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OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
OPERATING EXPENSES
Notwithstanding the limitation contained under this
heading in Public Law 102–393, not to exceed $125,000
may be available for official entertainment expenses.
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SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and ex-
penses’’, $107,000.
Ω92æPage 12, after line 19, insert:
NATIONAL CRITICAL MATERIALS COUNCIL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 102–393, $50,000 are hereby rescinded.
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NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 102–389, $650,000 are hereby rescinded.
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INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and ex-
penses’’, $112,000.
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND
(LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE)
The funds made available for obligation under this
heading in Public Law 102–393 for the following accounts
are hereby reduced in the following amounts: ‘‘Rental of
space’’, $16,000,000 and ‘‘Installment and acquisition pay-
ments’’, $2,000,000: Provided, That the aggregate limita-
tion on Federal Buildings Fund obligations established in
Public Law 102–393 is hereby reduced by such amounts:
Provided further, That the amount deposited into the Fund
is reduced by $18,000,000.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
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SEC. 801. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the
funds made available to the United States Customs Service
by this or any other Act, may be transferred to state and
local governmental agencies for law enforcement purposes.
Ω102æPage 13, after line 21, insert:
SEC. 802. Notwithstanding any provision of law, for
the purposes of implementing Executive Order No. 12839,
the Secretary of the Treasury shall achieve 50 percent of
the personnel reductions for all Treasury bureaus in head-
quarters and regional offices and in positions graded gen-
eral schedule 14 and higher: Provided, That such reductions
shall not adversely affect drug control, law enforcement,
trade facilitation, or delivery of services to the public: Pro-
vided further, That if such reductions cannot be achieved,
the Secretary shall request approval from the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations prior to making per-
sonnel reductions in other areas.
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SEC. 803. Section 617 of Public Law 102–393 is here-
by repealed.
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SEC. 804. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
$2,000,000 made available by transfer to the Drug Enforce-
ment Administration from the ‘‘Special Forfeiture Fund’’
account of the Office of National Drug Control Policy in
Public Law 102–393 may be used for an expansion study
of the El Paso Intelligence Center and for the operation and
maintenance of the computer systems at the Center.
Ω105æPage 13, after line 21, insert:
SEC. 805. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct
an investigation into the alleged politicization of Executive
Branch investigative agencies with respect to the White
House travel office and shall submit the findings from such
investigation to the Congress by no later than September
30, 1993.
Ω106æPage 14, line 9, strike out ø$147,422,000¿ and
insert: $475,000,000
Ω107æPage 14, line 15, strike out ø$5,000,000¿ and in-
sert: $3,000,000
Ω108æPage 14, after line 18, insert:
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not less
than $9,315,000,000 of the sums appropriated under this
heading in Public Law 102–389 shall be available only for
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expenses in the personnel compensation and benefits object
classifications.
Ω109æPage 14, after line 18, insert:
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
provided under this heading in Public Law 102–389 shall
be available to establish and operate a geriatric research,
education, and clinical center as directed in House Con-
ference Report 102–902.
Ω110æPage 14, after line 18, insert:
MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS
OPERATING EXPENSES
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the na-
tional oversight quality assurance activities, described in
section 104 of Public Law 102–405, shall be funded under
this heading during the remainder of the fiscal year and
in subsequent fiscal years.
Ω111æPage 14, after line 18, insert:
SEC. 901. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.
Title III of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 1993, is amended in the para-
graph under the subheading ‘‘STATE REVOLVING FUNDS/
CONSTRUCTION
GRANTS’’ under the heading ‘‘ENVIRON-
MENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY’’ by striking ‘‘necessary work
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to remove and reroute the existing sewer lines at’’ and in-
serting ‘‘improvements related to the sewer system that serv-
ices’’.
Ω112æPage 15, after line 7, insert:
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
For additional amounts for the HOME Investment
Partnerships program, as authorized under title II of the
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as
amended, subject to the terms provided under this head in
the Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act,
1992, Public Law 102–368, $75,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That up to $50,000,000 of
the amounts required to fund the foregoing amount shall
be derived by transfer from the Homeownership and Oppor-
tunity for People Everywhere (HOPE Grants) account and
the remaining amounts shall be transferred from the Flexi-
ble Subsidy Fund, notwithstanding section 236(f)(3) of the
National Housing Act and section 201(j) of the Housing
and Community Development Amendments of 1978, as
amended.
Ω113æPage 15, lines 20 and 21, strike out øthe Housing
and Community Development Act of 1992¿ and insert:
title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Hous-
ing Act
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ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING
Of the amounts of budget authority (and contract au-
thority) carried over from fiscal year 1992, $78,000,000
shall be awarded competitively for the construction or major
reconstruction of obsolete public housing projects (MROP),
other than for Indian families; $79,996,578 shall be for an
additional amount for section 8 property disposition; and
$45,000,000 shall be used in connection with requirements
arising from litigation: Provided, That funds made avail-
able under this head shall not be subject to section 213(d)
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974,
as amended: Provided further, That, notwithstanding sec-
tion 111(c) of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1992, amounts made available for these MROP
projects shall be obligated pursuant to notice published in
the Federal Register.
