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come available on July 1, 1996 and remain available
through September 30, 1997: Provided, That none of the
funds appropriated under this heading shall be obligated
or expended to carry out section 304(a)(2)(A) of the Goals
2000: Educate America Act.
EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED
For an additional amount for ‘‘Education for the Dis-
advantaged’’, $961,000,000 for carrying out title I of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 which
shall become available on July 1, 1996 and remain avail-
able through September 30, 1997: Provided, That
$461,000,000 shall be available for basic grants under sec-
tion 1124, which shall be allocated without regard to sec-
tion 1124(d): Provided further, That $500,000,000 shall
be available for concentration grants under section
1124(A): Provided further, That no funds shall be reserved
under section 1003(a).
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS
For an additional amount for ‘‘School Improvement
Programs’’, $12,000,000 for carrying out title X of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, AND IMPROVEMENT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Education Research,
Statistics, and Improvement’’, $23,000,000 for carrying
out section 3136 (K–12 technology learning challenges) of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
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CHAPTER III
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction, Major
Projects’’, $70,100,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
HOUSING PROGRAMS
ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING
For an additional amount for ‘‘Annual Contributions
for Assisted Housing’’, $150,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That of the total amount pro-
vided, $75,000,000 shall be made available, as authorized
by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959; and
$75,000,000 shall be for supportive housing for persons
with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act.
PUBLIC HOUSING DEMOLITION, SITE REVITALIZATION,
AND REPLACEMENT HOUSING GRANTS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Housing Dem-
olition, Site Revitalization, and Replacement Housing
Grants’’, $220,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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PAYMENTS FOR OPERATION OF LOW-INCOME HOUSING
PROJECTS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Payments for Oper-
ation of Low-Income Housing Projects’’, $50,000,000.
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
Of the amount provided under this heading in title
I of this Act, $80,000,000 shall be available for Economic
Development Initiative grants as authorized by section
108(q) of the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1974, as amended, on a competitive basis.
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS
OPERATING EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Upon the implementation of title IV of this Act, not-
withstanding the language under this heading in title I
of this Act or any other provision of law, effective October
1, 1995, and throughout the remainder of fiscal year
1996, appropriations made available to the Corporation
for National and Community Services are in toto as pro-
vided for in title IV of this Act as follows:
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service (referred to in the matter
under this heading as the ‘‘Corporation’’) in carrying out
programs, activities, and initiatives under the National
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and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred to in the
matter under this heading as the ‘‘Act’’) (42 U.S.C. 12501
et seq.), $383,500,000, of which $234,000,000 shall be
available for obligation from September 1, 1996, through
September 30, 1997: Provided, That not more than
$25,000,000 shall be available for administrative expenses
authorized under section 501(a)(4) of the Act (42 U.S.C.
12681(a)(4)): Provided further, That not more than
$2,500 shall be for official reception and representation
expenses: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
not 
more 
than
$59,000,000, to remain available without fiscal year limi-
tation, shall be transferred to the National Service Trust
account for educational awards authorized under subtitle
D of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.): Provided
further, That not more than $175,000,000 of the amount
provided under this heading shall be available for grants
under the National Service Trust program authorized
under subtitle C of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12571
et seq.) (relating to activities including the AmeriCorps
program): Provided further, That not more than
$3,500,000 of the funds made available under this head-
ing shall be made available for the Points of Light Foun-
dation for activities authorized under title III of the Act
(42 U.S.C. 12661 et seq.): Provided further, That not
more than $40,000,000 of the funds made available under
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this heading may be used to administer, reimburse, or sup-
port any national service program authorized under sec-
tion 121(d)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12581(d)(2)), and
none of such funds shall be available for national service
programs run by Federal agencies authorized under sec-
tion 121(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12581(b)): Provided
further, That, to the maximum extent feasible, funds ap-
propriated in the preceding proviso shall be provided in
a manner that is consistent with the recommendations of
peer review panels in order to assure that priority is given
to programs that demonstrate quality, innovation,
replicability, and sustainability: Provided further, That not
