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Executive Officer, the Office of the Managing Director,
the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, the Office of Na-
tional and Community Service Programs, the Civilian
Community Corps, or any field office or staff of the Cor-
poration working on the National and Community Service
or 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, and shall reduce the
total Federal costs per participant in all programs.
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, $2,000,000.
COURT OF VETERANS APPEALS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the operation of the Unit-
ed States Court of Veterans Appeals as authorized by 38
U.S.C. sections 7251–7292, $9,229,000 (increased by
$1,411,000), of which $634,000, to remain available until
September 30, 1998, shall be available for the purpose of
providing financial assistance as described, and in accord-
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ance with the process and reporting procedures set forth,
under this heading in Public Law 102–227.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for
maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington
National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home Na-
tional Cemetery, including the purchase of one passenger
motor vehicle for replacement only, and not to exceed
$1,000 for official reception and representation expenses,
$11,600,000, to remain available until expended.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
For science and technology, including research and
development activities, which shall include research and
development activities under the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980 (CERCLA), as amended; necessary expenses for per-
sonnel and related costs and travel expenses, including
uniforms, or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per
diem rate equivalent to the rate for GS–18; procurement
of laboratory equipment and supplies; other operating ex-
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penses in support of research and development; construc-
tion, alteration, repair, rehabilitation and renovation of fa-
cilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, $540,000,000
(reduced by $1,500,000), which shall remain available
until September 30, 1998.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT
For environmental programs and management, in-
cluding necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
personnel and related costs and travel expenses, including
uniforms, or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per
diem rate equivalent to the rate for GS–18; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation
of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library memberships in
societies or associations which issue publications to mem-
bers only or at a price to members lower than to subscrib-
ers who are not members; construction, alteration, repair,
rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed
$75,000 per project; and not to exceed $6,000 for official
reception and representation expenses, $1,703,000,000
(increased by $1,500,000), which shall remain available
until September 30, 1998.
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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, and for construction,
alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facili-
ties, not to exceed $75,000 per project, $28,500,000.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of,
or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency,
$107,220,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That EPA is authorized to establish and construct
a consolidated research facility at Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina, at a maximum total construction cost of
$232,000,000, and to obligate such monies as are made
available by this Act for this purpose: Provided further,
That EPA is authorized to construct such facility through
multi-year contracts incrementally funded through appro-
priations hereafter made available for this project: Pro-
vided further, That, notwithstanding the previous provisos,
for monies obligated pursuant to this authority, EPA may
not obligate monies in excess of those provided in advance
in annual appropriations, and such contracts shall clearly
provide for this limitation.
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HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil-
ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including sec-
tions 111 (c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C.
9611), and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilita-
tion, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000
per project; not to exceed $2,201,200,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, consisting of $1,951,200,000 as au-
thorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments
and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended by
Public Law 101–508, and $250,000,000 as a payment
from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance
Superfund as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA, as
amended by Public Law 101–508: Provided, That funds
appropriated under this heading may be allocated to other
Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of
CERCLA: Provided further, That $11,000,000 of the
funds appropriated under this heading shall be transferred
to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ appropriation to re-
main available until September 30, 1997: Provided further,
That notwithstanding section 111(m) of CERCLA or any
other provision of law, not to exceed $59,000,000 of the
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available
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to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
to carry out activities described in sections 104(i),
111(c)(4), and 111(c)(14) of CERCLA and section 118(f)
of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
of 1986: Provided further, That $35,000,000 of the funds
appropriated under this heading shall be transferred to
the ‘‘Science and technology’’ appropriation to remain
available until September 30, 1998: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall
be available for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Dis-
ease Registry to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles
pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year
1997: Provided further, That $861,000,000 of the funds
appropriated under this heading shall become available for
obligation only upon the enactment of future appropria-
tions legislation that specifically makes these funds avail-
able for obligation: Provided further, That $1,200,000 of
the funds appropriatated under this heading shall be used
by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
to conduct a health effects study of the Toms River Can-
cer Cluster in the Toms River area in the State of New
Jersey.
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LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under-
ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sec-
tion 205 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 1986, and for construction, alteration, repair,
rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed
$75,000 
per 
project, 
$46,500,000 
(increased 
by
$20,000,000), to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That no more than $7,000,000 shall be available
for administrative expenses: Provided further, That
$577,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector
General’’ appropriation to remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 1997.
OIL SPILL RESPONSE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ-
mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990, $15,000,000, to be derived from
the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, and to remain available
until expended: Provided, That not more than $8,000,000
of these funds shall be available for administrative ex-
penses.
