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Union Calendar No. 203
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3511
[Report No. 103–368]
Rescinding certain budget authority, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 16, 1993
Mr. NATCHER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Appropriations
NOVEMBER 16, 1993
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
A BILL
Rescinding certain budget authority, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following rescissions of budget authority are
made, namely:
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CHAPTER I
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, RURAL DE-
VELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINIS-
TRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
(RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 103–111 and subsequently transferred to the
Human Nutrition Information Service pursuant to Sec-
retary’s Memorandum No. 1020–39, dated September 30,
1993, $1,000,000 are rescinded and the remaining funds
are transferred to the Agricultural Research Service: Pro-
vided, That funds appropriated by Public Law 103–111
for the functions of the former Human Nutrition Informa-
tion Service shall be made available only to the Agricul-
tural Research Service.
COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 103–111, $14,279,000 are rescinded, includ-
ing $4,375,000 for contracts and grants for agricultural
research under the Act of August 4, 1965, as amended;
$7,000,000 
for 
competitive 
research 
grants; 
and
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$2,904,000 for necessary expenses of the Cooperative
State Research Service.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 103–111, $2,897,000 are rescinded.
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
MARKETING SERVICES
(RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 103–111 and subsequently transferred to the
Agricultural Cooperative Service pursuant to Secretary’s
Memorandum No. 1020–39, dated September 30, 1993,
$100,000 are rescinded and the remaining funds are
transferred to the Rural Development Administration.
PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 103–111 and subsequently transferred to the
Agricultural Cooperative Service pursuant to Secretary’s
Memorandum No. 1020–39, dated September 30, 1993,
$435,000 are transferred to the Rural Development
Administration.
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FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 103–111 for the cost of direct section 502
loans, $35,000,000 are rescinded.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 103–111 for the cost of direct loans,
$20,000,000 are rescinded.
RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL GRANTS
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 103–111, $25,000,000 are rescinded.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 103–111, $12,167,000 are rescinded.
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE
COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 102–341, $12,600,000 are rescinded.
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FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS FOR SELECTED GROUPS
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 102–341, $6,000,000 are rescinded.
PUBLIC LAW 480 PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 103–111 for commodities supplied in connec-
tion with title III, $20,000,000 are rescinded.
CHAPTER II
DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND
STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED
AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING FUND
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances in the Economic Devel-
opment Revolving Fund, $29,000,000 are rescinded.
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC
ADMINISTRATION
CONSTRUCTION
(RESCISSION)
Of the amounts made available under this heading
in Public Law 103–121, $3,000,000 are rescinded.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
For fiscal year 1994 only, the Director of the Bureau
of Justice Assistance, upon good cause shown, may waive
the provisions of section 504(f) of the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 for projects located
in communities covered under a Presidentially declared
disaster pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re-
lief and Emergency Assistance Act.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
BUYING POWER MAINTENANCE
(RESCISSION)
Of the balances in the Buying Power Maintenance
account, $8,800,000 are rescinded.
NEW DIPLOMATIC POSTS
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available for the United States
Information Agency under this heading in Public Law
102–395, $1,000,000 are rescinded.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
Subject to enactment of legislation authorizing the
Secretary of State to charge a fee or surcharge for proc-
essing machine readable non-immigrant visas and machine
readable combined border crossing identification cards and
non-immigrant visas, the Secretary of State may collect
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not to exceed $20,000,000 in additional fees or surcharges
during fiscal year 1994 pursuant to such authority: Pro-
vided, That such additional fees shall be deposited as an
offsetting collection to the Department of State, Adminis-
tration of Foreign Affairs, ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Pro-
grams’’ appropriation account and such fees shall remain
available until expended: Provided further, That such col-
lections shall be available only to modernize, automate,
and enhance consular services and counterterrorism activi-
ties of the Department of State, to include the develop-
ment and installation of automated visa and namecheck
information systems, secure travel documents, worldwide
telecommunications systems, and management systems to
permit sharing of critical information regarding visa appli-
cants and help secure America’s borders.
THE JUDICIARY
COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER
JUDICIAL SERVICES
DEFENDER SERVICES
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 103–121, $3,000,000 are rescinded.
