount equal to 50 percent of the modi16 fied total direct costs that are incurred by such institution

17 for such research and development.

18 (b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this section—

19 (1) the term ‘‘indirect costs’’ means administra20 tive costs and the costs of library and student serv21 ices, building and equipment, and operations and

22 maintenance;

23 (2) the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’

24 has the same meaning given to such term by section

25 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965;
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1 (3) the term ‘‘Federal agency’’ means each de2 partment, agency or instrumentality of the Federal

3 Government, including an executive agency as de4 fined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code;

5 and

6 (4) the term ‘‘modified total direct costs’’

7 means the costs of—

8 (A) salaries and wages;

9 (B) fringe benefits;

10 (C) materials, supplies, services and travel;

11 and

12 (D) awarding a subgrant to, or entering

13 into a subcontract for, not more than $25,000.

14 SEC. 703. SALE OF GOVERNMENT-OWNED AIRCRAFT AND

15 MOTOR VEHICLES.

16 (a) IDENTIFICATION OF AIRCRAFT AND MOTOR VE17 HICLES.—The head of each covered Federal agency shall

18 expeditiously identify and report to the Administrator—

19 (1) all aircraft and motor vehicles that are

20 owned or controlled by the agency; and

21 (2) all aircraft and motor vehicles described in

22 paragraph (1) that are directly used for—

23 (A) national security purposes, or

24 (B) other essential purposes for which air25 craft or motor vehicle transportation, respec-
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1 tively, cannot be procured economically or prac2 tically from private sources by means other

3 than acquisition of ownership.

4 (b) SALE OF AIRCRAFT AND MOTOR VEHICLES.—

5 (1) OWNERSHIP INTEREST DEEMED SURPLUS

6 PROPERTY.—All ownership interest of the United

7 States in aircraft or motor vehicles that are not re8 ported to the Administrator under paragraph (1)(B)

9 is deemed to be surplus property for purposes of the

10 Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of

11 1949 (41 U.S.C. 471 et seq.) and other Federal laws

12 governing the disposal of Federal Government prop13 erty.

14 (2) DISPOSAL BY SALE.—The Administrator

15 shall, by not later than 3 years after the date of the

16 enactment of this Act, dispose of all ownership inter17 est of the United States that is surplus property

18 under paragraph (1), by sale in accordance with the

19 Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of

20 1949 (41 U.S.C. 471 et seq.) and other Federal laws

21 governing the disposal of Federal Government prop22 erty.

23 (c) RESTRICTION ON ACQUISITION OF AIRCRAFT AND

24 MOTOR VEHICLES.—The head of a covered Federal agen-
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1 cy may not acquire any ownership interest in any aircraft

2 or motor vehicle, other than for direct use for—

3 (1) national security purposes, or

4 (2) other essential purposes for which aircraft

5 or motor vehicle transportation, respectively, cannot

6 be procured economically or practically from private

7 sources by means other than acquisition of owner8 ship.

9 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—

10 (1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad11 ministrator of General Services; and

12 (2) the term ‘‘covered Federal agency’’ means

13 a Federal agency (as that term is defined in section

14 802(b)(3)), other than the Department of Defense,

15 an agency in the Department of Defense, and the

16 United States Postal Service.

17 SEC. 704. LIMITATION ON AMOUNTS EXPENDED BY CER18 TAIN GOVERNMENT ENTITIES FOR OVER19 HEAD EXPENSES.

20 (a) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other law,

21 for each of fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999,

22 a covered government entity may not obligate or expend

23 for overhead expenses more than amounts obligated and

24 expended by that entity for such expenses for the fiscal

25 year in which the date of enactment of this Act occurs.
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1 (b) APPLICATION OF RULES.—Subsections (a) shall

2 not apply to the Department of Defense or the United

3 States Postal Service.

4 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—

5 (1) the term ‘‘covered government entity’’

6 means an entity of the executive or judicial branch

7 of Government; and

8 (2) the term ‘‘overhead expenses’’ means the

9 items specified in the following object classifications

10 set forth in Circular No. A–11, Office of Manage11 ment and Budget, July 1990:

12 (A) Contractual services and supplies (ob13 ject class 20):

14 (i) Travel and transportation of per15 sons (object class 21.0).

16 (ii) Transportation of things (object

17 class 22.0).

18 (iii) Rental payments to GSA (object

19 class 23.1).

20 (iv) Rental payments to others (object

21 class 23.2).

22 (v) Communications, utilities, and

23 miscellaneous charges (object class 23.3).

24 (vi) Printing and reproduction (object

25 class 24.0).
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1 (vii) Other services (object class 25.0).

2 (viii) Supplies and materials (object

3 class 26.0).

4 (B) Acquisition of capital assets (object

5 class 30.0):

6 (i) Equipment (object class 31.0), ex7 cluding funds for foreign assistance.

8 (ii) Land and structures (object class

9 32.0).

10 (iii) Investments and loans (object

11 class 33.0), excluding funds for foreign as12 sistance.

13 TITLE VIII—COMMITTEE ON THE

14 JUDICIARY

15 SEC. 801. LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION.

16 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds

17 are authorized to be appropriated directly or indirectly to

18 the Legal Services Corporation.

19 SEC. 802. CRIMINAL CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT.

20 Section 1605 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control

21 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended by striking 75

22 and inserting 50.
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1 TITLE IX—COMMITTEE ON MER2 CHANT MARINE AND FISH3 ERIES

4 SEC. 901. NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMIN5 ISTRATION.

6 (a) DISPOSAL OF NOAA FLEET.—The Secretary of

7 Commerce—

8 (1) shall expeditiously dispose of all ownership

9 interest of the United States in all vessels in the Na10 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

11 fleet;

12 (2) may not acquire any ownership interest in

13 any vessel for use by the National Oceanic and

14 Atmospheric Administration;

15 (3) may obtain vessels for use by the National

16 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration only by

17 charter of privately-owned vessels; and

18 (4) may obtain vessel operation services for the

19 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

20 only under contracts with private-sector sources.

21 (b) TERMINATION OF GRANT AUTHORITY.—Notwith22 standing any other provision of law, no grant may be made

23 under—

24 (1) the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972

25 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.); or
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1 (2) the National Sea Grant College Program

2 Act (33 U.S.C. 1121 et seq.).

3 (c) EXISTING CONTRACTS AND GRANT AGREEMENTS

4 NOT AFFECTED.—This section shall not affect any con5 tract or grant agreement in effect before the date of the

6 enactment of this Act.

7 TITLE X—COMMITTEE ON

8 NATURAL RESOURCES

9 SEC. 1001. MORATORIUM ON LAND ACQUISITION BY THE

10 FOREST SERVICE, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE,

11 UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERV12 ICE, AND BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT.

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—

14 (1) PURCHASE WITH APPROPRIATED FUNDS.—

15 During the 5-year period beginning on October 1,

16 1994, lands and interests in lands may not be ac17 quired with appropriated funds by or for the Forest

18 Service, National Park Service, United States Fish

19 and Wildlife Service, or Bureau of Land Manage20 ment.

21 (2) EXCHANGE.—An agency referred to in

22 paragraph (1) may only exchange lands or interests

23 therein during such 5-year period if the exchange

24 does not result in budget outlays (as defined in sec25 tion 3 of the Congressional Budget and Impound-
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1 ment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622) by the

2 agency.

3 (b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) does not apply with

4 respect to the acquisition of any lands or interests therein

5 that the President determines is vital to the national secu6 rity interests of the United States.

7 (c) APPLICATION.—Subsection (a) does not apply

8 with respect to any binding agreement entered into before

9 the date of enactment of this Act that obligates the United

10 States to acquire lands or interests therein by purchase

11 or exchange in whole or in part with appropriated funds.

12 SEC. 1002. REPEAL OF THE HELIUM ACT.

13 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—

14 (1) the United States Government’s helium re15 covery program was instituted in 1925, when helium

16 conservation was deemed to be a matter of national

17 security and no private sector helium recovery indus18 try existed;

19 (2) today, as compared to 1925, there is little

20 likelihood that the United States will have to field a

21 fleet of blimps on an emergency basis;

22 (3) private sources of helium are more than

23 adequate for serving existing and foreseeable future

24 national needs;
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1 (4) since 1925, there has been a dramatic in2 crease in private industry’s involvement in helium

3 recovery, as a result of the free market discovery of

4 numerous commercial uses for helium;

5 (5) currently, private industry accounts for 90

6 percent of all helium extraction and consumption;

7 (6) the Government’s helium recovery program

8 currently owes the Department of the Treasury

9 $1,400,000,000 and loses an additional

10 $120,000,000 yearly on interest alone, and there is

11 no prospect for repayment of this debt without sig12 nificant reform; and

13 (7) with combined public and private helium re14 serves considerably in excess of foreseeable national

15 helium needs, there is no longer any need for the

16 Federal Government to own and operate a helium

17 extraction and reserve program.

18 (b) REPEAL.—The Helium Act (50 U.S.C. 161 et

19 seq.) is repealed.

20 (c) SALE OF PROPERTY.—The Secretary of the Inte21 rior shall sell or otherwise dispose of, at the best possible

22 terms available to the United States, all facilities, equip23 ment, and other real or personal property, or rights there24 to, held by the United States in connection with activities

25 carried out under the Helium Act, unless such facilities,
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1 equipment, or other real or personal property, or rights

2 thereto, are required for other Federal purposes.

3 (d) SALE OF HELIUM RESERVE.—The Secretary of

4 the Interior shall sell or otherwise dispose of, at the best

5 possible terms available to the United States, all helium

6 reserves held by the United States other than amounts

7 required for the specific immediate needs of the Federal

8 Government. Such sale shall be conducted in a manner

9 consistent with the orderly conduct of commercial helium

10 markets.

11 (e) REDUCTION OF FEDERAL DEBT.—All funds re12 ceived pursuant to subsections (c) and (d), and all

13 amounts remaining in the helium production fund estab14 lished under section 6(f) of the Helium Act, shall be con15 sidered full repayment of loans made under section 12 of

16 the Helium Act. Such funds shall be applied, subject to

17 appropriations, solely to the retirement of outstanding

18 United States Government debt, and may not be obligated

19 or expended for any other purpose, notwithstanding any

20 other provision of law that does not specifically reference

21 this section.

22 TITLE XI—COMMITTEE ON POST

23 OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE

24 SEC. 1101. SES ANNUAL LEAVE ACCUMULATION.

25 (a) REPEAL.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6304(f) of title 5,

2 United States Code, is repealed, effective as of the

3 last day of the last applicable pay period beginning

4 in the calendar year in which this Act is enacted.

5 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section

6 6304(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended

7 by striking ‘‘(e), (f), and (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘(e) and

8 (g)’’, effective as of the date on which the amend9 ment made by paragraph (1) takes effect.

10 (b) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Annual leave in excess of

11 the amount allowable under subsection (a) or (b) of sec12 tion 6304 of title 5, United States Code, which was accu13 mulated under section 6304(f) of such title by an employee

14 who becomes subject to such subsection (a) or (b) as a

15 result of this section shall remain to the credit of the em16 ployee and be subject to reduction in the same manner

17 as provided in section 6304(c) of such title.

18 SEC. 1102. ELIMINATION OF ADMINISTRATIVELY UNCON19 TROLLABLE OVERTIME WITH RESPECT TO

20 CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

21 Effective October 1, 1994, section 5545(c)(2) of title

22 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end

23 the following: ‘‘Premium pay under this paragraph shall

24 not be available in the case of any law enforcement officer
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1 who holds a supervisory or managerial position, as defined

2 under regulations of the Office.’’.