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STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For environmental programs and infrastructure as-
sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv-
ing 
funds 
and 
performance 
partnership 
grants,
$2,768,207,000, to remain available until expended, of
which $1,800,000,000 shall be for making capitalization
grants for State revolving funds to support water infra-
structure financing; $100,000,000 for architectural, engi-
neering, planning, design, construction and related activi-
ties in connection with the construction of high priority
water and wastewater facilities in the area of the United
States-Mexico Border, after consultation with the appro-
priate border commission; $50,000,000 for grants to the
State of Texas, which shall be matched by an equal
amount of State funds from State resources, for the pur-
pose of improving wastewater treatment for colonias;
$15,000,000 for grants to the State of Alaska subject to
an appropriate cost share as determined by the Adminis-
trator, to address wastewater infrastructure needs of rural
and Alaska Native Villages; $129,000,000 for making
grants for the construction of wastewater treatment facili-
ties and the development of groundwater in accordance
with the terms and conditions specified for such grants
in the Report accompanying this Act; and $674,207,000
for grants to States and federally recognized tribes for
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multi-media or single media pollution prevention, control
and abatement and related activities pursuant to the pro-
visions set forth under this heading in Public Law 104–
134: Provided, That, from funds appropriated under this
heading, the Administrator may make grants to federally
recognized Indian governments for the development of
multi-media environmental programs: Provided further,
That of the $1,800,000,000 for capitalization grants for
State revolving funds to support water infrastructure fi-
nancing, $450,000,000 shall be for drinking water State
revolving funds, but if no drinking water State revolving
fund legislation is enacted by June 1, 1997, these funds
shall immediately be available for making capitalization
grants under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act, as amended.
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
There is hereby established in the Treasury a fran-
chise fund pilot to be known as the ‘‘Working capital
fund’’, as authorized by section 403 of Public Law 103–
356, to be available as provided in such section for ex-
penses and equipment necessary for the maintenance and
operation of such administrative services as the Adminis-
trator determines may be performed more advantageously
as central services: Provided, That any inventories, equip-
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ment, and other assets pertaining to the services to be pro-
vided by such fund, either on hand or on order, less the
related liabilities or unpaid obligations, and any appropria-
tions made hereafter for the purpose of providing capital,
shall be used to capitalize such fund: Provided further,
That such fund shall be paid in advance from funds avail-
able to the Agency and other Federal agencies for which
such centralized services are performed, at rates which will
return in full all expenses of operation, including accrued
leave, depreciation of fund plant and equipment, amortiza-
tion of automated data processing (ADP) software and
systems (either acquired or donated), and an amount nec-
essary to maintain a reasonable operating reserve, as de-
termined by the Administrator: Provided further, That
such fund shall provide services on a competitive basis:
Provided further, That an amount not to exceed four per-
cent of the total annual income to such fund may be re-
tained in the fund for fiscal year 1997 and each fiscal
year thereafter, to remain available until expended, to be
used for the acquisition of capital equipment and for the
improvement and implementation of Agency financial
management, ADP, and other support systems: Provided
further, That no later than thirty days after the end of
each fiscal year amounts in excess of this reserve limita-
tion shall be transferred to the Treasury: Provided further,
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That such franchise fund pilot shall terminate pursuant
to section 403(f) of Public Law 103–356.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 301. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, funds made available in this Act to the Environmental
Protection Agency for any account, program or project
may be transferred to Science and Technology for nec-
essary research activities, subject to the terms and condi-
tions set forth in the Report accompanying this Act.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na-
tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and
Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 and 6671), hire
of passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by
5 U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,500 for official reception
and representation expenses, and rental of conference
rooms in the District of Columbia, $4,932,000.
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
For necessary expenses to continue functions as-
signed to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office
of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Envi-
ronmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality
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Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No.
1 of 1977, $2,250,000.
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
DISASTER RELIEF
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $1,120,000,000, and, notwith-
standing 42 U.S.C. 5203, to become available for obliga-
tion on September 30, 1997, and remain available until
expended.
DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, $1,385,000, as author-
ized by section 319 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re-
lief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et
seq.): Provided, That such costs, including the cost of
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended:
Provided further, That these funds are available to sub-
sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct
loans not to exceed $25,000,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct loan program, $548,000.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
including hire and purchase of motor vehicles (31 U.S.C.
