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tional Priorities List established by section 105 of the Com-
prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Li-
ability Act (CERCLA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 9605), un-
less the Administrator receives a written request to propose
for listing or to list a facility from the Governor of the State
in which the facility is located, or appropriate tribal leader,
or unless legislation to reauthorize CERCLA is en-
actedΩ75æ: Provided further, That the Administrator shall
continue funding the Brownfields Economic Redevelopment
Initiative from available funds at a level necessary to com-
plete the award of 50 cumulative Brownfields Pilots
planned for award by the end of fiscal year 1996 and carry
out other elements of the Brownfields Action Agenda in
order to facilitate economic redevelopment at Brownfields
sites.
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, $45,827,000, to remain available
until 
expended: 
Provided, 
That 
no 
more 
than
Ω76æ$5,285,000 $8,000,000 shall be available for adminis-
trative expenses: Provided further, That Ω77æ$426,000
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$600,000 shall be transferred to the Office of Inspector
General appropriation to remain available until September
30, 1996.
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, Ω78æ$20,000,000 $15,000,000, to
be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, and to
remain available until expended: Provided, That not more
than Ω79æ$8,420,000 $8,000,000 of these funds shall be
available for administrative expenses.
Ω80æWATER INFRASTRUCTURE/STATE REVOLVING FUNDS
For necessary expenses for capitalization grants for
State Revolving Funds to support wastewater infrastruc-
ture financing, and to carry out the purposes of the Fed-
eral Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, the Water
Quality Act of 1987, and section 1443(a) of the Public
Health Service Act, $1,500,175,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $1,000,000,000 shall be for cap-
italization grants for Clean Water State Revolving Funds
under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act,
as amended; $100,000,000 for architectural, engineering,
design, construction, and related activities in connection
with the construction of high priority wastewater facilities
in the area of the United States-Mexico Border, after con-
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sultation
with
the
appropriate
border
commissions;
$50,000,000 for grants to the State of Texas, which shall
be matched by an equal amount of State funds from State
sources, for the purpose of improving wastewater treat-
ment for colonias; $15,000,000 for grants to the State of
Alaska, subject to an appropriate cost share as determined
by the Administrator, to address wastewater infrastruc-
ture
needs
of
rural
and
Alaska
Native
Villages;
$22,500,000 for making grants under section 104(b)(3)
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended;
$100,000,000 for making grants under section 319 of the
Federal
Water
Pollution
Control
Act,
as
amended;
$75,000,000 for making grants under section 1443(a) of
the Public Health Service Act; and, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, $137,675,000 for making grants
for the construction of wastewater treatment facilities and
the development of groundwater in accordance with the
terms and conditions set forth in the House Report accom-
panying this Act: Provided, That of the funds made avail-
able under this heading in Public Law 103–327 and in
Public Law 103–124 for capitalization grants for State
Revolving Funds to support water infrastructure financ-
ing, $225,000,000 shall be made available for capitaliza-
tion grants for State Revolving Funds under title VI of
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended:
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Provided further, That of the funds made available under
this heading for capitalization grants for State Revolving
Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act, as amended, $50,000,000 shall be for wastewater
treatment in impoverished communities pursuant to sec-
tion 102(d) of H.R. 961 as approved by the United States
House of Representatives on May 16, 1995: Provided fur-
ther, That except for grants made under section 1443(a)
of the Public Health Service Act, appropriations for pro-
grams and projects pursuant to the Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act made available under this heading shall
be available only upon enactment of legislation reauthoriz-
ing such Act, and appropriations for programs and
projects pursuant to other Acts made available under this
heading shall be available only upon enactment of legisla-
tion specifically authorizing such appropriations.
