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as authorized by section 8509 of title 5, United States Code,
and section 104(d) of Public Law 102–164, and section 5
of Public Law 103–6, and to the ‘‘Federal unemployment
benefits and allowances’’ account, to remain available until
September 30, 1997, $369,000,000.
In addition, for making repayable advances to the
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal
year after September 15, 1996, for costs incurred by the
Black Lung Disability Trust Fund in the current fiscal
year, such sums as may be necessary.
ADVANCES TO THE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY ADMINISTRA-
TION ACCOUNT OF THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND
(RESCISSION)
Amounts remaining unobligated under this heading as
of September 30, 1995, are hereby rescinded.
PAYMENTS TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND
OTHER FUNDS
(RESCISSION)
Of the amounts remaining unobligated under this
heading as of September 30, 1995, $266,000,000 are hereby
rescinded.
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For expenses of administering employment and train-
ing programs and for carrying out section 908 of the Social
Security Act, $83,054,000, together with not to exceed
$40,793,000, which may be expended from the Employment
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Security Administration account in the Unemployment
Trust Fund.
PENSION AND WELFARE BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for Pension and Welfare Bene-
fits Administration, $65,198,000.
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is author-
ized to make such expenditures, including financial assist-
ance authorized by section 104 of Public Law 96–364, with-
in limits of funds and borrowing authority available to
such Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C.
9104), as may be necessary in carrying out the program
through September 30, 1996, for such Corporation: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $10,603,000 shall be available for
administrative expenses of the Corporation: Provided fur-
ther, That expenses of such Corporation in connection with
the collection of premiums, the termination of pension
plans, for the acquisition, protection or management, and
investment of trust assets, and for benefits administration
services shall be considered as non-administrative expenses
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for the purposes hereof, and excluded from the above limita-
tion.
EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Employment Standards
Administration, including reimbursement to State, Federal,
and local agencies and their employees for inspection serv-
ices rendered, $254,756,000, together with $978,000 which
may be expended from the Special Fund in accordance with
sections 39(c) and 44(j) of the Longshore and Harbor Work-
ers’ Compensation Act: Provided, That the Secretary of
Labor is authorized to accept, retain, and spend, until ex-
pended, in the name of the Department of Labor, all sums
of money ordered to be paid to the Secretary of Labor, in
accordance with the terms of the Consent Judgment in Civil
Action No. 91–0027 of the United States District Court for
the District of the Northern Mariana Islands (May 21,
1992): Provided further, That the Secretary of Labor is au-
thorized to establish and, in accordance with 31 U.S.C.
3302, collect and deposit in the Treasury fees for processing
applications and issuing certificates under sections 11(d)
and 14 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amend-
ed (29 U.S.C. 211(d) and 214) and for processing applica-
tions and issuing registrations under Title I of the Migrant
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and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, 29
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
SPECIAL BENEFITS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex-
penses (except administrative expenses) accruing during the
current or any prior fiscal year authorized by title 5, chap-
ter 81 of the United States Code; continuation of benefits
as provided for under the head ‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ in
the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the
Employees’ Compensation Commission Appropriation Act,
1944; and sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims Act of
1948 (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); and 50 per centum of the addi-
tional compensation and benefits required by section 10(h)
of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act,
as amended, $218,000,000 together with such amounts as
may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent year ap-
propriation for the payment of compensation and other ben-
efits for any period subsequent to August 15 of the current
year: Provided, That such sums as are necessary may be
used under section 8104 of title 5, United States Code, by
the Secretary to reimburse an employer, who is not the em-
ployer at the time of injury, for portions of the salary of
a reemployed, disabled beneficiary: Provided further, That
balances of reimbursements unobligated on September 30,
1092
1995, shall remain available until expended for the pay-
ment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That in addition there shall be transferred to this ap-
propriation from the Postal Service and from any other cor-
poration or instrumentality required under section 8147(c)
of title 5, United States Code, to pay an amount for its
fair share of the cost of administration, such sums as the
Secretary of Labor determines to be the cost of administra-
tion for employees of such fair share entities through Sep-
tember 30, 1996: Provided further, That of those funds
transferred to this account from the fair share entities to
pay the cost of administration, $19,383,000 shall be made
available to the Secretary of Labor for expenditures relating
to capital improvements in support of Federal Employees’
Compensation Act administration, and the balance of such
funds shall be paid into the Treasury as miscellaneous re-
ceipts: Provided further, That the Secretary may require
that any person filing a notice of injury or a claim for
benefits under Subchapter 5, U.S.C., chapter 81, or under
subchapter 33, U.S.C. 901, et seq. (the Longshore and Har-
bor Workers’ Compensation Act, as amended), provide as
part of such notice and claim, such identifying information
(including Social Security account number) as such regula-
tions may prescribe.
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BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For payments from the Black Lung Disability Trust
Fund, $996,763,000, of which $949,494,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 1997, for payment of all benefits
as authorized by section 9501(d) (1), (2), (4), and (7), of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, and inter-
est on advances as authorized by section 9501(c)(2) of that
Act, and of which $27,350,000 shall be available for transfer
to Employment Standards Administration, Salaries and
Expenses, and $19,621,000 for transfer to Departmental
Management, Salaries and Expenses, and $298,000 for
transfer to Departmental Management, Office of Inspector
General, for expenses of operation and administration of
the Black Lung Benefits program as authorized by section
9501(d)(5)(A) of that Act: Provided, That in addition, such
amounts as may be necessary may be charged to the subse-
quent year appropriation for the payment of compensation,
interest, or other benefits for any period subsequent to Au-
gust 15 of the current year: Provided further, That in addi-
tion such amounts shall be paid from this fund into mis-
cellaneous receipts as the Secretary of the Treasury deter-
mines to be the administrative expenses of the Department
of the Treasury for administering the fund during the cur-
1094
rent fiscal year, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5)(B) of
that Act.
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration, $288,985,000 including not to
exceed $70,615,000 which shall be the maximum amount
available for grants to States under section 23(g) of the Oc-
cupational Safety and Health Act, which grants shall be
no less than fifty percent of the costs of State occupational
safety and health programs required to be incurred under
plans approved by the Secretary under section 18 of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; and, in addi-
tion, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration may retain up to
$750,000 per fiscal year of training institute course tuition
fees, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, and may
utilize such sums for occupational safety and health train-
ing and education grants: Provided, That none of the funds
appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or ex-
pended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any stand-
ard, rule, regulation, or order under the Occupational Safe-
ty and Health Act of 1970 which is applicable to any per-
son who is engaged in a farming operation which does not
maintain a temporary labor camp and employs ten or fewer
1095
employees: Provided further, That no funds appropriated
under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to ad-
minister or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order
under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 with
respect to any employer of ten or fewer employees who is
included within a category having an occupational injury
lost workday case rate, at the most precise Standard Indus-
trial Classification Code for which such data are published,
less than the national average rate as such rates are most
recently published by the Secretary, acting through the Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics, in accordance with section 24 of
that Act (29 U.S.C. 673), except—
(1) to provide, as authorized by such Act, con-
sultation, technical assistance, educational and train-
ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies;
(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in
response to an employee complaint, to issue a citation
for violations found during such inspection, and to
assess a penalty for violations which are not corrected
within a reasonable abatement period and for any
willful violations found;
(3) to take any action authorized by such Act
with respect to imminent dangers;
(4) to take any action authorized by such Act
with respect to health hazards;
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(5) to take any action authorized by such Act
with respect to a report of an employment accident
which is fatal to one or more employees or which re-
sults in hospitalization of two or more employees, and
to take any action pursuant to such investigation au-
thorized by such Act; and
(6) to take any action authorized by such Act
with respect to complaints of discrimination against
employees for exercising rights under such Act:
Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not apply
to any person who is engaged in a farming operation which
does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs
ten or fewer employees.
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health
Administration, $196,673,000, including purchase and be-
stowal of certificates and trophies in connection with mine
rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of passenger motor
vehicles; the Secretary is authorized to accept lands, build-
ings, equipment, and other contributions from public and
private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation
with other agencies, Federal, State, or private; the Mine
Safety and Health Administration is authorized to promote
health and safety education and training in the mining
1097
community through cooperative programs with States, in-
dustry, and safety associations; and any funds available to
the Department may be used, with the approval of the Sec-
retary, to provide for the costs of mine rescue and survival
operations in the event of a major disaster: Provided, That
none of the funds appropriated under this paragraph shall
be obligated or expended to carry out section 115 of the Fed-
eral Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 or to carry out
that portion of section 104(g)(1) of such Act relating to the
enforcement of any training requirements, with respect to
shell dredging, or with respect to any sand, gravel, surface
stone, surface clay, colloidal phosphate, or surface limestone
mine.
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics, including advances or reimbursements to State, Fed-
eral, and local agencies and their employees for services ren-
dered, $292,462,000, of which $11,549,000 shall be for ex-
penses of revising the Consumer Price Index and shall re-
main available until September 30, 1997, together with not
to exceed $49,997,000, which may be expended from the
Employment Security Administration account in the Un-
employment Trust Fund.