3 SEC. 1103. MEASURES TO IMPROVE AGENCY EFFICIENCY

4 AND PRODUCTIVITY, AND TO REDUCE PER5 SONNEL COSTS.

6 (a) AGENCY EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY.—The

7 General Accounting Office shall study and, not later than

8 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, sub9 mit to the President and each House of Congress a report

10 on how increased flexibility on the part of Government

11 agencies in the appointment and separation of employees

12 can be expected to result in higher levels of efficiency and

13 productivity.

14 (b) REDUCTION OF PERSONNEL COSTS.—In each an15 nual budget prepared by the head of an Executive agency

16 for inclusion in the President’s budget submission under

17 section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, beginning

18 with the February 1995 submission, and for each of the

19 5 succeeding fiscal years, the total amount included in

20 such budget for employee salaries and benefits may not

21 exceed the corresponding amount in the previous fiscal

22 year by the greater of—

23 (1) 3 percent; or

24 (2) the rate of inflation, determined using such

25 measure as the President considers appropriate.
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1 (c) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of this section,

2 the term ‘‘Executive agency’’ has the meaning given such

3 term in section 105 of title 5, United States Code, exclud4 ing the Department of Defense.

5 SEC. 1104. AMENDMENTS TO RETIREMENT PROVISIONS OF

6 TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE.

7 (a) RELATING TO THE MAXIMUM ANNUITY ALLOW8 ABLE PURSUANT TO COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS.—

9 Section 8340(g)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is

10 amended—

11 (1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘or’’ after

12 the semicolon;

13 (2) in subparagraph (B)—

14 (A) by striking ‘‘employee or Member’’ and

15 inserting ‘‘employee’’;

16 (B) by striking ‘‘employee or Member,’’

17 and inserting ‘‘employee,’’;

18 (C) by striking ‘‘employee’s or Member’s’’

19 and inserting ‘‘employee’s’’; and

20 (D) by striking the period at the end of

21 subparagraph (B)(ii) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and

22 (3) by adding at the end the following:

23 ‘‘(C) the final pay of the Member with respect

24 to whom the annuity is paid.’’.
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1 (b) RELATING TO THE ACCRUAL RATE APPLICABLE

2 FOR PURPOSES OF COMPUTING AN ANNUITY.—

3 (1) CSRS.—Section 8339 of title 5, United

4 States Code, is amended—

5 (A) by striking subsection (c); and

6 (B) in subsection (a) by inserting ‘‘or

7 Member’’ after ‘‘employee’’.

8 (2) FERS.—Section 8415 of title 5, United

9 States Code, is amended—

10 (A) by striking subsection (b); and

11 (B) in subsections (a) and (g) by inserting

12 ‘‘or Member’’ after ‘‘employee’’ each place it

13 appears.

14 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

15 this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment

16 of this Act and shall apply with respect to annuities com17 mencing on or after such date.

18 SEC. 1105. PROVISIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN COST-OF19 LIVING ADJUSTMENTS.

20 (a) LIMITATION ON ADJUSTMENTS.—

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other

22 provision of law, the cost-of-living increase under a

23 Government retirement system taking effect—

24 (A) in each of fiscal years 1995, 1997, and

25 1999, shall be equal to—
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1 (i) the percentage which would other2 wise apply, if not greater than 4 percent;

3 (ii) 4 percent, if the percentage which

4 would otherwise apply exceeds 4 percent

5 but does not exceed 6 percent; or

(iii) 2 6 ⁄3 of the percentage which would

7 otherwise apply, in any other case; and

8 (B) in each of fiscal years 1996 and 1998,

9 shall be equal to—

10 (i) the percentage which would other11 wise apply, minus

12 (ii) 4 percent,

13 but not less than zero.

14 (2) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of this sub15 section, the term ‘‘cost-of-living increase under a

16 Government retirement system’’ means—

17 (A) any increase in benefit amounts under

18 title II of the Social Security Act resulting from

19 a determination under section 215(i) of such

20 Act;

21 (B) any increase in annuity or retired or

22 retainer pay, as the case may be, under—

23 (i) section 8340(b) or 8462(b) of title

24 5, United States Code;
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1 (ii) section 1401a(b) of title 10,

2 United States Code;

3 (iii) section 826(b) of the Foreign

4 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4066(b))

5 or corresponding provision under section

6 858 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 4071g); or

7 (iv) section 291(a) of the Central In8 telligence Agency Retirement Act, as set

9 forth in section 802 of the CIARDS Tech10 nical Corrections Act of 1992 (Public Law

11 102–496; 106 Stat. 3240); and

12 (C) any other adjustment of any annuity

13 under a retirement system for Government offi14 cers or employees which the President deter15 mines, by Executive order, is based on adjust16 ments under any of the provisions referred to in

17 subparagraph (B).

18 (b) ELIMINATION OF PROVISIONS DELAYING CER19 TAIN COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS.—

20 (1) FEDERAL RETIREES.—Section 11001 of the

21 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Public

22 Law 103–66; 107 Stat. 408) is amended—

23 (A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘1994,

24 1995, or 1996’’ and inserting ‘‘1994’’; and
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1 (B) by amending the section heading to

2 read as follows:

3 ‘‘SEC. 11001. DELAY IN COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS IN

4 FEDERAL EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT BENEFITS

5 DURING FISCAL YEAR 1994.’’.

6 (2) MILITARY RETIREES.—Paragraph (2) of

7 section 1401a(b) of title 10, United States Code, is

8 amended—

9 (A) by striking the heading for subpara10 graph (B) and all that follows through ‘‘In the

11 case of’’ the first place it appears and inserting

12 ‘‘SPECIAL RULE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1994.—In

13 the case of’’; and

14 (B) by striking clause (ii).

15 TITLE XII—COMMITTEE ON PUB16 LIC WORKS AND TRANSPOR17 TATION

18 SEC. 1201. METRIC SYSTEM SIGNING.

19 (a) PLACEMENT OF SIGNS.—No Federal funds may

20 be expended to construct, erect, or otherwise place any

21 sign relating to any speed limit, distance, or other meas22 urement on any highway if such sign establishes such

23 speed limit, distance, or other measurement using the met24 ric system unless Congress, after the date of the enact25 ment of this Act, specifically authorizes such expenditure.
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1 (b) MODIFICATION OF SIGNS.—No Federal funds

2 may be expended to modify any sign relating to any speed

3 limit, any distance, or any other measurement on any

4 highway for the conversion of such sign to the metric sys5 tem unless Congress, after the date of the enactment of

6 this Act, specifically authorizes such expenditure.

7 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of subsections (a)

8 and (b), the following definitions apply:

9 (1) HIGHWAY.—The term ‘‘highway’’ has the

10 meaning such term has under section 101 of title

11 23, United States Code.

12 (2) METRIC SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘metric sys13 tem’’ has the meaning the term ‘‘metric system of

14 measurement’’ has under section 4 of the Metric

15 Conversion Act of 1975 (15 U.S.C. 205c).

16 (d) NONAPPLICABILITY TO PUERTO RICO.—This sec17 tion shall not apply to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

18 SEC. 1202. FEDERAL AID FOR MASS TRANSIT.

19 (a) REDUCED FEDERAL SHARE.—

20 (1) MAJOR CAPITAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM.—

21 Section 4(a) of the Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C.

22 App. 1603(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘80’’ and

23 inserting ‘‘50’’.
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1 (2) URBAN MASS TRANSIT PROGRAM.—Section

2 5(e) of such Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1604(e)) is

3 amended by striking ‘‘80’’ and inserting ‘‘50’’.

4 (3) COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING.—Section

5 8(p)(5) of such Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1607(p)(5)) is

6 amended by striking ‘‘80’’ and inserting ‘‘50’’.

7 (4) BLOCK GRANTS.—Section 9(k)(1) of such

8 Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1607a(k)(1)) is amended by

9 striking ‘‘80’’ and inserting ‘‘50’’.

10 (5) TRAINING PROGRAMS.—Section 10 of such

11 Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1607b) is amended by striking

12 ‘‘75’’ and inserting ‘‘50’’.

13 (6) UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS.—

14 Section 11(b)(10)(D) of such Act (49 U.S.C. App.

15 1607c(b)(10)(D)) is amended by striking ‘‘80’’ and

16 inserting ‘‘50’’.

17 (7) UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTES.—Sec18 tion 11(c)(7) of such Act (49 U.S.C. App.

19 1607c(c)(7)) is amended by inserting before the pe20 riod at the end the following: ‘‘; except that the Fed21 eral share of the costs of activities conducted with

22 a grant under this subsection shall be 50 percent’’.

23 (8) ACQUISITION OF EQUIPMENT UNDER THE

24 CLEAN AIR AND AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES

25 ACTS.—Section 12(m) of such Act (49 U.S.C. App.
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1 1608(m)) is amended by striking ‘‘90’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘50’’.

3 (9) RURAL PROGRAM.—Section 18(e) of such

4 Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1614(e)) is amended by strik5 ing ‘‘80’’ and inserting ‘‘50’’.

6 (10) PROJECT MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT.—Sec7 tion 23(b) of such Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1619(b)) is

8 amended by striking ‘‘100’’ and inserting ‘‘50’’.

9 (11) BICYCLE FACILITIES.—Section 25(b) of

10 such Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1621(b)) is amended by

11 striking ‘‘90’’ and inserting ‘‘50’’.

12 (12) SUSPENDED LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM TECH13 NOLOGY PILOT PROJECT.—Section 26(c)(10) of such

14 Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1622(c)(10)) is amended by

15 striking ‘‘80’’ and inserting ‘‘50’’.

16 (13) NATIONAL TRANSIT INSTITUTE.—Section

17 29(b) of such Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1625(b)) is

18 amended by striking ‘‘80’’ and inserting ‘‘50’’.

19 (b) ELIMINATION OF OPERATING ASSISTANCE.—

20 (1) URBAN MASS TRANSIT PROGRAM.—Section

21 5 of such Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1604) is amended—

22 (A) in each of subsections (a)(1)(A) and

23 (a)(2)(A) by striking ‘‘or operating assistance

24 purposes’’;
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1 (B) in subsection (a)(3)(A) by striking

2 ‘‘and operating assistance’’ and by striking ‘‘or

3 operating assistance’’;

4 (C) in subsection (d)(1) by striking ‘‘(A)’’

5 and by striking ‘‘, and (B)’’ and all that follows

6 through the period at the end and inserting a

7 period; and

8 (D) by striking the second sentence of sub9 section (e).

10 (2) BLOCK GRANTS.—Section 9 of such Act (49

11 U.S.C. App. 1607a) is amended—

12 (A) in subsection (j)(1) by striking ‘‘im13 provement, and operating’’ and inserting ‘‘and

14 improvement’’ and by striking ‘‘which cannot be

15 used for payment of operating expenses under

16 this section’’;

17 (B) in subsection (k)—

18 (i) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ the first place it

19 appears; and

20 (ii) by striking the second sentence

21 and paragraphs (2) and (3); and

22 (C) in subsection (p)(1) by striking ‘‘(other

23 than a project for operating expenses)’’.
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1 (3) TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES TO MEET

2 SPECIAL NEEDS.—Section 16 of such Act (49 U.S.C.

3 App. 1612) is repealed.

4 (4) EMERGENCY OPERATING ASSISTANCE.—

5 Section 17 of such Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1613) is

6 repealed.

