Calendar No. 194

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2491

[Report No. 103–137]

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Departments of Vetand for other purposes. for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices ment, and for sundry independent agencies, erans Affairs and Housing and Urban DevelopJULY 13 (legislative day, JUNE 30), 1993

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on

Appropriations

SEPTEMBER 9 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 7), 1993

Reported with amendments
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Calendar No. 194

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2491

[Report No. 103–137]

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 13 (legislative day, JUNE 30), 1993

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

SEPTEMBER 9 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 7), 1993

Reported by Ms. MIKULSKI, with amendments

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

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,
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1 boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fis2 cal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other pur3 poses, namely:

4 TITLE I

5 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

6 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

7 COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For the payment of compensation benefits to or on

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

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

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

13 chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 92 Stat. 2508); and bur14 ial benefits, emergency and other officers’ retirement pay,

15 adjusted-service credits and certificates, payment of pre16 miums due on commercial life insurance policies guaran17 teed under the provisions of Article IV of the Soldiers’

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

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

20 1312, 1977, and 2106, chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61;

21 50 U.S.C. App. 540–548; 43 Stat. 122, 123; 45 Stat. 735;

22 76 Stat. 1198), $16,828,446,000, to remain available

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

24 of the amount appropriated shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Gen25 eral operating expenses’’ and ‘‘Medical care’’ for necessary

26 expenses in implementing those provisions authorized in
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1 the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, Public

2 Law 101–508, and in the Veterans’ Benefits Act of 1992,

3 Public Law 102–568, the funding source for which is spe4 cifically provided as the ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’ ap5 propriation: Provided further, That $6,000,000 of the

6 amount appropriated shall be transferred to ‘‘Medical fa7 cilities revolving fund’’ to augment the funding of individ8 ual medical facilities for nursing home care provided to

9 pensioners as authorized by the Veterans’ Benefits Act of

10 1992, Public Law 102–568.

11 READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

12 For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation

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

14 (38 U.S.C. chapters 21, 30, 31, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55,

15 and 61), $947,400,000, to remain available until ex16 pended: Provided, That funds shall be available to pay any

17 court order, court award or any compromise settlement

18 arising from litigation involving the vocational training

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

20 as amended.

21 VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

22 For military and naval insurance, national service life

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

25 authorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapter 19; 70 Stat. 887;
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1 72 Stat. 487), $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); $15,522,452,000

5 $15,637,452,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That of

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

7 expenses in the personnel compensation and benefits ob8 ject classifications: Provided further, That of the funds

9 made available under this heading, $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, 1995:–

14 Provided further, That of the sum appropriated,

15 $10,000,000 is for homeless programs authorized by sec16 tions 2, 3, and 4 of Public Law 102–590.

17 NATIONAL 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 ex26 tent an official budget request for a specific dollar amount,
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1 that includes designation of the entire amount of the request

2 as an emergency requirement pursuant to section

3 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

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

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

6 be available until expended upon enactment of national

7 health care reform legislation: Provided further, That the

8 entire amount provided under this heading is designated

9 by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec10 tion 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer11 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

12 MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

13 For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of

14 medical and prosthetic research and development as au15 thorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapter 73), to remain avail16 able until September 30, 1995, $252,000,000, plus reim17 bursements.

18 HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

19 For payment of health professional scholarship pro20 gram grants, as authorized by law, to students who agree

21 to a service obligation with the Department of Veterans

22 Affairs at one of its medical facilities, $10,386,000.
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1 HEALTH 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; $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; $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, Unit8 ed States Code, including planning, architectural and en9 gineering services, maintenance or guarantee period serv10 ices costs associated with equipment guarantees provided

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

12 and storm drainage system construction costs, and site ac13 quisition, 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 $322,793,000 $369,000,000, to remain available until ex17 pended: 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 only:–Provided further, That prior to the issu22 ance of a bidding document for any construction contract

23 for a project approved under this heading (excluding com24 pletion items), the director of the affected Department of

25 Veterans Affairs medical facility must certify that the de-
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1 sign 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, Unit14 ed States Code, where the estimated cost of a project is

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

16 until expended, along with unobligated balances of pre17 vious ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ appropriations which

18 are hereby made available for any project where the esti19 mated cost is less than $3,000,000: Provided, That funds

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

21 of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for

22 the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs which are

23 necessary because of loss or damage caused by any natural

24 disaster or catastrophe, and (2) temporary measures nec25 essary to prevent or to minimize further loss by such

26 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 A, B, and C A, B,

19 C, and D of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National

20 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 1992: Provided, That of
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1 the foregoing amount, not more than $12,000,000 may be

2 made available to carry out activities under subtitle D of

3 the title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable

4 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 For the HOME investment partnerships program, as

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

21 amended, $1,250,000,000, to remain available until ex22 pended.

23 For additional amounts for the HOME investment

24 partnerships program, as authorized under title II of the

25 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as

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

2 1992, Public Law 102–368, $75,000,000, to remain avail3 able until expended.

4 For the HOME investment partnerships program, as

5 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National

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

7 $1,275,000,000, to remain available until expended, of

8 which not to exceed $1,205,045,000 shall be for formula allo9 cation to eligible participating jurisdictions under sub10 section 217(a)(1) of the Act; not to exceed $12,750,000 shall

11 be for grants to Indian tribes under subsection 217(a)(2)

12 of the Act; not to exceed $2,550,000 shall be for insular

13 areas under subsection 217(a)(3) of the Act; not to exceed

14 $4,655,000 shall be for increasing allocations to States eligi15 ble to receive increased allocations in fiscal year 1994 under

16 subsection 217(b)(2)(B) of the Act; not to exceed

17 $39,000,000 shall be for community housing partnership

18 activities authorized under section 233 of the Act; and, not

19 to exceed $11,000,000 shall be for activities in support of

20 State and local housing strategies authorized under subtitle

21 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, $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 $242,680,000 of amounts

4 of budget authority (and contract authority) reserved or

5 obligated in prior years for the development or acquisition

6 costs of public housing (including public housing for In7 dian families), for modernization of existing public hous8 ing projects (including such projects for Indian families),

9 and, except as herein provided, for programs under section

10 8 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f), which are recaptured dur11 ing fiscal year 1994; and up to $203,000,000 of amounts

12 of budget authority for rental assistance under section 8 of

13 the Act and section 162(h) of the Housing and Community

14 Development Act of 1987 recaptured during fiscal year

15 1992 as a result of the conversion of section 202 direct loans

16 to capital grants: Provided further, That of the total

17 amount provided under this head, $257,320,000

18 $268,000,000 shall be for the development or acquisition

19 cost of public housing for Indian families, including

20 amounts for housing under the mutual help homeowner21 ship opportunity program under section 202 of the Act

22 (42 U.S.C. 1437bb); and $400,000,000 $598,000,000 shall

23 be for the development or acquisition cost of public hous24 ing, of which up to one-half of one percent shall be avail25 able for technical assistance and inspection of public hous-
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1 ing agencies by the Secretary: Provided further, That of

2 the $598,000,000 provided for the development of public

3 housing in fiscal year 1994, not more than 20 percent may

4 be used pursuant to section 5(j)(2) of the Act, as amended,

5 for the substantial redesign, reconstruction, or redevelop6 ment of existing obsolete public housing projects or build7 ings and for the cost of improving the management and

8 operation of projects undergoing redesign, reconstruction, or

9 redevelopment: Provided further, That of the total amount

10 provided under this head, $3,100,000,000 $3,230,000,000

11 shall be for modernization of existing public housing

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

13 1437l), including up to two-fifths of one percent for the

14 inspection of modernization units and provision of man15 agement and technical assistance by the Secretary for