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DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for Departmental Management,
including the hire of three sedans, and including up to
$4,358,000 for the President’s Committee on Employment
of People With Disabilities, $140,077,000; together with not
to exceed $303,000, which may be expended from the Em-
ployment Security Administration account in the Unem-
ployment Trust Fund: Provided, That no funds made avail-
able by this Act may be used by the Solicitor of Labor to
participate in a review in any United States court of ap-
peals of any decision made by the Benefits Review Board
under Section 21 of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’
Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 921) where such participa-
tion is precluded by the decision of the United States Su-
preme Court in Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation
Programs v. Newport News Shipbuilding, 115 S. Ct. 1278,
(1995): Provided further, That no funds made available by
this Act may be used by the Secretary of Labor after Sep-
tember 12, 1996, to review a decision under the Longshore
and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 901 et
seq.) that has been appealed and that has been pending be-
fore the Benefits Review Board for more than 12 months:
Provided further, That any such decision pending a review
by the Benefits Review Board for more than one year shall,
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if not acted upon by the Board before September 12, 1996,
be considered affirmed by the Benefits Review Board on
that date, and shall be considered the final order of the
Board for purposes of obtaining a review in the United
States courts of appeals: Provided further, That beginning
on September 13, 1996, the Benefits Review Board shall
make a decision on an appeal of a decision under the
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (33
U.S.C. 901 et seq.) not later than 1 year after the date the
appeal to the Benefits Review Board was filed; however, if
the Benefits Review Board fails to make a decision within
the 1-year period, the decision under review shall be consid-
ered the final order of the Board for purposes of obtaining
a review in the United States courts of appeals.
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
The language under this heading in Public Law 85–
67, as amended, is further amended by adding the following
before the last period: ‘‘: Provided further, That within the
Working Capital Fund, there is established an Investment
in Reinvention Fund (IRF), which shall be available to in-
vest in projects of the Department designed to produce
measurable improvements in agency efficiency and signifi-
cant taxpayer savings. Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary of Labor may retain up to
$3,900,000 of the unobligated balances in the Department’s
annual Salaries and Expenses accounts as of September 30,
1100
1995, and transfer those amounts to the IRF to provide the
initial capital for the IRF, to remain available until ex-
pended, to make loans to agencies of the Department for
projects designed to enhance productivity and generate cost
savings. Such loans shall be repaid to the IRF no later than
September 30 of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in
which the project is completed. Such repayments shall be
deposited in the IRF, to be available without further appro-
priation action.’’
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND
TRAINING
Not to exceed $170,390,000 may be derived from the
Employment Security Administration account in the Un-
employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 38
U.S.C. 4100–4110A and 4321–4327, and Public Law 103–
353, and which shall be available for obligation by the
States through December 31, 1996.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, as amended, $44,426,000, together with
not to exceed $3,615,000, which may be expended from the
Employment Security Administration account in the Un-
employment Trust Fund.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated in this title
for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the compensation
of an individual, either as direct costs or any proration
as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of $125,000.
SEC. 102. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used by the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration to promulgate or issue any proposed or
final standard or guideline regarding ergonomic protection.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the Occu-
pational Safety and Health Administration from conduct-
ing any peer reviewed risk assessment activity regarding
ergonomics, including conducting peer reviews of the sci-
entific basis for establishing any standard or guideline, di-
rect or contracted research, or other activity necessary to
fully establish the scientific basis for promulgating any
standard or guideline on ergonomic protection.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 103. Not to exceed 1 percent of any appropriation
made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart-
ment of Labor in this Act may be transferred between such
appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be in-
creased by more than 3 percent by any such transfers: Pro-
vided, That the Appropriations Committees of both Houses
of Congress are notified at least fifteen days in advance of
any transfers.
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This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor
Appropriations Act, 1996’’.
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
For carrying out titles II, III, VII, VIII, X, XVI, XIX,
and XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, section 427(a)
of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, title V
of the Social Security Act, the Health Care Quality Im-
provement Act of 1986, as amended, Public Law 101–527,
and the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act of 1988, as
amended, $2,954,864,000, of which $411,000 shall remain
available until expended for interest subsidies on loan guar-
antees made prior to fiscal year 1981 under part B of title
VII of the Public Health Service Act: Provided, That the
Division of Federal Occupational Health may utilize per-
sonal services contracting to employ professional manage-
ment/administrative, and occupational health professionals:
Provided further, That of the funds made available under
this heading, $858,000 shall be available until expended for
facilities renovations at the Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Dis-
ease Center: Provided further, That in addition to fees au-
thorized by section 427(b) of the Health Care Quality Im-
provement Act of 1986, fees shall be collected for the full
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disclosure of information under the Act sufficient to recover
the full costs of operating the National Practitioner Data
Bank, and shall remain available until expended to carry
out that Act: Provided further, That no more than
$5,000,000 is available for carrying out the provisions of
Public Law 102–501 as amended: Provided further, That
of the funds made available under this heading,
$193,349,000 shall be for the program under title X of the
Public Health Service Act to provide for voluntary family
planning projects: Provided further, That amounts provided
to said projects under such title shall not be expended for
abortions, 
that 
all 
pregnancy 
counseling 
shall 
be
nondirective, and that such amounts shall not be expended
for any activity (including the publication or distribution
of literature) that in any way tends to promote public sup-
port or opposition to any legislative proposal or candidate
for public office: Provided further, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, funds made available under this
heading may be used to continue operating the Council on
Graduate Medical Education established by section 301 of
Public Law 102–408: Provided further, That the Secretary
shall use amounts available for section 2603(b) of the Public
Health Service Act as necessary to ensure that fiscal year
1996 grant awards made under section 2603(a) of such Act
to eligible areas that received such grants in fiscal year
1104
1995 are not less than the fiscal year 1995 level: Provided
further, That of the amounts available for Area Health Edu-
cation Centers, $24,125,000 shall be for section 746(i)(1)(A)
of the Health Professions Education Extension Amendments
of 1992, notwithstanding section 746(i)(1)(C).
MEDICAL FACILITIES GUARANTEE AND LOAN FUND
FEDERAL INTEREST SUBSIDIES FOR MEDICAL FACILITIES
For carrying out subsections (d) and (e) of section
1602 of the Public Health Service Act, $8,000,000, together
with any amounts received by the Secretary in connection
with loans and loan guarantees under title VI of the Public
Health Service Act, to be available without fiscal year limi-
tation for the payment of interest subsidies. During the fis-
cal year, no commitments for direct loans or loan guaran-
tees shall be made.
HEALTH EDUCATION ASSISTANCE LOANS PROGRAM
For the cost of guaranteed loans, such sums as may
be necessary to carry out the purpose of the program, as
authorized by title VII of the Public Health Service Act,
as amended: 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: Provided further,
That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations
for the total loan principal any part of which is to be guar-
anteed at not to exceed $210,000,000. In addition, for ad-
1105
ministrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan pro-
gram, $2,688,000.
VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND
For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation
Program Trust Fund, such sums as may be necessary for
claims associated with vaccine-related injury or death with
respect to vaccines administered after September 30, 1988,
pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI of the Public Health
Service Act, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That for necessary administrative expenses, not to exceed
$3,000,000 shall be available from the Trust Fund to the
Secretary of Health and Human Services.
VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION
For payment of claims resolved by the United States
Court of Federal Claims related to the administration of
vaccines before October 1, 1988, $110,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
For carrying out titles V and XIX of the Public Health
Service Act with respect to substance abuse and mental
health services, the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally
Ill Individuals Act of 1986, and section 301 of the Public
1106
Health Service Act with respect to program management,
$1,800,469,000.
RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public
Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law,
and for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family
Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan and for medical
care of dependents and retired personnel under the Depend-
ents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), and for payments
pursuant to section 229(b) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 429(b)), such amounts as may be required during
the current fiscal year.
AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE POLICY AND RESEARCH
HEALTH CARE POLICY AND RESEARCH
For carrying out titles III and IX of the Public Health
Service Act, and part A of title XI of the Social Security
Act, $65,390,000; in addition, amounts received from Free-
dom of Information Act fees, reimbursable and interagency
agreements, and the sale of data tapes shall be credited to
this appropriation and shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the amount made available pursu-
ant to section 926(b) of the Public Health Service Act shall
not exceed $63,080,000.
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HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION
GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles
XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $55,094,355,000,
to remain available until expended.
For making, after May 31, 1996, payments to States
under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the last quar-
ter of fiscal year 1996 for unanticipated costs, incurred for
the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
For making payments to States under title XIX of the
Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 1997,
$26,155,350,000, to remain available until expended.
Payment under title XIX may be made for any quarter
with respect to a State plan or plan amendment in effect
during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to such quar-
ter and approved in that or any subsequent quarter.
PAYMENTS TO HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS
For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance and
the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust
Funds, as provided under sections 217(g) and 1844 of the
Social Security Act, sections 103(c) and 111(d) of the So-
cial Security Amendments of 1965, section 278(d) of Public
Law 97–248, and for administrative expenses incurred pur-
suant to section 201(g) of the Social Security Act,
$63,313,000,000.
