A joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1982, and for other purposes.
PL 97-92 (H.J.Res.370), enacted 12/15/1981

PUBLIC LAW 97-92—DEC. 15, 1981 
95 STAT. 1183 
Public Law 97-92 
97th Congress 
Joint Resolution 
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1982, and for other 
purposes. 
Dec. 15, 1981 
[H.J. Res. 370] 
Further 
continuing 
appropriations 
for fiscal 
year 1982. 
Resolved by 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 otherwise 
appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, 
receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corpora-
tions, and other organizational units of the Government for the fiscal 
year 1982, and for other purposes, namely: 
SEC. 101. (a)(1) Such amounts as may be necessary for projects or 
activities (not otherwise specifically provided for in this joint resolu-
tion) for which appropriations, funds, or other authority would be 
available in the following appropriations Acts: 
Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1982; 
Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1982; 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982; and 
Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropri-
ation Act, 1982. 
(2) Appropriations made by this subsection shall be available to the 
extent and in the manner which would be provided by the pertinent 
appropriation Act. 
(3) Whenever the amount which would be made available or the 
authority which would be granted under an Act listed in this 
subsection as passed the House as of December 15, 1981, is different 
from that which would be available or granted under such Act as 
passed by the Senate as of December 15,1981, the pertinent project or 
activity shall be continued under the lesser amount or the more 
restrictive authority: Provided, That where an item is included in 
only one version of an Act as passed by both Houses as of December 
15,1981, the pertinent project or activity shall be continued under the 
appropriation, fund, or authority granted by the one House, but at a 
rate for operations of the current rate or the rate permitted by the 
action of the one House, whichever is lower, and under the authority 
and conditions provided in applicable appropriation Acts for the 
fiscal year 1981: Provided further. That for the purposes of this joint 
resolution, when an Act listed in this subsection has been reported to 
a House but not passed by that House as of December 15,1981, it shall 
be deemed as having been passed by that House: Provided further. 
That, in addition to the sums otherwise made available by this 
paragraph the following additional sums are hereby appropriated: for 
low income home energy assistance program, $175,000,000; for the 
foster care program authorized by title IV of the Social Security Act, 42 use 601. 
$75,000,000: Provided further, That the provisions contained in the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
and Related Agencies Appropriation Act for fiscal year 1982 (H.R. 
4560), as reported by the Senate Committee on Appropriations on 
95 STAT. 1184 
PUBLIC LAW 97-92—DEC. 15, 1981 
November 9,1981, related to a limitation on entitlement to payments 
42 use 601, 670. under parts A and E of title IV of the Social Security Act and transfer 
42 use 620, 670. of funds Under parts B and E of such title (contained in H.R. 4560 as so 
reported beginning with "provided" on page 39, line 17, and ending 
on page 40, line 8) shall not be applicable with respect to any sums 
appropriated pursuant to this joint resolution; for the family medi-
cine residency training programs authorized by section 786 of the 
42 use 295g-6. 
Public Health Service Act, $10,000,000; for the Community Services 
Block Grant, $62,552,000; and for the State Block Grant authorized by 
chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 
Ante, p. 469. 
1981, $140,000,000; and for the Office of Smoking and Health, as 
42 use 241. 
authorized by section 301 of the Public Health Service Act, 
$1,500,000: Provided further. That the college housing loan program 
shall operate under the terms and conditions as contained in H.R. 
4560 as passed the House October 6, 1981, except that the gross 
commitments for the principal amount of direct loans shall not 
exceed $75,000,000: Provided further, That notwithstanding the rate 
otherwise established by this subsection, and notwithstanding section 
Post, p. 1203. 
143 of this joint resolution, for the Department of Labor Grants to 
States for Unemployment Insurance and Employment Services ac-
count, $19,272,000 in new budget authority is appropriated, and no 
more than $1,913,384,000 may be expended from the Employment 
Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund: 
Provided further. That no funds provided by this joint resolution shall 
be used for administrative or other expenses in connection with the 
closure of any State unemployment office, except in such cases as 
may be determined by the respective State agency to render its 
services more efficient: Provided further. That notwithstanding the 
rate otherwise established by this subsection, for carrying out, except 
as otherwise provided, titles XI, XVIII, and XIX of the Social Security 
42 use 1301, 
Act, and sections 1526 and 1533(d) of the Public Health Service Act, 
1395,1396. 
