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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2491

Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing

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

commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 22, 1993

Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered

AN ACT

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

30, 1994, and for other purposes.

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

5 Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban

6 Development, and for sundry independent agencies,

7 boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fis-
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1 cal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other pur2 poses, namely:

3 TITLE I

4 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

5 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

6 COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For the payment of compensation benefits to or on

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

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

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

12 chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 92 Stat. 2508); and bur13 ial benefits, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay,

14 adjusted-service credits and certificates, payment of pre15 miums due on commercial life insurance policies guaran16 teed under the provisions of Article IV of the Soldiers’

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

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

19 1312, 1977, and 2106, chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61;

20 50 U.S.C. App. 540–548; 43 Stat. 122, 123; 45 Stat. 735;

21 76 Stat. 1198), $16,828,446,000, to remain available

22 until expended: Provided, That not less than $38,919,000

23 of the amount appropriated shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Gen24 eral operating expenses’’ and ‘‘Medical care’’ for necessary

25 expenses in implementing those provisions authorized in

26 the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, Public
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1 Law 101–508, and in the Veterans’ Benefits Act of 1992,

2 Public Law 102–568, the funding source for which is spe3 cifically provided as the ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’ ap4 propriation: Provided further, That $6,000,000 of the

5 amount appropriated shall be transferred to ‘‘Medical fa6 cilities revolving fund’’ to augment the funding of individ7 ual medical facilities for nursing home care provided to

8 pensioners as authorized by the Veterans’ Benefits Act of

9 1992, Public Law 102–568.

10 READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

11 For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation

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

13 (38 U.S.C. chapters 21, 30, 31, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55,

14 and 61), $947,400,000, to remain available until ex15 pended: Provided, That funds shall be available to pay any

16 court order, court award or any compromise settlement

17 arising from litigation involving the vocational training

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

19 as amended.

20 VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

21 For military and naval insurance, national service life

22 insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet23 erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as

24 authorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapter 19; 70 Stat. 887;
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1 72 Stat. 487), $15,370,000, to remain available until

2 expended.

3 GUARANTY AND INDEMNITY PROGRAM ACCOUNT

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such

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

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

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

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

10 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

11 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

12 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $56,231,000,

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

15 LOAN GUARANTY PROGRAM ACCOUNT

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such

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

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

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

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

22 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

23 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

24 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $70,716,000,
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1 which may be transferred to and merged with the appro2 priation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’.

3 DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

6 necessary to carry out the purpose of the program, as au7 thorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, as amended: Provided,

8 That such costs, including the cost of modifying such

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

11 1994, within the resources available, not to exceed

12 $1,000,000 in gross obligations for direct loans are au13 thorized for specially adapted housing loans (38 U.S.C.

14 chapter 37).

15 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

16 the direct loan program, $2,863,000, which may be trans17 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General

18 operating expenses’’.

19 EDUCATION LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For the cost of direct loans, $1,032, as authorized

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

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

24 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

25 of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available
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1 to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of

2 direct loans not to exceed $3,571.

3 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

4 carry out the direct loan program, $186,000, which may

5 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

6 ‘‘General operating expenses’’.

7 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For the cost of direct loans, $53,000, as authorized

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

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

12 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

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

14 to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of

15 direct loans not to exceed $2,387,000.

16 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

17 carry out the direct loan program, $751,000, which may

18 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

19 ‘‘General operating expenses’’.

20 NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

21 ACCOUNT

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct

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

25 subchapter V, as amended, $156,000, which may be trans-
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1 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General

2 operating expenses’’.

3 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

4 MEDICAL CARE

5 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op6 eration of hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facili7 ties; for furnishing, as authorized by law, inpatient and

8 outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of the De9 partment of Veterans Affairs, including care and treat10 ment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Depart11 ment of Veterans Affairs, and furnishing recreational fa12 cilities, supplies, and equipment; funeral, burial, and other

13 expenses incidental thereto for beneficiaries receiving care

14 in Department of Veterans Affairs facilities; administra15 tive expenses in support of planning, design, project man16 agement, real property acquisition and disposition, con17 struction and renovation of any facility under the jurisdic18 tion or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs;

19 oversight, engineering and architectural activities not

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

21 providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes

22 under the jurisdiction of the Department of Veterans Af23 fairs, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by

24 the hire of temporary employees and purchase of mate25 rials; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by
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1 law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); aid to State homes as author2 ized by law (38 U.S.C. 1741); and not to exceed

3 $2,000,000 to fund cost comparison studies as referred

4 to in 38 U.S.C. 8110(a)(5); Ω1æ$15,522,452,000

5 $15,637,452,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, Ω2æThat

6 of the sum appropriated, $9,850,000,000 is available only

7 for expenses in the personnel compensation and benefits

8 object classifications: Provided further, That of the funds

9 made available under this heading, Ω3æ$531,350,000

10 $651,000,000 is for the equipment and land and structures

11 object classifications only, which amount shall not become

12 available for obligation until August 1, 1994, and shall

13 remain available for obligation until September 30,

14 1995Ω4æ:–Provided further, That of the sum appro15 priated, $10,000,000 is for homeless programs authorized

16 by sections 2, 3, and 4 of Public Law 102–590.

17 Ω5æNATIONAL HEALTH CARE REFORM CONTINGENCY FUND

18 For necessary expenses, including but not limited to

19 personnel, supplies, equipment, and contractual services, to

20 undertake and carry out activities directed toward the De21 partment of Veterans Affairs participation in national

22 health care reform; and construct, alter, repair, or acquire

23 by purchase or lease clinics or other facilities under the ju24 risdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Af25 fairs; $500,000,000, which shall be available only to the ex-
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1 tent an official budget request for a specific dollar amount,

2 that includes designation of the entire amount of the request

3 as an emergency requirement pursuant to section

4 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

5 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by

6 the President to Congress: Provided, That these funds shall

7 be available until expended upon enactment of national

8 health care reform legislation: Provided further, That the

9 entire amount provided under this heading is designated

10 by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec11 tion 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer12 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

13 MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

14 For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of

15 medical and prosthetic research and development as au16 thorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapter 73), to remain avail17 able until September 30, 1995, $252,000,000, plus reim18 bursements.

19 HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

20 For payment of health professional scholarship pro21 gram grants, as authorized by law, to students who agree

22 to a service obligation with the Department of Veterans

23 Affairs at one of its medical facilities, $10,386,000.
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1 Ω6æHEALTH PROFESSIONALS EDUCATION DEBT REDUCTION

2 PROGRAM

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For payment of the Department of Veterans Affairs

5 Health Professionals Education Debt Reduction Program

6 when authorized into law, $10,000,000, to remain available

7 until expended, and, in addition, $5,000,000 to be derived

8 by transfer from the Health Professional Education Loan

9 Payment Program Appropriation in the Departments of

10 Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and

11 Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public

12 Law 102–389), to be available until September 30, 1994:

13 Provided, That upon the day following the transfer of these

14 funds, the provisions of the Health Professional Education

15 Loan Payment Program Appropriation are repealed.

16 MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS

17 OPERATING EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses in the administration of the

19 medical hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction,

20 supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad21 ministrative expenses in support of planning, design,

22 project management, architectural, engineering, real prop23 erty acquisition and disposition, construction and renova24 tion of any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use

25 of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including site ac26 quisition; engineering and architectural activities not
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1 charged to project cost; and research and development in

2 building construction technology; Ω7æ$68,500,000

3 $73,500,000, plus reimbursements.

4 GRANTS TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

5 For payment to the Republic of the Philippines of

6 grants, as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 1732), for assist7 ing in the replacement and upgrading of equipment and

8 in rehabilitating the physical plant and facilities of the

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

10 available until September 30, 1995.

11 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

14 by Public Law 102–54, section 8: Provided, That such

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

16 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

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

18 to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of

19 direct loans not to exceed $70,000. In addition, for admin20 istrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program,

21 $52,000, which may be transferred to and merged with

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

23 102–54, section 8.
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1 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

2 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES

3 For necessary operating expenses of the Department

4 of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including

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

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

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

9 guard services, and the Department of Defense for the

10 cost of overseas employee mail; Ω8æ$823,249,000

11 $828,249,000.

12 NATIONAL CEMETERY SYSTEM

13 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op14 eration of the National Cemetery System not otherwise

15 provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as

16 authorized by law; cemeterial expenses as authorized by

17 law; purchase of six passenger motor vehicles, for use in

18 cemeterial operations; and hire of passenger motor vehi19 cles, $70,507,000.

20 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

22 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

23 General Act of 1978, as amended, $31,436,000.
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1 CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For constructing, altering, extending and improving

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

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

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

7 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38,

8 United States Code, including planning, architectural and

9 engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period

10 services costs associated with equipment guarantees pro11 vided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite

12 utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and

13 site acquisition, where the estimated cost of a project is

14 $3,000,000 or more or where funds for a project were

15 made available in a previous major project appropriation,

16 Ω9æ$322,793,000 $369,000,000, to remain available until

17 expended: Provided, That not to exceed $14,000,000 shall

18 be transferred from the Parking revolving fund to this ac19 count and the amounts transferred shall be available for

20 the same purposes and for the same period of time as

21 funds appropriated to this account: Provided further, That

22 except for advance planning of projects funded through

23 the advance planning fund and the design of projects

24 funded through the design fund, none of these funds shall

25 be used for any project which has not been considered and

26 approved by the Congress in the budgetary process: Pro-
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1 vided further, That funds provided in this appropriation

2 for fiscal year 1994, for each approved project shall be

3 obligated (1) by the awarding of a construction documents

4 contract by September 30, 1994, and (2) by the awarding

5 of a construction contract by September 30, 1995: Pro6 vided further, That the Secretary shall promptly report in

7 writing to the Comptroller General and to the Committees

8 on Appropriations any approved major construction

9 project in which obligations are not incurred within the

10 time limitations established above; and the Comptroller

11 General shall review the report in accordance with the pro12 cedures established by section 1015 of the Impoundment

13 Control Act of 1974 (title X of Public Law 93–344): Pro14 vided further, That no funds from any other account ex15 cept the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’, may be obligated for

16 constructing, altering, extending, or improving a project

17 which was approved in the budget process and funded in

18 this account until one year after substantial completion

19 and beneficial occupancy by the Department of Veterans

20 Affairs of the project or any part thereof with respect to

21 that part onlyΩ10æ:–Provided further, That prior to the

22 issuance of a bidding document for any construction con23 tract for a project approved under this heading (excluding

24 completion items), the director of the affected Department

25 of Veterans Affairs medical facility must certify that the
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1 design of such project is acceptable from a patient care

2 standpoint.