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PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles
XI, XVIII, and XIX of the Social Security Act, and title
XIII of the Public Health Service Act, the Clinical Labora-
tory Improvement Amendments of 1988, and section
4005(e) 
of 
Public 
Law 
100–203, 
not 
to 
exceed
$2,111,406,000, together with all funds collected in accord-
ance with section 353 of the Public Health Service Act, the
latter funds to remain available until expended, together
with such sums as may be collected from authorized user
fees and the sale of data, which shall remain available until
expended, the $2,111,406,000, to be transferred to this ap-
propriation as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social
Security Act, from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds:
Provided, That all funds derived in accordance with 31
U.S.C. 9701 from organizations established under title XIII
of the Public Health Service Act are to be credited to this
appropriation.
HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION LOAN AND LOAN
GUARANTEE FUND
For carrying out subsections (d) and (e) of section
1308 of the Public Health Service Act, any amounts re-
ceived by the Secretary in connection with loans and loan
guarantees under title XIII of the Public Health Service
1109
Act, to be available without fiscal year limitation for the
payment of outstanding obligations. During fiscal year
1996, no commitments for direct loans or loan guarantees
shall be made.
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
FAMILY SUPPORT PAYMENTS TO STATES
For making payments to States or other non-Federal
entities, except as otherwise provided, under titles I, IV–
A (other than section 402(g)(6)) and D, X, XI, XIV, and
XVI of the Social Security Act, and the Act of July 5, 1960
(24 U.S.C. ch. 9), $13,614,307,000, to remain available
until expended.
For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year,
payments to States or other non-Federal entities under ti-
tles I, IV–A and D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Secu-
rity Act, for the last three months of the current year for
unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year,
such sums as may be necessary.
For making payments to States or other non-Federal
entities under titles I, IV–A (other than section 402(g)(6))
and D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act
and the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9) for the first
quarter of fiscal year 1997, $4,800,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
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JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND BASIC SKILLS
For carrying out aid to families with dependent chil-
dren work programs, as authorized by part F of title IV
of the Social Security Act, $1,000,000,000.
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE
(INCLUDING RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available beginning on October 1,
1995 under this heading in Public Law 103–333,
$100,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
For making payments under title XXVI of the Omni-
bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, $1,000,000,000, to
be available for obligation in the period October 1, 1996
through September 30, 1997.
For making payments under title XXVI of the Omni-
bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, an additional
$300,000,000 to remain available until expended: Provided,
That all of the funds available under this paragraph are
hereby designated by Congress to be emergency requirements
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided fur-
ther, That these funds shall be made available only after
submission to Congress of a formal budget request by the
President that includes designation of the entire amount of
the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the
1111
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985.
REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE
For making payments for refugee and entrant assist-
ance activities authorized by title IV of the Immigration
and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Edu-
cation Assistance Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–422),
$397,872,000: Provided, That funds appropriated pursuant
to section 414(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
under Public Law 103–112 for fiscal year 1994 shall be
available for the costs of assistance provided and other ac-
tivities conducted in such year and in fiscal years 1995
and 1996.
CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
For carrying out sections 658A through 658R of the
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (The Child
Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990),
$934,642,000, which shall be available for obligation under
the same statutory terms and conditions applicable in the
prior fiscal year.
SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT
For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002
of the Social Security Act, $2,380,000,000: Provided, That
notwithstanding section 2003(c) of such Act, the amount
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specified for allocation under such section for fiscal year
1996 shall be $2,380,000,000.
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Developmental Dis-
abilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, the Head Start
Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, the
Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Native
American Programs Act of 1974, title II of Public Law 95–
266 (adoption opportunities), the Temporary Child Care
for Children with Disabilities and Crisis Nurseries Act of
1986, the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988, and
part B(1) of title IV of the Social Security Act; for making
payments under the Community Services Block Grant Act;
and for necessary administrative expenses to carry out said
Acts and titles I, IV, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX of the Social
Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9),
the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, title IV
of the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 501 of the
Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, and section 126
and titles IV and V of Public Law 100–485, $4,585,546,000;
of which $435,463,000 shall be for making payments under
the Community Services Block Grant Act: Provided, That
to the extent Community Services Block Grant funds are
distributed as grant funds by a State to an eligible entity
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as provided under the Act, and have not been expended by
such entity, they shall remain with such entity for carry-
over into the next fiscal year for expenditure by such entity
consistent with program purposes.
In addition, $21,358,000, to be derived from the Vio-
lent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, for carrying out sections
40155, 40211, 40241, and 40251 of Public Law 103–322.
FAMILY PRESERVATION AND SUPPORT
For carrying out section 430 of the Social Security
Act, $225,000,000.
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION
ASSISTANCE
For making payments to States or other non-Federal
entities, under title IV–E of the Social Security Act,
$4,322,238,000.
ADMINISTRATION ON AGING
AGING SERVICES PROGRAMS
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided,
the 
Older 
Americans 
Act 
of 
1965, 
as 
amended,
$831,027,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section
308(b)(1) of such Act, the amounts available to each State
for administration of the State plan under title III of such
Act shall be reduced not more than 5 percent below the
amount that was available to such State for such purpose
for fiscal year 1995.
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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for
general departmental management, including hire of six
medium sedans, and for carrying out titles III, XVII, XX,
and XXI of the Public Health Service Act, $130,499,000,
together with $6,628,000, to be transferred and expended
as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security
Act from the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Sup-
plemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended, $58,492,000, together with not to
exceed $20,670,000, to be transferred and expended as au-
thorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from
the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supplemental
Medical Insurance Trust Fund, together with any funds,
to remain available until expended, that represent the equi-
table share from the forfeiture of property in investigations
in which the Office of Inspector General participated, and
which are transferred to the Office of the Inspector General
by the Department of Justice, the Department of the Treas-
ury, or the United States Postal Service.
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OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights,
$16,153,000, together with not to exceed $3,314,000, to be
transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1)
of the Social Security Act from the Hospital Insurance
Trust Fund and the Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust
Fund.
POLICY RESEARCH
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided,
research studies under section 1110 of the Social Security
Act, $9,000,000.
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND
For expenses necessary to prepare to respond to the
health and medical consequences of nuclear, chemical, or
biologic attack in the United States, $7,000,000, to remain
available until expended and, in addition, for clinical
trials, applying imaging technology used for missile guid-
ance and target recognition to new uses improving the early
detection of breast cancer, $2,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be
available for not to exceed $37,000 for official reception and
representation expenses when specifically approved by the
Secretary.
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SEC. 202. The Secretary shall make available through
assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public
Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to
work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided
by the Agency for International Development, the United
Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the
World Health Organization.
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this
Act may be used to implement section 399L(b) of the Public
Health Service Act.
SEC. 204. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to withhold payment to any State under
the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act by reason
of a determination that the State is not in compliance with
section 1340.2(d)(2)(ii) of title 45 of the Code of Federal
Regulations. This provision expires upon the date of enact-
ment of the reauthorization of the Child Abuse Prevention
and Treatment Act or upon September 30, 1996, whichever
occurs first.
SEC. 205. None of the funds appropriated in this or
any other Act for the National Institutes of Health and the
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administra-
tion shall be used to pay the salary of an individual,
through a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate
in excess of $125,000 per year.
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Sec. 206. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the Public
Health Service Act, except for funds specifically provided
for in this Act, prior to the Secretary’s preparation and
submission of a report to the Committee on Appropriations
of the Senate and of the House detailing the planned uses
of such funds.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 207. Of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available for the Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices, General Departmental Management, for fiscal year
1996, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
transfer to the Office of the Inspector General such sums
as may be necessary for any expenses with respect to the
provision of security protection for the Secretary of Health
and Human Services.
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding section 106 of Public Law
104–91, appropriations for the National Institutes of
Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
shall be available for fiscal year 1996 as specified in section
101 of Public Law 104–91.
(RESCISSION)
SEC. 209. Of the amounts made available under the
account heading ‘‘Disease Control, Research, and Training’’
under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, De-
partment of Health and Human Services in Public Law
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103–333, Public Law 103–112, and Public Law 102–394
for immunization activities, $53,000,000 are hereby re-
scinded.
SEC. 210. Of the funds provided for the account head-
ing ‘‘Disease Control, Research, and Training’’ in Public
Law 104–91, $31,642,000, to be derived from the Violent
Crime Reduction Trust Fund, is hereby available for carry-
ing out sections 40151, 40261, and 40293 of Public Law
103–322 notwithstanding any provision of Public Law
104–91.
SEC. 211. The Director of the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention may redirect the total amount made
available under the authority of Public Law 101–502, sec-
tion 3, dated November 3, 1990, to activities the Director
may so designate: Provided, That the Congress is to be noti-
fied promptly of any such transfer.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act or of Public Law 104–91, the Director of the Office of
AIDS Research, National Institutes of Health, in consulta-
tion with the Director, National Institutes of Health, may
transfer up to 3 percent among Institutes from the total
amounts identified in each Institute for AIDS research:
Provided, That such transfers shall be within 30 days of
enactment of this Act and be based on the scientific prior-
ities established in the plan developed by the Director in
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accordance with section 2353 of Public Law 103–43: Pro-
vided further, That the Congress is promptly notified of the
transfer.