$78,535,000, with not to exceed $872,000,000, to be transferred to this 
42 use 300m-5, appropriation as authorized by section 201(gXl) of the Social Security 
42 use 401 
' ^^°"^ ^^® Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supple-
mentary Medical Insurance Trust Funds referred to therein, but not 
subject to the reduction contained in section 143 of this joint resolu-
tion; none of these funds shall be used to pay the expenses of 
Statewide Professional Standards Review Councils; $20,000,000 of the 
foregoing amount shall be apportioned for use pursuant to section 
3679 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 665), only to the extent 
necessary and to meet mandatory increases in costs of agencies or 
organizations with which agreements have been made to participate 
in the administration of title XVIII, and after maximum absorption 
of such costs within the remainder of the existing limitation has been 
achieved: Provided further. That notwithstanding the rate otherwise 
established by this subsection, for necessary expenses for the Social 
Security Administration, not more than $3,017,000,000 may be ex-
pended as authorized by section 201(g)(1), of the Social Security Act, 
from any one or all of the trust funds referred to therein, but not 
subject to the reduction contained in section 143 of this joint resolu-
tion; $70,000,000 of the foregoing amount shall be apportioned for use 
pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 665), only 
to the extent necessary for additional automatic data processing 
expenses, to process other workloads not anticipated in the budget 
estimates, and to meet mandatory increases in costs of agencies or 
organizations with which agreements have been made to participate 
in the administration of titles XVI and XVIII and section 221 of the 
42 use 1381, 
Social Security Act, and after maximum absorption of such costs 
1395,421. 
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PUBLIC LAW 97-92—DEC. 15, 1981 
95 STAT. 1185 
within the remainder of the existing limitation has been achieved: 
Provided further, That funds which would be available under H.R. 
4121, entitled the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government 
Appropriation Act, 1982, for the Government payment of annuitants 
and employees health benefits, shall be available under the authority 
and conditions set forth in H.R. 4121 as reported to the Senate on 
September 22, 1981: Provided further, That for the purposes of this 
joint resolution, the Senate reported level of H.R. 4121, entitled the 
Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriation 
Act, 1982, shall be the level reported by the Senate on September 22, 
1981 (S. Rept. No. 97-192), as modified on November 17, 1981. 
(4) Whenever an Act listed in this subsection has been passed by 
only one House as of December 15, 1981, the pertinent project or 
activity shall be continued under the appropriation, fund, or author-
ity granted by the one House, but at a rate for operations of the 
current rate or the rate permitted by the action of the one House, 
whichever is lower, and under the authority and conditions provided 
in applicable appropriation Acts for the fiscal year 1981. 
(5) No provision which is included in an appropriation Act enumer-
ated in this subsection but which was not included in the applicable 
appropriation Act of 1981, and which by its terms is applicable to 
more than one appropriation, fund, or authority shall be applicable to 
any appropriation, fund, or authority provided in the joint resolution 
unless such provision shall have been included in identical form in 
such bill as enacted by both the House and the Senate. 
(6) In addition to any sums otherwise appropriated there is appro-
priated an additional sum of $25,000,000 which shall be made avail-
able for training, job search allowances, and relocation allowances, 
under sections 236,237, and 238 of the Trade Act of 1974. 
1
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(b) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing programs and 2297, 2298. 
activities, not otherwise provided for, which were conducted in the 
fiscal year 1981, for which provision was made in and under the terms 
and conditions of section 101(b) of Public Law 96-536 regarding 9
4 Stat. 3166. 
foreign assistance and related programs, notwithstanding section 10 
of Public Law 91-672, and section 15(a) of the State Department Basic 2
2 use 2412. 
Authorities Act of 1956, at a rate for operations not in excess of the 22 use 2680. 
current rate provided in fiscal year 1981 or the rate provided for in 
the budget estimate, whichever is lower, and under the more restric-
tive authority: Provided, That the limitation on gross obligations for 
the principal amount of direct loans by the Export-Import Bank shall 
be increased by $100,000,000, and the limitation on total commit-
ments to guarantee loans by the Export-Import Bank shall be 
increased by $2,220,000,000 of contingent liability for loan principal: 
Provided further. That this section shall be deemed to allow the 
continuation of the activities of the Department of State for contribu-
tions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian 
Refugees at a rate of operations not in excess of the current rate. 
(c) Such amounts as may be necessary for projects or activities 
provided for in the Department of Transportation and Related 
Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982, at a rate for operations and to the 
extent and in the manner provided for in the conference report and 
joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference (H. Rept. 
