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‘‘(ii) The public housing agency shall establish a pay-
ment standard for the purpose of determining the monthly
assistance which may be paid for any family under this
paragraph. The payment standard may not exceed an
amount approved or established by the Secretary.
‘‘(iii) The monthly assistance payment for assistance
under this paragraph shall be determined in accordance
with paragraph (2).
‘‘(13)(A) Where the Secretary enters into an annual
contributions contract with a public housing agency pursu-
ant to which the agency will enter into a contract for as-
sistance payments with respect to an existing structure
under this subsection, the contract for assistance pay-
ments may not be attached to the structure unless the
owner agrees to rehabilitate or newly construct the struc-
ture other than with assistance under this Act and other-
wise complies with the requirements of this section. The
public housing agency may approve such attachment for
up to 15 percent of the funding available for tenant-based
assistance administered by the agency under this section.
‘‘(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec-
tion, a public housing agency and an applicable State
agency may, on a priority basis, attach to structures not
more than an additional 15 percent of the assistance only
with respect to projects assisted under a State program
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that permits the owner of the projects to prepay a State-
assisted or State-subsidized mortgage on the structure.
However, the attachment of assistance under this sub-
paragraph shall be for the purpose of—
‘‘(i) providing incentives to owners to preserve
such projects for occupancy by low- and moderate-
income families (for the period that assistance under
this sentence is available), and
‘‘(ii) to assist low-income families to afford any
increases in rent that may be required to induce the
owner to maintain occupancy in the project by low-
and moderate-income families.
‘‘(C) Any assistance provided to low-income families
under subparagraph (B) shall not be considered for pur-
poses of the limitation under paragraph (6) regarding the
percentage of families that may receive assistance under
this section who do not qualify for preferences under that
paragraph.
‘‘(D) In the case of a contract for assistance pay-
ments that is attached to a structure under this para-
graph, a public housing agency shall enter into a contract
with an owner, contingent upon the future availability of
appropriations for the purpose of renewing expiring con-
tracts for assistance payments as provided in appropria-
tions Acts, to extend the term of the underlying contract
‘‘SEC. 11. To more effectively implement wage deter-
mination procedures, the Secretary of Labor is authorized
to develop and implement an electronic data interchange
system to request and obtain wage determinations re-
quired under the Act.’’.
(b) The Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (41 U.S.C.
276a et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new section:
‘‘SEC. 8. To more effectively implement wage deter-
mination procedures, the Secretary of Labor is authorized
to develop and implement an electronic data interchange
system to request and obtain wage determinations re-
quired under the Act.’’.
(c) The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b)
of this section shall be effective on the date of enactment.
SEC. 9004. ELIMINATION OF FILING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Section 101(b) of the Employee Retirement In-
come Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) (29 U.S.C. 1021(b))
is amended by striking paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) and
by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs
(1) and (2), respectively.
(b) Section 102 of ERISA (29 U.S.C. 1022) is
amended by striking paragraph (a)(2) and redesignating
paragraph (a)(1) as subsection (a).
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(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Such section is fur-
ther amended by striking out paragraph (4) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(4)(A) Not later than December 1 of each year,
there shall be set aside within the Fund a reserve to be
used for the purposes described in paragraph (3)(C). The
amount placed into the reserve each year shall be deter-
mined under subparagraph (B). No funds may be obli-
gated under paragraph (3)(C) in excess of the funds in
the reserve. The reserve shall remain available for obliga-
tion until expended.
‘‘(B)(i) On December 1, 1993, the amount set aside
for the reserve under subparagraph (A) shall be the
amount by which—
‘‘(I) the unobligated balance remaining in the
Fund at the close of business on September 30,
1993, minus any part of such balance that the Sec-
retary determines is necessary to defray, the ex-
penses, payments, and costs described in paragraph
(3), exceeds
‘‘(II) $538,600,000.
‘‘(ii) On December 1, 1994, the amount set aside for
the reserve under subparagraph (A) shall be the amount
by which—
‘‘(2) at the discretion of the commander of the
installation and if a balance remains available after
such funds are credited, to the nonappropriated mo-
rale and welfare account of the installation to be
used for any morale or welfare activity.’’.
SEC. 3002. CLOSURE OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES UNI-
VERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES.
