In the House of Representatives, U. S.,
January 9, 1996.
Resolved, That the House agree to the amendment of
the Senate to the bill (H.R. 1358) entitled ‘‘An Act to require
the Secretary of Commerce to convey to the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts the National Marine Fisheries Services lab-
oratory located on Emerson Avenue in Gloucester, Massachu-
setts’’, with the following
AMENDMENT:
At the end of the matter inserted by said amendment,
insert:
TITLE I
That the following sums are hereby appropriated, out
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts,
and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corpora-
tions, and other organizational units of Government for the
fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes, namely:
SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary
under the authority and conditions provided in the applica-
ble appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995 for continu-
ing the following projects or activities including the costs
of direct loans and loan guarantees (not otherwise specifi-
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cally provided for in this Act) which were conducted in the
fiscal year 1995:
(1) all allowances paid under section 5(b) of the
Peace Corps Act, 22 U.S.C. section 2504, notwith-
standing section 10 of Public Law 91–672, at a rate
for operations, notwithstanding any other provision
of this Act, provided for in the conference report and
joint explanatory statement of the Committee of Con-
ference (House Report 104–295) on the Foreign Oper-
ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Ap-
propriations Act, 1996 (H.R. 1868), as passed by the
House of Representatives on October 31, 1995;
(2) all activities, including administrative ex-
penses, necessary to process single-family mortgage
loans and refinancing for low-income and moderate-
income families funded under the Federal Housing
Administration’s ‘‘FHA-mutual mortgage insurance
program account’’ and ‘‘FHA-general and special risk
program account’’ in the Department of Housing and
Urban Development at a rate for operations, notwith-
standing any other provision of this Act, provided for
in the conference report and joint explanatory state-
ment of the Committee of Conference (House Report
104–384) on the Veterans Affairs and Housing and
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Ap-
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propriations Act, 1996 (H.R. 2099), as passed by the
House of Representatives on December 7, 1995;
(3) all projects and activities directly related to
the security of United States diplomatic posts and fa-
cilities abroad, notwithstanding section 15 of the
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 at a
rate for operations, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of this Act, provided for in the conference report
and joint explanatory statement of the Committee of
Conference (House Report 104–378) on the Depart-
ments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (H.R.
2076), as passed by the House of Representatives on
December 6, 1995;
(4) activities funded under the account heading
‘‘Emergency food and shelter program’’ in the Federal
Emergency Management Agency: Provided, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of this Act, the
amount made available by this Act shall not exceed
$46,000,000: Provided further, That not to exceed
three and one-half per centum of the amount made
available shall be for administrative costs;
(5) all retirement pay and medical benefits for
Public Health Services Commissioned Officers as au-
thorized by law, and for payments under the Retired
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Serviceman’s Family Protection Plan and Survivor
Benefit Plan and for medical care of dependents and
retired personnel under the Dependent’s Medical Care
Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55) and for payments pursuant to
section 229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
429(b)) at a rate for operations, notwithstanding any
other provision of this Act, provided for in the De-
partments of Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1996 (H.R. 2127), as passed by the House of
Representatives on August 4, 1995;
(6) all projects and activities of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administra-
tion, Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement, Fed-
eral Prison System, United States Attorneys, United
States Marshals Service, Federal Prisoner Detention,
Fees and Expenses of Witnesses, Immigration and
Naturalization Service, and the Executive Office for
Immigration Review, necessary for the investigation
and prosecution of criminal and civil offenses; na-
tional security; the apprehension, detention and re-
moval of illegal and criminal aliens; the incarcer-
ation, detention, and movement of Federal prisoners
and detainees; and the protection of the Federal judi-
ciary at a rate for operations, notwithstanding any
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other provision of this Act, provided for in the con-
ference report and joint explanatory statement of the
Committee of Conference (House Report 104–378) on
the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1996 (H.R. 2076), as passed by the House of Rep-
resentatives on December 6, 1995;
(7) all projects and activities of the Judiciary to
the extent and in the manner and at a rate for oper-
ations, notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, provided for in the conference report and joint