more than $18,000,000 of the funds made available under
this heading shall be available for the National Civilian
Community Corps authorized under subtitle E of title I
of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.): Provided further,
That not more than $43,000,000 shall be available for
school-based and community-based service-learning pro-
grams authorized under subtitle B of title I of the Act
(42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.): Provided further, That not
more than $15,000,000 shall be available for quality and
innovation activities authorized under subtitle H of title
I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.): Provided further,
That not more than $5,000,000 shall be available for au-
dits and other evaluations authorized under section 179
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of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12639), of which up to $500,000
shall be available for a study by the National Academy
of Public Administration on the structure, organization,
and management of the Corporation and activities sup-
ported by the Corporation, including an assessment of the
quality, innovation, replicability and sustainability without
Federal funds of such activities, and the Federal and non-
Federal cost of supporting participants in community
service activities: Provided further, That no funds from
any other appropriation, or from funds otherwise made
available to the Corporation, shall be used to pay for per-
sonnel compensation and benefits, travel, or any other ad-
ministrative expense for the Board of Directors, the Office
of the Chief Executive Officer, the Office of the Managing
Director, the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, the Of-
fice of National and Community Service Programs, the Ci-
vilian Community Corps, or any field office or staff of the
Corporation working on the National and Community
Service or National Civilian Community Corps programs:
Provided further, That to the maximum extent practicable,
the Corporation shall increase significantly the level of
matching funds and in-kind contributions provided by the
private sector, shall expand significantly the number of
educational awards provided under subtitle D of title I,
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and shall reduce the total Federal cost per participant in
all programs.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, $2,000,000.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Environmental Pro-
grams and Management’’, $150,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 1997: Provided, That up to
$40,000,000 of this amount shall be available for enforce-
ment activities under this heading.
BUILDING AND FACILITIES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Buildings and Facili-
ties’’, $50,000,000 for the construction of a new consoli-
dated research facility at Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the En-
vironmental Protection Agency is authorized to establish
and construct a consolidated research facility at Research
Triangle Park, North Carolina, at a maximum total con-
struction cost of $232,000,000, and to obligate such mon-
ies as are made available by this Act, and hereafter, for
this purpose.
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HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND
For an additional amount for ‘‘Hazardous Substance
Superfund’’, $100,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Tribal As-
sistance Grants’’, $3,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended for a grant for water distribution systems in the
South Buffalo/Kittaning, Pennsylvania area.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
For an additional amount for ‘‘Council on Environ-
mental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality’’,
$500,000, subject to the same terms and conditions as
provided under this heading in title I of this Act.
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research and Related
Activities’’, $40,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 1997.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FUND
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For grants, loans, and technical assistance to qualify-
ing community development financial institutions, and ad-
ministrative expenses of the Fund, $25,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 1997: Provided, That
of the funds made available under this heading not to ex-
ceed $4,000,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans,
and not to exceed $400,000 may be used for administra-
tive expenses to carry out the direct loan program: Pro-
vided further, That the cost of direct loans, including the
cost of modifying such loans, shall be defined as in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided
further, That such funds are available to subsidize gross
obligation of the principal amount of direct loans not to
exceed $15,800,000: Provided further, That none of these
funds shall be used to supplement existing resources pro-
vided to the Department for activities such as external af-
fairs, general counsel, administration, finance, or office of
inspector general: Provided further, That none of these
funds shall be available for expenses of an Administrator
as defined in section 104 of the Community Development
Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (CDBFI
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Act): Provided further, That the number of staff funded
under this heading shall not exceed 10 full-time equiva-
lents: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, for purposes of administering the Com-
munity Development Financial Institutions Fund, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall have all powers and rights
of the Administrator of the CDBFI Act and the Fund
shall be within the Department of the Treasury.
