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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Depressed Smaller Cities Improvement 
Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE ON DEPRESSED SMALLER CITIES.

    (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established an interagency task 
force to be known as the Interagency Task Force on Depressed Smaller 
Cities (in this Act referred to as the ``Task Force'').
    (b) Membership.--
            (1) In general.--The Task Force shall be composed of 9 
        members as follows:
                    (A) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 
                or the Secretary's delegate.
                    (B) The Secretary of Health and Human Services, or 
                the Secretary's delegate.
                    (C) The Attorney General of the United States, or 
                the Attorney General's delegate.
                    (D) The Secretary of Commerce, or the Secretary's 
                delegate.
                    (E) 5 members appointed by the Speaker of the House 
                of Representatives, not later than the expiration of 
                the 6-month period beginning on the date of the 
                enactment of this Act, who shall be public officials of 
                depressed smaller cities.
            (2) Geographical diversity.--No 2 members appointed under 
        paragraph (1)(E) may be residents of the same State.
    (c) Terms.--Members of the Task Force shall be appointed for the 
life of the Task Force. Any vacancy in the Task Force shall be filled 
in the manner in which the original appointment was made.
    (d) Chairperson.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall be the chairperson of the Task Force.
    (e) Prohibition of Compensation.--Members of the Task Force shall 
not receive pay or other compensation on account of their service on 
the Task Force.
    (f) Travel Expenses.--Each member of the Task Force shall receive 
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in 
accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 3. DUTIES OF TASK FORCE.

    (a) Study.--The Task Force shall carry out a study of the problems 
affecting depressed smaller cities, including problems involving crime, 
the environment, housing, labor and unemployment, education, health, 
and poverty. The study shall examine and analyze Federal, State, and 
local programs to alleviate such problems, the coordination or lack of 
coordination among such programs, and the effectiveness and efficiency 
of such programs, and shall determine the proper scope and extent of 
Federal assistance and programs to reduce the problems affecting such 
cities. In conducting the study, the Task Force shall consult with 
officials of local governments to obtain and provide advice regarding 
measures that may be implemented before the completion of the study to 
alleviate such problems and to coordinate the ongoing efforts of the 
local governments with the various Federal agencies.
    (b) Reports.--
            (1) Annual reports.--
                    (A) In general.--The Task Force shall submit a 
                report to the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban 
                Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
                Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 
                Senate, not less than annually until the termination of 
                the Task Force under section 5.
                    (B) Contents.--Each report shall describe the 
                activities of the Task Force during the previous year 
                in conducting the study under subsection (a) and the 
                findings and determinations of the Task Force resulting 
                from the study. Each report shall also--
                            (i) identify the most pervasive problems 
                        affecting depressed smaller cities and the 
                        extent of such problems;
                            (ii) describe any efforts to alleviate such 
                        problems that the Task Force considers to have 
                        been effective and efficient;
                            (iii) identify the immediate and long-term 
                        needs of such cities in alleviating such 
                        problems;
                            (iv) identify any existing Federal programs 
                        that may be useful to such cities in 
                        alleviating such problems;
                            (v) include an agenda of actions to be 
                        taken to alleviate such problems, which 
                        describes the priorities of such actions; and
                            (vi) include recommendations of the Task 
                        Force for actions and legislation by the 
                        Federal Government to assist State and local 
                        governments to alleviate the problems affecting 
                        depressed smaller cities.
            (2) Final report.--Not later than the termination of the 
        Task Force under section 5, the Task Force shall submit to the 
        Committees referred to in paragraph (1)(A) a final report 
        describing the study conducted by the Task Force, the 
        activities of the Task Force, and the findings, conclusions, 
        and recommendations of the Task Force upon the completion of 
        the study.
    (c) Meetings.--To carry out the study under subsection (a) and 
prepare the reports under subsection (b), the Task Force shall meet not 
less than quarterly in each year.

SEC. 4. IDENTIFICATION OF DEPRESSED SMALLER CITIES.