16 troubled public housing agencies and Indian housing au17 thorities: Provided further, That of the total amount pro18 vided under this head, $1,381,518,000 $872,239,000 shall

19 be for rental assistance under the section 8 existing hous20 ing certificate program (42 U.S.C. 1437f) and the housing

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

22 1437f(o)): Provided further, That of the total amount pro23 vided under this head, $8,400,000 shall be available for

24 fees under section 23(h) for the family self-sufficiency pro25 gram (42 U.S.C. 1437u): Provided further, That of the
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1 total amount provided under this head, $1,228,997,000

2 $900,000,000 shall be for amendments to section 8 con3 tracts other than contracts for projects developed under

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

5 $599,559,000 $541,000,000 shall be for assistance for

6 State or local units of government, tenant and nonprofit

7 organizations to purchase projects where owners have indi8 cated an intent to prepay mortgages and for assistance

9 to be used as an incentive to prevent prepayment or for

10 vouchers to aid eligible tenants adversely affected by mort11 gage prepayment, as authorized in the Emergency Low12 Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987, as amended:

13 Provided further, That those portions of the fees for the

14 costs incurred in administering incremental units assisted

15 in the certificate and housing voucher programs under sec16 tions 8(b), 8(o), and 8(e)(2) shall be established or in17 creased in accordance with the authorization for such fees

18 in section 8(q) of the Act: Provided further, That 50 per

19 centum of the amounts of budget authority, or in lieu

20 thereof 50 per centum of the cash amounts associated with

21 such budget authority, that are recaptured from projects

22 described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney

23 Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (Public

24 Law 100–628, 102 Stat. 3224, 3268) shall be rescinded,

25 or in the case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury,
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1 and such amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured

2 and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be

3 used by State housing finance agencies or local govern4 ments or local housing agencies with projects approved by

5 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for

6 which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in ac7 cordance with such section: Provided further, That of the

8 total amount provided under this head, $125,000,000

9 $156,000,000 shall be for housing opportunities for per10 sons with AIDS under title VIII, subtitle D of the Cran11 ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act,

12 $150,000,000 $250,000,000 shall be for the lead-based

13 paint hazard reduction program as authorized under sec14 tions 1011 and 1053 of the Residential Lead-Based Haz15 ard Reduction Act of 1992, and $30,000,000 shall be for

16 service coordinators in pubilc public housing pursuant to

17 section 9(a)(1)(b)(ii) of the United States Housing Act of

18 1937.

19 Of the total amount provided under this head,

20 $1,023,350,000 $1,158,000,000 shall be for capital ad21 vances, including amendments to capital advance con22 tracts, for housing for the elderly, as authorized by section

23 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for

24 project rental assistance, and amendments to contracts for

25 project rental assistance, for supportive housing for the
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1 elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of

2 1959: Provided further, That $15,855,000 shall be for

3 service coordinators pursuant to section 202(q) of the

4 Housing Act of 1959.

5 Of the total amount provided under this head,

6 $445,373,000 $387,000,000 shall be for capital advances,

7 including amendments to capital advances contracts, for

8 supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as author9 ized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af10 fordable Housing Act; and for project rental assistance,

11 and amendments to contracts for project rental assistance,

12 for supportive housing for persons with disabilities as au13 thorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National

14 Affordable Housing Act.

15 ASSISTANCE FOR THE RENEWAL OF EXPIRING SECTION 8

16 SUBSIDY CONTRACTS

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For assistance under the United States Housing Act

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

20 use in connection with expiring section 8 subsidy con21 tracts, $5,558,106,000 $4,558,106,000, to remain available

22 until expended: Provided, That funds provided under this

23 paragraph may not be obligated for a contract term that

24 is less than five years: Provided further, That to the extent

25 the amount in this appropriation is insufficient to fund

26 all expiring section 8 contracts, the Secretary may transfer
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1 to and merge with this appropriation such amounts from

2 the ‘‘Annual contributions for assisted housing’’ appro3 priation as the Secretary shall determine, and amounts

4 earmarked in the foregoing account may be reduced ac5 cordingly, at the Secretary’s discretion: Provided further,

6 That the Secretary may maintain consolidated accounting

7 data for funds disbursed at the public housing agency or

8 Indian housing authority or project level for subsidy as9 sistance regardless of the source of the disbursement so

10 as to minimize the administrative burden of multiple

11 accounts.

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

13 to become available for obligation on October 1, 1994, and

14 to remain available for obligation until expended.

15 RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

16 (RESCISSION)

17 The limitation otherwise applicable to the maximum

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

19 contracts entered into under section 236 of the National

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

21 1994 by not more than $2,000,000 in uncommitted bal22 ances of authorizations provided for this purpose in appro23 priations Acts: Provided, That up to $45,515,000 of re24 captured section 236 budget authority resulting from the

25 prepayment of mortgages subsidized under section 236 of

26 the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) shall be
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1 rescinded in fiscal year 1994: Provided further, That to

2 the extent that the recaptures and rescission during fiscal

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

4 provided under the head ‘‘Annual contributions for as5 sisted housing’’ and the budget authority provided under

6 that head for assistance in connection with mortgage pre7 payments shall be reduced accordingly.

8 RENT SUPPLEMENT PROGRAM

9 (RESCISSION)

10 The limitation otherwise applicable to the maximum

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

12 contracts entered into under section 101 of the Housing

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

14 is reduced in fiscal year 1994 by not more than

15 $1,544,646 of uncommitted balances of authorizations

16 provided for this purpose in appropriations Acts.

17 CONGREGATE SERVICES

18 For contracts with and payments to public housing

19 agencies and nonprofit corporations for congregate serv20 ices programs, $6,267,000, to remain available until Sep21 tember 30, 1995, in accordance with the provisions of the

22 Congregate Services Act of 1978, as amended.

23 For contracts with payments to public housing agen24 cies and nonprofit corporations for congregate services pro25 grams, $25,000,000, to remain available until September

26 30, 1995, of which up to $6,267,000 shall be for entities
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1 operating such programs in accordance with the provisions

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

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

4 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Pub5 lic Law 101–625).

6 PAYMENTS FOR OPERATION OF LOW-INCOME HOUSING

7 PROJECTS

8 For payments to public housing agencies and Indian

9 housing authorities for operating subsidies for low-income

10 housing projects as authorized by section 9 of the United

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

12 1437g), $2,620,808,000.

13 SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS

14 For the revitalization of distressed public housing

15 projects program, authorized by section 24 of the United

16 States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, $483,240,000,

17 to remain available until expended.

18 For the urban revitalization demonstration program

19 under the third paragraph under the head ‘‘Homeownership

20 and Opportunity for People Everywhere grants (HOPE

21 grants)’’ in the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Hous22 ing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies

23 Appropriations Act, 1993, Public Law 102–389, 106 Stat.

24 1571, 1579, $803,240,000, to remain available until ex25 pended: Provided, That notwithstanding the first proviso

26 of such third paragraph, the Secretary shall have discretion
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1 to approve funding for more than fifteen applicants: Pro2 vided further, That no part of the foregoing amount that

3 is used for the urban revitalization demonstration program

4 shall be made available for an application that was not

5 submitted to the Secretary by May 26, 1993: Provided fur6 ther, That of the foregoing $803,240,000, the Secretary may

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

8 urban revitalization demonstration, to be made available

9 directly, or indirectly under contracts or grants, as appro10 priate: Provided further, That nothing in this paragraph

11 shall prohibit the Secretary from conforming the program

12 standards and criteria set forth herein, with subsequent au13 thorization legislation that may be enacted into law: Pro14 vided further, That of the $803,240,000 made available

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

16 grantees under the urban revitalization demonstration pro17 gram, to implement programs authorized under subtitle D

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

19 youth apprenticeship training activities for joint labor20 management organizations pursuant to section 3(c)(2)(B)

21 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as

22 amended.

