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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2491

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 13, 1993

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

AN ACT

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

30, 1994, and for other purposes.

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

5 Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban

6 Development, and for sundry independent agencies,

7 boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fis8 cal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other pur9 poses, namely:
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1 TITLE I

2 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

3 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION

4 COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For the payment of compensation benefits to or on

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19 76 Stat. 1198), $16,828,446,000, to remain available

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

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

23 expenses in implementing those provisions authorized in

24 the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, Public

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

26 Public Law 102–568, the funding source for which is spe-
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1 cifically provided as the ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’ ap2 propriation: Provided further, That $6,000,000 of the

3 amount appropriated shall be transferred to ‘‘Medical fa4 cilities revolving fund’’ to augment the funding of individ5 ual medical facilities for nursing home care provided to

6 pensioners as authorized by the Veterans’ Benefits Act of

7 1992, Public Law 102–568.

8 READJUSTMENT BENEFITS

9 For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation

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

11 (38 U.S.C. chapters 21, 30, 31, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55,

12 and 61), $947,400,000, to remain available until ex13 pended: Provided, That funds shall be available to pay any

14 court order, court award or any compromise settlement

15 arising from litigation involving the vocational training

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

17 as amended.

18 VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES

19 For military and naval insurance, national service life

20 insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled vet21 erans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as

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

23 72 Stat. 487), $15,370,000, to remain available until

24 expended.
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1 GUARANTY AND INDEMNITY PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such

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

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

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

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

8 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

9 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

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

11 which may be transferred to and merged with the appro12 priation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’.

13 LOAN GUARANTY PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such

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

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

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

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

20 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

21 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

22 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $70,716,000,

23 which may be transferred to and merged with the appro24 priation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’.
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1 DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

6 That such costs, including the cost of modifying such

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

9 1994, within the resources available, not to exceed

10 $1,000,000 in gross obligations for direct loans are au11 thorized for specially adapted housing loans (38 U.S.C.

12 chapter 37).

13 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

14 the direct loan program, $2,863,000, which may be trans15 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General

16 operating expenses’’.

17 EDUCATION LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

22 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

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

24 to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of

25 direct loans not to exceed $3,571.
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

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

3 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

4 ‘‘General operating expenses’’.

5 VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

10 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

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

12 to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of

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

14 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

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

16 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for

17 ‘‘General operating expenses’’.

18 NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

19 ACCOUNT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct

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

23 subchapter V, as amended, $156,000, which may be trans24 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General

25 operating expenses’’.
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1 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

2 MEDICAL CARE

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

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

11 expenses incidental thereto for beneficiaries receiving care

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

17 oversight, engineering and architectural activities not

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

19 providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes

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

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

24 law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); aid to State homes as author25 ized by law (38 U.S.C. 1741); and not to exceed
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1 $2,000,000 to fund cost comparison studies as referred

2 to in 38 U.S.C. 8110(a)(5); $15,522,452,000, plus reim3 bursements: Provided, That of the sum appropriated,

4 $9,850,000,000 is available only for expenses in the per5 sonnel compensation and benefits object classifications:

6 Provided further, That of the funds made available under

7 this heading, $531,350,000 is for the equipment and land

8 and structures object classifications only, which amount

9 shall not become available for obligation until August 1,

10 1994, and shall remain available for obligation until Sep11 tember 30, 1995: Provided further, That of the sum appro12 priated, $10,000,000 is for homeless programs authorized

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

14 MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH

15 For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of

16 medical and prosthetic research and development as au17 thorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapter 73), to remain avail18 able until September 30, 1995, $252,000,000, plus reim19 bursements.

20 HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

21 For payment of health professional scholarship pro22 gram grants, as authorized by law, to students who agree

23 to a service obligation with the Department of Veterans

24 Affairs at one of its medical facilities, $10,386,000.
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1 MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS

2 OPERATING EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses in the administration of the

4 medical hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction,

5 supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad6 ministrative expenses in support of planning, design,

7 project management, architectural, engineering, real prop8 erty acquisition and disposition, construction and renova9 tion of any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use

10 of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including site ac11 quisition; engineering and architectural activities not

12 charged to project cost; and research and development in

13 building construction technology; $68,500,000, plus reim14 bursements.

15 GRANTS TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

16 For payment to the Republic of the Philippines of

17 grants, as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 1732), for assist18 ing in the replacement and upgrading of equipment and

19 in rehabilitating the physical plant and facilities of the

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

21 available until September 30, 1995.

22 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

26 costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be
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1 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act

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

3 to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of

4 direct loans not to exceed $70,000. In addition, for admin5 istrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program,

6 $52,000, which may be transferred to and merged with

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

8 102–54, section 8.

9 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

10 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES

11 For necessary operating expenses of the Department

12 of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including

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

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

15 expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and reimburse16 ment of the General Services Administration for security

17 guard services, and the Department of Defense for the

18 cost of overseas employee mail; $823,249,000.

19 NATIONAL CEMETERY SYSTEM

20 For necessary expenses for the maintenance and op21 eration of the National Cemetery System not otherwise

22 provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as

23 authorized by law; cemeterial expenses as authorized by

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

25 cemeterial operations; and hire of passenger motor vehi26 cles, $70,507,000.
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

3 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

4 General Act of 1978, as amended, $31,436,000.

5 CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For constructing, altering, extending and improving

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

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

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

11 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38, Unit12 ed States Code, including planning, architectural and en13 gineering services, maintenance or guarantee period serv14 ices costs associated with equipment guarantees provided

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

16 and storm drainage system construction costs, and site ac17 quisition, where the estimated cost of a project is

18 $3,000,000 or more or where funds for a project were

19 made available in a previous major project appropriation,

20 $322,793,000, to remain available until expended: Pro21 vided, That not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be transferred

22 from the Parking revolving fund to this account and the

23 amounts transferred shall be available for the same pur24 poses and for the same period of time as funds appro25 priated to this account: Provided further, That except for

26 advance planning of projects funded through the advance
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1 planning fund and the design of projects funded through

2 the design fund, none of these funds shall be used for any

3 project which has not been considered and approved by

4 the Congress in the budgetary process: Provided further,

5 That funds provided in this appropriation for fiscal year

6 1994, for each approved project shall be obligated (1) by

7 the awarding of a construction documents contract by

8 September 30, 1994, and (2) by the awarding of a con9 struction contract by September 30, 1995: Provided fur10 ther, That the Secretary shall promptly report in writing

11 to the Comptroller General and to the Committees on Ap12 propriations any approved major construction project in

13 which obligations are not incurred within the time limita14 tions established above; and the Comptroller General shall

15 review the report in accordance with the procedures estab16 lished by section 1015 of the Impoundment Control Act

17 of 1974 (title X of Public Law 93–344): Provided further,

18 That no funds from any other account except the ‘‘Park19 ing revolving fund’’, may be obligated for constructing, al20 tering, extending, or improving a project which was ap21 proved in the budget process and funded in this account

22 until one year after substantial completion and beneficial

23 occupancy by the Department of Veterans Affairs of the

24 project or any part thereof with respect to that part only:

25 Provided further, That prior to the issuance of a bidding
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1 document for any construction contract for a project ap2 proved under this heading (excluding completion items),

3 the director of the affected Department of Veterans Af4 fairs medical facility must certify that the design of such

5 project is acceptable from a patient care standpoint.

