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SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS
For carrying out school improvement activities au-
thorized by titles II, III, IV, and V of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Im-
proving America’s Schools Act as passed the House of
Representatives on March 24, 1994; the Stewart B.
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; the Civil Rights Act
of 1964; and title V of the Higher Education Act;
$1,424,513,000, of which $1,158,695,000 shall become
available on July 1, 1995, and remain available through
September 30, 1996: Provided, That $5,899,000 shall be
for law related education under section 3702.
BILINGUAL AND IMMIGRANT EDUCATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, bilingual and immigrant education activities author-
ized by title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act as amended by the Improving America’s
Schools Act, as passed the House of Representatives on
March 24, 1994 and by title IV of the Carl D. Perkins
Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act,
$247,572,000, of which $25,180,000 shall be for training
activities under part C, and $50,000,000 shall be for the
immigrant education program.
SPECIAL EDUCATION
For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act, $3,106,634,000, of which $2,858,973,000
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shall become available for obligation on July 1, 1995, and
shall remain available through September 30, 1996.
REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Technology-Re-
lated Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act, and
the Helen Keller National Center Act, as amended,
$2,355,600,000.
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.), $6,406,000.
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.), $41,462,000, of which
$333,000 for the endowment program as authorized under
section 207 and not to exceed $192,000 for construction
shall remain available until expended.
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.), $76,742,000, of which $991,000 shall be for the
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endowment program as authorized under section 207 and
shall be available until expended.
VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Tech-
nology Education Act, the Adult Education Act, and the
Stewart 
B. 
McKinney 
Homeless 
Assistance 
Act,
$1,456,383,000, of which $1,453,464,000 shall become
available on July 1, 1995 and shall remain available
through September 30, 1996: Provided, That of the
amounts made available under the Carl D. Perkins Voca-
tional and Applied Technology Education Act, $400,000
of the amount available for Tech-Prep shall be for evalua-
tion of the program and $25,767,000 shall be for national
programs under title IV, including $7,851,000 for re-
search, of which $6,000,000 shall be for the National Cen-
ter for Research on Vocational Education; $13,000,000
for demonstrations, notwithstanding section 411(b); and
$4,916,000 for data systems: Provided further, That of the
amounts made available under the Adult Education Act,
$5,400,000 shall be for national programs under sections
382 and 383, and $4,869,000 shall be for the National
Institute for Literacy under section 384.
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 4 of part A, and
parts C, E, and H of title IV of the Higher Education
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Act of 1965, as amended, including, notwithstanding sec-
tion 401(a)(1), not to exceed 3,930,000 Pell Grant recipi-
ents in award year 1994–1995, $7,825,417,000, which
shall remain available through September 30, 1996, and
of which $54,322,000 shall be for State Student Incentive
Grants under subpart 4 of part A.
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall
be eligible during award year 1995–1996 shall be $2,340:
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 1995–1996,
that the $6,247,180,000 included within this appropria-
tion for Pell Grant awards for award year 1995–1996, and
any funds available from the FY 1994 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 per-
centage, or by a fixed dollar amount, as determined in ac-
cordance with a schedule of reductions established by the
Secretary 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, $62,191,000.
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HIGHER EDUCATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, titles I, II, without regard to section 241(d), III,
IV, including chapter 2 of subpart 2 of part A, V, VI,
VII, IX, part A, and subpart 1 of part B of title X, XI,
without regard to section 1151, and XV of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended; the Mutual Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961; title VI, in-
cluding part C, of the Excellence in Mathematics, Science
and Engineering Education Act of 1990; and Public Law
102–423; $954,686,000, of which $8,248,000 for endow-
ment activities under section 331 of part C of title III
and $17,512,000 for interest subsidies under title VII of
the Higher Education Act, as amended, and $4,000,000
for Public Law 102–423 shall remain available until ex-
pended, and $1,500,000 of the amount provided herein for
title III shall be available for an evaluation of the title
III programs.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
For partial support of Howard University (20 U.S.C.
121 et seq.), $206,463,000, of which $7,910,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be for a matching en-
dowment grant to be administered in accordance with the
Howard University Endowment Act (Public Law 98–480)
and $6,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall
be for construction.
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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 con-
tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi-
tation, as provided by section 104 of the Government Cor-
poration Control Act (31 U.S.C. 9104), as may be nec-
essary in carrying out the program for the current fiscal
year.
COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS
PROGRAM
For the costs of direct loans, as authorized by title
VII, part C, of the Higher Education Act, as amended,
$134,000: Provided, That such costs, including costs of
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and that these
funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the
principal amount of direct loans of not to exceed
$8,000,000: Provided further, That obligated balances of
these appropriations will remain available until expended,
notwithstanding the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1552(a), as
amended by Public Law 101–510. In addition, for admin-
istrative expenses to carry out the existing direct loan pro-
gram of college housing and academic facilities loans en-
tered into pursuant to title VII, part C, of the Higher
Education Act, as amended, $1,022,000.
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COLLEGE HOUSING LOANS
Pursuant to title VII, part C of the Higher Education
Act, as amended, for necessary expenses of the college
housing loans program, previously carried out under title
IV of the Housing Act of 1950, the Secretary shall make
expenditures and enter into contracts without regard to
fiscal year limitation using loan repayments and other re-
sources available to this account. Any unobligated bal-
ances becoming available from fixed fees paid into this ac-
count pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 1749d, relating to payment
of costs for inspections and site visits, shall be available
for the operating expenses of this account.
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY
CAPITAL FINANCING, PROGRAM ACCOUNT
The total amount of bonds insured pursuant to sec-
tion 724 of title VII, part B of the Higher Education Act
shall not exceed $357,000,000, and the cost, as defined
in section 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
Higher Education Act, as amended, $347,000.
EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, AND IMPROVEMENT
For carrying out activities authorized by the Edu-
cational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Im-
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provement Act; the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 and the Education Council Act, as amended
by the Improving America’s Schools Act as passed the
House of Representatives on March 24, 1994; the Na-
tional Education Statistics Act of 1994 as passed the
House of Representatives on March 24, 1994; and the
General Education Provisions Act, $318,775,000: Pro-
vided, That $39,320,000 shall be for regional laboratories,
including rural initiatives; $4,463,000 shall be for civics
education activities; $14,480,000 shall be for the National
Diffusion Network; $34,424,000 shall be for Eisenhower
professional 
development 
Federal 
activities; 
and
$20,000,000 shall be for Federal leadership activities in
education technology.
LIBRARIES
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, titles I, III, IV, and VI of the Library Services and
Construction Act (20 U.S.C. ch. 16), and section 222 of
the Higher Education Act, $115,996,000.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Department of Education Organization Act, in-
cluding rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
lumbia and hire of two passenger motor vehicles,
$359,358,000.
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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 Education Organization Act, $58,325,000.
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, $29,199,000.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. No part of the funds contained in this title
may be used to force any school or school district which
is desegregated as that term is defined in title IV of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, Public Law 88–352, to take any
action to force the busing of students; to force on account
of race, creed or color the abolishment of any school so
desegregated; or to force the transfer or assignment of any
student attending any elementary or secondary school so
desegregated to or from a particular school over the pro-
test of his or her parents or parent.
SEC. 302. (a) No part of the funds contained in this
title shall be used to force any school or school district
which is desegregated as that term is defined in title IV
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Public Law 88–352, to
take any action to force the busing of students; to require
the abolishment of any school so desegregated; or to force
on account of race, creed or color the transfer of students
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to or from a particular school so desegregated as a condi-
tion precedent to obtaining Federal funds otherwise avail-
able to any State, school district or school.
(b) 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 sys-
tem, 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. 303. None of the funds contained in this Act
shall be used to require, directly or indirectly, the trans-
portation 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 education, in order to comply with title VI of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section
an indirect requirement of transportation of students in-
cludes the transportation of students to carry out a plan
involving the reorganization of the grade structure of
schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools,
or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing or clus-
tering. The prohibition described in this section does not
include the establishment of magnet schools.
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SEC. 304. 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.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-
cation Appropriations Act, 1995’’.
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
Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home and the United States Naval
Home, to be paid from funds available in the Armed
Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $59,816,000, of
which $2,906,000 shall remain available until expended
for construction and renovation of the physical plants at
the United States Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home and the
United States Naval Home: Provided, That this appro-
priation shall not be available for the payment of hos-
pitalization 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.
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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 amend-
ed, $205,771,000.
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 102–394, $21,100,000 are hereby rescinded.
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 vehicles; 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), $31,078,000.
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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), $901,000.
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, $1,643,000.
