An Act making appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development; for space, science, veterans, and certain other independent executive agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for other purposes.
PL 93-414 (H.R.15572), enacted 09/06/1974

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SEC. 6. Xo funds may be transferred from any particular category 
Transfer o
f 
listed in section 1 to any other category or categories listed in such ^""'^^' limitation. 
section if the total of the funds so transferred from that particular 
category would exceed 10 per centum thereof, and no funds may be 
transferred to any particular category listed in section 1 from any 
other category or categories listed in such section if the total of the 
funds so transferred to that particular category would exceed 10 per 
centum thereof, unless— 
(A) a period of thirty legislative days has passed after the g ^akefoVthe 
Director or his designee has transmitted to the Speaker of the House, President 
House of Representatives and to the President of the Senate and "^^''^ressronai''"'^ 
to the Committee on Science and Astronautics of the House of commmees. 
Representatives and to the Committee on Labor and Public Wel-
fare of the Senate a written report containing a full and complete 
statement concerning the nature of the transfer and the reason 
therefor, or 
(B) each such committee before the expiration of such period 
has transmitted to the Director written notice to the effect that 
such committee has no objection to the proposed action. 
SEC. 7. Notwithstanding any other provis'on of this or any other 
information to 
Act, the Director of the National Science Foundation shall keep the commu^teesT 
Committee on Science and Astronautics of the House of Representa- 
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fives and the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate 
fully and currently informed with respect to all of the activities of the 
National Science Foundation. 
SEC. 8. This Act may be cited as the "National Science Foundation 
short title. 
Authorization Act, 1975", 
Approved September 4, 1974. 
Public Law 93-414 
A N A C T 
September 6, 1974 
Making appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development; 
[H.R. 15572] 
for space, science, veterans, and certain otlier independent executive agencies, 
boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the 
fiscal 
year ending June 30, 
1975, 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 
Department o
f 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise Seveiopme"nt;"'''^" 
appropriated, for the Department of Housing and Urban Develop- space, science, 
ment; for space, science, veterans, and certain other independent exec- cert^^n oth"? in-
utive agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the dependent Agen-
fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for other purposes, namely: ""^^^ App^ropriation 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
HOUSING 
AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
HOUSING PRODUCTION AND MORTGAGE CREDIT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, HOUSING PRODUCTION AND MORTGAGE CREDIT 
PROGRAMS 
For necessary administrative expenses of housing production and 
mortgage credit, not otherwise provided for, $13,233,000: Provided, 
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That none of these administrative funds may be used for the adminis-
tration of the section 23 leasing program, or any replacement program, 
unless the available, unused balance of contract authority under the 
section 236 program, or any replacement program, is made available 
for commitment concurrent with the making available for commit-
ment of any contract authority under the section 23 program, or any 
replacement program. 
GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION 
PAYMENT OF PARTICIPATION SALES INSUFFICIENCIES 
For the payment of such insufficiencies as may be required by the 
Government National Mortgage Association, as trustee, on account 
of outstanding beneficial interests or participations in assets of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (including the Gov-
ernment National Mortgage Association) authorized by the Independ-
ent Offices and Department of Housing and Urban Development 
81 Stat. 341. 
Appropriation Act, 1968, to be issued pursuant to section 302(c) of 
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^^^ Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, as amended, 
$22,883,000. 
HOUSING MANAGEMENT 
HOUSING PAYMENTS 
Fot the payment of annual contributions to public housing agencies 
in accordance with section 10 of the United States Housing Act of 
Ante, p. 666. 
^937^ ^s amended (42 U.S.C. 1410) ; for payments authorized by title 
IV of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1749 et seq.); 
for rent supplement payments authorized by section 101 of the Hous-
ing and Urban Development xAct of 1965, as amended (12 U.S.C. 