7 (5) RURAL PROGRAM.—Section 18 of such Act

8 (49 U.S.C. App. 1614) is amended—

9 (A) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘, includ10 ing purchase of service’’ and all that follows

11 through the period at the end of the first sen12 tence and inserting a period;

13 (B) in subsection (c) by striking the last 2

14 sentences;

15 (C) in subsection (e) by striking the second

16 sentence; and

17 (D) in subsection (i)(1) by striking ‘‘user18 side subsidies’’ and by inserting before the pe19 riod at the end the following: ‘‘and shall not in20 clude operating subsidies’’.

21 (6) SUSPENDED LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM TECH22 NOLOGY PILOT PROJECT.—Section 26(c) of such Act

23 (49 U.S.C. App. 1622(c)) is amended—

24 (A) by striking paragraph (8);

25 (B) by striking paragraph (9)(D); and
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1 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (9), (10),

2 and (11) as paragraphs (8), (9), and (10), re3 spectively.

4 SEC. 1203. ELIMINATION OF REGULATION OF MOTOR CAR5 RIERS.

6 Subtitle IV of title 49, United States Code, shall not

7 be effective after September 30, 1994, to the extent such

8 subtitle applies to motor carriers.

9 SEC. 1204. ABOLISHMENT OF ICC.

10 (a) TERMINATION.—The Interstate Commerce Com11 mission shall terminate on October 1, 1995, and each posi12 tion and office therein which was expressly authorized by

13 law, or the incumbent of which was authorized to receive

14 compensation at the rates prescribed for an office or posi15 tion at level III, IV, or V of the Executive Schedule (5

16 U.S.C. 5314–5316), shall terminate on October 1, 1995.

17 (b) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—All functions vested

18 by law in the Interstate Commerce Commission shall be

19 transferred on October 1, 1995, in accordance with the

20 plan transmitted to Congress under subsection (c) unless

21 otherwise provided by law.

22 (c) PLAN.—

23 (1) DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSMISSION TO

24 CONGRESS.—Not later than June 1, 1995, the Sec25 retary of Transportation shall develop and transmit
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1 to Congress a plan providing for the orderly termi2 nation of the Interstate Commerce Commission and

3 the transfer of its duties and functions to other Fed4 eral agencies. The plan shall also provide for the

5 transfer of such personnel, assets, liabilities, con6 tracts, property, records, and unexpended balances

7 of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and

8 other funds held, used, arising from, available to or

9 to be made available in connection with the func10 tions to be transferred under such plan as the Sec11 retary of Transportation determines necessary to

12 carry out the purposes of this section.

13 (2) EFFECTIVENESS.—The plan transmitted to

14 Congress under this subsection shall take effect on

15 October 1, 1995, unless modified or otherwise

16 amended by law.

17 (d) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—

18 (1) ORDERS AND REGULATIONS.—All orders,

19 determinations, rules, regulations, permits, con20 tracts, certificates, licenses, and privileges—

21 (A) which have been issued, made, grant22 ed, or allowed to become effective by the Inter23 state Commerce Commission or by a court of

24 competent jurisdiction, in the performance of
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1 functions which are transferred under this sec2 tion, and

3 (B) which are in effect on October 1,

4 1995, shall continue in effect according to their

5 terms until modified, terminated, superseded,

6 set aside, or revoked in accordance with law by

7 the Secretary of Transportation or other offi8 cials authorized by the plan in effect under sub9 section (c) or a court of competent jurisdiction

10 or by operation of law.

11 (2) IN GENERAL.—

12 (A) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS.—The

13 provisions of this section shall not affect any

14 proceedings or any application for any license,

15 permit, certificate, or financial assistance pend16 ing on October 1, 1995, before the Interstate

17 Commerce Commission; but such proceedings

18 and applications, to the extent that they relate

19 to functions transferred under this section,

20 shall be continued. Orders shall be issued in

21 such proceedings, appeals shall be taken there22 from, and payments shall be made pursuant to

23 such orders, as if this section had not been en24 acted; and orders issued in any such proceed25 ings shall continue in effect until modified, ter-
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1 minated, superseded, or revoked by a duly au2 thorized official, by a court of competent juris3 diction, or by operation of law. Nothing in this

4 paragraph shall be deemed to prohibit the dis5 continuance or modification of any such pro6 ceeding under the same terms and conditions

7 and to the same extent that such proceeding

8 could have been discontinued or modified if this

9 section had not been enacted.

10 (B) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of

11 Transportation is authorized to issue regula12 tions providing for the orderly transfer of pro13 ceedings under this paragraph.

14 (3) CONTINUATION OF SUITS.—Except as pro15 vided in paragraph (5)—

16 (A) the provisions of this section shall not

17 affect suits commenced before October 1, 1995,

18 and

19 (B) in all such suits, proceedings shall be

20 had, appeals taken, and judgments rendered in

21 the same manner and effect as if this section

22 had not been enacted.

23 (4) NONABATEMENT OF SUITS.—No suit, ac24 tion, or other proceeding commenced by or against

25 any officer in his official capacity as an officer of the
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1 Interstate Commerce Commission shall abate by rea2 son of the enactment of this section. No cause of ac3 tion by or against the Interstate Commerce Commis4 sion, or by or against any officer thereof in his offi5 cial capacity shall abate by reason of the enactment

6 of this section.

7 (5) SUBSTITUTION.—If, before October 1,

8 1995, the Interstate Commerce Commission or any

9 officer thereof in his official capacity is a party to

10 a suit and under this section any function of the

11 Interstate Commerce Commission or such officer is

12 transferred to any other official, then such suit shall

13 be continued with the other official substituted.

14 SEC. 1205. ELIMINATION OF FUNDING FOR HIGHWAY DEM15 ONSTRATION PROJECTS.

16 (a) REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA17 TIONS.—Sections 1103(b), 1104(b), 1105(f), 1106(a)(2),

18 1106(b)(2), 1107(b), and 1108(b) of the Intermodal Sur19 face Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat.

20 2027–2063) are each amended by striking ‘‘through

21 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘through 1994’’.

22 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Sections 1103(c),

23 1104(c), 1105(g)(2), 1106(a)(3), 1106(b)(3), 1107(c),

24 and 1108(c) of such Act are each amended by striking
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1 ‘‘, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘and

2 1994’’.

3 SEC. 1206. TERMINATION OF ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE PRO4 GRAM.

5 Section 419 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49

6 U.S.C. App. 1389) is amended—

7 (1) in subsection (l)(2) by striking ‘‘1994,

8 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘and

9 1994’’; and

10 (2) in subsection (m) by striking ‘‘1998’’ and

11 inserting ‘‘1994’’.

12 SEC. 1207. MORATORIUM ON CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISI13 TION OF NEW FEDERAL BUILDINGS.

14 (a) GENERAL RULE.—After the date of the enact15 ment of this Act and before October 1, 1998, the Adminis16 trator of General Services may not obligate any funds for

17 construction or acquisition of any public building under

18 the authority of the Public Buildings Act of 1959 or any

19 other provision of law (other than a public building under

20 construction or under contract for acquisition on such date

21 of enactment).

22 (b) PUBLIC BUILDING DEFINED.—In this section,

23 the term ‘‘public building’’ has the meaning such term has

24 under the Public Buildings Act of 1959.
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1 SEC. 1208. TVA PRIVATIZATION PLAN.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 30,

3 1994, the President shall develop and transmit to Con4 gress a plan for transferring, by sale or otherwise, of all

5 real property, facilities, and equipment of the Tennessee

6 Valley Authority to appropriate public and private entities.

7 (b) CONTENTS.—The plan to be developed under sub8 section (a) shall include, at a minimum, recommendations

9 (including legislative recommendations) of the President

10 concerning each of the following:

11 (1) TRANSFER OF POWER FACILITIES AND

12 EQUIPMENT.—Transfer by sale of the power genera13 tion and transmission facilities and equipment of the

14 Tennessee Valley Authority, including real property

15 used in connection with such facilities and equip16 ment, for the purpose of maximizing proceeds from

17 such sales. Such transfers may provide for the sale

18 of generating equipment and facilities to persons

19 other than the persons to whom transmission facili20 ties are sold. Such transfers shall be subject to the

21 following conditions: Former customers of power

22 from the Tennessee Valley Authority will continue to

23 be served and reliability of service will be ensured by

24 establishing control areas in cooperation with sur25 rounding control areas. Such transfers may provide,

26 to the extent practicable, for the grouping of facili-
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1 ties utilizing different sources of power (including

2 coal-fired, nuclear, and hydroelectric generating fa3 cilities) and provide for access to the transmission

4 grids of the Tennessee Valley Authority by such

5 groupings to ensure availability of power from dif6 ferent sources and to enhance competition. All out7 standing loans associated with such facilities and

8 equipment shall be assumed by the purchasers.

9 (2) TRANSFER OF NATIONAL FERTILIZER AND

10 ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER FACILITIES

11 AND EQUIPMENT.—Transfer by sale of real property,

12 facilities, and equipment used by the National Fer13 tilizer and Environmental Research Center of the

14 Tennessee Valley Authority to a public or private en15 tity which agrees to continue to carry out the func16 tions of the Center for at least 5 years after assum17 ing ownership. If such sale cannot be arranged, such

18 transfer may be by donation to an appropriate entity

19 subject to agreement that the functions of the Cen20 ter will be continued for at least 10 years.

21 (3) TRANSFER OF JURISDICTIONAL AUTHORITY

22 OVER REAL PROPERTY.—Transfer to appropriate

23 governmental departments and agencies, including

24 the National Park Service, of jurisdictional authority

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1 nessee Valley Authority and which is not transferred

2 under paragraphs (1) and (2).

3 (4) TRANSFER OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS.—

4 Transfer to appropriate Federal departments and

5 agencies of functions of the Tennessee Valley Au6 thority which are not related to power generation.

7 (5) TERMINATION OF TVA.—Termination of the

8 Tennessee Valley Authority after the transfers under

9 paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) have been made.

10 (c) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—The plan devel11 oped under subsection (a) shall include—

12 (1) a step-by-step procedure to carry out the

13 sales and transfers described in subsection (b);

14 (2) a timetable for implementation of each step

15 of the plan;

16 (3) an estimate of the amount of anticipated

17 net proceeds from the sale of assets of the Ten18 nessee Valley Authority; and

19 (4) an estimate of the cost of implementing the

20 plan.

21 SEC. 1209. APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION.

22 (a) TERMINATION.—The Appalachian Regional De23 velopment Act of 1965 (40 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq.) is re24 pealed and the Appalachian Regional Commission is ter25 minated.
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1 (b) CONCLUSION OF OUTSTANDING AFFAIRS.—The

2 President shall take such actions as may be necessary and

3 appropriate to conclude any outstanding affairs of the Ap4 palachian Regional Commission, including the disposition

5 of personnel.

6 (c) GRANTS, CONTRACTS, LOANS, AND OTHER OBLI7 GATIONS.—The President shall administer and fulfill the

8 terms of any grant, contract, loan, or other obligation en9 tered into by the Appalachian Regional Commission under

10 the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965.

11 (d) EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.—Nothing in this Act

12 shall be construed to prevent the expenditure of any funds

13 received under the Appalachian Regional Development Act

14 of 1965 before the effective date of this Act. Such funds

15 shall be subject to such laws and regulations as would have

16 applied to the funds if this Act had not been enacted.