6 CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS

7 For constructing, altering, extending, and improving

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

9 of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including plan10 ning, architectural and engineering services, maintenance

11 or guarantee period services costs associated with equip12 ment guarantees provided under the project, services of

13 claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system

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

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

16 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38, Unit17 ed States Code, where the estimated cost of a project is

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

19 until expended, along with unobligated balances of pre20 vious ‘‘Construction, minor projects’’ appropriations which

21 are hereby made available for any project where the esti22 mated cost is less than $3,000,000: Provided, That funds

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

24 of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for

25 the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs which are

26 necessary because of loss or damage caused by any natural
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1 disaster or catastrophe, and (2) temporary measures nec2 essary to prevent or to minimize further loss by such

3 causes.

4 PARKING REVOLVING FUND

5 For the parking revolving fund as authorized by law

6 (38 U.S.C. 8109), $1,353,000, together with income from

7 fees collected, to remain available until expended. Re8 sources of this fund shall be available for all expenses au9 thorized by 38 U.S.C. 8109 except operations and mainte10 nance costs which will be funded from ‘‘Medical care’’.

11 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE

12 FACILITIES

13 For grants to assist the several States to acquire or

14 construct State nursing home and domiciliary facilities

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

16 home and domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnish17 ing care to veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C.

18 8131–8137), $41,080,000, to remain available until ex19 pended.

20 GRANTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERANS

21 CEMETERIES

22 For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding,

23 or improving State veteran cemeteries as authorized by

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

25 until September 30, 1996.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 Any appropriation for 1994 for ‘‘Compensation and

4 pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans insur5 ance and indemnities’’ may be transferred to any other

6 of the mentioned appropriations.

7 Appropriations available to the Department of Veter8 ans Affairs for 1994 for salaries and expenses shall be

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

10 No part of the appropriations in this Act for the De11 partment of Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations

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

13 projects’’ and the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’) shall be avail14 able for the purchase of any site for or toward the con15 struction of any new hospital or home.

16 No part of the foregoing appropriations shall be avail17 able for hospitalization or examination of any persons ex18 cept beneficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing such

19 benefits to veterans, unless reimbursement of cost is made

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

21 Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

22 Appropriations available to the Department of Veter23 ans Affairs for fiscal year 1994 for ‘‘Compensation and

24 pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans insur25 ance and indemnities’’ shall be available for payment of

26 prior year accrued obligations required to be recorded by
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1 law against the aforementioned accounts within the last

2 quarter of fiscal year 1993.

3 Appropriations accounts available to the Department

4 of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1994 shall be available

5 to pay prior year obligations of corresponding prior year

6 appropriations accounts resulting from title X of the Com7 petitive Equality Banking Act, Public Law 100–86, except

8 that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts they

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

10 TITLE II

11 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN

12 DEVELOPMENT

13 HOUSING PROGRAMS

14 HOMEOWNERSHIP AND OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE

15 EVERYWHERE GRANTS (HOPE GRANTS)

16 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

17 For the homeownership and opportunity for people

18 everywhere (HOPE grants) program as authorized under

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

20 U.S.C. 1437aaa et seq.) and subtitles A, B, and C of title

21 IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing

22 Act (Public Law 101–625), $109,190,000, to remain

23 available until expended, of which up to one and one-half

24 percent may be made available for technical assistance to

25 potential applicants, applicants and recipients of assist26 ance under this head as authorized under subtitle E of
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1 title I of the Housing and Community Development Act

2 of 1992.

3 Of the amounts provided under this heading in Public

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

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

6 $130,000,000 shall be deducted from the amount ear7 marked for HOPE for the Public and Indian Housing

8 Homeownership Program and $75,000,000 shall be de9 ducted from the amount earmarked for HOPE for Home10 ownership of Multifamily Units Program in Public Law

11 102–389, and $45,000,000 shall be deducted from the

12 amount earmarked for HOPE for the Public and Indian

13 Housing Homeownership Program in Public Law 102–

14 139.

15 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

16 For the HOME investment partnerships program, as

17 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na18 tional Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101–625), as

19 amended, $1,250,000,000, to remain available until

20 expended.

21 For additional amounts for the HOME investment

22 partnerships program, as authorized under title II of the

23 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as

24 amended, subject to the terms provided under this head

25 in the Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act,
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1 1992, Public Law 102–368, $75,000,000, to remain avail2 able until expended.

3 ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING

4 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

5 For assistance under the United States Housing Act

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

7 not otherwise provided for, $9,192,900,000, to remain

8 available until expended: Provided, That to be added to

9 and merged with the foregoing amounts there shall be up

10 to $242,680,000 of amounts of budget authority (and con11 tract authority) reserved or obligated in prior years for

12 the development or acquisition costs of public housing (in13 cluding public housing for Indian families), for moderniza14 tion of existing public housing projects (including such

15 projects for Indian families), and, except as herein pro16 vided, for programs under section 8 of the Act (42 U.S.C.

17 1437f), which are recaptured during fiscal year 1994: Pro18 vided further, That of the total amount provided under

19 this head, $257,320,000 shall be for the development or

20 acquisition cost of public housing for Indian families, in21 cluding amounts for housing under the mutual help home22 ownership opportunity program under section 202 of the

23 Act (42 U.S.C. 1437bb); and $400,000,000 shall be for

24 the development or acquisition cost of public housing, of

25 which up to one-half of one percent shall be available for

26 technical assistance and inspection of public housing agen-
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1 cies by the Secretary: Provided further, That of the total

2 amount provided under this head, $3,100,000,000 shall be

3 for modernization of existing public housing projects pur4 suant to section 14 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437l), including

5 up to two-fifths of one percent for the inspection of mod6 ernization units and provision of management and tech7 nical assistance by the Secretary for troubled public hous8 ing agencies and Indian housing authorities: Provided fur9 ther, That of the total amount provided under this head,

10 $1,381,518,000 shall be for rental assistance under the

11 section 8 existing housing certificate program (42 U.S.C.

