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any rights guaranteed under the Fair Housing Act (including any
functions relating to the Fair Housing Initiatives program under
section 561 of the Housing and Community Development Act of
1987), are hereby transferred to the Attorney General of the United
States effective April 1, 1997: Provided, That none of the aforemen-
tioned authority or responsibility for enforcement of the Fair Hous-
ing Act shall be transferred to the Attorney General until adequate
personnel and resources allocated to such activity at the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development are transferred to the
Department of Justice.
SEC. 224. None of the funds provided in this Act may be
used during fiscal year 1996 to investigate or prosecute under
the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601, et seq.) any otherwise lawful
activity engaged in by one or more persons, including the filing
or maintaining of non-frivolous legal action, that is engaged in
solely for the purposes of achieving or preventing action by a
Government official, entity, or court of competent jurisdiction.
SEC. 225. None of the funds provided in this Act many be
used to take any enforcement action with respect to a complaint
of discrimination under the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601,
et seq.) on the basis of familial status and which involves an
occupancy standard established by the housing provider except
to the extent that it is found that there has been discrimination
in contravention of the standards provided in the March 20, 1991
Memorandum from the General Counsel of the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development to all Regional Counsel or until such
time that HUD issues a final rule in accordance with section 553
of title 5, United States Code.
CDBG ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES
SEC. 226. Section 105(a) of the Housing and Community Devel-
opment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (4)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘reconstruction,’’ after ‘‘removal,’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘acquisition for rehabilitation, and
rehabilitation’’ and inserting ‘‘acquisition for reconstruction
or rehabilitation, and reconstruction or rehabilitation’’;
(2) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(3) by striking paragraph (19);
(4) in paragraph (24), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(5) in paragraph (25), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ‘‘; and’’;
(6) by redesignating paragraphs (20) through (25) as para-
graphs (19) through (24), respectively; and
(7) by redesignating paragraph (21) (as added by section
1012(f)(3) of the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1992) as paragraph (25).
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TITLE III
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the
American Battle Monuments Commission, including the acquisition
of land or interest in land in foreign countries; purchases and
repair of uniforms for caretakers of national cemeteries and monu-
ments outside of the United States and its territories and posses-
sions; rent of office and garage space in foreign countries; purchase
(one for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles;
and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries, when
required by law of such countries; $20,265,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That where station allowance has been
authorized by the Department of the Army for officers of the Army
serving the Army at certain foreign stations, the same allowance
shall be authorized for officers of the Armed Forces assigned to
the Commission while serving at the same foreign stations, and
this appropriation is hereby made available for the payment of
such allowance: Provided further, That when traveling on business
of the Commission, officers of the Armed Forces serving as members
or as Secretary of the Commission may be reimbursed for expenses
as provided for civilian members of the Commission: Provided fur-
ther, That the Commission shall reimburse other Government agen-
cies, including the Armed Forces, for salary, pay, and allowances
of personnel assigned to it.
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety
Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not
to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for GS–18,
purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal officials’ con-
tributions to Commission activities, and not to exceed $500 for
official reception and representation expenses, $40,000,000.
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and
Community Service in carrying out the orderly termination of pro-
grams, activities, and initiatives under the National and Community
Service Act of 1990, as amended (Public Law 103–82), $15,000,000:
Provided, That such amount shall be utilized to resolve all respon-
sibilities and obligations in connection with said Corporation and
the Corporation’s Office of Inspector General.
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COURT OF VETERANS APPEALS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the operation of the United States
Court of Veterans Appeals as authorized by 38 U.S.C. sections
7251–7292, $9,000,000, of which not to exceed $678,000, to remain
available until September 30, 1997, shall be available for the pur-
pose of providing financial assistance as described, and in accord-
ance with the process and reporting procedures set forth, under
this head in Public Law 102–229.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for maintenance,
operation, and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and
Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, and not to exceed
$1,000 
for 
official 
reception 
and 
representation 
expenses;
$11,946,000, to remain available until expended.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
For science and technology, including research and development
activities, which shall include research and development activities
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended; necessary
expenses for personnel and related costs and travel expenses, includ-
ing uniforms, or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates
for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the
rate for GS–18; procurement of laboratory equipment and supplies;
other operating expenses in support of research and development;
construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation and renovation of
facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; $525,000,000, which
shall remain available until September 30, 1997.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT
For environmental programs and management, including nec-
essary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel and
related costs and travel expenses, including uniforms, or allowances
therefore, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed
the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for GS–18; hire of passenger
motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; pur-
chase of reprints; library memberships in societies or associations
which issue publications to members only or at a price to members
lower than to subscribers who are not members; construction, alter-
ation, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to
exceed $75,000 per project; and not to exceed $6,000 for official
reception and representation expenses; $1,550,300,000, which shall
remain available until September 30, 1997: Provided, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, for this fiscal year and
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hereafter, an industrial discharger that is a pharmaceutical manu-
facturing facility and discharged to the Kalamazoo Water Reclama-
tion Plant (an advanced wastewater treatment plant with activated
carbon) prior to the date of enactment of this Act may be exempted
from categorical pretreatment standards under section 307(b) of
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, if the follow-
ing conditions are met:
(1) the owner or operator of the Kalamazoo Water Reclama-
tion Plant applies to the State of Michigan for an exemption
for such industrial discharger,
(2) the State or Administrator, as applicable, approves such
exemption request based upon a determination that the Kala-
mazoo Water Reclamation Plant will provide treatment and
pollution removal equivalent to or better than that which would
be required through a combination of pretreatment by such
industrial discharger and treatment by the Kalamazoo Water
Reclamation Plant in the absence of the exemption, and
(3) compliance with paragraph (2) is addressed by the
provisions and conditions of a permit issued to the Kalamazoo
Water Reclamation Plant under section 402 of such Act, and
there exists an operative financial contract between the City
of Kalamazoo and the industrial user and an approved local
pretreatment program, including a joint monitoring program
and local controls to prevent against interference and pass
through.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,
as amended, and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation,
and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project,
$28,500,000.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration,
and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, or use by, the
Environmental Protection Agency, $60,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980
(CERCLA), as amended, including sections 111 (c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6),
and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and for construction, alteration, repair,
rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000
per project; not to exceed $1,163,400,000, to remain available until
expended, consisting of $913,400,000 as authorized by section 517(a)
of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986
(SARA), as amended by Public Law 101–508, and $250,000,000
as a payment from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance
Superfund as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA, as amended
by Public Law 101–508: Provided, That funds appropriated under
this heading may be allocated to other Federal agencies in accord-
ance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That