Fiscal Year Transition Act
PL 94-274 (S.2444), enacted 04/21/1976

PUBLIC LAW 94-274—APR. 21, 1976 
90 STAT. 383 
Public Law 94-274 
94th Congress 
An Act 
To provide for the orderly transition to the new October 1 to 
September 30 fiscal year. 
Apr. 21, 1976 
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Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may Fiscal Year 
be cited as the "Fiscal Year Transition Act". 
Transition Act. 
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TITLE I 
SEC. 101. (a) For the purposes of sections 222(d) (1), 421, 506(d), 42 USC422 note. 
516, 705, 901 (e)(2) and (f), 902, 905(b)(2), 1108, 1115, and 2002 
(a) (2) of the Social Security Act, the term "fiscal year" includes the 
period of July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, and the exercise 
of authority pursuant to tliese provisions for that period shall be sub-
ject to the conditions stated in the following paragraphs: 
(1) notwithstanding the provisions of section 222(d) (1) (42 
U.S.C. 422(d) (1)), the amount authorized to be transferred from 
the trust funds pursuant to that section in the period beginning 
July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1976, may not exceed 1.5 
per centum of the total of the benefits certified for payment in the 
first quarter of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1975, and the 
amount authorized to be transferred from the Trust Funds in 
the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1976, may not exceed 1.5 
per centum of the total of the benefits certified for payment in 
the preceding twelve months: 
(2) the fixed dollar allotment to each State under section 421 
(42 U.S.C. 621) shall be $17,500; 
(3) the reduction required by section 506(d) (42 U.S.C. 706 
(d)) shall be the amount by which the sum expended from non- 
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Federal sources for that period is less than one-fourth the sum 
expended from such sources for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1968; 
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(4) the amount allotted to each State under section 516 (42 
U.S.C. 716) shall be the excess of one-fourth the amount of the 
allotment for the State under sections 503 and 504 of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 703 and 704), for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1973, plus the amount of any grants to the State under 
sections 508, 509, and 510 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 708, 709, and 
710), over the amount of the allotment of the State under sec-
tions 503 and 504 of that Act for the period; 
(5) the limitation imposed by section 705(b) (42 U.S.C. 906 
(b)) on the amount that may be available for carrying out sec- 
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tion 705(f) shall be $500,000 for that period; 
(6) the percentage referenced in the second sentence of section 
901(e)(2) (42 U.S.C. 1101(e)(2)) shall be reduced to 10 per 
centum for the purpose of advances to be made in that period; 
(7) notwithstanding the provisions of section 901(f)(3)(A) 
(42 U.S.C. 1101(f) (3) (A)), for the fiscal year beginning Octo-
ber 1, 1976, the excess in the employment administration account 
shall be retained until the amount m such account is equal to 160 
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per centum of the amount of the total appropriation by the Con-
gress out of the account for the period July 1,1976, through Sep-
tember 30, 1976, and $37,500,000 or three thirty-seconds of the 
amount in the employment security administration account, 
whichever is the lesser, is authorized to be made available for that 
period under the conditions provided therein; 
(8) the determinative calendar year for the purpose of a 
transfer to the unemployment account pursuant to section 902(a) 
(42 U.S.C. 1102(a)), at the beginning of the fiscal year beginning 
October 1,1976, shall be calendar year 1975; 
(9) the determinative calendar year for the purposes of a trans-
fer to the extended unemployment compensation account pur-
suant to section 905(b)(2)(B) (42 U.S.C. 1105(b)(2)(B)), at 
the beginning of the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1976, shall 
be calendar year 1975; 
(10) the limitations imposed by section 1108 (42 U.S.C. 1308) 
on amounts certified by the Secretary shall be one-fourth of the 
limitations imposed by that section with respect to the fiscal vear 
ending Jime 30.1976;^ 
(11) the dollar limitation imposed by section 1115 (42 U.S.C. 
1315) on the amount available for payments to the States for 
the (;ost of projects under that section shall be $1,000,000 of the 
aggregate amount appropriated for payments to the States for 
the period: and 
(12) notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (A) of 
section 2002(a)(2) 
(42 U.S.C. 1397a(a) (2)), the limitation 
imposed by that subparagraph on payments with respect to 
expenditures by a State for the period shall be one-fourth of the 
limitation imposed on such payments with respect to expenditures 
b^ the State for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1975; and not-
withstanding the provisions of subparagraph (D) of section 2002 
(a)(2), the maximum allotments under that subparagraph for the 
period shall be $3,750,000 for Puerto Rico, $125,000 for Guam, 
and $125,000 for the Virgin Islands, but nothing in this Act shall 
apply to the second sentence of section 2002(a) (2) (A). 
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 503 and 504 of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 703 and 704), the fixed dollar allotment 
to each State under each of these sections for the period of July 1, 
1976, through September 30, 1976, shall be $17,500. 
