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(1) KEEPING OF RECORDS.—Each agency shall
keep such records as the Secretary may prescribe as
reasonably necessary to disclose the amounts and the
disposition of amounts under this demonstration, to
ensure compliance with the requirements of this sec-
tion, and to measure performance.
(2) REPORTS.—Each agency shall submit to the
Secretary a report, or series of reports, in a form and
at a time specified by the Secretary. Each report
shall—
(A) document the use of funds made avail-
able under this section;
(B) provide such data as the Secretary may
request to assist the Secretary in assessing the
demonstration; and
(C) describe and analyze the effect of as-
sisted activities in addressing the objectives of
this part.
(3) ACCESS
TO
DOCUMENTS
BY
THE
SEC-
RETARY.—The Secretary shall have access for the pur-
pose of audit and examination to any books, docu-
ments, papers, and records that are pertinent to as-
sistance in connection with, and the requirements of,
this section.
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(4) ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS BY THE COMPTROL-
LER GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the Unit-
ed States, or any of the duly authorized representa-
tives of the Comptroller General, shall have access for
the purpose of audit and examination to any books,
documents, papers, and records that are pertinent to
assistance in connection with, and the requirements
of, this section.
(h) EVALUATION AND REPORT.—
(1) CONSULTATION WITH PHA AND FAMILY REP-
RESENTATIVES.—In making assessments throughout
the demonstration, the Secretary shall consult with
representatives of public housing agencies and resi-
dents.
(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180
days after the end of the third year of the demonstra-
tion, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a re-
port evaluating the programs carried out under the
demonstration. The report shall also include findings
and recommendations for any appropriate legislative
action.
(i) FUNDING FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND EVAL-
UATION.—From amounts appropriated for assistance under
section 14 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 for
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fiscal years 1996, 1997, and 1998, the Secretary may use
up to a total of $5,000,000—
(1) to provide, directly or by contract, training
and technical assistance—
(A) to public housing agencies that express
an interest to apply for training and technical
assistance pursuant to subsection (c)(4), to assist
them in designing programs to be proposed for
the demonstration; and
(B) to up to 10 agencies selected to receive
training and technical assistance pursuant to
subsection (c)(4), to assist them in implementing
the approved program; and
(2) to conduct detailed evaluations of the activi-
ties of the public housing agencies under paragraph
(1)(B), directly or by contract.
EXTENSION OF MULTIFAMILY HOUSING FINANCE PROGRAM
SEC. 208. (a) The first sentence of section 542(b)(5)
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992
(12 U.S.C. 1707 note) is amended by striking ‘‘on not more
than 15,000 units over fiscal years 1993 and 1994’’ and
inserting ‘‘on not more than 7,500 units during fiscal year
1996’’.
(b) The first sentence of section 542(c)(4) of the Hous-
ing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C.
1707 note) is amended by striking ‘‘on not to exceed 30,000
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units over fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995’’ and inserting
‘‘on not more than 10,000 units during fiscal year 1996’’.
FORECLOSURE OF HUD-HELD MORTGAGES THROUGH
THIRD PARTIES
SEC. 209. During fiscal year 1996, the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development may delegate to one or
more entities the authority to carry out some or all of the
functions and responsibilities of the Secretary in connection
with the foreclosure of mortgages held by the Secretary
under the National Housing Act.
RESTRUCTURING OF THE HUD MULTIFAMILY MORTGAGE
PORTFOLIO THROUGH STATE HOUSING FINANCE AGENCIES
SEC. 210. During fiscal year 1996, the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development may sell or otherwise
transfer multifamily mortgages held by the Secretary under
the National Housing Act to a State housing finance agency
in connection with a program authorized under section 542
(b) or (c) of the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1992 without regard to the unit limitations in section
542(b)(5) or 542(c)(4) of such Act.
TRANSFER OF SECTION 8 AUTHORITY
SEC. 211. Section 8 of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 is amended by adding the following new subsection
at the end:
‘‘(bb) TRANSFER OF BUDGET AUTHORITY.—If an as-
sistance contract under this section, other than a contract
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for tenant-based assistance, is terminated or is not renewed,
or if the contract expires, the Secretary shall, in order to
provide continued assistance to eligible families, including
eligible families receiving the benefit of the project-based as-
sistance at the time of the termination, transfer any budget
authority remaining in the contract to another contract.
The transfer shall be under such terms as the Secretary may
prescribe.’’.
DOCUMENTATION OF MULTIFAMILY REFINANCINGS
SEC. 212. Notwithstanding the 16th paragraph under
the item relating to ‘‘administrative provisions’’ in title II
of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 1995 (Public Law 103–327; 108 Stat. 2316), the
amendments to section 223(a)(7) of the National Housing
Act made by the 15th paragraph of such Act shall be effec-
tive during fiscal year 1996 and thereafter.