12 1437f) and the housing voucher program under section

13 8(o): Provided further, That of the total amount provided

14 under this head, $8,400,000 shall be available for fees

15 under section 23(h) for the family self-sufficiency program

16 (42 U.S.C. 1437u): Provided further, That of the total

17 amount provided under this head, $1,228,997,000 shall be

18 for amendments to section 8 contracts other than con19 tracts for projects developed under section 202 of the

20 Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and $599,559,000

21 shall be for assistance for State or local units of govern22 ment, tenant and nonprofit organizations to purchase

23 projects where owners have indicated an intent to prepay

24 mortgages and for assistance to be used as an incentive

25 to prevent prepayment or for vouchers to aid eligible ten-
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1 ants adversely affected by mortgage prepayment, as au2 thorized in the Emergency Low-Income Housing Preserva3 tion Act of 1987, as amended: Provided further, That

4 those portions of the fees for the costs incurred in admin5 istering incremental units assisted in the certificate and

6 housing voucher programs under sections 8(b), 8(o), and

7 8(e)(2) shall be established or increased in accordance

8 with the authorization for such fees in section 8(q) of the

9 Act: Provided further, That 50 per centum of the amounts

10 of budget authority, or in lieu thereof 50 per centum of

11 the cash amounts associated with such budget authority,

12 that are recaptured from projects described in section

13 1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance

14 Amendments Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–628, 102 Stat.

15 3224, 3268) shall be rescinded, or in the case of cash,

16 shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts of

17 budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or

18 remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing

19 finance agencies or local governments or local housing

20 agencies with projects approved by the Secretary of Hous21 ing and Urban Development for which settlement occurred

22 after January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section:

23 Provided further, That of the total amount provided under

24 this head, $125,000,000 shall be for housing opportunities

25 for persons with AIDS under title VIII, subtitle D of the
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1 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act,

2 $150,000,000 shall be for the lead-based paint hazard re3 duction program as authorized under sections 1011 and

4 1053 of the Residential Lead-Based Hazard Reduction

5 Act of 1992, and $30,000,000 shall be for service coordi6 nators in pubilc housing pursuant to section 9(a)(1)(b)(ii)

7 of the United States Housing Act of 1937.

8 Of the total amount provided under this head,

9 $1,023,350,000 shall be for capital advances, including

10 amendments to capital advance contracts, for housing for

11 the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the Housing

12 Act of 1959, as amended, and for project rental assist13 ance, and amendments to contracts for project rental as14 sistance, for supportive housing for the elderly under sec15 tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959: Provided fur16 ther, That $15,855,000 shall be for service coordinators

17 pursuant to section 202(q) of the Housing Act of 1959.

18 Of the total amount provided under this head,

19 $445,373,000 shall be for capital advances, including

20 amendments to capital advances contracts, for supportive

21 housing for persons with disabilities, as authorized by sec22 tion 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable

23 Housing Act; and for project rental assistance, and

24 amendments to contracts for project rental assistance, for

25 supportive housing for persons with disabilities as author-
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1 ized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af2 fordable Housing Act.

3 ASSISTANCE FOR THE RENEWAL OF EXPIRING SECTION 8

4 SUBSIDY CONTRACTS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For assistance under the United States Housing Act

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

8 use in connection with expiring section 8 subsidy con9 tracts, $5,558,106,000, to remain available until ex10 pended: Provided, That funds provided under this para11 graph may not be obligated for a contract term that is

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

13 the amount in this appropriation is insufficient to fund

14 all expiring section 8 contracts, the Secretary may transfer

15 to and merge with this appropriation such amounts from

16 the ‘‘Annual contributions for assisted housing’’ appro17 priation as the Secretary shall determine, and amounts

18 earmarked in the foregoing account may be reduced ac19 cordingly, at the Secretary’s discretion: Provided further,

20 That the Secretary may maintain consolidated accounting

21 data for funds disbursed at the public housing agency or

22 Indian housing authority or project level for subsidy as23 sistance regardless of the source of the disbursement so

24 as to minimize the administrative burden of multiple

25 accounts.
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1 Further, for the foregoing purposes, $800,000,000,

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

3 to remain available for obligation until expended.

4 RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

5 (RESCISSION)

6 The limitation otherwise applicable to the maximum

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

8 contracts entered into under section 236 of the National

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

10 1994 by not more than $2,000,000 in uncommitted bal11 ances of authorizations provided for this purpose in appro12 priations Acts: Provided, That up to $45,515,000 of re13 captured section 236 budget authority resulting from the

14 prepayment of mortgages subsidized under section 236 of

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

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

17 the extent that the recaptures and rescission during fiscal

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

19 provided under the head ‘‘Annual contributions for as20 sisted housing’’ and the budget authority provided under

21 that head for assistance in connection with mortgage pre22 payments shall be reduced accordingly.

23 RENT SUPPLEMENT PROGRAM

24 (RESCISSION)

25 The limitation otherwise applicable to the maximum

26 payments that may be required in any fiscal year by all
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1 contracts entered into under section 101 of the Housing

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

3 is reduced in fiscal year 1994 by not more than

4 $1,544,646 of uncommitted balances of authorizations

5 provided for this purpose in appropriations Acts.

6 CONGREGATE SERVICES

7 For contracts with and payments to public housing

8 agencies and nonprofit corporations for congregate serv9 ices programs, $6,267,000, to remain available until Sep10 tember 30, 1995, in accordance with the provisions of the

11 Congregate Services Act of 1978, as amended.

12 PAYMENTS FOR OPERATION OF LOW-INCOME HOUSING

13 PROJECTS

14 For payments to public housing agencies and Indian

15 housing authorities for operating subsidies for low-income

16 housing projects as authorized by section 9 of the United

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

18 1437g), $2,620,808,000.

19 SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS

20 For the revitalization of distressed public housing

21 projects program, authorized by section 24 of the United

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

23 to remain available until expended.

24 DRUG ELIMINATION GRANTS FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING

25 For grants to public housing agencies for use in

26 eliminating drug-related crime in public housing projects
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1 authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11901–11908, and for drug in2 formation clearinghouse services authorized by 42 U.S.C.