SEC. 213. If the Secretary fails to approve the applica-
tion for waivers related to the Achieving Change for Texans,
a comprehensive reform of the Texas Aid To Families With
Dependent Children program designed to encourage work
instead of welfare, a request under section 1115(a) of the
Social Security Act submitted by the Texas Department of
Human Services on September 30, 1995, by the date of en-
actment of this Act, notwithstanding the Secretary’s author-
ity to approve the applications under such section, the ap-
plication shall be deemed approved.
SEC. 214. (a) REIMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN CLAIMS
UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, and subject to subsection (b), in the
case where payment has been made by a State under title
XIX of the Social Security Act between December 31, 1993,
and December 31, 1995, to a State-operated psychiatric hos-
pital for services provided directly by the hospital or by
providers under contract or agreement with the hospital,
and the Secretary of Health and Human Services has noti-
fied the State that the Secretary intends to defer the deter-
mination of claims for reimbursement related to such pay-
ment but for which a deferral of such claims has not been
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taken as of March 1, 1996, (or, if such claims have been
deferred as of such date, such claims have not been dis-
allowed by such date), the Secretary shall—
(1) if, as of the date of the enactment of this
title, such claims have been formally deferred or dis-
allowed, discontinue any such action, and if a dis-
allowance of such claims has been taken as of such
date, rescind any payment reductions effected;
(2) not initiate any deferral or disallowance pro-
ceeding related to such claims; and
(3) allow reimbursement of such claims.
(b) LIMITATION ON RESCISSION OR REIMBURSEMENT
OF CLAIMS.—The total amount of payment reductions re-
scinded or reimbursement of claims allowed under sub-
section (a) shall not exceed $54,000,000.
(c) OFFSET OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Act, the amounts on lines 5 and 8 of page
570 (relating to the Social Services Block Grant) shall each
be reduced by $70,000,000.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health
and Human Services Appropriations Act, 1996’’.
TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION REFORM
For carrying out activities authorized by titles III and
IV of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act and the School-
1121
to-Work Opportunities Act, $385,000,000, of which
$290,000,000 for the Goals 2000: Educate America Act and
$95,000,000 for the School-to-Work Opportunities Act
which shall become available on July 1, 1996, and remain
available through September 30, 1997: Provided, That not-
withstanding section 311(e) of Public Law 103–227, the
Secretary is authorized to grant up to six additional State
education agencies authority to waive Federal statutory or
regulatory requirements for fiscal year 1996 and succeeding
fiscal years.
EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED
For carrying out title I of the Elementary and Second-
ary Education Act of 1965, and section 418A of the Higher
Education Act, $6,513,511,000, of which $6,497,172,000
shall become available on July 1, 1996 and shall remain
available through September 30, 1997: Provided, That
$5,266,863,000 shall be available for basic grants under sec-
tion 1124: Provided further, That up to $3,500,000 of these
funds shall be available to the Secretary on October 1, 1995,
to obtain updated local-educational-agency-level census pov-
erty data from the Bureau of the Census: Provided further,
That $692,341,000 shall be available for concentration
grants under section 1124(A) and $3,370,000 shall be avail-
able for evaluations under section 1501.
1122
IMPACT AID
For carrying out programs of financial assistance to
federally affected schools authorized by title VIII of the Ele-
mentary 
and 
Secondary 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965,
$691,159,000, of which $581,170,000 shall be for basic sup-
port payments under section 8003(b), $40,000,000 shall be
for payments for children with disabilities under section
8003(d), $50,000,000, to remain available until expended,
shall be for payments under section 8003(f), $5,000,000
shall be for construction under section 8007, and
$14,989,000 shall be for Federal property payments under
section 8002.
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS
For carrying out school improvement activities author-
ized by titles II, IV–A–1, V–A, VI, VII–B, and titles IX,
X and XIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965; the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance
Act; and the Civil Rights Act of 1964; $948,987,000 of
which $775,760,000 shall become available on July 1, 1996,
and remain available through September 30, 1997: Pro-
vided, That of the amount appropriated, $275,000,000 shall
be for Eisenhower professional development State grants
under title II–B and $275,000,000 shall be for innovative
education program strategies State grants under title VI–
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A: Provided further, That not less than $3,000,000 shall be
for innovative programs under section 5111.
BILINGUAL AND IMMIGRANT EDUCATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided,
bilingual and immigrant education activities authorized by
title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act,
without regard to section 7103(b), $150,000,000 of which
$50,000,000 shall be for immigrant education programs au-
thorized by part C: Provided, That State educational agen-
cies may use all, or any part of, their part C allocation
for competitive grants to local educational agencies.
SPECIAL EDUCATION
For carrying out parts B, C, D, E, F, G, and H and
section 610(j)(2)(C) of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act, $3,245,447,000, of which $3,000,000,000
shall become available for obligation on July 1, 1996, and
shall remain available through September 30, 1997: Pro-
vided, That the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the
Federated States of Micronesia shall be considered jurisdic-
tions for the purposes of section 611(e)(1), of the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act: Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 621(e), funds made available for
section 621 shall be distributed among each of the regional
centers and the Federal center in proportion to the amount
that each such center received in fiscal year 1995.
1124
REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided,
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Technology-Related As-
sistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act, and the
Helen 
Keller 
National 
Center 
Act, 
as 
amended,
$2,452,620,000.
SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND
For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, as amended
(20 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), $6,680,000.
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF
For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf
under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of
1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), $42,180,000: Provided, That
from the amount available, the Institute may at its discre-
tion use funds for the endowment program as authorized
under section 207.
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY
For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School,
the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial
support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of
the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et
seq.), $77,629,000: Provided, That from the amount avail-
able, the University may at its discretion use funds for the
endowment program as authorized under section 207.
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VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided,
the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology
Education Act, the Adult Education Act, and the National
Literacy Act of 1991, $1,257,888,000, of which $4,869,000
shall be for the National Institute for Literacy, and of which
$5,100,000 shall be available to carry out title VI of the
National Literacy Act of 1991; and of which $1,254,969,000
shall become available on July 1, 1996 and shall remain
available through September 30, 1997: Provided, That of
the amounts made available under the Carl D. Perkins Vo-
cational 
and 
Applied 
Technology 
Education 
Act,
$5,000,000 shall be for national programs under title IV
without regard to section 451 and $350,000 shall be for
evaluations under section 346(b) of the Act and no funds
shall be available for State councils under section 112.
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, part
C, and part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of
1965, as amended, $6,165,290,000, which shall remain
available through September 30, 1997: Provided, That not-
withstanding section 401(a)(1) of the Act, there shall be not
to exceed 3,634,000 Pell Grant recipients in award year
1995–1996.
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The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall
be eligible during award year 1996–1997 shall be $2,440:
Provided, That notwithstanding section 401(g) of the Act,
as amended, if the Secretary determines, prior to publica-
tion of the payment schedule for award year 1996–1997,
that the $4,814,000,000 included within this appropriation
for Pell Grant awards for award year 1996–1997, and any
funds available from the fiscal year 1995 appropriation for
Pell Grant awards, are insufficient to satisfy fully all such
awards for which students are eligible, as calculated under
section 401(b) of the Act, the amount paid for each such
award shall be reduced by either a fixed or variable percent-
age, or by a fixed dollar amount, as determined in accord-
ance with a schedule of reductions established by the Sec-
retary for this purpose.
FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATION LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out
guaranteed student loans authorized by title IV, part B, of
the Higher Education Act, as amended, $30,066,000.
HIGHER EDUCATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided,
parts A and B of title III, without regard to section
360(a)(1)(B)(ii), chapters I and II of subpart 2 and sub-
part 6 of part A of title IV, subpart 2 of part E of title
V, parts A, B and C of title VI, title VII, parts C, D, and
1127
G of title IX, part A and subpart 1 of part B of title X,
and part A of title XI of the Higher Education Act of 1965,
as amended, Public Law 102–423, and the Mutual Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961; $836,964,000,
of which $16,712,000 for interest subsidies under title VII
of the Higher Education Act, as amended, shall remain
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding
sections 419D, 419E, and 419H of the Higher Education
Act, as amended, scholarships made under title IV, part A,
subpart 6 shall be prorated to maintain the same number
of new scholarships in fiscal year 1996 as in fiscal year
1995.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
For partial support of Howard University (20 U.S.C.
121 et seq.), $174,671,000: Provided, That from the amount
available, the University may at its discretion use funds
for the endowment program as authorized under the How-
ard University Endowment Act (Public Law 98–480).
HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES LOANS
The Secretary is hereby authorized to make such ex-
penditures, within the limits of funds available under this
heading and in accord with law, and to make such contracts
and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitation,
as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation
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Control Act (31 U.S.C. 9104), as may be necessary in car-
rying out the program for the current fiscal year.
COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS
PROGRAM
For administrative expenses to carry out the existing
direct loan program of college housing and academic facili-
ties loans entered into pursuant to title VII, part C, of the
Higher Education Act, as amended, $700,000.