    For purposes of this Act, the term ``depressed smaller city'' means 
any unit of general local government that, as determined by the Task 
Force for the most recent 12-month period for which statistics are 
available, is classified as a municipality by the United States Bureau 
of the Census, has a population of less than 50,000 and more than 
5,000, and meets any 3 of the following 5 criteria:
            (1) Unemployment.--The total rate of unemployment for the 
        unit of general local government (as determined by appropriate 
        available data) is 12 percent or more.
            (2) Crime rate.--For the unit of general local government, 
        the ratio of the aggregate number of violent crimes in the unit 
        (according to statistics compiled by the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation) to the population of the unit, is 5 percent or 
        greater.
            (3) Lack of municipal health facilities.--The unit of 
        general local government does not own or operate any municipal 
        health facilities.
            (4) Income level.--The median annual household income for 
        households residing in the unit of general local government (as 
        determined by the Bureau of the Census of the Department of 
        Commerce) does not exceed $15,000.
            (5) Environmental problems.--The unit of general local 
        government has substantial environmental problems resulting 
        from industrial activities, as determined by the Task Force.

SEC. 5. TERMINATION.

    The Commission shall terminate upon the expiration of the 3-year 
period beginning on the date of the appointment of the entire 
membership of the Task Force under section 2(b).

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 
$750,000, which shall be available during fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 
1997.
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Depressed Smaller Cities Improvement Act of 1993 - Establishes the Interagency Task Force on Depressed Smaller Cities to study problems affecting depressed smaller cities and to determine the proper scope and extent of Federal assistance and programs to reduce the problems affecting such cities. 
Authorizes appropriations.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hudson River Valley Special Resource 
Study Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (2) Study area.--The term ``study area''--
                    (A) means the portion of the Hudson River that 
                flows from Rodgers Island at Fort Edward to the 
                southern-most boundary of Westchester County, New York; 
                and
                    (B) includes any relevant sites and landscapes 
                within the counties in New York that abut the area 
                described in subparagraph (A).

SEC. 3. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds as follows:
            (1) The Hudson River Valley possesses important and unique 
        cultural, historical, natural, recreational and scenic 
        resources that have been central to the development and 
        sustainment of our Nation.
            (2) The Hudson River Valley encompasses a rich array of 
        sensitive natural resources ranging from the River itself and 
        its vast estuarine district, to its wetlands, refuges, parks, 
        forests, farmlands, preserves, cliffs, mountains, and valleys.
            (3) The Hudson River and its tributaries are home to a 
        number of rare and threatened animal species, habitats, and 
        plants.
            (4) The Hudson River Valley is home to myriad biking, 
        heritage, pedestrian and scenic trail systems on the eastern 
        and western sides of the River that are now connected by the 
        Walkway Over the Hudson bridge, which has been designated as a 
        National Recreation Trail.
            (5) Throughout history, the Hudson River Valley has played 
        a central role in the development of our nation, starting from 
        the vibrant Native American communities that first inhabited 
        the land, to Henry Hudson's voyage up the river later named for 
        him in the vessel Half Moon in 1609 and later with the American 
        Revolution, the debate on our Constitution, the first 
        successful steamboat voyage by Robert Fulton in 1807, the 
        Industrial Revolution, and the modern labor and environmental 
        movements.
            (6) The Hudson River Valley gave birth to important 
        movements in American art, architecture and literature through 
        the work of Andrew Jackson Downing, Alexander Jackson Davis, 
        Thomas Cole, Frederick Church and their associates from the 
        Hudson River School of Art, as well as through authors such as 
        Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, William Cullen 
        Bryant, Susan and Anna Warner, and John Burroughs.
            (7) The depictions and descriptions of the Hudson River 
        Valley's renowned scenery and natural resources played a 
        central role in the recognition of the value of the landscape 
        and the development of an American esthetic and environmental 
        ideal.
            (8) A 1996 National Park Service study called the Hudson 
        River Valley ``the landscape that defined America.''.
            (9) The Hudson River Valley has been the subject of 
        multiple State and Federal inventories, studies, and plans that 
        should greatly assist a National Park Service special resource 
        study.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF STUDY.