PROGRAM AND INFRASTRUCTURE ASSISTANCE
For environmental programs and infrastructure as-
sistance, including capitalization grants for state revolving
funds and performance partnership grants, $2,340,000,000,
to 
remain 
available 
until 
expended, 
of 
which
$1,500,000,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for
State revolving funds to support water infrastructure fi-
nancing; $100,000,000 for architectural, engineering, de-
sign, construction and related activities in connection with
the construction of high priority water and wastewater fa-
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cilities in the area of the United States-Mexico Border, after
consultation with the appropriate 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 purpose of improving wastewater treat-
ment for colonias; and $15,000,000 for grants to the State
of Alaska, subject to an appropriate cost share as deter-
mined by the Administrator, to address wastewater infra-
structure needs of Alaska Native villages: Provided, That
beginning in fiscal year 1996 and each fiscal year there-
after, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Administrator is authorized to make grants annually from
funds appropriated under this heading, subject to such
terms and conditions as the Administrator shall establish,
to any State or federally recognized Indian tribe for multi-
media or single media pollution prevention, control and
abatement and related environmental activities at the re-
quest of the Governor or other appropriate State official or
the tribe: Provided further, That from funds appropriated
under this heading, the Administrator may make grants to
federally recognized Indian governments for the develop-
ment of multimedia environmental programs: Provided fur-
ther, That of the $1,500,000,000 for capitalization grants
for State revolving funds to support water infrastructure
financing, $500,000,000 shall be for drinking water State
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revolving funds, but if no drinking water State revolving
fund legislation is enacted by April 30, 1996, these funds
shall immediately be available for making capitalization
grants under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act, as amended: Provided further, That of the funds made
available under this heading in Public Law 103–327 and
in Public Law 103–124 for capitalization grants for State
revolving funds to support water infrastructure financing,
$225,000,000 shall be made available for capitalization
grants for State revolving funds under title VI of the Fed-
eral Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, if no drink-
ing water State revolving fund legislation is enacted by
April 30, 1996: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated in the Construction Grants and Water Infrastruc-
ture/State Revolving Funds accounts since the appropria-
tion for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1992, and
hereafter, for making grants for wastewater treatment works
construction projects, portions may be provided by the re-
cipients to States for managing construction grant activi-
ties, on condition that the States agree to reimburse the re-
cipients from State funding sources.
Ω81æADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. MORATORIUM ON CERTAIN EMISSIONS TESTING
REQUIREMENTS.
(a) MORATORIUM.—
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Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7511a), the Administrator shall
allow the full amount of credit for the system that is
appropriate without regard to any regulation that
implements that section by requiring centralized
emissions testing.
(3) DEADLINE.—The Administrator shall com-
plete and present a technical assessment of data for
a proposed inspection and maintenance system sub-
mitted by a State not later than 45 days after the
date of submission.
Ω82æSEC. 302. None of the funds made available in
this Act may be used by the Environmental Protection
Agency to impose or enforce any requirement that a State
implement trip reduction measures to reduce vehicular
emissions. Section 304 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7604) shall not apply with respect to any such requirement
during the period beginning on the date of the enactment
of this Act and ending September 30, 1996.
Ω83æSEC. 303. None of the funds provided in this Act
may be used within the Environmental Protection Agency
for any final action by the Administrator or her delegate
for signing and publishing for promulgation a rule concern-
ing any new standard for arsenic (for its carcinogenic ef-
fects), sulfates, radon, ground water disinfection, or the con-
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taminants in phase VI B in drinking water, unless the Safe
Drinking Water Act of 1986 has been reauthorized.
Ω84æSEC. 304. None of the funds provided in this Act
may be used during fiscal year 1996 to sign, promulgate,
implement or enforce the requirement proposed as ‘‘Regula-
tion of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Individual Foreign Refin-
ery Baseline Requirements for Reformulated Gasoline’’ at
volume 59 of the Federal Register at pages 22800 through
22814.
Ω85æSEC. 305. None of the funds appropriated to the
Environmental Protection Agency for fiscal year 1996 may
be used to implement section 404(c) of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act, as amended. No pending action by
the Environmental Protection Agency to implement section
404(c) with respect to an individual permit shall remain
in effect after the date of enactment of this Act.