COLLEGE HOUSING LOANS
Pursuant to title VII, part C of the Higher Education
Act, as amended, for necessary expenses of the college hous-
ing loans program, previously carried out under title IV
of the Housing Act of 1950, the Secretary shall make ex-
penditures and enter into contracts without regard to fiscal
year limitation using loan repayments and other resources
available to this account. Any unobligated balances becom-
ing available from fixed fees paid into this account pursu-
ant to 12 U.S.C. 1749d, relating to payment of costs for
inspections and site visits, shall be available for the operat-
ing expenses of this account.
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL
FINANCING, PROGRAM ACCOUNT
The total amount of bonds insured pursuant to section
724 of title VII, part B of the Higher Education Act shall
not exceed $357,000,000, and the cost, as defined in section
1129
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of such bonds
shall not exceed zero.
For administrative expenses to carry out the Histori-
cally Black College and University Capital Financing Pro-
gram entered into pursuant to title VII, part B of the High-
er Education Act, as amended, $166,000.
EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, AND IMPROVEMENT
For carrying out activities authorized by the Edu-
cational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Im-
provement Act; the National Education Statistics Act; sec-
tions 2102, 3134, and 3136, parts B, C, and D of title III,
parts A, B, I, and K, and section 10601 of title X, part
C of title XIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965, as amended, and title VI of the Goals 2000:
Educate America Act, $328,268,000: Provided, That
$4,000,000 shall be for section 10601 of the Elementary and
Secondary 
Education 
Act: 
Provided 
further, 
That
$25,000,000 shall be for sections 3136 and 3141 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act: Provided further,
That $51,000,000 shall be for regional laboratories,
$5,000,000 shall be for International Education Exchange,
and $3,000,000 shall be for the elementary mathematics and
science equipment projects under the fund for the improve-
ment of education: Provided further That funds shall be
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used to extend star schools partnership projects that received
continuation grants in fiscal year 1995.
LIBRARIES
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided,
titles I, II, and III of the Library Services and Construction
Act, and title II–B of the Higher Education Act,
$131,505,000, of which $16,369,000 shall be used to carry
out the provisions of title II of the Library Services and
Construction Act and shall remain available until ex-
pended; and $2,500,000 shall be for section 222 and
$2,000,000 shall be for section 223 of the Higher Education
Act: Provided, That $1,000,000 shall be awarded to a non-
profit foundation using multi-media technology to docu-
ment and archive not less than 40,000 holocaust survivors’
testimony: Provided further, That $1,000,000 shall be for
the continued funding of an existing demonstration project
making information available for public use by connecting
Internet to a multistate consortium.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided,
the Department of Education Organization Act, including
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and
hire of two passenger motor vehicles, $327,319,000.
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OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights,
as authorized by section 203 of the Department of Edu-
cation Organization Act, $55,451,000.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector
General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department
of Education Organization Act, $28,654,000.
HEADQUARTERS RENOVATION
For necessary expenses for the renovation of the De-
partment of Education headquarters building, $7,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 1998.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be
used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for
the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order
to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school system,
or for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the
purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to
carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any school or
school system.
SEC. 302. None of the funds contained in this Act shall
be used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation
of any student to a school other than the school which is
nearest the student’s home, except for a student requiring
special education, to the school offering such special edu-
1132
cation, in order to comply with title VI of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section an indirect re-
quirement of transportation of students includes the trans-
portation of students to carry out a plan involving the reor-
ganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing of
schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of
grade restructuring, pairing or clustering. The prohibition
described in this section does not include the establishment
of magnet schools.
SEC. 303. No funds appropriated under this Act may
be used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol-
untary prayer and meditation in the public schools.
SEC. 304. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
funds available under section 458 of the Higher Education
Act shall not exceed $460,000,000 for fiscal year 1996. The
Department of Education shall pay (i) administrative cost
allowances owed to guaranty agencies for fiscal year 1995
estimated at $95,000,000. The Department of Education
shall pay administrative cost allowances to guaranty agen-
cies, payable quarterly, calculated on the basis of 0.85 per-
cent of the total principal amount of loans upon which in-
surance was issued on or after October 1, 1995 by such
guaranty agency. Receipt of such funds and uses of such
funds shall be in accordance with section 428(f).
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Notwithstanding section 458 of the Higher Education
Act, the Secretary may not use funds available under that
section or any other section for subsequent fiscal years for
administrative expenses of the William D. Ford Direct
Loan Program during fiscal year 1996, nor may the Sec-
retary require the return of guaranty agency reserve funds
during fiscal year 1996, except after consultation with ap-
propriate committees of Congress.
No funds available to the Secretary may be used for
payment of administrative fees relating to the William D.
Ford Direct Loan Program to institutions of higher edu-
cation.
SEC. 305. (a)(1) From any unobligated funds that are
available to the Secretary of Education to carry out section
5 or 14 of the Act of September 23, 1950 (Public Law 815,
81st Congress) (as such Act was in effect on September 30,
1994) not less than $11,500,000 shall be available to the
Secretary of Education to carry out subsection (b).
(2) Any unobligated funds described in paragraph (1)
that remain unobligated after the Secretary of Education
carries out such paragraph shall be available to the Sec-
retary of Education to carry out section 8007 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
7707).
1134
(b)(1) The Secretary of Education shall award the
funds described in subsection (a)(1) to local educational
agencies, under such terms and conditions as the Secretary
of Education determines appropriate, for the construction
of public elementary or secondary schools on Indian res-
ervations or in school districts that—
(A) the Secretary of Education determines are in
dire need of construction funding;
(B) contain a public elementary or secondary
school that serves a student population which is 90
percent Indian students; and
(C) serve students who are taught in inadequate
or unsafe structures, or in a public elementary or sec-
ondary school that has been condemned.
(2) A local educational agency that receives construc-
tion funding under this subsection for fiscal year 1996 shall
not be eligible to receive any funds under section 8007 of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 7707) for school construction for fiscal years 1996
and 1997.
(3) As used in this subsection, the term ‘‘construction’’
has the meaning given that term in section 8013(3) of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 7713(3)).
1135
(4) No request for construction funding under this sub-
section shall be approved unless the request is received by
the Secretary of Education not later than 30 days after the
date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 306. (a) Section 428(n) of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078(n)) is amended by adding at
the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) APPLICABILITY
TO
PART
D
LOANS.—The
provisions of this subsection shall apply to institu-
tions of higher education participating in direct lend-
ing under part D with respect to loans made under
such part, and for the purposes of this paragraph,
paragraph (4) shall be applied by inserting ‘or part
D’ after ‘this part’.’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take
effect on July 1, 1996.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-
cation Appropriations Act, 1996’’.
TITLE IV—RELATED AGENCIES
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME
For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home to operate and maintain the United States Sol-
diers’ and Airmen’s Home and the United States Naval
Home, to be paid from funds available in the Armed Forces
Retirement Home Trust Fund, $55,971,000, of which
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$1,954,000 shall remain available until expended for con-
struction and renovation of the physical plants at the Unit-
ed States Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home and the United
States Naval Home: Provided, That this appropriation
shall not be available for the payment of hospitalization of
members of the Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home in United
States Army hospitals at rates in excess of those prescribed
by the Secretary of the Army upon recommendation of the
Board of Commissioners and the Surgeon General of the
Army.
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROGRAMS, OPERATING
EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service to carry out the provisions
of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amended,
$201,294,000, of which $5,024,000 shall be available to
carry out section 109 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act
of 1973.
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broadcast-
ing, as authorized by the Communications Act of 1934, an
amount which shall be available within limitations speci-
fied by that Act, for the fiscal year 1998, $250,000,000: Pro-
vided, That no funds made available to the Corporation for
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Public Broadcasting by this Act shall be used to pay for
receptions, parties, or similar forms of entertainment for
Government officials or employees: Provided further, That
none of the funds contained in this paragraph shall be
available or used to aid or support any program or activity
from which any person is excluded, or is denied benefits,
or is discriminated against, on the basis of race, color, na-
tional origin, religion, or sex.
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service to carry out the functions vested in
it by the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C.
171–180, 182–183), including hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; and for expenses necessary for the Labor-Management
Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a); and for expenses
necessary for the Service to carry out the functions vested
in it by the Civil Service Reform Act, Public Law 95–454
(5 U.S.C. chapter 71), $32,396,000 including $1,500,000,
to remain available through September 30, 1997, for activi-
ties authorized by the Labor Management Cooperation Act
of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 175a): Provided, That notwithstanding
31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged for special training activities
up to full-cost recovery shall be credited to and merged with
this account, and shall remain available until expended:
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Provided further, That the Director of the Service is author-
ized to accept on behalf of the United States gifts of services
and real, personal, or other property in the aid of any
projects or functions within the Director’s jurisdiction.
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW
COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety
and Health Review Commission (30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.),
$6,200,000.
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION
SCIENCE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the National Commission
on Libraries and Information Science, established by the
Act of July 20, 1970 (Public Law 91–345, as amended by
Public Law 102–95), $829,000.