No. 97-331) filed in the House of Representatives on November 13, 
1981, as if such Act had been enacted into law, except that appropri-
ations made available for the projects or activities provided for in the 
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation 
Act, 1982, in this joint resolution are hereby reduced in the following 
amounts: 
95 STAT. 1186 
PUBLIC LAW 97-92—DEC. 15, 1981 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
Office of the Secretary, salaries and expenses and transportation 
planning, research, and development, $4,500,000; 
Coast Guard, operating expenses, $48,400,000, of which $5,000,000 
shall be deducted from the amounts made available for recreational 
boating safety; acquisition, construction, and improvements, 
$16,000,000; alteration of bridges, $4,000,000; research, development, 
test, and evaluation, $4,000,000; offshore oil pollution compensation 
fund, $3,000,000; and deepwater port liability fund, $3,000,000; 
Federal Aviation Administration, operations, $125,000,000; facili-
ties, engineering and development, $9,000,000; facilities and equip-
ment (Airport and Airway Trust Fund), $24,000,000; research, 
engineering and development (Airport and Airway Trust Fund), 
$16,000,000; and construction, Metropolitan Washington Airports, 
$5,000,000; 
Federal Highway Administration, highway safety research and 
development, $2,000,000; highway beautification, $1,500,000; territo-
rial highways, $1,000,000; and interstate transfer grants-highways, 
$37,000,000; 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, operations and 
research, $7,000,000; 
Federal Railroad Administration, office of the administrator, 
$500,000; railroad safety, $2,500,000; railroad research and develop-
ment, $9,000,000; rail service assistance, $4,000,000, of which at least 
$2,000,000 shall be deducted from amounts made available for the 
Minority Business Resource Center; Northeast corridor improvement 
program, $6,000,000; and redeemable preference shares, $7,000,000; 
Urban Mass Transportation Administration, administrative ex-
penses, $3,000,000; research, development, and demonstrations and 
university research and training, $10,000,000; urban discretionary 
grants, $29,500,000; non-urban formula grants, $4,000,000; urban 
formula grants, $64,750,000; and interstate transfer grants-transit, 
$22,000,000; 
Research and Special Programs Administration, research and 
special programs, $9,000,000, of which $2,500,000 shall be deducted 
from the amounts made available for research and development and 
$750,000 shall be deducted from amounts made available for grants-
in-aid as authorized by section 5 of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety 
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Act of 1968; 
RELATED AGENCIES 
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, sal-
aries and expenses, $100,000; 
National Transportation Safety Board, salaries and expenses, 
$2,000,000; 
Civil Aeronautics Board, salaries and expenses, $1,500,000; 
Interstate Commerce Commission, salaries and expenses, 
$4,000,000; 
Department of the Treasury, Office of the Secretary, investment in 
fund anticipation notes, ($7,000,000); and 
United States Railway Association, administrative expenses, 
$4,000,000. 
(d) Such amounts as may be necessary for projects or activities 
provided for in the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment—Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982 (H.R. 4034), at 
a rate for operations and to the extent and in the manner provided for 
PUBLIC LAW 97-92—DEC. 15, 1981 
95 STAT. 1187 
in the conference report and joint explanatory statement of the 
committee of conference (H. Rept. No. 97-222) filed in the House of 
Representatives on September 11, 1981, as if such Act had been 
enacted into law, with the following new title: 
"TITLE V 
"SEC. 501. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act— 
"(1) The amount of the increase in contract authority under 
the heading 'HOUSING PROGRAMS, ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR 
ASSISTED HOUSING', shall be $897,177,848, and the amount of the 
increase in budget authority under such heading shall be 
$17,373,528,040. 
"(2) The amount appropriated under the heading 'HOUSING 
PROGRAMS, 
HOUSING 
COUNSELING 
ASSISTANCE', 
shall 
be 
$3,520,000. 
"(3) The amount appropriated under the heading 'SOLAR 
ENERGY AND ENERGY CONSERVATION BANK, ASSISTANCE FOR 
SOLAR AND CONSERVATION IMPROVEMENTS', shall be $23,000,000. 
"(4) The amount appropriated under the heading 'COMMUNITY 
PLANNING 
AND 
DEVELOPMENT, 
COMMUNITY 
DEVELOPMENT 
GRANTS', shall be $3,600,000,000. 