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1101(a)(8)(B) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301(a)(8)(B)), the Federal 
percentages promulgated under that subparagraph in 1974 shall be 
conclusive for each of the nine quarters in the period beginning on 
July 1, 1975, and ending on September 30, 1977. 
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2006(c) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U^.S.C. 1397e(c)), the report on the operation of the 
program established by title XX of that Act during the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1976, shall include the operation of that program 
during the period of July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, and 
shall be submitted to the Congress prior to April 1, 1977. 
SEC. 102. For the purposes of section 401 of the Social Security 
Amendments of 1972 (42 U.S.C. 1382e note), the term "fiscal year" 
includes the period of July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, and 
the limitations imposed by section 401(a) on the amount payable to 
the Secretary by a State shall be one-fourth of the non-Federal share 
of expenditures as aid or assistance for quarters in calendar year 1972, 
as determined under that section. 
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SEC. 103. For the purposes of the provisions of sections 110 and 120 29 USC 730 note, 
of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 730 and. 740), the term 
"fiscal year" includes the period of July 1,1976, through September 30, 
1976, and the exercise of authority pur-suant to those provisions for 
that period shall be subject to the conditions stated in the following 
paragraphs: 
(1) the fixed dollar minimum allotment for any State (other 
than Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust 
Territory of the Pacific Islands) under section 110 shall be 
$500,000, and 
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(2) the minimum allotment to any State under section 120 
shall be $12,500. 
SEC. 104. For the purpose of the second sentence of section 319(h) 
42 USC 247d 
(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. .247d(h) (22)), the °«te-
period of July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, shall be treated 
as part of fiscal year 1976, and the 90 per centum limitation specified 
in that sentence shall be increased to 112.5 per centum for that period. 
SEC. 105. (a) For the purposes of sections 210(a), 305(a), and 42 USC 3020 
307(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3020(a), .3025 "ote. 
(a), and 3027(c)), the period of July 1, 1976, through September -30, 
1976, shall be considered part of the fiscal year beginning July 1,1975, 
and the exercise of authority pursuant to those provisions shall be 
subject to the conditions stated in the following paragraphs: 
(1) the term "appropriation Act" in section 210(a) (42 U.S.C. 
3020(a)) shall be considered to include any appropriation Act 
for the period of July 1, 1975, through September 30, 1976; 
(2) notwithstanding the provisions of section 307(c) (42 U.S.C. 
3027(c)), a State's allotment under section 303 for the period of 
July 1,1975, through September 30, 1976, shall be reduced by the 
percentage by which its expenditures for such period from State 
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sources under its State plan approved under section 305 are less 
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than 125 per centum of its expenditures from such sources of the 
preceding fiscal year, and, notwithstanding the provisions of 
section 307(c), a State's allotment under section 303 for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1977, shall be reduced by the percent-
age by which its expenditures for that year from State sources 
under its State plan, approved under section 305, are less than 80 
per centum of its expenditures for the period of July 1, 1975, 
through September 30,1976; and 
(3) the assurances required by that portion of paragraph (10) 
of section 305(a) of the Act preceding the exception clause shall 
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be that not less than 50 per centum of the amount by which the 
allotment for the period of July 1, 1976, through September 30, 
1977, exceeds 125 per centum of the allotment for fiscal year 
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1975, shall be used for the purposes of section 305(b). 
(b) For the purposes of sections 303(b) and 306(b) of the Older 42 USC 3023 
Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3023(b) and 3026(b)), the period note, 
of July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, shall be considered a 
fiscal year, and the exercise of authority pursuant to those provisions 
shall be subject to the conditions stated in the following paragraphs: 
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(1) the amount specified in section 303(b)(2)(C) shall be 
decreased by 75 per centum for that period; 
(2) the amount of $200,000 specified in section 306(b) (1) (A) 
shall be decreased to $50,000 for that period; and 
(3) the amount of $62,500 specified in section 306 (b) (1) (B) 
shall be decreased to $15,625 for that period, and the amount 
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specified in section 306(b) (3) shall be decreased by 75 per centum 
for that period. 
SEC. 106. (a) For the purposes of sections 845 (b) and ( c ) ( 1 ) ( A ) , 
1516(c)(2), 1525(b), 1610(b), and 1640(b) of the Public Health 
Service Act, the period of July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, 
shall be considered a fiscal year and the exercise of authority pursuant 
to those provisions for the period shall be subject to the conditions 
stated in the following paragraphs: 
(1) the amount of $3,000 specified in section 845(b) (42 U.S.C. 