3 CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

4 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving

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

6 of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including plan7 ning, architectural and engineering services, maintenance

8 or guarantee period services costs associated with equip9 ment guarantees provided under the project, services of

10 claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system

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

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

13 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38,

14 United States Code, where the estimated cost of a project

15 is less than $3,000,000, $153,540,000, to remain avail16 able until expended, along with unobligated balances of

17 previous ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ appropriations

18 which are hereby made available for any project where the

19 estimated cost is less than $3,000,000: Provided, That

20 funds in this account shall be available for (1) repairs to

21 any of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or

22 for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs which

23 are necessary because of loss or damage caused by any

24 natural disaster or catastrophe, and (2) temporary meas25 ures necessary to prevent or to minimize further loss by

26 such causes.
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1 PARKING REVOLVING FUND

2 For the parking revolving fund as authorized by law

3 (38 U.S.C. 8109), $1,353,000, together with income from

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

8 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE

9 FACILITIES

10 For grants to assist the several States to acquire or

11 construct State nursing home and domiciliary facilities

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

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

15 8131–8137), $41,080,000, to remain available until ex16 pended.

17 GRANTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERANS

18 CEMETERIES

19 For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding,

20 or improving State veteran cemeteries as authorized by

21 law (38 U.S.C. 2408), $5,242,000, to remain available

22 until September 30, 1996.

23 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

25 Any appropriation for 1994 for ‘‘Compensation and

26 pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans insur-
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1 ance and indemnities’’ may be transferred to any other

2 of the mentioned appropriations.

3 Appropriations available to the Department of Veter4 ans Affairs for 1994 for salaries and expenses shall be

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

6 No part of the appropriations in this Act for the De7 partment of Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations

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

9 projects’’ and the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’) shall be avail10 able for the purchase of any site for or toward the con11 struction of any new hospital or home.

12 No part of the foregoing appropriations shall be avail13 able for hospitalization or examination of any persons ex14 cept beneficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing such

15 benefits to veterans, unless reimbursement of cost is made

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

17 Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

18 Appropriations available to the Department of Veter19 ans Affairs for fiscal year 1994 for ‘‘Compensation and

20 pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans insur21 ance and indemnities’’ shall be available for payment of

22 prior year accrued obligations required to be recorded by

23 law against the aforementioned accounts within the last

24 quarter of fiscal year 1993.
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1 Appropriations accounts available to the Department

2 of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1994 shall be available

3 to pay prior year obligations of corresponding prior year

4 appropriations accounts resulting from title X of the Com5 petitive Equality Banking Act, Public Law 100–86, except

6 that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts they

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

8 TITLE II

9 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN

10 DEVELOPMENT

11 HOUSING PROGRAMS

12 HOMEOWNERSHIP AND OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE

13 EVERYWHERE GRANTS (HOPE GRANTS)

14 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

15 For the homeownership and opportunity for people

16 everywhere (HOPE grants) program as authorized under

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

18 U.S.C. 1437aaa et seq.) and subtitles Ω11æA, B, and C

19 A, B, C, and D of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na20 tional Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101–625),

21 $109,190,000, to remain available until expended, of

22 which up to one and one-half percent may be made avail23 able for technical assistance to potential applicants, appli24 cants and recipients of assistance under this head as au25 thorized under subtitle E of title I of the Housing and

26 Community Development Act of 1992Ω12æ: Provided,
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1 That of the foregoing amount, not more than $12,000,000

2 may be made available to carry out activities under subtitle

3 D of the title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford4 able Housing Act.

5 Of the amounts provided under this heading in Public

6 Law 102–389 and Public Law 102–139, $250,000,000

7 are rescinded: Provided, That of the foregoing amount,

8 $130,000,000 shall be deducted from the amount ear9 marked for HOPE for the Public and Indian Housing

10 Homeownership Program and $75,000,000 shall be de11 ducted from the amount earmarked for HOPE for Home12 ownership of Multifamily Units Program in Public Law

13 102–389, and $45,000,000 shall be deducted from the

14 amount earmarked for HOPE for the Public and Indian

15 Housing Homeownership Program in Public Law 102–

16 139.

17 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

18 Ω13æFor the HOME investment partnerships pro19 gram, as authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gon20 zalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101–

21 625), as amended, $1,250,000,000, to remain available

22 until expended.

23 Ω14æFor additional amounts for the HOME invest24 ment partnerships program, as authorized under title II

25 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing

26 Act, as amended, subject to the terms provided under this
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1 head in the Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations

2 Act, 1992, Public Law 102–368, $75,000,000, to remain

3 available until expended.

4 Ω15æFor the HOME investment partnerships pro5 gram, as authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez

6 National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101–625), as

7 amended, $1,275,000,000, to remain available until ex8 pended, of which not to exceed $1,205,045,000 shall be for

9 formula allocation to eligible participating jurisdictions

10 under subsection 217(a)(1) of the Act; not to exceed

11 $12,750,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes under sub12 section 217(a)(2) of the Act; not to exceed $2,550,000 shall

13 be for insular areas under subsection 217(a)(3) of the Act;

14 not to exceed $4,655,000 shall be for increasing allocations

15 to States eligible to receive increased allocations in fiscal

16 year 1994 under subsection 217(b)(2)(B) of the Act; not to

17 exceed $39,000,000 shall be for community housing partner18 ship activities authorized under section 233 of the Act; and,

19 not to exceed $11,000,000 shall be for activities in support

20 of State and local housing strategies authorized under sub21 title C of the Act.

22 ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING

23 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

24 For assistance under the United States Housing Act

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

26 not otherwise provided for, Ω16æ$9,192,900,000
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1 $9,334,900,000, to remain available until expended: Pro2 vided, That to be added to and merged with the foregoing

3 amounts there shall be up to Ω17æ$242,680,000

4 $242,000,000 of amounts of budget authority (and con5 tract authority) reserved or obligated in prior years for

6 the development or acquisition costs of public housing (in7 cluding public housing for Indian families), for moderniza8 tion of existing public housing projects (including such

9 projects for Indian families), and, except as herein pro10 vided, for programs under section 8 of the Act (42 U.S.C.

11 1437f), which are recaptured during fiscal year 1994Ω18æ;

12 and up to $203,000,000 of amounts of budget authority for

13 rental assistance under section 8 of the Act and section

14 162(h) of the Housing and Community Development Act

15 of 1987 recaptured during fiscal year 1992 as a result of

16 the conversion of section 202 direct loans to capital grants:

17 Provided further, That of the total amount provided under

18 this head, Ω19æ$257,320,000 $268,000,000 shall be for

19 the development or acquisition cost of public housing for

20 Indian families, including amounts for housing under the

21 mutual help homeownership opportunity program under

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

23 Ω20æ$400,000,000 $598,000,000 shall be for the develop24 ment or acquisition cost of public housing, of which up

25 to one-half of one percent shall be available for technical
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1 assistance and inspection of public housing agencies by the

2 SecretaryΩ21æ: Provided further, That of the $598,000,000

3 provided for the development of public housing in fiscal

4 year 1994, not more than 20 percent may be used pursuant

5 to section 5(j)(2) of the Act, as amended, for the substantial

6 redesign, reconstruction, or redevelopment of existing obso7 lete public housing projects or buildings and for the cost

8 of improving the management and operation of projects un9 dergoing redesign, reconstruction, or redevelopment: Pro10 vided further, That of the total amount provided under

11 this head, Ω22æ$3,100,000,000 $3,230,000,000 shall be for

12 modernization of existing public housing projects pursuant

13 to section 14 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437l), including up

14 to two-fifths of one percent for the inspection of mod15 ernization units and provision of management and tech16 nical assistance by the Secretary for troubled public hous17 ing agencies and Indian housing authorities: Provided fur18 ther, That of the total amount provided under this head,

19 Ω23æ$1,381,518,000 $873,139,000 shall be for rental as20 sistance under the section 8 existing housing certificate

21 program (42 U.S.C. 1437f) and the housing voucher pro22 gram under section 8(o) Ω24æof the Act (42 U.S.C.