Ω86æSEC. 306. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, for this fiscal year and hereafter, an industrial dis-
charger that is a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility
and discharged to the Kalamazoo Water Reclamation Plant
(an advanced wastewater treatment plant with activated
carbon) prior to the date of enactment of this Act may be
exempted from categorical pretreatment standards under
section 307(b) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act,
as amended, if the following conditions are met: (1) the
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owner or operator of the Kalamazoo Water Reclamation
Plant applies to the State of Michigan for an exemption
for such industrial discharger, (2) the State or Adminis-
trator, as applicable, approves such exemption request based
upon a determination that the Kalamazoo Water Reclama-
tion Plant will provide treatment and pollution removal
consistent with or better than treatment and pollution re-
moval requirements set forth by the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency, the State determines that the total removal of
each pollutant released into the environment will not be
lesser than the total removal of such pollutants that would
occur in the absence of the exemption, and (3) compliance
with paragraph (2) is addressed by the provisions and con-
ditions of a permit issued to the Kalamazoo Water Rec-
lamation Plant under section 402 of such Act, and there
exists an operative financial contract between the City of
Kalamazoo and the industrial user and an approved local
pretreatment program, including a joint monitoring pro-
gram and local controls to prevent against interference and
pass through.
Ω87æSEC. 307. No funds appropriated by this Act may
be used during fiscal year 1996 to enforce the requirements
of section 211(m)(2) of the Clean Air Act that require fuel
refiners, marketers, or persons who sell or dispense fuel to
ultimate consumers in any carbon monoxide nonattainment
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area in Alaska to use methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE)
to meet the oxygen requirements of that section.
Ω88æSEC. 308. None of the funds appropriated under
this Act may be used to implement the requirements of sec-
tion 186(b)(2), section 187(b) or section 211(m) of the Clean
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7512(b)(2), 7512a(b), or 7545(m)) with
respect to any moderate nonattainment area in which the
average daily winter temperature is below 0 degrees Fahr-
enheit. The preceding sentence shall not be interpreted to
preclude assistance from the Environmental Protection
Agency to the State of Alaska to make progress toward meet-
ing the carbon monoxide standard in such areas and to re-
solve remaining issues regarding the use of oxygenated fuels
in such areas.
Ω89æSEC. 309. ENERGY EFFICIENCY
AND ENERGY
SUPPLY PROGRAMS.
(a) PRIORITY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.—During fis-
cal year 1996 the Administrator of the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency shall give priority in providing assistance
in its Energy Efficiency and Energy Supply programs to
organizations that are recognized as small business concerns
under section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
632(a)).
(b) STUDY.—The Administrator shall perform a study
to determine the feasibility of establishing fees to recover
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all reasonable costs incurred by EPA for assistance rendered
businesses in its Energy Efficiency and Energy Supply
program. The study shall include, among other things, an
evaluation of making the Energy Efficiency and Energy
Supply Program self-sustaining, the value of the assistance
rendered to businesses, providing exemptions for small busi-
nesses, and making the fees payable directly to a fund that
would be available for use by EPA as needed for this pro-
gram. The Administrator shall report to Congress by March
15, 1996 on the results of this study and EPA’s plan for
implementation.
(c) 
FUNDING.—For 
fiscal 
year 
1996, 
up 
to
$100,000,000 of the funds appropriated to the Environ-
mental Protection Agency may be used by the Adminis-
trator to support global participation in the Montreal Pro-
tocol facilitation fund and for the climate change action
plan programs including the green programs.
Ω90æSEC. 310. The Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency shall not, under authority of sec-
tion 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C.
2605), take final action on the proposed rule dated Feb-
ruary 28, 1994 (59 Fed. Reg. 11122 (March 9, 1994)) to
prohibit or otherwise restrict the manufacturing, process-
ing, distributing, or use of any fishing sinkers or lures con-
taining lead, zinc, or brass unless the Administrator finds
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that the risk to waterfowl cannot be addressed through alter-
native means in which case, the rule making may proceed
180 days after Congress is notified of the finding.
Ω91æSEC. 11. Not later than 90 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency (EPA) shall enter into an ar-
rangement with the National Academy of Sciences to inves-
tigate and report on the scientific bases for the public rec-
ommendations of the EPA with respect to indoor radon and
other naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM).
The National Academy shall examine EPA’s guidelines in
light of the recommendations of the National Council on
Radiation Protection and Measurements, and other peer-
reviewed research by the National Cancer Institute, the Cen-
ters for Disease Control, and others, on radon and NORM.