CHAPTER IV
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE
SEC. 4001. No part of any appropriation contained
in this title shall remain available for obligation beyond
the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 4002. Amounts appropriated in this title are
available for obligation only if and when reconciliation leg-
islation is enacted that expressly makes available for obli-
gation these amounts and that (1) makes available or
causes to be made available to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House and Senate increased budget au-
thority and outlays for fiscal year 1996 under the provi-
sions of section 302(a) or 602(a) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 in at least the amounts included in
this title, (2) credits to or causes to be credited to the
budget authority and outlays for fiscal year 1996 of the
Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate
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under the provisions of section 302(a) or 602(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 offsetting savings or
receipts in at least the amounts included in this title, or
(3) includes any combination of increased budget author-
ity and outlays or crediting of offsetting savings or re-
ceipts to the spending authority for fiscal year 1996 of
the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Sen-
ate under the provisions of section 302(a) or 602(a) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 in at least the
amounts included in this title. Any amounts appropriated
in this title that have not been made available for obliga-
tion by the end of the fiscal year 1996 are hereby re-
scinded.
TITLE V—DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYING
ACTIVITIES BY FEDERAL GRANTEES
DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYING ACTIVITIES BY FEDERAL
GRANTEES
SEC. 5001. (a) DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.—Not
later than December 31 of each year, each organization
receiving a Federal grant shall provide (via either elec-
tronic or paper medium) to each Federal entity that
awarded or administered its grant an annual report for
the previous Federal fiscal year, certified by the organiza-
tion’s chief executive officer or equivalent person of au-
thority, setting forth—
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(1) the organization’s name and grantee identi-
fication number;
(2) the amount or value of each grant (including
all administrative and overhead costs awarded), and
the description of each such grant and the name of
the Federal agency awarding such grant; and
(3) a good faith estimate of the organization’s ac-
tual expenses on lobbying activities in the most re-
cent taxable year.
(b) EXEMPTIONS.—This section shall not apply to
an individual or a State, local, or Indian tribal govern-
ment.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
(1) FEDERAL GRANT.—The term ‘‘Federal grant’’
means money or real property that is paid or pro-
vided by the Federal Government to any organiza-
tion. Such term does not include (A) any assistance
described in section 6302(2) of title 31, United
States Code; (B) any amount paid under a procure-
ment contract described in section 6303(1) of such
title; or (C) any payment or assistance described in
clause (ii), (iii), (iv), or (vii) of section 6501(4)(C)
of such title.
(2) LOBBYING ACTIVITY.—The term ‘‘lobbying ac-
tivity’’ means any activity that is either (A) a lobby-
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ing activity within the meaning of section 3 of the
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995; or (B) an activity
influencing legislation within the meaning of section
4911 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Such
term shall also include advocating the election or de-
feat of any candidate for public office, or the pas-
sage or non-passage of any ballot proposition.
(d) PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY.—
(1) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF LOBBYING DISCLO-
SURE FORMS.—Each Federal entity awarding a Fed-
eral grant shall make publicly available the grant ap-
plication, and any annual report provided under sub-
section (a) by the organization receiving the grant.
(2) ACCESSIBILITY TO PUBLIC.—The public’s ac-
cess to the documents identified in paragraph (1)
shall be facilitated by the Federal entity by—
(A) placement of such documents in the Fed-
eral entity’s public document reading room;
(B) expediting any requests under section
552 of title 5, United States Code (the Free-
dom of Information Act), ahead of any requests
for other information pending at such Federal
entity; and
(C) submitting to the Bureau of the Census
a report (standardized by the Office of Manage-
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ment and Budget) setting forth the information
provided in such documents, which the Bureau
of the Census shall make available to the public
through the Internet.
(3) WITHHOLDING
PROHIBITED.—Records de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall not be subject to with-
holding, except under the exemption set forth in sub-
section (b)(7)(A) of section 552 of title 5, United
States Code.
(4) FEES PROHIBITED.—No fees for searching for
or copying such documents shall be charged to the
public.