    (a) In General.--As soon as funds are made available for this 
purpose, the Secretary shall complete a study of the Hudson River 
Valley in the State of New York to evaluate--
            (1) the national significance of the area; and
            (2) the suitability and feasibility of designating the area 
        as a unit of the National Park System.
    (b) Study Guidelines.--In conducting the study under subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall--
            (1) use the criteria for the study of areas for potential 
        inclusion in the National Park System included in section 8 of 
        Public Law 91-383, as amended by section 303 of the National 
        Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-391; 112 
        Stat. 3501); and
            (2) closely examine park unit models, in particular 
        national river and recreation areas, as well as other landscape 
        protection models, that--
                    (A) encompass large areas of non-Federal lands 
                within their designated boundaries;
                    (B) foster public and private collaborative 
                arrangements for achieving National Park Service 
                objectives; and
                    (C) protect and respect the rights of private land 
                owners.

SEC. 5. REPORT.

    Not later than 24 months after the date that funds are first made 
available for this purpose, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on 
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report on the 
findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the study authorized by 
this Act.
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Hudson River Valley Special Resource Study Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to complete a study of the Hudson River Valley in the state of New York to evaluate: (1) the national significance of the part of the Hudson River that flows from Rodgers Island at Fort Edward to the southern-most boundary of Westchester County, New York, including any relevant sites and landscapes within counties in New York that abut that part of the River (the study area); and (2) the suitability and feasibility of designating the study area as a unit of the National Park System.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Elimination Act of 1995''.

  TITLE I--ELIMINATION OF DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

SEC. 101. ELIMINATION OF DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

    (a) Elimination.--The Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Act (42 U.S.C. 3531 et seq.) is hereby repealed.
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall take effect on January 1, 
1998.

SEC. 102. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, prior 
to January 1, 1998, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
(hereafter in this title referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall take 
such actions as may be necessary to--
            (1) consolidate the programs administered by the Department 
        of Housing and Urban Development into a block grant program;
            (2) convert all funding for public and assisted housing 
        under the United States Housing Act of 1937 to tenant-based 
        rental assistance;
            (3) convert the Federal Housing Administration into a 
        government-controlled corporation, which would provide mortgage 
        insurance only to low- and moderate-income persons under risk-
        sharing agreements with private mortgage insurers; and
            (4) otherwise provide for the complete elimination of the 
        Department of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to section 
        101.
    (b) Submissions to Congress.--
            (1) Strategic plan.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
        of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
        Congress a plan to carry out subsection (a), which shall 
        include any recommendations for--
                    (A) legislation necessary to carry out subsection 
                (a);
                    (B) transfers of functions and activities, 
                including all existing obligations to other existing or 
                successor Federal or State agencies.
            (2) Privatization of fha.--Not later than 180 days after 
        the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
        to the Congress a report which shall include--
                    (A) recommendations and a strategic plan for the 
                complete privatization of the Federal Housing 
                Administration; and
                    (B) a description of the projected cost savings to 
                the Federal Government that would be achieved through 
                the complete privatization of the Federal Housing 
                Administration.

SEC. 103. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE RECOMMENDATIONS.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall submit to the 
Committee on Banking and Financial Services of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs of the Senate a list of recommendations for minimizing the cost 
of Federal housing and community development programs through the 
elimination of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

SEC. 104. GAO REPORT.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the 
Committee on Banking and Financial Services of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs of the Senate a report which shall include recommendations for 
the most efficient means of achieving--
            (1) the complete elimination of the Department of Housing 
        and Urban Development; and
            (2) the transfer of the functions of the Department of 
        Housing and Urban Development to other existing or successor 
        Federal or State agencies.

         TITLE II--TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS AND SAVINGS PROVISIONS

SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this title, unless otherwise provided or indicated 
by the context--
            (1) the term ``Federal agency'' has the meaning given to 
        the term ``agency'' by section 551(1) of title 5, United States 
        Code;
            (2) the term ``function'' means any duty, obligation, 
        power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, activity, 
        or program; and
            (3) the term ``office'' includes any office, 
        administration, agency, institute, unit, organizational entity, 
        or component thereof.

SEC. 202. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.

    There are transferred to the Department of Justice all functions 
which the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development exercised before 
the date of the enactment of this title (including all related 
functions of any officer or employee of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development) relating to the Fair Housing Act or the rights 
granted under the Fair Housing Act.

SEC. 203. DETERMINATIONS OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS BY THE OFFICE OF 
              MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.