The National Academy shall summarize the principal areas
of agreement and disagreement among the above, and shall
evaluate the scientific and technical basis for any dif-
ferences that exist. Not later than 18 months after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit
to Congress the report of the National Academy and a state-
ment of the Administrator’s views on the need to revise
guidelines for radon and NORM in response to the evalua-
tion of the National Academy. Such statement shall explain
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and differentiate the technical and policy bases for such
views.
Ω92æSEC. 312. EPA Research and Development Ac-
tivities and Staffing.
(a) STAR PROGRAM.—The Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency may not use any funds made
available under this Act to implement the Science to
Achieve Results (STAR) program unless—
(1) the use of the funds would not reduce any
funding available to the laboratories of the Agency for
staffing, cooperative agreements, grants, or support
contracts; or
(2) the Appropriations committees of the Senate
and House of Representatives grant prior approval.
Transfers of funds to support STAR activities shall be
considered a reprogramming of funds. Further, said
approval shall be contingent upon submission of a re-
port to the Committees as specified in section (c)(2)
below.
(b) CONTRACTOR CONVERSION.—The Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency may not use any
funds to—
(1) hire employees and create any new staff posi-
tions under the contractor conversion program in the
Office of Research and Development.
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(c) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 1996, the Ad-
ministrator shall submit to the Appropriations Committees
of the Senate and House of Representatives a report
which—
(1) provides a staffing plan for the Office of Re-
search and Development indicating the use of Federal
and contract employees;
(2) identifies the amount of funds to be repro-
grammed to STAR activities; and
(3) provides a listing of any resource reductions
below fiscal year 1995 funding levels, by specific lab-
oratory, from Federal staffing, cooperative agree-
ments, grants, or support contracts as a result of
funding for the STAR program.
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, 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, $4,981,000: Provided,
That the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall
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reimburse other agencies for not less than one-half of the
personnel compensation costs of individuals detailed to it.
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Ω93æTo carry out the orderly termination of the pro-
grams and activities authorized by For necessary expenses
to continue functions assigned to the Council on Environ-
mental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality pur-
suant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969,
the Environmental Improvement Act of 1970 and Reorga-
nization Plan No. 1 of 1977, $1,000,000.
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Ω94æDISASTER RELIEF
For necessary expenses in carrying out the functions
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $235,500,000,
to remain available until expended.
DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, $2,155,000, 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-
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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, $95,000.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
including hire and purchase of motor vehicles (31 U.S.C.
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;
Ω95æ$162,000,000 $168,900,000.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, Ω96æ$4,400,000
$4,673,000.
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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
Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.),
Ω97æthe Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended
(50 U.S.C. App. 2251 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 Reorganiza-
tion Plan No. 3 of 1978, $203,044,000.
EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM
There is hereby appropriated Ω98æ$100,000,000
$114,173,000 to the Federal Emergency Management
Agency to carry out an emergency food and shelter pro-
gram pursuant to title III of Public Law 100–77, as
amended: Provided, That total administrative costs shall
not exceed three and one-half per centum of the total ap-
propriation.
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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 $20,562,000 for salaries and expenses asso-
ciated with flood mitigation and flood insurance oper-
ations, and not to exceed $70,464,000 for flood mitigation,
including up to $12,000,000 for expenses under section
1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as
amended, which amount shall be available until September
30, 1997. In fiscal year 1996, no funds in excess of (1)
$47,000,000 for operating expenses, (2) $292,526,000 for
agents’ commissions and taxes, and (3) $3,500,000 for in-
terest on Treasury borrowings shall be available from the
National Flood Insurance Fund without prior notice to the
Committees on Appropriations Ω99æ:–Provided, That none
of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall be avail-
able for any further work on effective Flood Insurance
Rate Maps for the City of Stockton and San Joaquin
County, California based on FEMA’s restudy of flood haz-
ards on South Paddy Creek, Middle Paddy Creek, Paddy
Creek, Bear Creek, Mosher Slough, Calaveras River, Pot-
ter A Slough, Potter B Slough, Mormon Slough, and the
Diversion Channel.