297] (b)) shall be reduced to $750 for that period, and the 
regulations regarding scholarships in section 845(c) (1) (A) (42 
U.S.C. 2 9 7 j ( c ) ( l ) ( A ) ) for fiscal year 1977 shall apply to that 
period; 
(2) notwithstanding the provisions in the exception clause 
in section 1516(c) (2) (42 U.S.C. 3001-5 (c) (2)), the amount of 
$175,000 specified shall be reduced to $43,750 for that period; 
(3) notwithstanding the provisions of the exception clause in 
section 1525(b) (42 U.S.C. 300m-4(b)), the amount concerning 
which assurances are required in respect to the period shall be 
75 per centum less than the amount specified, and funds expended 
in previous years shall not, for the purposes of that clause, include 
funds expended during that period; 
(4) notwithstanding the provisions in section 1610(b)(1) (42 
U.S.C. 300p(b) (1)), the amounts of $1,000,000 and $500,000 speci-
fied shall be decreased to $250,000 and $125,000, respectively, for 
that period; and 
(5) notwithstanding the provisions of section 1640(b) (2) (42 
U.S.C. 300t(b)(2)), the amount of $1 specified in section 1640 
(b) (2) shall be decreased to 25 cents for that period. 
(b) Section 308(c) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
242m (c)) shall not apply to any funds obligated or grants or con-
tracts made or entered into for the period of July 1, 1975, through 
September 30, 1976. The aggregate number of grants and contracts 
made or entered into under sections 304 and 305 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
242b and 242c), for the period of July 1,1975, through September 30, 
1976, respecting a particular means of delivery of health services, or 
another particular aspect of health services, may not exceed twenty-
five, and the aggregate amount of funds obligated under grants and 
contracts for that period under those sections respecting a particular 
means a delivery of health services may not exceed $6,250,000. 
(c) No grant under section 395 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 280b-7) for the period of July 1, 1976, through September 30, 
1976, shall exceed $50,000. 
(d) Of the sums appropriated under the Public Health Service Act 
for the National Institutes of Health for the period of July 1, 1976, 
tlirough September 30, 1976, not less than $125,000 shall be obligated 
for basic and clinical orthopedic research as prescribed under section 
431(c) (42 U.S.C. 289a(c)). 
(e) NotwithstandinsT the provisions of section 1516 (b) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 3001-5 (b)), the amounts specified in 
sections 1516(b)(1)(A), 1516(b)(1)(B), 1516(b) (2) (A) (i), 1516 
(b) (2) (A) (ii) ( I I ) , and 1516(bH3) for purposes of grants made 
imder section 1516 in the period of Julv 1,1976, through September 30, 
1976, shall be reduced by 75 per centum. 
(f) For the purposes of section 1305(b) (1) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300e-4(b) (1)), the period of July 1, 1976, 
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through September 30, 1976, shall be considered part of the fiscal year 
beginning July 1, 1975, and the limitation specified in the second 
sentence of section 1305 (b) (1) shall be $1,250,000 for the period begin-
ning July 1, 1975, and ending September 30, 1976. 
SEC. 107. For the purposes of the Developmental Disabilities Serv- 
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ices and Facilities Construction Act (42 U.S.C. 6001 et seq.) (1) the 
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term "fiscal year" includes the period of July 1,1976, through Septem-
ber 30, 1976, (2) for purposes of paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 
132(a) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 6062(a) (3) and (4)) that period shall 
be considered part of the fiscal year beginning Julj^ 1, 1975; and (3) 
the minimum allotment of the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, 
and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands fOr that period under 
section 132(a) (1) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 6062(a) (1)) shall be $12,500 
and the minimum allotment of each State for that period shall be 
$37,500. 
SEC. 108. (a) For the purposes of section 302(c) of the Compre- 
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hensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and 
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Kehabilitation Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4572(c)), the period of July 1, 
1976, through September 30,1976, shall be considered part of the fiscal 
year beginning July 1, 1975, and the limitation of $50,000 specified in 
section 302 (c) shall be increased to $62,500 for that period. 
(b) For the purposes of section 302(a) of the Comprehensive 
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Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabil- note, 
itation Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4572(a)), the period of July 1, 1976, 
through September 30, 1976, shall be considered a fiscal year and the 
amount of $200,000 specified in section 302(a) shall be decreased to 
$50,000 for that period. 
(c) For the purposes of section 304 (c) of the Comprehensive Alcohol 
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of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4574(c)), the period of July 1, 1975, through 
September 30, 1976, shall be considered a fiscal year, and the 10 per 
centum limitation specified in section 304(c) shall be increased to 40 
per centum for that period. 
SEC. 109. For the purposes of sections 227, and 237(d) of the Com- 
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munity Mental Health Centers Act, the period of July 1,1976, through 
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September 30,1976, shall be considered a fiscal year and the exercise of 
authority pursuant to those provisions for that period shall be subject 
to the conditions stated in the following paragraphs: 
(1) the $100,000 minimum, specified in section 227(a) 
(42 
U.S.C. 2689o(a)), shall be $25,000 for that period, and the time 
limitation in that section respecting the availability of imobli-
gated funds shall not take into consideration the period of July 1, 
1976, through September 30,1976; and 
(2) the amount of $50,000 specified in section 237(d) (1) (42 
U.S.C. 2689t(d) (1)), shall be $12,500 for that period, the time 
limitation specified in the second sentence shall not take that 
period into consideration, and the amount specified in section 237 
(d)(2) 
(42 U.S.C. 2689t(d)(2)), shall be reduced by 75 per 
centum for that period. 
