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CHAPTER 7
DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
MEDICAL CARE
For an additional amount for emergency expenses re-
sulting from the January 1994 earthquake in Southern
California, $21,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which not to exceed $802,000 is available for
transfer to General Operating Expenses, the Guaranty
and Indemnity Program Account, and the Vocational Re-
habilitation Loans Program Account: Provided, That the
entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended.
CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction, major
projects’’ for emergency expenses resulting from the Janu-
ary 1994 earthquake in Southern California and other dis-
asters, $45,600,000, to remain available until expended,
of which such sums as may be necessary may be trans-
ferred to the ‘‘Medical care’’ and ‘‘Construction, minor
projects’’ accounts: Provided, That the entire amount is
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designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
HOUSING PROGRAMS
ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING
For an additional amount under this head,
$225,000,000, to remain available until December 31,
1995, of which $200,000,000 shall be for rental assistance
under the section 8 existing housing certificate program
(42 U.S.C. 1437f) and the housing voucher program
under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), and $25,000,000 shall be for
the modernization of existing public housing projects pur-
suant to section 14 of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437l): Provided, That these funds shall
be used first to replenish amounts used from the head-
quarters 
reserve 
established 
pursuant 
by 
section
213(d)(4)(A) of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974, as amended, for assistance to victims
of the January 1994 earthquake in Southern California:
Provided further, That any amounts remaining after the
headquarters reserve has been replenished shall be avail-
able under such programs for additional assistance to vic-
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tims of the earthquake referred to above: Provided further,
That in administering these funds, the Secretary may
waive or specify alternative requirements for any provision
of any statute or regulation that the Secretary administers
in connection with the obligation by the Secretary or any
use by the recipient of these funds, except for the require-
ments relating to fair housing and nondiscrimination, the
environment, and labor standards, upon finding that such
waiver is required to facilitate the obligation and use of
such funds and would not be inconsistent with the overall
purpose of the statute or regulation: Provided further,
That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND
For emergency assistance to owners of eligible multi-
family housing projects damaged by the January 1994
earthquake in Southern California who are either insured
or formerly insured under the National Housing Act, as
amended, or otherwise eligible for assistance under section
201(c) of the Housing and Community Development
Amendments of 1978, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1a),
in the program of assistance for troubled multifamily
housing projects under the Housing and Community De-
velopment 
Amendments 
of 
1978, 
as 
amended,
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$100,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
1995: Provided, That assistance to an owner of a multi-
family housing project assisted, but not insured under the
National Housing Act, may be made if the project owner
and the mortgagee have provided or agreed to provide as-
sistance to the project in a manner as determined by the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Provided
further, That assistance is for the repair of damage or the
recovery of losses directly attributable to the Southern
California earthquake of 1994: Provided further, That in
administering these funds, the Secretary may waive, or
specify alternative requirements for, any provision of any
statute or regulation that the Secretary administers in
connection with the obligation by the Secretary or any use
by the recipient of these funds, except for statutory re-
quirements relating to fair housing and nondiscrimination,
the environment, and labor standards, upon finding that
such waiver is required to facilitate the obligation and use
of such funds, and would not be inconsistent with the over-
all purpose of the statute or regulation: Provided further,
That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
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COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Community develop-
ment grants’’, as authorized under title I of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1974, for emergency
expenses resulting from the January 1994 earthquake in
Southern California, $250,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 1996 for all activities eligible under
such title I except those activities reimbursable by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) or
available through the Small Business Administration
(SBA): Provided, That from this amount, the Secretary
may transfer up to $50,000,000 to the ‘‘HOME invest-
ment partnerships program’’, as authorized under title II
of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing
Act, as amended (Public Law 101–625), to remain avail-
able until expended, as an additional amount for such
emergency expenses for all activities eligible under such
title II except activities reimbursable by FEMA or avail-
able through SBA: Provided further, That the recipients
of amounts under this appropriation, including the fore-
going transfer (if any), shall use such amounts first to
replenish amounts previously obligated under their Com-
munity Development Block Grant or HOME programs, re-
spectively, in connection with the Southern California
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earthquake of January 1994: Provided further, That in ad-
ministering these funds, the Secretary may waive, or
specify alternative requirements for, any provision of any
statute or regulation that the Secretary administers in
connection with the obligation by the Secretary or any use
by the recipient of these funds, except for statutory re-
quirements relating to fair housing and nondiscrimination,
the environment, and labor standards, upon finding that
such waiver is required to facilitate the obligation and use
of such funds, and would not be inconsistent with the over-
all purpose of the statute or regulation: Provided further,
That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
DISASTER RELIEF
For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Relief’’ for
the January 1994 earthquake in Southern California and
other disasters, $4,709,000,000 to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated
by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.