1701s) ; and for homeownership and interest reduction payments as 
authorized by sections 235 and 236, of the J
N ational Housing Act, as 
^A^nte. pp. 671, 
amended (12 U.S.C. 17l5z, I715z-1), $2,300,000,000, of which not 
less than $450,000,000 shall be used only for the payment of operating 
subsidies to local housing authorities. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, HOUSING MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS 
For necessary administrative expenses of programs of housing man-
agement, not otherwise provided for, $23,400,000: Provided, 
That 
administrative expenses in connection with the Revolving fund 
(liquidating programs) shall be exclusive of expenses necessary in the 
case of 
defaulted 
obligations to protect the interests of 
the 
Government. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAMS 
ti<^TrLmo°un1s'. 
For grants for urban renewal, fiscal year 1975, as an additional 
amount for urban renewal programs, as authorized by title I of the 
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Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1450 et seq.), and section 
314 of the Housing Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1452a), 
$197,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no 
Limitation. 
part of any appropriation in this Act shall be used for administrative 
expenses in connection with commitments for grants aggregating more 
than the total of amounts available in the current year from the 
amounts authorized for making such commitments through June 30, 
1967, plus the additional amounts appropriated therefor. 
MODEL CITIES PROGRAMS 
For financial assistance in connection with planning and carrying 
out comprehensive city demonstration programs pursuant to title I 
of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 
1966, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3301), $123,375,000, to remain available 
until June 30, 1976, of which $1,000,000 shall be available only for 
rehabilitation and redevelopment of the DeKalb County, Tennessee, 
model cities area devastated by recent tornado damage. 
COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING GRANTS 
For comprehensive planning grants as authorized by section 701 of 
the Housing Act of 1954, as amended (40 U.S.C. 461), $100,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
PROGRAMS 
For necessary administrative expenses of programs of community 
planning and development, not otherwise provided for, $39,000,000. 
FEDERAL INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION 
FLOOD I N S U R A N C E 
For necessary administrative expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
in carrying out the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended 
(42 U.S.C. Chap. 50), $50,000,000. 
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P O L I C Y D E V E L O P M E N T A N D R E S E A R C H 
R E S E A R C H AND TECHNOLOGY 
For contracts, grants and necessary expenses of programs of 
research and studies relating to housing and urban problems, not 
otherwise provided for, as authorized by title V of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z-l et seq.), includ- 
^"^^' P- 738. 
ing carrying out the functions of the Secretary under section 
1(a) (l)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, $65,000,000, to 49 use 1
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remain available until June 30,1976. 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES, POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
For necessary administrative expenses of programs of policy devel-
opment and research, not otherwise provided for, $6,130,000. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of the Secretary 
pursuant to title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3601), and other equal opportunity and fair housing programs 
authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, $11,543,000. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Secretary, not other-
wise provided for, in overall program planning and direction in the 
Department, including not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $5,413,000. 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES, OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of General Counsel, not other-
wise provided for, $3,425,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, not other-
wise provided for, $6,626,000. 
ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF SERVICES 
For administrative expenses necessary in providing general admin-
istration and staff services within the Department, not otherwise 
provided for, $18,928,000. 
REGIONAL MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES 
For necessary administrative expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
of management and program coordination in the regional offices of the 
Department, $28,563,000. 
FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
DISASTER RELIEF 
For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development under the Disaster Relief Act of 
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1970, as amended, the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, and Reorganization 
Plan No. 1 of 1973, authorizing assistance to States and local govern- ""Ante, p. 143 
ments in major disasters, $200,000,000, to remain available until 
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expended: Provided, That not to exceed 3 per centum of the foregoing 
amount shall be available for administrative expenses. 
TITLE I I 
SPACE, SCIENCE, VETERANS, AND CERTAIN 
OTHER 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the American 
Battle Monuments Commission, including the acquisition of land or 
interest in land in foreign countries; purchase and repair of uniforms 
for caretakers of national cemeteries and monuments, outside of the 
United States and its territories and possessions; not to exceed $67,000 
for expenses of travel; rent of office and garage space in foreign coun-
tries; purchase (one for replacement only) and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign 
countries when required by law of such countries; $4,512,000: Pro-
mded, That where station allowance has been authorized by the 
Department of the Army for officers of the Army serving the Army at 
certain foreign stations, the same allowance shall be authorized for 
officers of the Armed Forces assigned to the Commission while serving 
at the same foreign stations, and this appropriation is hereby made 
available for the payment of such allowance: Provided further, That 
when traveling on business of the Commission, officers of the Armed 
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Forces serving as members or as secretary of the Commission may be 
reimbursed for expenses as provided for civilian members of the Com-
mission : Provided further, That the Commission shall reimburse other 
Government agencies, including the Armed Forces, for salary pay, 
and allowances of personnel assigned to it. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of maintenance, opera-
tion, and improvement of the cemetery at the Soldiers' and Airmen's 
Home and Arlington National Cemetery, including the purchase of 
three passenger motor vehicles of which two shall be for replacement 
only, $258,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That 
reimbursement shall be made to the applicable military appropriation 
for the pay and allowances of any military personnel performing 
services primarily for the purposes of this appropriation. 
