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to the purposes of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950,
as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), including services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and rental of conference rooms in the District
of Columbia, $599,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 1997: Provided, That to the extent that the amount of this
appropriation is less than the total amount authorized to be appro-
priated for included program activities, all amounts, including floors
and ceilings, specified in the authorizing Act for those program
activities or their subactivities shall be reduced proportionally.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary salaries and expenses in carrying out the pur-
poses of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended
(42 U.S.C. 1861–1875); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire
of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $9,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses; uniforms or allowances therefor,
as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); rental of conference
rooms in the District of Columbia; reimbursement of the General
Services Administration for security guard services; $127,310,000:
Provided, That contracts may be entered into under salaries and
expenses in fiscal year 1996 for maintenance and operation of
facilities, and for other services, to be provided during the next
fiscal year.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,
as amended, $4,490,000, to remain available until September 30,
1997.
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION HEADQUARTERS RELOCATION
For necessary support of the relocation of the National Science
Foundation, $5,200,000: Provided, That these funds shall be used
to reimburse the General Services Administration for services and
related acquisitions in support of relocating the National Science
Foundation.
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized by
the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–
8107), $38,667,000.
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, includ-
ing expenses of attendance at meetings and of training for uni-
formed personnel assigned to the Selective Service System, as
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 4101–4118) for civilian employees;
and not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation
expenses; $22,930,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal
year, the President may exempt this appropriation from the provi-
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sions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever he deems such action to be
necessary in the interest of national defense: Provided further,
That none of the funds appropriated by the Act may be expended
for or in connection with the induction of any person into the
Armed Forces of the United States.
TITLE IV
CORPORATIONS
Corporations and agencies of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development which are subject to the Government Corpora-
tion Control Act, as amended, are hereby authorized to make such
expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority
available to each such corporation or agency and in accord with
law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard
to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Act
as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in
the budget for 1996 for such corporation or agency except as herein-
after provided: Provided, That collections of these corporations and
agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase commit-
ments only to the extent expressly provided for in this Act (unless
such loans are in support of other forms of assistance provided
for in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this proviso
shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty operations
of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases are
necessary to protect the financial interest of the United States
Government.
RESOLUTION TRUST CORPORATION
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,
as amended, $11,400,000.
TITLE V
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 501. Where appropriations in titles I, II, and III of this
Act are expendable for travel expenses and no specific limitation
has been placed thereon, the expenditures for such travel expenses
may not exceed the amounts set forth therefor in the budget esti-
mates submitted for the appropriations: Provided, That this section
shall not apply to travel performed by uncompensated officials
of local boards and appeal boards of the Selective Service System;
to travel performed directly in connection with care and treatment
of medical beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs;
to travel performed in connection with major disasters or emer-
gencies declared or determined by the President under the provi-
sions of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act; to travel performed by the Offices of Inspector
General in connection with audits and investigations; or to pay-
ments to interagency motor pools where separately set forth in
the budget schedules: Provided further, That if appropriations in
titles I, II, and III exceed the amounts set forth in budget estimates
initially submitted for such appropriations, the expenditures for
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travel may correspondingly exceed the amounts therefor set forth
in the estimates in the same proportion.
SEC. 502. Appropriations and funds available for the adminis-
trative expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment and the Selective Service System shall be available in the
current fiscal year for purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor,
as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); hire of passenger motor
vehicles; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 503. Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development subject to the Government Corporation Control Act
or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, without
regard to the limitations on administrative expenses, for legal serv-
ices on a contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment
for services and facilities of Federal National Mortgage Association,
Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Resolution Trust
Corporation, Federal Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal
Home Loan banks, and any insured bank within the meaning
of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended
(12 U.S.C. 1811–1831).
SEC. 504. 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. 505. No funds appropriated by this Act may be expended—
(1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or employee
of the United States unless—
(A) such certification is accompanied by, or is part
of, a voucher or abstract which describes the payee or
payees and the items or services for which such expenditure
is being made, or
(B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to such certifi-
cation, and without such a voucher or abstract, is specifi-
cally authorized by law; and
(2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit by the Gen-
eral Accounting Office or is specifically exempt by law from
such audit.