SEC. 110. For the purposes of sections 1079 and 1086 of title 10, 10 USC 1079 
United States Code, the period of July 1,1976, through September 30, note. 
1976, shall be considered a fiscal year, except that for the purposes of 
computing the minimum fixed dollar amounts prescribed by sections 
1079(b) and 1086(b), that period shall be considered as part of the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. 
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SEC. 111. (a) Except where the context otherwise requires, or 
where otherwise provided in this section^ the phrase "fiscal year" shall 
include the period of July 1,1976, through September 30,1976, wher-
ever it appears in sections 3, 4, 6(a), 7, 8, 10, and 11 of the National 
School Lunch Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1752, 1753, 1755(a), 1756, 
1757,1759, and 1759a). 
(b)(1) The phrase "fiscal year ending June 30,1972", in section 4 of 
the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1753) shall be construed to 
mean the period of July 1,1971, through September 30, 1971, in com-
puting the minimum aggregate amount of food assistance payments 
to be made by the Secretary to each State educational agency for the 
period of July 1,1976, through September 30,1976. 
(2) For the purpose of the sixth sentence of section 7 of the National 
School Lunch Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1756), for the period of 
July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, State revenue shall con-
stitute at least 8 per centum of the matching requirement for the same 
three-month period in the preceding fiscal year. 
SEC. 112. (a) For the period of July 1, 1976, through September 30, 
1976, the limitations on expenditures in sections 15(d) (5) and 15(d) 
(7) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2514(d) (5) and 2514(d) (7)) 
shall be $1,500. 
(b) For the period of July 1,1976, through September 30,1976, the 
limitation on expenditures in section 301(b) (2) of the Peace Corps 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2501a(b) (2)) shall be $100,000. 
SEC. 113. For the purposes of section 3(d) of the Act of March 2, 
1887, as amended (7 U.S.C. 361c(d)), the period of July 1, 1976, 
through September 30, 1976, shall be treated as a fiscal year and the 
figure $90,000 in section 3(d) shall be construed to be $22,500 for that 
period. 
SEC. 114. (a) For the purposes of section 13 of the Tennessee Valley 
Authority Act of 1933, as amended (16 U.S.C. 8311), the Corporation 
shall, for the period of July 1,1976, through September 30,1976, make 
payments in lieu of taxes on such bases and in a manner which is con-
sistent, to the fullest extent practicable, with the payments authorized 
and made for the immediately preceding fiscal year and to be made for 
the fiscal year immediately following, in accordance with the appli-
cable provisions of that section. 
(b) Pursuant to the provisions of section 15d of the Tennessee Val-
ley Authority Act of 1933, as amended (16 U.S.C. 8 3 1 n ^ ) , the Cor-
poration shall make a payment of $5,000,000, on September 30, 1976, 
as repayment of the appropriation investment plus a payment as a 
return on the appropriation investment for the period of July 1,1976, 
through September 30, 1976, computed at the average interest rate 
payable by the Treasury upon its total marketable public obligations 
as of July 1, 1976, applied to the balance of said appropriations as of 
July 1,1976. 
SEC. 115. For the purposes of sections 409(b) and 409(c) (1) of the 
Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act of 1972 (21 U.S.C. 1176 (b) 
and (c) (1)), the period of July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, 
shall be considered a fiscal year and the exercise of authority pursuant 
to these provisions for that period shall be subject to the conditions 
stated in the following paragraphs: 
(1) notwithstanding the provision in section 409(b) (3)), the 
limitation of $50,000 specified in section 409(b)(3) shall be 
decreased to $12,500 for that period; and 
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(2) notwithstanding the provision in section 409(c)(1), the 
amount of $100,000 specified in section 409(c)(1) shall be 
decreased to $25,000 for that period. 
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 406(d) of the 
General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1221e-l(d)), the report 
of the Assistant Secretary for the Department of Health, Education, 
and Welfare required by section 406(d) to be submitted in 1976 shall 
include a description of the activities of the National Center for Edu-
cation Statistics during the period of July 1, 1976, through 
September 30, 1976. 
SEC. 117. For the purpose of the Comprehensive Employment and 
Training Act, Public Law 93-203, the period of July 1, 1976, through 
September 30,1976, shall be treated as part of the fiscal year beginning 
on July 1, 1975, except that such period shall not be included in such 
fiscal year in applying the percentages specified in sections 103(a) 
(4) and 103(f) of that Act. 
SEC. 118. (a) For the purposes of sections 201(a) and 202(a) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended (8 U.S.C. 1151 
(a) and 1152(a)), the period of July 1, 1976, through September 30, 
1976, shall be considered part of the fiscal year beginning July 1,1975, 
and the limitations of 170,000 specified in section 201(a) and 20,000 
specified in section 202(a), shall be increased to 212,500 and 25,000, 
respectively, for the period of July 1,1975, through September 30,1976. 
