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MISSION SUPPORT
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
in carrying out mission support for human space flight
programs and science, aeronautical, and technology pro-
grams, including research operations and support; space
communications activities including operations, production
and services; maintenance; construction of facilities in-
cluding repair, rehabilitation, and modification of facili-
ties, minor construction of new facilities and additions to
existing facilities, facility planning and design, environ-
mental compliance and restoration, and acquisition or con-
demnation of real property, as authorized by law; program
management; personnel and related costs, including uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
5901–5902; travel expenses; purchase, lease charter,
maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative
aircraft; not to exceed $35,000 for official reception and
representation expenses; and purchase (not to exceed 33
for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; $2,562,200,000, to remain available until September
30, 1998.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978,
as amended, $17,000,000.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of
funds appropriated for ‘‘Human space flight’’, ‘‘Science,
aeronautics and technology’’, or ‘‘Mission support’’ by this
appropriations Act, when (1) any activity has been initi-
ated by the incurrence of obligations for construction of
facilities as authorized by law, or (2) amounts are pro-
vided for full-funding for the Tracking and Data Relay
Satellite (TDRS) replenishment program, such amount
available for such activity shall remain available until ex-
pended. This provision does not apply to the amounts ap-
propriated in ‘‘Mission support’’ pursuant to the author-
ization for repair, rehabilitation and modification of facili-
ties, minor construction of new facilities and additions to
existing facilities, and facility planning and design.
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of
funds appropriated for ‘‘Human space flight’’, ‘‘Science,
aeronautics and technology’’, or ‘‘Mission support’’ by this
appropriations Act, the amounts appropriated for con-
struction of facilities shall remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 1999.
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of
funds appropriated for ‘‘Mission support’’ and ‘‘Office of
Inspector General’’, amounts made available by this Act
for personnel and related costs and travel expenses of the
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall re-
main available until September 30, 1997 and may be used
to enter into contracts for training, investigations, cost as-
sociated with personnel relocation, and for other services,
to be provided during the next fiscal year.
In order to avoid or minimize the need for involuntary
separations due to a reduction in force, installation closure,
reorganization, transfer of function, or similar action af-
fecting the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion, the Administrator shall establish a program under
which separation pay, subject to the availability of appro-
priated funds, may be offered to encourage employees to sep-
arate from service voluntarily, whether by retirement or res-
ignation: Provided, That payments to individual employees
shall not exceed $25,000.
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION
CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY
During fiscal year 1997, gross obligations of the
Central Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new
direct loans to member credit unions, as authorized by the
National Credit Union Central Liquidity Facility Act (12
U.S.C. 1795), shall not exceed $600,000,000: Provided,
That administrative expenses of the Central Liquidity Fa-
cility in fiscal year 1997 shall not exceed $560,000: Pro-
vided further, That $1,000,000, together with amounts of
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principal and interest on loans repaid, to be available until
expended, is available for loans to community development
credit unions.
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National
Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C.
1861–1875), and the Act to establish a National Medal
of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880–1881); services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and operation of aircraft
and purchase of flight services for research support; acqui-
sition 
of 
aircraft; 
$2,422,000,000
(increased
by
$9,110,000)
$2,432,000,000, of which not to exceed
$226,000,000 shall remain available until expended for
Polar research and operations support, and for reimburse-
ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science
support and logistical and other related activities for the
United States Antarctic program; the balance to remain
available until September 30, 1998: Provided, That re-
ceipts for scientific support services and materials fur-
nished by the National Research Centers and other Na-
tional Science Foundation supported research facilities
may be credited to this appropriation: Provided further,
That to the extent that the amount appropriated is less
than the total amount authorized to be appropriated for
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included program activities, all amounts, including floors
and ceilings, specified in the authorizing Act for those pro-
gram activities or their subactivities shall be reduced pro-
portionally.
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT
For necessary expenses of major construction
projects pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act
of 1950, as amended, $80,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES
For necessary expenses in carrying out science and
engineering education and human resources programs and
activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation
Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861–1875), includ-
ing services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and rental
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia,
$612,000,000 $624,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 1998: Provided, That to the extent that the
amount of this appropriation is less than the total amount
authorized to be appropriated for included program activi-
ties, all amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified
in the authorizing Act for those program activities or their
subactivities shall be reduced proportionally.
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary salaries and expenses of the National
Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C.
1861–1875); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire
of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $9,000 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses; uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902;
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia;
reimbursement of the General Services Administration for
security guard services and headquarters relocation;
$134,310,000 (reduced by $9,110,000): Provided, That
contracts may be entered into under salaries and expenses
in fiscal year 1997 for maintenance and operation of facili-
ties, and for other services, to be provided during the next
fiscal year.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of
1978, as amended, $4,690,000, to remain available until
September 30, 1998.