23 1437f(o)): Provided further, That of the total amount pro24 vided under this head, $8,400,000 shall be available for

25 fees under section 23(h) for the family self-sufficiency pro-
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1 gram (42 U.S.C. 1437u): Provided further, That of the

2 total amount provided under this head,

3 Ω25æ$1,228,997,000 $900,000,000 shall be for amend4 ments to section 8 contracts other than contracts for

5 projects developed under section 202 of the Housing Act

6 of 1959, as amended, and Ω26æ$599,559,000

7 $541,000,000 shall be for assistance for State or local units

8 of government, tenant and nonprofit organizations to pur9 chase projects where owners have indicated an intent to

10 prepay mortgages and for assistance to be used as an in11 centive to prevent prepayment or for vouchers to aid eligi12 ble tenants adversely affected by mortgage prepayment,

13 as authorized in the Emergency Low-Income Housing

14 Preservation Act of 1987, as amendedΩ27æ:–Provided fur15 ther, That those portions of the fees for the costs incurred

16 in administering incremental units assisted in the certifi17 cate and housing voucher programs under sections 8(b),

18 8(o), and 8(e)(2) shall be established or increased in ac19 cordance with the authorization for such fees in section

20 8(q) of the Act: Provided further, That 50 per centum of

21 the amounts of budget authority, or in lieu thereof 50 per

22 centum of the cash amounts associated with such budget

23 authority, that are recaptured from projects described in

24 section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless As25 sistance Amendments Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–628,
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1 102 Stat. 3224, 3268) shall be rescinded, or in the case

2 of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such

3 amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not

4 rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by

5 State housing finance agencies or local governments or

6 local housing agencies with projects approved by the Sec7 retary of Housing and Urban Development for which set8 tlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance

9 with such section: Provided further, That of the total

10 amount provided under this head, Ω28æ$125,000,000

11 $156,000,000 shall be for housing opportunities for per12 sons with AIDS under title VIII, subtitle D of the Cran13 ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act,

14 Ω29æ$150,000,000 $250,000,000 shall be for the lead15 based paint hazard reduction program as authorized under

16 sections 1011 and 1053 of the Residential Lead-Based

17 Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, and $30,000,000 shall be

18 for service coordinators in Ω30æpubilc public housing pur19 suant to section 9(a)(1)(b)(ii) of the United States Hous20 ing Act of 1937.

21 Of the total amount provided under this head,

22 Ω31æ$1,023,350,000 $1,158,000,000 shall be for capital

23 advances, including amendments to capital advance con24 tracts, for housing for the elderly, as authorized by section

25 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for
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1 project rental assistance, and amendments to contracts for

2 project rental assistance, for supportive housing for the

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

4 1959: Provided further, That Ω32æ$15,855,000

5 $22,000,000 shall be for service coordinators pursuant to

6 section 202(q) of the Housing Act of 1959.

7 Of the total amount provided under this head,

8 Ω33æ$445,373,000 $387,000,000 shall be for capital ad9 vances, including amendments to capital advances con10 tracts, for supportive housing for persons with disabilities,

11 as authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez

12 National Affordable Housing Act; and for project rental

13 assistance, and amendments to contracts for project rental

14 assistance, for supportive housing for persons with disabil15 ities as authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gon16 zalez National Affordable Housing Act.

17 ASSISTANCE FOR THE RENEWAL OF EXPIRING SECTION 8

18 SUBSIDY CONTRACTS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For assistance under the United States Housing Act

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

22 use in connection with expiring section 8 subsidy con23 tracts, Ω34æ$5,558,106,000 $4,558,106,000, to remain

24 available until expended: Provided, Ω35æThat funds pro25 vided under this paragraph may not be obligated for a con26 tract term that is less than five years: Provided further,
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1 That to the extent the amount in this appropriation is in2 sufficient to fund all expiring section 8 contracts, the Sec3 retary may transfer to and merge with this appropriation

4 such amounts from the ‘‘Annual contributions for assisted

5 housing’’ appropriation as the Secretary shall determine,

6 and amounts earmarked in the foregoing account may be

7 reduced accordingly, at the Secretary’s discretion: Pro8 vided further, That the Secretary may maintain consoli9 dated accounting data for funds disbursed at the public

10 housing agency or Indian housing authority or project

11 level for subsidy assistance regardless of the source of the

12 disbursement so as to minimize the administrative

13 burden of multiple accounts.

14 Ω36æFurther, for the foregoing purposes,

15 $800,000,000, to become available for obligation on Octo16 ber 1, 1994, and to remain available for obligation until

17 expended.

18 RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

19 (RESCISSION)

20 The limitation otherwise applicable to the maximum

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

22 contracts entered into under section 236 of the National

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

24 1994 by not more than $2,000,000 in uncommitted bal25 ances of authorizations provided for this purpose in appro26 priations Acts: Provided, That up to $45,515,000 of re-
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1 captured section 236 budget authority resulting from the

2 prepayment of mortgages subsidized under section 236 of

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

4 rescinded in fiscal year 1994: Provided further, That to

5 the extent that the recaptures and rescission during fiscal

6 year 1994 are less than $45,515,000, the total funding

7 provided under the head ‘‘Annual contributions for as8 sisted housing’’ and the budget authority provided under

9 that head for assistance in connection with mortgage pre10 payments shall be reduced accordingly.

11 RENT SUPPLEMENT PROGRAM

12 (RESCISSION)

13 The limitation otherwise applicable to the maximum

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

15 contracts entered into under section 101 of the Housing

16 and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s),

17 is reduced in fiscal year 1994 by not more than

18 $1,544,646 of uncommitted balances of authorizations

19 provided for this purpose in appropriations Acts.

20 CONGREGATE SERVICES

21 Ω37æFor contracts with and payments to public hous22 ing agencies and nonprofit corporations for congregate

23 services programs, $6,267,000, to remain available until

24 September 30, 1995, in accordance with the provisions of

25 the Congregate Services Act of 1978, as amended.
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1 For contracts with payments to public housing agen2 cies and nonprofit corporations for congregate services pro3 grams, $25,000,000, to remain available until September

4 30, 1995, of which up to $6,267,000 shall be for entities

5 operating such programs in accordance with the provisions

6 of the Congregate Services Act of 1978, as amended, and

7 the balance shall be for programs under section 802 of the

8 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Pub9 lic Law 101–625).

10 PAYMENTS FOR OPERATION OF LOW-INCOME HOUSING

11 PROJECTS

12 For payments to public housing agencies and Indian

13 housing authorities for operating subsidies for low-income

14 housing projects as authorized by section 9 of the United

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

16 1437g), $2,620,808,000.

17 SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS

18 Ω38æFor the revitalization of distressed public hous19 ing projects program, authorized by section 24 of the

20 United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended,

21 $483,240,000, to remain available until expended.

22 For the urban revitalization demonstration program

23 under the third paragraph under the head ‘‘Homeownership

24 and Opportunity for People Everywhere grants (HOPE

25 grants)’’ in the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Hous26 ing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies
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1 Appropriations Act, 1993, Public Law 102–389, 106 Stat.

2 1571, 1579, $803,240,000, to remain available until ex3 pended: Provided, That notwithstanding the first proviso

4 of such third paragraph, the Secretary shall have discretion

5 to approve funding for more than fifteen applicants: Pro6 vided further, That no part of the foregoing amount that

7 is used for the urban revitalization demonstration program

8 shall be made available for an application that was not

9 submitted to the Secretary by May 26, 1993: Provided fur10 ther, That of the foregoing $803,240,000, the Secretary may

11 use up to $2,500,000 for technical assistance under such

12 urban revitalization demonstration, to be made available

13 directly, or indirectly under contracts or grants, as appro14 priate: Provided further, That nothing in this paragraph

15 shall prohibit the Secretary from conforming the program

16 standards and criteria set forth herein, with subsequent au17 thorization legislation that may be enacted into law: Pro18 vided further, That of the $803,240,000 made available

19 under this heading, $20,000,000 shall be made to eligible

20 grantees under the urban revitalization demonstration pro21 gram, to implement programs authorized under subtitle D

22 of title IV, and of which, $10,000,000 shall be made for

23 youth apprenticeship training activities for joint labor24 management organizations pursuant to section 3(c)(2)(B)
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1 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as

2 amended.

3 DRUG ELIMINATION GRANTS FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING

4 For grants to public housing agencies for use in

5 eliminating drug-related crime in public housing projects

6 authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11901–11908, and for drug in7 formation clearinghouse services authorized by 42 U.S.C.

8 11921–11925, $265,000,000, to remain available until

9 expendedΩ39æ: Provided, That not more than $198,750,000

10 shall be available for grants to housing authorities with

11 greater than 1,250 public housing units: Provided further,

12 That not more than $53,000,000 shall be available for

13 grants to housing authorities with less than 1,250 public

14 housing units: Provided further, That not more than

15 $13,250,000 shall be available for grants for federally-as16 sisted, low-income housing.

17 Ω40æYOUTHBUILD PROGRAM

18 For youthbuild program activities authorized by sub19 title D of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af20 fordable Housing Act, $48,000,000, to remain available

21 until expended: Provided, That no amounts appropriated

22 pursuant to the authorizations in sections 402(b)(1), (2),

23 or (3) of such Act shall be available for the foregoing ap24 propriation.
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1 NATIONAL CITIES IN SCHOOLS COMMUNITY

2 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

3 For the national cities in schools community develop4 ment program, as authorized under section 930 of the

5 Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (Pub6 lic Law 102–550), $10,000,000, to remain available until

7 expended.

8 HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE

9 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth10 erwise provided for, for providing counseling and advice

11 to tenants and homeowners—both current and prospec12 tive—with respect to property maintenance, financial

13 management, and such other matters as may be appro14 priate to assist them in improving their housing conditions

15 and meeting the responsibilities of tenancy or homeowner16 ship, including provisions for training and for support of

17 voluntary agencies and services as authorized by section

18 106(a)(1)(iii), section 106(a)(2), section 106(c), section

19 106(d), section 106(e), and section 106(f) of the Housing

20 and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended,

21 $12,000,000.

22 FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND

23 For assistance to owners of eligible multifamily hous24 ing projects insured, or formerly insured, and under the

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

26 eligible for assistance under section 201(c) of the Housing
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1 and Community Development Amendments of 1978, as

2 amended (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1a), in the program of assist3 ance for troubled multifamily housing projects under the

4 Housing and Community Development Amendments of

5 1978, as amended, Ω41æ$35,747,000 $41,000,000, and all

6 uncommitted balances of excess rental charges as of Sep7 tember 30, 1993, and any collections and other amounts

8 in the fund authorized under section 201(j) of the Housing

9 and Community Development Amendments of 1978, as

10 amended, during fiscal year 1994, to remain available

11 until expended: Provided, That assistance to an owner of

12 a multifamily housing project assisted, but not insured,

13 under the National Housing Act may be made if the

14 project owner and the mortgagee have provided or agreed

15 to provide assistance to the project in a manner as deter16 mined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop17 ment.