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1343); uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by
5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per
diem rate equivalent to the rate for GS–18; expenses of
attendance of cooperating officials and individuals at
meetings concerned with the work of emergency prepared-
ness; transportation in connection with the continuity of
Government programs to the same extent and in the same
manner as permitted the Secretary of a Military Depart-
ment under 10 U.S.C. 2632; and not to exceed $2,500
for official reception and representation expenses,
$168,000,000.
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, $4,533,000.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
to carry out activities under the National Flood Insurance
Act of 1968, as amended, and the Flood Disaster Protec-
tion Act of 1973, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.),
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake
Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, as amended (42 U.S.C.
7701 et seq.), the Federal Fire Prevention and Control
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Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), the
Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C.
App. 2061 et seq.), sections 107 and 303 of the National
Security Act of 1947, as amended (50 U.S.C. 404–405),
and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, $209,101,000.
EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM
To carry out an emergency food and shelter program
pursuant to title III of Public Law 100–77, as amended,
$100,000,000: Provided, That total administrative costs
shall not exceed three and one-half percent of the total
appropriation.
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND
For activities under the National Flood Insurance
Act of 1968, the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973,
and the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994,
not to exceed $20,981,000 for salaries and expenses asso-
ciated with flood mitigation and flood insurance oper-
ations, and not to exceed $78,464,000 for flood mitigation,
including up to $20,000,000 for expenses under section
1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act, which amount
shall be available until September 30, 1998. In fiscal year
1997, no funds in excess of (1) $47,000,000 for operating
expenses, (2) $335,680,000 for agents’ commissions and
taxes, and (3) $35,000,000 for interest on Treasury bor-
rowings shall be available from the National Flood Insur-
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ance Fund without prior notice to the Committees on Ap-
propriations. For fiscal year 1997, flood insurance rates
shall not exceed the level authorized by the National Flood
Insurance Reform Act of 1994.
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
For the establishment of a working capital fund for
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to be avail-
able without fiscal year limitation, for expenses and equip-
ment necessary for maintenance and operations of such
administrative services as the Director determines may be
performed more advantageously as central services: Pro-
vided, That any inventories, equipment, and other assets
pertaining to the services to be provided by such fund, ei-
ther on hand or on order, less the related liabilities or un-
paid obligations, and any appropriations made hereafter
for the purpose of providing capital, shall be used to cap-
italize such fund: Provided further, That such fund shall
be reimbursed or credited with advance payments from ap-
plicable appropriations and funds of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency, other Federal agencies, and
other sources authorized by law for which such centralized
services are performed, including supplies, materials, and
services, at rates that will return in full all expenses of
operation, including accrued leave, depreciation of fund
plant and equipment, amortization of automated data
processing (ADP) software and systems (either acquired
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or donated), and an amount necessary to maintain a rea-
sonable operating reserve as determined by the Director:
Provided further, That income of such fund may be re-
tained, to remain available until expended, for purposes
of the fund: Provided further, That fees for services shall
be established by the Director at a level to cover the total
estimated costs of providing such services, such fees to be
deposited in the fund shall remain available until expended
for purposes of the fund: Provided further, That such fund
shall terminate in a manner consistent with section 403(f)
of Public Law 103–356.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
The Director of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency shall promulgate through rulemaking a methodol-
ogy for assessment and collection of fees to be assessed
and collected beginning in fiscal year 1997 applicable to
persons subject to the Federal Emergency Management
Agency’s radiological emergency preparedness regulations.
The aggregate charges assessed pursuant to this section
during fiscal year 1997 shall approximate, but not be less
than, 100 per centum of the amounts anticipated by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency to be obligated
for its radiological emergency preparedness program for
such fiscal year. The methodology for assessment and col-
lection of fees shall be fair and equitable, and shall reflect
the full amount of costs of providing radiological emer-
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gency planning, preparedness, response and associated
services. Such fees shall be assessed in a manner that re-
flects the use of agency resources for classes of regulated
persons and the administrative costs of collecting such
fees. Fees received pursuant to this section shall be depos-
ited in the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting re-
ceipts. Assessment and collection of such fees are only au-
thorized during fiscal year 1997.
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
CONSUMER INFORMATION CENTER FUND
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Information
Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$2,260,000, to be deposited into the Consumer Informa-
tion Center Fund: Provided, That the appropriations, rev-
enues and collections deposited into the fund shall be
available for necessary expenses of Consumer Information
Center activities in the aggregate amount of $7,500,000.
Administrative expenses of the Consumer Information
Center in fiscal year 1997 shall not exceed $2,602,000.