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT
CORPORATION
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor-
poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities,
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as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora-
tion 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
8101–8107), 
$50,000,000
$49,900,000.
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys-
tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of
training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective
Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for
civilian employees; and not to exceed $1,000 for official
reception and representation expenses; $22,930,000: Pro-
vided, That during the current fiscal year, the President
may exempt this appropriation from the provisions of 31
U.S.C. 1341, whenever he deems such action to be nec-
essary in the interest of national defense: Provided further,
That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be
expended for or in connection with the induction of any
person into the Armed Forces of the United States.
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 401. Where appropriations in titles I, II, and
III of this Act are expendable for travel expenses and no
specific limitation has been placed thereon, the expendi-
tures for such travel expenses may not exceed the amounts
set forth therefore in the budget estimates submitted for
the appropriations: Provided, That this provision does not
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apply to accounts that do not contain an object classifica-
tion for travel: Provided further, That this section shall not
apply to travel performed by uncompensated officials of
local boards and appeal boards of the Selective Service
System; to travel performed directly in connection with
care and treatment of medical beneficiaries of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs; to travel performed in connec-
tion with major disasters or emergencies declared or deter-
mined by the President under the provisions of the Robert
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act; to travel performed by the Offices of Inspector Gen-
eral in connection with audits and investigations; or to
payments to interagency motor pools where separately set
forth in the budget schedules: Provided further, That if
appropriations in titles I, II, and III exceed the amounts
set forth in budget estimates initially submitted for such
appropriations, the expenditures for travel may cor-
respondingly exceed the amounts therefore set forth in the
estimates in the same proportion.
SEC. 402. Appropriations and funds available for the
administrative expenses of the Department of Housing
and Urban Development and the Selective Service System
shall be available in the current fiscal year for purchase
of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5
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U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 403. Funds of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora-
tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of
1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations
on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract
or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for
services and facilities of Federal National Mortgage Asso-
ciation, Government National Mortgage Association, Fed-
eral Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financ-
ing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member thereof,
Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank within
the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1831).
SEC. 404. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 405. No funds appropriated by this Act may be
expended—
(1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or
employee of the United States unless—
(A) such certification is accompanied by,
or is part of, a voucher or abstract which de-
scribes the payee or payees and the items or
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services for which such expenditure is being
made, or
(B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to
such certification, and without such a voucher
or abstract, is specifically authorized by law;
and
(2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit
by the General Accounting Office or is specifically
exempt by law from such audit.
SEC. 406. None of the funds provided in this Act to
any department or agency may be expended for the trans-
portation of any officer or employee of such department
or agency between his domicile and his place of employ-
ment, with the exception of any officer or employee au-
thorized such transportation under 31 U.S.C. 1344 or 5
U.S.C. 7905.
SEC. 407. None of the funds provided in this Act may
be used for payment, through grants or contracts, to re-
cipients that do not share in the cost of conducting re-
search resulting from proposals not specifically solicited
by the Government: Provided, That the extent of cost
sharing by the recipient shall reflect the mutuality of in-
terest of the grantee or contractor and the Government
in the research.
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SEC. 408. None of the funds in this Act may be used,
directly or through grants, to pay or to provide reimburse-
ment for payment of the salary of a consultant (whether
retained by the Federal Government or a grantee) at more
than the daily equivalent of the rate paid for Level IV
of the Executive Schedule, unless specifically authorized
by law.
SEC. 409. None of the funds provided in this Act
shall be used to pay the expenses of, or otherwise com-
pensate, non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or
adjudicatory proceedings. Nothing herein affects the au-
thority of the Consumer Product Safety Commission pur-
suant to section 7 of the Consumer Product Safety Act
(15 U.S.C. 2056 et seq.).
SEC. 410. Except as otherwise provided under exist-
ing law or under an existing Executive order issued pursu-
ant to an existing law, the obligation or expenditure of
any appropriation under this Act for contracts for any
consulting service shall be limited to contracts which are
(1) a matter of public record and available for public in-
spection, and (2) thereafter included in a publicly available
list of all contracts entered into within twenty-four months
prior to the date on which the list is made available to
the public and of all contracts on which performance has
not been completed by such date. The list required by the
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preceding sentence shall be updated quarterly and shall
include a narrative description of the work to be per-
formed under each such contract.
SEC. 411. Except as otherwise provided by law, no
part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be
obligated or expended by any executive agency, as referred
to in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41
U.S.C. 401 et seq.), for a contract for services unless such
executive agency (1) has awarded and entered into such
contract in full compliance with such Act and the regula-
tions promulgated thereunder, and (2) requires any report
prepared pursuant to such contract, including plans, eval-
uations, studies, analyses and manuals, and any report
prepared by the agency which is substantially derived from
or substantially includes any report prepared pursuant to
such contract, to contain information concerning (A) the
contract pursuant to which the report was prepared, and
(B) the contractor who prepared the report pursuant to
such contract.