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, $173,388,000: Pro-
vided, That no part of this appropriation shall be available
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to organize or assist in organizing agricultural laborers or
used in connection with investigations, hearings, direc-
tives, or orders concerning bargaining units composed of
agricultural 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 amend-
ed, and as defined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25,
1938 (29 U.S.C. 203), and including in said definition em-
ployees engaged in the maintenance and operation of
ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways when main-
tained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at
least 95 per centum of the water stored or supplied there-
by is used for farming purposes.
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 Presi-
dent, $8,119,000.
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),
$7,595,000.
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PHYSICIAN PAYMENT REVIEW COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1845(a)
of the Social Security Act, $4,176,000 to be transferred
to this appropriation from the Federal Supplementary
Medical Insurance Trust Fund.
PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT ASSESSMENT COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1886(e)
of the Social Security Act, $4,667,000 to be transferred
to this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance
and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust
Funds.
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Ac-
count, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Re-
tirement Act of 1974, $261,000,000, which shall include
amounts becoming available in fiscal year 1995 pursuant
to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addi-
tion, 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 received exceeds $261,000,000: Provided, That the
total amount provided herein shall be credited in 12 ap-
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proximately equal amounts on the first day of each month
in the fiscal year.
FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT
ACCOUNTS
For payment to the accounts established in the
Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad
Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated
checks, $300,000, to remain available through September
30, 1996, 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, $73,881,000, to be derived from the railroad re-
tirement accounts: Provided, That $200,000 of the fore-
going amount shall be available only to the extent nec-
essary to process workloads not anticipated in the budget
estimates and after maximum absorption of the costs of
such workloads within the remainder of the existing limi-
tation has been achieved.
LIMITATION ON RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
ADMINISTRATION FUND
For further expenses necessary for the Railroad Re-
tirement Board, for administration of the Railroad Unem-
ployment Insurance Act, not less than $17,031,000 shall
be apportioned for fiscal year 1995 from moneys credited
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to the railroad unemployment insurance administration
fund.
SPECIAL MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT FUND
To effect management improvements, including the
reduction of backlogs, accuracy of taxation accounting,
and debt collection, $1,640,000, to be derived from the
railroad retirement accounts and railroad unemployment
insurance account: Provided, That these funds shall sup-
plement, not supplant, existing resources devoted to such
operations and improvements.
LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector
General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, not more than $6,682,000, to be derived from
the railroad retirement accounts and railroad unemploy-
ment 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, $10,912,000.
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 501. No part of the funds appropriated under
this Act shall be used to provide a loan, guarantee of a
loan, a grant, the salary of or any remuneration whatever
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to any individual applying for admission, attending, em-
ployed by, teaching at, or doing research at an institution
of higher education who has engaged in conduct on or
after August 1, 1969, which involves the use of (or the
assistance to others in the use of) force or the threat of
force or the seizure of property under the control of an
institution of higher education, to require or prevent the
availability of certain curricula, or to prevent the faculty,
administrative officials, or students in such institution
from engaging in their duties or pursuing their studies
at such institution.
SEC. 502. 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. 503. 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. 504. (a) No part of any appropriation contained
in this Act shall be used, other than for normal and recog-
nized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or
propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or
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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 recipi-
ent, related to any activity designed to influence legislation
or appropriations pending before the Congress.
SEC. 505. 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 representation expenses; the Director of the Federal
Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized to make
available for official reception and representation expenses
not to exceed $2,500 from the funds available for ‘‘Sala-
ries 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 ‘‘Salaries and expenses, National Medi-
ation Board’’.
SEC. 506. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act, no funds appropriated under this Act shall be
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used to carry out any program of distributing sterile nee-
dles for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug unless
the Surgeon General of the United States determines that
such programs are effective in preventing the spread of
HIV and do not encourage the use of illegal drugs, except
that such funds may be used for such purposes in further-
ance of demonstrations or studies authorized in the
ADAMHA Reorganization Act (Public Law 102–321).
SEC. 507. (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.
SEC. 508. When issuing statements, press releases,
requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu-
ments 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 govern-
ments and recipients of Federal research grants, shall
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clearly state (1) the percentage of the total costs of the
program or project 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 nongovernmental sources.
SEC. 509. 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 necessary to save the life of the mother or that the preg-
nancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.
SEC. 510. No funds appropriated herein shall be used
to implement any regulation promulgated under section
481(b)(6) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended, prior to July 1, 1995.
SEC. 511. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act may be obligated in
violation of existing Federal law or regulation already pro-
hibiting such benefit or assistance.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor,
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 29, 1994.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.
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