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RELATED AGENCIES
BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING
ISRAEL RELAY STATION
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading,
$1,700,000 are rescinded.
UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 103–121, $1,177,000 are rescinded.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other
Act, not to exceed $2,000,000 of the funds made available
under this heading in Public Law 103–121 may be used
to carry out projects involving security construction and
related improvements for Agency facilities not physically
located together with Department of State facilities
abroad: Provided, That such funds may remain available
until expended.
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 103–121, $850,000 are rescinded.
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RADIO CONSTRUCTION
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 103–121, $2,000,000 are rescinded.
CHAPTER III
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL
GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS
(RESCISSION)
Of the amounts made available under this heading
in Public Law 102–377 and prior years’ Energy and
Water Development Appropriations Acts, $24,970,000 are
rescinded.
CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL
(RESCISSION)
Of the amounts made available under this heading
in Public Law 102–377 and prior years’ Energy and
Water Development Appropriations Acts, $97,319,000 are
rescinded.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM
(RESCISSION)
Of the amounts made available under this heading
in Public Law 102–377 and prior years’ Energy and
Water Development Appropriations Acts, $16,000,000 are
rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ENERGY SUPPLY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
ACTIVITIES
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 103–126, $97,300,000 are rescinded: Pro-
vided, That the reduction shall be taken as a general re-
duction, applied to each program equally, so as not to
eliminate or disproportionately reduce any program,
project, or activity in the Energy Supply, Research and
Development Activities account as included in the reports
accompanying Public Law 103–126.
URANIUM SUPPLY AND ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES
(RESCISSION)
Of the amounts made available under this heading
in Public Law 102–377 and prior years’ Energy and
Water Development Appropriations Acts, $42,000,000 are
rescinded.
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CHAPTER IV
FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING,
AND RELATED AGENCIES
MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND
DEVELOPMENT
(RESCISSION)
Of the unexpended or unobligated balances made
available for payment to the International Bank for Re-
construction and Development for the United States share
of the paid-in share portion of the increases in capital
stock for the General Capital Increase, $27,910,500 is
rescinded.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
Notwithstanding Public Law 103–87, the United
States Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruc-
tion and Development may subscribe without fiscal year
limitation to the callable capital portion of the United
States share of the increases in capital stock in an amount
not to exceed $902,439,500.
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CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT
BANK
(RESCISSION)
Of the unexpended or unobligated balances made
available for payment to the Inter-American Development
Bank by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the paid-in
share portion of the United States share of the increase
in capital stock $16,063,134 is rescinded.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
Notwithstanding Public Law 103–87, the United
States Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank
may subscribe without fiscal year limitation to the callable
capital portion of the United States share of the increases
in 
capital 
stock 
in 
an 
amount 
not 
to 
exceed
$1,563,875,725.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
(RESCISSION)
Of the unexpended or unobligated balances made
available for payment to the Asian Development Bank by
the Secretary of the Treasury, for the paid-in share por-
tion of the United States share of the increase in capital
stock $13,026,366 is rescinded.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
Notwithstanding Public Law 103–87, the United
States Governor of the Asian Development Bank may not
subscribe in fiscal year 1994 to the callable capital portion
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of the United States share of any increases in capital
stock.
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
(RESCISSION)
Of the unexpended or unobligated balances (including
earmarked funds) made available for fiscal years 1987
through 1993 to carry out the provisions of sections 103
through 106 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as
amended, $160,000,000 is rescinded: Provided, That
funds rescinded under this paragraph are to be derived
from the following countries in the following amounts:
Guatemala, $8,000,000; Honduras, $5,000,000; India,
$10,000,000; 
Indonesia, 
$15,000,000; 
Morocco,
$10,000,000; Pakistan, $15,000,000; Peru, $5,000,000;
Philippines, $10,000,000; Thailand, $10,000,000; and
Yemen, $5,000,000: Provided further, That $10,000,000
of the funds rescinded under this paragraph are to be de-
rived from non-country specific, centrally funded activities:
Provided further, That $57,000,000 of the funds rescinded
under this paragraph are to be derived from prior year
deobligated funds.
