District of Columbia Appropriation Act
PL 95-373 (H.R.13468), enacted 09/18/1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-373—SEPT. 18, 1978 
92 STAT. 699 
Public Law 95-373 
95th Congress 
An Act 
Making appropriations for tlie government of the District of Columbia and other 
activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1979, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE 
I—TEMPOKARY COMMISSION 
ON 
FINANCIAL 
OVERSIGHT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
the Act creating the Temporary Commission on Financial Oversight 
of the District of Columbia (Public Law 94-399), $3,000,000, w<hich 
shall be available until expended: Provided, That the Temporary 
Commission on Financial Oversight of the District of Columbia shall 
have the power to appoint, fix the compensation of, and remove an 
Executive Director and additional staff members without regard to 
chapter 51, subchapters III and VI of chapter 53, and chapter 75 of 
title 5, United States Code, and those provisions of such title relating 
to the appointment in the competitive service. For purposes of pay 
(other than pay of the Executive Director) and employment benefits, 
rights, and privileges, all personnel of the Commission shall be treated 
as Congressional employees. The Executive Director may be paid com-
pensation at a rate not to exceed the rate prescribed for level IV of 
the Federal Executive Salary Schedule. 
TITLE II—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT or COLUMBIA 
For payment to the District of Columbia for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 1979, $235,000,000, as authorized by the District 
of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization 
Act, Public Law 93-198, as amended (D.C. Code 47-2501d); and 
$10,300,000 in lieu of reimbursements for charges for water and water 
services and sanitary sewer services furnished to facilities of the 
United States Government as authorized by the Act of May 18, 1954, 
as amended (D.C. Code 43-1541 and 1611): Provided, That there 
is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, $9,900,000, without fiscal year limitation, for the 
purposes of the sinking fund established by section 6(a) of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Stadium Act of 1957, as amended. 
Sept. 18, 1978 
[H.R. 134681" 
District of 
Columbia 
Appropriation 
Act, 1979. 
D.C. Code 
47-101 note. 
5 u s e 5101 et 
seq., 5331 et seq.. 
5361 et seq., 
7501 et seq. 
5 u s e 5315. 
D.C. Code 
2-1724. 
39-194 O—80—pt. 1 
48 : QL3 
92 STAT. 700 
PUBLIC LAW 95-373—SEPT. 18, 1978 
D I V I S I O N O F E X P E N S E S 
The following amounts are appropriated for the District of Colum-
bia for the current fiscal year out of the general fund of the District 
of Columbia, except as otherwise specifically provided: 
i 
i? 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 
General operating expenses, $93,765,300, of which $799,300 shall 
be payable from the revenue sharing trust fund: Provided^ That not 
to exceed $2,500 for the Mayor and $2,500 for the Chairman of the 
• •'' 
Council of the District of Columbia shall be available from this 
appropriation for expenditures for official purposes: Provided 
fur-
?^Aer, That, for the purpose of assessing and reassessing real property 
;• 
in the District of Columbia, $5,000 of this appropriation shall be 
available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates 
for individuals not in excess of $100 per diem: Provided 
further^ 
That not to exceed $7,500 of this appropriation shall be available for 
test 
borings 
and soil 
investigations: 
Provided 
further^ 
That 
$5,835,500 of this appropriation, to remain available until expended, 
shall be available solely for District of Columbia employees' dis-
ability compensation: Provided 
further^ That not to exceed $325,000 
of this appropriation shall be available for settlement of property 
: 
damage claims not in excess of $1,500 each and personal injury claims 
-»'"» 
not in excess of $5,000 each: Provided 
further^ 
That not to exceed 
$50,000 of any appropriations available to the District of Columbia 
may be used to match financial contributions from the Department 
of Defense to the District of Columbia Office of Emergency Pre-
paredness for the purchase of civil defense equipment and supplies 
r 
approved by the Department of Defense, when authorized by the 
f.\v 
Mayor: Provided 
further. 