23 DRUG ELIMINATION GRANTS FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING

24 For grants to public housing agencies for use in

25 eliminating drug-related crime in public housing projects

26 authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11901–11908, and for drug in-
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1 formation clearinghouse services authorized by 42 U.S.C.

2 11921–11925, $265,000,000, to remain available until ex3 pended: Provided, That not more than $198,750,000 shall

4 be available for grants to housing authorities with greater

5 than 1,250 public housing units: Provided further, That not

6 more than $53,000,000 shall be available for grants to hous7 ing authorities with less than 1,250 public housing units:

8 Provided further, That not more than $13,250,000 shall be

9 available for grants for federally-assisted, low-income hous10 ing.

11 YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM

12 For youthbuild program activities authorized by sub13 title D of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af14 fordable Housing Act, $48,000,000, to remain available

15 until expended: Provided, That no amounts appropriated

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

17 or (3) of such Act shall be available for the foregoing ap18 propriation.

19 NATIONAL CITIES IN SCHOOLS COMMUNITY

20 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

21 For the national cities in schools community develop22 ment program, as authorized under section 930 of the

23 Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (Pub24 lic Law 102–550), $10,000,000, to remain available until

25 expended.
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1 HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE

2 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth3 erwise provided for, for providing counseling and advice

4 to tenants and homeowners—both current and prospec5 tive—with respect to property maintenance, financial

6 management, and such other matters as may be appro7 priate to assist them in improving their housing conditions

8 and meeting the responsibilities of tenancy or homeowner9 ship, including provisions for training and for support of

10 voluntary agencies and services as authorized by section

11 106(a)(1)(iii), section 106(a)(2), section 106(c), section

12 106(d), section 106(e), and section 106(f) of the Housing

13 and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended,

14 $12,000,000.

15 FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND

16 For assistance to owners of eligible multifamily hous17 ing projects insured, or formerly insured, and under the

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

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

20 and Community Development Amendments of 1978, as

21 amended (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1a), in the program of assist22 ance for troubled multifamily housing projects under the

23 Housing and Community Development Amendments of

24 1978, as amended, $35,747,000 $41,000,000, and all un25 committed balances of excess rental charges as of Septem26 ber 30, 1993, and any collections and other amounts in
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1 the fund authorized under section 201(j) of the Housing

2 and Community Development Amendments of 1978, as

3 amended, during fiscal year 1994, to remain available

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

5 a multifamily housing project assisted, but not insured,

6 under the National Housing Act may be made if the

7 project owner and the mortgagee have provided or agreed

8 to provide assistance to the project in a manner as deter9 mined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop10 ment.

11 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

12 FHA-MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 During fiscal year 1994, commitments to guarantee

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

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

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

18 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out

19 the guaranteed loan program, $262,810,000, to be derived

20 from the FHA-mutual mortgage insurance guaranteed

21 loans receipt account, of which not to exceed

22 $256,682,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for

23 salaries and expenses; and of which not to exceed

24 $6,128,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for

25 the Office of Inspector General.
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1 FHA—GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

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

7 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

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

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

10 be guaranteed of not to exceed $13,436,205,000: Provided

11 further, That of the foregoing amount provided to subsidize

12 program costs, not more than $36,842,750 may be obligated

13 by January 1, 1994, not more than $73,685,500 may be

14 obligated by April 1, 1994, and not more than $110,528,250

15 may be obligated by July 1, 1994.

16 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

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

18 of which $188,190,000 shall be transferred to the appro19 priation for salaries and expenses; and of which

20 $4,062,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for

21 the Office of Inspector General.
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1 GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

2 GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN

3 GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

4 (INCLUDES TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 During fiscal year 1994, new commitments to issue

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

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

8 shall not exceed $85,000,000,000 $130,000,000,000.

9 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out

10 the guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program,

11 $8,038,000, to be derived from the GNMA—guarantees

12 of mortgage-backed securities guaranteed loan receipt ac13 count, of which not to exceed $8,038,000 shall be trans14 ferred to the appropriation for salaries and expenses.

15 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

16 EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANTS PROGRAM

17 For the emergency shelter grants program, as au18 thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the Stewart B.

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

20 as amended, $151,350,000 $55,000,000, to remain avail21 able until expended.

22 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM

23 For the supportive housing program, as authorized

24 under subtitle C of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney

25 Homeless Assistance Act (Public Law 100–77), as amend26 ed, $319,968,000 $400,000,000, to remain available until
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1 expended, of which not to exceed $50,000,000 may be

2 used for a safe havens demonstration initiative, including

3 activities authorized within subtitle D of such Act, and

4 not to exceed $20,000,000 may be used for a rural home5 less demonstration initiative, including activities author6 ized within subtitle G of such Act.

7 SECTION 8 MODERATE REHABILITATION

8 SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY

9 For assistance under the United States Housing Act

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

11 8 moderate rehabilitation program, to be used to assist

12 homeless individuals pursuant to section 441 of the Stew13 art B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.

14 11401), $107,835,000, to remain available until expended.

15 For assistance under the United States Housing Act

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

17 moderate rehabilitation program, to be used to assist home18 less individuals pursuant to section 441 of the Stewart B.

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

20 $150,000,000, to remain available until expended.

21 SHELTER PLUS CARE

22 For the shelter plus care program, as authorized by

23 subtitle F of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Home24 less Assistance Act (Public Law 100–77), as amended,

25 $123,747,000, to remain available until expended.
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1 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

2 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

3 For grants to States and units of general local gov4 ernment and for related expenses, not otherwise provided

5 for, necessary for carrying out a community development

6 grants program as authorized by title I of the Housing

7 and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended

8 (42 U.S.C. 5301), $4,223,675,000 $4,400,000,000, to re9 main available until September 30, 1996: Provided, That

10 $42,236,750 $44,000,000 shall be available for grants to

11 Indian tribes pursuant to section 106(a)(1) of the Housing

12 and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended

13 (42 U.S.C. 5301), and $60,000,000 $45,000,000 shall be

14 available for ‘‘special purpose grants’’ pursuant to section

15 107 of such Act: Provided further, That not to exceed 20

16 per centum of any grant made with funds appropriated

17 herein (other than a grant using funds under section

18 107(b)(3) of such Act or funds set aside in the following

19 provisos) shall be expended for ‘‘Planning and Manage20 ment Development’’ and ‘‘Administration’’ as defined in

21 regulations promulgated by the Department of Housing

22 and Urban Development: Provided further, That

23 $15,000,000 shall be made available from the total

24 amount provided to carry out an early childhood develop25 ment program under section 222 of the Housing and
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1 Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983, as amended (12

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

3 are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless: Provided

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

5 total amount provided to carry out a neighborhood devel6 opment program under section 123 of said Act (42 U.S.C.

7 5318 note).

8 For additional amounts for ‘‘Community development

9 grants’’, for authorized community development activities

10 for use only in areas impacted by Hurricane Andrew, Hur11 ricane Iniki and Typhoon Omar, $50,000,000, to remain

12 available until September 30, 1996: Provided, That the

13 Secretary may waive entirely, or in any part, any require14 ment set forth in title I of the Housing and Community

15 Development Act of 1974, except any requirement relating

16 to fair housing and nondiscrimination, the environment,

17 and labor standards, if the Secretary finds that such waiv18 er will further the purposes of the use of this appropria19 tion.