FHA MULTIFAMILY DEMONSTRATION AUTHORITY
SEC. 213. (a) On and after October 1, 1995, and before
October 1, 1997, the Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment shall initiate a demonstration program with re-
spect to multifamily projects whose owners agree to partici-
pate and whose mortgages are insured under the National
Housing Act and that are assisted under section 8 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 and whose present sec-
tion 8 rents are, in the aggregate, in excess of the fair mar-
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ket rent of the locality in which the project is located. These
programs shall be designed to test the feasibility and desir-
ability of the goal of ensuring, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, that the debt service and operating expenses, includ-
ing adequate reserves, attributable to such multifamily
projects can be supported with or without mortgage insur-
ance under the National Housing Act and with or without
above-market rents and utilizing project-based assistance
or, with the consent of the property owner, tenant-based as-
sistance, while taking into account the need for assistance
of low- and very low-income families in such projects. In
carrying out this demonstration, the Secretary may use ar-
rangements with third parties, under which the Secretary
may provide for the assumption by the third parties (by
delegation, contract, or otherwise) of some or all of the func-
tions, obligations, and benefits of the Secretary.
(1) GOALS.—The Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development shall carry out the demonstration
programs under this section in a manner that—
(A) will protect the financial interests of the
Federal Government;
(B) will result in significant discretionary
cost savings through debt restructuring and sub-
sidy reduction; and
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(C) will, in the least costly fashion, address
the goals of—
(i) maintaining existing housing stock
in a decent, safe, and sanitary condition;
(ii) minimizing the involuntary dis-
placement of tenants;
(iii) restructuring the mortgages of
such projects in a manner that is consistent
with local housing market conditions;
(iv) supporting fair housing strategies;
(v) minimizing any adverse income
tax impact on property owners; and
(vi) minimizing any adverse impact
on residential neighborhoods.
In determining the manner in which a mortgage is
to be restructured or the subsidy reduced, the Sec-
retary may balance competing goals relating to indi-
vidual projects in a manner that will further the pur-
poses of this section.
(2) DEMONSTRATION APPROACHES.—In carrying
out the demonstration programs, subject to the appro-
priation in subsection (f), the Secretary may use one
or more of the following approaches:
(A) Joint venture arrangements with third
parties, under which the Secretary may provide
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for the assumption by the third parties (by dele-
gation, contract, or otherwise) of some or all of
the functions, obligations, and benefits of the Sec-
retary.
(B) Subsidization of the debt service of the
project to a level that can be paid by an owner
receiving an unsubsidized market rent.
(C) Renewal of existing project-based assist-
ance contracts where the Secretary shall approve
proposed initial rent levels that do not exceed the
greater of 120 percent of fair market rents or
comparable market rents for the relevant metro-
politan market area or at rent levels under a
budget-based approach.
(D) Nonrenewal of expiring existing project-
based assistance contracts and providing tenant-
based assistance to previously assisted house-
holds.
(b) For purposes of carrying out demonstration pro-
grams under subsection (a)—
(1) the Secretary may manage and dispose of
multifamily properties owned by the Secretary as of
October 1, 1995 and multifamily mortgages held by
the Secretary as of October 1, 1995 for properties as-
sisted under section 8 with rents above 110 percent of
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fair market rents without regard to any other provi-
sion of law; and
(2) the Secretary may delegate to one or more
entities the authority to carry out some or all of the
functions and responsibilities of the Secretary in con-
nection with the foreclosure of mortgages held by the
Secretary under the National Housing Act.
(c) For purposes of carrying out demonstration pro-
grams under subsection (a), subject to such third party con-
sents (if any) as are necessary including but not limited
to (i) consent by the Government National Mortgage Asso-
ciation where it owns a mortgage insured by the Secretary;
(ii) consent by an issuer under the mortgage-backed securi-
ties program of the Association, subject to the responsibil-
ities of the issuer to its security holders and the Association
under such program; and (iii) parties to any contractual
agreement which the Secretary proposes to modify or dis-
continue, and subject to the appropriation in subsection (c),
the Secretary or one or more third parties designated by
the Secretary may take the following actions:
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
and subject to the agreement of the project owner, the
Secretary or third party may remove, relinquish, ex-
tinguish, modify, or agree to the removal of any mort-
gage, regulatory agreement, project-based assistance
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contract, use agreement, or restriction that had been
imposed or required by the Secretary, including re-
strictions on distributions of income which the Sec-
retary or third party determines would interfere with
the ability of the project to operate without above
market rents. The Secretary or third party may re-
quire an owner of a property assisted under the sec-
tion 8 new construction/substantial rehabilitation
program to apply any accumulated residual receipts
toward effecting the purposes of this section.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
may enter into contracts to purchase reinsurance, or
enter into participations or otherwise transfer eco-
nomic interest in contracts of insurance or in the pre-
miums paid, or due to be paid, on such insurance to
third parties, on such terms and conditions as the
Secretary may determine.
(3) The Secretary may offer project-based assist-
ance with rents at or below fair market rents for the
locality in which the project is located and may nego-
tiate such other terms as are acceptable to the Sec-
retary and the project owner.
(4) The Secretary may offer to pay all or a por-
tion of the project’s debt service, including payments
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monthly from the appropriate Insurance Fund, for
the full remaining term of the insured mortgage.
(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary may forgive and cancel any FHA-in-
sured mortgage debt that a demonstration program
property cannot carry at market rents while bearing
full operating costs.