That $3,000,000 of this appropriation, to 
remain available until expended, shall be for the District of Colum-
bia's contribution toward the expenses of the Temporary Commission 
on Financial Oversight of the District of Columbia, as authorized by 
D-C. Code 
Public Law 94-399, approved September 4,1976. 
47-101 note. 
^QX an additional amount for "General operating expenses", fiscal 
year 1978, $2,719,400, including payments made pursuant to the Water 
and Sewer Repair and Compensation Act of 1976, D.C. Law 1-98, 
D.C. Code 6-401 effective March 29,1977. 
note. 
PUBLIC SAFETY 
WT; i ns.^sim'l 
•' 
Public safety, including purchase of one hundred and thirty-two 
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only (including one hundred 
and thirty for police-type use and two for fire-type use without regard 
to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year); 
$265,190,200, of which $5,863,400 shall be payable from the revenue 
sharing trust fund, and $2,591,000 shall be payable from funds to be 
received under title II, Public Works Employment Act (Public Law 
42 use 6721. 
94-369), as amended: Provided, 
That the Police Department is 
authorized to replace not to exceed twenty-five passenger carrying 
vehicles, and the Fire Department not to exceed five such vehicles 
annually whenever the cost of repair to any damaged vehicle exceeds 
f
, 
three-fourths the cost of the replacement: Provided 
further, 
That 
funds appropriated for expenses under the Criminal Justice Act of 
D.C. Code 
1974 (Public Law 93^12) for fiscal year 1979 shall be available for 
11-2601 note. 
PUBLIC LAW 95-373—SEPT. 18, 1978 
92 STAT. 701 
obligations incurred under that Act in fiscal year 1975, fiscal year 
1976, fiscal year 1977, and fiscal year 1978: Provided 
further^ 
That 
not to exceed $200,000 shall be available from this appropriation for 
the Chief of Police for the prevention and detection of crime. 
For an additional amount for "Public safety", fiscal year 1978, 
$889,700. 
EDUCATION 
Education, including the development of national defense educa-
tion programs, $283,605,400, of which $7,664,800 shall be payable from 
the revenue sharing trust fund, and $2,591,000 shall be payable from 
funds to be received under title II, Public Works Employment Act 
(Public Law 94-369), as amended, to be allocated as follows: 42 USC 6721. 
$218,242,800 for the District of Columbia Public Schools, $21,705,000 
for the Teachers' Retirement Fund, and $43,657,600 for the University 
of the District of Columbia: Provided^ That the District of Columbia 
Public Schools are authorized to accept not to exceed thirty-one motor 
vehicles for exclusive use in the driver education program: 
Provided 
further, 
That not to exceed $1,000 for the Superintendent of Schools 
, 
and $2,000 for the President of the University of the District of 
Columbia shall be available from this appropriation for expendi-
tures for official purposes: Provided 
further, 
That the $21,705,000 
of this appropriation allocated for the Teachers' Retirement Fund 
shall be transferred to the Teachers' Retirement Fund, in accordance 
with the provisions of section 7 of the Act of August 7,1946 (60 Stat. 
879, as amended; D.C. Code, sec. 31-727) : Provided 
further, 
That not 
less than $7,257,800 of this appropriation shall be used exclusively for 
maintenance of the public schools. 
RECREATION 
Recreation, $18,392,700, of which $208,200 shall be payable from 
the revenue sharing trust fund. 
For an additional amount for "Recreation", fiscal year 1978, $58,000. 
H U M A N 
RESOURCES 
Human resources, including care and treatment of indigent patients 
in institutions under contracts to be made by the Director of the 
Department of Human Resources, $283,321,300, of which $6,520,000 
shall be payable from the revenue sharing trust fund: Provided, 
That 
the inpatient rate under such contracts shall not exceed $76 per diem 
and the outpatient rate shall not exceed $12 per visit except for services 
provided to patients who are eligible for such services under the Dis-
trict of Columbia plan for medical assistance under title X I X of the 
Social Security Act, and the inpatient rate (excluding the proportion- 
42 USC 1396. 
ate share for repairs and construction) for services rendered by Saint 
Elizabeths Hospital for patient care shall be at the per diem rate 
established pursuant to 24 U.S.C. 168a: Provided 
further, That total 
reimbursements to Saint Elizabeths Hospital, including funds from 
title X I X of the Social Security Act, shall not exceed $20,919,500: 
Provided further, That $15,504,700 of this appropriation shall be avail-
able for care and treatment of the mentally retarded at Forest Haven. 