(b) For the purposes of section 21(e) of the Act of October 3,1965 
(79 Stat. 921), the period of July 1,1976, through September 30,1976, 
shall be considered part of the fiscal year beginning July 1,1975, and 
the limitation of 120,000 specified in section 21 (e) shall be increased to 
150,000 for the period of July 1,1975, through September 30,1976. 
SEC. 119. In case of any applicable program within the meaning 
of the General Education Provisions Act, except as otherwise specifi-
cally provided by this Act, for the purpose of comparison of activities 
})etween fiscal years, amounts applicable to the period July 1, 1975, 
through September 30,1976, and the statistical measurem^ents pertain-
ing to those amounts, shall be reduced by 20 per centum where such 
period is to be by the terms of this Act made or considered to be a part 
of the fiscal year 1976 or the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, where the period 
July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, is to be by the terms of this 
Act made or considered to be a separate fiscal year, it shall not be con-
sidered a fiscal year for the purpose of such comparison of activitiesi 
between fiscal years and such measurements in the case of any such 
program. 
SEC. 120. For the purposes of section 8147 (b) of title 5, United States 
Code, each agency and instrumentality of the United States dependent 
upon an annual appropriation and having an employee who is or may 
be entitled to compensation benefits under this subchapter or any exten-
sion or application thereof shall deposit in the Treasury to the credit 
of the Employees' Compensation Fund, no later than July 15, 1976, 
but no earlier than July 1, 1976, 25 per centum of the amount stated 
in the August 15,1975, statement. 
SEC. 121. For the purposes of section 32 of the Act of August 24, 
1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), the term "fiscal year" includes the period of 
July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, and the amount to be 
transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to that section 
and for that period is 7.5 per centum of the gross receipts collected 
under the customs laws during calendar year 1975. 
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SEC. 122. For the purposes of section 2(a) of the Act of August 11, 
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1939 (53 Stat. 1412), as amended (15 U.S.C. 713c-3), the term "fiscal 
year" includes the period of July 1,1976, through September 30,1976, 
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and the amount to be transferred to the Secretary of Commerce pur-
suant to that section and for that period is 7.5 per centum of the gross 
receipts collected under the customs laws on fishery products during 
calendar year 1975. 
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SEC. 123. For the purposes of section 2005(a) of title 39, United 
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States Code, the period of July 1, 1975, through September 30, 1976, 
shall be considered a fiscal year and the maximum net increase in the 
amount of United States Postal Service obligations outstanding 
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imposed by that section for such period shall be deemed to be 
$1,875,000,000 for obligations issued for the purpose of capital 
improvements and $625,000,000 for obligations issued for the purpose 
of defraying operating expenses of the Postal Service. 
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SEC. 124. For the purposes of the Older American Community Serv-
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ice Employment Act (42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) the period of July 1, 
1976, through September 30, 1976, shall be considered a fiscal year, 
and the amounts of $100,000 and $50,000 specified in section 906 (a) (2) 
shall be reduced to $25,000 and $12,500, respectivelv, for that period. 
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SEC. 125. For the purposes of section 810 (c) (1) of the Public Health 
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Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296e(c) (1)) the period July 1, 1976, through 
September 30, 1976, shall be considered part of fiscal year 1977, but 
that period shall not be considered in the calculation of average 
expenditures for any fiscal year, and the amount which a school must 
expend during that fifteen-month period is increased 125 per centum 
of the average of non-Federal expenditures in the preceding three 
fiscal years. 
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SEC. 126. For the purposes of section 815 of the Public Health Serv-
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ice Act (42 U.S.C. 926j) the period of July 1, 1976, through Septem-
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ijgj. 30^ i97g^ gi^^ll be considered part of fiscal year 1976, but that 
period shall not be considered in the calculation of average expendi-
tures for any fiscal year for assurances required by section 815(b) (2) 
(42 U.S.C 296j (b) (2)), and the amount which a school must expend 
during that fifteen-month period is increased to 125 per centum of the 
average of non-Federal expenditures in the preceding three fiscal 
years. 
TITLE II 
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SEC. 201. The period of July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, 
shall be treated as a fiscal year for the purpose of the following provi-
sions of law: 
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, 
(1) section 3(b) (2) of the Act of March 2, 1887, as amended 
(7U.S.C.361c(b)(2)); 
(2) section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 
(7 U.S.C. 1623(b)); 
(3) section 16(b) of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 (7 U.S.C. 