(6) For demonstration program properties that
cannot carry full operating costs (excluding debt serv-
ice) at market rents, the Secretary may approve
project-based rents sufficient to carry such full operat-
ing costs and may offer to pay the full debt service
in the manner provided in paragraph (4).
(d) COMMUNITY AND TENANT INPUT.—In carrying out
this section, the Secretary shall develop procedures to pro-
vide appropriate and timely notice to officials of the unit
of general local government affected, the community in
which the project is situated, and the tenants of the project.
(e) LIMITATION ON DEMONSTRATION AUTHORITY.—
The Secretary may carry out demonstration programs
under this section with respect to mortgages not to exceed
15,000 units. The demonstration authorized under this sec-
tion shall not be expanded until the reports required under
subsection (g) are submitted to the Congress.
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(f) APPROPRIATION.—For the cost of modifying loans
held or guaranteed by the Federal Housing Administration,
as authorized by this subsection (a)(2) and subsection (c),
$15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1997:
Provided, That such costs shall be as defined in section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended.
(g) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall sub-
mit to the Congress every six months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act a report describing and assessing the pro-
grams carried out under the demonstrations. The Secretary
shall also submit a final report to the Congress not later
than six months after the end of the demonstrations. The
reports shall include findings and recommendations for any
legislative action appropriate. The reports shall also include
a description of the status of each multifamily housing
project selected for the demonstrations under this section.
The final report may include—
(1) the size of the projects;
(2) the geographic locations of the projects, by
State and region;
(3) the physical and financial condition of the
projects;
(4) the occupancy profile of the projects, includ-
ing the income, family size, race, and ethnic origin
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of current tenants, and the rents paid by such ten-
ants;
(5) a description of actions undertaken pursuant
to this section, including a description of the effective-
ness of such actions and any impediments to the
transfer or sale of multifamily housing projects;
(6) a description of the extent to which the dem-
onstrations under this section have displaced tenants
of multifamily housing projects;
(7) a description of any of the functions per-
formed in connection with this section that are trans-
ferred or contracted out to public or private entities
or to States;
(8) a description of the impact to which the dem-
onstrations under this section have affected the local-
ities and communities where the selected multifamily
housing projects are located; and
(9) a description of the extent to which the dem-
onstrations under this section have affected the owners
of multifamily housing projects.
ASSESSMENT COLLECTION DATES FOR OFFICE OF FEDERAL
HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT
SEC. 216. Section 1316(b) of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4516(b)) is
amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
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‘‘(2) TIMING OF PAYMENT.—The annual assessment
shall be payable semiannually for each fiscal year, on Octo-
ber 1 and April 1.’’.
MERGER LANGUAGE FOR ASSISTANCE FOR THE RENEWAL
OF EXPIRING SECTION 8 SUBSIDY CONTRACTS AND AN-
NUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING
SEC. 217. All remaining obligated and unobligated
balances in the Renewal of Expiring Section 8 Subsidy
Contracts account on September 30, 1995, shall imme-
diately thereafter be transferred to and merged with the ob-
ligated and unobligated balances, respectively, of the An-
nual Contributions for Assisted Housing account.
DEBT FORGIVENESS
SEC. 218. (a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development shall cancel the indebtedness of the Hubbard
Hospital Authority of Hubbard, Texas, relating to the pub-
lic facilities loan for Project Number PFL–TEX–215, issued
under title II of the Housing Amendments of 1955. Such
hospital authority is relieved of all liability to the Govern-
ment for the outstanding principal balance on such loan,
for the amount of accrued interest on such loan, and for
any fees and charges payable in connection with such loan.
(b) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
shall cancel the indebtedness of the Groveton Texas Hospital
Authority relating to the public facilities loan for Project
Number TEX–41–PFL0162, issued under title II of the
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Housing Amendments of 1955. Such hospital authority is
relieved of all liability to the Government for the outstand-
ing principal balance on such loan, for the amount of ac-
crued interest on such loan, and for any fees and charges
payable in connection with such loan.
(c) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
shall cancel the indebtedness of the Hepzibah Public Service
District of Hepzibah, West Virginia, relating to the public
facilities loan for Project Number WV–46–PFL0031, issued
under title II of the Housing Amendments of 1955. Such
public service district is relieved of all liability to the Gov-
ernment for the outstanding principal balance on such loan,
for the amount of accrued interest on such loan, and for
any fees and charges payable in connection with such loan.
CLARIFICATIONS
SEC. 219. For purposes of Federal law, the Paul Mira-
bile Center in San Diego, California, including areas with-
in such Center that are devoted to the delivery of supportive
services, has been determined to satisfy the ‘‘continuum of
care’’ requirements of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development, and shall be treated as—
(a) consisting solely of residential units that (i)
contain sleeping accommodations and kitchen and
bathroom facilities, (ii) are located in a building that
is used exclusively to facilitate the transition of home-
less individuals (within the meaning of section 103 of
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the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act
(42 U.S.C. 11302), as in effect on December 19, 1989)
to independent living within 24 months, (iii) are
suitable for occupancy, with each cubicle constituting
a separate bedroom and residential unit, (iv) are used
on other than a transient basis, and (v) shall be origi-
nally placed in service on November 1, 1995; and
(b) property that is entirely residential rental
property, namely, a project for residential rental
property.