For an additional amount for "Human resources", fiscal year 1978, 
$8,086,000. 
hnJ :j'.ix 
92 STAT. 702 
PUBLIC LAW 95-373—SEPT. 18, 1978 
TRANSPORTATION 
Transportation, including rental of one passenger-carrying vehicle 
for use by the Mayor and purchase of forty-four passenger-carrying 
vehicles, of which two shall be for replacement only, $78,735,200, of 
which $6,262,300 shall be payable from the revenue sharing trust fund: 
Provided^ That this appropriation shall not be available for the pur-
chase of driver-training vehicles: Provided 
further^ That $1,263,400 
of this appropriation shall be available for the fiscal year 1977 Metro-
bus operating subsidy. 
For an additional amount for "Transportation", fiscal year 1978, 
$1,082,200: Provided further^ That authorization is hereby provided to 
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the government of the District of Columbia to fund the additional cost 
of snow and ice removal out of funds heretofore appropriated to such 
government for fiscal year 1978 for Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority but not to exceed $1,254,700. 
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES 
Environmental services, $72,069,800, of which $1,500,000 shall be 
payable from the revenue sharing trust fund: Provided^ That this 
appropriation shall not be available for collecting ashes or miscel-
laneous refuse from hotels and places of business or from apartment 
houses with four or more apartments, or from any building or con-
nected group of buildings operating as a rooming or boarding house 
as defined in the housing regulations of the District of Columbia. 
For an additional amount for "Environmental services", fiscal year 
1978, $1,030,400. 
PERSONAL SERVICES 
For pay increases and related costs, to be transferred by the Mayor 
of the District of Columbia to the appropriations for the fiscal year 
1979 from which employees are properly payable, $69,300,000. 
For an additional amount for "Personal services", fiscal year 1978, 
$7,000,000. 
SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS AND SUITS 
For payment of property damage claims in excess of $1,500 and of 
personal injury claims in excess of $5,000, approved by the Mayor in 
accordance with the provisions of the Act of February 11, 1929, as 
D.C. Code 1-904. amended (45 Stat. 1160; 46 Stat. 500; 65 Stat. 131) and for payment 
to Robert J. Pierce, not to exceed $250,000, pursuant to provisions of 
District of Columbia law, $322,800. 
REPAYMENT or 
LOANS AND INTEREST 
For reimbursement to the United States of funds loaned in compli-
ance with sections 108, 217, and 402 of the Act of May 18, 1954 (68 
D.C. Code 
Stat. 103, 109, and 110), as amended; section 9 of the Act of Septem-
43-1540 note, 
ber 7, 1957 (71 Stat. 619), as amended; section 1 of the Act of June 6, 
43-1616 note, 
1958 (72 Stat. 183), as amended; section 4 of the Act of June 12,1960 
rTr^r H 
^'^^ Stat. 211), as amended; and section 723 of the District of Columbia 
2 1727 
Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act (Public Law 
D~r rodpQ-220 
93-198), 
as 
amended, 
including 
interest 
as 
required 
thereby, 
Die: Code " 
• $120,400,000. 
43-1623. 
For an additional amount for "Repayment of loans and interest", 
D.C. Code 9-220 
for fiscal year 1978, $475,800. 
note and 47-241 
note. 
PUBLIC LAW 95-373—SEPT. 18, 1978 
92 STAT. 703 
CAPITAL OUTLAY 
For reimbursement to the United States of funds loaned in compli-
ance with the Act of August 7, 1946 (60 Stat. 896), as amended, con-
struction projects as authorized by the Acts of April 22, 1904 (33 
Stat. 244), May 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 105, 110), July 2, 1954 (68 Stat. 