Appropriations, revenues, and collections accruing to this
fund during fiscal year 1997 in excess of $7,500,000 shall
remain in the fund and shall not be available for expendi-
ture except as authorized in appropriations Acts: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Consumer Information Center may accept and deposit
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to this account, during fiscal year 1997, gifts for the pur-
pose of defraying its costs of printing, publishing, and dis-
tributing consumer information and educational material;
may expend up to $1,100,000 of those gifts for those pur-
poses, in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated; and
the balance shall remain available for expenditure for such
purpose to the extent authorized in subsequent appropria-
tions Acts.
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
in the conduct and support of human space flight research
and development activities, including research, develop-
ment, operations, and services; maintenance; construction
of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, and modifica-
tion of real and personal property, and acquisition or con-
demnation of real property, as authorized by law; space
flight, spacecraft control and communications activities in-
cluding operations, production, and services; and pur-
chase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mis-
sion and administrative aircraft, $5,362,900,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 1998.
SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics and
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demnation of real property, as authorized by law; program
management; personnel and related costs, including uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
5901–5902; travel expenses; purchase, lease charter,
maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative
aircraft; not to exceed $35,000 for official reception and
representation expenses; and purchase (not to exceed 33
for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; $2,562,200,000, to remain available until September
30, 1998.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978,
as amended, $17,000,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of
funds appropriated for ‘‘Human space flight’’, ‘‘Science,
aeronautics and technology’’, or ‘‘Mission support’’ by this
appropriations Act, when (1) any activity has been initi-
ated by the incurrence of obligations for construction of
facilities as authorized by law, or (2) amounts are pro-
vided for full-funding for the Tracking and Data Relay
Satellite (TDRS) replenishment program, such amount
available for such activity shall remain available until ex-
pended. This provision does not apply to the amounts ap-
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propriated in ‘‘Mission support’’ pursuant to the author-
ization for repair, rehabilitation and modification of facili-
ties, minor construction of new facilities and additions to
existing facilities, and facility planning and design.
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of
funds appropriated for ‘‘Human space flight’’, ‘‘Science,
aeronautics and technology’’, or ‘‘Mission support’’ by this
appropriations Act, the amounts appropriated for con-
struction of facilities shall remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 1999.
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of
funds appropriated for ‘‘Mission support’’ and ‘‘Office of
Inspector General’’, amounts made available by this Act
for personnel and related costs and travel expenses of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall re-
main available until September 30, 1997 and may be used
to enter into contracts for training, investigations, cost as-
sociated with personnel relocation, and for other services,
to be provided during the next fiscal year.
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION
CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY
During fiscal year 1997, gross obligations of the
Central Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new
direct loans to member credit unions, as authorized by the
National Credit Union Central Liquidity Facility Act (12
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U.S.C. 1795), shall not exceed $600,000,000: Provided,
That administrative expenses of the Central Liquidity Fa-
cility in fiscal year 1997 shall not exceed $560,000: Pro-
vided further, That $1,000,000, together with amounts of
principal and interest on loans repaid, to be available until
expended, is available for loans to community development
credit unions.
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National
Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C.
1861–1875), and the Act to establish a National Medal
of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880–1881); services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and operation of aircraft
and purchase of flight services for research support; acqui-
sition 
of 
aircraft; 
$2,422,000,000 
(increased 
by
$9,110,000), of which not to exceed $226,000,000 shall
remain available until expended for Polar research and op-
erations support, and for reimbursement to other Federal
agencies for operational and science support and logistical
and other related activities for the United States Antarctic
program; the balance to remain available until September
30, 1998: Provided, That receipts for scientific support
services and materials furnished by the National Research
Centers and other National Science Foundation supported
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research facilities may be credited to this appropriation:
Provided further, That to the extent that the amount ap-
propriated is less than the total amount authorized to be
appropriated 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.
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT
For necessary expenses of major construction
projects pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act
of 1950, as amended, $80,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES
For necessary expenses in carrying out science and
engineering education and human resources programs and
activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation
Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), includ-
ing services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and rental
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia,
$612,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
1998: Provided, That to the extent that the amount of
this appropriation is less than the total amount authorized
to be appropriated for included program activities, all
amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified in the au-
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thorizing Act for those program activities or their sub-
activities shall be reduced proportionally.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary salaries and expenses 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 offi-
cial reception and representation expenses; uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by 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 and headquarters relocation;
$134,310,000 (reduced by $9,110,000): Provided, That
contracts may be entered into under salaries and expenses
in fiscal year 1997 for maintenance and operation of facili-
ties, 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 as authorized by the Inspector General Act of
1978, as amended, $4,690,000, to remain available until
September 30, 1998.