EMPLOYMENT LIMITATIONS
SEC. 220. (a) By the end of fiscal year 1996 the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development shall employ
no more than eight Assistant Secretaries, notwithstanding
section 4(a) of the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment Act.
(b) By the end of fiscal year 1996 the Department of
Housing and Urban Development shall employ no more
than 85 schedule C and 20 non-career senior executive serv-
ice employees.
USE OF FUNDS
SEC. 221. (a) Of the $93,400,000 earmarked in Public
Law 101–144 (103 Stat. 850), as amended by Public Law
101–302 (104 Stat. 237), for special projects and purposes,
any amounts remaining of the $500,000 made available to
Bethlehem House in Highland, California, for site planning
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and loan acquisition shall instead be made available to the
County of San Bernardino in California to assist with the
expansion of the Los Padrinos Gang Intervention Program
and the Unity Home Domestic Violence Shelter.
(b) The amount made available for fiscal year 1995
for the removal of asbestos from an abandoned public school
building in Toledo, Ohio shall be made available for the
renovation and rehabilitation of an industrial building at
the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio.
LEAD-BASED PAINT ABATEMENT
SEC. 222. (a) Section 1011 of Title X—Residential
Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 is amend-
ed as follows: Strike ‘‘priority housing’’ wherever it appears
in said section and insert ‘‘housing’’.
(b) Section 1011(a) shall be amended as follows: At
the end of the subsection after the period, insert: ‘‘Grants
shall only be made under this section to provide assistance
for housing which meets the following criteria—
‘‘(1) for grants made to assist rental housing, at
least 50 percent of the units must be occupied by or
made available to families with incomes at or below
50 percent of the area median income level and the
remaining units shall be occupied or made available
to families with incomes at or below 80 percent of the
area median income level, and in all cases the land-
lord shall give priority in renting units assisted
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under this section, for not less than 3 years following
the completion of lead abatement activities, to fami-
lies with a child under the age of six years, except
that buildings with five or more units may have 20
percent of the units occupied by families with incomes
above 80 percent of area median income level;
‘‘(2) for grants made to assist housing owned by
owner-occupants, all units assisted with grants under
this section shall be the principal residence of families
with income at or below 80 percent of the area me-
dian income level, and not less than 90 percent of the
units assisted with grants under this section shall be
occupied by a child under the age of six years or shall
be units where a child under the age of six years
spends a significant amount of time visiting; and
‘‘(3) notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2),
Round II grantees who receive assistance under this
section may use such assistance for priority hous-
ing.’’.
EXTENSION PERIOD FOR SHARING UTILITY COST SAVINGS
WITH PHAS
SEC. 223. Section 9(a)(3)(B)(i) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 is amended by striking ‘‘for a period
not to exceed 6 years’’.
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MORTGAGE NOTE SALES
SEC. 
223A. 
The 
first 
sentence 
of 
section
221(g)(4)(C)(viii) of the National Housing Act is amended
by striking ‘‘September 30, 1995’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘September 30, 1996’’.
REPEAL OF FROST-LELAND
SEC. 223B. Section 415 of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development—Independent Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 1988 (Public Law 100–202; 101 Stat. 1329–
213) is repealed effective the date of enactment of Public
Law 104–19. The Secretary is authorized to demolish the
structures identified in such section. The Secretary is also
authorized to compensate those local governments which,
due to this provision, expended local revenues demolishing
the developments identified in such provision.
FHA SINGLE-FAMILY ASSIGNMENT PROGRAM REFORM
SEC. 223C. (a) CORRECTION TO FORECLOSURE AVOID-
ANCE PROVISION.— The penultimate proviso of section
204(a) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1710(a)).
As added by section 407(a) of the Balanced Budget Down-
payment Act, I, is amended by striking ‘‘special fore-
closure’’ 
and 
inserting 
in 
lieu 
thereof 
‘‘special
forebearance’’.
(b) CORRECTION
TO SAVINGS PROVISION.—Section
230(d) of the National Housing Act, as amended by section
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TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE
SEC. 223E. All functions, activities and responsibil-
ities of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
relating to title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as
amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988,
and the Fair Housing Act, including any rights guaranteed
under the Fair Housing Act (including any functions relat-
ing to the Fair Housing Initiatives program under section
561 of the Housing and Community Development Act of
1987), are hereby transferred to the Attorney General of the
United States effective April 1, 1997: Provided, That none
of the aforementioned authority or responsibility for en-
forcement of the Fair Housing Act shall be transferred to
the Attorney General until adequate personnel and re-
sources allocated to such activity at the Department of
Housing and Urban Development are transferred to the De-
partment of Justice.
SEC. 224. None of the funds provided in this Act may
be used during fiscal year 1996 to investigate or prosecute
under the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601, et seq.) any
otherwise lawful activity engaged in by one or more per-
sons, including the filing or maintaining of non-frivolous
legal action, that is engaged in solely for the purposes of
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achieving or preventing action by a Government official,
entity, or court of competent jurisdiction.