2025(b)); 
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(4) the Act of June 30,1932 (16 U.S.C. 577a); 
(5) section 1 of the Act of June 29, 1966 (Public Law 89-473; 
,.,, 
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31 U.S.C. 628a); 
(6) section 2 of the Act of December 23,1944 (chapter 716, as 
amended, 31 U.S.C. 492b); 
(7) section 3(a) of the Act of July 15, 1957 (chapter 509, 31 
U.S.C. 581d); 
(8) section 10(c) of the Act of June 29, 1935, as added by the 
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Act of August 14, 1946, as amended (7 U.S.C. 427i(c)); 
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90 STAT. 391 
(9) section 208(d) of the District of Columbia Public Post 
Secondary Education Reorganization Act (Public Law 93-471); 
(10) sections 2209, 2210, 3201, 3202, 5401, 5402, 7581, 8201, 
and 8202 of title 10, United States Code; 
(11) section 305(b) of the Social Security Amendments of 
1972 (Public Law 92-603,42 U.S.C. 401 note) ; 
(12) sections 201 (a), (b), and (g)(1), 302(a), 403(g), 424, 
431, 502, 901 (b), (c), and (f), 903 (a)(1) and (b)(1), 1203, 
1817(a), and 1841 (h) and (i) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 401 (a), (b), and (g)(1), 502(a), 603(g), 624, 631, 702, 
1101 (b), (c), and (f), 1103 (a)(1) and (b)(1), 1323, 1395i(a), 
and 1395t (h)and (i)); 
(13) part C of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 2751-56a) ; 
(14) section 7652(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 
(26 U.S.C. 7652); 
(15) the second sentence of section 3(b) (2) of the Act of May 
8, 1914, as added by the Act of June 23, 1972 (7 U.S.C. 343(b) 
(2)); 
(16) section 15(b) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2514 
(b)); 
(17) sections 206(d), 209(c), 311(c), 313(b), 314(d) (4) and 
(5), 317 (b), (d)(4), and (f),318 (f) and (g), 324(b), 328(b), 
331, 820(d), 838(a), 838(b) (2), 841, 846, 1206(e), 1516(a), 1610 
(a), 1611(c), and 1640(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 207(d), 210b(c), 243(c), 245a(b), 246(d) (4) and (5), 
247b (b), (d)(4), and (f), 247c (f) and (g), 251(b), 254a(b), 
255, 296k(d), 297d (a) and (b)(2), 297h, and 297k, 300d-5(e), 
3001-5(a), 300p(a), 300p-l(c), and 300t(a)) ; 
(18) sections 303 (c) and (e), 306(c), 307(a), 501(b), 703, 705 
(a)(2)(B), and 706 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3023 (c) and (e), 3026(c), 3027(a), 3041(b), 3045b, 3045d 
(a)(2)(B),and3045e); 
(19) for purposes of continuation grants under the Commu-
nity Mental Health Centers Act, section 264(a) and the first sen-
tence of section 221 (c) of that Act as in effect prior to July 29, 
1975 (42 U.S.C. 2688a(c) and2688r(a)); 
(20) section 513(a) of the Headstart-Follow Through Act (42 
U.S.C. 2928b(a)), except the material following the semicolon in 
the third sentence of that section shall not apply to funds 
appropriated for the period of July 1, 1976, through Septem-
ber 30, 1976; 
(21) section 4(b) of the Act of July 22, 1963 (7 U.S.C. 390e 
(b));' 
(22) section 3(c) of the Act of May 8, 1914, as amended (7 
U.S.C. 343(c)); 
(23) the last sentence of section 520(a) of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
3768(a)); 
(24) section 401 of the Act of June 15, 1935 (49 Stat. 383), as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 715s); 
(25) section 203(d) of the Act of June 26, 1934, as amended 
(12 U.S.C. 1783(d)); 
(26) section 4 of the Act of July 18, 1958, as amended (15 
U.S.C. 633); 
(27) section 316 of the Act of August 10,1965 (15 U.S.C. 694) ; 
(28) section 2(e) of the Act of August 4, 1950 (31 U.S.C. 
181a(e)); 
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(29) section 7 of the Act of February 22,1921 (31 U.S.C. 491); 
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(30) section 4 of the Act of June 26, 1934 (31 U.S.C. 725c); 
^ i • • 
(31) sections 102 and 103 of the Act of December 6, 1946 (31 
U.S.C. 847 and 848); 
(32) section 257 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 1027); 
(33) section 15 of the Act of July 31, 1894 (31 U.S.C. 1029); 
(34) section 1 of the Act of February 26,1907 (31 U.S.C. 1030); 
(35) section 401 of the Act of December 31, 1970 (31 U.S.C. 
1033); 
(36) sections 103(e) and 111(d) of the Social Security Amend-
ments of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 426a(c) and 1395i-l); and 
(37) section 102(a) (11) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302 (a) (11)). 
7 use 2652 note. 
SEC. 202. The period of July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, 
shall be treated as a fiscal year for the purposes of the following pro-
visions of law insofar as they relate to matching requirements: 
(1) section 2 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (16 U.S.C. 563); 
(2) sections 2, 4, and 5 of the Act of June 7, 1924, as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 565,567, and 568); 
(3) section 4 of the Act of October 10, 1962 (16 U.S.C. 
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582a-3); 
(4) section 2 of the Cooperative Forest Management Act, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 568d); and 
(5) section 402 of the Rural Development Act of 1972 (7 
U.S.C. 2652). 