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FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION
FHA—MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT
The limitation on commitments to guarantee loans
during fiscal year 1993 to carry out the purpose of section
203(b) of the National Housing Act, as amended, is in-
creased by a loan principal of $42,854,000,000.
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FHA—GENERAL INSURANCE AND SPECIAL RISK INSURANCE
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For an additional amount for the cost of guaranteed
loans authorized by sections 238 and 519 of the National
Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1715z–3(b) and
1735c–(f)), up to $38,000,000: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 236(f)(3) of such Act and section 201(j)
of the Housing and Community Development Amendments
of 1978, as amended, amounts required to fund the fore-
going amount shall be derived by transfer from the Flexible
Subsidy Fund during fiscal year 1993: Provided further,
That prior to obligation of any funds from this transfer,
such sums as may be necessary shall be rescinded from such
Fund so that no amount so transferred shall increase de-
partmental budget outlays or budget authority.
During fiscal year 1993 additional commitments to
insure loans under this head shall not exceed a total prin-
cipal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, of an addi-
tional $1,000,000,000.
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GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION
GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN
GUARANTEE ACCOUNT
The limitation on new commitments during fiscal year
1993 to issue guarantees to carry out the purposes of section
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306 of the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C.
1721(q)), is increased by an additional $30,000,000,000.
Ω118æPage 16, line 12, strike out ø$40,000,000¿ and
insert: $20,000,000
Ω119æPage 16, after line 23, insert:
Of the $4,000,000,000 appropriated under this head
in the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 1993, $37,500,000 shall be available for author-
ized community development activities for use only in areas
impacted by Hurricane Andrew, Hurricane Iniki or Ty-
phoon Omar: Provided, That notwithstanding any provi-
sion of law the foregoing $37,500,000 shall be derived from
certain set-asides established for fiscal year 1993 under sec-
tion 107 of the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1974, and from unobligated balances carried forward
from prior year Appropriations Acts under section 107, in-
cluding $6,000,000 for section 107(a)(1)(C), $9,000,000 for
section 
107(a)(1)(F), 
and 
$15,000,000 
for 
section
107(a)(1)(H): Provided further, That an additional
$7,500,000 shall be available also for use in areas impacted
by the above named disasters to be derived from amounts
made available under this head in fiscal year 1993 in ac-
cordance with section 119(o) of such Act: Provided further,
That the secretary may waive entirely, or in any part, any
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requirement set forth in title I of such Act, except a require-
ment relating to fair housing and nondiscrimination, the
environment, and labor standards, if the Secretary finds
that such waiver will further the purposes of the use of the
amounts made available to the impacted areas.
Ω120æPage 17, line 14, strike out øaccounts¿ and insert:
accounts,
Ω121æPage 17, line 14, strike out ømerged,¿ and insert:
merged
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Ω123æPage 18, after line 20, insert:
Notwithstanding any provision of law or regulation
thereunder, the requirement that an amendment to an
urban development action grant agreement must be inte-
grally related to the approved project is hereby waived for
project No. B84AB210149.
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including line 2 on page 19
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
Using funds heretofore appropriated under ‘‘Construc-
tion, General’’, the Secretary of the Army, acting through
the Chief of Engineers, is directed to augment, reprogram,
transfer or apply such additional sums as necessary to con-
tinue construction and cover anticipated contract earnings
on any project which received an appropriation or allow-
ance within the appropriation in fiscal year 1993 in order
to avoid terminating any contracts and to avoid schedule
delays.
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Using funds heretofore appropriated in Public Law
102–377, the Chief of Engineers, United States Army Corps
of Engineers, is directed to use $750,000 to undertake work
on the Cliff Walk, Rhode Island Project as provided in the
Conference Report accompanying H.R. 5373 (Public Law
102–377).
Ω127æPage 19, line 11, strike out øPROVISIONS¿
and insert: PROVISION
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SEC. 202. (a) ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.—Section
1(a) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the Architect
of the Capitol to acquire certain property’’, approved Au-
gust 3, 1992, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a) ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.—(1) The Architect
of the Capitol, under the direction of the Senate Committee
on Rules and Administration, may acquire, on behalf of
the United States Government, by purchase, condemnation,
transfer or otherwise, as an addition to the United States
Capitol Grounds, such real property in the District of Co-
lumbia as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of
this Act. Real property acquired for purposes of this Act,
may, in the discretion of the Architect of the Capitol, extend
to the outer face of the curbs of such property so acquired,
including alleys or parts of alleys and streets within the
lot lines and curblines surrounding such real property, to-
gether with any or all improvements thereon.