18 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

19 FHA-MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 During fiscal year 1994, commitments to guarantee

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

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

24 principal of $64,564,645,000.

25 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out

26 the guaranteed loan program, $262,810,000, to be derived
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1 from the FHA-mutual mortgage insurance guaranteed

2 loans receipt account, of which not to exceed

3 $256,682,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for

4 salaries and expenses; and of which not to exceed

5 $6,128,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for

6 the Office of Inspector General.

7 FHA—GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $147,371,000, as

10 authorized by the National Housing Act, as amended (12

11 U.S.C. 1715z–3(b) and 1735c(f)): Provided, That such

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

13 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

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

15 to subsidize total loan principal any part of which is to

16 be guaranteed of not to exceed $13,436,205,000Ω42æ:

17 Provided further, That of the foregoing amount provided to

18 subsidize program costs, not more than $36,842,750 may

19 be obligated by January 1, 1994, not more than

20 $73,685,500 may be obligated by April 1, 1994, and not

21 more than $110,528,250 may be obligated by July 1, 1994.

22 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

23 carry out the guaranteed loan programs, $192,252,000,

24 of which $188,190,000 shall be transferred to the appro25 priation for salaries and expenses; and of which
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1 $4,062,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for

2 the Office of Inspector General.

3 GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

4 GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN

5 GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

6 (INCLUDES TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 During fiscal year 1994, new commitments to issue

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

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

10 shall not exceed Ω43æ$85,000,000,000 $130,000,000,000.

11 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out

12 the guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program,

13 $8,038,000, to be derived from the GNMA—guarantees

14 of mortgage-backed securities guaranteed loan receipt ac15 count, of which not to exceed $8,038,000 shall be trans16 ferred to the appropriation for salaries and expenses.

17 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

18 EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANTS PROGRAM

19 For the emergency shelter grants program, as au20 thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the Stewart B.

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

22 as amended, Ω44æ$151,350,000 $55,000,000, to remain

23 available until expended.

24 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM

25 For the supportive housing program, as authorized

26 under subtitle C of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney
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1 Homeless Assistance Act (Public Law 100–77), as amend2 ed, Ω45æ$319,968,000 $400,000,000, to remain available

3 until expended, of which not to exceed $50,000,000 may

4 be used for a safe havens demonstration initiative, includ5 ing activities authorized within subtitle D of such Act, and

6 not to exceed $20,000,000 may be used for a rural home7 less demonstration initiative, including activities author8 ized within subtitle G of such Act.

9 SECTION 8 MODERATE REHABILITATION

10 SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY

11 Ω46æFor assistance under the United States Housing

12 Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437f), for the sec13 tion 8 moderate rehabilitation program, to be used to as14 sist homeless individuals pursuant to section 441 of the

15 Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.

16 11401), $107,835,000, to remain available until expended.

17 For assistance under the United States Housing Act

18 of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437f), for the section 8

19 moderate rehabilitation program, to be used to assist home20 less individuals pursuant to section 441 of the Stewart B.

21 McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11401),

22 $150,000,000, to remain available until expended.

23 SHELTER PLUS CARE

24 For the shelter plus care program, as authorized by

25 subtitle F of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Home-
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1 less Assistance Act (Public Law 100–77), as amended,

2 $123,747,000, to remain available until expended.

3 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

4 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

5 For grants to States and units of general local gov6 ernment and for related expenses, not otherwise provided

7 for, necessary for carrying out a community development

8 grants program as authorized by title I of the Housing

9 and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended

10 (42 U.S.C. 5301), Ω47æ$4,223,675,000 $4,400,000,000, to

11 remain available until September 30, 1996: Provided,

12 That Ω48æ$42,236,750 $44,000,000 shall be available for

13 grants to Indian tribes pursuant to section 106(a)(1) of

14 the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974,

15 as amended (42 U.S.C. 5301), and Ω49æ$60,000,000

16 $45,000,000 shall be available for ‘‘special purpose grants’’

17 pursuant to section 107 of such Act: Provided further,

18 That not to exceed 20 per centum of any grant made with

19 funds appropriated herein (other than a grant using funds

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

21 in the following provisos) shall be expended for ‘‘Planning

22 and Management Development’’ and ‘‘Administration’’ as

23 defined in regulations promulgated by the Department of

24 Housing and Urban Development: Provided further, That

25 $15,000,000 shall be made available from the total
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1 amount provided to carry out an early childhood develop2 ment program under section 222 of the Housing and

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

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

5 are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless: Provided

6 further, That $5,000,000 shall be made available from the

7 total amount provided to carry out a neighborhood devel8 opment program under section 123 of said Act (42 U.S.C.

9 5318 note).

10 Ω50æFor additional amounts for ‘‘Community devel11 opment grants’’, for authorized community development

12 activities for use only in areas impacted by Hurricane An13 drew, Hurricane Iniki and Typhoon Omar, $50,000,000,

14 to remain available until September 30, 1996: Provided,

15 That the Secretary may waive entirely, or in any part, any

16 requirement set forth in title I of the Housing and Com17 munity Development Act of 1974, except any requirement

18 relating to fair housing and nondiscrimination, the envi19 ronment, and labor standards, if the Secretary finds that

20 such waiver will further the purposes of the use of this

21 appropriation.

22 During fiscal year 1994, new commitments to issue

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

24 Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as
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1 amended (42 U.S.C. 5301), shall not exceed

2 $2,054,000,000.

3 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

4 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

5 For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro6 grams of research and studies relating to housing and

7 urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized

8 by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act

9 of 1970, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), includ10 ing carrying out the functions of the Secretary under sec11 tion 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968,

12 Ω51æ$83,000,000 $35,000,000, to remain available until

13 September 30, 1995.

14 Ω52æINDIAN HOUSING

15 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND

16 For the cost (as defined in section 502 of the Con17 gressional Budget Act of 1974) of guaranteed loans au18 thorized by section 184 of the Housing and Community

19 Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 3739), $2,000,000.

20 Such funds shall be available to subsidize guarantees of

21 total loan principal in an amount not to exceed

22 $50,000,000.
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1 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

2 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

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

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

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

7 and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended,

8 Ω53æ$25,000,000 $21,419,000, to remain available until

9 September 30, 1995Ω54æ:–Provided, That $20,481,000

10 shall be available to carry out activities pursuant to section

11 561 of the Housing and Community Development Act of

12 1987.

13 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary administrative and nonadministrative

17 expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel18 opment, not otherwise provided for, including not to ex19 ceed $7,000 for official reception and representation ex20 penses, Ω55æ$918,463,000 $910,910,000, of which

21 $444,872,000 shall be provided from the various funds of

22 the Federal Housing Administration, and $8,038,000

23 shall be provided from funds of the Government National

24 Mortgage Association.
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

4 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

5 General Act of 1978, as amended, $46,305,000, of which

6 $10,190,000 shall be transferred from the various funds

7 of the Federal Housing Administration.

8 OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

13 Ω56æ$5,742,000 $10,700,000, to remain available until ex14 pended, from the Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight

15 Fund: Provided, That such amounts shall be collected by

16 the Director as authorized by section 1316(a) and

17 Ω57æ(b)(2) (b) of such Act, and deposited in the Fund

18 under section 1316(f): Provided further, That notwith19 standing the last sentence in section 1316(e) of such Act,

20 the amount of this first annual assessment shall not be

21 reduced by any part of the amount of the initial special

22 assessment under section 1316(e)Ω58æ: Provided further,

23 That that part of the amount of this first annual assessment

24 collected from each enterprise shall be adjusted in such man25 ner that the aggregate of the amounts of the initial and

26 the first annual assessments that each enterprise shall pay
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1 shall be consistent with the requirements of section

2 1316(b)(1) of such ActΩ59æ: Provided further, That funds

3 made available by this paragraph shall not be available for

4 employment of more than 45 full-time equivalent positions.

5 Ω60æREVISION OF AMOUNTS FOR HUD

6 The amounts otherwise provided by this title are re7 vised by reducing the amount made available for ‘‘Policy

8 Development and Research—Research and Technology’’,

9 and increasing the amount made available for ‘‘Housing

10 Programs—Homeownership and Opportunity for People

11 Everywhere Grants (HOPE Grants)’’, by $10,000,000.

12 Ω61æADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

13 None of the funds provided under this title or otherwise

14 made available to the Department of Housing and Urban

15 Development, which are obligated to State or local govern16 ments or to housing finance agencies or other public or

17 quasi-public housing agencies, shall be used to indemnify

18 contractors or subcontractors of the government or agency

19 against costs associated with allegations or judgments of in20 fringement of intellectual property rights or any legal pro21 ceedings related to such allegations.
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1 TITLE III

2 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

3 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

6 of the American Battle Monuments Commission, including

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

9 national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United

10 States and its territories and possessions; rent of office

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

12 replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles;

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

15 Ω62æ$19,961,000 $20,461,000, to remain available until

16 expended: Provided, That where station allowance has

17 been authorized by the Department of the Army for offi18 cers of the Army serving the Army at certain foreign sta19 tions, the same allowance shall be authorized for officers

20 of the Armed Forces assigned to the Commission while

21 serving at the same foreign stations, and this appropria22 tion is hereby made available for the payment of such al23 lowance: Provided further, That when traveling on busi24 ness of the Commission, officers of the Armed Forces serv25 ing as members or as Secretary of the Commission may
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1 be reimbursed for expenses as provided for civilian mem2 bers of the Commission: Provided further, That the Com3 mission shall reimburse other Government agencies, in4 cluding the Armed Forces, for salary, pay, and allowances

5 of personnel assigned to it: Provided further, That section

6 509 of the general provisions carried in title V of this Act

7 shall not apply to the funds provided under this heading:

8 Provided further, That not more than $125,000 of the pri9 vate contributions to the Korean War Memorial Fund may

10 be used for administrative support of the Korean War Vet11 erans Memorial Advisory Board including travel by mem12 bers of the board authorized by the Commission, travel

13 allowances to conform to those provided by Federal travel

14 regulations.