(a) CLOSURE REQUIRED.—Section 2112 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (c)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘and the closure’’ after
‘‘The development’’; and
(B) by striking out ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘subsections (a) and
(b)’’; and
(2) by striking out subsection (b) and inserting
in lieu thereof the following new subsection:
‘‘(b)(1) Not later than September 30, 1998, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall close the University. To achieve
the closure of the University by that date, the Secretary
shall begin to terminate the operations of the University
beginning in fiscal year 1995. On account of the required
closure of the University under this subsection, no stu-
dents may be admitted to begin studies in the University
after September 30, 1994.
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Attorney General makes a contract for legal services to
be furnished in any judicial district of the United States
under the first sentence of this paragraph, the Attorney
General shall use his best efforts to obtain, from among
attorneys regularly engaged in the private practice of law
in such district, at least four such contracts with private
individuals or firms in such district.’’.
Subtitle G—Adjusting Civil
Monetary Penalties for Inflation
SEC. 16701. ADJUSTING CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES FOR
INFLATION.
The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act
of 1990 is amended by—
(1) amending section 4 to read as follows: ‘‘The
head of each agency shall—
‘‘(1) by regulation, no later than September 30,
1994, and at least once every 4 years thereafter, ad-
just each civil monetary penalty provided by law
within the jurisdiction of the Federal agency, except
for any penalty under title 26, United States Code,
by the inflation adjustment described under section
5 and publish each such adjustment in the Federal
Register; and
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‘‘(2) provide a report to the Secretary of the
Treasury by November 15 of each year on all pen-
alties adjusted during the preceding fiscal year.’’;
(2) amending subsection 5(a) by striking ‘‘The
adjustment described under paragraphs (4) and
(5)(A) of section 4’’ and inserting ‘‘The inflation ad-
justment’’; and
(3) adding, after section 6, a section 7, as fol-
lows: ‘‘Section 7. Any increase to a civil monetary
penalty resulting from this Act shall apply only to
violations which occur after the date any such in-
crease takes effect.’’.
TITLE XVII—YEAR-END
SPENDING
SEC. 17001. YEAR-END SPENDING.
Section 1301 of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by adding the following new subsection at the
end:
‘‘(e) Not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances
remaining available at the end of one fiscal year from ap-
propriations made available for salaries and expenses
made for that year shall remain available through Septem-
ber 30 of the following fiscal year for each account for
the same purposes. Not to exceed 2 percent of the funds
so carried over may be used to pay cash awards to employ-
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ees, as authorized by law, and not to exceed 3 percent
of the funds may be used for employee training pro-
grams.’’.
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(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs: 
‘‘(A) dies in line of duty while serving on 
active duty as a member of the Armed Forces; 
or 
‘‘(B) is awarded the Purple Heart for an 
injury and dies as a result of that injury during 
the 31-day period beginning on the date of the 
person’s discharge or release from active duty 
service in the Armed Forces.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to a person who dies 
on or after September 11, 2001. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2014, and 
apply to payments of educational assistance for programs 
of education pursued after that date. 
SEC. 8. RECODIFICATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEC-
TION PROCESS FOR POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL 
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 33 is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 3326. Election to receive educational assistance 
‘‘(a) INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO ELECT PARTICIPA-
TION IN POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.—An indi-
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and 431)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 1906 
and 1907 of title 41’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 35(c) of the Office of Federal Pro-
curement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 431(c))’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 104 of title 41’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (m)— 
(i) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 4 of the Office of Federal Procure-
ment Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 105 of title 41’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 4 of the Office of Federal Procure-
ment Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 131 of title 41’’; and 
(iii) in paragraph (5), by striking 
‘‘section 35(c) of the Office of Federal 
Procurement 
Policy 
Act 
(41 
U.S.C. 
431(c))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 104 of title 
41’’. 
(e) OTHER CROSS-REFERENCE AMENDMENTS
IN 
TITLE 10.—Title 10, United States Code, is amended as 
follows: 
(1) Section 1722b(c) is amended— 
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covered under section 2(a), as well as other plastic prod-
ucts, and
(2) recommendations for reducing the amount of non-
recyclable and nonbiodegradable plastic used in the manu-
facture of products.
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‘‘SEC. 408. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary to carry out this title.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives August 16,
1994.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.
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export control policies and issuing policy guid-
ance for dissemination to exporters in partici-
pating countries.
(F) Establishment of procedures for regu-
lar consultation among members of the regime
on proposed export license applications that in-
cludes consultation with individuals with suffi-
cient technical expertise to assess the licensing
status of exports and to ensure the reliability of
endusers.