    If necessary, the Office of Management and Budget shall make any 
determination of the functions that are transferred under section 202.

SEC. 204. PERSONNEL PROVISIONS.

    (a) Appointments.--The Attorney General may appoint and fix the 
compensation of such officers and employees, including investigators, 
attorneys, and administrative law judges, as may be necessary to carry 
out the respective functions transferred under this title. Except as 
otherwise provided by law, such officers and employees shall be 
appointed in accordance with the civil service laws and their 
compensation fixed in accordance with title 5, United States Code.
    (b) Experts and Consultants.--The Attorney General may obtain the 
services of experts and consultants in accordance with section 3109 of 
title 5, United States Code, and compensate such experts and 
consultants for each day (including travel time) at rates not in excess 
of the rate of pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 
5315 of such title. The Attorney General may pay experts and 
consultants who are serving away from their homes or regular place of 
business travel expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence at rates 
authorized by sections 5702 and 5703 of such title for persons in 
Government service employed intermittently.

SEC. 205. DELEGATION AND ASSIGNMENT.

    Except where otherwise expressly prohibited by law or otherwise 
provided by this title, the Attorney General may delegate any of the 
functions transferred to the Attorney General by this title and any 
function transferred or granted to such Attorney General after the 
effective date of this title to such officers and employees of the 
Department of Justice as the Attorney General may designate, and may 
authorize successive redelegations of such functions as may be 
necessary or appropriate. No delegation of functions by the Attorney 
General under this section or under any other provision of this title 
shall relieve such Attorney General of responsibility for the 
administration of such functions.

SEC. 206. REORGANIZATION.

    The Attorney General is authorized to allocate or reallocate any 
function transferred under section 202 among the officers of the 
Department of Justice, and to establish, consolidate, alter, or 
discontinue such organizational entities in the Department of Justice 
as may be necessary or appropriate.

SEC. 207. RULES.

    The Attorney General is authorized to prescribe, in accordance with 
the provisions of chapters 5 and 6 of title 5, United States Code, such 
rules and regulations as the Attorney General determines necessary or 
appropriate to administer and manage the functions of Department of 
Justice.

SEC. 208. TRANSFER AND ALLOCATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS AND PERSONNEL.

    Except as otherwise provided in this title, the personnel employed 
in connection with, and the assets, liabilities, contracts, property, 
records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, authorizations, 
allocations, and other funds employed, used, held, arising from, 
available to, or to be made available in connection with the functions 
transferred by this title, subject to section 1531 of title 31, United 
States Code, shall be transferred to the Department of Justice. 
Unexpended funds transferred pursuant to this section shall be used 
only for the purposes for which the funds were originally authorized 
and appropriated.

SEC. 209. INCIDENTAL TRANSFERS.

    The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, at such time 
or times as the Director shall provide, is authorized to make such 
determinations as may be necessary with regard to the functions 
transferred by this title, and to make such additional incidental 
dispositions of personnel, assets, liabilities, grants, contracts, 
property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, 
authorizations, allocations, and other funds held, used, arising from, 
available to, or to be made available in connection with such 
functions, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this 
title. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
provide for the termination of the affairs of all entities terminated 
by this title and for such further measures and dispositions as may be 
necessary to effectuate the purposes of this title.

SEC. 210. EFFECT ON PERSONNEL.

    (a) In General.--Except as otherwise provided by this title, the 
transfer pursuant to this title of full-time personnel (except special 
Government employees) and part-time personnel holding permanent 
positions shall not cause any such employee to be separated or reduced 
in grade or compensation for one year after the date of transfer of 
such employee under this title.
    (b) Executive Schedule Positions.--Except as otherwise provided in 
this title, any person who, on the day preceding the effective date of 
this title, held a position compensated in accordance with the 
Executive Schedule prescribed in chapter 53 of title 5, United States 
Code, and who, without a break in service, is appointed in the 
Department of Justice to a position having duties comparable to the 
duties performed immediately preceding such appointment shall continue 
to be compensated in such new position at not less than the rate 
provided for such previous position, for the duration of the service of 
such person in such new position.
    (c) Termination of Certain Positions.--Positions whose incumbents 
are appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of 
the Senate, the functions of which are transferred by this title, shall 
terminate on the effective date of this title.

