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the authorizing Act for those program activities or their subactivi-
ties shall be reduced proportionally: Provided further, That
$90,000,000 of the funds available under this heading shall be
made available for a comprehensive research initiative on plant
genomes for economically significant crops.
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construction,
commissioning, and upgrading of major research equipment, facili-
ties, and other such capital assets pursuant to the National Science
Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, including authorized travel,
$155,900,000, 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), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, authorized travel, and rental of conference rooms in the
District of Columbia, $944,550,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2005: Provided, That to the extent that the amount
of this appropriation is less than the total amount authorized to
be appropriated for included program activities, all amounts,
including floors and ceilings, specified in the authorizing Act for
those program activities or their subactivities shall be reduced
proportionally.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses necessary in carrying out 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 official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; rental of conference rooms in the District
of Columbia; and reimbursement of the General Services Adminis-
tration for security guard services; $220,000,000: Provided, That
contracts may be entered into under ‘‘Salaries and expenses’’ in
fiscal year 2004 for maintenance and operation of facilities, and
for other services, to be provided during the next fiscal year.
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD
For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, author-
ized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference
rooms in the District of Columbia, and the employment of experts
and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code)
involved in carrying out section 4 of the National Science Founda-
tion Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 (42
U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $3,900,000: Provided, That not more than
$9,000 shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General as
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,
$10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2005.
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized by
the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–
8107), $115,000,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family
rental housing program.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
Section 605(a) of the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
Act (42 U.S.C. 8104) is amended by—
(1) striking out ‘‘compensation’’ and inserting ‘‘salary’’; and
striking out ‘‘highest rate provided for GS–18 of the General
Schedule under section 5332 of title 5 United States Code’’;
and inserting ‘‘rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule’’;
and
(2) inserting after the end the following sentence: ‘‘The
Corporation shall also apply the provisions of section 5307(a)(1),
(b)(1) and (b)(2) of title 5, United States Code, governing limita-
tions on certain pay as if its employees were Federal employees
receiving payments under title 5.’’.
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System,
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; purchase
of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed $750 for official reception
and representation expenses; $26,308,000: Provided, That during
the current fiscal year, the President may exempt this appropriation
from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President
deems such action to be necessary 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. 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. 402. No funds appropriated by this Act may be expended—
(1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or employee
of the United States unless—
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(A) such certification is accompanied by, or is part
of, a voucher or abstract which describes the payee or
payees and the items or services for which such expenditure
is being made; or
(B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to such certifi-
cation, and without such a voucher or abstract, is specifi-
cally authorized by law; and
(2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit by the Gen-
eral Accounting Officer or is specifically exempt by law from
such audit.
SEC. 403. None of the funds provided in this Act to any depart-
ment or agency may be obligated or expended for: (1) the transpor-
tation of any officer or employee of such department or agency
between the domicile and the place of employment of the officer
or employee, with the exception of an officer or employee authorized
such transportation under 31 U.S.C. 1344 or 5 U.S.C. 7905; or
(2) to provide a cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants to
any officer or employee of such department or agency.
SEC. 404. None of the funds provided in this Act may be
used for payment, through grants or contracts, to recipients that
do not share in the cost of conducting research resulting from
proposals not specifically solicited by the Government: Provided,
That the extent of cost sharing by the recipient shall reflect the
mutuality of interest of the grantee or contractor and the Govern-
ment in the research.
SEC. 405. None of the funds provided in this Act may be
used, directly or through grants, to pay or to provide reimbursement
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. 406. None of the funds provided in this Act may be
used to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal
parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings.
Nothing herein affects the authority of the Consumer Product Safety
Commission pursuant to section 7 of the Consumer Product Safety
Act (15 U.S.C. 2056 et seq.).
SEC. 407. Except as otherwise provided under existing law,
or under an existing Executive order issued pursuant 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 inspection; and (2) thereafter included in a publicly avail-
able list of all contracts entered into within 24 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 preceding sentence shall
be updated quarterly and shall include a narrative description
of the work to be performed under each such contract.
SEC. 408. 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. 409. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2004
pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within
the levels appropriated in this Act.
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SEC. 410. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the
greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased
with funds made available in this Act should be American-made.
(b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into any
contract with, any entity 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 statement made
in subsection (a) by the Congress.
SEC. 411. 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. 412. Except in the case of entities that are funded solely
with Federal funds or any natural persons that are funded under
this Act, none of the funds in this Act shall be used for the
planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of,
or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties to lobby or litigate
in respect to adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act. A chief
executive officer of any entity receiving funds under this Act shall
certify that none of these funds have been used to engage in
the lobbying of the Federal Government or in litigation against
the United States unless authorized under existing law.
SEC. 413. No part of any funds appropriated in this Act shall
be used by an agency of the executive branch, other than for
normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for pub-
licity or propaganda purposes, and for the preparation, distribution
or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television
or film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation
pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the Congress
itself.
SEC. 414. All departments and agencies funded under this
Act are encouraged, within the limits of the existing statutory
authorities and funding, to expand their use of ‘‘E-Commerce’’ tech-
nologies and procedures in the conduct of their business practices
and public service activities.
SEC. 415. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of
the United States Government except pursuant to a transfer made
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro-
priation Act.
SEC. 416. None of the funds provided in this Act to any depart-
ment 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. 417. Section 312 of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration Act of 1958, as amended, is further amended—
(1) by striking the second Sec. ‘‘312’’ and inserting ‘‘313’’;
(2) by inserting the title, ‘‘Full Cost Appropriations Account
Structure’’, before Sec. 313;
(3) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Human space flight’’ and inserting
‘‘Space flight capabilities’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘technology’’ and inserting ‘‘explo-
ration’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2004’’; and