443), June 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 183), August 20, 1958 (72 Stat. 686), and 
the Act of December 9, 1969 (83 Stat. 321); including acquisition of 
sites; preparation of plans and specijfications; conducting preliminary 
purveys; erection of structures, including building improvement and 
alteration and treatment of grounds; to remain available until 
expended, $77,215,000: Provided^ That no funds in this Act shall be 
used for any purpose in connection with the Washington Civic Center 
until there is full compliance with the provisions of the plan mandated 
by the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1978, Public Law 
95-288, approved June 5, 1978: Provided 
further, 
That $2,855,400 
shall be available for construction services by the Director of the 
Department of General Services or by contract for architectural engi-
neering services, as may be determined by the Mayor, and the funds 
for the use of the Director of the Department of General Services shall 
be advanced to the appropriation account "Construction Services, 
IVpartment of General Services": Provided, further. That the amount 
appropriated to the Construction Services Fund, Department of Gen-
eral Services, be limited, during the current fiscal year, to ten per 
centum of appropriations for all construction projects, except for 
Project Numbered 24-99, Permanent Improvements, for which con-
struction services shall be limited to twenty per centum of the appro-
priation: Provided 
further, 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, 
all 
authorizations for capital outlay projects, except those projects cov-
ered by the first sentence of section 23(a) of the Federal-Aid Highway 
Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-495, approved August 23,1968), for which 
funds are provided by this paragraph, shall expire on September 30, 
1980, except authorizations for projects as to which funds have been 
obligated in whole or in part prior to such date. Upon expiration of 
any such project authorization the funds provided herein for such 
project shall lapse. 
D.C. Code 
43-1510. 
D.C. Code 
43-1604, 7-132, 
7-133 note. 
D.C. Code 9-220. 
D.C. Code 
40-804. 
D.C. Code 
1-1443. 
Ante, p. 281. 
D.C. Code 7-135 
note. 
G E N E R A L P R O V I S I O N S — D I S T R I C T O F COLUMBIA 
SEC. 201. Except as otherwise provided in this title, all vouchers 
covering expenditures of appropriations contained in this title shall 
be audited before payment by the designated certifying official and 
the vouchers as approved shall be paid by checks issued by the desig-
nated disbursing official. 
SEC. 20S. Whenever in this title an amount is specified within an 
appropriation for particular purposes or object of expenditure, such 
amount, unless otherwise specified, shall be considered as the maxi-
mum amount which may be expended for said purpose or object 
rather than an amoimt set apart exclusively therefor. 
SEC. 203. Appropriations in this title shall be available, when 
authorized or approved by the Mayor, for allowances for privately-
owned conveyances used for the performance of official duties at 13 
cents per mile but not to exceed $45 a month for each automobile and 
at 8 cents per mile but not to exceed $30 a month for each motorcycle, 
unless otherwise therein specifically provided, except that one hun-
dred and thirteen (eighteen for venereal disease investigators in the 
Department of Human Resources) such automobile allowances at not 
Funds, maximum 
specified 
amounts. 
92 STAT. 704 
PUBLIC LAW 95-373—SEPT. 18, 1978 
D.C. Code 7-701 
note. 
Refunds and 
judgments. 
D.C. Code 
47-1586J. 
Public assistance. 
D.C. Code 3-204 
note. 
D.C. Code 3-204. 
42 u s e 3801 
note. 
Fiscal year 
limitation. 
D.C. Code 
40-501a note. 
more than $715 each per annum may be authorized or approved by 
the Mayor. 
SEC. 204. Appropriations in this title shall be available for expenses 
of travel and for the payment of dues of organizations concerned with 
the work of the District of Columbia government, when authorized 
by the Mayor. 