explanatory statement of the Committee of Conference
(House Report 104–378) on the Departments of Com-
merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (H.R. 2076), as
passed by the House of Representatives on December
6, 1995;
(8) all projects and activities necessary to pro-
vide for the expenses of State surveys and certifi-
cations under the account heading ‘‘Program Manage-
ment’’ under the Health Care Financing Administra-
tion in the Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices;
(9) trade adjustment assistance benefits and
North American Free Trade Act benefits funded under
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the account heading ‘‘Federal Unemployment Benefits
and Allowances’’ under the Employment and Train-
ing Administration in the Department of Labor;
(10) payments to the Federal Hospital Insurance
and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance
Trust Funds under the account heading ‘‘Payments to
Health Care Trust Funds’’ under the Health Care Fi-
nancing Administration in the Department of Health
and Human Services;
(11) all projects and activities necessary to pro-
vide for the expenses of Medicare contractors under
title XVIII of the Social Security Act under the ac-
count heading ‘‘Program Management’’ under the
Health Care Financing Administration in the De-
partment of Health and Human Services;
(12) all projects and activities funded under the
account heading ‘‘Grants to States for Medicaid’’
under the Health Care Financing Administration in
the Department of Health and Human Services;
(13) all projects and activities of the National
Institutes of Health in the Department of Health and
Human Services at a rate for operations, notwith-
standing any other provision of this Act, provided for
in the Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Ap-
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propriations Act, 1996 (H.R. 2127), as passed by the
House of Representatives on August 4, 1995;
(14) all projects and activities necessary to carry
out the section 7(a) General Business Loan Guaranty
Program and the section 504 Certified Development
Company Program, as authorized by law, under the
Small Business Administration at a rate for oper-
ations, notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, provided for in the conference report and joint
explanatory statement of the Committee of Conference
(House Report 104–378) on the Departments of Com-
merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (H.R. 2076), as
passed by the House of Representatives on December
6, 1995;
(15) all projects and activities funded under the
account heading ‘‘Surety Bond Guarantees Revolving
Fund’’ under the Small Business Administration at
a rate for operations, notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of this Act, provided for in the conference re-
port and joint explanatory statement of the Commit-
tee of Conference (House Report 104–378) on the De-
partments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judi-
ciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996
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(H.R. 2076), as passed by the House of Representa-
tives on December 6, 1995;
(16) all projects and activities necessary to ac-
commodate visitors and to provide for visitors services
on the public lands managed by the Bureau of Land
Management at a rate for operations, notwithstand-
ing any other provision of this Act, provided for in
the conference report and joint explanatory statement
of the Committee of Conference (House Report 104–
402) on the Department of the Interior and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (H.R. 1977), as
passed by the House of Representatives on December
13, 1995;
(17) all projects and activities funded under the
account heading ‘‘Disease Control, Research, and
Training’’ under the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention in the Department of Health and Human
Services at a rate for operations, notwithstanding
any other provision of this Act, not to exceed an an-
nual 
rate 
for 
new 
obligational 
authority 
of
$2,114,693,000;
(18) all Self-Determination and Self-Governance
projects and activities of tribes or tribal organizations
(as that term is defined in Public Law 93–638) that
are authorized by Public Law 93–638 under the ac-
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count heading ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’
under the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the Depart-
ment of the Interior or under the account heading
‘‘Indian Health Services’’ under the Indian Health
Service in the Department of Health and Human
Services at a rate for operations, notwithstanding
any other provision of this Act, provided for in the
conference report and joint explanatory statement of
the Committee of Conference (House Report 104–402)
on the Department of the Interior and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 1996 (H.R. 1977), as passed
by the House of Representatives on December 13,
1995;
(19) all projects and activities necessary to pro-
vide for the expenses of the Kendall Demonstration
Elementary School and the Model Secondary School
for the Deaf under the account heading ‘‘Gallaudet
University’’ in the Department of Education;
(20) payments for benefits and interest on ad-
vances, together with expenses of operation and ad-
ministration, under the account heading ‘‘Black Lung
Disability Trust Fund’’ under the Employment
Standards Administration in the Department of
Labor; and