SEC. 225. None of the funds provided in this Act many
be used to take any enforcement action with respect to a
complaint of discrimination under the Fair Housing Act
(42 U.S.C. 3601, et seq.) on the basis of familial status and
which involves an occupancy standard established by the
housing provider except to the extent that it is found that
there has been discrimination in contravention of the stand-
ards provided in the March 20, 1991 Memorandum from
the General Counsel of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development to all Regional Counsel or until such
time that HUD issues a final rule in accordance with sec-
tion 553 of title 5, United States Code.
CDBG ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES
SEC. 226. Section 105(a) of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)) is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (4)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘reconstruction,’’ after ‘‘re-
moval,’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘acquisition for rehabilita-
tion, and rehabilitation’’ and inserting ‘‘acquisi-
tion for reconstruction or rehabilitation, and re-
construction or rehabilitation’’;
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(2) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(3) by striking paragraph (19);
(4) in paragraph (24), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(5) in paragraph (25), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’;
(6) by redesignating paragraphs (20) through
(25) as paragraphs (19) through (24), respectively;
and
(7) by redesignating paragraph (21) (as added
by section 1012(f)(3) of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1992) as paragraph (25).
SEC. 227. (a) The second sentence of section 236(f)(1)
of the National Housing Act, as amended by section
405(d)(1) of The Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I,
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or (ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘(ii)’’;
and
(2) by striking ‘‘located,’’ and inserting: ‘‘lo-
cated, or (iii) the actual rent (as determined by the
Secretary) paid for a comparable unit in comparable
unassisted housing in the market area in which the
housing assisted under this section is located,’’.
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(b) The first sentence of section 236(g) of the National
Housing Act is amended by inserting the phrase ‘‘on a unit-
by-unit basis’’ after ‘‘collected’’.
TITLE III
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of
the American Battle Monuments Commission, including the
acquisition of land or interest in land in foreign countries;
purchases and repair of uniforms for caretakers of national
cemeteries and monuments outside of the United States and
its territories and possessions; rent of office and garage
space in foreign countries; purchase (one for replacement
only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and insurance
of official motor vehicles in foreign countries, when required
by law of such countries; $20,265,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That where station allowance has
been authorized by the Department of the Army for officers
of the Army serving the Army at certain foreign stations,
the same allowance shall be authorized for officers of the
Armed Forces assigned to the Commission while serving at
the same foreign stations, and this appropriation is hereby
made available for the payment of such allowance: Provided
further, That when traveling on business of the Commission,
1235
officers of the Armed Forces serving as members or as Sec-
retary of the Commission may be reimbursed for expenses
as provided for civilian members of the Commission: Pro-
vided further, That the Commission shall reimburse other
Government agencies, including the Armed Forces, for sal-
ary, pay, and allowances of personnel assigned to it.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FUND
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For grants, loans, and technical assistance to qualify-
ing community development financial institutions, and ad-
ministrative expenses of the Fund, $50,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 1997: Provided, That of the
funds made available under this heading not to exceed
$4,000,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans, and
not to exceed $400,000 may be used for administrative ex-
penses to carry out the direct loan program: Provided fur-
ther, That the cost of direct loans, including the cost of
modifying such loans, shall be defined as in section 502 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further,
That such funds are available to subsidize gross obligations
for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed
$31,600,000: Provided further, That none of these funds
shall be used to supplement existing resources provided to
the Department for activities such as external affairs, gen-
eral counsel, administration, finance, or office of inspector
1236
general: Provided further, That none of these funds shall
be available for expenses of an Administrator as defined in
section 104 of the Community Development Banking and
Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (CDBFI Act): Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
for purposes of administering the Community Development
Financial Institutions Fund, the Secretary of the Treasury
shall have all powers and rights of the Administrator of
the CDBFI Act and the Fund shall be within the Depart-
ment of the Treasury.
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles,
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, purchase of nominal awards to recog-
nize non-Federal officials’ contributions to Commission ac-
tivities, and not to exceed $500 for official reception and
representation expenses, $40,000,000.
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS
OPERATING EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service (referred to in the matter
1237
under this heading as the ‘‘Corporation’’) in carrying out
programs, activities, and initiatives under the National
and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred to in the mat-
ter under this heading as the ‘‘Act’’) (42 U.S.C. 12501 et
seq.), $383,500,000, of which $234,000,000 shall be avail-
able for obligation from September 1, 1996, through August
21, 1997: Provided, That not more than $25,000,000 shall
be available for administrative expenses authorized under
section 501(a)(4) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12681(a)(4)): Pro-
vided further, That not more than $2,500 shall be for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That not more than $59,000,000, to remain available
without fiscal year limitation, shall be transferred to the
National Service Trust account for educational awards au-
thorized under subtitle D of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C.