17 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect

18 on October 1, 1994.

19 SEC. 1210. LIMITATION ON FUNDING OF AIRPORT IM20 PROVEMENT PROGRAM.

21 Section 505 of the Airport and Airway Improvement

22 Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. 2204) is amended by adding at

23 the end the following:

24 ‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEARS

25 1995–1999.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
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1 the total amount appropriated from the Trust Fund to

2 make grants for airport development and airport planning

3 may not exceed for each of fiscal years 1995 through 1999

4 75 percent of the total amount appropriated from the

5 Trust Fund for such grants for fiscal year 1994.’’.

6 TITLE XIII—COMMITTEE ON

7 SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECH8 NOLOGY

9 SEC. 1301. CANCELLATION OF SPACECRAFT DEVELOPMENT

10 PROJECT.

11 In its budget request to the Congress for fiscal year

12 1996, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

13 shall provide for the cancellation of one of the following

14 programs:

15 (1) The Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility.

16 (2) The Cassini mission.

17 (3) The Earth Observation System.

18 SEC. 1302. SPACE STATION.

19 The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and

20 Space Administration may not enter into any contract in

21 furtherance of a space station program. This section shall

22 cease to be effective after September 30, 1999.
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1 SEC. 1303. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND

2 TECHNOLOGY GRANTS.

3 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any indi4 vidual who in a taxable year has a taxable income of over

5 $120,000 and any corporation that in a taxable year has

6 a gross income of over $5,000,000 shall in the succeeding

7 taxable year be ineligible to receive any grant from the

8 National Institute of Standards and Technology.

9 TITLE XIV—COMMITTEE ON

10 SMALL BUSINESS

11 SEC. 1401. ELIMINATION OF SBA CREDIT PROGRAMS.

12 (a) FISCAL YEARS 1995–1998.—Notwithstanding

13 any other provision of law, the total amount appropriated

14 for direct and deferred participation loan programs au15 thorized by the Small Business Act and the Small Busi16 ness Investment Act of 1958 may not exceed—

17 (1) for fiscal year 1995, 80 percent of the total

18 amount appropriated for such programs for fiscal

19 year 1994;

20 (2) for fiscal year 1996, 60 percent of such

21 total amount;

22 (3) for fiscal year 1997, 40 percent of such

23 total amount; and

24 (4) for fiscal year 1998, 20 percent of such

25 total amount.
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1 (b) TERMINATION OF CREDIT PROGRAMS.—For fis2 cal years beginning after September 30, 1998, no appro3 priation may be made to carry out any direct or deferred

4 participation loan program authorized by the Small Busi5 ness Act or the Small Business Investment Act of 1958

6 except to the extent necessary to meet existing obligations

7 under such programs.

8 TITLE XV—COMMITTEE ON

9 VETERANS’ AFFAIRS

10 SEC. 1501. REPEAL OF TERMINATION DATES FOR CERTAIN

11 PROVISIONS ENACTED IN OMNIBUS BUDGET

12 RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1990.

13 (a) MEDICAL CARE COST RECOVERY.—Section

14 1729(a)(2)(E) of title 38, United States Code, is amended

15 by striking out ‘‘before October 1, 1998,’’.

16 (b) INCOME VERIFICATION AUTHORITY.—Section

17 5317 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by strik18 ing out subsection (g).

19 SEC. 1502. CLOSURE AND CONVERSION OF INEFFICIENT OR

20 UNDERUSED FACILITIES IN VETERANS’ HOS21 PITALS.

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—In order to achieve greater effi23 ciency in the operation of the Department of Veterans Af24 fairs, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall reduce the

25 number of surgical and other acute care facilities of the
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1 Department that have low rates of use or occupancy. The

2 Secretary shall carry out the preceding sentence by closing

3 small hospitals or underused units within hospitals or by

4 converting such hospitals or underused units into facilities

5 offering other services which are less costly and for which

6 there is greater demand.

7 (b) CRITERIA.—In considering a facility for closure

8 or conversion under subsection (b), the Secretary shall

9 take into consideration whether there are adequate alter10 native sources of care and whether the number of veterans

11 using the facility is below average for Department of

12 Veterans Affairs facilities.

13 (c) REQUIRED REDUCTION.—Subsection (a) shall be

14 carried out so as to achieve by the end of fiscal year 1999

15 a reduction of 4 percent in the number of Department

16 of Veterans Affairs hospital beds from the number of such

17 beds at the end of fiscal year 1994.

18 SEC. 1503. MORE EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT AND DELIVERY

19 OF VETERANS HEALTH CARE.

20 (a) REQUIRED SAVINGS.—The Secretary of Veterans

21 Affairs shall manage the medical care system of the De22 partment of Veterans Affairs so as to achieve savings of

23 $2,250,000,000 by the end of fiscal year 1999 compared

24 to the costs of that system through fiscal year 1999 as25 sumed in the Budget of the President for fiscal year 1994.
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1 (b) PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM.—In order to

2 achieve the savings required by subsection (a), the Sec3 retary shall establish a system for the allocation of re4 sources for hospital care known as a Prospective Payment

5 System. In establishing such a system, the Secretary shall

6 consult with the Secretary of Health and Human Services

7 and may establish Diagnosis-Related Groups (DRGs) to

8 reflect the average cost of efficient care for different

9 groups of patients.

10 (c) ADMINISTRATIVE FLEXIBILITY.—In order to im11 plement the system required by subsection (b) and to

12 achieve the savings required by subsection (a), the Sec13 retary shall have discretion to control the nature and loca14 tion of Department facilities, the total number of health

15 care beds of the Department, and the total staffing level

16 of health-related workers in the Department.

17 SEC. 1504. REDUCTION IN EXPENDITURES FOR MAJOR CON18 STRUCTION.

19 (a) LIMITATION ON MAJOR CONSTRUCTION

20 PROJECTS.—During fiscal years 1995 through 1998, the

21 Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out a major con22 struction project only in a geographic area that does not

23 contain underutilized non-Department of Veterans Affairs

24 facilities though which the Secretary could obtain by con-
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1 tract the health care capacity that would otherwise be ob2 tained through the major construction project.

3 (b) COST SAVINGS TO BE ACHIEVED.—In order to

4 carry out subsection (a), the Secretary shall revise pro5 jected expenditures for major construction projects for the

6 fiscal years covered by subsection (a) in order to reduce

7 those projected expenditures by 10 percent.

8 TITLE XVI—COMMITTEE ON

9 WAYS AND MEANS

10 SEC. 1601. CONSOLIDATION OF CERTAIN SOCIAL SERVICES

11 PROGRAMS INTO A SINGLE BLOCK GRANT

12 PROGRAM.

13 (a) AT-RISK CHILD CARE PROGRAM MERGED INTO

14 PROGRAM OF BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES FOR SOCIAL

15 SERVICES.—

16 (1) CONSOLIDATION OF SERVICES.—Section

17 2002(a)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

18 1397a(a)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(including

19 services that could have been provided under section

20 402(i), as in effect immediately before the effective

21 date of section 7 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of

22 1994’’ after ‘‘child care services’’.

23 (2) CONSOLIDATION OF FUNDING.—Section

24 2003(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1397b(c)) is amend25 ed—
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1 (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’;

2 (B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘each

3 fiscal year after fiscal year 1989.’’ and inserting

4 ‘‘the fiscal years 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, and

5 1994; and’’; and

6 (C) by adding at the end the following:

7 ‘‘(6) $2,827,200,000 for each of the fiscal years

8 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998.’’.

9 (b) CERTAIN DISCRETIONARY SOCIAL SERVICES

10 PROGRAMS MERGED INTO PROGRAM OF BLOCK GRANTS

11 TO STATES FOR SOCIAL SERVICES BUT LEFT DISCRE12 TIONARY.—

13 (1) CONSOLIDATION OF SERVICES.—Section

14 2002 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1397a) is amended—

15 (A) in subsection (a), by adding at the end

16 the following:

17 ‘‘(3) In addition to payments pursuant to paragraph

18 (1), the Secretary may make payments to a State under

19 this title for a fiscal year in an amount equal to its addi20 tional allotment for such fiscal year, to be used by such

21 State for services directed at the goals set forth in section

22 2001, subject to the requirements of this title.

23 ‘‘(4) For purposes of paragraph (3)—
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1 ‘‘(A) services which are directed at the goals set

2 forth in section 2001 include services that could

3 have been provided under—

4 ‘‘(i) the Community Services Block Grant

5 Act;

6 ‘‘(ii) the Child Care and Development

7 Block Grant Act of 1990;

8 ‘‘(iii) title III or VII of the Older Ameri9 cans Act of 1965; or

10 ‘‘(iv) the State Dependent Care Develop11 ment Grants Act,

12 as in effect immediately before the effective date of

13 section 7 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1994;

14 and

15 ‘‘(B) expenditures for such services may include

16 expenditures described in paragraph (2)(B).’’; and

17 (B) in each of subsections (b), (c), and (d),

18 by inserting ‘‘or additional allotment’’ after ‘‘al19 lotment’’ each place such term appears.

20 (2) CONSOLIDATION OF FUNDING.—Section

21 2003 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1397b) is amended by

22 adding at the end the following:

23 ‘‘(d) The additional allotment for any fiscal year to

24 each State shall be determined in the same manner in

25 which the allotment for the fiscal year is determined for
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1 the State under the preceding subsections of this section,

2 except that, in making such determination the following

3 amounts shall be used in lieu of the amount specified in

4 subsection (c):

5 ‘‘(1) $2,185,950,000 for the fiscal year 1995.

6 ‘‘(2) $2,241,050,000 for the fiscal year 1996.

7 ‘‘(3) $2,298,050,000 for the fiscal year 1997.

8 ‘‘(4) $2,354,100,000 for the fiscal year 1998.’’.

9 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS.—

10 (1) COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

11 ACT.—The Community Services Block Grant Act

12 (42 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.) is hereby repealed.

13 (2) CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK

14 GRANT ACT OF 1990.—The Child Care and Develop15 ment Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et

16 seq.) is hereby repealed.

17 (3) OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965.—The

18 Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3001 et

19 seq.) is amended by striking titles III and VII.

20 (4) STATE DEPENDENT CARE DEVELOPMENT

21 GRANTS ACT.—The State Dependent Care Develop22 ment Grants Act (42 U.S.C. 9871 et seq.) is hereby

23 repealed.

24 (5) AT-RISK CHILD CARE PROGRAM.—
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1 (A) PROGRAM AUTHORITY.—Section 402

2 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 602) is

3 amended—

4 (i) in subsection (g)(7), by striking

5 ‘‘and subsection (i)’’; and

6 (ii) by striking subsection (i).

7 (B) FUNDING PROVISIONS.—Section 403

8 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603) is

9 amended by striking subsection (n).

10 SEC. 1602. LIMITATION ON GROWTH OF FOSTER CARE AD11 MINISTRATIVE COSTS.

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 474 of the Social Security

13 Act (42 U.S.C. 674) is amended—

14 (1) in subsection (a)(3), by inserting ‘‘subject

15 to subsection (f),’’ after ‘‘(3)’’; and

16 (2) by adding at the end the following:

17 ‘‘(f) The aggregate of the amounts payable to a State

18 under subsection (a)(3) with respect to foster care for any

19 fiscal year shall not exceed 110 percent of the aggregate

20 amount so paid to the State for fiscal year 1994.’’.

