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of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on
the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re-
ception and representation expenses.
COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing
a Commission of Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $834,000.
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law
99–190 (99 Stat. 1261; 20 U.S.C. 956(a)), as amended,
$6,000,000.
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the orderly closure of the
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, $1,000,000:
Provided, That none of these funds shall be available for
the compensation of Executive Level V or higher positions.
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as authorized by the Na-
tional Capital Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71–71i),
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$5,090,000: Provided, That all appointed members will be
compensated at a rate equivalent to the rate for Executive
Schedule Level IV.
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FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Franklin Delano Roo-
sevelt Memorial Commission, established by the Act of Au-
gust 11, 1955 (69 Stat. 694), as amended by Public Law
92–332 (86 Stat. 401), $48,000, to remain available until
September 30, 1997.
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the orderly closure of the
Pennsylvania 
Avenue 
Development 
Corporation,
$2,000,000.
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Council, as
authorized by Public Law 96–388, as amended,
$28,707,000; of which $1,575,000 for the Museum’s re-
pair and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 for the
Museum’s exhibition program shall remain available until
expended.
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
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of public record and available for public inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation under this
Act shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior or
the Secretary of Agriculture for the leasing of oil and nat-
ural gas by noncompetitive bidding on publicly owned
lands within the boundaries of the Shawnee National For-
est, Illinois: Provided, That nothing herein is intended to
inhibit or otherwise affect the sale, lease, or right to access
to minerals owned by private individuals.
SEC. 303. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica-
tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to
promote public support or opposition to any legislative
proposal on which congressional action is not complete.
SEC. 304. 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. 305. None of the funds provided in this Act to
any department or agency shall be obligated or expended
to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal
servants to any officer or employee of such department
or agency except as otherwise provided by law.
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SEC. 306. No assessments may be levied against any
program, budget activity, subactivity, or project funded by
this Act unless notice of such assessments and the basis
therefor are presented to the Committees on Appropria-
tions and are approved by such Committees.
SEC. 307. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN
ACT.—None of the funds made available in this Act may
be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in
expending the funds the entity will comply with sections
2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–
10c; popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARD-
ING NOTICE.—
(1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—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 ex-
pending the assistance, purchase only American-
made equipment and products.
(2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—
In providing financial assistance using funds made
available in this Act, the head of each Federal agen-
cy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance
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a notice describing the statement made in paragraph
(1) by the Congress.
(c) PROHIBITION
OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS
FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 308. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to plan, prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees classi-
fied as giant sequoia (sequoiadendron giganteum) which
are located on National Forest System or Bureau of Land
Management lands in a manner different than such sales
were conducted in fiscal year 1995.
SEC. 309. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be obligated or expended by the National Park
Service to enter into or implement a concession contract
which permits or requires the removal of the underground
lunchroom at the Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
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SEC. 310. Where the actual costs of construction
projects under self-determination contracts, compacts, or
grants, pursuant to Public Laws 93–638, 100–413, or
100–297, are less than the estimated costs thereof, use
of the resulting excess funds shall be determined by the
appropriate Secretary after consultation with the tribes.
SEC. 311. Notwithstanding Public Law 103–413,
quarterly payments of funds to tribes and tribal organiza-
tions under annual funding agreements pursuant to sec-
tion 108 of Public Law 93–638, as amended, may be made
on the first business day following the first day of a fiscal
quarter.
SEC. 312. None of funds in this Act may be used
for the Americorps program.
SEC. 313. (a) On or before April 1, 1996, the Penn-
sylvania Avenue Development Corporation shall—
(1) transfer and assign in accordance with this
section all of its rights, title, and interest in and to
all of the leases, covenants, agreements, and ease-
ments it has executed or will execute by March 31,
1996, in carrying out its powers and duties under
the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation
Act (40 U.S.C. 871–885) and the Federal Triangle
Development Act (40 U.S.C. 1101–1109) to the
General Services Administration, National Capital
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Planning Commission, or the National Park Service;
and
(2) except as provided by subsection (d), trans-
fer all rights, title, and interest in and to all prop-
erty, both real and personal, held in the name of the
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation to
the General Services Administration.
(b) The responsibilities of the Pennsylvania Avenue
Development Corporation transferred to the General Serv-
ices Administration under subsection (a) include, but are
not limited to, the following:
(1) Collection of revenue owed the Federal Gov-
ernment as a result of real estate sales or lease
agreements entered into by the Pennsylvania Avenue
Development Corporation and private parties, in-
cluding, at a minimum, with respect to the following
projects:
(A) The Willard Hotel property on Square
225.
(B) The Gallery Row project on Square
457.
(C) The Lansburgh’s project on Square
431.