20 During fiscal year 1994, new commitments to issue

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

22 Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as

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

24 $2,054,000,000.
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1 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

2 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

3 For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro4 grams of research and studies relating to housing and

5 urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized

6 by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act

7 of 1970, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), includ8 ing carrying out the functions of the Secretary under sec9 tion 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968,

10 $83,000,000 $35,000,000, to remain available until Sep11 tember 30, 1995.

12 INDIAN HOUSING

13 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND

14 For the cost (as defined in section 502 of the Con15 gressional Budget Act of 1974) of guaranteed loans au16 thorized by section 184 of the Housing and Community

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

18 Such funds shall be available to subsidize guarantees of

19 total loan principal in an amount not to exceed

20 $50,000,000.

21 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

22 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

23 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth24 erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil

25 Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing
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1 Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing

2 and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended,

3 $25,000,000 $21,419,000, to remain available until Sep4 tember 30, 1995:–Provided, That $20,481,000 shall be

5 available to carry out activities pursuant to section 561

6 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987.

7 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary administrative and nonadministrative

11 expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel12 opment, not otherwise provided for, including not to ex13 ceed $7,000 for official reception and representation ex14 penses, $918,463,000 $910,910,000, of which

15 $444,872,000 shall be provided from the various funds of

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

17 shall be provided from funds of the Government National

18 Mortgage Association.

19 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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, $46,305,000, of which

24 $10,190,000 shall be transferred from the various funds

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

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprise Fi5 nancial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, $5,742,000

6 $10,700,000, to remain available until expended, from the

7 Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Fund: Provided,

8 That such amounts shall be collected by the Director as

9 authorized by section 1316(a) and (b)(2) (b) of such Act,

10 and deposited in the Fund under section 1316(f): Provided

11 further, That notwithstanding the last sentence in section

12 1316(e) of such Act, the amount of this first annual as13 sessment shall not be reduced by any part of the amount

14 of the initial special assessment under section 1316(e):

15 Provided further, That that part of the amount of this first

16 annual assessment collected from each enterprise shall be

17 adjusted in such manner that the aggregate of the amounts

18 of the initial and the first annual assessments that each

19 enterprise shall pay shall be consistent with the require20 ments of section 1316(b)(1) of such Act.

21 REVISION OF AMOUNTS FOR HUD

22 The amounts otherwise provided by this title are re23 vised by reducing the amount made available for ‘‘Policy

24 Development and Research—Research and Technology’’,

25 and increasing the amount made available for ‘‘Housing
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1 Programs—Homeownership and Opportunity for People

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

3 TITLE III

4 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

5 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

8 of the American Battle Monuments Commission, including

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

11 national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United

12 States and its territories and possessions; rent of office

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

14 replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles;

15 and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign coun16 tries, when required by law of such countries; $19,961,000

17 $20,461,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,

18 That where station allowance has been authorized by the

19 Department of the Army for officers of the Army serving

20 the Army at certain foreign stations, the same allowance

21 shall be authorized for officers of the Armed Forces as22 signed to the Commission while serving at the same for23 eign stations, and this appropriation is hereby made avail24 able for the payment of such allowance: Provided further,

25 That when traveling on business of the Commission, offi-
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1 cers of the Armed Forces serving as members or as Sec2 retary of the Commission may be reimbursed for expenses

3 as provided for civilian members of the Commission: Pro4 vided further, That the Commission shall reimburse other

5 Government agencies, including the Armed Forces, for sal6 ary, pay, and allowances of personnel assigned to it: Pro7 vided further, That section 509 of the general provisions

8 carried in title V of this Act shall not apply to the funds

9 provided under this heading: Provided further, That not

10 more than $125,000 of the private contributions to the

11 Korean War Memorial Fund may be used for administra12 tive support of the Korean War Veterans Memorial Advi13 sory Board including travel by members of the board au14 thorized by the Commission, travel allowances to conform

15 to those provided by Federal travel regulations.

16 CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION 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 COMMISSION ON NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Commis4 sion on National and Community Service under subtitle

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

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

7 PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

8 For use in carrying out the programs, activities and

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

10 National and Community Service Act of 1990 (Public Law

11 101–610), $105,000,000.

12 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product

15 Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve16 hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at

17 rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv18 alent to the rate for GS–18, purchase of nominal awards

19 to recognize non-Federal officials’ contributions to Com20 mission activities, and not to exceed $500 for official re21 ception and representation expenses, $42,286,000.

22 COURT OF VETERANS APPEALS

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses for the operation of the Unit25 ed States Court of Veterans Appeals as authorized by 38

26 U.S.C. sections 7251–7292, $9,040,000 $9,278,000, to be
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1 available without regard to section 509 of this Act, of

2 which not to exceed $790,000, to remain available until

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

4 providing financial assistance as described, and in accord5 ance with the process and reporting procedures set forth

6 under this head in Public Law 102–229.

7 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL

8 CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for

11 maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington

12 National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home

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

14 reception and representation expenses; $12,738,000, to re15 main available until expended.

16 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

17 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

18 For research and development activities, including

19 procurement of laboratory equipment and supplies; other

20 operating expenses in support of research and develop21 ment; and construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation

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

23 project; $353,565,000 $328,565,000, to remain available

24 until September 30, 1995: Provided, That not more than

25 $10,200,000 of these funds shall be available for operating
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1 expenses in support of research and development Provided,

2 That not more than $50,600,000 of these funds shall be

3 available for procurement of laboratory equipment, sup4 plies, and other operating expenses in support of research

5 and development; and construction, alteration, repair, reha6 bilitation and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000

7 per project.

8 ABATEMENT, CONTROL, AND COMPLIANCE

9 For abatement, control, and compliance activities, in10 cluding hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, mainte11 nance, and operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; li12 brary memberships in societies or associations which issue

13 publications to members only or at a price to members

14 lower than to subscribers who are not members; construc15 tion, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of

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

17 exceed $6,000 for official reception and representation ex18 penses; $1,367,535,000 $1,352,535,000, to remain avail19 able until September 30, 1995: Provided, That not more

20 than $283,000,000 $280,000,000 of these funds shall be

21 available for operating expenses: Provided further, That

22 none of the funds appropriated under this head shall be

23 available to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin24 istration pursuant to section 118(h)(3) of the Federal

25 Water Pollution Control Act, as amended: Provided fur26 ther, That none of these funds may be expended for pur-
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1 poses of resource conservation and recovery panels estab2 lished under section 2003 of the Resource Conservation

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

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

5 in accordance with subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal

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

7 (42 U.S.C. 6948, 6949): Provided further, That from

8 funds appropriated under this heading, the Administrator

9 may make grants to federally recognized Indian govern10 ments for the development of multimedia environmental

11 programs.

12 PROGRAM AND RESEARCH OPERATIONS

13 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

14 for personnel compensation and benefit costs and for trav15 el expenses, including uniforms, or allowances therefor, as

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

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

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

19 GS–18; $859,170,000 $841,000,000: Provided, That none

20 of these funds may be expended for purposes of resource

21 conservation and recovery panels established under section

22 2003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as

23 amended (42 U.S.C. 6913).
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS 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, and for construction,

6 alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facili7 ties, not to exceed $75,000 per project, $44,595,000, of

8 which $16,278,000 shall be derived from the Hazardous

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

10 derived from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank

11 trust fund:–Provided, That not more than $37,400,000 of

12 these funds shall be available for administrative expenses.

13 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

14 For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al15 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment for facilities of,

16 or use by, the Environmental Protection Agency,

17 $18,000,000 $12,000,000, to remain available until ex18 pended.

19 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

20 For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen21 sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil22 ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including sec23 tions 111 (c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C.