21 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

22 subsection (a) shall apply to expenditures in calendar

23 quarters beginning on or after October 1, 1994.
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1 SEC. 1603. REDUCED UNEARNED INCOME EXCLUSION

2 UNDER THE SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY IN3 COME PROGRAM.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1612(b)(3)(A) of the So5 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382a(b)(3)(A)) is amended

6 by striking ‘‘$20’’ and inserting ‘‘$15’’.

7 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by

8 subsection (a) shall apply to benefits paid for months after

9 September 1994.

10 SEC. 1604. REIMBURSEMENT OF STATES FOR ADMINISTRA11 TIVE COSTS OF THE PROGRAM OF AID TO

12 FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN.

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 403(a)(3) of the Social

14 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(3)) is amended by striking

15 ‘‘50’’ and inserting ‘‘45’’.

16 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para18 graph (2), the amendment made by this section shall

19 apply to payments made for calendar quarters begin20 ning on or after October 1, 1994.

21 (2) DELAYED APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN

22 STATES.—

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of

24 Health and Human Services may delay the ap25 plicability to a qualified State of the amend26 ments made by subsection (a) until the 1st cal-
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1 endar quarter that begins after the close of the

2 1st regular session of the State legislature that

3 begins after the date of the enactment of this

4 section.

5 (B) QUALIFIED STATE DEFINED.—As used

6 in subparagraph (A), the term ‘‘qualified State’’

7 means a State that meets such criteria as the

8 Secretary shall establish and apply uniformly,

9 including whether the State legislature meets

10 biennially and does not have a regular session

11 scheduled in calendar year 1994.

12 SEC. 1605. ELIMINATION OF ENTITLEMENT TO CHILD’S IN13 SURANCE BENEFITS OF CHILDREN OF INDI14 VIDUALS WHO RETIRE BEFORE ATTAINING

15 AGE 65.

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(d)(1) of the Social

17 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(d)(1)) is amended by striking

18 ‘‘of an individual entitled to old-age or disability insurance

19 benefits,’’ and inserting ‘‘of an individual entitled to old20 age insurance benefits who first became so entitled for a

21 month ending after attaining retirement age (as defined

22 in section 216(l)), of an individual entitled to disability

23 insurance benefits,’’.

24 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by

25 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to child’s insurance
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1 benefits based on the wages and self-employment income

2 of individuals attaining age 62 on or after October 1,

3 1994.

4 SEC. 1606. CURRENT AND FUTURE ENTITLEMENT TO VET5 ERANS’ DISABILITY BENEFITS TAKEN INTO

6 ACCOUNT IN DETERMINING REDUCTIONS IN

7 SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS.

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 224(a)(2)(B) of the So9 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 424a(a)(2)(B)) is amended—

10 (1) by striking clause (i);

11 (2) by redesignating clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv)

12 as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively; and

13 (3) in clause (iii) (as redesignated), by inserting

14 ‘‘, other than title 38, United States Code,’’ after

15 ‘‘law or plan of the United States’’.

16 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

17 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to benefits under

18 title 38, United States Code, payable in months after Sep19 tember 1994.

20 SEC. 1607. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR UNEMPLOY21 MENT BENEFITS.

22 (a) GENERAL RULE.—Subsection (a) of section 3304

23 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to approval

24 of State laws) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end

25 of paragraph (17), by redesignating paragraph (18) as
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1 paragraph (20), and by inserting after paragraph (17) the

2 following new paragraphs:

3 ‘‘(18) compensation shall not be payable to any

4 individual for such individual’s first 2 weeks of oth5 erwise compensable unemployment during any bene6 fit year; except that this paragraph shall not apply

7 in the case of a benefit year which immediately fol8 lows the ending of a preceding benefit year for the

9 individual;

10 ‘‘(19) compensation shall not be payable to any

11 individual for any benefit year if the taxable income

12 of such individual for such individual’s most recent

13 taxable year ending before the beginning of such

14 benefit year exceeded $120,000; and’’.

15 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (2) of

16 section 204(a) of the Federal-State Extended Unemploy17 ment Compensation Act of 1970 is amended by striking

18 subparagraph (B) and redesignating subparagraphs (C)

19 and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively.

20 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para22 graph (2), the amendments made by this section

23 shall apply to benefit years beginning after October

24 31, 1994.
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1 (2) SPECIAL RULE.—In the case of any State

2 the legislature of which has not been in session for

3 at least 30 calendar days (whether or not successive)

4 between the date of the enactment of this Act and

5 October 31, 1994, the amendments made by this

6 section shall apply to benefit years beginning after

7 the day 30 calendar days after the first day on

8 which such legislature is in session on or after Octo9 ber 31, 1994.

10 SEC. 1608. TERMINATION OF GENERAL TRADE ADJUST11 MENT ASSISTANCE.

12 (a) TERMINATION OF PROGRAM EXTENSION.—(1)

13 Section 285(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271,

14 preceding note) is amended—

15 (A) by striking ‘‘No’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) Except

16 as provided in paragraph (2), no’’;

17 (B) by striking ‘‘1998’’ and inserting ‘‘1994’’;

18 and

19 (C) by adding at the end the following:

20 ‘‘(2) No assistance, vouchers, allowances, or other

21 payments may be provided under subchapter D of chapter

22 2 after September 30, 1998.’’.

23 (2) Section 245(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19

24 U.S.C. 2317(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘each of the fiscal
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1 years 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998’’ and in2 serting ‘‘fiscal year 1994’’.

3 (3) Section 256(b) of that Act (19 U.S.C. 2346(b))

4 is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 1993, 1994, 1995,

5 1996, 1997, and 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 1994’’.

6 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section

7 236(a)(2)(A) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.

8 2296(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘, except that’’ and

9 all that follows through ‘‘$70,000,000’’.

10 TITLE XVII—MULTIPLE

11 COMMITTEE JURISDICTION

12 Subtitle A—Benefits for Illegal

13 Aliens

14 SEC. 1701. PROHIBITION OF DIRECT FEDERAL FINANCIAL

15 BENEFITS AND UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

16 TO ALIENS WHO ARE NOT LAWFUL PERMA17 NENT RESIDENTS.

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date of the en19 actment of this Act, notwithstanding any other provision

20 of law, no direct Federal financial benefit or social insur21 ance benefit, including (but not limited to)—

22 (1) payments under the aid to families with de23 pendent children program under part A of title IV

24 of the Social Security Act,
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1 (2) benefits under the supplemental security in2 come program under title XVI of the Social Security

3 Act,

4 (3) food stamps under the Food Stamp Act of

5 1977, and

6 (4) financial assistance (as defined in section

7 214(b) of the Housing and Community Development

8 Act of 1980),

9 may be paid or otherwise given to any person who is not

10 a citizen or national of the United States, an alien lawfully

11 admitted for permanent residence, or an alien otherwise

12 lawfully and permanently residing in the United States (as

13 defined in subsection (e)), except pursuant to a provision

14 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

15 (b) UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.—No alien who has

16 not been granted employment authorization pursuant to

17 Federal law shall be eligible for unemployment benefits.

18 (c) SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.—

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) shall not

20 apply to benefits paid under the old age, survivors,

21 and disability insurance program under title II of

22 the Social Security Act.

23 (2) NO CREDIT FOR WAGES FOR UNAUTHOR24 IZED EMPLOYMENT.—Notwithstanding any other

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1 the enactment of this Act with respect to an alien’s

2 employment which is not authorized under law shall

3 not be taken into account in crediting quarters of

4 coverage under title II of the Social Security Act.

5 (d) CONSTRUCTION.—This section shall not apply to

6 the provision of foreign aid to aliens abroad.

7 (e) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the

8 term ‘‘alien otherwise lawfully and permanently residing

9 in the United States’’ means any person who at the time

10 the person applies for, receives, or attempts to receive a

11 Federal financial benefit or social insurance benefit is an

12 asylee, a refugee, or a parolee.

13 Subtitle B—Economic Development

14 Administration Sunset

15 SEC. 1721. SHORT TITLE

16 This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Economic Develop17 ment Administration Sunset Act’’.

18 SEC. 1722. ABOLISHMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

19 ADMINISTRATION AND ITS PROGRAMS.

20 (a) ABOLISHMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

21 ADMINISTRATION.—The Economic Development Adminis22 tration is abolished.

23 (b) REPEAL OF ACTS.—The Public Works and Eco24 nomic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3121 et seq.)

25 and the Local Public Works Capital Development and
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1 Investment Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6701 et seq.) are

2 repealed.

3 SEC. 1723. CONCLUSION OF BUSINESS OF ECONOMIC DE4 VELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION.

5 (a) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF COMMERCE TO

6 CONCLUDE BUSINESS AND HONOR CONTRACTS.—The

7 Secretary of Commerce shall provide for the conclusion of

8 any outstanding affairs of the Economic Development Ad9 ministration, including matters affecting the disposition of

10 personnel. The Secretary of Commerce may take any ac11 tion that (if this title had not been enacted) would have

12 been authorized as of the effective date of this Act under

13 the Acts repealed by section 1722(b) and is necessary or

14 appropriate to administer and fulfill the terms of any

15 grant, contract, agreement, loan, obligation, debenture, or

16 guarantee made by the Secretary pursuant to the Acts

17 repealed by section 1722(b).

18 (b) EFFECT OF ABOLISHMENT ON EXPENDITURE OF

19 FUNDS ALREADY RECEIVED.—Section 1722 may not be

20 construed to prevent the expenditure of any funds received

21 from a grant or loan under the Acts repealed by section

22 1722(b). Any grant or loan made under such Acts before

23 the effective date of this title shall be subject to any laws

24 and regulations that would have applied to the grant or

25 loan if this Act had not been enacted.
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1 (c) CONTINUANCE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RE2 VOLVING FUND TO FINISH BUSINESS.—

3 (1) AUTHORIZED PURPOSES.—The Economic

4 Development Revolving fund established by section

5 203 of the Public Works and Economic Development

6 Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3143) shall continue in

7 existence for the following purposes:

8 (A) COLLECTIONS AND REPAYMENTS.—To

9 receive collections and repayments in connection

10 with assistance extended under the Acts re11 pealed by section 1722(b) that would have been

12 required under the Acts repealed by section

13 1722(b) to be deposited in the Economic Devel14 opment Revolving Fund if this title had not

15 been enacted.

16 (B) PAYMENT OF OBLIGATIONS.—To pay

17 obligations and make expenditures in connec18 tion with the Acts repealed by section 1722(b)

19 that would have been required under the Acts

20 repealed by section 1722(b) if this title had not

21 been enacted.

22 (2) TERMINATION OF FUND.—

23 (A) CERTIFICATION.—When, in the discre24 tion of the Secretary of Commerce, the Eco25 nomic Development Revolving Fund is no
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1 longer necessary to carry out the activities

2 under paragraph (1), the Secretary of com3 merce shall certify to the Secretary of the

4 Treasury that the Economic Development

5 Revolving Fund is no longer necessary.

6 (B) TERMINATION.—Upon receipt of the

7 certification under subparagraph (A), the Sec8 retary of the Treasury shall deposit into the

9 general fund of the Treasury as miscellaneous

10 receipts any moneys remaining in the Economic

11 Development Revolving Fund. The Secretary of

12 the Treasury shall take any action necessary to

13 terminate the Economic Development Revolving

14 Fund. The Secretary of the Treasury shall de15 posit into the general fund of the Treasury any

16 collections and repayments made after the ter17 mination of the Economic Development Revolv18 ing Fund in connection with the Acts repealed

19 by section 1722(b).