15 Ω63æCHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION

16 BOARD

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur19 suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act Amend20 ments of 1990, including hire of passenger vehicles, and

21 for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for

22 individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the

23 maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 5

24 U.S.C. 5376, $5,000,000.
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1 Ω64æCOMMISSION ON NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY

2 SERVICE

3 Ω65æSALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Commis5 sion on National and Community Service under subtitle

6 G of title I of the National and Community Service Act

7 of 1990 (Public Law 101–610), $2,519,000.

8 Ω66æPROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

9 For use in carrying out the programs, activities and

10 initiatives under subtitles B through G of title I of the

11 National and Community Service Act of 1990 (Public Law

12 101–610), $105,000,000.

13 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product

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

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

20 to recognize non-Federal officials’ contributions to Com21 mission activities, and not to exceed $500 for official re22 ception and representation expenses, $42,286,000.
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1 COURT OF VETERANS APPEALS

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

5 U.S.C. sections 7251–7292, Ω67æ$9,040,000 $9,278,000,

6 to be available without regard to section 509 of this Act,

7 of which not to exceed $790,000, to remain available until

8 September 30, 1995, shall be available for the purpose of

9 providing financial assistance as described, and in accord10 ance with the process and reporting procedures set forth

11 under this head in Public Law 102–229.

12 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

13 CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for

16 maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington

17 National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home

18 National Cemetery, and not to exceed $1,000 for official

19 reception and representation expenses; $12,738,000, to re20 main available until expended.

21 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

22 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

23 For research and development activities, including

24 procurement of laboratory equipment and supplies; other

25 operating expenses in support of research and develop-
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1 ment; and construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation

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

3 project; Ω68æ$353,565,000 $328,565,000, to remain avail4 able until September 30, 1995: Ω69æProvided, That not

5 more than $10,200,000 of these funds shall be available

6 for operating expenses in support of research and develop7 ment Provided, That not more than $50,600,000 of these

8 funds shall be available for procurement of laboratory

9 equipment, supplies, and other operating expenses in sup10 port of research and development; and construction, alter11 ation, repair, rehabilitation and renovation of facilities, not

12 to exceed $75,000 per project.

13 ABATEMENT, CONTROL, AND COMPLIANCE

14 For abatement, control, and compliance activities, in15 cluding hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, mainte16 nance, and operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; li17 brary memberships in societies or associations which issue

18 publications to members only or at a price to members

19 lower than to subscribers who are not members; construc20 tion, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of

21 facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; and not to

22 exceed $6,000 for official reception and representation ex23 penses; Ω70æ$1,367,535,000 $1,352,535,000, to remain

24 available until September 30, 1995: Provided, That not

25 more than Ω71æ$283,000,000 $280,000,000 of these funds

26 shall be available for operating expenses: Provided further,
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1 That none of the funds appropriated under this head shall

2 be available to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad3 ministration pursuant to section 118(h)(3) of the Federal

4 Water Pollution Control Act, as amended: Provided fur5 ther, That none of these funds may be expended for pur6 poses of resource conservation and recovery panels estab7 lished under section 2003 of the Resource Conservation

8 and Recovery Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6913), or for

9 support to State, regional, local, and interstate agencies

10 in accordance with subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal

11 Act, as amended, other than section 4008(a)(2) or 4009

12 (42 U.S.C. 6948, 6949): Provided further, That from

13 funds appropriated under this heading, the Administrator

14 may make grants to federally recognized Indian govern15 ments for the development of multimedia environmental

16 programs.

17 Ω72æABATEMENT, CONTROL, AND COMPLIANCE LOAN

18 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modi20 fying loans, under the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement

21 Act of 1984 (20 U.S.C. 4011 et seq.), $29,000,000: Provided,

22 That such funds are available to subsidize gross obligations

23 for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed

24 $70,500,000.
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

2 carry out the implementation of such Act, $1,000,000.

3 Funds for the cost of direct loans, and for administra4 tive expenses, under this heading shall be derived from any

5 funds available to the Environmental Protection Agency for

6 fiscal year 1993 which remain unobligated at the end of

7 such fiscal year.

8 PROGRAM AND RESEARCH OPERATIONS

9 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

10 for personnel compensation and benefit costs and for trav11 el expenses, including uniforms, or allowances therefor, as

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

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

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

15 GS–18; Ω73æ$859,170,000 $841,000,000: Provided, That

16 none of these funds may be expended for purposes of re17 source conservation and recovery panels established under

18 section 2003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery

19 Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6913).

20 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

23 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

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

25 alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facili26 ties, not to exceed $75,000 per project, $44,595,000, of
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1 which $16,278,000 shall be derived from the Hazardous

2 Substance Superfund trust fund and $669,100 shall be

3 derived from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank

4 trust fundΩ74æ:–Provided, That not more than

5 $37,400,000 of these funds shall be available for adminis6 trative expenses.

7 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

8 For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al9 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment for facilities of,

10 or use by, the Environmental Protection Agency,

11 Ω75æ$18,000,000 $12,000,000, to remain available until

12 expended.

13 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen15 sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil16 ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including sec17 tions 111 (c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C.

18 9611), and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilita19 tion, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000

20 per project; Ω76æ$1,416,100,000 $1,496,400,000, consist21 ing of Ω77æ$1,206,100,000 $1,246,400,000 as authorized

22 by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and Re23 authorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended by Public

24 Law 101–508, and Ω78æ$210,000,000 $250,000,000 as a

25 payment from general revenues to the Hazardous Sub26 stance Superfund as authorized by section 517(b) of
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1 SARA, as amended by Public Law 101–508, plus sums

2 recovered on behalf of the Hazardous Substance

3 Superfund in excess of $251,954,000 during fiscal year

4 1994, with all of such funds to remain available until ex5 pended: Provided, That funds appropriated under this

6 heading may be allocated to other Federal agencies in ac7 cordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided fur8 ther, That notwithstanding section 111(m) of CERCLA

9 or any other provision of law, not to exceed

10 Ω79æ$64,036,000 $69,036,000 of the funds appropriated

11 under this heading shall be available to the Agency for

12 Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to carry out activi13 ties described in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and

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

15 Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986:

16 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated

17 under this heading shall be available for the Agency for

18 Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to issue in excess

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

20 CERCLA during fiscal year 1994: Provided further, That

21 no more than Ω80æ$280,000,000 $240,000,000 of these

22 funds shall be available for administrative expenses of the

23 Environmental Protection Agency: Provided further, That

24 none of the funds appropriated in this Act may be made

25 available for program management of Alternative Reme-
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1 dial Contracting Strategy (ARCS) contracts exceeding 11

2 percent of the total cost of such contract.

3 LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND

4 For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under5 ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sec6 tion 205 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthoriza7 tion Act of 1986, and for construction, alteration, repair,

8 rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed

9 $75,000 per project, $75,379,000, to remain available

10 until expended: Provided, That no more than $7,400,000

11 shall be available for administrative expenses.

12 OIL SPILL RESPONSE

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ15 mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil

16 Pollution Act of 1990, $21,239,000, to be derived from

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

18 until expended: Provided, That not more than $7,650,000

19 of these funds shall be available for administrative ex20 penses.

21 WATER INFRASTRUCTURE/STATE REVOLVING FUNDS

22 Ω81æFor necessary expenses for capitalization grants

23 for State revolving funds to support water infrastructure

24 financing, and to carry out the purposes of the Federal

25 Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, and the Water

26 Quality Act of 1987, $2,477,000,000, to remain available
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1 until expended, of which $500,000,000 shall not become

2 available until March 31, 1994: Provided, That of the

3 amount which becomes available on October 1, 1993,

4 $1,817,000,000 shall be for making capitalization grants

5 for State revolving funds; $25,000,000 shall be for making

6 grants under section 104(b)(3) of the Federal Water Pol7 lution Control Act, as amended; $100,000,000 shall be for

8 making grants under section 319 of the Federal Water

9 Pollution Control Act, as amended; and $35,000,000 shall

10 be for section 510 of the Water Quality Act of 1987.

11 For necessary expenses for capitalization grants for

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

14 Pollution Control Act, as amended, and the Water Quality

15 Act of 1987, and other related wastewater activities,

16 $2,500,000,000, to remain available until expended, of

17 which $500,000,000 shall not become available until May

18 31, 1994: Provided, That of the amount which becomes

19 available on October 1, 1993, $1,830,000,000 shall be for

20 making capitalization grants for State revolving funds;

21 $20,000,000 shall be for making grants under section

22 104(b)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as

23 amended; $80,000,000 shall be for making grants under sec24 tion 319 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as
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1 amended; and $70,000,000 shall be for section 510 of the

2 Water Quality Act of 1987.

3 Ω82æADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

4 Ω83æNone of the funds provided for in this Act may

5 be used within the Environmental Protection Agency dur6 ing any period of fiscal year 1994 to classify or conduct

7 any activities resulting from the classification of hops as

8 a processed commodity for the purposes of administering

9 regulations pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos10 metic Act (21 U.S.C. 301–376) and the Federal Insecticide,

11 Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136–136y).

12 Ω84æNone of the funds provided for in this Act may

13 be used within the Environmental Protection Agency dur14 ing any period of fiscal year 1994 to promulgate, carry out,

15 or enforce regulations concerning a standard for radio16 nuclides, including radon, in drinking water.