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NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT
CORPORATION
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor-
poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities,
as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $50,000,000.
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys-
tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of
training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective
Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for
civilian employees; and not to exceed $1,000 for official
reception and representation expenses; $22,930,000: Pro-
vided, That during the current fiscal year, the President
may exempt this appropriation from the provisions of 31
U.S.C. 1341, whenever he deems such action to be nec-
essary in the interest of national defense: Provided further,
That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be
expended for or in connection with the induction of any
person into the Armed Forces of the United States.
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 401. Where appropriations in titles I, II, and
III of this Act are expendable for travel expenses and no
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specific limitation has been placed thereon, the expendi-
tures for such travel expenses may not exceed the amounts
set forth therefore in the budget estimates 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 Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs; to travel performed in connec-
tion with major disasters or emergencies declared or deter-
mined by the President under the provisions of the Robert
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act; to travel performed by the Offices of Inspector Gen-
eral in connection with audits and investigations; or to
payments 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 travel may cor-
respondingly exceed the amounts therefore set forth in the
estimates in the same proportion.
SEC. 402. Appropriations and funds available for the
administrative expenses of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development and the Selective Service System
shall be available in the current fiscal year for purchase
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of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 403. Funds of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora-
tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of
1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations
on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract
or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for
services and facilities of Federal National Mortgage Asso-
ciation, Government National Mortgage Association, Fed-
eral Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financ-
ing Bank, 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. 404. 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. 405. 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 de-
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scribes 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 certification, and without such a voucher
or abstract, is specifically authorized by law;
and
(2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit
by the General Accounting Office or is specifically
exempt by law from such audit.
SEC. 406. None of the funds provided in this Act to
any department or agency may be expended for the trans-
portation of any officer or employee of such department
or agency between his domicile and his place of employ-
ment, with the exception of any officer or employee au-
thorized such transportation under 31 U.S.C. 1344 or 5
U.S.C. 7905.
SEC. 407. None of the funds provided in this Act may
be used for payment, through grants or contracts, to re-
cipients that do not share in the cost of conducting re-
search resulting from proposals not specifically solicited
by the Government: Provided, That the extent of cost
sharing by the recipient shall reflect the mutuality of in-
terest of the grantee or contractor and the Government
in the research.
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SEC. 408. None of the funds in this Act may be used,
directly or through grants, to pay or to provide reimburse-
ment 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. 409. None of the funds provided in this Act
shall be used to pay the expenses of, or otherwise com-
pensate, non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or
adjudicatory proceedings. Nothing herein affects the au-
thority of the Consumer Product Safety Commission pur-
suant to section 7 of the Consumer Product Safety Act
(15 U.S.C. 2056 et seq.).
SEC. 410. Except as otherwise provided under exist-
ing law or under an existing Executive order issued pursu-
ant 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 in-
spection, and (2) thereafter included in a publicly available
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
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preceding sentence shall be updated quarterly and shall
include a narrative description of the work to be per-
formed under each such contract.
SEC. 411. 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 regula-
tions promulgated thereunder, and (2) requires any report
prepared pursuant to such contract, including plans, eval-
uations, 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. 412. Except as otherwise provided in section
406, none of the funds provided in this Act to any depart-
ment or agency shall be obligated or expended to provide
a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to
any officer or employee of such department or agency.
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SEC. 413. None of the funds provided in this Act to
any department 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. 414. 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 re-
port to the Committees on Appropriations of the Congress
and a period of 30 days has expired following the date
on which the report is received by the Committees on Ap-
propriations.
SEC. 415. (a) PURCHASE
OF
AMERICAN-MADE
EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip-
ment 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 en-
tity using funds made available in this Act, the head of
each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable,
shall provide to such entity a notice describing the state-
ment made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
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SEC. 416. 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. 417. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 1997 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.
SEC. 418. 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. 419. Such funds as may be necessary to carry
out the orderly termination of the Office of Consumer Af-
fairs shall be made available from funds appropriated to
the Department of Health and Human Services for fiscal
year 1997.
SEC. 420. Corporations and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub-
ject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as
amended, are hereby authorized to make such expendi-
tures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority
available to each such corporation or agency and in accord
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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 1997 for such
corporation or agency except as hereinafter provided: Pro-
vided, 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 assist-
ance provided for in this or prior appropriations Acts), ex-
cept that this proviso shall not apply to the mortgage in-
surance or guaranty operations of these corporations, or
where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary to pro-
tect the financial interest of the United States Govern-
ment.