24 9611), and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilita25 tion, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000

26 per project; $1,416,100,000 $1,496,400,000, consisting of
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1 $1,206,100,000 $1,246,400,000 as authorized by section

2 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthoriza3 tion Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended by Public Law

4 101–508, and $210,000,000 $250,000,000 as a payment

5 from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance

6 Superfund as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA, as

7 amended by Public Law 101–508, plus sums recovered on

8 behalf of the Hazardous Substance Superfund in excess

9 of $251,954,000 during fiscal year 1994, with all of such

10 funds to remain available until expended: Provided, That

11 funds appropriated under this heading may be allocated

12 to other Federal agencies in accordance with section

13 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That notwithstand14 ing section 111(m) of CERCLA or any other provision of

15 law, not to exceed $64,036,000 $69,036,000 of the funds

16 appropriated under this heading shall be available to the

17 Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to

18 carry out activities described in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4),

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

20 Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986:

21 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated

22 under this heading shall be available for the Agency for

23 Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to issue in excess

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

25 CERCLA during fiscal year 1994: Provided further, That
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1 no more than $280,000,000 $240,000,000 of these funds

2 shall be available for administrative expenses of the Envi3 ronmental Protection Agency: Provided further, That none

4 of the funds appropriated in this Act may be made avail5 able for program management of Alternative Remedial

6 Contracting Strategy (ARCS) contracts exceeding 11 per7 cent of the total cost of such contract.

8 LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND

9 For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under10 ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sec11 tion 205 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthoriza12 tion Act of 1986, and for construction, alteration, repair,

13 rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed

14 $75,000 per project, $75,379,000, to remain available

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

16 shall be available for administrative expenses.

17 OIL SPILL RESPONSE

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ20 mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil

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

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

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

24 of these funds shall be available for administrative ex25 penses.
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1 WATER INFRASTRUCTURE/STATE REVOLVING FUNDS

2 For necessary expenses for capitalization grants for

3 State revolving funds to support water infrastructure fi4 nancing, and to carry out the purposes of the Federal

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

6 Quality Act of 1987, $2,477,000,000, to remain available

7 until expended, of which $500,000,000 shall not become

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

9 amount which becomes available on October 1, 1993,

10 $1,817,000,000 shall be for making capitalization grants

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

12 grants under section 104(b)(3) of the Federal Water Pol13 lution Control Act, as amended; $100,000,000 shall be for

14 making grants under section 319 of the Federal Water

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

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

17 For necessary expenses for capitalization grants for

18 State revolving funds to support water infrastructure fi19 nancing, and to carry out the purposes of the Federal Water

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

21 Act of 1987, and other related wastewater activities,

22 $2,500,000,000, to remain available until expended, of

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

24 31, 1994: Provided, That of the amount which becomes

25 available on October 1, 1993, $1,830,000,000 shall be for
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1 making capitalization grants for State revolving funds;

2 $20,000,000 shall be for making grants under section

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

4 amended; $80,000,000 shall be for making grants under sec5 tion 319 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as

6 amended; and $70,000,000 shall be for section 510 of the

7 Water Quality Act of 1987.

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

9 None of the funds provided for in this Act may be used

10 within the Environmental Protection Agency during any

11 period of fiscal year 1994 to classify or conduct any activi12 ties resulting from the classification of hops as a processed

13 commodity for the purposes of administering regulations

14 pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21

15 U.S.C. 301–376) and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,

16 and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136–136y).

17 None of the funds provided for in this Act may be used

18 within the Environmental Protection Agency during any

19 period of fiscal year 1994 to promulgate, carry out, or en20 force regulations concerning a standard for radionuclides,

21 including radon, in drinking water.

22 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

23 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and

25 Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na26 tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and
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1 Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 and 6671), hire

2 of passenger motor vehicles, services as authorized by 5

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

4 and representation expenses, and rental of conference

5 rooms in the District of Columbia, $4,200,000 $4,700,000:

6 Provided, That the Office of Science and Technology Pol7 icy shall reimburse other agencies for not less than one8 half of the personnel compensation costs of individuals de9 tailed to it That the Office of Science and Technology Policy

10 shall not employ more than six detailees.

11 OFFICE OF NATIONAL SERVICE

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of National Serv13 ice, in carrying out the purposes of the National and Com14 munity Service Act of 1990, as amended, $160,000: Pro15 vided, That the Office of National Service shall reimburse

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

17 compensation costs of individuals detailed to it.

18 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

19 DISASTER RELIEF

20 For necessary expenses in carrying out the functions

21 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency

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

23 to remain available until expended and in addition,

24 $400,000,000, which shall be available only to the extent

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

26 includes designation of the entire amount of the request as
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1 an emergency requirement pursuant to section

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

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

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

5 contingency appropriation made available under this head6 ing is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement

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

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

9 DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

10 Funds provided to this account are available to sub11 sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct

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

13 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

14 the direct loan program, $95,000.

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

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

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

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

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

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

22 attendance of cooperating officials and individuals at

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

25 Government programs to the same extent and in the same

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

2 for official reception and representation expenses;

3 $164,239,000 $160,409,000.

4 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

6 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

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

8 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE

9 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

10 to carry out activities under the National Flood Insurance

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20 as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), section 103

21 of the National Security Act (50 U.S.C. 404) section 107

22 of the National Security Act, and Reorganization Plan No.

23 3 of 1978, $212,960,000 $215,000,000.
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1 EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM

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

3 Federal Emergency Management Agency to carry out an

4 emergency food and shelter program pursuant to title III

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

6 administrative costs shall not exceed three and one-half

7 per centum of the total appropriation.

8 NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

9 (TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 Of the funds available from the National Flood Insur11 ance Fund for activities under the National Flood Insur12 ance Act of 1968, and the Flood Disaster Protection Act

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

14 the ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’ appropriation for administra15 tive costs of the insurance and flood plain management

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

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

18 appropriation for flood plain management activities, in19 cluding $4,720,000 for expenses under section 1362 of the

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

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

22 September 30, 1995. In fiscal year 1994, no funds in ex23 cess of (1) $32,000,000 for operating expenses, (2)

24 $252,366,000 for agents’ commissions and taxes, and (3)

25 $3,500,000 for interest on Treasury borrowings shall be
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1 available from the National Flood Insurance Fund without

2 prior notice to the Committees on Appropriations.

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

5 The Director of the Federal Emergency Management

6 Agency shall promulgate through rulemaking a schedule

7 of fees applicable to persons subject to the Federal Emer8 gency Management Agency’s radiological emergency pre9 paredness regulations. The aggregate charges assessed

10 pursuant to this section during fiscal year 1994 shall ap11 proximate, but not be less than, 100 per centum of the

12 amounts anticipated by the Federal Emergency Manage13 ment Agency to be obligated for its radiological emergency

14 preparedness program for such fiscal year. The schedule

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

16 full amount of direct and indirect costs incurred through

17 the provision of regulatory services. Such fees will be as18 sessed in a manner that reflects the use of agency re19 sources for classes of regulated persons and the adminis20 trative costs of collecting such fees. Fees received pursu21 ant to this section shall be deposited in the general fund

22 of the Treasury as offsetting receipts. Assessment and col23 lection of such fees are only authorized during fiscal year

24 1994.
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1 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds

2 provided in this Act or in any other Act for the Federal

3 Emergency Management Agency may be used for the pur4 poses of chauffeuring employees.

5 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

6 CONSUMER INFORMATION CENTER

7 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Information

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

9 $2,074,000, to be deposited into the Consumer Informa10 tion Center Fund: Provided, That the appropriations, rev11 enues and collections deposited into the fund shall be

12 available for necessary expenses of Consumer Information

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

14 Administrative expenses of the Consumer Information

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

16 Appropriations, revenues, and collections accruing to this

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

18 remain in the fund and shall not be available for expendi19 ture except as authorized in appropriations Acts.

