DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
FUND 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For grants, loans, and technical assistance to quali-
fying community development lenders, and administrative 
expenses of the Fund, $50,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 1996: Provided, That of the funds 
made available under this heading not to exceed 
$4,000,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans, and 
not to exceed $400,000 may be used for administrative 
expenses to carry out the direct loan program: Provided 
further, That the cost of direct loans, including the cost 
of modifying such loans, shall be defined as in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds are available to subsidize gross obli-
gations for the principal amount of direct loans not to ex-
ceed $31,600,000: Provided further, That $25,000,000 of 
the funds made available under this heading shall be used 
for programs and activities authorized in section 114 of 
the Community Development Banking and Financial In-
stitutions Act of 1994 (CDBFI Act): Provided further, 
That none of these funds shall be used to supplement ex-
isting resources provided to the Department for activities 
such as external affairs, general counsel, administration, 
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finance, or office of inspector general: Provided further, 
That none of these funds shall be available for expenses 
of an Administrator as defined in section 104 of the 
CDBFI Act: Provided further, That the number of staff 
funded under this heading shall not exceed 10 full-time 
equivalents: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, for purposes of administering the 
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall have all powers and rights 
of the Administrator of the CDBFI Act. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the funds made available under this heading in 
Public Law 103–327, $500,000 are rescinded. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
FUND 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the funds made available under this heading in 
Public Law 103–327, $124,000,000 are rescinded and any 
unobligated funds as of June 30, 1995 are also rescinded. 
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the funds made available under this heading in 
Public Law 103–327, $105,000,000 are rescinded: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds remaining for obligation 
during fiscal year 1995 may be used for national awards 
to Federal agencies. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the funds made available under this heading in 
Public Law 103–327, $14,635,000 are rescinded. 
ABATEMENT, CONTROL, AND COMPLIANCE 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the funds made available under this heading in 
Public Law 103–327, $9,806,805 are rescinded: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the En-
vironmental Protection Agency shall not be required to 
site a computer to support the regional acid deposition 
monitoring program in the Bay City, Michigan, vicinity. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the funds made available under this heading in 
Public Law 102–389 and Public Law 102–139 for the 
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Center for Ecology Research and Training, $83,000,000 
are rescinded. 
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the funds made available under this heading in 
Public Law 103–327, $100,000,000 are rescinded. 
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE/STATE REVOLVING FUNDS 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the funds made available under this heading in 
Public Law 103–327 and Public Law 103–124, 
$1,052,200,000 
are 
rescinded: 
Provided, 
That 
$1,049,000,000 of this amount is to be derived from 
amounts appropriated for State revolving funds and 
$3,200,000 is to be derived from amounts appropriated 
for making grants for the construction of wastewater 
treatment facilities specified in House Report 103–715. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1004. None of the funds made available in any 
appropriations Act for fiscal year 1995 may be used by 
the Environmental Protection Agency to require any State 
to comply with the requirement of section 182 of the Clean 
Air Act by adopting or implementing a test-only or IM240 
enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance program, ex-
cept that EPA may approve such a program if a State 
chooses to submit one to meet that requirement. 
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SEC. 1005. None of the funds made available in any 
appropriations Act for fiscal year 1995 may be used by 
the Environmental Protection Agency to impose or enforce 
any requirement that a State implement trip reduction 
measures to reduce vehicular emissions. Section 304 of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7604) shall not apply with re-
spect to any such requirement during the period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending Sep-
tember 30, 1995. 
SEC. 1006. None of the funds made available in any 
appropriations Act for fiscal year 1995 may be used by 
the Environmental Protection Agency for listing or to list 
any additional facilities on the National Priorities List es-
tablished by section 105 of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(CERCLA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 9605), unless the Ad-
ministrator receives a written request to propose for list-
ing or to list a facility from the Governor of the State 
in which the facility is located, or unless legislation to re-
authorize CERCLA is enacted. 
SEC. 1007. None of the funds made available in any 
appropriations Act for fiscal year 1995 shall be spent by 
the Environmental Protection Agency to disapprove a 
State implementation plan (SIP) revision solely on the 
basis of the Agency’s regulatory 50 percent discount for 
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alternative test-and-repair inspection and maintenance 
programs. Notwithstanding any other provision of EPA’s 
regulatory requirements, the EPA shall assign up to 100 
percent credit when such State has provided data for the 
proposed inspection and maintenance system that dem-
onstrates evidence that such credits are appropriate. The 
Environmental Protection Agency shall complete and 
present a technical assessment of the State’s demonstra-
tion within 45 days after submittal by the State. 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
SCIENCE, AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the funds made available under this heading in 
Public Law 103–327 and any unobligated balances from 
funds appropriated under ‘‘Research and Development’’ in 
prior years, $95,000,000 are rescinded. 
CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the funds made available under this heading in 
Public Law 102–389, for the Consortium for International 
Earth Science Information Network, $27,000,000 are re-
scinded; and of any unobligated balances from funds ap-
propriated under this heading in prior years, $7,000,000 
are rescinded. 
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MISSION SUPPORT 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the funds made available under this heading in 
Public Law 103–327, $32,000,000 are rescinded. 
SPACE FLIGHT, CONTROL AND DATA COMMUNICATIONS 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the available balances under this heading in pre-
vious fiscal years, $43,000,000 are rescinded. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 1008. The Administrator shall acquire, for no 
more than $35,000,000, a certain parcel of land, together 
with existing facilities, located on the site of the property 
referred to as the Clear Lake Development Facility, Clear 
Lake, Texas. The land and facilities in question comprise 
approximately 13 acres and include a Light Manufac-
turing Facility, an Avionics Development Facility, and an 
Assembly and Test Building which shall be modified for 
use as a Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in support of 
human space flight activities. 
SEC. 1009. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law or regulation, the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration (NASA) shall convey, without reimburse-
ment, to the State of Mississippi, all rights, title and inter-
est of the United States in the property known as the Yel-
low Creek Facility and consisting of approximately 1,200 
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acres near the city of Iuka, Mississippi, including all im-
provements thereon and also including any personal prop-
erty owned by NASA that is currently located on-site and 
which the State of Mississippi requires to facilitate the 
transfer: Provided, That appropriated funds shall be used 
to effect this conveyance: Provided further, That 
$10,000,000 in appropriated funds otherwise available to 
NASA shall be transferred to the State of Mississippi to 
be used in the transition of the facility: Provided further, 
That each Federal agency with prior contact to the site 
shall remain responsible for any and all environmental re-
mediation made necessary as a result of its activities on 
the site: Provided further, That in consideration of this 
conveyance, NASA may require such other terms and con-
ditions as the Administrator deems appropriate to protect 
the interests of the United States: Provided further, That 
the conveyance of the site and the transfer of the funds 
to the State of Mississippi shall occur not later then thirty 
days from the date of enactment of this Act. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
ACADEMIC RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the funds made available under this heading in 
Public Law 103–327, $131,867,000 are rescinded. 
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CORPORATIONS 
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 
FDIC AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the funds made available under this heading in 
Public Law 103–327, $11,281,034 are rescinded. 
TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
EMERGENCY SALVAGE TIMBER SALE PROGRAM 
SEC. 2001. (a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 
section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means the Committee on Resources, the 
Committee on Agriculture, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, 
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For-
estry, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate. 
(2) The term ‘‘emergency period’’ means the 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of 
this section and ending on September 30, 1997. 
(3) The term ‘‘salvage timber sale’’ means a 
timber sale for which an important reason for entry 
includes the removal of disease- or insect-infested 
trees, dead, damaged, or down trees, or trees af-
fected by fire or imminently susceptible to fire or in-
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sect attack. Such term also includes the removal of 
associated trees or trees lacking the characteristics 
of a healthy and viable ecosystem for the purpose of 
ecosystem improvement or rehabilitation, except that 
any such sale must include an identifiable salvage 
component of trees described in the first sentence. 
(4) The term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means— 
(A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-
spect to lands within the National Forest Sys-
tem; and 
(B) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-
spect to Federal lands under the jurisdiction of 
the Bureau of Land Management. 
(b) COMPLETION OF SALVAGE TIMBER SALES.— 
(1) SALVAGE TIMBER SALES.—Using the expe-
dited procedures provided in subsection (c), the Sec-
retary concerned shall prepare, advertise, offer, and 
award contracts during the emergency period for sal-
vage timber sales from Federal lands described in 
subsection (a)(4). During the emergency period, the 
Secretary concerned is to achieve, to the maximum 
extent feasible, a salvage timber sale volume level 
above the programmed level to reduce the back-
logged volume of salvage timber. Except as provided 
by subsection (c), the preparation, advertisement, of-
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fering, and awarding of such contracts shall be per-
formed notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
including a law under the authority of which any ju-
dicial order may be outstanding on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) USE OF SALVAGE SALE FUNDS.—To con-
duct salvage timber sales under this subsection, the 
Secretary concerned may use salvage sale funds oth-
erwise available to the Secretary concerned. 
(3) SALES IN PREPARATION.—Any salvage tim-
ber sale in preparation on the date of the enactment 
of this Act shall be subject to the provisions of this 
section. 
(c) EXPEDITED PROCEDURES FOR EMERGENCY SAL-
VAGE TIMBER SALES.— 
(1) SALE DOCUMENTATION.— 
(A) PREPARATION.—For each salvage tim-
ber sale conducted under subsection (b), the 
Secretary concerned shall prepare a document 
that combines an environmental assessment 
under section 102(2) of the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4332(2)(E)) 
(including 
regulations 
imple-
menting such section) and a biological evalua-
tion under section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered 
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Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536(a)(2)) and 
other applicable Federal law and implementing 
regulations. At the sole discretion of the Sec-
retary concerned and to the extent the Secretary 
concerned considers appropriate and feasible, de-
cisions adopting activities proposed under the 
authority of the section shall consider the envi-
ronmental effects of the salvage timber sale and 
the effect, if any, on threatened or endangered 
species and give consideration to the standards 
and guidelines from the management plans ap-
plicable to the National Forest or Bureau of 
Land Management District on which the salvage 
timber sale occurs. 