20 SEC. 1724. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

21 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums

22 as may be necessary to carry out this subtitle.
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1 SEC. 1725. EFFECTIVE DATE.

2 This subtitle shall take effect on the 1st day of the

3 1st fiscal year that begins after the date of the enactment

4 of this Act.

5 Subtitle C—Reductions in

6 Spending Under Medicare

7 PART 1—REDUCTIONS UNDER PART A

8 SEC. 1741. REDUCTION IN PAYMENTS TO HOSPITALS FOR

9 INDIRECT COSTS OF MEDICAL EDUCATION.

10 Section 1886(d)(5)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act

11 (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(B)(ii)) is amended to read as

12 follows:

13 ‘‘(ii) For purposes of clause (i)(II), the indirect

14 teaching adjustment factor is equal to c x (((1+r)

15 to the nth power) ¥1), where ‘r’ is the ratio of the

16 hospital’s full-time equivalent interns and residents

17 to beds and ‘n’ equals .405. For discharges occur18 ring on or after—

19 ‘‘(I) May 1, 1986, and before October 1,

20 1994, ‘c’ is equal to 1.89, and

21 ‘‘(II) October 1, 1994, and before October

22 1, 1995, ‘c’ is equal to 1.728.’’.
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1 SEC. 1742. ELIMINATION OF MEDICARE PAYMENTS TO HOS2 PITALS FOR ENROLLEES’ BAD DEBTS.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1861(v)(1) of the Social

4 Security Act (8 U.S.C. 1395x(v)(1)) is amended by adding

5 at the end the following new subparagraph:

6 ‘‘(T) In determining such reasonable costs for hos7 pitals, bad debts attributable to the deductibles and coin8 surance amounts under this title shall not be treated as

9 allowable costs.’’.

10 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by

11 subsection (a) shall apply to hospital cost reporting peri12 ods beginning on or after October 1, 1994.

13 PART 2—REDUCTIONS UNDER PART B

14 SEC. 1745. IMPOSITION OF COINSURANCE ON CLINICAL DI15 AGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS.

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraphs (1)(D) and (2)(D) of

17 section 1833(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

18 1395l(a)) are each amended—

19 (1) by striking ‘‘(or 100 percent’’ and all that

20 follows through ‘‘first opinion))’’; and

21 (2) by striking ‘‘100 percent of such negotiated

22 rate’’ and inserting ‘‘80 percent of such negotiated

23 rate’’.

24 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

25 subsection (a) shall apply to tests furnished on or after

26 January 1, 1995.
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1 SEC. 1746. INCREASE IN PART B PREMIUM TO COVER 30

2 PERCENT OF PROGRAM COSTS.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1839(e)(1)(A) of the So4 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r(e)(1)(A)), as amended

5 by section 13571 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation

6 Act of 1993 (hereafter in this subtitle referred to as

7 ‘‘OBRA–1993’’), is amended—

8 (1) by striking ‘‘after December 1995’’ and in9 serting ‘‘after December 1994’’; and

10 (2) by striking ‘‘50 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘60

11 percent’’.

12 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section

13 1839(e)(1)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r(e)(1)(B)) is

14 amended—

15 (1) in clause (iii), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end;

16 (2) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘, and’’ and in17 serting a period; and

18 (3) by striking clause (v).

19 PART 3—REDUCTIONS UNDER PARTS A AND B

20 SEC. 1751. ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR MEDICARE

21 ANTI-FRAUD AND SECONDARY PAYER EN22 FORCEMENT.

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any amounts ap24 propriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services

25 for each of the fiscal years described in subsection (b),

26 there are hereby appropriated (out of any money in the
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1 Treasury not otherwise appropriated) to the Secretary of

2 Health and Human Services an additional $100,000,000

3 for the year to conduct and finance peer review activities

4 under title XI of the Social Security Act, enforce the provi5 sions of title XVIII of such Act that prohibit payments

6 under the medicare program for items and services for

7 which the medicare program is not the primary payer, im8 pose sanctions on entities providing items and services

9 under the program that engage in fraud or other prohib10 ited activities, and to carry out other activities to reduce

11 waste and fraud in the administration of the medicare pro12 gram.

13 (b) YEARS FOR WHICH ADDITIONAL APPROPRIA14 TIONS ARE MADE.—Subsection (a) shall apply to fiscal

15 years 1994 through 1997.

16 SEC. 1752. REVISIONS TO MEDICARE SECONDARY PAYER.

17 (a) EXTENSION OF DATA MATCH.—

18 (1) Section 1862(b)(5)(C) of the Social Security

19 Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(b)(5)(C)) is amended by strik20 ing clause (iii).

21 (2) Section 6103(l)(12) of the Internal Revenue

22 Code of 1986 is amended by striking subparagraph

23 (F).

24 (b) REPEAL OF SUNSET ON APPLICATION TO DIS25 ABLED EMPLOYEES OF EMPLOYERS WITH MORE THAN
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1 100 EMPLOYEES.—Section 1862(b)(1)(B)(iii) of the So2 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(b)(1)(B)(iii)), as

3 amended by section 13561(b) of OBRA–1993, is amend4 ed—

5 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘SUNSET’’ and

6 inserting ‘‘EFFECTIVE DATE’’; and

7 (2) by striking ‘‘, and before October 1, 1998’’.

8 (c) EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR END STAGE RENAL

9 DISEASE BENEFICIARIES.—Section 1862(b)(1)(C) of the

10 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(b)(1)(C)), as

11 amended by section 13561(c) of OBRA–1993, is amended

12 in the second sentence by striking ‘‘and on or before Octo13 ber 1, 1998,’’.

14 SEC. 1753. EXTENDING MEDICARE COVERAGE OF, AND AP15 PLICATION OF HOSPITAL INSURANCE TAX

16 TO, ALL STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

17 EMPLOYEES.

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—

19 (1) APPLICATION OF HOSPITAL INSURANCE

20 TAX.—Section 3121(u)(2) of the Internal Revenue

21 Code of 1986 is amended by striking subparagraphs

22 (C) and (D).

23 (2) COVERAGE UNDER MEDICARE.—Section

24 210(p) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 410(p))

25 is amended by striking paragraphs (3) and (4).
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1 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made

2 by this subsection shall apply to services performed

3 after September 30, 1995.

4 (b) TRANSITION IN BENEFITS FOR STATE AND

5 LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND FORMER EM6 PLOYEES.—

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—

8 (A) EMPLOYEES NEWLY SUBJECT TO

9 TAX.—For purposes of sections 226, 226A, and

10 1811 of the Social Security Act, in the case of

11 any individual who performs services during the

12 calendar quarter beginning October 1, 1995,

13 the wages for which are subject to the tax im14 posed by section 3101(b) of the Internal Reve15 nue Code of 1986 only because of the amend16 ment made by subsection (a), the individual’s

17 medicare qualified State or local government

18 employment (as defined in subparagraph (B))

19 performed before October 1, 1995, shall be con20 sidered to be ‘‘employment’’ (as defined for pur21 poses of title II of such Act), but only for pur22 poses of providing the individual (or another

23 person) with entitlement to hospital insurance

24 benefits under part A of title XVIII of such Act

25 for months beginning with October 1995.
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1 (B) MEDICARE QUALIFIED STATE OR

2 LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT DE3 FINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘‘medicare

4 qualified State or local government employ5 ment’’ means medicare qualified government

6 employment described in section 210(p)(1)(B)

7 of the Social Security Act (determined without

8 regard to section 210(p)(3) of such Act, as in

9 effect before its repeal under subsection (a)(2)).

10 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

11 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Fed12 eral Hospital Insurance Trust Fund from time to

13 time such sums as the Secretary of Health and

14 Human Services deems necessary for any fiscal year

15 on account of—

16 (A) payments made or to be made during

17 such fiscal year from such Trust Fund with re18 spect to individuals who are entitled to benefits

19 under title XVIII of the Social Security Act

20 solely by reason of paragraph (1),

21 (B) the additional administrative expenses

22 resulting or expected to result therefrom, and

23 (C) any loss in interest to such Trust

24 Fund resulting from the payment of those

25 amounts, in order to place such Trust Fund in
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1 the same position at the end of such fiscal year

2 as it would have been in if this subsection had

3 not been enacted.

4 (3) INFORMATION TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE

5 PROSPECTIVE MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES BASED ON

6 STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT.—

7 Section 226(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

8 426(g)) is amended—

9 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1)

10 through (3) as subparagraphs (A) through (C),

11 respectively,

12 (B) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(g)’’, and

13 (C) by adding at the end the following new

14 paragraph:

15 ‘‘(2) The Secretary, in consultation with State

16 and local governments, shall provide procedures de17 signed to assure that individuals who perform medi18 care qualified government employment by virtue of

19 service described in section 210(a)(7) are fully in20 formed with respect to (A) their eligibility or poten21 tial eligibility for hospital insurance benefits (based

22 on such employment) under part A of title XVIII,

23 (B) the requirements for, and conditions of, such eli24 gibility, and (C) the necessity of timely application

25 as a condition of becoming entitled under subsection
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1 (b)(2)(C), giving particular attention to individuals

2 who apply for an annuity or retirement benefit and

3 whose eligibility for such annuity or retirement bene4 fit is based on a disability.’’

5 (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—

6 (1) Subparagraph (A) of section 3121(u)(2) of

7 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by

8 striking ‘‘subparagraphs (B) and (C),’’ and inserting

9 ‘‘subparagraph (B),’’.

10 (2) Subparagraph (B) of section 210(p)(1) of

11 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 410(p)(1)) is

12 amended by striking ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3).’’ and

13 inserting ‘‘paragraph (2).’’.

14 (3) Section 218 of the Social Security Act (42

15 U.S.C. 418) is amended by striking subsection (n).

16 (4) The amendments made by this subsection

17 shall apply after September 30, 1995.

18 Subtitle D—Economic Development

19 and Disaster Assistance

20 SEC. 1761. LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY BASED ON INCOME.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi22 sion of law, any individual who in a taxable year has a

23 taxable income of over $120,000 and any corporation that

24 in a taxable year has a gross income of over $5,000,000
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1 shall in the succeeding taxable year be ineligible for the

2 following:

3 (1) Assistance made available from the Director

4 of the Minority Business Development Agency of the

5 Department of Commerce.

6 (2) Assistance made available for major disaster

7 and emergency relief under the Robert T. Stafford

8 Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.

9 (3) Assistance made available for disaster relief

10 under section 7 of the Small Business Act.

11 (b) TAXABLE YEAR AND TAXABLE INCOME DE12 FINED.—For the purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘‘tax13 able year’’ and ‘‘taxable income’’ have the meanings given

14 such terms by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

15 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect

16 on October 1, 1994.

17 Subtitle E—International Trade

18 Administration Assistance

19 SEC. 1771. LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY BASED ON INCOME.

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi21 sion of law, any individual who in a taxable year has a

22 taxable income of over $120,000 and any corporation that

23 in a taxable year has a gross income of over $5,000,000

24 shall in the succeeding taxable year be ineligible for any
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1 financial assistance made available from the International

2 Trade Administration of the Department of Commerce.

3 (b) TAXABLE YEAR AND TAXABLE INCOME DE4 FINED.—For the purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘tax5 able year’’ and ‘‘taxable income’’ have the meanings given

6 such terms by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

7 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect

8 on October 1, 1994.