17 Ω85æNo funds appropriated by this Act may be used

18 to enforce the requirements of section 211(m) of the Clean

19 Air Act in any nonattainment area, where any State has

20 prohibited the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether to comply

21 with such requirements and where the State has committed

22 to submit prior to October 1, 1994 a revision to its imple23 mentation plan or plans for carbon monoxide that would

24 achieve carbon monoxide emissions reductions equivalent to

25 those realized by implementation of such section.
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1 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

2 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and

4 Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na5 tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and

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

7 of passenger motor vehicles, services as authorized by 5

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

9 and representation expenses, and rental of conference

10 rooms in the District of Columbia, Ω86æ$4,200,000

11 $4,700,000: Provided, Ω87æThat the Office of Science and

12 Technology Policy shall reimburse other agencies for not

13 less than one-half of the personnel compensation costs of

14 individuals detailed to it Ω88æThat the Office of Science

15 and Technology Policy shall not employ more than six

16 detailees.

17 Ω89æOFFICE OF NATIONAL SERVICE

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of National Serv19 ice, in carrying out the purposes of the National and Com20 munity Service Act of 1990, as amended, $160,000: Pro21 vided, That the Office of National Service shall reimburse

22 other agencies for not less than one-half of the personnel

23 compensation costs of individuals detailed to it.
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1 Ω90æCOUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE

2 OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

3 For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned

4 to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of En5 vironmental Quality pursuant to the National Environ6 mental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality Im7 provement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of

8 1977, up to $375,000, to be derived by transfer from

9 amounts made available by this Act under the heading ‘‘En10 vironmental Protection Agency, Program and research op11 erations’’.

12 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

13 DISASTER RELIEF

14 For necessary expenses in carrying out the functions

15 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency

16 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $292,000,000,

17 to remain available until expended Ω91æand in addition,

18 $400,000,000, which shall be available only to the extent

19 an official budget request for a specific dollar amount, that

20 includes designation of the entire amount of the request as

21 an emergency requirement pursuant to section

22 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

23 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by

24 the President to Congress: Provided, That the $400,000,000

25 contingency appropriation made available under this head-
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1 ing is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement

2 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget

3 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

4 DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

5 Funds provided to this account are available to sub6 sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct

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

8 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

9 the direct loan program, $95,000.

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

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

13 1343); uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by

14 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

15 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per

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

17 attendance of cooperating officials and individuals at

18 meetings concerned with the work of emergency prepared19 ness; transportation in connection with the continuity of

20 Government programs to the same extent and in the same

21 manner as permitted the Secretary of a Military Depart22 ment under 10 U.S.C. 2632; and not to exceed $2,500

23 for official reception and representation expenses;

24 Ω92æ$164,239,000 $160,409,000.
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

3 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

4 General Act of 1978, as amended, $4,350,000.

5 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE

6 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

7 to carry out activities under the National Flood Insurance

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17 as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), Ω93æsection

18 103 of the National Security Act (50 U.S.C. 404) section

19 107 of the National Security Act, and Reorganization Plan

20 No. 3 of 1978, Ω94æ$212,960,000 $215,000,000.

21 EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM

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

23 Federal Emergency Management Agency to carry out an

24 emergency food and shelter program pursuant to title III

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

2 per centum of the total appropriation.

3 NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

4 (TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

8 of 1973, $14,081,000 shall be transferred as needed to

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

11 programs and $48,092,000 shall be transferred as needed

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

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

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

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

17 September 30, 1995. In fiscal year 1994, no funds in ex18 cess of (1) $32,000,000 for operating expenses, (2)

19 $252,366,000 for agents’ commissions and taxes, and (3)

20 $3,500,000 for interest on Treasury borrowings shall be

21 available from the National Flood Insurance Fund without

22 prior notice to the Committees on Appropriations.

23 Ω95æADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

24 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

25 The Director of the Federal Emergency Management

26 Agency shall promulgate through rulemaking a schedule
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1 of fees applicable to persons subject to the Federal Emer2 gency Management Agency’s radiological emergency pre3 paredness regulations. The aggregate charges assessed

4 pursuant to this section during fiscal year 1994 shall ap5 proximate, but not be less than, 100 per centum of the

6 amounts anticipated by the Federal Emergency Manage7 ment Agency to be obligated for its radiological emergency

8 preparedness program for such fiscal year. The schedule

9 of fees shall be fair and equitable, and shall reflect the

10 full amount of direct and indirect costs incurred through

11 the provision of regulatory services. Such fees will be as12 sessed in a manner that reflects the use of agency re13 sources for classes of regulated persons and the adminis14 trative costs of collecting such fees. Fees received pursu15 ant to this section shall be deposited in the general fund

16 of the Treasury as offsetting receipts. Assessment and col17 lection of such fees are only authorized during fiscal year

18 1994.

19 Ω96æNotwithstanding any other provision of law, no

20 funds provided in this Act or in any other Act for the Fed21 eral Emergency Management Agency may be used for the

22 purposes of chauffeuring employees.
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1 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

2 CONSUMER INFORMATION CENTER

3 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Information

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

5 $2,074,000, to be deposited into the Consumer Informa6 tion Center Fund: Provided, That the appropriations, rev7 enues and collections deposited into the fund shall be

8 available for necessary expenses of Consumer Information

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

10 Administrative expenses of the Consumer Information

11 Center in fiscal year 1994 shall not exceed $2,415,000.

12 Appropriations, revenues, and collections accruing to this

13 fund during fiscal year 1994 in excess of $7,500,000 shall

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

16 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

17 OFFICE OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS

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

20 $2,159,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other

21 provision of law, that Office may solicit, accept and de22 posit to this account, during fiscal year 1994, gifts for

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

24 and distributing consumer information and educational

25 materials; may expend up to $1,100,000 of those gifts for
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1 those purposes, in addition to amounts otherwise appro2 priated; and the balance shall remain available for expend3 iture for such purposes to the extent authorized in subse4 quent appropriations ActsΩ97æ: Provided further, That

5 none of the funds provided under this heading may be made

6 available for any other activities within the Department of

7 Health and Human Services.

8 Ω98æINTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON THE HOMELESS

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Interagency Council on

11 the Homeless, not otherwise provided for, as authorized

12 by title II of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assist13 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11311–11319), as amended,

14 $910,000, to remain available until September 30, 1995:

15 Provided, That the Council shall carry out its duties in

16 the 10 standard Federal regions under section 203(a)(4)

17 of such Act only through detail, on a non-reimbursable

18 basis, of employees of the departments and agencies rep19 resented on the Council pursuant to section 202(a) of such

20 Act.

21 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

22 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

23 Ω99æ(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

25 including research, development, operations, services,
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1 minor construction, maintenance, repair, rehabilitation

2 and modification of real and personal property; purchase,

3 lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and

4 administrative aircraft, necessary for the conduct and sup5 port of aeronautical and space research and development

6 activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis7 tration; not to exceed $35,000 for official reception and

8 representation expenses; and purchase (not to exceed

9 thirty-three for replacement only) and hire of passenger

10 motor vehicles; Ω100æ$7,475,400,000, to remain available

11 until September 30, 1995, including not to exceed

12 $2,100,000,000 for space station, of which (1) not to ex13 ceed $172,000,000 shall be for space station operations/

14 utilization capability development and (2) not to exceed

15 $99,000,000 shall be for space station supporting develop16 ment:–Provided, That none of the funds in this Act may

17 be used for space station NASA headquarters level one

18 support service contracts $7,544,400,000, to remain avail19 able until September 30, 1995: Provided, That none of the

20 funds made available under this Act shall be available for

21 the Towards Other Planetary Systems/High Resolution

22 Microwave Survey program (also known as the Search for

23 Extraterrestrial Intelligence project): Provided further,

24 That of the funds provided under this heading,

25 $1,946,000,000 is available only for the redesigned space
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1 station, of which (1) not to exceed $160,000,000 shall be

2 for termination costs connected only with Space Station

3 Freedom contracts, (2) not to exceed $172,000,000 shall be

4 for space station operations and utilization capability de5 velopment, (3) not to exceed $99,000,000 shall be for sup6 porting development, and (4) not to exceed $800,000,000

7 shall be for all other nonhardware related costsΩ101æ: Pro8 vided further, That not more than $1,000,000,000 of the

9 amounts made available under this heading for the rede10 signed space station may be obligated before January 31,

11 1994Ω102æ: Provided further, That none of the funds made

12 available under this heading for the redesigned space sta13 tion shall be used for any space station configuration with

14 less user capability than that available for the Space Sta15 tion Freedom as outlined by NASA in March, 1991 and

16 confirmed in House Report 102–226Ω103æ: Provided fur17 ther, That none of the funds made available under this

18 heading for the space station program may be used to pay,

19 or enter into contracts with, the Republic of RussiaΩ104æ:

20 Provided further, That of the funds made available under

21 this heading, not to exceed $100,000,000 shall be available

22 for activities to support cooperative space ventures between

23 the United States and the Republic of Russia outlined in

24 the joint agreement of September 2, 1993, of which (1) not

25 to exceed $50,000,000 shall be only for space transportation
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1 capability development activities and (2) not to exceed

2 $50,000,000 shall be only for space science activities other

3 than life sciencesΩ105æ: Provided further, That the funds

4 made available in the immediately preceding proviso shall

5 not be available until December 15, 1993Ω106æ: Provided

6 further, That none of the funds made available under this

7 heading may be used to pay or reimburse the Department

8 of Defense for any expenses connected to any planetary ex9 ploration missionΩ107æ: Provided further, That not more

10 than $1,086,800,000 shall be for Mission to Planet Earth

11 activities, of which $5,000,000 shall be for a socioeconomic

12 data active archive centerΩ108æ: Provided further, That

13 none of the funds made available under this heading for

14 the earth observing system data information system may

15 be used to construct, or substantially amortize through pay16 ment or reimbursement the construction costs of, any facil17 ity of any Federal agency or any other non-Federal institu18 tion or agencyΩ109æ: Provided further, That not more than

19 $289,500,000 shall be available for space research and tech20 nology activities.