SEC. 506. None of the funds provided in this Act to any depart-
ment or agency may be expended for the transportation of any
officer or employee of such department or agency between his
domicile and his place of employment, with the exception of any
officer or employee authorized such transportation under title 31,
United States Code, section 1344.
SEC. 507. None of the funds provided in this Act may be
used for payment, through grants or contracts, to recipients that
do not share in the cost of conducting research resulting from
proposals not specifically solicited by the Government: Provided,
That the extent of cost sharing by the recipient shall reflect the
mutuality of interest of the grantee or contractor and the Govern-
ment in the research.
SEC. 508. None of the funds provided in this Act may be
used, directly or through grants, to pay or to provide reimbursement
for payment of the salary of a consultant (whether retained by
the Federal Government or a grantee) at more than the daily
equivalent of the rate paid for Level IV of the Executive Schedule,
unless specifically authorized by law.
SEC. 509. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to
pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties
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intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings. Nothing here-
in affects the authority of the Consumer Product Safety Commission
pursuant to section 7 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15
U.S.C. 2056 et seq.).
SEC. 510. Except as otherwise provided under existing law
or under an existing Executive order issued pursuant to an existing
law, the obligation or expenditure of any appropriation under this
Act for contracts for any consulting service shall be limited to
contracts which are (1) a matter of public record and available
for public inspection, and (2) thereafter included in a publicly avail-
able list of all contracts entered into within twenty-four months
prior to the date on which the list is made available to the public
and of all contracts on which performance has not been completed
by such date. The list required by the preceding sentence shall
be updated quarterly and shall include a narrative description
of the work to be performed under each such contract.
SEC. 511. Except as otherwise provided by law, no part of
any appropriation contained in this Act shall be obligated or
expended by any executive agency, as referred to in the Office
of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) for a
contract for services unless such executive agency (1) has awarded
and entered into such contract in full compliance with such Act
and the regulations promulgated thereunder, and (2) requires any
report prepared pursuant to such contract, including plans, evalua-
tions, studies, analyses and manuals, and any report prepared
by the agency which is substantially derived from or substantially
includes any report prepared pursuant to such contract, to contain
information concerning (A) the contract pursuant to which the
report was prepared, and (B) the contractor who prepared the
report pursuant to such contract.
SEC. 512. Except as otherwise provided in section 506, 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 depart-
ment or agency.
SEC. 513. None of the funds provided in this Act to any depart-
ment or agency shall be obligated or expended to procure passenger
automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C. 2001 with an EPA estimated
miles per gallon average of less than 22 miles per gallon.
SEC. 514. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1996
pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within
the levels appropriated in this Act.
SEC. 515. None of the funds appropriated in title I of this
Act shall be used to enter into any new lease of real property
if the estimated annual rental is more than $300,000 unless the
Secretary submits, in writing, a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Congress and a period of 30 days has expired
following the date on which the report is received by the Committees
on Appropriations.
SEC. 516. (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND
PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest
extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased with
funds made available in this Act should be American-made.
(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial assistance
to, or entering into any contract with, any entity using funds
made available in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to
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the greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice
describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
SEC. 517. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may
be used to implement any cap on reimbursements to grantees
for indirect costs, except as published in Office of Management
and Budget Circular A–21.
SEC. 518. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used for any program, project, or activity, when it is made
known to the Federal entity or official to which the funds are
made available that the program, project, or activity is not in
compliance with any Federal law relating to risk assessment, the
protection of private property rights, or unfunded mandates.
SEC. 519. In fiscal year 1996, the Director of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency shall sell the disaster housing inventory
of mobile homes and trailers, and the proceeds thereof shall be
deposited in the Treasury.
SEC. 520. Such funds as may be necessary to carry out the
orderly termination of the Office of Consumer Affairs shall be
made available from funds appropriated to the Department of
Health and Human Services for fiscal year 1996.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Veterans Affairs
and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1996’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.