3 11921–11925, $265,000,000, to remain available until

4 expended.

5 YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM

6 For youthbuild program activities authorized by sub7 title D of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af8 fordable Housing Act, $48,000,000, to remain available

9 until expended: Provided, That no amounts appropriated

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

11 or (3) of such Act shall be available for the foregoing ap12 propriation.

13 NATIONAL CITIES IN SCHOOLS COMMUNITY

14 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

15 For the national cities in schools community develop16 ment program, as authorized under section 930 of the

17 Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (Pub18 lic Law 102–550), $10,000,000, to remain available until

19 expended.

20 HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE

21 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth22 erwise provided for, for providing counseling and advice

23 to tenants and homeowners—both current and prospec24 tive—with respect to property maintenance, financial

25 management, and such other matters as may be appro26 priate to assist them in improving their housing conditions
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1 and meeting the responsibilities of tenancy or homeowner2 ship, including provisions for training and for support of

3 voluntary agencies and services as authorized by section

4 106(a)(1)(iii), section 106(a)(2), section 106(c), section

5 106(d), section 106(e), and section 106(f) of the Housing

6 and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended,

7 $12,000,000.

8 FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND

9 For assistance to owners of eligible multifamily hous10 ing projects insured, or formerly insured, and under the

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

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

13 and Community Development Amendments of 1978, as

14 amended (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1a), in the program of assist15 ance for troubled multifamily housing projects under the

16 Housing and Community Development Amendments of

17 1978, as amended, $35,747,000, and all uncommitted bal18 ances of excess rental charges as of September 30, 1993,

19 and any collections and other amounts in the fund author20 ized under section 201(j) of the Housing and Community

21 Development Amendments of 1978, as amended, during

22 fiscal year 1994, to remain available until expended: Pro23 vided, That assistance to an owner of a multifamily hous24 ing project assisted, but not insured, under the National

25 Housing Act may be made if the project owner and the

26 mortgagee have provided or agreed to provide assistance
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1 to the project in a manner as determined by the Secretary

2 of Housing and Urban Development.

3 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

4 FHA-MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 During fiscal year 1994, commitments to guarantee

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

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

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

10 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out

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

12 from the FHA-mutual mortgage insurance guaranteed

13 loans receipt account, of which not to exceed

14 $256,682,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for

15 salaries and expenses; and of which not to exceed

16 $6,128,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for

17 the Office of Inspector General.

18 FHA—GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

22 U.S.C. 1715z–3(b) and 1735c(f)): 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 total loan principal any part of which is to

2 be guaranteed of not to exceed $13,436,205,000.

3 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

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

5 of which $188,190,000 shall be transferred to the appro6 priation for salaries and expenses; and of which

7 $4,062,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for

8 the Office of Inspector General.

9 GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

10 GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN

11 GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

12 (INCLUDES TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 During fiscal year 1994, new commitments to issue

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

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

16 shall not exceed $85,000,000,000.

17 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out

18 the guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program,

19 $8,038,000, to be derived from the GNMA—guarantees

20 of mortgage-backed securities guaranteed loan receipt ac21 count, of which not to exceed $8,038,000 shall be trans22 ferred to the appropriation for salaries and expenses.

23 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

24 EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANTS PROGRAM

25 For the emergency shelter grants program, as au26 thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the Stewart B.
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1 McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (Public Law 100–77),

2 as amended, $151,350,000, to remain available until

3 expended.

4 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM

5 For the supportive housing program, as authorized

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

7 Homeless Assistance Act (Public Law 100–77), as amend8 ed, $319,968,000, to remain available until expended, of

9 which not to exceed $50,000,000 may be used for a safe

10 havens demonstration initiative, including activities au11 thorized within subtitle D of such Act, and not to exceed

12 $20,000,000 may be used for a rural homeless demonstra13 tion initiative, including activities authorized within sub14 title G of such Act.

15 SECTION 8 MODERATE REHABILITATION

16 SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY

17 For assistance under the United States Housing Act

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

19 8 moderate rehabilitation program, to be used to assist

20 homeless individuals pursuant to section 441 of the Stew21 art B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.

22 11401), $107,835,000, to remain available until expended.

23 SHELTER PLUS CARE

24 For the shelter plus care program, as authorized by

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

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

3 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

4 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

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

7 for, necessary for carrying out a community development

8 grants program as authorized by title I of the Housing

9 and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended

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

11 until September 30, 1996: Provided, That $42,236,750

12 shall be available for grants to Indian tribes pursuant to

13 section 106(a)(1) of the Housing and Community Devel14 opment Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5301), and

15 $60,000,000 shall be available for ‘‘special purpose

16 grants’’ pursuant to section 107 of such Act: Provided fur17 ther, That not to exceed 20 per centum of any grant made

18 with funds appropriated herein (other than a grant using

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

20 aside in the following provisos) shall be expended for

21 ‘‘Planning and Management Development’’ and ‘‘Adminis22 tration’’ as defined in regulations promulgated by the De23 partment of Housing and Urban Development: Provided

24 further, That $15,000,000 shall be made available from

25 the total amount provided to carry out an early childhood
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1 development program under section 222 of the Housing

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

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

4 are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless: Provided

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

6 total amount provided to carry out a neighborhood devel7 opment program under section 123 of said Act (42 U.S.C.

8 5318 note).

9 For additional amounts for ‘‘Community development

10 grants’’, for authorized community development activities

11 for use only in areas impacted by Hurricane Andrew, Hur12 ricane Iniki and Typhoon Omar, $50,000,000, to remain

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

14 Secretary may waive entirely, or in any part, any require15 ment set forth in title I of the Housing and Community

16 Development Act of 1974, except any requirement relating

17 to fair housing and nondiscrimination, the environment,

18 and labor standards, if the Secretary finds that such waiv19 er will further the purposes of the use of this appropria20 tion.

21 During fiscal year 1994, new commitments to issue

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

23 Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as

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

25 $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, to remain available until September 30,

11 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, to remain available until September 30,

4 1995: Provided, That $20,481,000 shall be available to

5 carry out activities pursuant to section 561 of the Housing

6 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, of which $444,872,000 shall be

15 provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing

16 Administration, and $8,038,000 shall be provided from

17 funds of the Government National Mortgage Association.

