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SPACE FLIGHT, CONTROL, AND DATA COMMUNICATIONS
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 103–124, $32,000,000 are rescinded.
CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 103–124, $25,000,000 are rescinded.
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 402. The Architect of the Capitol shall be consid-
ered the agency for the purposes of the election in section
801(b)(2)(B) of the National Energy Conservation Policy
Act and the head of the agency for purposes of subsection
(b)(2)(C) of such section.
PROHIBITION OF BENEFITS FOR INDIVIDUALS NOT
LAWFULLY WITHIN THE UNITED STATES
SEC. 403. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to provide any benefit or assistance to any
individual in the United States when it is known to a Fed-
eral entity or official to which the funds are made available
that—
(1) the individual is not lawfully within the
United States; and
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(2) the direct Federal assistance or benefit to be
provided is other than search and rescue; emergency
medical care; emergency mass care; emergency shelter;
clearance of roads and construction of temporary
bridges necessary to the performance of emergency
tasks and essential community services; warning of
further risks or hazards; dissemination of public in-
formation and assistance regarding health and safety
measures; the provision of food, water, medicine, and
other essential needs, including movement of supplies
or persons; and reduction of immediate threats to life,
property and public health and safety.
SEC. 404. (a) STUDY BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—
The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct
a study regarding Federal laws, unfunded Federal man-
dates, and other Federal regulatory requirements, that may
prevent or impair the ability of State and local authorities
to rebuild expeditiously the areas devastated by the Janu-
ary 1994 earthquake in Southern California. In conducting
the study, the Comptroller General shall consult with State
and local officials of California.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall
submit to the Congress a report setting forth findings and
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recommendations as a result of the study conducted under
subsection (a). The report shall include—
(1) an identification of the specific Federal laws,
unfunded Federal mandates, and other Federal regu-
latory requirements, referred to in subsection (a);
(2) an analysis of the manner in which such
laws, mandates, and other requirements may prevent
or impair the ability of State and local authorities to
rebuild expeditiously the areas devastated by the Jan-
uary 1994 earthquake in Southern California; and
(3) recommended forms of, and appropriate time
periods for, relief from such laws, mandates, and
other requirements.
SEC. 405. In the case of any equipment or product that
may be authorized to be purchased with financial assistance
provided using funds made available in this Act, it is the
sense of the Congress that entities receiving the assistance
should, in expending the assistance, purchase only Amer-
ican-made equipment and products, and that notice of this
provision be given to each recipient of assistance covered
under this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives February 3,
1994.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.
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