9 Subtitle F—Agricultural Export

10 Bonus Program

11 SEC. 1781. LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY BASED ON INCOME.

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi13 sion of law, any individual who in a taxable year has a

14 taxable income of over $120,000 and any corporation that

15 in a taxable year has a gross income of over $5,000,000

16 shall in the succeeding taxable year be ineligible for any

17 agricultural commodities or cash payments under the pro18 gram established under section 301 of the Agricultural

19 Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5651).

20 (b) TAXABLE YEAR AND TAXABLE INCOME DE21 FINED.—For the purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘tax22 able year’’ and ‘‘taxable income’’ have the meanings given

23 such terms by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

24 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect

25 on October 1, 1994.
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1 TITLE XVIII—UNFUNDED

2 MANDATES

3 Subtitle A—General Limitations

4 SEC. 1801. SHORT TITLE.

5 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Mandate Re6 lief Act of 1994’’.

7 SEC. 1802. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

8 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds and declares

9 that—

10 (1) unfunded Federal mandates on State and

11 local governments have become increasingly exten12 sive in recent years;

13 (2) such mandates have, in many instances,

14 added to growing deficits in State and local budgets

15 and have resulted in the need for State and local

16 governments to increase revenue or curtail services;

17 and

18 (3) such excessive fiscal burdens on State and

19 local governments have undermined, in many in20 stances, the ability of State and local governments

21 to achieve their responsibilities under State and local

22 law.

23 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this subtitle is to as24 sure that the Federal Government pays the total amount

25 of direct costs incurred by State and local governments
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1 in complying with certain requirements which take effect

2 on or after the date of the enactment of this Act under

3 a Federal statute or regulation.

4 SEC. 1803. FEDERAL FUNDING REQUIREMENT.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi6 sion of law, any requirement under a Federal statute or

7 regulation that a State or local government conduct an

8 activity (including a requirement that a government meet

9 national standards in providing a service) shall apply to

10 the government only if all funds necessary to pay the di11 rect costs incurred by the government in conducting the

12 activity are provided by the Federal Government.

13 (b) APPLICATION.—This section shall apply only to

14 requirements which take effect on or after the date of the

15 enactment of this Act.

16 Subtitle B—Commission on

17 Unfunded Federal Mandates

18 SEC. 1811. ESTABLISHMENT.

19 There is established a commission which shall be

20 known as the ‘‘Commission on Unfunded Federal Man21 dates’’ (in this title referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’).

22 SEC. 1812. DUTIES OF COMMISSION.

23 (a) STUDY AND RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Commis24 sion shall—
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1 (1) investigate and review the role of unfunded

2 Federal mandates in relations among local, State,

3 and Federal governments;

4 (2) study and make recommendations to the

5 Congress regarding—

6 (A) the termination of those mandates that

7 are duplicative, or obsolete, or that lack prac8 tical utility;

9 (B) the temporary suspension of those

10 mandates that compound the fiscal difficulties

11 of State and local governments during periods

12 immediately following 2 consecutive quarters of

13 decline in real Gross National Product, and for

14 which suspension may be lifted immediately fol15 lowing 2 consecutive quarters of growth in real

16 Gross National Product;

17 (C) the consolidation or simplification of

18 planning or reporting requirements for man19 dates in order to reduce duplication and facili20 tate compliance by State and local governments;

21 (D) the establishment of common Federal

22 definitions or standards to be used by State and

23 local governments in complying with unfunded

24 mandates that use different definitions or

25 standards for the same terms or principles; and
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1 (E) a process by which State and local

2 governments can participate in meeting national

3 domestic objectives without the burden created

4 by unfunded Federal mandates, including the

5 development of suggestions for funding the

6 Federal mandates imposed after the date of the

7 enactment of this Act on State and local

8 governments;

9 (3) include in its final report recommendations

10 that the Federal Government relieve financial bur11 dens on State and local governments by decreasing

12 the operating, administrative, and financial respon13 sibilities of State and local governments for one or

14 more federally mandated programs which require

15 that Federal funding be augmented by non-Federal

16 funds; and

17 (4) include in its final report recommendations

18 that State or local governments assume increased

19 operating, or administrative responsibilities for one

20 or more programs which, as of the date of enact21 ment of this Act, are fully or partially funded, oper22 ated, or administered by the Federal Government

23 but which the Commission determines would be op24 erated or administered more effectively and effi25 ciently by States and localities.
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1 In making recommendations under paragraphs (3) and

2 (4), the Commission shall ensure that implementation of

3 those recommendations will result in a net decrease in

4 obligations and outlays by each unit of State and local

5 government.

6 (b) CRITERIA.—

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall estab8 lish criteria for making recommendations under sub9 section (a)(2) (A), (B), and (C).

10 (2) SUBMISSION OF PROPOSED CRITERIA.—Not

11 later than 60 days after the Commission is con12 vened, the Commission shall submit to the Commit13 tee on Government Operations of the House of Rep14 resentatives and the Committee on Governmental

15 Affairs of the Senate proposed criteria under this

16 subsection, and thereafter provide a period of 30

17 days for those committees to comment on and rec18 ommend changes in the criteria.

19 (3) FINAL CRITERIA.—Not later than 45 days

20 after the date of the submittal of proposed criteria,

21 the Commission shall—

22 (A) consider comments and recommenda23 tions received under paragraph (2);

24 (B) adopt and incorporate any of those

25 recommendations the Commission determines
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1 will aid the Commission in carrying out its

2 duties; and

3 (C) issue final criteria under this sub4 section.

5 (c) PRELIMINARY REPORT.—

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 630 days

7 after the completion of appointment of the members

8 of the Commission, the Commission shall—

9 (A) prepare and publish a preliminary re10 port on its activities under this title, including

11 preliminary recommendations pursuant to sub12 section (a)(2);

13 (B) publish in the Federal Register a no14 tice of availability of the preliminary report;

15 and

16 (C) provide copies of the preliminary re17 port to the public upon request.

18 (2) PUBLIC HEARINGS.—The Commission shall

19 hold public hearings on the preliminary rec20 ommendations contained in the preliminary report of

21 the Commission under this subsection.

22 (d) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after

23 the date of the publication of the preliminary report under

24 subsection (c), the Commission shall submit to the Con25 gress and the President a final report on the findings, con-
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1 clusions, and recommendations of the Commission, includ2 ing final recommendations pursuant to subsection (a)(2)

3 (A), (B), and (C) and subsection (a)(3) and (4).

4 SEC. 1813. MEMBERSHIP.

5 (a) NUMBER AND APPOINTMENT.—

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall be

7 composed of 8 members appointed by the President,

8 by and with the advise and consent of the Senate,

9 from individuals who possess extensive leadership ex10 perience in and knowledge of State and local govern11 ment and intergovernmental relations.

12 (2) LIMITATION.—An individual who is a Mem13 ber or employee of the Congress may not be ap14 pointed or serve as a member of the Commission.

15 (b) WAIVER OF LIMITATION ON EXECUTIVE SCHED16 ULE POSITIONS.—Appointments may be made under this

17 section without regard to section 5311(b) of title 5, United

18 States Code.

19 (c) POLITICAL AFFILIATION.—Not more than 4

20 members of the Commission may be of the same political

21 party.

22 (d) TERMS.—

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the Com24 mission shall be appointed for the life of the

25 Commission.
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1 (2) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Commission

2 shall be filled in the manner in which the original

3 appointment was made.

4 (e) BASIC PAY.—

5 (1) RATES OF PAY.—Members of the Commis6 sion shall serve without pay.

7 (2) PROHIBITION OF COMPENSATION OF FED8 ERAL EMPLOYEES.—Members of the Commission

9 who are full-time officers or employees of the United

10 States may not receive additional pay, allowances, or

11 benefits by reason of their service on the Commis12 sion.

13 (f) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member of the Com14 mission shall receive travel expenses, including per diem

15 in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with sections 5702

16 and 5703 of title 5, United States Code.

17 (g) CHAIRPERSON.—The President shall designate a

18 member of the Commission as Chairperson at the time of

19 the appointment of that member.

20 (h) MEETINGS.—

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),

22 the Commission shall meet at the call of the Chair23 person or a majority of its members.

24 (2) FIRST MEETING.—The Commission shall

25 convene its first meeting by not later than 45 days
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1 after the date of the completion of appointment of

2 the member of the Commission.

3 (3) QUORUM.—A majority of members of the

4 Commission shall constitute a quorum but a lesser

5 number may hold hearings.

6 SEC. 1814. DIRECTOR AND STAFF OF COMMISSION; EX7 PERTS AND CONSULTANTS.

8 (a) DIRECTOR.—The Commission shall, without re9 gard to section 5311(b) of title 5, United States Code,

10 have a Director who shall be appointed by the Commis11 sion. The Director shall be paid at the rate of basic pay

12 payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule.

13 (b) STAFF.—With the approval of the Commission,

14 and without regard to section 5311(b) of title 5, United

15 States Code, the Director may appoint and fix the pay

16 of such staff as is sufficient to enable the Commission to

17 carry out its duties.

18 (c) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN CIVIL SERVICE

19 LAWS.—The Director and staff of the Commission may

20 be appointed without regard to the provisions of title 5,

21 United States Code, governing appointments in the com22 petitive service, and may be paid without regard to the

23 provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53

24 of that title relating to classification and General Schedule

25 pay rates, except that an individual so appointed may not
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1 receive pay in excess of the annual rate of basic pay

2 payable for GS–18 of the General Schedule.

3 (d) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Commission

4 may procure temporary and intermittent services of ex5 perts or consultants under section 3109(b) of title 5,

6 United States Code.

7 (e) STAFF OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Upon request

8 of the Director, the head of any Federal department or

9 agency may detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of the

10 personnel of that department or agency to the Commission

11 to assist it in carrying out its duties under this title.

12 SEC. 1815. POWERS OF COMMISSION.

13 (a) HEARINGS AND SESSIONS.—The Commission

14 may, for the purpose of carrying out this title, hold hear15 ings, sit and act at times and places, take testimony, and

16 receive evidence as the Commission considers appropriate.

17 (b) POWERS OF MEMBERS AND AGENTS.—Any mem18 ber or agent of the Commission may, if authorized by the

19 Commission, take any action which the Commission is

20 authorized to take by this section.

21 (c) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—The Commission

22 may secure directly from any department or agency of the

23 United States information necessary to enable it to carry

24 out this title. Upon request of the Chairperson of the Com-
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1 mission, the head of that department or agency shall fur2 nish that information to the Commission.

3 (d) MAILS.—The Commission may use the United

4 States mails in the same manner and under the same con5 ditions as other departments and agencies of the United

6 States.

7 (e) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES.—Upon

8 the request of the Commission, the Administrator of Gen9 eral Services shall provide to the Commission, on a reim10 bursable basis, the administrative support services nec11 essary for the Commission to carry out its duties under

12 this title.

13 (f) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—The Commission may,

14 subject to appropriations, contract with and compensate

15 government and private agencies or persons for property

16 and services used to carry out its duties under this title.