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the National Council on
Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, as amended, $1,793,000.
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NATIONAL EDUCATION GOALS PANEL
For expenses necessary for the National Education
Goals Panel, as authorized by title II, part A of the Goals
2000: Educate America Act, $1,000,000.
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela-
tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended (29
U.S.C. 141–167), and other laws, $167,245,000: Provided,
That no part of this appropriation shall be available to or-
ganize or assist in organizing agricultural laborers or used
in connection with investigations, hearings, directives, or
orders concerning bargaining units composed of agricul-
tural laborers as referred to in section 2(3) of the Act of
July 5, 1935 (29 U.S.C. 152), and as amended by the
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended, and
as defined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938 (29
U.S.C. 203), and including in said definition employees en-
gaged in the maintenance and operation of ditches, canals,
reservoirs, and waterways when maintained or operated on
a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 95 per centum of
the water stored or supplied thereby is used for farming
purposes.
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NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of
the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151–188),
including emergency boards appointed by the President,
$7,837,000.
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW
COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety
and Health Review Commission (29 U.S.C. 661),
$8,100,000.
PHYSICIAN PAYMENT REVIEW COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1845(a) of
the Social Security Act, $2,923,000, to be transferred to this
appropriation from the Federal Supplementary Medical In-
surance Trust Fund.
PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT ASSESSMENT COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1886(e) of
the Social Security Act, $3,267,000, to be transferred to this
appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds.
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors In-
surance and the Federal Disability Insurance trust funds,
as provided under sections 201(m), 228(g), and 1131(b)(2)
of the Social Security Act, $22,641,000.
In addition, to reimburse these trust funds for admin-
istrative expenses to carry out sections 9704 and 9706 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, $10,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS
For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety
and Health Act of 1977, $485,396,000, to remain available
until expended.
For making, after July 31 of the current fiscal year,
benefit payments to individuals under title IV of the Fed-
eral Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, for costs incurred
in the current fiscal year, such amounts as may be nec-
essary.
For making benefit payments under title IV of the Fed-
eral Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 for the first quar-
ter of fiscal year 1997, $170,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
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SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Secu-
rity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212
of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of Public
Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Security
trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pursuant
to 
section 
201(g)(1) 
of 
the 
Social 
Security 
Act,
$18,595,012,000, to remain available until expended, of
which $1,500,000 shall be for a demonstration program to
foster economic independence among people with disabil-
ities through disability sport, in connection with the Tenth
Paralympic Games: Provided, That any portion of the
funds provided to a State in the current fiscal year and
not obligated by the State during that year shall be returned
to the Treasury.
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year,
benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So-
cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.
For carrying out title XVI of the Social Security Act
for the first quarter of fiscal year 1997, $9,260,000,000, to
remain available until expended.
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, including the hire of two me-
dium size passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed
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$10,000 for official reception and representation expenses,
not more than $5,271,183,000 may be expended, as author-
ized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act or as
necessary to carry out sections 9704 and 9706 of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 from any one or all of the trust
funds referred to therein: Provided, That reimbursement to
the trust funds under this heading for administrative ex-
penses to carry out sections 9704 and 9706 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 shall be made, with interest, not later
than September 30, 1997: Provided further, That unobli-
gated balances at the end of fiscal year 1996 shall remain
available until expended for a state-of-the-art computing
network, including related equipment and administrative
expenses associated solely with this network.
In addition to funding already available under this
heading, and subject to the same terms and conditions,
$407,000,000, for disability caseload processing.
In addition to funding already available under this
heading, and subject to the same terms and conditions,
$167,000,000, which shall remain available until expended,
to invest in a state-of-the-art computing network, including
related equipment and administrative expenses associated
solely with this network, for the Social Security Adminis-
tration and the State Disability Determination Services,
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may be expended from any or all of the trust funds as au-
thorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended, $4,816,000, together with not to
exceed $21,076,000, to be transferred and expended as au-
thorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from
the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund
and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account,
authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement
Act of 1974, $239,000,000, which shall include amounts be-
coming available in fiscal year 1996 pursuant to section
224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addition, an
amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount provided
herein, shall be available proportional to the amount by
which the product of recipients and the average benefit re-
ceived exceeds $239,000,000: Provided, That the total
amount provided herein shall be credited in 12 approxi-
mately equal amounts on the first day of each month in
the fiscal year.
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FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT
ACCOUNTS
For payment to the accounts established in the Treas-
ury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retire-
ment Act for interest earned on unnegotiated checks,
$300,000, to remain available through September 30, 1997,
which shall be the maximum amount available for payment
pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98–76.
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement
Board in administering the Railroad Retirement Act and
the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, $89,094,000, to
be derived as authorized by section 15(h) of the Railroad
Retirement Act and section 10(a) of the Railroad Unem-
ployment Insurance Act, from the accounts referred to in
those sections.
SPECIAL MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT FUND
To effect management improvements, including the re-
duction of backlogs, accuracy of taxation accounting, and
debt collection, $659,000, to be derived from the railroad
retirement accounts and railroad unemployment insurance
account: Provided, That these funds shall supplement, not
supplant, existing resources devoted to such operations and
improvements.
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LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral for audit, investigatory and review activities, as au-
thorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,
not more than $5,673,000, to be derived from the railroad
retirement accounts and railroad unemployment insurance
account.
UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the United States Institute
of Peace as authorized in the United States Institute of
Peace Act, $11,500,000.
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and
Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer
unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts
corresponding to current appropriations provided in this
Act: Provided, That such transferred balances are used for
the same purpose, and for the same periods of time, for
which they were originally appropriated.
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained
in this Act shall be used, other than for normal and recog-
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nized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or
propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or
use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, tele-
vision, or film presentation designed to support or defeat
legislation pending before the Congress, except in presen-
tation to the Congress itself.
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant
or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, re-
lated to any activity designed to influence legislation or ap-
propriations pending before the Congress.
SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are
each authorized to make available not to exceed $15,000
from funds available for salaries and expenses under titles
I and III, respectively, for official reception and representa-
tion expenses; the Director of the Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service is authorized to make available for of-
ficial reception and representation expenses not to exceed
$2,500 from the funds available for ‘‘Salaries and expenses,
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service’’; and the
Chairman of the National Mediation Board is authorized
to make available for official reception and representation
expenses not to exceed $2,500 from funds available for ‘‘Sal-
aries and expenses, National Mediation Board’’.
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SEC. 505. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, no funds appropriated under this Act shall be used to
carry out any program of distributing sterile needles for
the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug unless the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services determines that such
programs are effective in preventing the spread of HIV and
do not encourage the use of illegal drugs.
SEC. 506. (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIP-
MENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Congress that,
to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and prod-
ucts purchased with funds made available in this Act should
be American-made.
(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial
assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any entity
using funds made available in this Act, the head of each
Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall pro-
vide to such entity a notice describing the statement made
in subsection (a) by the Congress.
SEC. 507. When issuing statements, press releases, re-
quests for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents
describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part
with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal funds,
including but not limited to State and local governments
and recipients of Federal research grants, shall clearly state
(1) the percentage of the total costs of the program or project
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which will be financed with Federal money, (2) the dollar
amount of Federal funds for the project or program, and
(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the
project or program that will be financed by nongovern-
mental sources.
SEC. 508. None of the funds appropriated under this
Act shall be expended for any abortion except when it is
made known to the Federal entity or official to which funds
are appropriated under this Act that such procedure is nec-
essary to save the life of the mother or that the pregnancy
is the result of an act of rape or incest.
SEC. 509. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law—
(1) no amount may be transferred from an ap-
propriation account for the Departments of Labor,
Health and Human Services, and Education except
as authorized in this or any subsequent appropriation
act, or in the Act establishing the program or activity
for which funds are contained in this Act;
(2) no department, agency, or other entity, other
than the one responsible for administering the pro-
gram or activity for which an appropriation is made
in this Act, may exercise authority for the timing of
the obligation and expenditure of such appropriation,
or for the purposes for which it is obligated and ex-
1150
pended, except to the extent and in the manner other-
wise provided in sections 1512 and 1513 of title 31,
United States Code; and
(3) no funds provided under this Act shall be
available for the salary (or any part thereof) of an
employee who is reassigned on a temporary detail
basis to another position in the employing agency or
department or in any other agency or department,
unless the detail is independently approved by the
head of the employing department or agency.
SEC. 510. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of
the funds made available in this Act may be used for the
expenses of an electronic benefit transfer (EBT) task force.
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to enforce the requirements of section
428(b)(1)(U)(iii) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 with
respect to any lender when it is made known to the Federal
official having authority to obligate or expend such funds
that the lender has a loan portfolio under part B of title
IV of such Act that is equal to or less than $5,000,000.
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used for Pell Grants under subpart 1 of part
A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to stu-
dents attending an institution of higher education that is
ineligible to participate in a loan program under such title
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as a result of a default determination under section
435(a)(2) of such Act, unless such institution has a partici-
pation rate index (as defined at 34 CFR 668.17) that is
less than or equal to 0.0375.