SEC. 412. Except as otherwise provided in section
406, none of the funds provided in this Act to any depart-
ment or agency shall be obligated or expended to provide
a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to
any officer or employee of such department or agency.
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SEC. 413. None of the funds provided in this Act to
any department or agency shall be obligated or expended
to procure passenger automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C.
2001 with an EPA estimated miles per gallon average of
less than 22 miles per gallon.
SEC. 414. None of the funds appropriated in title I
of this Act shall be used to enter into any new lease of
real property if the estimated annual rental is more than
$300,000 unless the Secretary submits, in writing, a re-
port to the Committees on Appropriations of the Congress
and a period of 30 days has expired following the date
on which the report is received by the Committees on Ap-
propriations.
SEC. 415. (a) PURCHASE
OF
AMERICAN-MADE
EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip-
ment and products purchased with funds made available
in this Act should be American-made.
(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial
assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any en-
tity using funds made available in this Act, the head of
each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable,
shall provide to such entity a notice describing the state-
ment made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
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SEC. 416. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
may be used to implement any cap on reimbursements to
grantees for indirect costs, except as published in Office
of Management and Budget Circular A–21.
SEC. 417. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 1997 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.
SEC. 418. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used for any program, project, or activity,
when it is made known to the Federal entity or official
to which the funds are made available that the program,
project, or activity is not in compliance with any Federal
law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private
property rights, or unfunded mandates.
SEC. 419. Such funds as may be necessary to carry
out the orderly termination of the Office of Consumer Af-
fairs shall be made available from funds appropriated to
the Department of Health and Human Services for fiscal
year 1997.
SEC. 420. Corporations and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub-
ject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as
amended, are hereby authorized to make such expendi-
tures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority
available to each such corporation or agency and in accord
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with law, and to make such contracts and commitments
without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by
section 104 of the Act as may be necessary in carrying
out the programs set forth in the budget for 1997 for such
corporation or agency except as hereinafter provided: Pro-
vided, That collections of these corporations and agencies
may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase commit-
ments only to the extent expressly provided for in this Act
(unless such loans are in support of other forms of assist-
ance provided for in this or prior appropriations Acts), ex-
cept that this proviso shall not apply to the mortgage in-
surance or guaranty operations of these corporations, or
where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary to pro-
tect the financial interest of the United States Govern-
ment.
SEC. 421. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to pay the
salaries of personnel who approve a contract for the pur-
chase, lease, or acquisition in any manner of supercomput-
ing equipment or services after a preliminary determina-
tion, as defined in 19 U.S.C. 1673b, or final determina-
tion, as defined in 19 U.S.C. 1673d, by the Department
of Commerce that an organization providing such super-
computing equipment or services has offered such product
at other than fair value.
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SEC. 422. None of the funds made available in this
Act for the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion may be used for the National Center for Science Lit-
eracy, Education and Technology at the American Mu-
seum of Natural History.
SEC. 423. (a) DENIAL OF FUNDS FOR PREVENTING
ROTC ACCESS TO CAMPUS.—None of the funds made
available in this Act may be provided by contract or by
grant (including a grant of funds to be available for stu-
dent aid) to an institution of higher education when it is
made known to the Federal official having authority to
obligate or expend such funds that the institution (or any
subelement thereof) has a policy or practice (regardless
of when implemented) that prohibits, or in effect pre-
vents—
(1) the maintaining, establishing, or operation
of a unit of the Senior Reserve Officer Training
Corps (in accordance with section 654 of title 10,
United States Code, and other applicable Federal
laws) at the institution (or subelement); or
(2) a student at the institution (or subelement)
from enrolling in a unit of the Senior Reserve Offi-
cer Training Corps at another institution of higher
education.
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(b) EXCEPTION.—The limitation established in sub-
section (a) shall not apply to an institution of higher edu-
cation when it is made known to the Federal official hav-
ing authority to obligate or expend such funds that—
(1) the institution (or subelement) has ceased
the policy or practice described in such subsection;
or
(2) the institution has a longstanding policy of
pacifism based on historical religious affiliation.
SEC. 424. (a) DENIAL OF FUNDS FOR PREVENTING
FEDERAL MILITARY RECRUITING ON CAMPUS.—None of
the funds made available in this Act may be provided by
contract or grant (including a grant of funds to be avail-
able for student aid) to any institution of higher education
when it is made known to the Federal official having au-
thority to obligate or expend such funds that the institu-
tion (or any subelement thereof) has a policy or practice
(regardless of when implemented) that prohibits, or in ef-
fect prevents—
(1) entry to campuses, or access to students
(who are 17 years of age or older) on campuses, for
purposes of Federal military recruiting; or
(2) access to the following information pertain-
ing to students (who are 17 years of age or older)
for purposes of Federal military recruiting: student
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names,
addresses,
telephone
listings,
dates
and
places of birth, levels of education, degrees received,
prior military experience, and the most recent pre-
vious educational institutions enrolled in by the stu-
dents.