‘‘(2) Subject to the approval by the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the Senate, an amount necessary to enable
the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the provisions of
this section may be transferred from any appropriation
under the heading ‘SENATE’ and the subheadings ‘SALA-
RIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES’, and ‘OFFICE OF THE
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER’, and the subhead-
ings ‘CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE’ and ‘SER-
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GEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE’ to the
account appropriated under the heading ‘ARCHITECT OF
THE CAPITOL’ and the subheadings ‘CAPITOL BUILDINGS
AND GROUNDS’ and ‘SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS’.’’.
(b) FACILITIES.—The first sentence of subsection (d)
of section 1 of such Act is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ immediately after ‘‘to
make expenditures for’’; and
(2) by inserting immediately before the period at
the end thereof a semicolon and the following: ‘‘and
(2) for the construction on such real property of any
facilities thereon as authorized under subsection (f)’’.
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SEC. 203. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON TRANSPORTATION OF
FOOD ASSISTANCE TO RUSSIA.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—
(1) on April 3, 1993, in Vancouver, Canada, the
President of the United States and the President of
the Russian Federation announced a $1,600,000,000
aid package for Russia, including $700,000,000 in
food assistance;
(2) the provision of food assistance announced at
the Vancouver summit is a vital sign of United States
support for Russia’s continued movement toward de-
mocracy and transition to a market economy;
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(3) on May 3, 1993, the United States Govern-
ment and the Government of Russia reached initial
agreement on the $700,000,000 in food assistance to
be extended by the United States to Russia;
(4) 
the 
agreement 
stipulated 
that 
while
$500,000,000 of the United States food aid package
will be used for Russia to purchase United States ag-
ricultural commodities, the remaining $200,000,000,
as estimated by the Administration, will be used sole-
ly to cover the cost of transportation;
(5) the Administration announced that 75 per-
cent of the commodities would be shipped on United
States-flag commercial vessels under United States
cargo preference requirements;
(6) United States cargo preference laws require
at least 75 percent of United States food assistance
shipped overseas to be shipped on United States-flag
commercial vessels;
(7) this requirement eliminates competition and
encourages carriers to charge the United States Gov-
ernment rates two or three hundred percent above
world market shipping rates;
(8) the current world market shipping rate is be-
tween $25 and $35 per metric ton;
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(9) carriers, anticipating the elimination of com-
petition, have offered bids for shipping the grain to
Russia between $75 and $138 per metric ton;
(10) these bids are up to 5 times greater than
comparable world rates;
(11) the cost of the grain itself is approximately
$100 per metric ton;
(12) the effect of the cargo preference require-
ments is to increase the cost of transportation so that
it nearly equals or exceeds the cost of the grain itself;
and
(13) the effect of the cargo preference require-
ments increases the taxpayer cost of assistance to
Russia.
(b) POLICY.—It is the sense of the Senate that—
(1) the food assistance provided by the United
States Government to Russia has been supported and
approved to meet the dire humanitarian needs of the
Russian people;
(2) the increased cost of assistance to Russia re-
sulting from cargo preference requirements could ad-
versely affect the progress of democracy and market
development in Russia; and
(3) at a minimum, the President should not per-
mit Federal agencies to accept bids from any carrier
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that are more than double competitive world market
rates.
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SEC. 204. (a) Section 403 of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 603) is amended by inserting after subsection
(b) the following new subsection:
‘‘(c)(1)(A) If the Secretary determines—
‘‘(i) that a State is operating a general welfare
assistance program described in paragraph (3) dur-
ing a calendar quarter, or
‘‘(ii) that more than 20 percent of the local gov-
ernments within a State that provide general welfare
assistance are operating programs described in para-
graph (3) during a calendar quarter,
the Secretary shall reduce by 50 percent the amount that
such State would otherwise receive under subsection (a)
with respect to expenditures made by such State during
such quarter for the administration of the aid to families
with dependent children program under this part.
‘‘(B) If a State receives a reduced payment in a cal-
endar quarter as a result of a determination by the Sec-
retary under subparagraph (A)(ii)—
‘‘(i) such State shall reduce for such quarter the
payments made to each State office administering the
aid to families with dependent children program
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which is located within the jurisdiction of the local
governments described in subparagraph (A)(ii) by an
amount equal to 50 percent of the of Federal share of
the administrative expenses of such office; and
‘‘(ii) such State shall not, as a result of such re-
duced payment, reduce for such quarter the payments
made to any State office administering the aid to
families with dependent children program which is
not located within the jurisdiction of the local govern-
ments described in subparagraph (A)(ii).
‘‘(2) If the Secretary determines that any local govern-
ment within a State that is not described in paragraph
(1)(A) is operating a general welfare assistance program
described in paragraph (3) during a calendar quarter, the
State shall reduce for such quarter the payments made to
any State office administering the aid to families with de-
pendent children program which is located within the juris-
diction of such local government by an amount equal to
50 percent of the of Federal share of the administrative ex-
penses of such office and such amount shall be paid by the
State to the Secretary.
‘‘(3) A general welfare assistance program described
in this paragraph is a general welfare assistance program
that—