18 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

21 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

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

23 $10,190,000 shall be transferred from the various funds

24 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 to remain available until expended, from the Federal

7 Housing Enterprise Oversight Fund: Provided, That such

8 amounts shall be collected by the Director as authorized

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

10 in the Fund under section 1316(f): Provided further, That

11 notwithstanding the last sentence in section 1316(e) of

12 such Act, the amount of this first annual assessment shall

13 not be reduced by any part of the amount of the initial

14 special assessment under section 1316(e).

15 REVISION OF AMOUNTS FOR HUD

16 The amounts otherwise provided by this title are re17 vised by reducing the amount made available for ‘‘Policy

18 Development and Research—Research and Technology’’,

19 and increasing the amount made available for ‘‘Housing

20 Programs—Homeownership and Opportunity for People

21 Everywhere Grants (HOPE Grants)’’, by $10,000,000.
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1 TITLE III

2 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

3 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

6 of the American Battle Monuments Commission, including

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

9 national cemeteries and monuments outside of the United

10 States and its territories and possessions; rent of office

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

12 replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles;

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

15 $19,961,000, to remain available until expended: Pro16 vided, That where station allowance has been authorized

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

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

20 Forces assigned to the Commission while serving at the

21 same foreign stations, and this appropriation is hereby

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

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

4 Forces, for salary, pay, and allowances of personnel as5 signed to it: Provided further, That section 509 of the gen6 eral provisions carried in title V of this Act shall not apply

7 to the funds provided under this heading: Provided further,

8 That not more than $125,000 of the private contributions

9 to the Korean War Memorial Fund may be used for ad10 ministrative support of the Korean War Veterans Memo11 rial Advisory Board including travel by members of the

12 board authorized by the Commission, travel allowances to

13 conform to those provided by Federal travel regulations.

14 CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur17 suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act Amend18 ments of 1990, including hire of passenger vehicles, and

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

20 individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the

21 maximum rate payable for senior level positions under 5

22 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, to be available
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1 without regard to section 509 of this Act, of which not

2 to exceed $790,000, to remain available until September

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

4 financial assistance as described, and in accordance with

5 the process and reporting procedures set forth under this

6 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, to remain available until Septem24 ber 30, 1995: Provided, That not more than $10,200,000
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1 of these funds shall be available for operating expenses

2 in support of research and development.

3 ABATEMENT, CONTROL, AND COMPLIANCE

4 For abatement, control, and compliance activities, in5 cluding hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, mainte6 nance, and operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; li7 brary memberships in societies or associations which issue

8 publications to members only or at a price to members

9 lower than to subscribers who are not members; construc10 tion, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of

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

12 exceed $6,000 for official reception and representation ex13 penses; $1,367,535,000, to remain available until Septem14 ber 30, 1995: Provided, That not more than $283,000,000

15 of these funds shall be available for operating expenses:

16 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated

17 under this head shall be available to the National Oceanic

18 and Atmospheric Administration pursuant to section

19 118(h)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as

20 amended: Provided further, That none of these funds may

21 be expended for purposes of resource conservation and re22 covery panels established under section 2003 of the Re23 source Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (42

24 U.S.C. 6913), or for support to State, regional, local, and

25 interstate agencies in accordance with subtitle D of the

26 Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, other than section
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1 4008(a)(2) or 4009 (42 U.S.C. 6948, 6949): Provided fur2 ther, That from funds appropriated under this heading,

3 the Administrator may make grants to federally recog4 nized Indian governments for the development of multi5 media environmental programs.

6 PROGRAM AND RESEARCH OPERATIONS

7 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

8 for personnel compensation and benefit costs and for trav9 el expenses, including uniforms, or allowances therefor, as

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

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

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

13 GS–18; $859,170,000: Provided, That none of these funds

14 may be expended for purposes of resource conservation

15 and recovery panels established under section 2003 of the

16 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (42

17 U.S.C. 6913).

18 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

21 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

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

23 alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facili24 ties, not to exceed $75,000 per project, $44,595,000, of

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

26 Substance Superfund trust fund and $669,100 shall be
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1 derived from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank

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

3 these funds shall be available for administrative expenses.

4 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

5 For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al6 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment for facilities of,

7 or use by, the Environmental Protection Agency,

8 $18,000,000, to remain available until expended.

9 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen11 sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil12 ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including sec13 tions 111 (c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C.

14 9611), and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilita15 tion, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000

16 per project; $1,416,100,000, consisting of $1,206,100,000

17 as authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amend18 ments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as

19 amended by Public Law 101–508, and $210,000,000 as

20 a payment from general revenues to the Hazardous Sub21 stance Superfund as authorized by section 517(b) of

22 SARA, as amended by Public Law 101–508, plus sums

23 recovered on behalf of the Hazardous Substance

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

25 1994, with all of such funds to remain available until ex26 pended: Provided, That funds appropriated under this
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1 heading may be allocated to other Federal agencies in ac2 cordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided fur3 ther, That notwithstanding section 111(m) of CERCLA

4 or any other provision of law, not to exceed $64,036,000

5 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be

6 available to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease

7 Registry to carry out activities described in sections

8 104(i), 111(c)(4), and 111(c)(14) of CERCLA and section

9 118(f) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthoriza10 tion Act of 1986: Provided further, That none of the funds

11 appropriated under this heading shall be available for the

12 Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to

13 issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to sec14 tion 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 1994: Provided

15 further, That no more than $280,000,000 of these funds

16 shall be available for administrative expenses of the Envi17 ronmental Protection Agency: Provided further, That none

18 of the funds appropriated in this Act may be made avail19 able for program management of Alternative Remedial

20 Contracting Strategy (ARCS) contracts exceeding 11 per21 cent of the total cost of such contract.

22 LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND

23 For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under24 ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sec25 tion 205 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthoriza26 tion Act of 1986, and for construction, alteration, repair,
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1 rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed

2 $75,000 per project, $75,379,000, to remain available

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

4 shall be available for administrative expenses.

5 OIL SPILL RESPONSE

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ8 mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil

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

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

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

12 of these funds shall be available for administrative ex13 penses.

14 WATER INFRASTRUCTURE/STATE REVOLVING FUNDS

15 For necessary expenses for capitalization grants for

16 State revolving funds to support water infrastructure fi17 nancing, and to carry out the purposes of the Federal

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

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

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

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

22 amount which becomes available on October 1, 1993,

23 $1,817,000,000 shall be for making capitalization grants

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

25 grants under section 104(b)(3) of the Federal Water Pol26 lution Control Act, as amended; $100,000,000 shall be for
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1 making grants under section 319 of the Federal Water

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

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

4 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

5 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and

7 Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na8 tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and

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

10 of passenger motor vehicles, services as authorized by 5

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

12 and representation expenses, and rental of conference

13 rooms in the District of Columbia, $4,200,000: Provided,

14 That the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall

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

16 personnel compensation costs of individuals detailed to it.