(D) The Market Square North project on
Square 407.
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(2) Collection of sale or lease revenue owed the
Federal Government (if any) in the event two unde-
veloped sites owned by the Pennsylvania Avenue De-
velopment Corporation on Squares 457 and 406 are
sold or leased prior to April 1, 1996.
(3) Application of collected revenue to repay
United States Treasury debt incurred by the Penn-
sylvania Avenue Development Corporation in the
course of acquiring real estate.
(4) Performing financial audits for projects in
which the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Cor-
poration has actual or potential revenue expectation,
as identified in paragraphs (1) and (2), in accord-
ance with procedures describe in applicable sale or
lease agreements.
(5) Disposition of real estate properties which
are or become available for sale and lease or other
uses.
(6) Payment of benefits in accordance with the
Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property
Acquisitions Policies Act of 1970 to which persons
in the project area squares are entitled as a result
of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corpora-
tion’s acquisition of real estate.
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(7) Carrying out the responsibilities of the
Pennsylvania 
Avenue 
Development 
Corporation
under the Federal Triangle Development Act (40
U.S.C. 1101–1109), including responsibilities for
managing assets and liabilities of the Corporation
under such Act.
(c) In carrying out the responsibilities of the Penn-
sylvania Avenue Development Corporation transferred
under this section, the Administrator of the General Serv-
ices Administration shall have the following powers:
(1) To acquire lands, improvements, and prop-
erties by purchase, lease or exchange, and to sell,
lease, or otherwise dispose of real or personal prop-
erty as necessary to complete the development plan
developed under section 5 of the Pennsylvania Ave-
nue Development Corporation Act of 1972 (40
U.S.C. 874) if a notice of intention to carry out such
acquisition or disposal is first transmitted to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
and the Committee on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Environ-
ment and Public Works and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and at least 60 days
elapse after the date of such transmission.
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(2) To modify from time to time the plan re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) if such modification is
first transmitted to the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Environment and Public Works and
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and
at least 60 days elapse after the date of such trans-
mission.
(3) To maintain any existing Pennsylvania Ave-
nue Development Corporation insurance programs.
(4) To enter into and perform such leases, con-
tracts, or other transactions with any agency or in-
strumentality of the United States, the several
States, or the District of Columbia or with any per-
son, firm, association, or corporation as may be nec-
essary to carry out the responsibilities of the Penn-
sylvania Avenue Development Corporation under the
Federal Triangle Development Act (40 U.S.C.
1101–1109).
(5) To request the Council of the District of
Columbia to close any alleys necessary for the com-
pletion of development in Square 457.
(6) To use all of the funds transferred from the
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation or
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income earned on Pennsylvania Avenue Development
Corporation property to complete any pending devel-
opment projects.
(d)(1)(A) On or before April 1, 1996, the Pennsylva-
nia Avenue Development Corporation shall transfer all its
right, title, and interest in and to the property described
in subparagraph (B) to the National Park Service, De-
partment of the Interior.
(B) The property referred to in subparagraph (A) is
the property located within the Pennsylvania Avenue Na-
tional Historic Site depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Penn-
sylvania Avenue National Historic Park’’, dated June 1,
1995, and numbered 840–82441, which shall be on file
and available for public inspection in the offices of the Na-
tional Park Service, Department of the Interior. The
Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site includes the
parks, plazas, sidewalks, special lighting, trees, sculpture,
and memorials.
(2) Jurisdiction of Pennsylvania Avenue and all other
roadways from curb to curb shall remain with the District
of Columbia but vendors shall not be permitted to occupy
street space except during temporary special events.
(3) The National Park Service shall be responsible
for management, administration, maintenance, law en-
forcement, visitor services, resource protection, interpreta-
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tion, and historic preservation at the Pennsylvania Avenue
National Historic Site.
(4) The National Park Service may enter into con-
tracts, cooperative agreements, or other transactions with
any agency or instrumentality of the United States, the
several States, or the District of Columbia or with any
person, firm, association, or corporation as may be deemed
necessary or appropriate for the conduct of special events,
festivals, concerts, or other art and cultural programs at
the Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site or may
establish a nonprofit foundation to solicit funds for such
activities.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
responsibility for ensuring that development or redevelop-
ment in the Pennsylvania Avenue area is carried out in
accordance with the Pennsylvania Avenue Development
Corporation Plan—1974, as amended, is transferred to
the National Capital Planning Commission or its succes-
sor commencing April 1, 1996.
(f) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—
(1) REGULATIONS.—Any regulations prescribed
by the Corporation in connection with the Penn-
sylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act of
1972 (40 U.S.C. 871–885) and the Federal Triangle
Development Act (40 U.S.C. 1101–1109) shall con-