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SALAKIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Federal Communications Commis-
sion, as authorized by law, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902) ; not to exceed $250,000 
for land and structures; not to exceed $35,000 for improvement and 
care of grounds and repairs to buildings; not to exceed $1,500 for 
official reception and representation expenses; purchase (not to exceed 
eight) and hire of motor vehicles; special counsel fees; and services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $46,900,000: Provided, That not to 
exceed $500,000 of the foregoing amount shall remain available until 
June 30,1976, for research and policy studies. 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, including 
research, development, operations, services, minor construction, main-
tenance, repair, rehabilitation and modification of real and personal 
property; tracking and data relay satellite services as authorized by 
section 7 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
Authorization Act, 1975; and purchase, hire, maintenance, and opera-
tion of other than administrative aircraft, necessary for the conduct 
and support of aeronautical and space research and development 
activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
$2,326,580,000, to remain available until expended. 
CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES 
For advance planning, design, rehabilitation, modification and con-
struction of facilities for the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration, and for the acquisition or condemnation of real property, as 
authorized by law, $140,155,000, including (1) $3,660,000 for addition 
to flight and guidance simulation laboratory, Ames Research (^enter; 
(2) $890,000 for rehabilitation and modification of science and appli-
cations laboratories, Goddard Space Flight Center; (3) $1,220,000 for 
modifications for fire protection and safety, Goddard Space Flight 
Center; (4) $150,000 for acquisition of land. Jet Propulsion Labora-
tory ; (5) $3,790,000 for addition for integrated systems testing facility. 
Jet Propulsion Laboratory; (6) $935,000 for modification of water 
supply system, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center; (7) $515,000 for 
modification of 6,000 p.s.i. air storage system, Langley Research 
Center; (8) $2,990,000 for rehabilitation of 16-foot transonic wind 
tunnel, Langley Research Center; (9) $2,580,000 for modification of 
propulsion systems laboratory, Lewis Research Center; (10) $660,000 
for modification of rocket engine test facility, Lewis Research Center; 
(11) $4,060,000 for construction of X-ray telescope facility, Marshall 
Space Flight Center; (12) $1,370,000 for modification of beach pro-
tection system. Wallops Station; (13) $6,040,000 for construction of 
infrared telescope facility, Mauna Kea, Hawaii; (14) $1,430,000 for 
modifications for fire protection and safety at various tracking and 
data stations; (15) $77,020,000 for Space Shuttle facilities at various 
locations, as follows: (A) modification of the vibration and acoustic 
test facility, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, (B) modifications for 
crew training facilities, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, (C) con-
struction of materials test facility. White Sands Test Facility, (D) 
modifications for dynamic test facilities, Marshall Space Flight Center, 
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and NASA Industrial Plant, Downey, California, (E) modifications 
for solid rocket booster structural test facilities, Marshall Space 
Flight Center, (F) construction of Orbiter landing facilities, John F. 