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SEC. 203. For the purposes of the paragraph captioned "Com-
713a-lla note. 
modity Credit Corporation", "Reimbursement for Net Realized 
Losses" of title III of the Department of Agriculture and Related 
S- ' 
Agencies Appropriation Act, 1966 (15 U.S.C. 713a-lla), the period 
of July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, shall be considered a 
fiscal year and the words "June 30 of the fiscal year" shall be construed 
to mean September 30,1976, for that period. 
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SEC. 204. The period of July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, 
shall be treated as part of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1975, for 
the purposes of the following provisions of law: 
(1) the following provisions of the Public Health Service Act: 
section207(b) (42U.S.C.209(b)); 
section 301 (c) (42 U.S.C. 241 (c)); 
section 308 (a), and the second sentence of section 308 (i) (1) 
(42U.S.C. 242m(a) and242m(i)(l)); 
sections 314 (d)(2)(C) 
and (d)(6) 
(42 U.S.C. 246 
(d)(2)(C) and (d)(6)); 
section 398 (42 U.S.C. 280b-10) ; 
the last sentence of section 419B (42 U.S.C. 287i); 
section 434(f) (42 U.S.C. 289c-l(f)); 
section 436 (42 U.S.C. 289c-3); 
section 437 (42 U.S.C. 289C-4); 
section 439(f) (42 U.S.C. 289C-6(e)) ; 
the last sentence of section 439(h) (42 U.S.C. 289c-6(g)); 
section 513 (42 U.S.C. 229b) ; 
section 805(f) (2) (42 U.S.C. 296d(f) (2)); 
section 1006(a) (42 U.S.C. 300a-4); 
section 1009 (42 U.S.C. 300a-6a) ; 
section 1207(a) (2) (42 U.S.C. 300d-6(a) (2)); 
section 1303(i) (42U.S.C. 300e-2(i)) ; 
section 1304(k) (42 U.S.C. 300e-3 (k)); 
section 1305(e) (42 U.S.C. 300e-4(e)); 
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90 STAT. 393 
.. section 1610(c) (42 U.S.C.300p(c)); 
section 1611(d) (42 U.S.C.300p-l(d)); 
section 1621 (42 U.S.C. 300q-l); 
section 1625 (42 U.S.C. 300r) ; 
(2) sections 208, 304(a), 307(b), 505(b), 707(a)(4), and the 
last sentence of section 708 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3018, 3024(a), 3027(b), 3041(b), 3045f(a)(4), and 
3045g) ; 
(3) section 503(d) of the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Preven-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 4843(d)) ; 
(4) sections 203(d)(2), 204(e)(1), 206(e), 221(b)(2) and 
(b) (4) (B) of the Community Mental Health Centers Act (42 
^ 
U.S.C. 2689b(d)(2), 2689c(e)(l), 2689e, 2689i (b)(2) 
and 
(b)(4)(B)); 
(5) section 417(a)(1) and 437(a) of the General Education 
Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1226c(a) (1) and 1232f (a)); 
(6) section 2(c) of the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 289g note) ; 
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(7) the following provisions of the Social Security Act: 
section 201(c) (42 U.S.C. 401(c)); 
sections 403 (c) and (f) (42 U.S.C. 603 (c) and (f)); 
section 423(c) (42 U.S.C. 623(c)); 
section 1118 (42 U.S.C. 1318); 
section 1817(b) (42 U.S.C. 13951 (b)); 
section 1841 (b) (42 U.S.C. 1395t(b)); 
section 1842(b) (3) (42 U.S.C. 1395u(b) (3)); 
(8) sections409(c)(2) and412(d)(2) oftheDrugAbuseOffice 
and Treatment Act of 1972 (21 U.S.C. 1176(c) (2) and 1179(d) 
(2)); 
(9) section 302(b) of the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and 
Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act of 
1970 (42 U.S.C. 4572(b)); 
(10) section 7 of the Act of September 30, 1950 (20 U.S.C. 
241-1); 
(11) section 410 of the Act of November 19,1969 (Public Law 
91-121, 50 U.S.C. 1436); 
(12) sections 1012, 1013, and 1014(e) (1) of the Impoundment 
Control Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344, 31 U.S.C. 1402, 1403, 
and 1404(e)(1)); 
(13) the Library Services and Construction Act (20 U.S.C. 
351-364); 
(14) section 207(b) of the National Productivity and Quality 
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of Working Life Act of 1975 (15 U.S.C. 2417(b)) ; and 
(15) section 6(b) of the Act of July 22, 1963 (7 U.S.C. 390e 
(b)). 
SEC. 205. The period of July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, 5 USC 5532 note, 
shall be treated as part of the fiscal year beginning October 1,1976, for 
the purposes of the following provisions of law: 
(1) section 5532(c) (ii) of title 5, United States Code; 
(2) sections 3, 4, and 5 of the Act of September 2,1937 (50 Stat. 
917,918), as amended (16 U.S.C. 669b, 669c, 669d); 
(3) sections 3, 4, and 5 of the Act of August 9, 1950 (64 Stat. 