17 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

18 DISASTER RELIEF

19 For necessary expenses in carrying out the functions

20 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency

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

22 to remain available until expended.
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1 DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 Funds provided to this account are available to sub3 sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct

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

5 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out

6 the direct loan program, $95,000.

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

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

10 1343); uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by

11 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

12 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per

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

14 attendance of cooperating officials and individuals at

15 meetings concerned with the work of emergency prepared16 ness; transportation in connection with the continuity of

17 Government programs to the same extent and in the same

18 manner as permitted the Secretary of a Military Depart19 ment under 10 U.S.C. 2632; and not to exceed $2,500

20 for official reception and representation expenses;

21 $164,239,000.

22 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

24 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

25 General Act of 1978, as amended, $4,350,000.
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1 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE

2 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

3 to carry out activities under the National Flood Insurance

4 Act of 1968, as amended, and the Flood Disaster Protec5 tion Act of 1973, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.),

6 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As7 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake

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

9 7701 et seq.), the Federal Fire Prevention and Control

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

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

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

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

14 of the National Security Act (50 U.S.C. 404), and Reorga15 nization Plan No. 3 of 1978, $212,960,000.

16 EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM

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

18 Federal Emergency Management Agency to carry out an

19 emergency food and shelter program pursuant to title III

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

21 administrative costs shall not exceed three and one-half

22 per centum of the total appropriation.

23 NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND

24 (TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

25 Of the funds available from the National Flood Insur26 ance Fund for activities under the National Flood Insur-
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1 ance Act of 1968, and the Flood Disaster Protection Act

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

3 the ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’ appropriation for administra4 tive costs of the insurance and flood plain management

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

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

7 appropriation for flood plain management activities, in8 cluding $4,720,000 for expenses under section 1362 of the

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

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

11 September 30, 1995. In fiscal year 1994, no funds in ex12 cess of (1) $32,000,000 for operating expenses, (2)

13 $252,366,000 for agents’ commissions and taxes, and (3)

14 $3,500,000 for interest on Treasury borrowings shall be

15 available from the National Flood Insurance Fund without

16 prior notice to the Committees on Appropriations.

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

18 The Director of the Federal Emergency Management

19 Agency shall promulgate through rulemaking a schedule

20 of fees applicable to persons subject to the Federal Emer21 gency Management Agency’s radiological emergency pre22 paredness regulations. The aggregate charges assessed

23 pursuant to this section during fiscal year 1994 shall ap24 proximate, but not be less than, 100 per centum of the

25 amounts anticipated by the Federal Emergency Manage-
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1 ment Agency to be obligated for its radiological emergency

2 preparedness program for such fiscal year. The schedule

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

4 full amount of direct and indirect costs incurred through

5 the provision of regulatory services. Such fees will be as6 sessed in a manner that reflects the use of agency re7 sources for classes of regulated persons and the adminis8 trative costs of collecting such fees. Fees received pursu9 ant to this section shall be deposited in the general fund

10 of the Treasury as offsetting receipts. Assessment and col11 lection of such fees are only authorized during fiscal year

12 1994.

13 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

14 CONSUMER INFORMATION CENTER

15 For necessary expenses of the Consumer Information

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

17 $2,074,000, to be deposited into the Consumer Informa18 tion Center Fund: Provided, That the appropriations, rev19 enues and collections deposited into the fund shall be

20 available for necessary expenses of Consumer Information

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

22 Administrative expenses of the Consumer Information

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

24 Appropriations, revenues, and collections accruing to this

25 fund during fiscal year 1994 in excess of $7,500,000 shall
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1 remain in the fund and shall not be available for expendi2 ture except as authorized in appropriations Acts.

3 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

4 OFFICE OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Consumer Af6 fairs, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,

7 $2,159,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other

8 provision of law, that Office may solicit, accept and de9 posit to this account, during fiscal year 1994, gifts for

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

11 and distributing consumer information and educational

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

13 those purposes, in addition to amounts otherwise appro14 priated; and the balance shall remain available for expend15 iture for such purposes to the extent authorized in subse16 quent appropriations Acts.

17 INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON THE HOMELESS

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Interagency Council on

20 the Homeless, not otherwise provided for, as authorized

21 by title II of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assist22 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11311–11319), as amended,

23 $910,000, to remain available until September 30, 1995:

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

25 the 10 standard Federal regions under section 203(a)(4)
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1 of such Act only through detail, on a non-reimbursable

2 basis, of employees of the departments and agencies rep3 resented on the Council pursuant to section 202(a) of such

4 Act.

5 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

6 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

7 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

8 including research, development, operations, services,

9 minor construction, maintenance, repair, rehabilitation

10 and modification of real and personal property; purchase,

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

12 administrative aircraft, necessary for the conduct and sup13 port of aeronautical and space research and development

14 activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis15 tration; not to exceed $35,000 for official reception and

16 representation expenses; and purchase (not to exceed

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

18 motor vehicles; $7,475,400,000, to remain available until

19 September 30, 1995, including not to exceed

20 $2,100,000,000 for space station, of which (1) not to ex21 ceed $172,000,000 shall be for space station operations/

22 utilization capability development and (2) not to exceed

23 $99,000,000 shall be for space station supporting develop24 ment: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act may
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1 be used for space station NASA headquarters level one

2 support service contracts.

3 SPACE FLIGHT, CONTROL AND DATA COMMUNICATIONS

4 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

5 in support of space flight, spacecraft control and commu6 nications activities of the National Aeronautics and Space

7 Administration, including operations, production, services,

8 minor construction, maintenance, repair, rehabilitation,

9 and modification of real and personal property; tracking

10 and data relay satellite services as authorized by law; pur11 chase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mis12 sion and administrative aircraft; $4,878,400,000, to re13 main available until September 30, 1995.