12601 et seq.): Provided further, That not more than
$175,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading
shall be available for grants under the National Service
Trust program authorized under subtitle C of title I of the
Act (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) (relating to activities includ-
ing the Americorps program): Provided further, That not
more than $3,500,000 of the funds made available under
this heading shall be made available for the Points of Light
Foundation for activities authorized under title III of the
Act (42 U.S.C. 12661 et seq.): Provided further, That not
1238
more than $40,000,000 of the funds made available under
this heading may be used to administer, reimburse, or sup-
port any national service program authorized under section
121(d)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12581(d)(2)), and none
of such funds shall be available for national service pro-
grams run by Federal agencies authorized under section
121(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12581(b)): Provided further,
That, to the maximum extent feasible, funds appropriated
in the preceding proviso shall be provided in a manner that
is consistent with the recommendations of peer review pan-
els in order to ensure that priority is given to programs
that demonstrate quality, innovation, replicability, and
sustainability: Provided further, That not more than
$18,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading
shall be available for the Civilian Community Corps au-
thorized under subtitle E of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C.
12611 et seq.): Provided further, That not more than
$43,000,000 shall be available for school-based and commu-
nity-based service-learning programs authorized under sub-
title B of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.): Pro-
vided further, That not more than $15,000,000 shall be
available for quality and innovation activities authorized
under subtitle H of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12653 et
seq.): Provided further, That not more than $5,000,000 shall
be available for audits and other evaluations authorized
1239
under section 179 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12639), of which
up to $500,000 shall be available for a study by the Na-
tional Academy of Public Administration on the structure,
organization, and management of the Corporation and ac-
tivities supported by the Corporation, including an assess-
ment of the quality, innovation, replicability, and sustain-
ability without Federal funds of such activities, and the
Federal and non-federal cost of supporting participants in
community service activities: Provided further, That no
funds from any other appropriation, or from funds other-
wise made available to the Corporation, shall be used to
pay for personnel compensation and benefits, travel, or any
other administrative expense for the Board of Directors, the
Office of the Chief Executive Officer, the Office of the Man-
aging Director, the Office of the Chief Financial Officer,
the Office of National and Community Service Programs,
the Civilian Community Corps, or any field office or staff
of the Corporation working on the National and Commu-
nity Service or Civilian Community Corps programs: Pro-
vided further, That to the maximum extent practicable, the
Corporation shall increase significantly the level of match-
ing funds and in-kind contributions provided by the private
sector, shall expand significantly the number of educational
awards provided under subtitle D of title 1, and shall re-
duce the total Federal cost per participant in all programs.
1240
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, $2,000,000.
COURT OF VETERANS APPEALS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the operation of the United
States Court of Veterans Appeals as authorized by 38
U.S.C. sections 7251–7292, $9,000,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $678,000, to remain available until September 30,
1997, shall be available for the purpose of providing finan-
cial assistance as described, and in accordance with the
process and reporting procedures set forth, under this head
in Public Law 102–229.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for
maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington Na-
tional Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home Na-
tional Cemetery, and not to exceed $1,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses; $11,946,000, to remain
available until expended.
1241
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
For science and technology, including research and de-
velopment activities, which shall include research and devel-
opment activities under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980
(CERCLA), as amended; necessary expenses 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; procurement of laboratory equipment
and supplies; other operating expenses in support of re-
search and development; construction, alteration, repair, re-
habilitation and renovation of facilities, not to exceed
$75,000 per project; $525,000,000, which shall remain
available until September 30, 1997.
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 passenger motor
vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; pur-
1242
chase of reprints; library memberships in societies or asso-
ciations which issue publications to members only or at a
price to members lower than to subscribers 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; $1,590,300,000, which shall re-
main available until September 30, 1997: Provided, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, for this fiscal
year and hereafter, an industrial discharger that is a phar-
maceutical 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 owner or operator of the Kalamazoo
Water Reclamation Plant applies to the State of
Michigan for an exemption for such industrial dis-
charger,
(2) the State or Administrator, as applicable,
approves such exemption request based upon a deter-
mination that the Kalamazoo Water Reclamation
Plant will provide treatment and pollution removal
1243
equivalent to or better than that which would be re-
quired through a combination of pretreatment by such
industrial discharger and treatment by the Kala-
mazoo Water Reclamation Plant in the absence of the
exemption, and
(3) compliance with paragraph (2) is addressed
by the provisions and conditions of a permit issued
to the Kalamazoo Water Reclamation 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
program and local controls to prevent against inter-
ference and pass through.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended, and for construction, alteration,
repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, 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 
use 
by, 
the 
Environmental 
Protection 
Agency,
$60,000,000, to remain available until expended.
1244
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including sections 111
(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and for
construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renova-
tion of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; not to
exceed $1,263,400,000, to remain available until expended,
consisting of $1,013,400,000 as authorized by section 517(a)
of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of
1986 (SARA), as amended by Public Law 101–508 (of
which, $100,000,000 shall not become available until Sep-
tember 1, 1996), and $250,000,000 as a payment from gen-
eral revenues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund as au-
thorized 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 fur-
ther, That $11,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this
heading shall be transferred to the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral appropriation to remain available until September 30,
1996: 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 to the Agency for Toxic Sub-
1245
stances and Disease Registry to carry out activities de-
scribed 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
none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be
available for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursu-
ant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 1996:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available
under this heading may be used by the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency to propose for listing or to list any addi-
tional facilities on the National Priorities List established
by section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), as
amended (42 U.S.C. 9605), unless the Administrator re-
ceives 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 unless legislation to reauthorize CERCLA is
enacted.