20 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

21 OFFICE OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Consumer Af23 fairs, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,

24 $2,159,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other

25 provision of law, that Office may solicit, accept and de-
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1 posit to this account, during fiscal year 1994, gifts for

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

3 and distributing consumer information and educational

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

5 those purposes, in addition to amounts otherwise appro6 priated; and the balance shall remain available for expend7 iture for such purposes to the extent authorized in subse8 quent appropriations Acts: Provided further, That none of

9 the funds provided under this heading may be made avail10 able for any other activities within the Department of

11 Health and Human Services.

12 INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON THE HOMELESS

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Interagency Council on

15 the Homeless, not otherwise provided for, as authorized

16 by title II of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assist17 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11311–11319), as amended,

18 $910,000, to remain available until September 30, 1995:

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

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

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

22 basis, of employees of the departments and agencies rep23 resented on the Council pursuant to section 202(a) of such

24 Act.
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1 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

2 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

5 including research, development, operations, services,

6 minor construction, maintenance, repair, rehabilitation

7 and modification of real and personal property; purchase,

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

9 administrative aircraft, necessary for the conduct and sup10 port of aeronautical and space research and development

11 activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis12 tration; not to exceed $35,000 for official reception and

13 representation expenses; and purchase (not to exceed

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

15 motor vehicles; $7,475,400,000 $7,544,400,000, to remain

16 available until September 30, 1995,– including not to ex17 ceed $2,100,000,000 for space station, of which (1) not

18 to exceed $172,000,000 shall be for space station oper19 ations/utilization capability development and (2) not to ex20 ceed $99,000,000 shall be for space station supporting de21 velopment:–Provided, That none of the funds in this Act

22 may be used for space station NASA headquarters level

23 one support service contracts: Provided, That of the funds

24 provided under this heading, $1,946,000,000 is available

25 only for the redesigned space station, of which (1) not to

26 exceed $160,000,000 shall be for termination costs connected
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1 only with Space Station Freedom contracts, (2) not to ex2 ceed $172,000,000 shall be for space station operations and

3 utilization capability development, (3) not to exceed

4 $99,000,000 shall be for supporting development, and (4)

5 not to exceed $800,000,000 shall be for all other

6 nonhardware related costs: Provided further, That not more

7 than $1,000,000,000 of the amounts made available under

8 this heading for the redesigned space station may be obli9 gated before January 31, 1994: Provided further, That none

10 of the funds made available under this heading for the rede11 signed space station shall be used for any space station con12 figuration with less user capability than that available for

13 the Space Station Freedom as outlined by NASA in March,

14 1991 and confirmed in House Report 102–226: Provided

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

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

17 or enter into contracts with, the Republic of Russia: Pro18 vided further, That of the funds made available under this

19 heading, not to exceed $100,000,000 shall be available for

20 activities to support cooperative space ventures between the

21 United States and the Republic of Russia outlined in the

22 joint agreement of September 2, 1993, of which (1) not to

23 exceed $50,000,000 shall be only for space transportation

24 capability development activities and (2) not to exceed

25 $50,000,000 shall be only for space science activities other
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1 than life sciences: Provided further, That the funds made

2 available in the immediately preceding proviso shall not be

3 available until December 15, 1993: Provided further, That

4 none of the funds made available under this heading may

5 be used to pay or reimburse the Department of Defense for

6 any expenses connected to any planetary exploration mis7 sion: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail8 able under this heading for the earth observing system data

9 information system may be used to construct, or substan10 tially amortize through payment or reimbursement the con11 struction costs of, any facility of any Federal agency or any

12 other non-Federal institution or agency.

13 Of the amounts provided under this heading for the

14 Consortium for International Earth Science Information

15 Network in Public Law 102–389, $10,000,000 are re16 scinded.

17 SPACE FLIGHT, CONTROL AND DATA COMMUNICATIONS

18 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

19 in support of space flight, spacecraft control and commu20 nications activities of the National Aeronautics and Space

21 Administration, including operations, production, services,

22 minor construction, maintenance, repair, rehabilitation,

23 and modification of real and personal property; tracking

24 and data relay satellite services as authorized by law; pur25 chase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mis26 sion and administrative aircraft; $4,878,400,000
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1 $4,892,900,000, to remain available until September 30,

2 1995.

3 CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES

4 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

5 For construction, repair, rehabilitation and modifica6 tion of facilities, minor construction of new facilities and

7 additions to existing facilities, and for facility planning

8 and design not otherwise provided, for the National Aero9 nautics and Space Administration, and for the acquisition

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

11 $512,700,000 $550,300,000, to remain available until Sep12 tember 30, 1996: Provided, That, notwithstanding the lim13 itation on the availability of funds appropriated under this

14 heading by this appropriations Act, when any activity has

15 been initiated by the incurrence of obligations therefor, the

16 amount available for such activity shall remain available

17 until expended, except that this provision shall not apply

18 to the amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization

19 for repair, rehabilitation and modification of facilities,

20 minor construction of new facilities and additions to exist21 ing facilities, and facility planning and design: Provided

22 further, That no amount appropriated pursuant to this or

23 any other Act may be used for the lease or construction

24 of a new contractor-funded facility for exclusive use in

25 support of a contract or contracts with the National Aero26 nautics and Space Administration under which the Admin-
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1 istration would be required to substantially amortize

2 through payment or reimbursement such contractor in3 vestment, unless an appropriations Act specifies the lease

4 or contract pursuant to which such facilities are to be con5 structed or leased or such facility is otherwise identified

6 in such Act: Provided further, That the Administrator may

7 authorize such facility lease or construction, if he deter8 mines, in consultation with the Committees on Appropria9 tions, that deferral of such action until the enactment of

10 the next appropriations Act would be inconsistent with the

11 interest of the Nation in aeronautical and space activities:

12 Provided further, That, pursuant to Public Law 102–486,

13 an amount equal to not more than 50 percent of all utility

14 energy efficiency and water conservation cash rebates re15 ceived by the National Aeronautics and Space Administra16 tion may be made available for additional energy efficiency

17 and water conservation measures, including facility sur18 veys.

19 Of the amounts provided under this heading for the

20 Consortium for International Earth Science Information

21 Network in Public Law 102–389, $10,000,000 are re22 scinded.

23 RESEARCH AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

24 For necessary expenses for personnel and related

25 costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au-
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1 thorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902) and travel ex2 penses, $1,637,500,000 $1,635,508,000: Provided, That

3 contracts may be entered into under this appropriation for

4 training, investigations, costs associated with personnel re5 location, and for other services, to be provided during the

6 next fiscal year.

7 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector

9 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

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

11 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

12 CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

13 During fiscal year 1994, gross obligations of the

14 Central Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new

15 direct loans to member credit unions as authorized by the

16 National Credit Union Central Liquidity Facility Act (12

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

18 That administrative expenses of the Central Liquidity Fa19 cility in fiscal year 1994 shall not exceed $945,000.

20 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

21 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

22 For necessary expenses in carrying out the purposes

23 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as

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

25 a National Medal of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880–1881); serv26 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and op-
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1 eration of aircraft and purchase of flight services for re2 search support; acquisition of aircraft; $2,045,000,000

3 $1,940,000,000, to remain available until September 30,

4 1995: Provided, That receipts for scientific support serv5 ices and materials furnished by the National Research

6 Centers and other National Science Foundation supported

7 research facilities may be credited to this appropriation:

8 Provided further, That to the extent that the amount ap9 propriated is less than the total amount authorized to be

10 appropriated for included program activities, all amounts,

11 including floors and ceilings, specified in the authorizing

12 Act for those program activities or their subactivities shall

13 be reduced proportionally: Provided further, That none of

14 the funds made available under this heading may be used

15 to acquire through lease, purchase or other means an arctic

16 research vessel: Provided further, That none of the funds

17 made available under this heading may be used to establish

18 any new research centers in fiscal year 1994.