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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 1996 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 1996 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-
gency planning, preparedness, response and associated
services. Such fees will 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 1996.
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
CONSUMER INFORMATION CENTER
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Information
Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$2,061,000, 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 
1996 
shall 
not 
exceed
Ω100æ$2,502,000 $2,602,000. Appropriations, revenues,
and collections accruing to this fund during fiscal year
1996 in excess of $7,500,000 shall remain in the fund and
shall not be available for expenditure except as authorized
in appropriations Acts.
Ω101æDEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OFFICE OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Consumer Af-
fairs, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$1,811,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, that Office may accept and deposit to
this account, during fiscal year 1996, gifts for the purpose
of defraying its costs of printing, publishing, and distrib-
uting consumer information and educational materials;
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may expend up to $1,110,000 of those gifts for those pur-
poses, in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated; and
the balance shall remain available for expenditure for such
purposes to the extent authorized in subsequent appro-
priations Acts: Provided further, That none of the funds
provided under this heading may be made available for
any other activities within the Department of Health and
Human Services.
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; services; maintenance; construction of
facilities including repair, rehabilitation, and modification
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; Ω102æ$5,449,600,000
$5,337,600,000, to remain available until September 30,
1997 Ω103æ:—Provided, That of the funds made available
under this heading, $390,000,000 of funds provided for
Space Station shall not become available for obligation
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until August 1, 1996 and shall remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 1997.
SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
for the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, and
technology research and development activities, including
research; development; operations; services; maintenance;
construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation
and modification of real and personal property, and acqui-
sition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by
law; space flight, spacecraft control and communications
activities including operations, production, and services;
and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation
of 
mission 
and 
administrative 
aircraft;
Ω104æ$5,588,000,000 $5,960,700,000, to remain available
until September 30, 1997.
MISSION SUPPORT
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
in carrying out mission support for human space flight
programs and science, aeronautical, and technology pro-
grams, including research operations and support; space
communications activities including operations, produc-
tion, and services; maintenance; construction of facilities
including repair, rehabilitation, and modification of facili-
ties, minor construction of new facilities and additions to
existing facilities, facility planning and design, environ-
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mental compliance and restoration, and acquisition or con-
demnation of real property, as authorized by law; program
management; personnel and related costs, including uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5
U.S.C. 5901–5902); travel expenses; purchase, lease,
charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and ad-
ministrative aircraft; not to exceed $35,000 for official re-
ception and representation expenses; and purchase (not to
exceed thirty-three for replacement only) and hire of pas-
senger 
motor 
vehicles; 
Ω105æ$2,618,200,000
$2,484,200,000, to remain available until September 30,
1997.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, $16,000,000.
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 any activity has been initiated
by the incurrence of obligations for construction of facili-
ties as authorized by law, the amount available for such
activity shall remain available until expended. This provi-
sion does not apply to the amounts appropriated in ‘‘Mis-
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sion support’’ pursuant to the authorization for repair, re-
habilitation and modification of facilities, minor construc-
tion 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, 1998.
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, 1996 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.
Ω106æNo amount appropriated pursuant to this or
any other Act may be used for the lease or construction
of a new contractor funded facility for exclusive use in
support of a contract or contracts with the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration under which the Admin-
istration would be required to substantially amortize
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through payment or reimbursement such contractor in
vestment, unless an appropirations Act specifies the lease
or contract pursuant to which such facilities are to be con-
structed or leased or such facility is otherwise identified
in such Act. The Administrator may authorize such facil-
ity lease or construction, if he determines, in consultation
with the Committees on Appropriations, that deferral of
such action until the enactment of the next appropriations
Act would be inconsistent with the interest of the Nation
in aeronautical and space activities.