Kennedy Space Center, (G) construction of Orbiter processing facil-
ity, John F. Kennedy Space Center, (H) modifications to launch com-
plex 39, John F. Kennedy Space Center, (I) $1,940,000 for construction 
of an Orbiter Horizontal Flight Test Facility, Flight Research 
Center; (16) $14,900,000 for minor rehabilitation and modification of 
facilities at various locations; (17) $4,500,000 for minor construction 
of new facilities and additions to existing facilities at various loca-
tions; (18) $10,900,000 for facility planning and design not otherwise 
provided for; and (19) $4,880,000 for an addition to the Systems 
Development Laboratory (SDL) at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory 
(JPL) ; to remain available for obligation until June 30, 1977: 
Provided^ That, notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of 
funds appropriated under this head by this appropriation act, and 
except with respect to items (16) through (18) above, when any 
activity, for which appropriations under this head made by this act 
are available, has been initiated by the incurrence of obligations there-
for, the amount available for sucli activity shall remain available until 
expended. 
RESEARCH AND PROGRAM 
MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses of research in Government laboratories, 
management of programs and other activities of the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, not otherwise provided for, includ-
ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901-5902) ; awards; hire, maintenance and operation of administra-
tive aircraft; purchase (not to exceed sixteen for replacement only) 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and maintenance and repair of 
real and personal property, and not in excess of $10,000 per project 
for construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, 
and not in excess of $25,000 per project for rehabilitation and modi-
fication of facilities; $740,000,000: Provided^ That contracts may be 
entered into under this appropriation for maintenance and operation 
of facilities, and for other services, to be provided during the next 
fiscal year: Provided further^ That not to exceed $35,000 of the fore-
going amount shall be available for scientific consultations or extraor-
dinary expense, to be expended upon the approval or authority of the 
Administrator and his determination shall be final and conclusive. 
GENERAL PROVISION 
Not to exceed one-quarter of 1 per centum of the appropriations 
made available to the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion by this Act for "Research and development" and "Research and 
program management" may be transferred to either of the other men-
tioned appropriation, but not to exceed the amount authorized therefor 
by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization 
Act, 1975 (Public Law 93-316). 
Ante, p. 2AO. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875), 
title I X of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 
1876-1879), and the Act to establish a National Medal of Science 
(42 U.S.C. 1880-1881), including award of graduate fellowships; 
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services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and operation 
of aircraft and purchase of flight services for research support; hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $5,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses; not to exceed $35,900,000 for program 
development and management; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); rental of conference rooms 
in the District of Columbia; and reimbursement of the General Serv-
ices Administration for security guard services; $661,500,000, to 
remain available until June 30, 1976: Provided^ That of the foregoing 
total amount, not more nor less than $13,200,000 shall be used only for 
Graduate Student Support; not more nor less than $65,150,000 shall 
be used only for Science Education Improvement; not more nor less 
than $5,500,000 shall be used only for Institutional Improvement for 
Science; and not more than $50,000,000 shall be available for Research 
Applied to National Needs: Provided 
further^ That receipts for 
scientific support services and materials furnished by the National 
Research Centers may be credited to this appropriation: 
Provided 
pus"dis^rJpteTsT" 
further^ That if an institution of higher education receiving funds 
prohibition. 
hereunder determines after affording notice and opportunity for hear-
ing to an individual attending, or employed by, such institution, that 
such individual has, after the date of enactment of this Act, willfully 
refused to obey a lawful regulation or order of such institution and 
that such refusal was of a serious nature and contributed to the dis-
ruption of the administration of such institution, then the institution 
shall deny any further payment to, or for the benefit of, such 
individual. 
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES 
(SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department 
determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United 
States, for scientific activities, as authorized by law, $4,850,000, to 
remain available until June 30, 1976: Provided^ That this appropria-
tion shall be available in addition to other appropriations to the 
National 
Science Foundation, for 
payments in the 
foregoing 
currencies. 
RENEGOTIATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Renegotiation Board, including hire 
of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $5,163,000. 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange Commis-
sion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to 
exceed $1,200,000 for travel expenses and, not to exceed $2,000 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses, $43,077,000. 
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Selective Service System, including 
expenses of attendance at meetings and of training for uniformed per-
sonnel assigned to the Selective Service System, as authorized by law 
(5 U.S.C. 4101-4118) for civilian employees; and expenses of the 
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National Selective Service Appeal Board; and not to exceed $1,000 
for official reception and representation expenses; $45,000,000: Pro-
vided^ That during the current fiscal year, the President may exempt 
this appropriation from the provisions of subsection (c) of section 
3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, whenever he deems such 
action to be necessary in the interest of national defense: Provided 
further^ That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
expended for or in connection with the induction of any person into 
the Armed Forces of the United States. 