(e) CONSTRUCTION.—No provision of this section
may be construed to affect whether any organization is
exempt from, or subject to, tax under the Internal Reve-
nue Code of 1986.
(f) REGULATIONS.—The Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall issue any regulations nec-
essary to carry out this section.
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—This section shall take effect
January 1, 1996, and apply thereafter.
(2) PRIOR
ACTIVITIES
NOT
TAKEN
INTO
AC-
COUNT.—In applying this section, only expenditures
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made after December 31, 1995, in taxable years
ending after such date shall be taken into account.
(3) ANNUALIZATION
FOR
PARTIAL
TAXABLE
YEARS.—In the case of a taxable year that ends
after December 31, 1995, and begins before January
1, 1996, each of the dollar amounts applicable under
this section shall be proportionally reduced to reflect
the portion of such taxable year after December 31,
1995.
TITLE VI—DEFICIT REDUCTION LOCK-BOX
SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Deficit Reduction
Lock-box Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 602. DEFICIT REDUCTION LOCK-BOX LEDGER.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF LEDGER.—Title III of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding
at the end the following new section:
‘‘DEFICIT REDUCTION LOCK-BOX LEDGER
‘‘SEC. 314. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF LEDGER.—The
Director of the Congressional Budget Office (hereinafter
in this section referred to as the ‘‘Director’’) shall main-
tain a ledger to be known as the ‘‘Deficit Reduction
Lock-box Ledger’’. The Ledger shall be divided into en-
tries corresponding to the subcommittees of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations. Each entry shall consist of three
parts: the ‘House Lock-box Balance’; the ‘Senate Lock-
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box Balance’; and the ‘Joint House-Senate Lock-box Bal-
ance’.
‘‘(b) COMPONENTS OF LEDGER.—Each component
in an entry shall consist only of amounts credited to it
under subsection (c). No entry of a negative amount shall
be made.
‘‘(c) CREDIT OF AMOUNTS TO LEDGER.—(1) The
Director shall, upon the engrossment of any appropria-
tion bill by the House of Representatives and upon the
engrossment of that bill by the Senate, credit to the ap-
plicable entry balance of that House amounts of new
budget authority and outlays equal to the net amounts of
reductions in new budget authority and in outlays result-
ing from amendments agreed to by that House to that
bill.
‘‘(2) The Director shall, upon the engrossment of
Senate amendments to any appropriation bill, credit to
the applicable Joint House-Senate Lock-box Balance the
amounts of new budget authority and outlays equal to—
‘‘(A) an amount equal to one-half of the sum of
(i) the amount of new budget authority in the House
Lock-box Balance plus (ii) the amount of new budg-
et authority in the Senate Lock-box Balance for that
bill; and
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‘‘(B) an amount equal to one-half of the sum of
(i) the amount of outlays in the House Lock-box
Balance plus (ii) the amount of outlays in the Sen-
ate Lock-box Balance for that bill.
‘‘(3) CALCULATION OF LOCK-BOX SAVINGS IN SEN-
ATE.—For purposes of calculating under this section the
net amounts of reductions in new budget authority and
in outlays resulting from amendments agreed to by the
Senate on an appropriation bill, the amendments re-
ported to the Senate by its Committee on Appropriations
shall be considered to be part of the original text of the
bill.
‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term
‘appropriation bill’ means any general or special appro-
priation bill, and any bill or joint resolution making sup-
plemental, 
deficiency, 
or 
continuing 
appropriations
through the end of a fiscal year.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budg-
et and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 313 the follow-
ing new item:
‘‘Sec. 314. Deficit reduction lock-box ledger.’’.
SEC. 603. TALLY DURING HOUSE CONSIDERATION.
There shall be available to Members in the House of
Representatives during consideration of any appropria-
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tions bill by the House a running tally of the amend-
ments adopted reflecting increases and decreases of budg-
et authority in the bill as reported.
SEC. 604. DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT OF 602(a) ALLOCA-
TIONS 
AND 
SECTION 
602(b)
SUBALLOCATIONS.