SEC. 205. Appropriations in this title shall not be used for or in 
connection with the preparation, issuance, publication, or enforce-
ment of any regulation or order of the Public Service Commission 
requiring the installation of meters in taxicabs, or for or in connection 
with the licensing of any vehicle to be operated as a taxicab except 
for operation in accordance with such system of uniform zones and 
rates and regulations applicable thereto as shall have been prescribed 
by the Public Service Commission. 
SEC. 206. Appropriations in this title shall not be available for the 
payment of rates for electric current for street lighting in excess 
of two cents per kilowatt-hour for current consumed. 
SEC. 207. There are hereby appropriated from the applicable funds 
of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for making 
refunds and for the payment of judgments which have been entered 
against the government of the District of Columbia: Provided^ That 
no part of any funds so appropriated shall be used for the payment of 
any judgment entered by any court against the government of the 
District of Columbia requiring the payment for electric current for 
street lighting at a rate in excess of two cents per kilowatt-hour for 
current consumed: Provided, further. 
That nothing contained in this 
section shall be construed as modifying or affecting the provisions of 
paragraph 8, subsection (c) of section 11 of title X I I of the District 
of Columbia Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947, as amended. 
SEC. 208. Appropriations in this title shall be available for the pay-
ment of public assistance without reference to the requirement of 
subsection (b) of section 5 of the District of Columbia Public Assist-
ance Act of 1962 and for the non-Federal share of funds necessary to 
qualifv for Federal assistance under the Act of July 31, 1968 (Public 
Law 90-445). 
SEC. 209. No part of any appropriation contained in this title shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 210. No part of any funds appropriated by this title shall be 
used to pay the compensation (whether by contract or otherwise) of 
any individual for performing services as a chauffeur or driver for 
any designated officer or employee of the District of Columbia govern-
ment (other than the Mayor, Chief of Police, and Fire Chief), or for 
performing services as a chauffeur or driver of a motor vehicle assigned 
for the personal or individual use of any such officer or employee 
(other than the Mayor, Chief of Police, and Fire Chief). I
S
T
o part of 
any funds approprinted by this title, in excess of $1,000 per month in 
the aggregate ($12,000 per annum) shall be used to pay the compen-
sation (whether by contract or otherwise) of individuals for perform-
ing services as a chauffeur or driver for the Mayor, or for performing 
services as a chauffeur or driver of a motor vehicle assigned for the 
personal or individual use of the Mayor. 
SEC. 211. Not to exceed 41/2 per centum of the total of all funds appro-
priated by this title for personal compensation may be used to pay the 
cost of overtime or temporary positions. 
SEC. 212. The total expenditure of funds appropriated by this title 
for authorized travel and per diem costs outside the District of Colum-
bia, Maryland, and Virginia shall not exceed $225,000. 
PUBLIC LAW 95-373—SEPT. 18, 1978 
92 STAT. 705 
SEC. 213. Appropriations in this title shall not be available, during^ 
the fiscal year ending September 30,1979, for the compensation of any 
person appointed— 
(1) as a full-time employee to a permanent, authorized posi-
tion in the government of the District of Columbia during any 
month when the number of such employees is greater than 37,161: 
Provided, 
That— 
(A) positions within this city employment limitation shall 
be set aside as the maximum number of permanent, author-
ized employees as follows: Public Schools, 9,703; reimburs-
able positions, 406; capital outlay positions, 821; District of 
Columbia General Hospital, 2,275; and 
(B) the District of Columbia Public Schools and the 
District of Columbia General Hospital shall not exceed their 
respective employment limitations and are hereby required 
to report monthly to the Mayor, for the purpose of maintain-
ing controls on city-wide employment, regarding the total 
number of current employees and the total number of sepa-
rations and 
filling 
of positions within their 
respective 
employment limitations; or 
(2) as a temporary or part-time employee in the government of 
the District of Columbia during any month in which the number 
of such employees exceeds the number of such employees for the 
same month of the preceding fiscal year. 
SEC. 214. No funds appropriated in this title, for the government 
of the District of Columbia for the operation of educational institu-
tions, the compensation of personnel, or for other educational pur-
poses may be used to permit, encourage, facilitate, or further partisan 
political activities. Nothing herein is intended to prohibit the avail-
ability of school buildings for the use of any community group during 
non-school hours. 