"(5) The amount appropriated under the heading 'COMMUNITY 
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACTION 
GRANTS', shall be $458,000,000. 
"(6) The amount appropriated under the heading 'POLICY 
DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH, RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY', shall 
be $20,000,000. 
"(7) The amount appropriated under the heading 'FAIR HOUS-
ING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, FAIR HOUSING ASSISTANCE', shall be 
$5,016,000. 
"(8) The amount appropriated under the heading 'MANAGE-
MENT AND ADMINISTRATION, WORKING CAPITAL FUND', shall be 
$528,000. 
"(9) The amount appropriated under the heading 'DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE—CIVIL, CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY, SALARIES AND 
EXPENSES', shall be $4,476,000. 
"(10) The amount appropriated under the heading 'ENVIRON-
MENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, SALARIES AND EXPENSES', shall be 
$562,837,000. 
"(11) The amount appropriated under the heading 'ENVIRON-
MENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT', shall 
be $167,759,000. 
"(12) The amount appropriated under the heading 'ENVIRON-
MENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, ABATEMENT, CONTROL AND COMPLI-
ANCE', shall be $395,000,000. 
"(13) The amount appropriated under the heading 'ENVIRON-
MENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES', shall be 
$3,621,000. 
"(14) The amount appropriated under the heading 'EXECUTIVE 
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 
AND OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY', shall be $919,000. 
"(15) The amount appropriated under the heading 'EXECUTIVE 
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
POLICY', shall be $1,578,000. 
"(16) The amount appropriated under the heading 'FEDERAL 
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE 
PRESIDENT, DISASTER RELIEF', shall be $301,694,000. 
95 STAT. 1188 
PUBLIC LAW 97-92—DEC. 15, 1981 
"(17) The amount appropriated under the heading 'FEDERAL 
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, SALARIES AND EXPENSES', 
shall be $93,879,000. 
"(18) The amount appropriated under the heading 'FEDERAL 
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, STATE AND LOCAL ASSIST-
ANCE', shall be $121,829,000. 
"(19) The amount appropriated under the heading 'FEDERAL 
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, EMERGENCY PLANNING AND 
ASSISTANCE', shall be $67,906,000. 
"(20) There are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, for the repayment of notes dated 
April 17,1979, and September 28,1979, issued by the Director of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency to the Secretary of 
the Treasury pursuant to section 15(e) of the Federal Flood 
Insurance Act of 1956 (42 U.S.C. 2414(e)), $328,240,000. 
"(21) The amount appropriated under the heading 'DEPART-
MENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, OFFICE OF CONSUMER 
AFFAIRS', shall be $1,760,000. 
"(22) The amount appropriated under the heading 'NATIONAL 
AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, RESEARCH AND DEVEL-
OPMENT', for the Space Shuttle including space flight operations 
shall not exceed $3,104,900,000: Provided, That the limitations 
subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations 
contained under this heading shall not be affected by this 
subsection. 
"(23) The amount appropriated under the heading 'NATIONAL 
SCIENCE FOUNDATION, RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES', shall 
be $1,010,000,000. 
"(24) The amount appropriated under the heading 'NATIONAL 
SCIENCE FOUNDATION, SCIENCE EDUCATION ACTIVITIES', shall be 
$22,000,000. 
"(25) The amount appropriated under the heading 'NATIONAL 
SCIENCE FOUNDATION, SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES OVERSEAS (SPECIAL 
FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM)', shall be $3,080,000. 
"(26) The amount appropriated under the heading 'SELECTIVE 
SERVICE SYSTEM, SALARIES AND EXPENSES', shall be $18,633,000. 
"(27) The amount appropriated under the heading 'DEPART-
MENT OF THE TREASURY, OFFICE OF REVENUE SHARING, SALARIES 
AND EXPENSES', shall be $6,148,000. 
"(28) The amount appropriated under the heading 'DEPART-
MENT OF THE TREASURY, NEW YORK CITY LOAN GUARANTEE PRO-
GRAM', shall be $822,000. 
"(29) The amount appropriated under the headmg 'VETERANS 
ADMINISTRATION, 
COMPENSATION 
AND 
PENSIONS', 
shall 
be 
$13,824,000,000. 
"(30) The amount appropriated under the heading 'VETERANS 
ADMINISTRATION, 
READJUSTMENT 
BENEFITS', 
shall 
be 
$1,938,800,000. 
