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CHAPTER 5
DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS FUND
For an additional amount for ‘‘Community develop-
ment block grants fund’’ as authorized under title I of the
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974,
$100,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2000, for use only for buyouts, relocation, long-term recov-
ery, and mitigation in communities affected by the flood-
ing in the upper Midwest and other disasters in fiscal year
1997 and such natural disasters designated 30 days prior
to the start of fiscal year 1997, except those activities re-
imbursable or for which funds are made available by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Small Busi-
ness Administration, or the Army Corps of Engineers:
Provided, That, in administering these amounts, the Sec-
retary may waive, or specify alternative requirements for,
any provision of any statute or regulation that the Sec-
retary administers in connection with the obligation by the
Secretary or the use by the recipient of these funds, except
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for statutory requirements related to civil rights, fair
housing and non-discrimination, the environment, and
labor standards, upon a finding that such waiver is re-
quired to facilitate the use of such funds, and would not
be inconsistent with the overall purpose of the statute:
Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development shall publish a notice in the Federal
Register governing the use of community development
block grants funds in conjunction with any program ad-
ministered by the Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency for buyouts for structures in disaster
areas: Provided further, That for any funds under this
head used for buyouts in conjunction with any program
administered by the Director of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency, each State or unit of general local
government requesting funds from the Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development for buyouts shall submit a
plan to the Secretary which must be approved by the Sec-
retary as consistent with the requirements of this pro-
gram: Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing
and Urban development and the Director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency shall submit quarterly
reports to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations on all disbursements and uses of funds for or
associated with buyouts: Provided further, That the Sec-
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retary of Housing and Urban Development may waive, on
a case by-case-basis and upon such other terms as the Sec-
retary may specify, in whole or in part, the requirements
that activities benefit persons of low- and moderate-income
pursuant to section 122 of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974, and may waive, in whole or in
part, the requirements that housing qualify as affordable
housing pursuant to section 290 of the HOME Investment
Partnerships Act: Provided further, That the entire
amount made available under this head is designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
INDEPENDENT AGENCY
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
DISASTER RELIEF
For an additional amount of ‘‘Disaster relief’’,
$225,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
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TITLE II—RESCISSIONS AND OFFSETS
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
FUND FOR RURAL AMERICA
Of the funds provided on January 1, 1997, for sec-
tion 793 of Public Law 104–127, Fund for Rural Amer-
ica, not more than $80,000,000 shall be available.
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE
EXPORT CREDIT
None of the funds made available in the Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, Public Law
104–180, may be used to pay the salaries and expenses
of personnel to carry out a combined program for export
credit guarantees, supplier credit guarantees, and emerg-
ing democracies facilities guarantees at a level which ex-
ceeds $3,500,000,000.
EXPORT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available in Public Law 104–180 shall be used to pay the
salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out an export
enhancement program if the aggregate amount of funds
and/or 
commodities 
under 
such 
program 
exceeds
$10,000,000.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
HOUSING PROGRAMS
ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING
(RESCISSION)
Of the amounts recaptured under this heading during
fiscal year 1997 and prior years, with the exception of the
recaptures specified in section 214 of Public Law 104–
204, $441,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That of this
amount, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment shall recapture $191,000,000 in amounts heretofore
made available to housing agencies for tenant-based as-
sistance under the Section 8 existing housing certificate
and housing voucher programs (42 U.S.C. 1437f and
1437f(o) respectively): Provided further, That the fore-
going recaptures shall be from amounts in the annual con-
tributions contract (ACC) reserve accounts established
and maintained by HUD.
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISION, THIS ACT
SEC. 301. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Interim Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1997’’.
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