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS 
For the payment of compensation, pensions, gratuities, and allow-
ances, including burial awards, plot allowances, burial flags, head-
stones and grave markers, emergency and other officers' retirement 
pay, adjusted-service credits and certificates, and other benefits as 
authorized by law; and for payment of amounts of compromises or 
settlements under 28 U.S.C. 2677 of tort claims potentially subject to 
the offset provisions of 38 U.S.C. 351, $7,283,000,000 to remain avail-
able until expended. 
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS 
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits to or on 
behalf of veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapters 21, 31, 
and 33-39), $2,676,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
isol^Tor^' 
VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES 
For military and naval insurance, national service life insurance, 
servicemen's indemnities, service-disabled veterans insurance, and 
soldiers' and sailors' civil relief, $8,750,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
MEDICAL CARE 
For expenses necessary for the maintenance and operation of hospi-
tals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facilities; for furnishing, as 
authorized by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to 
beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration, including care and 
treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Veterans 
Administration, and furnishing recreational facilities, supplies and 
equipment; funeral, burial and other expenses incidental thereto for 
beneficiaries receiving care in Veterans Administration facilities; 
repairing, altering, improving or providing facilities in the several 
hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Adminis-
tration, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by the hire 
of temporary employees and purchase of materials; uniforms or allow-
ance therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); and aid to 
State homes as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 641); $3,187,644,000, plus 
reimbursements: Provided^ That allotments and transfers may be 
made from this appropriation to the Public Health Service of the 
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Army, Navy, 
and Air Force of the Department of Defense, for disbursements by 
them under the various headings of their applicable appropriations, 
of such amounts as are necessary for the care and treatment of bene-
ficiaries of the Veterans Administration. 
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MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for carrying out programs of medical and 
prosthetic research and development, as authorized by law, to remain 
available until expended, $89,000,000, plus reimbursements. 
MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for administration of the medical, hospital, 
domiciliary, construction and supply, research, employee education 
and training activities, as authorized by law, and for carrying out the 
provisions of section 5055, title 38, United States Code, relating to 
pilot programs and grants for exchange of medical information, 
$37,508,000, plus reimbursements. 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by law; not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses; cemeterial expenses as authorized by law, 
purchase of one passenger motor vehicle (medium sedan for replace-
ment only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and reimbursement 
of the General Services Administration for security guard services; 
$420,000,000. 
CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending and improving any of the 
facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Veterans Admin-
istration, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 5001, 5002 
and 5004 of title 38, United States Code, including planning, archi-
tectural and engineering services, and site acquisition, where the esti-
mated cost of a project is $1,000,000 or more, $223,925,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided^ That none of these funds shall 
be used for any project which has not been considered and approved 
by the Congress in the budgetary process. 
CONSTRUCTION, MINOR 
PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of the 
facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Veterans-Admin-
istration, including planning, architectural and engineering services, 
and site acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 
5001, 5002 and 5004 of title 38, United States Code, where the esti-
mated cost of a project is less than $1,000,000, and for necessary 
expenses of the Office of Construction, $43,796,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES 
For grants to assist the several States to construct State nursing 
home facilities and to remodel, modify or alter existing hospital and 
domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care to veterans, 
as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 644 and 5031-5037), $9,700,000, to 
remain available until June 30, 1977. 
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GRANTS TO T H E REPUBLIC OF T H E 
P H I L I P P I N E S 
For payment to the Republic of the Philippines of grants, as author-
ized by law (38 U.S.C. 631-634), $2,050,000, of which $50,000 for 
hospital equipment, plant, and facilities rehabilitation grants shall 
remain available until expended. 
PAYMENT o r PARTICIPATION SALES INSUrPICIENCIES 
For the payment of such insufficiencies as may be required by the 
Government National Mortgage Association, as trustee, on account of 
outstanding beneficial interests or participation in Direct loan revolv-
ing fund assets or Loan guaranty revolving fund assets, authorized by 
the Independent Offices, and Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment Appropriation Act, 1968, to be issued pursuant to section 302 
(c) of the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, as 
amended (12U.S.C. 1717(c)),$1,828,000. 