The unexpired balances of prior appropriations to
NASA for activities for which funds are provided under
this Act may be transferred to the new account established
for the appropriation that provides funds for such activity
under this Act. Balances so transferred may be merged
with funds in the newly established account and thereafter
may be accounted for as one fund to be available for the
same purposes and under the same terms and conditions.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regula-
tion, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
shall convey, without reimbursement, to the State of Mis-
sissippi, all rights, title and interest of the United States
in the property known as the Yellow Creek Facility and
consisting of approximately 1,200 acres near the city of
Iuka, Mississippi, including all improvements thereon and
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also including any personal property owned by NASA that
is currently located on-site and which the State of Mis-
sissippi requires to facilitate the transfer: Provided, That
appropriated funds shall be used to effect this conveyance:
Provided further, That $10,000,000 in appropriated funds
otherwise available to the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration shall be transferred to the State of Mis-
sissippi to be used in the transition of the facility Ω107æ:
Provided further, That each Federal agency with prior con-
tact to the site shall remain responsible for any and all
environmental remediation made necessary as a result of
its activities on the site: Provided further, That in consider-
ation of this conveyance, the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration may require such other terms and
conditions as the Administrator deems appropriate to pro-
tect the interests of the United States: Provided further,
That the conveyance of the site and the transfer of the
funds to the State of Mississippi shall occur not later than
thirty days from the date of enactment of this Act.
Ω108æThe Administrator of the National Aeronauties
and Space Administration shall conduct a study of the
closing or re-structuring of Space Flight Centers and Re-
search Centers. The study shall include an analysis of
functions currently being performed at each Center, the
cost of performing each function at its current location
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and at logical alternative Centers, the schedule for
transitioning functions to alternative Centers, and the
overall cost savings which will be derived from the closing
or re-structuring of each Center. The findings of the
study, including a detailed schedule for completion of the
re-structuring, shall be submitted to the Congress no later
than March 31, 1996. Closure or re-structuring of these
Centers shall be completed no later than October 1, 1998.
Ω109æOf the funds made available by this Act under
the heading ‘‘Human Space Flight’’, $390,000,000 of funds
provided for Space Station shall not become available for
obligation until August 1, 1996 and shall remain available
for obligation until September 30, 1997.
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION
CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY
During fiscal year 1996, 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
U.S.C. 1795) shall not exceed $600,000,000: Provided,
That administrative expenses of the Central Liquidity Fa-
cility in fiscal year 1996 shall not exceed $560,000.
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
For necessary expenses in carrying out the purposes
of 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); serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and op-
eration of aircraft and purchase of flight services for re-
search 
support; 
acquisition 
of 
aircraft;
Ω110æ$2,254,000,000 $2,294,000,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $235,000,000 shall remain available until expended
for Polar research and operations support, and for reim-
bursement 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, 1997: Provided,
That receipts for scientific support services and materials
furnished by the National Research Centers and other Na-
tional Science Foundation supported research facilities
may be credited to this appropriation: Provided further,
That to the extent that the amount appropriated 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 pro-
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gram activities or their subactivities shall be reduced pro-
portionally.
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT
For necessary expenses in carrying out major con-
struction projects, and related expenses, pursuant to the
purposes of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950,
as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), $70,000,000, to re-
main available until expended.
ACADEMIC RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE
For necessary expenses in carrying out an academic
research infrastructure program pursuant to the purposes
of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), including services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and rental of conference
rooms in the District of Columbia, $100,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 1997.
EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES
For necessary expenses in carrying out science and
engineering education and human resources programs and
activities pursuant to the purposes of the National Science
Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–
1875), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109
and rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum-
bia, $599,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 1997: Provided, That to the extent that the amount
of this appropriation is less than the total amount author-
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ized to be appropriated for included program activities, all
amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified in the au-
thorizing Act for those program activities or their
subactivities shall be reduced proportionally.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary salaries and expenses in carrying out
the purposes of the National Science Foundation Act of
1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875); services au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; uniforms or allowances therefor, as
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia; reimbursement
of the General Services Administration for security guard
services; $127,310,000: Provided, That contracts may be
entered into under salaries and expenses in fiscal year
1996 for maintenance and operation of facilities, 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 in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, $4,490,000, to remain
available until September 30, 1997.
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(A) such certification is accompanied by,
or is part of, a voucher or abstract which de-
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. 506. 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 title 31, United States
Code, section 1344.
SEC. 507. 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-