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 section
205 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act
of 1986, and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilita-
tion, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per
1246
project, $45,827,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That no more than $7,000,000 shall be available
for administrative expenses: Provided further, That
$500,000 shall be transferred to the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral appropriation to remain available until September 30,
1996.
OIL SPILL RESPONSE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental
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 ex-
pended: Provided, That not more than $8,000,000 of these
funds shall be available for administrative expenses.
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For environmental programs and infrastructure as-
sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolving
funds and performance partnership grants, $2,423,000,000,
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-
cilities in the area of the United States-Mexico Border, after
consultation with the appropriate border commission;
1247
$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; $15,000,000 for grants to the State of
Alaska, subject to an appropriate cost share as determined
by the Administrator, to address wastewater infrastructure
needs of rural and Alaska Native villages; and $100,000,000
for making grants for the construction of wastewater treat-
ment facilities and the development of groundwater in ac-
cordance with the terms and conditions specified for such
grants in the Conference Report accompanying this Act
(H.R. 2099): Provided, That beginning in fiscal year 1996
and each fiscal year thereafter, 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 Admin-
istrator shall establish, to any State or federally recognized
Indian tribe for multimedia or single media pollution pre-
vention, control and abatement and related environmental
activities at the request of the Governor or other appro-
priate State official or the tribe: Provided further, That
from funds appropriated under this heading, the Adminis-
trator may make grants to federally recognized Indian gov-
ernments for the development of multimedia environmental
programs: Provided further, That of the $1,500,000,000 for
1248
capitalization grants for State revolving funds to support
water infrastructure financing, $325,000,000 shall be for
drinking water State revolving funds, but if no drinking
water State revolving fund legislation is enacted by June
1, 1996, these funds shall immediately be available for mak-
ing capitalization grants under title VI of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act, as amended: Provided further,
That of the funds made available in Public Law 103–327
and in Public Law 103–124 for capitalization grants for
State revolving funds to support water infrastructure fi-
nancing, $225,000,000 shall be made available for capital-
ization grants for State revolving funds under title VI of
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, if
no drinking water State revolving fund legislation is en-
acted by June 1, 1996: 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 Control Act, as amended, $50,000,000 shall
be for wastewater treatment in impoverished communities
pursuant to section 102(d) of H.R. 961 as approved by the
United States House of Representatives on May 16, 1995:
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated in the
Construction Grants and Water Infrastructure/State Re-
volving Funds accounts since the appropriation for the fis-
cal year ending September 30, 1992, and hereafter, for mak-
1249
ing grants for wastewater treatment works construction
projects, portions may be provided by the recipients to
States for managing construction grant activities, on condi-
tion that the States agree to reimburse the recipients from
State funding sources: Provided further, That the funds
made available in Public Law 103–327 for a grant to the
City of Mt. Arlington, New Jersey, in accordance with
House Report 103–715, shall be available for a grant to
that city for water and sewer improvements.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. 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 of a rule concern-
ing any new standard for radon in drinking water.
SEC. 302. None of the funds provided in this Act may
be used during fiscal year 1996 to sign, promulgate, imple-
ment or enforce the requirement proposed as ‘‘Regulation
of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Individual Foreign Refinery
Baseline Requirements for Reformulated Gasoline’’ at vol-
ume 59 of the Federal Register at pages 22800 through
22814.
SEC. 303. None of the funds appropriated to the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency for fiscal year 1996 may be
used to implement section 404(c) of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act, as amended. No pending action by the
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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.
SEC. 304. None of the funds appropriated under this
Act may be used to implement the requirements of section
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 re-
spect to any moderate nonattainment area in which the av-
erage 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.
SEC. 305. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Environmental Protection Agency shall: (1) transfer all
real property acquired in Bay City, Michigan, for the cre-
ation of the Center for Ecology, Research and Training
(CERT) to the City of Bay City or other local public or
municipal entity; and (2) make a grant in fiscal year 1996
to the recipient of the property of not less than $3,000,000
from funds previously appropriated for the CERT project
for the purpose of environmental remediation and rehabili-
tation of real property included in the boundaries of the
1251
CERT project. The disposition of property shall be by dona-
tion or no-cost transfer and shall be made to the City of
Bay City, Michigan or other local public or municipal en-
tity.
Further, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the agency shall have the authority to demolish or dispose
of any improvements on such real property, or to donate,
sell, or transfer any personal property or improvements on
such real property to members of the general public, by auc-
tion or public sale, and to apply any funds received to costs
related to the transfer of the real property authorized here-
under.
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 rep-
resentation expenses, and rental of conference rooms in the
District of Columbia, $4,981,000: Provided, That the Office
of Science and Technology Policy shall reimburse other
agencies for not less than one-half of the personnel com-
pensation costs of individuals detailed to it.