(b) EXCEPTION.—The limitation established in sub-
section (a) shall not apply to an institution of higher edu-
cation when it is made known to the Federal official hav-
ing authority to obligate or expend such funds that—
(1) the institution (or subelement) has ceased
the policy or practice described in such subsection;
or
(2) the institution has a longstanding policy of
pacifism based on historical religious affiliation.
SEC. 425. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew
a contract with an entity when it is made known to the
Federal official having authority to obligate or expend
such funds that—
(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with
the United States and is subject to the requirement
in section 4212(d) of title 38, United States Code,
regarding submission of an annual report to the Sec-
retary of Labor concerning employment of certain
veterans; and
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the amount made available for ‘‘Corporation for National
and Community Service—Office of Inspector General’’, by
$20,000,000,
$20,000,000,
$365,000,000,
and
$2,000,000, respectively.
SEC. 428. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used by the Environmental Protection Agency
to issue, reissue, or renew any approval or authorization
for any facility to store or dispose of polychlorinated
biphenyls when it is made known to the Federal official
having authority to obligate or expend such funds that
there is in effect at the time of the issuance, reissuance,
or renewal a rule authorizing any person to import into
the customs territory of the United States for treatment
or
disposal
any
polychlorinated
biphenyls,
or
poly-
chlorinated biphenyl items, at concentrations of more than
50 parts per million.
SEC. 429. None of the funds made available to the
Environmental Protection Agency under the heading
‘‘Hazardous Substance Superfund’’ may be used to imple-
ment any retroactive liability discount reimbursement de-
scribed in the amendment made by section 201 of H.R.
2500, as introduced on October 18, 1995.
SEC.
430.
FHA
MORTGAGE
INSURANCE
PRE-
MIUMS.—Section 203(c)(2)(A) of the National Housing
Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(c)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting
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after the first sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘In
the case of mortgage for which the mortgagor is a first-
time homebuyer who completes a program of counseling
with respect to the responsibilities and financial manage-
ment involved in homeownership that is approved by the
Secretary, the premium payment under this subparagraph
shall not exceed 2.0 percent of the amount of the original
insured principal obligation of the mortgage.’’.
SEC. 431. (a) AUTHORITY TO USE AMOUNTS BOR-
ROWED FROM FAMILY MEMBERS FOR DOWNPAYMENTS
ON FHA-INSURED LOANS.—Section 203(b)(9) of the Na-
tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(9)) is amended by
inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘: Pro-
vided further, That for purposes of this paragraph, the
Secretary shall consider as cash or its equivalent any
amounts borrowed from a family member (as such term
is defined in section 201), subject only to the requirements
that, in any case in which the repayment of such borrowed
amounts is secured by a lien against the property, such
lien shall be subordinate to the mortgage and the sum of
the principal obligation of the mortgage and the obligation
secured by such lien may not exceed 100 percent of the
appraised value of the property plus any initial service
charges, appraisal, inspection, and other fees in connection
with the mortgage’’.
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(b) DEFINITION OF FAMILY MEMBER.—Section 201
of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1707) is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsections:
‘‘(e) The term ‘family member’ means, with respect
to a mortgagor under such section, a child, parent, or
grandparent
of
the
mortgagor
(or
the
mortgagor’s
spouse). In determining whether any of the relationships
referred to in the preceding sentence exist, a legally adopt-
ed son or daughter of an individual (and a child who is
a member of an individual’s household, if placed with such
individual by an authorized placement agency for legal
adoption by such individual), and a foster child of an indi-
vidual, shall be treated as a child of such individual by
blood.
‘‘(f) The term ‘child’ means, with respect to a mort-
gagor under such section, a son, stepson, daughter, or
stepdaughter of such mortgagor.’’.
SEC. 432. Sections 401 and 402 of the bill, H.R.
1708, 104th Congress, as introduced in the House of Rep-
resentatives on May 24, 1995, are hereby enacted into law.
SEC. 433. None of the funds made available in this
Act for the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion may be used to carry out, or pay the salaries of per-
sonnel who carry out, the Bion 11 and Bion 12 projects.
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TITLE V
SUPPLEMENTAL
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION
GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES LOAN
GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT
During fiscal year 1996 and in addition to commit-
ments previously provided, additional commitments to issue
guarantees to carry out section 306 of the National Housing
Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed
$20,000,000,000.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Veter-
ans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 26, 1996.
Attest:
Clerk.