LOAN GUARANTY REVOLVING FUND 
During the current fiscal year, the Loan guaranty revolving fund 
shall be available for expenses, but not to exceed $500,000,000, for 
property acquisitions and other loan guaranty and insurance opera-
tions under Chapter 37, title 38, United States Code, except admin-
istrative expenses, as authorized by section 1824 of such title: Pro-
vided, That the unobligated balances including retained earnings of 
the Direct loan revolving fund shall be available, during the current 
fiscal year, for transfer to the Loan guaranty revolving fund in such 
amounts as may be necessary to provide for the timely payment of 
obligations of such fund and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs 
shall not be required to pay interest on amounts so transferred after 
the time of such transfer. 
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION REVOLVING F U N D 
To increase the "Vocational Rehabilitation Revolving Fund" estab-
lished by the Act of March 24,1943, and continued by 38 U.S.C. 1507, 
$97,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
PROVISIONS 
Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation for the current 
fiscal year for "Compensation and pensions", "Readjustment benefits", 
and "Veterans insurance and indemnities" may be transferred to any 
other of the mentioned appropriations, but not to exceed 10 per centum 
of the appropriations so augmented. 
Appropriations available to the Veterans Administration for the 
current fiscal year for salaries and expenses shall be available for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
No part of the appropriations in this Act for the Veterans Adminis-
tration (except the appropriations for "Construction, major projects", 
and "Construction, minor projects") shall be available for the purchase 
of any site for or toward the construction of any new hospital or 
home. 
No part of the foregoing appropriations shall be available for hos-
pitalization or examination of any persons except beneficiaries entitled 
under the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans, unless reimburse-
ment of cost is made to the appropriation at such rates as may be fixed 
by the Administrator of Veterans Afi'airs. 
Transfer of 
funds. 
31 u s e 849. 
63 Stat. 90S. 
12 u s e 1702. 
1106 
PUBLIC LAW 93-414-SEPT. 6, 1974 
[88 STAT. 
TITLE I I I 
CORPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies, respectively, are hereby 
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and 
borrowing authority available to each such corporation or agency and 
in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments 
without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 
of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be 
necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for the 
current fiscal year for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter 
provided. 
DEPARTMENT or HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
LIMITATION 
ON 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
AND 
N O N A D M I N I S T R A T I V E 
EXPENSES, 
FEDERAL HOUSING 
ADMINISTRATION 
For administrative expenses in carrying out duties imposed by or 
pursuant to law, not to exceed $13,803,000 of the various funds of the 
Federal Housing Administration shall be available, in accordance 
with the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701) : 
Provided^ That funds shall be available for contract actuarial services 
(not to exceed $1,500) : Provided 
further^ That nonadministrative 
expenses classified by section 2 of Public Law 387, approved Octo-
ber 25, 1949, shall not exceed $190,500,000. 
LIMITATION 
ON 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
EXPENSES, 
GOVERNMENT 
NATIONAL 
MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION 
Not to exceed $8,080,000 shall be available for administrative 
expenses, which shall be on an accrual basis, and shall be exclusive of 
interest paid, expenses (including expenses for fiscal agency services 
performed on a contract or fee basis) in connection with the issuance 
and servicing of securities, depreciation, properly capitalized expendi-
tures, fees for servicing mortgages, expenses (including services per-
formed on a force account, contract or fee basis, but not including 
other personal services) in connection with the acquisition, protection, 
operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition of real or per-
sonal property belonging to said Association or in which it has an 
interest, cost of salaries, w^ages, travel, and other expenses of persons 
employed outside the continental United States, and all administra-
tive expenses reimbursable from other Government agencies and from 
the Federal National Mortgage Association: Provided,, That the dis-
tribution of administrative expenses to the accounts of the Association 
shall be made in accordance with generally recognized accounting 
principles and practices. 