SEC. 215. Appropriations in this title shall be available for services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at rates to be fixed by the Mayor. 
SEC. 216. The annual budget for the District of Columbia govern-
ment for fiscal year 1980 shall be transmitted to the Congress by not 
later than February 1, 1979. 
SEC. 217. There are hereby appropriated from the applicable funds 
of the District of Columbia such sums as may be necessary for making 
payments authorized by the District of Columbia Revenue Recovery 
Act of 1977, D.C. Law 2-20, approved September 23, 1977. 
SEC. 218. None of the funds contained in this Act shall be made 
available to pay the salary of any employee of the government of the 
District of Columbia whose name and salary are not available for 
public inspection. 
SEC. 219. No part of this appropriation shall be used for publicity 
or propaganda purposes or implementation of any policy including 
boycott designed to support or defeat legislation pending before Con-
gress or any State legislature. 
SEC. 220. (a) No funds appropriated by this Act shall be available 
to pay any part of the salary of any employee of the government of 
the District of Columbia, or any department, agency, office, or other 
entity thereof, if any part of such employee's salary is paid from funds 
appropriated pursuant to the authority of the Comprehensive Employ-
ment and Training Act of 1973 (or successor statute), and the annual 
salary of such employee is in excess of that paid for the position of 
GS-9, step 1, under the General Schedule, under section 5332 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
D.C. Code 1-216 
note. 
Experts and 
consultants. 
Budget, 
transmittal to 
Congress. 
D.C. Code 
47-331 note. 
29 use 801 note. 
3 CFR, 1977 
Comp., p. 142. 
5 use 5332 
note. 
92 STAT. 706 
PUBLIC LAW 95-373—SEPT. 18, 1978 
Effective date. 
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall take effect upon the expira-
tion of the ninety-day period following the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 221. (a) No funds appropriated by this Act shall be available 
to pay any part of the salary of an employee of the government of the 
District of Columbia, or any department, agency, office, or other entity 
thereof, if any part of such employee's salary is paid from funds 
appropriated pursuant to the authority of the Comprehensive Employ-
29 use 801 note, ment and Traming Act of 1973 (or successor statute), and has been so 
paid for an aggregate period of at least twenty-four calendar months. 
Effective date. 
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall take effect upon the expira-
tion of the ninety-day period following the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC, 222. (a) No funds appropriated by this Act shall be available 
to paj any part of the salary or any employee of the Council of the 
District of Columbia, or committee or subcommittee thereof, or any 
employee of any elected official of the government of the District of 
Columbia, if any part of the salary of any such employee is paid from 
funds appropriated pursuant to the authority of the Comprehensive 
29use801 note. Employment and Training Act of 1973 (or successor statute). 
Effective date. 
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall take effect upon the expira-
tion of the ninety-day period following the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 223. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to 
pay any part of the salary of any individual hereafter employed by 
any department, agency, office, or other entity of the government of 
the District of Columbia, having ten or more employees, if, at the time 
of such employment, any part of the salary of more than ten per 
centum of the employees of such department, agency, office, or entity 
is paid partly from funds appropriated pursuant to the authority of 
the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (or suc-
29 use 801 note, cessor statute), and partly from funds of the District of Columbia. 
SEC. 224. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the pro-
visions of sections 220, 221, 222, and 223 of this Act shall be deemed 
repealed upon the date of the enactment of the Act entitled "An Act 
to amend the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973, 
to provide improved employment and training services, to extend the 
authorization, and for other purposes", or similar le^slation. 
Short title. 
This Act may be cited as the "District of Columbia Appropriation 
Act, 1979". 
Approved September 18, 1978. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS No. 95-1351 (eomm. on Appropriations) and No. 95-1500 (eomm. 
of Conference). 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-1076 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978)r 
July 21, considered and passed House. 
Aug. 14. considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Aug. 17, House and Senate agreed to conference report. 
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