SEC. 513. No more than 1 percent of salaries appro-
priated for each Agency in this Act may be expended by
that Agency on cash performance awards: Provided, That
of the budgetary resources available to Agencies in this Act
for salaries and expenses during fiscal year 1996,
$30,500,000, to be allocated by the Office of Management
and Budget, are permanently canceled: Provided further,
That the foregoing proviso shall not apply to the Food and
Drug Administration and the Indian Health Service.
SEC. 514. (a) HIGH COST TRAINING EXCEPTION.—
Section 428H(d)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1078–8(d)(2)) is amended by striking out the
period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a
semicolon and the following:
‘‘except in cases where the Secretary determines, that a
higher amount is warranted in order to carry out the pur-
pose of this part with respect to students engaged in special-
ized training requiring exceptionally high costs of edu-
cation, but the annual insurable limit per student shall not
be deemed to be exceeded by a line of credit under which
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actual payments by the lender to the borrower will not be
made in any years in excess of the annual limit.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall be effective for loans made to cover the cost
of instruction for periods of enrollment beginning on or
after July 1, 1996.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor,
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996’’.
(e) Such amounts as may be necessary for programs,
projects or activities provided for in the Departments of Vet-
erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 at a rate
of operations and to the extent and in the manner provided
as follows, to be effective as if it had been enacted into law
as the regular appropriations Act:
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Departments of Veter-
ans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for
sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corpora-
tions, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1996, and for other purposes.
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TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the payment of compensation benefits to or on be-
half of veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, chap-
ters 11, 13, 51, 53, 55, and 61); pension benefits to or on
behalf of veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapters
15, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 92 Stat. 2508); and burial benefits,
emergency and other officers’ retirement pay, adjusted-serv-
ice credits and certificates, payment of premiums due on
commercial life insurance policies guaranteed under the
provisions of Article IV of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil
Relief Act of 1940, as amended, and for other benefits as
authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106,
chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 50 U.S.C. App. 540–548;
43 Stat. 122, 123; 45 Stat. 735; 76 Stat. 1198);
$18,331,561,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $25,180,000 of the amount appro-
priated shall be reimbursed to ‘‘General operating expenses’’
and ‘‘Medical care’’ for necessary expenses in implementing
those provisions authorized in the Omnibus Budget Rec-
onciliation Act of 1990, and in the Veterans’ Benefits Act
of 1992 (38 U.S.C. chapters 51, 53, and 55), the funding
source for which is specifically provided as the ‘‘Compensa-
1154
tion and pensions’’ appropriation: Provided further, That
such sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying pa-
tient basis, shall be reimbursed to ‘‘Medical facilities revolv-
ing fund’’ to augment the funding of individual medical
facilities for nursing home care provided to pensioners as
authorized by the Veterans’ Benefits Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C.
chapter 55): Provided further, That $12,000,000 previously
transferred from ‘‘Compensation and pensions’’ to ‘‘Medical
facilities revolving fund’’ shall be transferred to this head-
ing.
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation
benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by law
(38 U.S.C. chapters 21, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55,
and 61), $1,345,300,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That funds shall be available to pay any
court order, court award or any compromise settlement
arising from litigation involving the vocational training
program authorized by section 18 of Public Law 98–77, as
amended.
VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES
For military and naval insurance, national service life
insurance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled veter-
ans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as au-
thorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapter 19; 70 Stat. 887; 72
1155
Stat. 487), $24,890,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
GUARANTY AND INDEMNITY PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums
as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of the pro-
gram, as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, as amended:
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, as amended.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $65,226,000,
which may be transferred to and merged with the appro-
priation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’.
LOAN GUARANTY PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums
as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of the pro-
gram, as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, as amended:
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, as amended.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $52,138,000,
which may be transferred to and merged with the appro-
priation for ‘‘General operating expenses’’.
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DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans, such sums as may be nec-
essary to carry out the purpose of the program, as author-
ized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, as amended: 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 during
1996, within the resources available, not to exceed $300,000
in gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for spe-
cially adapted housing loans (38 U.S.C. chapter 37).
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct loan program, $459,000, which may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General
operating expenses’’.
EDUCATION LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans, $1,000, as authorized by
38 U.S.C. 3698, as amended: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding 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 $4,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct loan program, $195,000, which may
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be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
‘‘General operating expenses’’.
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans, $54,000, as authorized by
38 U.S.C. chapter 31, as amended: 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 subsidize gross obligations for the principal
amount of direct loans not to exceed $1,964,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct loan program, $377,000, which may
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
‘‘General operating expenses’’.
NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct
loan program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, sub-
chapter V, as amended, $205,000, which may be transferred
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘General operat-
ing expenses’’.
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VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
MEDICAL CARE
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and oper-
ation of hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facili-
ties; for furnishing, as authorized by law, inpatient and
outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs, including care and treatment
in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Department
of Veterans Affairs, and furnishing recreational facilities,
supplies, and equipment; funeral, burial, and other expenses
incidental thereto for beneficiaries receiving care in Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs facilities; administrative expenses
in support of planning, design, project management, real
property acquisition and disposition, construction and ren-
ovation of any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use
of the Department of Veterans Affairs; oversight, engineer-
ing and architectural activities not charged to project cost;
repairing, altering, improving or providing facilities in the
several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the
Department of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for,
either by contract or by the hire of temporary employees
and purchase of materials; uniforms or allowances therefor,
as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); aid to State
homes as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 1741); and not to
exceed $8,000,000 to fund cost comparison studies as re-
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ferred to in 38 U.S.C. 8110(a)(5); $16,564,000,000, plus re-
imbursements: Provided, That of the funds made available
under this heading, $789,000,000 is for the equipment and
land and structures object classifications only, which
amount shall not become available for obligation until Au-
gust 1, 1996, and shall remain available for obligation until
September 30, 1997.
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH
For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of
medical and prosthetic research and development as author-
ized by law (38 U.S.C. chapter 73), to remain available
until September 30, 1997, $257,000,000, plus reimburse-
ments.
MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses in the administration of the
medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction,
supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; ad-
ministrative expenses in support of planning, design,
project management, architectural, engineering, real prop-
erty acquisition and disposition, construction and renova-
tion of any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use
of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including site acqui-
sition; engineering and architectural activities not charged
to project cost; and research and development in building
construction technology; $63,602,000, plus reimbursements.
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TRANSITIONAL HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans, $7,000, as authorized by
Public Law 102–54, section 8, which shall be transferred
from the ‘‘General post fund’’: Provided, That such costs,
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined 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 $70,000. In addition,
for administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan pro-
gram, $54,000, which shall be transferred from the ‘‘General
post fund’’, as authorized by Public Law 102–54, section
8.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary operating expenses of the Department of
Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law; not to
exceed $25,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and reimbursement
of the General Services Administration for security guard
services, and the Department of Defense for the cost of over-
seas employee mail; $848,143,000: Provided, That of the
amount appropriated and any other funds made available
from any other source for activities funded under this head-
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ing, except reimbursements, not to exceed $214,109,000
shall be available for General Administration; including not
to exceed (1) $50,000 for travel in the Office of the Sec-
retary, (2) $75,000 for travel in the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy and Planning, (3) $33,000 for travel
in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional
Affairs, and (4) $100,000 for travel in the Office of Assist-
ant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs:
Provided further, That during fiscal year 1996, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the number of individ-
uals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (1)
in other than ‘‘career appointee’’ positions in the Senior
Executive Service shall not exceed 6, and (2) in schedule
C positions shall not exceed 11: Provided further, That not
to exceed $6,000,000 of the amount appropriated shall be
available for administrative expenses to carry out the direct
and guaranteed loan programs under the Loan Guaranty
Program Account: Provided further, That funds under this
heading shall be available to administer the Service Mem-
bers Occupational Conversion and Training Act: Provided
further, That none of the funds under this heading may be
obligated or expended for the acquisition of automated data
processing equipment and services for Department of Veter-
ans Affairs regional offices to support Stage III of the auto-
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mated data equipment modernization program of the Veter-
ans Benefits Administration.
NATIONAL CEMETERY SYSTEM
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and oper-
ation of the National Cemetery System not otherwise pro-
vided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au-
thorized by law; cemeterial expenses as authorized by law;
purchase of three passenger motor vehicles, for use in
cemeterial operations; and hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$72,604,000.
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, $30,900,000.
CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For constructing, altering, extending and improving
any of the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use
of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any of the
purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103,
8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38, United States
Code, including planning, architectural and engineering
services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs as-
sociated with equipment guarantees provided under the
project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm
drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition,
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where the estimated cost of a project is $3,000,000 or more
or where funds for a project were made available in a pre-
vious major project appropriation, $136,155,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That except for advance
planning of projects funded through the advance planning
fund and the design of projects funded through the design
fund, none of these funds shall be used for any project which
has not been considered and approved by the Congress in
the budgetary process: Provided further, That funds pro-
vided in this appropriation for fiscal year 1996, for each
approved project shall be obligated (1) by the awarding of
a construction documents contract by September 30, 1996,
and (2) by the awarding of a construction contract by Sep-
tember 30, 1997: Provided further, That the Secretary shall
promptly report in writing to the Comptroller General and
to the Committees on Appropriations any approved major
construction project in which obligations are not incurred
within the time limitations established above; and the
Comptroller General shall review the report in accordance
with the procedures established by section 1015 of the Im-
poundment Control Act of 1974 (title X of Public Law 93–
344): Provided further, That no funds from any other ac-
count except the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’, may be obli-
gated for constructing, altering, extending, or improving a
project which was approved in the budget process and fund-
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ed in this account until one year after substantial comple-
tion and beneficial occupancy by the Department of Veter-
ans Affairs of the project or any part thereof with respect
to that part only: Provided further, That of the funds made
available under this heading in Public Law 103–327,
$7,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Parking revolving
fund’’.
CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving
any of the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use
of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including planning,
architectural and engineering services, maintenance or
guarantee period services costs associated with equipment
guarantees provided under the project, services of claims an-
alysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system construc-
tion costs, and site acquisition, or for any of the purposes
set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106,
8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38, United States Code,
where the estimated cost of a project is less than $3,000,000,
$190,000,000, to remain available until expended, along
with unobligated balances of previous ‘‘Construction, minor
projects’’ appropriations which are hereby made available
for any project where the estimated cost is less than
$3,000,000: Provided, That funds in this account shall be
available for (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities
under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of
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Veterans Affairs which are necessary because of loss or dam-
age caused by any natural disaster or catastrophe, and (2)
temporary measures necessary to prevent or to minimize
further loss by such causes.
PARKING REVOLVING FUND
For the parking revolving fund as authorized by law
(38 U.S.C. 8109), income from fees collected, to remain
available until expended. Resources of this fund shall be
available for all expenses authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8109 ex-
cept operations and maintenance costs which will be funded
from ‘‘Medical care’’.
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE
FACILITIES
For grants to assist the several States to acquire or
construct State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and
to remodel, modify or alter existing hospital, nursing home
and domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing
care to veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 8131–
8137), $47,397,000, to remain available until expended.
GRANTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERANS
CEMETERIES
For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding,
or improving State veteran cemeteries as authorized by law
(38 U.S.C. 2408), $1,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 1998.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 101. Any appropriation for 1996 for ‘‘Compensa-
tion and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and ‘‘Veter-
ans insurance and indemnities’’ may be transferred to any
other of the mentioned appropriations.
SEC. 102. Appropriations available to the Department
of Veterans Affairs for 1996 for salaries and expenses shall
be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 103. No part of the appropriations in this Act
for the Department of Veterans Affairs (except the appro-
priations for ‘‘Construction, major projects’’, ‘‘Construc-
tion, minor projects’’, and the ‘‘Parking revolving fund’’)
shall be available for the purchase of any site for or toward
the construction of any new hospital or home.
SEC. 104. No part of the foregoing appropriations shall
be available for hospitalization or examination of any per-
sons except beneficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing
such benefits to veterans, unless reimbursement of cost is
made to the appropriation at such rates as may be fixed
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Department
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1996 for ‘‘Compensation
and pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans in-
surance and indemnities’’ shall be available for payment
of prior year accrued obligations required to be recorded
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by law against the corresponding prior year accounts with-
in the last quarter of fiscal year 1995.
SEC. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1996 shall be
available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding
prior year appropriations accounts resulting from title X
of the Competitive Equality Banking Act, Public Law 100–
86, except that if such obligations are from trust fund ac-
counts they shall be payable from ‘‘Compensation and pen-
sions’’.
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is authorized to transfer,
without compensation or reimbursement, the jurisdiction
and control of a parcel of land consisting of approximately
6.3 acres, located on the south edge of the Department of
Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Office Center, Wich-
ita, Kansas, including buildings Nos. 8 and 30 and other
improvements thereon, to the Secretary of Transportation
for the purpose of expanding and modernizing United
States Highway 54: Provided, That if necessary, the exact
acreage and legal description of the real property trans-
ferred shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall bear the cost of such survey: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Transportation shall be respon-
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sible for all costs associated with the transferred land and
improvements thereon, and compliance with all existing
statutes and regulations: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Transpor-
tation may require such additional terms and conditions
as each Secretary considers appropriate to effectuate this
transfer of land.
TITLE II
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
HOUSING PROGRAMS
ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING
For assistance under the United States Housing Act
of 1937, as amended (‘‘the Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 1437),
not otherwise provided for, $10,103,795,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That of the total
amount provided under this head, $160,000,000 shall be for
the development or acquisition cost of public housing for
Indian families, including amounts for housing under the
mutual help homeownership opportunity program under
section 202 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437bb): Provided further,
That of the total amount provided under this head,
$2,500,000,000 shall be for modernization of existing public
housing projects pursuant to section 14 of the Act (42
U.S.C. 1437l), including up to $20,000,000 for the inspec-
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tion of public housing units, contract expertise, and train-
ing and technical assistance, directly or indirectly, under
grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, to assist in the
oversight and management of public and Indian housing
(whether or not the housing is being modernized with assist-
ance under this proviso) or tenant-based assistance, includ-
ing, but not limited to, an annual resident survey, data
collection and analysis, training and technical assistance
by or to officials and employees of the Department and of
public housing agencies and to residents in connection with
the public and Indian housing program, or for carrying
out activities under section 6(j) of the Act: Provided further,
That of the total amount provided under this head,
$400,000,000 shall be for rental subsidy contracts under the
section 8 existing housing certificate program and the hous-
ing voucher program under section 8 of the Act, except that
such amounts shall be used only for units necessary to pro-
vide housing assistance for residents to be relocated from
existing federally subsidized or assisted housing, for replace-
ment housing for units demolished or disposed of (including
units to be disposed of pursuant to a homeownership pro-
gram under section 5(h) or title III of the United States
Housing Act of 1937) from the public housing inventory,
for funds related to litigation settlements, for the conversion
of section 23 projects to assistance under section 8, for pub-
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lic housing agencies to implement allocation plans ap-
proved by the Secretary for designated housing, for funds
to carry out the family unification program, and for the
relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to combat
crime in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request
from a law enforcement or prosecution agency: Provided
further, That of the total amount provided under this head,
$4,350,862,000 shall be for assistance under the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437) for use in
connection with expiring or terminating section 8 subsidy
contracts, such amounts shall be merged with all remaining
obligated and unobligated balances heretofore appropriated
under the heading ‘‘Renewal of expiring section 8 subsidy
contracts’’: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, assistance reserved under the two
preceding provisos may be used in connection with any pro-
vision of Federal law enacted in this Act or after the enact-
ment of this Act that authorizes the use of rental assistance
amounts in connection with such terminated or expired
contracts: Provided further, That the Secretary may deter-
mine not to apply section 8(o)(6)(B) of the Act to housing
vouchers during fiscal year 1996: Provided further, That
of the total amount provided under this head, $610,575,000
shall be for amendments to section 8 contracts other than
contracts for projects developed under section 202 of the
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Housing Act of 1959, as amended; and $209,000,000 shall
be for section 8 assistance and rehabilitation grants for
property disposition: Provided further, That 50 per centum
of the amounts of budget authority, or in lieu thereof 50
per centum of the cash amounts associated with such budget
authority, that are recaptured from projects described in
section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless As-
sistance Amendments Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–628,
102 Stat. 3224, 3268) shall be rescinded, or in the case of
cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts
of budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded
or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing
finance agencies or local governments or local housing agen-
cies with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development for which settlement occurred after
January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section: Provided
further, That of the total amount provided under this head,
$171,000,000 shall be for housing opportunities for persons
with AIDS under title VIII, subtitle D of the Cranston-Gon-
zalez National Affordable Housing Act; and $65,000,000
shall be for the lead-based paint hazard reduction program
as authorized under sections 1011 and 1053 of the Residen-
tial Lead-Based Hazard Reduction Act of 1992: Provided
further, That the Secretary may make up to $5,000,000 of
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any amount recaptured in this account available for the
development of performance and financial systems.
Of the total amount provided under this head,
$624,000,000, plus amounts recaptured from interest reduc-
tion payment contracts for section 236 projects whose own-
ers prepay their mortgages during fiscal year 1996 (which
amounts shall be transferred and merged with this account),
shall be for use in conjunction with properties that are eligi-
ble for assistance under the Low Income Housing Preserva-
tion 
and 
Resident 
Homeownership 
Act 
of 
1990
(LIHPRHA) or the Emergency Low-Income Housing Pres-
ervation Act of 1987 (ELIHPA): Provided, That prior to
August 15, 1996, funding to carry out plans of action shall
be limited to sales of projects to non-profit organizations,
tenant-sponsored organizations, and other priority pur-
chasers: Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
able by this paragraph, up to $10,000,000 shall be available
for preservation technical assistance grants pursuant to sec-
tion 253 of the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1987, as amended: Provided further, That with respect
to amounts made available by this paragraph, after August
15, 1996, if the Secretary determines that the demand for
funding may exceed amounts available for such funding,
the Secretary (1) may determine priorities for distributing
available funds, including giving priority funding to ten-