21 SPACE FLIGHT, CONTROL AND DATA COMMUNICATIONS

22 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

23 in support of space flight, spacecraft control and commu24 nications activities of the National Aeronautics and Space

25 Administration, including operations, production, services,

26 minor construction, maintenance, repair, rehabilitation,
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1 and modification of real and personal property; tracking

2 and data relay satellite services as authorized by law; pur3 chase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mis4 sion and administrative aircraft; Ω110æ$4,878,400,000

5 $4,892,900,000, to remain available until September 30,

6 1995.

7 CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES

8 Ω111æ(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

9 For construction, repair, rehabilitation and modifica10 tion of facilities, minor construction of new facilities and

11 additions to existing facilities, and for facility planning

12 and design not otherwise provided, for the National Aero13 nautics and Space Administration, and for the acquisition

14 or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law,

15 Ω112æ$512,700,000 $550,300,000, to remain available

16 until September 30, 1996: Provided, That, notwithstand17 ing the limitation on the availability of funds appropriated

18 under this heading by this appropriations Act, when any

19 activity has been initiated by the incurrence of obligations

20 therefor, the amount available for such activity shall re21 main available until expended, except that this provision

22 shall not apply to the amounts appropriated pursuant to

23 the authorization for repair, rehabilitation and modifica24 tion of facilities, minor construction of new facilities and

25 additions to existing facilities, and facility planning and

26 design: Provided further, That no amount appropriated
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1 pursuant to this or any other Act may be used for the

2 lease or construction of a new contractor-funded facility

3 for exclusive use in support of a contract or contracts with

4 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under

5 which the Administration would be required to substan6 tially amortize through payment or reimbursement such

7 contractor investment, unless an appropriations Act speci8 fies the lease or contract pursuant to which such facilities

9 are to be constructed or leased or such facility is otherwise

10 identified in such Act: Provided further, That the Adminis11 trator may authorize such facility lease or construction,

12 if he determines, in consultation with the Committees on

13 Appropriations, that deferral of such action until the en14 actment of the next appropriations Act would be inconsist15 ent with the interest of the Nation in aeronautical and

16 space activitiesΩ113æ: Provided further, That, pursuant to

17 Public Law 102–486, an amount equal to not more than

18 50 percent of all utility energy efficiency and water con19 servation cash rebates received by the National Aeronautics

20 and Space Administration may be made available for addi21 tional energy efficiency and water conservation measures,

22 including facility surveys.

23 Ω114æOf the amounts provided under this heading for

24 the Consortium for International Earth Science Informa-
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1 tion Network in Public Law 102–389, $10,000,000 are re2 scinded.

3 RESEARCH AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

4 For necessary expenses for personnel and related

5 costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au6 thorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902) and travel ex7 penses, Ω115æ$1,637,500,000 $1,635,508,000: Provided,

8 That contracts may be entered into under this appropria9 tion for training, investigations, costs associated with per10 sonnel relocation, and for other services, to be provided

11 during the next fiscal year.

12 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector

14 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

15 General Act of 1978, as amended, $15,391,000.

16 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

17 CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

18 During fiscal year 1994, gross obligations of the

19 Central Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new

20 direct loans to member credit unions as authorized by the

21 National Credit Union Central Liquidity Facility Act (12

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

23 That administrative expenses of the Central Liquidity Fa24 cility in fiscal year 1994 shall not exceed $945,000.
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1 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

2 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

3 For necessary expenses in carrying out the purposes

4 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as

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

6 a National Medal of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880–1881); serv7 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and op8 eration of aircraft and purchase of flight services

9 for research support; acquisition of aircraft;

10 Ω116æ$2,045,000,000 $1,940,000,000, to remain available

11 until September 30, 1995: Provided, That receipts for sci12 entific support services and materials furnished by the Na13 tional Research Centers and other National Science Foun14 dation supported research facilities may be credited to this

15 appropriation: Provided further, That to the extent that

16 the amount appropriated is less than the total amount au17 thorized to be appropriated for included program activi18 ties, all amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified

19 in the authorizing Act for those program activities or their

20 subactivities shall be reduced proportionallyΩ117æ: Pro21 vided further, That none of the funds made available under

22 this heading may be used to acquire through lease, purchase

23 or other means an arctic research vessel∆118«: Provided

24 further, That none of the funds made available under this
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1 heading may be used to establish any new research centers

2 in fiscal year 1994.

3 Ω119æACADEMIC RESEARCH FACILITIES AND

4 INSTRUMENTATION

5 ACADEMIC RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE

6 For necessary expenses in carrying out an academic

7 research facilities and instrumentation program pursuant

8 to the purposes of the National Science Foundation Act

9 of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), including

10 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and rental of con11 ference rooms in the District of Columbia,

12 Ω120æ$55,000,000 $125,000,000, to remain available until

13 September 30, 1995.

14 UNITED STATES POLAR RESEARCH PROGRAMS

15 For necessary expenses in carrying out arctic and

16 antarctic research and operational support and for reim17 bursement to other Federal agencies for operational and

18 science support and other related activities for the United

19 States Antarctic program and the Arctic research program

20 pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950,

21 as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875); maintenance and op22 eration of aircraft and purchase of flight services for re23 search and operations support; improvement of environ24 mental practices and enhancements of safety; services as

25 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and operation

26 of research ships and charter or lease of ships for research
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1 and operations support; hire of passenger motor vehicles;

2 not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representa3 tion expenses; $158,100,000, to remain available until ex4 pended: Provided, That receipts for support services and

5 materials provided for non-Federal activities may be cred6 ited to this appropriationΩ121æ: Provided further, That

7 none of the funds made available under this heading may

8 be used to enter into a new charter or lease for the use of

9 a research vessel not refurbished or modernized in a United

10 States shipyard, or a newly constructed vessel not built in

11 a United States shipyard.

12 UNITED STATES ANTARCTIC LOGISTICAL SUPPORT

13 ACTIVITIES

14 For necessary expenses in reimbursing Federal agen15 cies for logistical and other related activities for the Unit16 ed States Antarctic program pursuant to the National

17 Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C.

18 1861–1875); acquisition, maintenance, and operation of

19 aircraft for research and operations support; improvement

20 of environmental practices and enhancements of safety;

21 $62,600,000, to remain available until expended: Pro22 vided, That receipts for support services and materials

23 provided for non-Federal activities may be credited to this

24 appropriation.
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1 EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

2 For necessary expenses in carrying out science and

3 engineering education and human resources programs and

4 activities pursuant to the purposes of the National Science

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

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

7 and rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum8 bia, $569,600,000, to remain available until September

9 30, 1995: Provided, That to the extent that the amount

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

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

14 subactivities shall be reduced proportionally.

15 CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE

16 For necessary expenses for support of the Critical

17 Technologies Institute as authorized by section 822 of the

18 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991,

19 as amended (42 U.S.C. 6686), Ω122æ$1,000,000

20 $2,000,000, to remain available until expended.

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary salaries and expenses in carrying out

23 the purposes of the National Science Foundation Act of

24 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875); services au25 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehi26 cles; not to exceed $6,000 for official reception and rep-
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1 resentation expenses; uniforms or allowances therefor, as

2 authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); rental of con3 ference rooms in the District of Columbia; reimbursement

4 of the General Services Administration for security guard

5 services; Ω123æ$120,800,000 $115,500,000: Provided,

6 That contracts may be entered into under salaries and ex7 penses in fiscal year 1994 for maintenance and operation

8 of facilities, and for other services, to be provided during

9 the next fiscal year.

10 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

12 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

13 General Act of 1978, as amended, $3,997,000, to remain

14 available until September 30, 1995.

15 Ω124æNATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION HEADQUARTERS

16 RELOCATION

17 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION HEADQUARTERS

18 RELOCATION AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

19 For necessary support of the relocation of the Na20 tional Science Foundation, $5,200,000Ω125æ,–to remain

21 available until expended: Provided, That these funds shall

22 be used to reimburse the General Services Administration

23 for services and related acquisitions in support of relocat24 ing the National Science FoundationΩ126æ, including

25 higher annual rental costs.
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1 Ω127æNATIONAL SERVICE INITIATIVE

2 CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

3 For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na4 tional and Community Service in carrying out the pro5 grams, activities, and initiatives under the National and

6 Community Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 103–82), as

7 amended (‘‘the Act’’ herein), $370,000,000, to remain avail8 able until September 30, 1995, except as provided hereafter:

9 Provided, That not more than $25,000,000 is available for

10 administrative expenses authorized under section

11 501(a)(4) of the Act, of which not more than $11,000,000

12 shall be for administrative expenses for State commissions

13 pursuant to section 126(a) of subtitle C of title I of the Act:

14 Provided further, That none of the funds made available

15 under this heading shall be for subtitle E of title I of the

16 Act: Provided further, That not more than $94,500,000, to

17 remain available without fiscal year limitation, shall be

18 transferred to the National Service Trust Fund for edu19 cational awards as authorized under subtitle D of title I

20 of the Act: Provided further, That not more than $4,725,000

21 of the $94,500,000 made available for the National Service

22 Trust Fund shall be for educational awards authorized

23 under section 129(b) of subtitle C of title I of the Act: Pro24 vided further, That not more than $5,000,000 is available

25 for the Points of Light Foundation as authorized under title
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1 III of the Act: Provided further, That not more than

2 $190,500,000 shall be for activities authorized under sub3 title C of title I of the Act, of which (1) not more than

4 $3,000,000 shall be for activities under section 129(a)(2),

5 (2) not more than $3,000,000 shall be for activities under

6 section 129(a)(3), (3) not more than $9,500,000 shall be for

7 technical assistance activities under section 129(c), (4) not

8 more than $10,000,000 shall be for disaster assistance under

9 section 129(c), (5) not more than $25,000,000 shall be for

10 assistance to Federal agencies under section 129(d)(2), (6)

11 not more than $2,000,000 shall be for activities under sec12 tion 129(d)(5), (7) not more than $15,000,000 shall be for

13 Summer of Service activities pursuant to section

14 122(a)(15), and (8) not more than $9,000,000 shall be made

15 available for educational loan forgiveness authorized under

16 section 428J of the Higher Education Act: Provided further,

17 That not more than $15,000,000 shall be for activities under

18 subtitle H of title I of the Act.