(G) Development of common procedures
for enforcing the export controls agreed upon
by the regime, including adequate training and
authority for enforcement officers to investigate
and prevent illegal exports.
(H) Development of a common system of
export control documentation to verify the
movement of goods and technology.
(I) Establishment of procedures for the co-
ordination and exchange of information con-
cerning violations of controls agreed to by the
regime.
(J) Establishment of procedures for the co-
ordination and sharing of intelligence informa-
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and the capabilities, functions, and organization of,
community development financial institutions.
(2) Educating and training organizations, de-
pository and other financial institutions, and other
entities and persons in organizing community devel-
opment financial institutions.
(3) Recruiting, and assisting organizations, and
other entities and persons to recruit existing organi-
zations, depository and other financial institutions,
and other entities and persons to establish commu-
nity development financial institutions.
(4) Assisting entities and persons interested in
establishing qualified community development finan-
cial institutions in identifying community lending
needs.
(5) Educating and training regarding manage-
ment and operation of community development fi-
nancial institutions, including—
(A) designing and utilizing lending prac-
tices to target credit to low-income families and
neighborhoods;
(B) complying with requirements regarding
financial and managerial soundness pursuant to
section 208(f)(1)(B) and any recordkeeping re-
quirements pursuant to section 213(a)(1).
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and the capabilities, functions, and organization of,
community development financial institutions.
(2) Educating and training organizations, de-
pository and other financial institutions, and other
entities and persons in organizing community devel-
opment financial institutions.
(3) Recruiting, and assisting organizations, and
other entities and persons to recruit existing organi-
zations, depository and other financial institutions,
and other entities and persons to establish commu-
nity development financial institutions.
(4) Assisting entities and persons interested in
establishing qualified community development finan-
cial institutions in identifying community lending
needs.
(5) Educating and training regarding manage-
ment and operation of community development fi-
nancial institutions, including—
(A) designing and utilizing lending prac-
tices to target credit to low-income families and
neighborhoods;
(B) complying with requirements regarding
financial and managerial soundness pursuant to
section 208(f)(1)(B) and any recordkeeping re-
quirements pursuant to section 213(a)(1); and
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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199286.37 east 844394.81 a line running north 73
degrees 09 minutes 24.6 seconds east 440.44 feet to
a point north 199413.99 east 844816.36, thence
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199501.52 east 844898.44, thence turning and run-
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547.66 feet returning to a point north 199286.37
east 844394.81.
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199647.42 east 845035.25 a line running north 43
degrees 09 minutes 35.0 seconds east 767.14 feet to
a point north 200207.01 east 845560.00, thence
turning and running north 11 degrees 04 minutes
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200580.01 east 845487.00, thence turning and run-
ning north 22 degrees 05 minutes 50.8 seconds east
1332.36 feet to a point north 201814.50 east
845988.21, thence turning and running north 02 de-
grees 54 minutes 15.7 seconds east 15.0 feet to a
point north 201829.48 east 845988.97, thence turn-
ing and running south 23 degrees 36 minutes 31.9
seconds west 2381.38 feet returning to the point
north 199647.42 east 845035.25.
(4) to provide support and training programs to
educators in the use of technology to help obtain the
National Education Goals.
TITLE II—STATE PLANNING
GRANTS
SEC. 201. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this title are—
(1) to ensure that State educational agencies
have a clear, long-term strategic plan for incorporat-
ing the use of technology in education; and
(2) to allow States which have developed a
State technology plan to allocate planning funds to
local educational agencies to implement strategies
developed in such plan.
SEC. 202. STATE PLANNING GRANTS.
The Secretary of Education is authorized to provide
a one-time competitive grant to State educational agencies
50 percent of which shall be allocated in accordance with
the relative amount the State received under chapter 1
of title 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 for the preceding fiscal year and 50 percent of
which shall be allocated in accordance with the relative
amount the State received under part A of chapter 2 of
title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 for the preceding fiscal year.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3401
To amend section 105(a)(8) of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1974 to increase the percentage limitation on the amount of
community development block grant assistance that may be expended
for public services activities.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 28, 1993
Mr. COYNE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
A BILL
To amend section 105(a)(8) of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974 to increase the percentage
limitation on the amount of community development
block grant assistance that may be expended for public
services activities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PUBLIC SERVICES CAP.
Section 105(a)(8) of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(8)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘15 per centum’’ each place it
appears and inserting ‘‘20 percent’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘15 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘20
percent’’.
SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY.