1252
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned
to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of En-
vironmental Quality pursuant to the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Improvement
Act of 1970 and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977,
$2,180,000.
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
DISASTER 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.), $222,000,000, to
remain available until expended.
DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, $2,155,000, as authorized
by section 319 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Pro-
vided, 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 subsidize 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.
1253
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in-
cluding 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 attend-
ance of cooperating officials and individuals at meetings
concerned with the work of emergency preparedness; trans-
portation in connection with the continuity of Government
programs to the same extent and in the same manner as
permitted the Secretary of a Military Department under
10 U.S.C. 2632; and not to exceed $2,500 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses; $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 Gen-
eral Act of 1978, as amended, $4,673,000.
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 Protection Act
of 1973, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake Hazards Reduc-
tion Act of 1977, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the
1254
Federal Fire Prevention and Control 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.), sec-
tions 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, $203,044,000.
EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM
There is hereby appropriated $100,000,000 to the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency to carry out an emer-
gency food and shelter program pursuant to title III of Pub-
lic Law 100–77, as amended: Provided, That total adminis-
trative costs shall not exceed three and one-half per centum
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
$20,562,000 for salaries and expenses associated with flood
mitigation and flood insurance operations, and not to ex-
ceed $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 interest on Treasury borrow-
1255
ings shall be available from the National Flood Insurance
Fund without prior notice to the Committees on Appropria-
tions.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
The Director of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency shall promulgate through rulemaking a methodology
for assessment and collection of fees to be assessed and col-
lected beginning in fiscal year 1996 applicable to persons
subject to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s ra-
diological emergency preparedness regulations. The aggre-
gate 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 Emer-
gency Management Agency to be obligated for its radiologi-
cal emergency preparedness program for such fiscal year.
The methodology for assessment and collection of fees shall
be fair and equitable, and shall reflect the full amount of
costs of providing radiological emergency planning, pre-
paredness, response and associated services. Such fees will
be assessed in a manner that reflects the use of agency re-
sources for classes of regulated persons and the administra-
tive costs of collecting such fees. Fees received pursuant to
this section shall be deposited in the general fund of the
Treasury as offsetting receipts. Assessment and collection of
such fees are only authorized 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 Information
Center Fund: Provided, That the appropriations, revenues
and collections deposited into the fund shall be available
for necessary expenses of Consumer Information Center ac-
tivities in the aggregate amount of $7,500,000. Administra-
tive expenses of the Consumer Information Center in fiscal
year 1996 shall not exceed $2,602,000. Appropriations, rev-
enues, 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 author-
ized in appropriations 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; development; op-
erations; services; maintenance; construction of facilities in-
cluding repair, rehabilitation, and modification of real and
personal property, and acquisition or condemnation of real
property, as authorized by law; space flight, spacecraft con-
trol and communications activities including operations,
1257
production, and services; and purchase, lease, charter,
maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative
aircraft; $5,456,600,000, to remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 1997.
SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, and tech-
nology research and development activities, including re-
search; development; operations; services; maintenance; con-
struction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation and
modification of real and personal property, and acquisition
or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law;
space flight, spacecraft control and communications activi-
ties including operations, production, and services; and
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of
mission and administrative aircraft; $5,845,900,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 1997.
MISSION SUPPORT
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in
carrying out mission support for human space flight pro-
grams and science, aeronautical, and technology programs,
including research operations and support; space commu-
nications activities including operations, production, and
services; maintenance; construction of facilities including
repair, rehabilitation, and modification of facilities, minor
construction of new facilities and additions to existing fa-
1258
cilities, facility planning and design, environmental com-
pliance and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation
of real property, as authorized by law; program manage-
ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or
allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–
5902); travel expenses; purchase, lease, charter, mainte-
nance, and operation of mission and administrative air-
craft; not to exceed $35,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; and purchase (not to exceed thirty-
three for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles; $2,502,200,000, 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 Gen-
eral 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 facilities
as authorized by law, the amount available for such activity
shall remain available until expended. This provision does
not apply to the amounts appropriated in ‘‘Mission sup-
1259
port’’ pursuant to the authorization for repair, rehabilita-
tion and modification of facilities, minor construction of
new facilities and additions to existing facilities, and facil-
ity 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 construc-
tion of facilities shall remain available until September 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 Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall remain
available until September 30, 1996 and may be used to
enter into contracts for training, investigations, cost associ-
ated with personnel relocation, and for other services, to be
provided during the next fiscal year.
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
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be accounted for as one fund to be available for the same
purposes and under the same terms and conditions.
Upon the determination by the Administrator that
such action is necessary, the Administrator may, with the
approval of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer
not to exceed $50,000,000 of funds made available in this
Act to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
between such appropriations or any subdivision thereof, to
be merged with and to be available for the same purposes,
and for the same time period, as the appropriation to which
transferred: Provided, That such authority to transfer may
not be used unless for higher priority items, based on un-
foreseen requirements, than those for which originally ap-
propriated: Provided further, That the Administrator of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall no-
tify the Congress promptly of all transfers made pursuant
to this authority.
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