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK BOARD 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND NONADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, 
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK BOARD 
Not to exceed a total of $10,400,000 shall be available for admin-
istrative expenses of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, which may 
procure services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and contracts for such 
services with one organization may be renewed annually, and uniforms 
or allowances therefor in accordance with law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902), 
88 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-414-SEPT. 6, 1974 
1107 
and said amount shall be derived from fmids available to the Federal 
Home Loan Bank Board, including those in the Federal Home Loan 
Bank Board revolving fund and receipts of the Board for the current 
fiscal year and prior fiscal years, and the Board may utilize and may 
make payment for services and facilities of the Federal home loan 
banks, the Federal Reserve banks, the Federal Savings and Loan 
Insurance Corporation, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corpora-
tion, and other agencies of the Government (including payment for 
office space) : Provided^ That all necessary expenses in connection 
with the conservatorship or liquidation of institutions insured by the 
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, liquidation or han-
dling of assets of or derived from such insured institutions, payment 
of insurance, and action for or toward the avoidance, termination, 
or minimizing of losses in the case of such insured institutions, or 
activities relating to section 5A(f) or 6(i) of the Federal Home 
Loan Bank Act, section 5(d) of the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933, j426.^^*^ i425a, 
or section 406(c), 407, or 408 of the National Housing Act and all 
12 use i464. 
necessary expenses (including services performed on a contract or fee 17303"^^ '^i2<^-
basis, but not including other personal services) in connection with 
the handling, including the purchase, sale, and exchange, of securities 
on behalf of Federal home loan banks, and the sale, issuance, and 
retirement of, or payment of interest on, debentures or bonds, under 
the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, as amended, shall be considered 
^^ use 1421. 
as nonadministrative expenses for the purposes hereof: 
Provided 
further^ That members and alternates of the Federal Savings and 
^^ ^^'^ \^2&a 
Loan Advisory Council shall be entitled to reimbursement from the 
Board as approved by the Board for transportation expenses incurred 
in attendance at meetings of or concerned with the work of such Coun-
cil and may be paid in lieu of subsistence per diem not to exceed the 
dollar amount set forth in 5 U.S.C. 5703(d) (1) : Provided 
further^ 
That expenses of any functions of supervision (except of Federal 
home loan banks) vested in or exercisable by the Board shall be con-
sidered as nonadministrative expenses: Provided further^ That not 
to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official reception and repre-
sentation expenses: Provided further. That, notwithstanding any other 
provisions of this Act, except for the limitation in amount herein-
before specified, the administrative expenses and other obligations 
of the Board shall be incurred, allowed, and paid in accordance with 
the provisions of the Federal Home Ix>an Bank Act of July 22,1932, as 
amended (12 U.S.C. 1421-1449) : Provided further, That the dollar 
limitation of section 18(c) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act is 
further increased by the cumulative assessments and interest-bearing 
or other advances for purposes thereof, which shall include related 
commercial facilities, hereby authorized to be required by the Board 
as nonadministrative expenditures of agencies under administration 
or supervision of the Board or of a body composed of its members, 
all of which are hereby included in the references therein to agencies 
under the Board's supervision, and the Board is hereby authorized to 
adjust as it deems equitable the interest on advances now or hereafter 
outstanding thereunder or hereunder: Provided 
further, 
That the 
nonadministrative expenses (except those included in the first proviso 
hereof) for the supervision and examination of Federal and State 
chartered institutions (other than special examinations determined 
by the Board to be necessary) shall not exceed $20,736,000. 
12 use 1438. 
12 u s e 1729-
1730a. 
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[88 STAT. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN 
INSURANCE 
CORPORATION 
Not to exceed $772,000 shall be available for administrative expenses, 
vehich shall be on an accrual basis and shall be exclusive of interest 
paid, depreciation, properly capitalized expenditures, expenses in con-
nection with liquidation of insured institutions or activities relating 
to section 406(c), 407, or 408 of the National Housing Act, liquidation 
or handling of assets of or derived from insured institutions, payment 
of insurance, and action for or toward the avoidance, termination, or 
minimizing of losses in the case of insured institutions, legal fees and 
expenses and payments for expenses of the Federal Home Loan Bank 
Board determined by said Board to be properly allocable to said Cor-
poration, and said Corporation may utilize and may make payments 
for services and facilities of the Federal home loan banks, the Federal 
Reserve banks, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the Federal 
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and other agencies of the Govern-
ment : Provided^ That, notwithstanding any other provisions of this 
Act, except for the limitation in amount hereinbefore specified, the 
administrative expenses and other obligations of said Corporation 
shall be incurred, allowed, and paid in accordance with title IV of the 
Act of June 27,1934, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1724-I730b). 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Travel ex 
penses. 