19 ACADEMIC RESEARCH FACILITIES AND

20 INSTRUMENTATION

21 ACADEMIC RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE

22 For necessary expenses in carrying out an academic

23 research facilities and instrumentation program pursuant

24 to the purposes of the National Science Foundation Act

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

26 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and rental of con-
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1 ference rooms in the District of Columbia, $55,000,000

2 $125,000,000, to remain available until September 30,

3 1995.

4 UNITED STATES POLAR RESEARCH PROGRAMS

5 For necessary expenses in carrying out arctic and

6 antarctic research and operational support and for reim7 bursement to other Federal agencies for operational and

8 science support and other related activities for the United

9 States Antarctic program and the Arctic research program

10 pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950,

11 as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875); maintenance and op12 eration of aircraft and purchase of flight services for re13 search and operations support; improvement of environ14 mental practices and enhancements of safety; services as

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

16 of research ships and charter or lease of ships for research

17 and operations support; hire of passenger motor vehicles;

18 not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representa19 tion expenses; $158,100,000, to remain available until ex20 pended: Provided, That receipts for support services and

21 materials provided for non-Federal activities may be cred22 ited to this appropriation: Provided further, That none of

23 the funds made available under this heading may be used

24 to enter into a new charter or lease for the use of a research

25 vessel not refurbished or modernized in a United States
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1 shipyard, or a newly constructed vessel not built in a Unit2 ed States shipyard.

3 UNITED STATES ANTARCTIC LOGISTICAL SUPPORT

4 ACTIVITIES

5 For necessary expenses in reimbursing Federal agen6 cies for logistical and other related activities for the Unit7 ed States Antarctic program pursuant to the National

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

9 1861–1875); acquisition, maintenance, and operation of

10 aircraft for research and operations support; improvement

11 of environmental practices and enhancements of safety;

12 $62,600,000, to remain available until expended: Pro13 vided, That receipts for support services and materials

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

15 appropriation.

16 EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

17 For necessary expenses in carrying out science and

18 engineering education and human resources programs and

19 activities pursuant to the purposes of the National Science

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

21 1875), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109

22 and rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum23 bia, $569,600,000, to remain available until September

24 30, 1995: Provided, That to the extent that the amount

25 of this appropriation is less than the total amount author26 ized to be appropriated for included program activities, all
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1 amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified in the au2 thorizing Act for those program activities or their

3 subactivities shall be reduced proportionally.

4 CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE

5 For necessary expenses for support of the Critical

6 Technologies Institute as authorized by section 822 of the

7 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991,

8 as amended (42 U.S.C. 6686), $1,000,000 $2,000,000, to

9 remain available until expended.

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary salaries and expenses in carrying out

12 the purposes of the National Science Foundation Act of

13 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875); services au14 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehi15 cles; not to exceed $6,000 for official reception and rep16 resentation expenses; uniforms or allowances therefor, as

17 authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); rental of con18 ference rooms in the District of Columbia; reimbursement

19 of the General Services Administration for security guard

20 services; $120,800,000 $115,500,000: Provided, That con21 tracts may be entered into under salaries and expenses

22 in fiscal year 1994 for maintenance and operation of facili23 ties, and for other services, to be provided during the next

24 fiscal year.
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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, $3,997,000, to remain

5 available until September 30, 1995.

6 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION HEADQUARTERS

7 RELOCATION

8 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION HEADQUARTERS

9 RELOCATION AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

10 For necessary support of the relocation of the Na11 tional Science Foundation, $5,200,000,–to remain avail12 able until expended: Provided, That these funds shall be

13 used to reimburse the General Services Administration for

14 services and related acquisitions in support of relocating

15 the National Science Foundation, including higher annual

16 rental costs.

17 NATIONAL SERVICE INITIATIVE

18 CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

19 For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na20 tional and Community Service in carrying out the pro21 grams, activities, and initiatives under the National and

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

23 amended (‘‘the Act’’ herein), $391,000,000, to remain avail24 able until September 30, 1995: Provided, That not more

25 than $25,000,000 is available for administrative expenses

26 authorized under section 501(a)(4) of the Act, of which
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1 not more than $11,000,000 shall be for administrative ex2 penses for State commissions pursuant to section 126(a) of

3 subtitle C of title I of the Act: Provided further, That none

4 of the funds made available under this heading shall be for

5 subtitle E of title I of the Act: Provided further, That not

6 more than $94,500,000 shall be for educational awards from

7 the National Service Trust Fund as authorized under sub8 title D of title I of the Act: Provided further, That not more

9 than $4,725,000 of the $94,500,000 made available for the

10 National Service Trust Fund shall be for educational

11 awards authorized under section 129(b) of subtitle C of title

12 I of the Act: Provided further, That not more than

13 $5,000,000 is available for the Points of Light Foundation

14 as authorized under title III of the Act: Provided further,

15 That not more than $211,500,000 shall be for activities au16 thorized under subtitle C of title I of the Act, of which (1)

17 not more than $3,000,000 shall be for activities under sec18 tion 129(a)(2), (2) not more than $3,000,000 shall be for

19 activities under section 129(a)(3), (3) not more than

20 $9,500,000 shall be for technical assistance activities under

21 section 129(c), (4) not more than $10,000,000 shall be for

22 disaster assistance under section 129(c), (5) not more than

23 $25,000,000 shall be for assistance to Federal agencies

24 under section 129(d)(2), (6) not more than $2,000,000 shall

25 be for activities under section 129(d)(5), and (7) not more
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1 than $15,000,000 shall be for Summer of Service activities

2 pursuant to section 122(a)(15): Provided further, That not

3 more than $15,000,000 shall be for activities under subtitle

4 H of title I of the Act.

5 NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

6 PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT

7 CORPORATION

8 For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor9 poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities,

10 as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora11 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $30,476,000

12 $32,000,000.

13 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys16 tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of

17 training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective

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

19 4118) for civilian employees; and not to exceed $1,000 for

20 official reception and representation expenses; $5,000,000

21 $25,000,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal year,

22 the President may exempt this appropriation from the pro23 visions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever he deems such action

24 to be necessary in the interest of national defense: Pro25 vided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this
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1 Act may be expended for or in connection with the induc2 tion of any person into the Armed Forces of the United

3 States.

4 TITLE IV

5 CORPORATIONS

6 Corporations and agencies of the Department of

7 Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the

8 Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, are

9 hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the

10 limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each

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

12 to make such contracts and commitments without regard

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

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

15 forth in the budget for 1994 for such corporation or agen16 cy except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collec17 tions of these corporations and agencies may be used for

18 new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the

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

20 are in support of other forms of assistance provided for

21 in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this pro22 viso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty

23 operations of these corporations, or where loans or mort24 gage purchases are necessary to protect the financial in25 terest of the United States Government.
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1 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

2 SAVINGS ASSOCIATION INSURANCE FUND

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

4 of the Savings Association Insurance Fund as authorized

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

6 FSLIC RESOLUTION FUND

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

8 the FSLIC Resolution Fund, for which other funds avail9 able to the FSLIC Resolution Fund as authorized by Pub10 lic Law 101–73 are insufficient, $1,326,000,000

11 $1,171,000,000.

12 FDIC AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM

13 For the affordable housing program of the Federal

14 Deposit Insurance Corporation under section 40 of the

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

16 $7,000,000 to pay for any losses resulting from the sale

17 of properties under the program, and for all administra18 tive and holding costs associated with operating the

19 program.