17 SEC. 1816. TERMINATION.

18 The Commission shall terminate 90 days after sub19 mitting its final report pursuant to section 1812(d).

20 SEC. 1817. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

21 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Com22 mission $12,000,000 to carry out this title.
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1 Subtitle C—State Mandate

2 Estimates

3 SEC. 1821. ESTIMATION BY CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OF4 FICE OF COST INCURRED BY STATE AND

5 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN COMPLYING WITH

6 LEGISLATION.

7 (a) COST ESTIMATION REQUIREMENT.—For each bill

8 or joint resolution of a public character reported by any

9 committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate,

10 and for each conference report reported by a conference

11 committee of the Congress, the Director of the Congres12 sional Budget Office shall prepare and submit to the

13 House of Representatives or the Senate, respectively (or

14 in the case of a conference report to both)—

15 (1) an estimate of the cost which would be in16 curred by State and local governments in carrying

17 out or complying with the bill or resolution in the

18 fiscal year in which it is to become effective and in

19 each of the 4 fiscal years following such fiscal year,

20 including a description of the basis for the estimate;

21 and

22 (2) a comparison of the estimate of cost de23 scribed in paragraph (1) with any available esti24 mates of such cost made by such committee or by

25 any Federal agency.
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1 (b) ESTIMATES TO BE INCLUDED IN REPORT.—The

2 estimate and description required for a bill or joint resolu3 tion under subsection (a) shall be included in the report

4 accompanying the bill or joint resolution.

5 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 403 of the

6 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653) is

7 amended—

8 (1) in subsection (a) by—

9 (A) striking paragraph (2);

10 (B) redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4)

11 in order as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively;

12 and

13 (C) in paragraph (2), as redesignated by

14 subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘paragraphs (1)

15 and (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’;

16 (2) by striking subsections (b) and (c); and

17 (3) by striking ‘‘(a)’’ after ‘‘SEC. 403’’.

18 SEC. 1822. REQUIREMENT UNDER HOUSE RULES TO IN19 CLUDE ESTIMATES IN COMMITTEE REPORTS.

20 Clause 2(l)(3) of rule XI of the Rules of the House

21 of Representatives is amended—

22 (1) in clause (C) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the

23 semicolon at the end; and

24 (2) in clause (D) by striking the period at the

25 end and inserting the following: ‘‘; and (E) the esti-
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1 mate and comparison prepared by the Director of

2 the Congressional Budget Office under section 2(a)

3 of the Mandate Relief Act of 1993, separately set

4 out and clearly identified.’’.

5 SEC. 1823. REQUIREMENT UNDER HOUSE RULES TO PRO6 VIDE APPROPRIATIONS TO PAY COSTS TO

7 STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

8 Rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representa9 tives is amended by adding at the end the following:

10 ‘‘8. It shall not be in order to consider a bill, joint

11 resolution, or conference report for which the Director of

12 the Congressional Budget Office is required to submit an

13 estimate under section 2(a) of the Mandate Relief Act of

14 1993 unless the bill, joint resolution, or conference report

15 contains the following statement of law: ‘A requirement

16 under this Act that a unit of State or local government

17 conduct an activity (including a requirement that such a

18 government meet national standards in providing a serv19 ice) shall not apply to such a unit unless and until all

20 amounts necessary to pay the direct costs incurred by the

21 unit in conducting the activity are provided to the unit

22 by the Government of the United States.’.

23 ‘‘9. An amendment shall not be in order during the

24 consideration of a bill or joint resolution if (A) the amend25 ment includes a provision which if included in a bill, joint
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1 resolution, or conference report reported by a committee

2 or conference committee would result in the Director of

3 the Congressional Budget Office being required to submit

4 an estimate under section 2(a) of the Mandate Relief Act

5 of 1993, and (B) upon approval of the amendment the

6 bill or resolution would not include the statement of law

7 set forth in clause 8.’’.

8 TITLE XIX—LEGISLATIVE

9 BRANCH PROVISIONS

10 SEC. 1901. REDUCED FUNDING FOR OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

11 OF THE CONGRESS.

12 (a) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—The total appro13 priated for official mail costs of the House of Representa14 tives for fiscal year 1995 may not exceed 50 percent of

15 the total appropriated for such purpose for fiscal year

16 1994. Beginning with fiscal year 1996, the total appro17 priated for official mail costs of the House of Representa18 tives for a fiscal year may not exceed 103 percent of the

19 total appropriated for such purpose for the preceding

20 fiscal year.

21 (b) SENATE.—The total appropriated for official mail

22 costs of the Senate for fiscal year 1995 may not exceed

23 50 percent of the total appropriated for such purpose for

24 fiscal year 1994. Beginning with fiscal year 1996, the

25 total appropriated for official mail costs of the Senate for
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1 a fiscal year may not exceed 103 percent of the total ap2 propriated for such purpose for the preceding fiscal year.

3 SEC. 1902. ABOLITION OF JOINT COMMITTEES.

4 (a) ABOLITION OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINT5 ING.—Chapter 1 of title 44, United States Code, is

6 repealed.

7 (b) ABOLITION OF JOINT COMMITTEE OF CONGRESS

8 ON THE LIBRARY.—Sections 223 and 224 of the Legisla9 tive Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 132B and 133)

10 are repealed.

11 (c) ABOLITION OF JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE.—

12 Sections 11 and 12 of the Employment Act of 1946 (15

13 U.S.C. 1024 and 1025) are repealed.

14 (d) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—All functions of the

15 Joint Economic Committee insofar as they relate to the

16 House of Representatives are transferred to the Commit17 tee on the Budget of the House of Representatives and

18 all such functions insofar as they relate to the Senate are

19 transferred to the Committee on the Budget of the Senate.

20 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect

21 at the beginning of the One Hundred Fourth Congress.

22 SEC. 1903. REDUCED FUNDING FOR THE GENERAL AC23 COUNTING OFFICE.

24 The total appropriated for the General Accounting

25 Office for fiscal year 1995 may not exceed 50 percent of
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1 the total appropriated for such purpose for fiscal year

2 1994. Beginning with fiscal year 1996, the total appro3 priated for the General Accounting Office for a fiscal year

4 may not exceed 103 percent of the total appropriated for

5 such purpose for the preceding fiscal year.

6 SEC. 1904. ELIMINATION OF PAYMENTS OF EXPENSES OF

7 FORMER SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE OF REP8 RESENTATIVES.

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—House Resolution 1238, Ninety10 first Congress (as enacted into permanent law by chapter

11 VIII of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1971, and

12 supplemented by the Act entitled ‘‘An Act relating to

13 former Speakers of the House of Representatives’’ (88

14 Stat. 1723)) (2 U.S.C. 31b–1 et seq.) is repealed.

15 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The repeal made by sub16 section (a) shall take effect on October 1, 1994.

17 SEC. 1905. REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF CLERK HIRE EM18 PLOYEES OF MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF

19 REPRESENTATIVES.

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—No Member of the House of Rep21 resentatives may employ more than 16 full-time employees

22 under the clerk hire allowance. As used in this section,

23 the term ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’

24 means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident

25 Commissioner to, the Congress.
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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall take ef2 fect at the beginning of the One Hundred Fourth

3 Congress.

4 SEC. 1906. REDUCED FUNDING FOR CONGRESSIONAL COM5 MITTEE STAFF.

6 (a) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—The total appro7 priated for House of Representatives committee staff em8 ployees for fiscal year 1995 may not exceed 75 percent

9 of the total appropriated for such purpose for fiscal year

10 1994. Beginning with fiscal year 1996, the total appro11 priated for House of Representatives committee staff em12 ployees for a fiscal year may not exceed 103 percent of

13 the total appropriated for such purpose for the preceding

14 fiscal year.

15 (b) SENATE.—The total appropriated for Senate

16 committee staff employees for fiscal year 1995 may not

17 exceed 75 percent of the total appropriated for such pur18 pose for fiscal year 1994. Beginning with fiscal year 1996,

19 the total appropriated for Senate committee staff employ20 ees for a fiscal year may not exceed 103 percent of the

21 total appropriated for such purpose for the preceding

22 fiscal year.
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1 SEC. 1907. RATES OF PAY FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 601(a) of the Legislative

3 Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) is amended to

4 read as follows:

5 ‘‘SEC. 601. (a) Until adjusted by law, the annual rate

6 of pay for—

7 ‘‘(1) each Senator, Member of the House of

8 Representatives, and Delegate to the House of Rep9 resentatives, and the Resident Commissioner from

10 Puerto Rico shall be $100,000;

11 ‘‘(2) the President pro tempore of the Senate,

12 the majority leader and the minority leader of the

13 Senate, and the majority leader and the minority

14 leader of the House of Representatives shall be

15 $109,000; and

16 ‘‘(3) the Speaker of the House of Representa17 tives shall be $131,000.’’.

18 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect

19 at the beginning of the first Congress which begins after

20 the first election of Representatives (within the meaning

21 of the 27th amendment to the Constitution) occurring

22 after the date of the enactment of this Act.

23 SEC. 1908. ABOLITION OF OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESS24 MENT.

25 (a) ABOLITION.—The Technology Assessment Act of

26 1971 (2 U.S.C. 471 et seq.) is repealed.
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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect

2 at the beginning of the One Hundred Fourth Congress.

3 SEC. 1909. REDUCED FUNDING FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL

4 BUDGET OFFICE.

5 The total appropriated for the Congressional Budget

6 Office for fiscal year 1995 may not exceed 90 percent of

7 the total appropriated for such purpose for fiscal year

8 1994. Beginning with fiscal year 1996, the total appro9 priated for the Congressional Budget Office for a fiscal

10 year may not exceed 103 percent of the total appropriated

11 for such purpose for the preceding fiscal year.

12 SEC. 1910. REDUCED FUNDING FOR THE ARCHITECT OF

13 THE CAPITOL.

14 The total appropriated for the Architect of the Cap15 itol for fiscal year 1995 may not exceed 90 percent of the

16 total appropriated for such purpose for fiscal year 1994.

17 Beginning with fiscal year 1996, the total appropriated

18 for the Architect of the Capitol for a fiscal year may not

19 exceed 103 percent of the total appropriated for such pur20 pose for the preceding fiscal year.

21 TITLE XX—ENFORCEMENT

22 SEC. 20001. DEDICATION OF SAVINGS TO DEFICIT REDUC23 TION.

24 (a) DIRECT SPENDING.—None of the changes in di25 rect spending and receipts resulting from this Act shall
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1 be reflected in estimates under section 252(d) of the Bal2 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

3 (b) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING.—Upon the enact4 ment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Manage5 ment and Budget shall make downward adjustments in

6 the discretionary spending limits (new budget authority

7 and outlays), as adjusted, set forth in 601(a)(2) of the

8 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for each of fiscal years

9 1995 through 1999 as follows:

10 (1) For fiscal year 1995, reduce new budget au11 thority by $40,763,000,000 and reduce outlays by

12 $42,705,000,000.

13 (2) For fiscal year 1996, reduce new budget au14 thority by $48,700,000,000 and reduce outlays by

15 $51,470,000,000.

16 (3) For fiscal year 1997, reduce new budget au17 thority by $58,407,000,000 and reduce outlays by

18 $60,622,000,000.

19 (4) For fiscal year 1998, reduce new budget au20 thority by $65,329,000,000 and reduce outlays by

21 $67,500,000,000.

22 (5) For fiscal year 1999, reduce new budget au23 thority by $75,500,000,000 and reduce outlays by

24 $77,957,000,000.
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