SEC. 421. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to pay the
salaries of personnel who approve a contract for the pur-
chase, lease, or acquisition in any manner of supercomput-
ing equipment or services after a preliminary determina-
tion, as defined in 19 U.S.C. 1673b, or final determina-
tion, as defined in 19 U.S.C. 1673d, by the Department
of Commerce that an organization providing such super-
computing equipment or services has offered such product
at other than fair value.
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SEC. 422. None of the funds made available in this
Act for the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion may be used for the National Center for Science Lit-
eracy, Education and Technology at the American Mu-
seum of Natural History.
SEC. 423. (a) DENIAL OF FUNDS FOR PREVENTING
ROTC ACCESS TO CAMPUS.—None of the funds made
available in this Act may be provided by contract or by
grant (including a grant of funds to be available for stu-
dent aid) to an institution of higher education when it is
made known to the Federal official having authority to
obligate or expend such funds that the institution (or any
subelement thereof) has a policy or practice (regardless
of when implemented) that prohibits, or in effect pre-
vents—
(1) the maintaining, establishing, or operation
of a unit of the Senior Reserve Officer Training
Corps (in accordance with section 654 of title 10,
United States Code, and other applicable Federal
laws) at the institution (or subelement); or
(2) a student at the institution (or subelement)
from enrolling in a unit of the Senior Reserve Offi-
cer Training Corps at another institution of higher
education.
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(b) EXCEPTION.—The limitation established in sub-
section (a) shall not apply to an institution of higher edu-
cation when it is made known to the Federal official hav-
ing authority to obligate or expend such funds that—
(1) the institution (or subelement) has ceased
the policy or practice described in such subsection;
or
(2) the institution has a longstanding policy of
pacifism based on historical religious affiliation.
SEC. 424. (a) DENIAL OF FUNDS FOR PREVENTING
FEDERAL MILITARY RECRUITING ON CAMPUS.—None of
the funds made available in this Act may be provided by
contract or grant (including a grant of funds to be avail-
able for student aid) to any institution of higher education
when it is made known to the Federal official having au-
thority to obligate or expend such funds that the institu-
tion (or any subelement thereof) has a policy or practice
(regardless of when implemented) that prohibits, or in ef-
fect prevents—
(1) entry to campuses, or access to students
(who are 17 years of age or older) on campuses, for
purposes of Federal military recruiting; or
(2) access to the following information pertain-
ing to students (who are 17 years of age or older)
for purposes of Federal military recruiting: student
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names, addresses, telephone listings, dates and
places of birth, levels of education, degrees received,
prior military experience, and the most recent pre-
vious educational institutions enrolled in by the stu-
dents.
(b) EXCEPTION.—The limitation established in sub-
section (a) shall not apply to an institution of higher edu-
cation when it is made known to the Federal official hav-
ing authority to obligate or expend such funds that—
(1) the institution (or subelement) has ceased
the policy or practice described in such subsection;
or
(2) the institution has a longstanding policy of
pacifism based on historical religious affiliation.
SEC. 425. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew
a contract with an entity when it is made known to the
Federal official having authority to obligate or expend
such funds that—
(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with
the United States and is subject to the requirement
in section 4212(d) of title 38, United States Code,
regarding submission of an annual report to the Sec-
retary of Labor concerning employment of certain
veterans; and
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(2) such entity has not submitted a report as
required by that section for the most recent year for
which such requirement was applicable to such en-
tity.
SEC. 426. The amount provided in title I for ‘‘Veter-
ans Health Administration—Medical Care’’ is hereby in-
creased by, the amount provided in title I for ‘‘Depart-
mental Administration—General operating expenses’’ is
hereby increased by, and the total of the amounts of budg-
et authority provided in this Act for payments not re-
quired by law for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1997 (other than any amount of budget authority provided
in title I and any such amount provided in title III for
the American Battle Monuments Commission, the Court
of Veterans Appeals, or Cemeterial Expenses, Army), is
hereby reduced by, $40,000,000, $17,000,000, and 0.40
percent, respectively.
SEC. 427. The amounts otherwise provided by this
Act are revised by increasing the amount made available
for ‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical Care’’, in-
creasing the amount made available for ‘‘Veterans Health
Administration—Medical and Prosthetic Research’’, re-
ducing the amount made available for ‘‘Corporation for
National and Community Service—National and Commu-
nity Service Programs Operating Expenses’’, and reducing