(a) ALLOCATIONS.—Section 602(a) of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) Upon the engrossment of Senate amend-
ments to any appropriation bill (as defined in section
314(d)) for a fiscal year, the amounts allocated
under paragraph (1) or (2) to the Committee on Ap-
propriations of each House upon the adoption of the
most recent concurrent resolution on the budget for
that fiscal year shall be adjusted downward by the
amounts credited to the applicable Joint House-Sen-
ate Lock-box Balance under section 314(c)(2). The
revised levels of budget authority and outlays shall
be submitted to each House by the chairman of the
Committee on the Budget of that House and shall
be printed in the Congressional Record.’’.
(b) SUBALLOCATIONS.—Section 602(b)(1) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding
at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Whenever an ad-
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justment is made under subsection (a)(5) to an allocation
under that subsection, the chairman of the Committee on
Appropriations of each House shall make downward ad-
justments in the most recent suballocations of new budg-
et authority and outlays under subparagraph (A) to the
appropriate subcommittees of that committee in the total
amounts of those adjustments under section 314(c)(2).
The revised suballocations shall be submitted to each
House by the chairman of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of that House and shall be printed in the Congres-
sional Record.’’.
SEC. 605. PERIODIC REPORTING OF LEDGER STATEMENTS.
Section 308(b)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following
new sentence: ‘‘Such reports shall also include an up-to-
date tabulation of the amounts contained in the ledger
and each entry established by section 314(a).’’.
SEC. 606. DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT OF DISCRETIONARY
SPENDING LIMITS.
The discretionary spending limits for new budget au-
thority and outlays for any fiscal year set forth in section
601(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as
adjusted in strict conformance with section 251 of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, shall be reduced by the amounts set forth in the
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final regular appropriation bill for that fiscal year or
joint 
resolution 
making 
continuing 
appropriations
through the end of that fiscal year. Those amounts shall
be the sums of the Joint House-Senate Lock-box Bal-
ances for that fiscal year, as calculated under section
602(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. That
bill or joint resolution shall contain the following state-
ment of law: ‘‘As required by section 6 of the Deficit Re-
duction Lock-box Act of 1995, for fiscal year [insert ap-
propriate fiscal year] and each outyear, the adjusted dis-
cretionary spending limit for new budget authority shall
be reduced by $ [insert appropriate amount of reduction]
and the adjusted discretionary limit for outlays shall be
reduced by $ [insert appropriate amount of reduction] for
the budget year and each outyear.’’ Notwithstanding sec-
tion 904(c) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
section 306 of that Act as it applies to this statement
shall be waived. This adjustment shall be reflected in re-
ports under sections 254(g) and 254(h) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
SEC. 607. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—This title shall apply to all ap-
propriations bills making appropriations for fiscal year
1996 or any subsequent fiscal year.
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(b) FY96 APPLICATION.—In the case of any appro-
priation bill for fiscal year 1996 engrossed by the House
of Representatives after August 4, 1995 and before the
date of enactment of this bill, the Director of the Con-
gressional Budget Office, the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget, and the Committees on Appro-
priations and the Committees on the Budget of the
House of Representatives and of the Senate shall, within
10 calendar days after that date of enactment of this
Act, carry out the duties required by this title and
amendments made by it that occur after the date this Act
was engrossed by the House of Representatives.
(c) FY96 ALLOCATIONS.—The duties of the Direc-
tor of the Congressional Budget Office and of the Com-
mittees on the Budget and on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives pursuant to this title and the
amendments made by it regarding appropriations bills for
fiscal year 1996 shall be based upon the revised section
602(a) allocations in effect on August 4, 1995.
(d) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term
‘‘Appropriation bill’’ means any general or special appro-
priation bill, and any bill or joint resolution making sup-
plemental, 
deficiency, 
or 
continuing 
appropriations
through the end of a fiscal year.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Balanced Budget
Down Payment Act, II.’’
Passed the House of Representatives March 7,
1996.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.