SEC. 211. SAVINGS PROVISIONS.

    (a) Continuing Effect of Legal Documents.--All orders, 
determinations, rules, regulations, permits, agreements, grants, 
contracts, certificates, licenses, registrations, privileges, and other 
administrative actions--
            (1) which have been issued, made, granted, or allowed to 
        become effective by the President, any Federal agency or 
        official thereof, or by a court of competent jurisdiction, in 
        the performance of functions which are transferred under this 
        title, and
            (2) which are in effect at the time this title takes 
        effect, or were final before the effective date of this title 
        and are to become effective on or after the effective date of 
        this title,
shall continue in effect according to their terms until modified, 
terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked in accordance with law by 
the President, the Attorney General or other authorized official, a 
court of competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law.
    (b) Proceedings Not Affected.--The provisions of this title shall 
not affect any proceedings, including notices of proposed rulemaking, 
or any application for any license, permit, certificate, or financial 
assistance pending before the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development at the time this title takes effect, with respect to 
functions transferred by this title but such proceedings and 
applications shall be continued. Orders shall be issued in such 
proceedings, appeals shall be taken therefrom, and payments shall be 
made pursuant to such orders, as if this title had not been enacted, 
and orders issued in any such proceedings shall continue in effect 
until modified, terminated, superseded, or revoked by a duly authorized 
official, by a court of competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law. 
Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to prohibit the 
discontinuance or modification of any such proceeding under the same 
terms and conditions and to the same extent that such proceeding could 
have been discontinued or modified if this title had not been enacted.
    (c) Suits Not Affected.--The provisions of this title shall not 
affect suits commenced before the effective date of this title, and in 
all such suits, proceedings shall be had, appeals taken, and judgments 
rendered in the same manner and with the same effect as if this title 
had not been enacted.
    (d) Nonabatement of Actions.--No suit, action, or other proceeding 
commenced by or against the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, or by or against any individual in the official capacity 
of such individual as an officer of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, shall abate by reason of the enactment of this title.
    (e) Administrative Actions Relating to Promulgation of 
Regulations.--Any administrative action relating to the preparation or 
promulgation of a regulation by the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development relating to a function transferred under this title may be 
continued by the Department of Justice with the same effect as if this 
title had not been enacted.

SEC. 212. SEPARABILITY.

    If a provision of this title or its application to any person or 
circumstance is held invalid, neither the remainder of this title nor 
the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances 
shall be affected.

SEC. 213. TRANSITION.

    The Attorney General is authorized to utilize--
            (1) the services of such officers, employees, and other 
        personnel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
        with respect to functions transferred to the Department of 
        Justice by this title; and
            (2) funds appropriated to such functions for such period of 
        time as may reasonably be needed to facilitate the orderly 
        implementation of this title.

SEC. 214. REFERENCES.

    Reference in any other Federal law, Executive order, rule, 
regulation, or delegation of authority, or any document of or relating 
to--
            (1) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development with 
        regard to functions transferred under section 202, shall be 
        deemed to refer to the Attorney General; and
            (2) the Department of Housing and Urban Development with 
        regard to functions transferred under section 202, shall be 
        deemed to refer to the Department of Justice.

SEC. 215. ADDITIONAL CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Recommended Legislation.--After consultation with the 
appropriate committees of the Congress and the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget, the Attorney General shall prepare and submit 
to the Congress recommended legislation containing technical and 
conforming amendments to reflect the changes made by this title.
    (b) Submission to the Congress.--No later than 6 months after the 
effective date of this title, the Attorney General shall submit the 
recommended legislation referred to under subsection (a).

SEC. 216. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This title shall take effect 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS: 
     Title I:  Elimination of Department of Housing and Urban 
          Development 
     Title II:  Transfer of Functions and Savings Provisions 
Department of Housing and Urban Development Elimination Act of 1995 - 
Title I:  Elimination of Department of Housing and Urban Development
 - Eliminates the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 
Title II:  Transfer of Functions and Savings Provisions - 
Transfers all functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development relating to the Fair Housing Act to the Department of Justice.