432), as amended (16 U.S.C. 777b, 777c, 777d); 
(4) section 1 of the Act of August 12, 1955 (69 Stat. 698; 16 
U.S.C. 669b-l); 
(5) section 26 of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, 
as amended (16 U.S.C. 831y) ; 
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(6) section 303 of the Act of September 30, 1950 (20 U.S.C. 
241bb); 
(7) titles I, II, III. IV, and V of the Elementary and Sec-
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ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 241a-o, 821-27, 841a, 
241a-241o, 
861-69a and 1801-32); 
521-827, 
(8) section 612 of the Education of the Handicapped Act (20 
?Rmt8fe 
U.S.C. 1412); 
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(9) sections 704 and 705 of the Emergency School Aid Act (20 
861-869a. 
U.S.C. 1603 and 1604); 
(10) section 713 of the Education Amendments of 1974 (20 
U.S.C. 1943); 
(11) sections 404, 501(d), and 502(g) of the Kehabilitation 
Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 784,791 (d), and 792 (g)); 
(12) section 3646 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 528(c)) ; 
(13) section 40 of the Act of August 10, 1965, as amended (31 
U.S.C. 649c); 
(14) sections 3 and 5 of the Act of July 25,1956 (31 U.S.C. 705 
31 use 703,705. 
and 706); 
(15) section 103 of the Act of June 6, 1972 (31 U.S.C. 1203); 
(16) section 105(a)(2) of the Act of October 20, 1972 (31 
U.S.C. 1224(a) (2)); 
(17) section 407(b) of title 37, United States Code; 
(18) section 413 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 
(42 U.S.C. 5053); 
(19) section 701 (b) and (f) of title 10, United States Code; 
(20) section 1 of the Act of July 11, 1947, as amended (31 
U.S.C. 132); 
(21) sections 110, 111(d), and 210(f) (5) of the Federal Prop-
erty and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 
U.S.C. 757,759, and 490(f) (5)); 
(22) the final paragraph under the heading "PUBLIC BUILDINGS 
ADMINISTRATION" in the Act of May 3, 1945 (59 Stat. 115; 40 
U.S.C. 293); 
(23) Public Law 90-469 (82 Stat. 666); 
(24) sections 802(a), 810(b), 810(c) (2), 810(e), and 811(a) of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296a(a), 296e(b), 296e 
(c)(2),296e(e) and 296f(a)); 
(25) sections 3 and 4 (b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1772,1773(b)); and 
(26) sections 2, 3, and 4 of the Act of September 30, 1950 (20 
U.S.C. 237,238, 239). 
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SEC. 206. The period of July 1, 1975, through September 30, 1976, 
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shall be considered one year for the purposes of the following provi-
sions of law— 
(1) sections 314 (d)(2) (C)(ii) and (d)(3), 435(b), 646,1210, 
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and 1315 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 246 (d) (2) 
(C)(ii) and (d)(3), 289c-2(b), 291o-l, 300d-9, and 300e-14); 
(2) section 409(e) of the Drug Abuse Office and Treatment 
Act of 1972 (21 U.S.C. 1176 (e)); 
(3) section 303 of the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and 
Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act of 
1970 (42 U.S.C. 4573) ; 
(4) sections 203(e) (1) and 237(a) (1) (C) of the Community 
Mental Health Centers Act (42 U.S.C. 2689b (e) (1) and 2689t 
(a)(1)(C)); and 
(5) section 205(b)(1) of the Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1285(b)(1)). 
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90 STAT. 395 
42 u s e 2689e 
note. 
SEC. 207. A grant received under section 203(e) (1) of the Com- 42 USC 2689b 
munity Mental Health Centers Act (42 U.S.C. 2689b (e)(1)) from note, 
appropriations for the period of July 1, 1976, through September 30, 
1976, shall not be considered a grant for the purposes of section 203 
(e)(l)(A)(i) (42U.S.C.2689b(e)(l)(A)(i)). 
SEC. 208. For the purposes of section 206(c) (4) of the Community 
Mental Health Centers Act (42 U.S.C. 2689(c) (4)), the period July 
1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, shall be treated as part of fiscal 
year 1976 and the 2 per centum minimum specified in that section shall 
be 2.5 per centum in respect to grants received for that period, and 
1.6 per centum in respect to grants received for fiscal year 1977. 
SEC. 209. The funds appropriated to an account for the period July 31 USC 701 note. 
1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, shall be merged on July 1, 1976, 
with the balances available from the appropriations made for the 
fiscal year 1976 for such account. 
Approved April 21, 1976. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 94-1001 accompanying H.R. 12606 (Comm. on Government 
Operations). 
SENATE REPORT No. 94-468 (Comm. on Goverament Operations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 121 (1975): Dec. 1, considered and passed Senate. 
Vol. 122 (1976): Apr. 6. considered and passed House, amended, in lieu of 
H.R. 12606. 
Apr. 8, Senate concurred in House amendment.