20 Notwithstanding any provisions of section 40 of the

21 Federal Deposit Insurance Act or any other provision of

22 law, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation shall be

23 deemed in compliance with such section if, in its sole dis24 cretion, the Corporation at any time modifies, amends or

25 waives any provisions of such section in order to maximize

26 the efficient use of the available appropriated funds. The
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1 Corporation shall not be subject to suit for its failure to

2 comply with the requirements of this provision or section

3 40 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.

4 RESOLUTION TRUST CORPORATION

5 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

7 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

8 General Act of 1978, as amended, $34,046,000

9 $34,582,000.

10 TITLE V

11 GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

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

14 no specific limitation has been placed thereon, the expendi15 tures for such travel expenses may not exceed the amounts

16 set forth therefor in the budget estimates submitted for

17 the appropriations: Provided, That this section shall not

18 apply to travel performed by uncompensated officials of

19 local boards and appeal boards of the Selective Service

20 System; to travel performed directly in connection with

21 care and treatment of medical beneficiaries of the Depart22 ment of Veterans Affairs; to travel performed in connec23 tion with major disasters or emergencies declared or deter24 mined by the President under the provisions of the Robert

25 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
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1 Act; to travel performed by the Offices of Inspector Gen2 eral in connection with audits and investigations; or to

3 payments to interagency motor pools where separately set

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

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

6 set forth in budget estimates initially submitted for such

7 appropriations, the expenditures for travel may cor8 respondingly exceed the amounts therefor set forth in the

9 estimates in the same proportion.

10 SEC. 502. Appropriations and funds available for the

11 administrative expenses of the Department of Housing

12 and Urban Development and the Selective Service System

13 shall be available in the current fiscal year for purchase

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

15 (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); hire of passenger motor vehicles;

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

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

18 Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora19 tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of

20 1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations

21 on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract

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

23 services and facilities of Federal National Mortgage Asso24 ciation, Government National Mortgage Association, Fed25 eral Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financ-
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1 ing Bank, Resolution Trust Corporation, Federal Reserve

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

3 and any insured bank within the meaning of the Federal

4 Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended (12

5 U.S.C. 1811–1831).

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

7 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

8 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

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

10 expended—

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

12 employee of the United States unless—

13 (A) such certification is accompanied by,

14 or is part of, a voucher or abstract which de15 scribes the payee or payees and the items or

16 services for which such expenditure is being

17 made, or

18 (B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to

19 such certification, and without such a voucher

20 or abstract, is specifically authorized by law;

21 and

22 (2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit

23 by the General Accounting Office or is specifically

24 exempt by law from such audit.
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1 SEC. 506. None of the funds provided in this Act to

2 any department or agency may be expended for the trans3 portation of any officer or employee of such department

4 or agency between his domicile and his place of employ5 ment, with the exception of any officer or employee au6 thorized such transportation under title 31, United States

7 Code, section 1344.

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

9 be used for payment, through grants or contracts, to re10 cipients that do not share in the cost of conducting re11 search resulting from proposals not specifically solicited

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

13 sharing by the recipient shall reflect the mutuality of in14 terest of the grantee or contractor and the Government

15 in the research.

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

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

18 reimbursement for payment of the salary of a consultant

19 (whether retained by the Federal Government or a grant20 ee) at more than the daily equivalent of the maximum rate

21 paid for GS–18 rate paid for Level IV of the Executive

22 Schedule, unless specifically authorized by law.

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

24 this Act for personnel compensation and benefits shall be

25 available for other object classifications set forth in the
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1 budget estimates submitted for the appropriations: Pro2 vided, That this section shall not apply to any part of the

3 appropriations contained in this Act for Offices of Inspec4 tor General personnel compensation and benefits.

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

6 to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Fed7 eral parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory pro8 ceedings. Nothing herein affects the authority of the

9 Consumer Product Safety Commission pursuant to section

10 7 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2056

11 et seq.).

12 SEC. 511. Except as otherwise provided under exist13 ing law or under an existing Executive order issued pursu14 ant to an existing law, the obligation or expenditure of

15 any appropriation under this Act for contracts for any

16 consulting service shall be limited to contracts which are

17 (1) a matter of public record and available for public in18 spection, and (2) thereafter included in a publicly available

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

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

21 the public and of all contracts on which performance has

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

23 preceding sentence shall be updated quarterly and shall

24 include a narrative description of the work to be per25 formed under each such contract.
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1 SEC. 512. Except as otherwise provided by law, no

2 part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be

3 obligated or expended by any executive agency, as referred

4 to in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41

5 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) for a contract for services unless such

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

7 contract in full compliance with such Act and the regula8 tions promulgated thereunder, and (2) requires any report

9 prepared pursuant to such contract, including plans, eval10 uations, studies, analyses and manuals, and any report

11 prepared by the agency which is substantially derived from

12 or substantially includes any report prepared pursuant to

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

14 contract pursuant to which the report was prepared, and

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

16 such contract.

17 SEC. 513. Except as otherwise provided in section

18 506, none of the funds provided in this Act to any depart19 ment or agency shall be obligated or expended to provide

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

21 any officer or employee of such department or agency.

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

23 any department or agency shall be obligated or expended

24 to procure passenger automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C.
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1 2001 with an EPA estimated miles per gallon average of

2 less than 22 miles per gallon.

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

4 year 1994 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall

5 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.

6 SEC. 516. None of the funds appropriated in title I

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

8 real property if the estimated annual rental is more than

9 $300,000, unless the Secretary submits, in writing, a re10 port to the Committees on Appropriations of the Congress

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

12 on which the report is received by the Committees on Ap13 propriations.

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

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

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

17 21A(b)(11)(B) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act and

18 the actions taken with respect to the agreements described

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

20 agreement, the review that has been conducted and the

21 action that has been taken, if any, to rescind or to restruc22 ture, modify, or renegotiate the agreement. In describing

23 the action taken, the Corporation is not required to pro24 vide detailed information regarding an ongoing investiga25 tion or negotiation. The Corporation shall exercise any
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1 and all legal rights to restructure, modify, renegotiate or

2 rescind such agreement, notwithstanding any other provi3 sion of law, where the savings would be realized.

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

5 of restructuring, modifying, or renegotiating the agree6 ments described in subsection (a), the Corporation shall

7 certify to the Congress, for each such agreement, the fol8 lowing:

9 (1) the Corporation has completed its review of

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

11 of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act;

12 (2)(A) at the time of certification, in the opin13 ion of the Corporation and based upon the informa14 tion available to it, there is insufficient evidence or

15 other indication of fraud, misrepresentation, failure

16 to disclose a material fact, failure to perform under

17 the terms of the agreement, improprieties in the bid18 ding process, failure to comply with any law, rule or

19 regulation regarding the validity of the agreement,

20 or any other legal basis sufficient for the rescission

21 of the agreement; or

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

23 finds that there may be sufficient evidence to pro24 vide a legal basis for the rescission of the assistance

25 agreement, but the Corporation determines that it
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1 may be in the best interest of the Government to re2 structure, modify or renegotiate the assistance

3 agreement; and

4 (3) the Corporation has or will promptly exer5 cise any and all legal rights to modify, renegotiate,

6 or restructure the agreement where savings would be

7 realized by such actions.

8 SEC. 518. COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN

9 ACT.—None of the funds made available in this Act may

10 be expended in violation of sections 2 through 4 of the

11 Act of March 3, 1993 (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c; popularly

12 known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’), which are applicable

13 to those funds.

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

16 Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994.

Passed the House of Representatives June 29, 1993.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.

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