19 NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

20 PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT

21 CORPORATION

22 For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor23 poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities,

24 as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora-
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1 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), Ω128æ$30,476,000

2 $32,000,000.

3 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys6 tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of

7 training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective

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

9 4118) for civilian employees; and not to exceed $1,000 for

10 official reception and representation expenses;

11 Ω129æ$5,000,000 $25,000,000: Provided, That during the

12 current fiscal year, the President may exempt this appro13 priation from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever

14 he deems such action to be necessary in the interest of

15 national defense: Provided further, That none of the funds

16 appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in con17 nection with the induction of any person into the Armed

18 Forces of the United States.

19 TITLE IV

20 CORPORATIONS

21 Corporations and agencies of the Department of

22 Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the

23 Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, are

24 hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the

25 limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each
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1 such corporation or agency and in accord with law, and

2 to make such contracts and commitments without regard

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

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

5 forth in the budget for 1994 for such corporation or agen6 cy except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collec7 tions of these corporations and agencies may be used for

8 new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the

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

10 are in support of other forms of assistance provided for

11 in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this pro12 viso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty

13 operations of these corporations, or where loans or mort14 gage purchases are necessary to protect the financial in15 terest of the United States Government.

16 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

17 Ω130æSAVINGS ASSOCIATION INSURANCE FUND

18 For payments of insurance losses, in fiscal year 1994,

19 of the Savings Association Insurance Fund as authorized

20 by Public Law 101–73, such sums as may be necessary.

21 FSLIC RESOLUTION FUND

22 For payment of expenditures, in fiscal year 1994, of

23 the FSLIC Resolution Fund, for which other funds avail24 able to the FSLIC Resolution Fund as authorized by Pub25 lic Law 101–73 are insufficient, Ω131æ$1,326,000,000

26 $1,171,000,000.
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1 Ω132æFDIC AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM

2 For the affordable housing program of the Federal

3 Deposit Insurance Corporation under section 40 of the

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

5 $7,000,000 to pay for any losses resulting from the sale

6 of properties under the program, and for all administra7 tive and holding costs associated with operating the

8 program.

9 Notwithstanding any provisions of section 40 of the

10 Federal Deposit Insurance Act or any other provision of

11 law, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation shall be

12 deemed in compliance with such section if, in its sole dis13 cretion, the Corporation at any time modifies, amends or

14 waives any provisions of such section in order to maximize

15 the efficient use of the available appropriated funds. The

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

17 comply with the requirements of this provision or section

18 40 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.

19 RESOLUTION TRUST CORPORATION

20 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

22 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

23 General Act of 1978, as amended, Ω133æ$34,046,000

24 $34,582,000.
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1 TITLE V

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

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

5 no specific limitation has been placed thereon, the expendi6 tures for such travel expenses may not exceed the amounts

7 set forth therefor in the budget estimates submitted for

8 the appropriations: Provided, That this section shall not

9 apply to travel performed by uncompensated officials of

10 local boards and appeal boards of the Selective Service

11 System; to travel performed directly in connection with

12 care and treatment of medical beneficiaries of the Depart13 ment of Veterans Affairs; to travel performed in connec14 tion with major disasters or emergencies declared or deter15 mined by the President under the provisions of the Robert

16 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance

17 Act; to travel performed by the Offices of Inspector Gen18 eral in connection with audits and investigations; or to

19 payments to interagency motor pools where separately set

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

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

22 set forth in budget estimates initially submitted for such

23 appropriations, the expenditures for travel may cor24 respondingly exceed the amounts therefor set forth in the

25 estimates in the same proportion.
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1 SEC. 502. Appropriations and funds available for the

2 administrative expenses of the Department of Housing

3 and Urban Development and the Selective Service System

4 shall be available in the current fiscal year for purchase

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

6 (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); hire of passenger motor vehicles;

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

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

9 Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora10 tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of

11 1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations

12 on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract

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

14 services and facilities of Federal National Mortgage Asso15 ciation, Government National Mortgage Association, Fed16 eral Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financ17 ing Bank, Resolution Trust Corporation, Federal Reserve

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

19 and any insured bank within the meaning of the Federal

20 Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended (12

21 U.S.C. 1811–1831).

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

23 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

24 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
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1 SEC. 505. No funds appropriated by this Act may be

2 expended—

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

4 employee of the United States unless—

5 (A) such certification is accompanied by,

6 or is part of, a voucher or abstract which de7 scribes the payee or payees and the items or

8 services for which such expenditure is being

9 made, or

10 (B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to

11 such certification, and without such a voucher

12 or abstract, is specifically authorized by law;

13 and

14 (2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit

15 by the General Accounting Office or is specifically

16 exempt by law from such audit.

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

18 any department or agency may be expended for the trans19 portation of any officer or employee of such department

20 or agency between his domicile and his place of employ21 ment, with the exception of any officer or employee au22 thorized such transportation under title 31, United States

23 Code, section 1344.

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

25 be used for payment, through grants or contracts, to re-
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1 cipients that do not share in the cost of conducting re2 search resulting from proposals not specifically solicited

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

4 sharing by the recipient shall reflect the mutuality of in5 terest of the grantee or contractor and the Government

6 in the research.

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

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

9 reimbursement for payment of the salary of a consultant

10 (whether retained by the Federal Government or a grant11 ee) at more than the daily equivalent of the

12 Ω134æmaximum rate paid for GS–18 rate paid for Level

13 IV of the Executive Schedule, unless specifically authorized

14 by law.

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

16 this Act for personnel compensation and benefits shall be

17 available for other object classifications set forth in the

18 budget estimates submitted for the appropriations: Pro19 vided, That this section shall not apply to any part of the

20 appropriations contained in this Act for Offices of Inspec21 tor General personnel compensation and benefits.

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

23 to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Fed24 eral parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory pro25 ceedings. Nothing herein affects the authority of the
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1 Consumer Product Safety Commission pursuant to section

2 7 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2056

3 et seq.).

4 SEC. 511. Except as otherwise provided under exist5 ing law or under an existing Executive order issued pursu6 ant to an existing law, the obligation or expenditure of

7 any appropriation under this Act for contracts for any

8 consulting service shall be limited to contracts which are

9 (1) a matter of public record and available for public in10 spection, and (2) thereafter included in a publicly available

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

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

13 the public and of all contracts on which performance has

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

15 preceding sentence shall be updated quarterly and shall

16 include a narrative description of the work to be per17 formed under each such contract.

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

19 part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be

20 obligated or expended by any executive agency, as referred

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

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

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

24 contract in full compliance with such Act and the regula25 tions promulgated thereunder, and (2) requires any report
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1 prepared pursuant to such contract, including plans, eval2 uations, studies, analyses and manuals, and any report

3 prepared by the agency which is substantially derived from

4 or substantially includes any report prepared pursuant to

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

6 contract pursuant to which the report was prepared, and

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

8 such contract.

9 SEC. 513. Except as otherwise provided in section

10 506, none of the funds provided in this Act to any depart11 ment or agency shall be obligated or expended to provide

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

13 any officer or employee of such department or agency.

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

15 any department or agency shall be obligated or expended

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

17 2001 with an EPA estimated miles per gallon average of

18 less than 22 miles per gallon.

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

20 year 1994 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall

21 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.

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

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

24 real property if the estimated annual rental is more than

25 $300,000, unless the Secretary submits, in writing, a re-
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1 port to the Committees on Appropriations of the Congress

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

3 on which the report is received by the Committees on Ap4 propriations.

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

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

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

8 21A(b)(11)(B) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act and

9 the actions taken with respect to the agreements described

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

11 agreement, the review that has been conducted and the

12 action that has been taken, if any, to rescind or to restruc13 ture, modify, or renegotiate the agreement. In describing

14 the action taken, the Corporation is not required to pro15 vide detailed information regarding an ongoing investiga16 tion or negotiation. The Corporation shall exercise any

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

18 rescind such agreement, notwithstanding any other provi19 sion of law, where the savings would be realized.

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

21 of restructuring, modifying, or renegotiating the agree22 ments described in subsection (a), the Corporation shall

23 certify to the Congress, for each such agreement, the fol24 lowing:
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1 (1) the Corporation has completed its review of

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

3 of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act;

4 (2)(A) at the time of certification, in the opin5 ion of the Corporation and based upon the informa6 tion available to it, there is insufficient evidence or

7 other indication of fraud, misrepresentation, failure

8 to disclose a material fact, failure to perform under

9 the terms of the agreement, improprieties in the bid10 ding process, failure to comply with any law, rule or

11 regulation regarding the validity of the agreement,

12 or any other legal basis sufficient for the rescission

13 of the agreement; or

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

15 finds that there may be sufficient evidence to pro16 vide a legal basis for the rescission of the assistance

17 agreement, but the Corporation determines that it

18 may be in the best interest of the Government to re19 structure, modify or renegotiate the assistance

20 agreement; and

21 (3) the Corporation has or will promptly exer22 cise any and all legal rights to modify, renegotiate,

23 or restructure the agreement where savings would be

24 realized by such actions.
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1 Ω135æSEC. 518. COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN

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

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

4 Act of March 3, 1993 (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c; popularly

5 known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’), which are applicable

6 to those funds.

7 This Act may be cited as the Departments of Veter8 ans, Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and

9 Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994.

Passed the House of Representatives June 29, 1993.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.

Passed the Senate September 22 (legislative day,

September 7), 1993.

Attest: WALTER J. STEWART,

Secretary.

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