SE(;. 401. Where appropriations in titles I and I I of this Act as 
expendable for travel expenses of employees and no specific limitation 
has been" placed thereon, the expenditures for such travel expenses 
may not exceed the amounts set forth therefor in the budget estimates 
submitted for the appropriations: Provided^ That this section shall 
not apply to travel performed by uncompensated officials of local 
boards and appeal boards of the Selective Service System; to travel 
performed directly in connection with care and treatment of medical 
beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration; or to payments to inter-
agency motor pools where separately set forth in the budget schedules. 
Uniforms. 
^YJO. 402. Appropriations and funds available for the administra-
tive expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
and the Selective Service System shall be available in the current fiscal 
year for purchase of uniforms, or allowances thereof, as authorized 
by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902) ; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
Legal and bank- 
g 
^Qg^ Fuuds made available for the Department of Housing and 
ing services. 
T 
• i 
T T T 
<
> i • 
i 
i 
n 
i 
• i i n 
Urban Development under title I I I oi this Act shall be available, 
without regard to the limitations on administrative expenses, for legal 
services on a contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and making pay-
ment for services and facilities of Federal National Mortgage Asso-
ciation or Government National Mortgage Association, Federal 
Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal home loan banks, and 
any insured bank within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insur-
ance Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1831). 
^Research proj- 
gj,^, 404. Nouc of the fuuds provldcd in this Act may be used for 
payment, through grants or contracts, to recipients that do not share 
in the cost of conducting research resulting from proposals for projects 
not specifically solicited by the Government: Provided^ That the extent 
88 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-415-SEPT. 7, 1974 
1109 
of cost sharing by the recipient shall reflect the mutuality of interest of 
the grantee or contractor and the Government in the research. 
SEC. 405. No part of any appropriation, funds, or other authority se^vfc^s''"'^ 
contained in this Act shall be available for paying to the Adminis-
trator of the General Services Administration in excess of 90 per 
centum of the standard level user charge established pursuant to sec-
tion 210(j) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act 
of 1949, as amended, for space and services. 
-
^
o use 490. 
SEC. 406. No part of any appropriations contained in this Act shall 
Fiscal year 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless '1™^'^'^°"' 
expressly so provided herein. 
This Act may be cited as the "Department of Housing and Urban 
short titie. 
Development; Space, Science, Veterans, and Certain Other Independ-
ent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1975". 
Approved September 6, 1974. 
Public Law 93-415 
AN ACT 
September 7, 1974 
To provide a comprehensive, coordinated approach to the prohleins of juvenile 
f
^
- ^^^1 
delinquency, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and, House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
juvenile jus-
be cited as the "Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of q'ue^ncy'^p^e^ven' 
1974". 
tion Act of 1974. 
TITLE I—FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF PURPOSE 
42 use 5601 
note. 
riNDINGS 
SEC. 101. (a) The Congress hereby finds that— 
42 use seoi. 
(1) juveniles account for almost half the arrests for serious 
crimes in the Ignited States today ; 
(2) understaffed, overcrowded juvenile courts, probation serv-
ices, and correctional facilities are not able to provide individ-
ualized justice or effective help; 
(3) present juvenile courts, foster and protective care pro-
grams, and shelter facilities are inadequate to meet the needs of 
the countless, abandoned, and dependent children, who, because 
of this failure to provide effective 
services, may become 
delinquents; 
(4) existing programs have not adequately responded to the 
particular problems of the increasing numbers of young people 
who are addicted to or who abuse drugs, particularly nonopiate 
or polydrug abusers; 
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