The amendments made by section 1 shall apply with
respect to grant amounts made available under title I of
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974
in fiscal year 1994 and fiscal years thereafter.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3402
AN ACT
To establish a fountain darter captive propagation
research program.
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3402
AN ACT
To establish a fountain darter captive propagation research
program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fountain Darter Cap-
tive Propagation Research Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. FOUNTAIN DARTER CAPTIVE PROPAGATION RE-
SEARCH.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the Depart-
ment of the Interior shall establish a fountain darter cap-
tive propagation research program.
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(b) PROGRAM.—The Program shall—
(1) be operated in a manner that is consistent
with the goals, priorities, and policies set forth in
the San Marcos Recovery Plan for San Marcos River
endangered and threatened species;
(2) conduct research to establish and maintain
a fountain darter captive broodstock population at
the San Marcos National Fish Hatchery and Tech-
nology Center for the propagation and production of
offspring to be used in the recovery of this endan-
gered species; and
(3) establish a cooperative research effort at
Texas A&M University to assist in the recovery ef-
fort for this endangered species.
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated annually to the Sec-
retary of the Department of the Interior $1 million to con-
duct the Program for a five-year period beginning in fiscal
year 1994.
Passed the House of Representatives November 20,
1993.
Attest:
Clerk.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3402
To establish a fountain darter captive propagation research program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 28, 1993
Mr. FIELDS of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
A BILL
To establish a fountain darter captive propagation research
program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fountain Darter Cap-
tive Propagation Research Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. FOUNTAIN DARTER CAPTIVE PROPAGATION RE-
SEARCH.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the Depart-
ment of the Interior shall direct the National Biological
Survey to establish a fountain darter captive propagation
research program.
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(b) PROGRAM.—The Program shall—
(1) conduct research to establish and maintain
a fountain darter captive broodstock population at
the San Marcos National Fish Hatchery and Tech-
nology Center for the propagation and production of
offspring to be used in the recovery of this endan-
gered species; and
(2) establish a cooperative research effort at
Texas A&M University to assist in the recovery ef-
fort for this endangered species.
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated annually to the Sec-
retary of the Department of the Interior $1 million to con-
duct the Program for a five-year period beginning in Fis-
cal Year 1994.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3402
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
NOVEMBER 20 (legislative day, NOVEMBER 2), 1993
Received
NOVEMBER 23, 1993
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works
AN ACT
To establish a fountain darter captive propagation research
program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fountain Darter Cap-
tive Propagation Research Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. FOUNTAIN DARTER CAPTIVE PROPAGATION RE-
SEARCH.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the Depart-
ment of the Interior shall establish a fountain darter cap-
tive propagation research program.
(b) PROGRAM.—The program shall—
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(1) be operated in a manner that is consistent
with the goals, priorities, and policies set forth in
the San Marcos Recovery Plan for San Marcos River
endangered and threatened species;
(2) conduct research to establish and maintain
a fountain darter captive broodstock population at
the San Marcos National Fish Hatchery and Tech-
nology Center for the propagation and production of
offspring to be used in the recovery of this endan-
gered species; and
(3) establish a cooperative research effort at
Texas A&M University to assist in the recovery ef-
fort for this endangered species.
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated annually to the Sec-
retary of the Department of the Interior $1,000,000 to
conduct the program for a five-year period beginning in
fiscal year 1994.
Passed the House of Representatives November 20,
1993.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.
By DALLAS L. DENDY, JR.,
Assistant to the Clerk.
ceptional concentration of jazz historical sites and estab-
lished community traditions of jazz street parades.
(e) COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS, GRANTS, 
AND
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—In furtherance of the purposes
of this Act—
(1) the Secretary, after consultation with the
New Orleans Jazz Commission established pursuant
to section 7, is authorized to enter into cooperative
agreements with owners of properties that are des-
ignated pursuant to section 3(b)(3) which provide
outstanding educational and interpretive opportuni-
ties relating to the evolution of jazz in New Orleans.
The Secretary may assist in the rehabilitation and
restoration of, mark, interpret, and provide technical
assistance for the preservation and interpretation of
such properties. Such agreements shall contain, but
need not be limited to, provisions that the National
Park Service will have reasonable rights of access
for operational and visitor use needs, that rehabilita-
tion and restoration will meet the Secretary’s stand-
ards for rehabilitation of historic buildings, and that
specify the roles and responsibilities of the Secretary
for each site or structure;
(2) the Secretary is authorized to enter into co-
operative agreements with the city of New Orleans,