(B) USE
OF
EXISTING
MATERIALS.—In 
lieu of preparing a new document under this 
paragraph, the Secretary concerned may use a 
document prepared pursuant to the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4321 et seq.) before the date of the enactment 
of this Act, a biological evaluation written be-
fore such date, or information collected for such 
a document or evaluation if the document, eval-
uation, or information applies to the Federal 
lands covered by the proposed sale. 
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(C) SCOPE AND CONTENT.—The scope and 
content of the documentation and information 
prepared, considered, and relied on under this 
paragraph is at the sole discretion of the Sec-
retary concerned. 
(2) REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS.—Not later 
than August 30, 1995, the Secretary concerned shall 
submit a report to the appropriate committees of 
Congress on the implementation of this section. The 
report shall be updated and resubmitted to the ap-
propriate committees of Congress every six months 
thereafter until the completion of all salvage timber 
sales conducted under subsection (b). Each report 
shall contain the following: 
(A) The volume of salvage timber sales 
sold and harvested, as of the date of the report, 
for each National Forest and each district of 
the Bureau of Land Management. 
(B) The available salvage volume contained 
in each National Forest and each district of the 
Bureau of Land Management. 
(C) A plan and schedule for an enhanced 
salvage timber sale program for fiscal years 
1995, 1996, and 1997 using the authority pro-
vided by this section for salvage timber sales. 
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(D) A description of any needed resources 
and personnel, including personnel reassign-
ments, required to conduct an enhanced salvage 
timber sale program through fiscal year 1997. 
(E) A statement of the intentions of the 
Secretary concerned with respect to the salvage 
timber sale volume levels specified in the joint 
explanatory statement of managers accom-
panying the conference report on H.R. 1158. 
(3) ADVANCEMENT OF SALES AUTHORIZED.— 
The Secretary concerned may begin salvage timber 
sales under subsection (b) intended for a subsequent 
fiscal year before the start of such fiscal year if the 
Secretary concerned determines that performance of 
such salvage timber sales will not interfere with sal-
vage timber sales intended for a preceding fiscal 
year. 
(4) DECISIONS.—The Secretary concerned shall 
design and select the specific salvage timber sales to 
be offered under subsection (b) on the basis of the 
analysis contained in the document or documents 
prepared pursuant to paragraph (1) to achieve, to 
the maximum extent feasible, a salvage timber sale 
volume level above the program level. 
(5) SALE PREPARATION.— 
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(A) USE OF AVAILABLE AUTHORITIES.— 
The Secretary concerned shall make use of all 
available authority, including the employment of 
private contractors and the use of expedited fire 
contracting procedures, to prepare and adver-
tise salvage timber sales under subsection (b). 
(B) EXEMPTIONS.—The preparation, solic-
itation, and award of salvage timber sales under 
subsection (b) shall be exempt from— 
(i) the requirements of the Competi-
tion in Contracting Act (41 U.S.C. 253 et 
seq.) and the implementing regulations in 
the Federal Acquisition Regulation issued 
pursuant to section 25(c) of the Office of 
Federal 
Procurement 
Policy 
Act 
(41 
U.S.C. 421(c)) and any departmental ac-
quisition regulations; and 
(ii) the notice and publication require-
ments in section 18 of such Act (41 U.S.C. 
416) and 8(e) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 637(e)) and the implementing 
regulations in the Federal Acquisition Reg-
ulations and any departmental acquisition 
regulations. 
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(C) INCENTIVE PAYMENT RECIPIENTS; RE-
PORT.—The provisions of section 3(d)(1) of the 
Federal Workforce Restructuring Act of 1994 
(Public Law 103–226; 5 U.S.C. 5597 note) 
shall not apply to any former employee of the 
Secretary concerned who received a voluntary 
separation incentive payment authorized by 
such Act and accepts employment pursuant to 
this paragraph. The Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management and the Secretary con-
cerned shall provide a summary report to the 
appropriate committees of Congress, the Com-
mittee on Government Reform and Oversight of 
the House of Representatives, and the Com-
mittee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate 
regarding the number of incentive payment re-
cipients who were rehired, their terms of reem-
ployment, their job classifications, and an ex-
planation, in the judgment of the agencies in-
volved of how such reemployment without re-
payment of the incentive payments received is 
consistent with the original waiver provisions of 
such Act. This report shall not be conducted in 
a manner that would delay the rehiring of any 
former employees under this paragraph, or af-
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