14 CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES

15 For construction, repair, rehabilitation and modifica16 tion of facilities, minor construction of new facilities and

17 additions to existing facilities, and for facility planning

18 and design not otherwise provided, for the National Aero19 nautics and Space Administration, and for the acquisition

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

21 $512,700,000, to remain available until September 30,

22 1996: Provided, That, notwithstanding the limitation on

23 the availability of funds appropriated under this heading

24 by this appropriations Act, when any activity has been ini25 tiated by the incurrence of obligations therefor, the

26 amount available for such activity shall remain available
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1 until expended, except that this provision shall not apply

2 to the amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization

3 for repair, rehabilitation and modification of facilities,

4 minor construction of new facilities and additions to exist5 ing facilities, and facility planning and design: Provided

6 further, That no amount appropriated pursuant to this or

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

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

9 support of a contract or contracts with the National Aero10 nautics and Space Administration under which the Admin11 istration would be required to substantially amortize

12 through payment or reimbursement such contractor in13 vestment, unless an appropriations Act specifies the lease

14 or contract pursuant to which such facilities are to be con15 structed or leased or such facility is otherwise identified

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

17 authorize such facility lease or construction, if he deter18 mines, in consultation with the Committees on Appropria19 tions, that deferral of such action until the enactment of

20 the next appropriations Act would be inconsistent with the

21 interest of the Nation in aeronautical and space activities.

22 RESEARCH AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

23 For necessary expenses for personnel and related

24 costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au25 thorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902) and travel ex-
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1 penses, $1,637,500,000: Provided, That contracts may be

2 entered into under this appropriation for training, inves3 tigations, costs associated with personnel relocation, and

4 for other services, to be provided during the next fiscal

5 year.

6 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector

8 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

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

10 NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

11 CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY

12 During fiscal year 1994, gross obligations of the

13 Central Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new

14 direct loans to member credit unions as authorized by the

15 National Credit Union Central Liquidity Facility Act (12

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

17 That administrative expenses of the Central Liquidity Fa18 cility in fiscal year 1994 shall not exceed $945,000.

19 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

20 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

21 For necessary expenses in carrying out the purposes

22 of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as

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

24 a National Medal of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880–1881); serv25 ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and op26 eration of aircraft and purchase of flight services for re-
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1 search support; acquisition of aircraft; $2,045,000,000, to

2 remain available until September 30, 1995: Provided,

3 That receipts for scientific support services and materials

4 furnished by the National Research Centers and other Na5 tional Science Foundation supported research facilities

6 may be credited to this appropriation: Provided further,

7 That to the extent that the amount appropriated is less

8 than the total amount authorized to be appropriated for

9 included program activities, all amounts, including floors

10 and ceilings, specified in the authorizing Act for those pro11 gram activities or their subactivities shall be reduced pro12 portionally.

13 ACADEMIC RESEARCH FACILITIES AND

14 INSTRUMENTATION

15 For necessary expenses in carrying out an academic

16 research facilities and instrumentation program pursuant

17 to the purposes of the National Science Foundation Act

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

19 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and rental of con20 ference rooms in the District of Columbia, $55,000,000,

21 to remain available until September 30, 1995.

22 UNITED STATES POLAR RESEARCH PROGRAMS

23 For necessary expenses in carrying out arctic and

24 antarctic research and operational support and for reim25 bursement to other Federal agencies for operational and

26 science support and other related activities for the United
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1 States Antarctic program and the Arctic research program

2 pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950,

3 as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875); maintenance and op4 eration of aircraft and purchase of flight services for re5 search and operations support; improvement of environ6 mental practices and enhancements of safety; services as

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

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

9 and operations support; hire of passenger motor vehicles;

10 not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representa11 tion expenses; $158,100,000, to remain available until ex12 pended: Provided, That receipts for support services and

13 materials provided for non-Federal activities may be cred14 ited to this appropriation.

15 UNITED STATES ANTARCTIC LOGISTICAL SUPPORT

16 ACTIVITIES

17 For necessary expenses in reimbursing Federal agen18 cies for logistical and other related activities for the Unit19 ed States Antarctic program pursuant to the National

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

21 1861–1875); acquisition, maintenance, and operation of

22 aircraft for research and operations support; improvement

23 of environmental practices and enhancements of safety;

24 $62,600,000, to remain available until expended: Pro25 vided, That receipts for support services and materials
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1 provided for non-Federal activities may be credited to this

2 appropriation.

3 EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

4 For necessary expenses in carrying out science and

5 engineering education and human resources programs and

6 activities pursuant to the purposes of the National Science

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

8 1875), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109

9 and rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum10 bia, $569,600,000, to remain available until September

11 30, 1995: Provided, That to the extent that the amount

12 of this appropriation is less than the total amount author13 ized to be appropriated for included program activities, all

14 amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified in the au15 thorizing Act for those program activities or their

16 subactivities shall be reduced proportionally.

17 CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE

18 For necessary expenses for support of the Critical

19 Technologies Institute as authorized by section 822 of the

20 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991,

21 as amended (42 U.S.C. 6686), $1,000,000, to remain

22 available until expended.

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary salaries and expenses in carrying out

25 the purposes of the National Science Foundation Act of

26 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875); services au-
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1 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehi2 cles; not to exceed $6,000 for official reception and rep3 resentation expenses; uniforms or allowances therefor, as

4 authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); rental of con5 ference rooms in the District of Columbia; reimbursement

6 of the General Services Administration for security guard

7 services; $120,800,000: Provided, That contracts may be

8 entered into under salaries and expenses in fiscal year

9 1994 for maintenance and operation of facilities, and for

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

11 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

13 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

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

15 available until September 30, 1995.

16 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION HEADQUARTERS

17 RELOCATION

18 For necessary support of the relocation of the Na19 tional Science Foundation, $5,200,000, to remain avail20 able until expended: Provided, That these funds shall be

21 used to reimburse the General Services Administration for

22 services and related acquisitions in support of relocating

23 the National Science Foundation.
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1 NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

2 PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT

3 CORPORATION

4 For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor5 poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities,

6 as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora7 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $30,476,000.

8 SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys11 tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of

12 training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective

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

14 4118) for civilian employees; and not to exceed $1,000 for

15 official reception and representation expenses;

16 $5,000,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal year,

17 the President may exempt this appropriation from the pro18 visions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever he deems such action

19 to be necessary in the interest of national defense: Pro20 vided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this

21 Act may be expended for or in connection with the induc22 tion of any person into the Armed Forces of the United

23 States.
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1 TITLE IV

2 CORPORATIONS

3 Corporations and agencies of the Department of

4 Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the

5 Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, are

6 hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the

7 limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each

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

9 to make such contracts and commitments without regard

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

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

12 forth in the budget for 1994 for such corporation or agen13 cy except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collec14 tions of these corporations and agencies may be used for

15 new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the

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

17 are in support of other forms of assistance provided for

18 in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this pro19 viso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty

20 operations of these corporations, or where loans or mort21 gage purchases are necessary to protect the financial in22 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 FDIC AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM

12 For the affordable housing program of the Federal

13 Deposit Insurance Corporation under section 40 of the

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

15 $7,000,000 to pay for any losses resulting from the sale

16 of properties under the program, and for all administra17 tive and holding costs associated with operating the

18 program.