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ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND
(RESCISSION)
Of the unexpended or unobligated balances of funds
(including earmarked funds) made available for fiscal
years 1987 through 1993 to carry out the provisions of
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
as amended, $90,000,000 is rescinded: Provided, That
funds rescinded under this paragraph are to be derived
from the following countries in the following amounts:
Kenya, 
$2,000,000; 
Liberia, 
$797,000; 
Oman,
$18,000,000; 
Peru, 
$11,000,000; 
Philippines,
$10,200,000; and Somalia, $3,003,000: Provided further,
That $45,000,000 of the funds rescinded under this para-
graph are to be derived from the Private Sector Power
Project (No. 391–0494) for Pakistan.
MILITARY ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM
(RESCISSION)
Of the grant funds made available (including ear-
marked funds) under this heading in Public Law 102–391
and prior appropriations Acts, $66,000,000 is rescinded:
Provided, That funds rescinded under this paragraph are
to be derived from the following countries in the following
amounts: Benin, $3,000; Cameroon, $161,000; Central
African Republic, $59,000; Congo, $7,000; Cote D’ Ivoire,
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$128,000; Equatorial Guinea, $86,000; Gabon, $3,000;
Ghana, $600,000; Guatemala, $1,563,000; Guinea,
$499,000; Kenya, $9,000,000; Liberia, $15,000; Mada-
gascar, $505,000; Mali, $3,000; Malawi, $326,000; Mau-
ritania, $300,000; Morocco, $8,000,000; Organization of
American States, $6,000; Oman, $3,100,000; Pakistan,
$8,108,000; Peru, $6,533,000; Philippines, $5,000,000;
Rwanda, $250,000; Sao Tome & Principe, $228,000; So-
malia, 
$4,349,000; 
Sudan, 
$8,609,000; 
Thailand,
$1,384,000; Togo, $19,000; Tunisia, $4,100,000; Ugan-
da, $100,000; Yemen, $2,241,000; Zambia, $100,000;
Zaire, $455,000; and Zimbabwe, $160,000.
CHAPTER V
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND
RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
CONSTRUCTION AND ANADROMOUS FISH
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds appropriated under this head in Public
Law 100–446 and Public Law 102–154, $3,874,000 are
rescinded.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
BIOMASS ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds available under this head, $16,275,000
are rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Section 303 of Public Law 97–257, as amended, is
repealed.
The seventh proviso under the head ‘‘Clean Coal
Technology’’ in Public Law 101–512, and the seventh pro-
viso under the head ‘‘Clean Coal Technology’’ in Public
Law 102–154, both concerning Federal employment, are
repealed.
CHAPTER VI
DEPARTMENTS 
OF 
LABOR, 
HEALTH 
AND
HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RE-
LATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
(RESCISSION)
Of the amounts appropriated in Public Law 103–112
for salaries and expenses and administrative costs of the
Department of Labor, $4,000,000 are rescinded.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
(RESCISSION)
Of the amounts appropriated in Public Law 103–112
for salaries and expenses and administrative costs of the
Department of Health and Human Services (except the
Social 
Security 
Administration), 
$37,500,000 
are
rescinded.
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM
(RESCISSION)
Of the amounts appropriated in the first paragraph
under this heading in Public Law 103–112, $10,909,000
are rescinded.
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 103–112 to invest in a state-of-the-art com-
puting network, $80,000,000 are rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
(RESCISSION)
Of the amounts appropriated under this heading in
Public Law 103–112 for salaries and expenses and admin-
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National Energy Conservation Policy Act and the head of
the agency for purposes of subsection (b)(2)(C) of such
section.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
(RESCISSION)
Of the amounts made available under this heading
in Public Law 103–69 and Public Law 98–396, $900,000
are rescinded.
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(RESCISSION)
Of the amounts made available under this heading
in Public Law 103–69, $1,300,000 are rescinded.
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION
That the following sum is appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1994, and for other purposes, namely:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PAYMENTS TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF DECEASED
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
For payment to Karen A. Henry, widow of Paul B.
Henry, late a Representative from the State of Michigan,
$133,600.