19 Notwithstanding any provisions of section 40 of the

20 Federal Deposit Insurance Act or any other provision of

21 law, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation shall be

22 deemed in compliance with such section if, in its sole dis23 cretion, the Corporation at any time modifies, amends or

24 waives any provisions of such section in order to maximize

25 the efficient use of the available appropriated funds. The

26 Corporation shall not be subject to suit for its failure to
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1 comply with the requirements of this provision or section

2 40 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.

3 RESOLUTION TRUST CORPORATION

4 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

6 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector

7 General Act of 1978, as amended, $34,046,000.

8 TITLE V

9 GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

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

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

14 set forth therefor in the budget estimates submitted for

15 the appropriations: Provided, That this section shall not

16 apply to travel performed by uncompensated officials of

17 local boards and appeal boards of the Selective Service

18 System; to travel performed directly in connection with

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

23 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance

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

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

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

4 set forth in budget estimates initially submitted for such

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

7 estimates in the same proportion.

8 SEC. 502. Appropriations and funds available for the

9 administrative expenses of the Department of Housing

10 and Urban Development and the Selective Service System

11 shall be available in the current fiscal year for purchase

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

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

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

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

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

18 1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations

19 on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract

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

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

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

2 Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended (12

3 U.S.C. 1811–1831).

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

5 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

6 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

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

8 expended—

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

10 employee of the United States unless—

11 (A) such certification is accompanied by,

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

14 services for which such expenditure is being

15 made, or

16 (B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to

17 such certification, and without such a voucher

18 or abstract, is specifically authorized by law;

19 and

20 (2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit

21 by the General Accounting Office or is specifically

22 exempt by law from such audit.

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

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

4 Code, section 1344.

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

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

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

10 sharing by the recipient shall reflect the mutuality of in11 terest of the grantee or contractor and the Government

12 in the research.

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

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

15 reimbursement for payment of the salary of a consultant

16 (whether retained by the Federal Government or a grant17 ee) at more than the daily equivalent of the maximum rate

18 paid for GS–18, unless specifically authorized by law.

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

20 this Act for personnel compensation and benefits shall be

21 available for other object classifications set forth in the

22 budget estimates submitted for the appropriations: Pro23 vided, That this section shall not apply to any part of the

24 appropriations contained in this Act for Offices of Inspec25 tor General personnel compensation and benefits.
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1 SEC. 510. None of the funds in this Act shall be used

2 to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Fed3 eral parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory pro4 ceedings. Nothing herein affects the authority of the

5 Consumer Product Safety Commission pursuant to section

6 7 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2056

7 et seq.).

8 SEC. 511. Except as otherwise provided under exist9 ing law or under an existing Executive order issued pursu10 ant to an existing law, the obligation or expenditure of

11 any appropriation under this Act for contracts for any

12 consulting service shall be limited to contracts which are

13 (1) a matter of public record and available for public in14 spection, and (2) thereafter included in a publicly available

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

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

17 the public and of all contracts on which performance has

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

19 preceding sentence shall be updated quarterly and shall

20 include a narrative description of the work to be per21 formed under each such contract.

22 SEC. 512. Except as otherwise provided by law, no

23 part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be

24 obligated or expended by any executive agency, as referred

25 to in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41
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1 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) for a contract for services unless such

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

3 contract in full compliance with such Act and the regula4 tions promulgated thereunder, and (2) requires any report

5 prepared pursuant to such contract, including plans, eval6 uations, studies, analyses and manuals, and any report

7 prepared by the agency which is substantially derived from

8 or substantially includes any report prepared pursuant to

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

10 contract pursuant to which the report was prepared, and

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

12 such contract.

13 SEC. 513. Except as otherwise provided in section

14 506, none of the funds provided in this Act to any depart15 ment or agency shall be obligated or expended to provide

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

17 any officer or employee of such department or agency.

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

19 any department or agency shall be obligated or expended

20 to procure passenger automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C.

21 2001 with an EPA estimated miles per gallon average of

22 less than 22 miles per gallon.

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

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

25 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.
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1 SEC. 516. None of the funds appropriated in title I

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

3 real property if the estimated annual rental is more than

4 $300,000, unless the Secretary submits, in writing, a re5 port to the Committees on Appropriations of the Congress

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

7 on which the report is received by the Committees on Ap8 propriations.

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

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

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

12 21A(b)(11)(B) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act and

13 the actions taken with respect to the agreements described

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

15 agreement, the review that has been conducted and the

16 action that has been taken, if any, to rescind or to restruc17 ture, modify, or renegotiate the agreement. In describing

18 the action taken, the Corporation is not required to pro19 vide detailed information regarding an ongoing investiga20 tion or negotiation. The Corporation shall exercise any

21 and all legal rights to restructure, modify, renegotiate or

22 rescind such agreement, notwithstanding any other provi23 sion of law, where the savings would be realized.

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

25 of restructuring, modifying, or renegotiating the agree-
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1 ments described in subsection (a), the Corporation shall

2 certify to the Congress, for each such agreement, the fol3 lowing:

4 (1) the Corporation has completed its review of

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

6 of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act;

7 (2)(A) at the time of certification, in the opin8 ion of the Corporation and based upon the informa9 tion available to it, there is insufficient evidence or

10 other indication of fraud, misrepresentation, failure

11 to disclose a material fact, failure to perform under

12 the terms of the agreement, improprieties in the bid13 ding process, failure to comply with any law, rule or

14 regulation regarding the validity of the agreement,

15 or any other legal basis sufficient for the rescission

16 of the agreement; or

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

18 finds that there may be sufficient evidence to pro19 vide a legal basis for the rescission of the assistance

20 agreement, but the Corporation determines that it

21 may be in the best interest of the Government to re22 structure, modify or renegotiate the assistance

23 agreement; and

24 (3) the Corporation has or will promptly exer25 cise any and all legal rights to modify, renegotiate,
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1 or restructure the agreement where savings would be

2 realized by such actions.

3 SEC. 518. COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN

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

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

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

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

8 to those funds.

9 This Act may be cited as the Departments of Veter10 ans, Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and

11 Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994.

Passed the House of Representatives June 29, 1993.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.

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