"(31) The amount appropriated under the heading 'VETERANS 
ADMINISTRATION, MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH', shall be 
$128,215,000. 
"(32) The amount appropriated under the heading 'VETERANS 
ADMINISTRATION, MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS 
OPERATING EXPENSES', shall be $57,700,000. 
"(33) The amount appropriated under the heading 'VETERANS 
ADMINISTRATION, 
CONSTRUCTION, 
MAJOR 
PROJECTS', shall be 
$378,338,000. 
PUBLIC LAW 97-92—DEC. 15, 1981 
95 STAT. 1189 
"(34) The amount appropriated under the heading 'VETERANS 
ADMINISTRATION, 
CONSTRUCTION, 
MINOR PROJECTS', shall be 
$102,942,000, of which not to exceed $30,018,000 shall be availa-
ble for the Office of Construction. 
"(35) The amount appropriated under the heading 'VETERANS 
ADMINISTRATION, GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED 
CARE FACILITIES', shall be $15,840,000. 
"(36) The amount appropriated under the heading 'DEPART-
MENT OF THE TREASURY, INVESTMENT IN NATIONAL CONSUMER 
COOPERATIVE BANK', shall be $43,000,000: Provided, That the final 
Government equity redemption date for the National Consumer 
Cooperative Bank shall occur on December 31,1981. 
"(37) During fiscal year 1982, gross obligations of not to exceed 
$75,960,000 are authorized for payments under section 230(a) of 
the National Housing Act, as amended, from the insurance fund 12 USC I7l5u. 
chargeable for benefits on the mortgage covering the property to 
which the payments made relate, and payments in connection 
with such obligations are hereby approved. 
"(38) The amount appropriated under the heading 'HOUSING 
PROGRAMS, PAYMENTS FOR OPERATION OF LOW-INCOME HOUSING 
PROJECTS—FISCAL YEAR I98i', shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30,1982: Provided, That any part of the foregoing amount 
which has not been obligated before the forty-fifth calendar day 
following the enactment of this joint resolution, shall be deemed 
obligated notwithstanding the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 200(a). 
"(39) The Congress also disapproves the deferral under the 
heading 'VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION, (DISAPPROVAL OF DEFER-
RAL)', of the Washington, District of Columbia, and Long Beach, 
California, projects as contained in deferral notice D82-140. 
"(40) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, includ- Funds, transfer. 
ing any other provision of this title, any agency may before 
December 31, 1981, transfer to salaries and expenses from other 
sources made available to it by this Act, such amounts as may be 
required if the aggregate amount available for salaries and 
expenses, after such transfer, does not exceed the amount con-
tained for such purposes in this Act before the application of the 
changes contained in title V: Provided, That such transfers shall 
be subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further. That in the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development not to exceed (1) $34,000,000 shall be available for 
data processing services, (2) 12 full-time permanent positions and 
16 staff years shall be available for the Immediate Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Administration, and (3) 26 full-time 
permanent positions and 27 staff years shall be available for the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congres-
sional Relations: Provided further. That in the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration not to exceed (1) 150 full-time 
permanent positions shall be available for the Office of the 
Comptroller, and (2) 120 full-time permanent positions shall be 
available for the Office of External Relations: Provided further. 
That in the Veterans' Administration not to exceed (1) $1,500,000 
shall be available for the Office of Planning and Program 
Evaluation, and (2) 649 staff years shall be available for the 
Supply Service.", 
(e) Such amounts as may be necessary for projects or activities 
provided for in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
Appropriation Act, 1982, at a rate for operations and to the extent 
and in the manner provided for in the conference report and joint 
95 STAT. 1190 
PUBLIC LAW 97-92—DEC. 15, 1981 
explanatory statement of the committee of conference (H. Rept. No. 
97-315) as approved by the House of Representatives on November 
12,1981, as if such Act had been enacted into law. 
(f) Such amounts as may be necessary for projects or activities 
provided for in the Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related 
Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982, at a rate for operations and to the 
extent and in the manner provided for in the conference report and 
joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference (H. Rept. 
No. 97-313) filed in the House of Representatives on November 4, 
1981, as if such Act had been enacted into law. 
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(g) The provisions of section 305 (a), 0)), and (d) of H.R. 4120, entitled 
the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1982, shall apply to any 
appropriation, fund, or authority made available for the period 
October 1,1981, through September 30,1982, by this or any other Act. 
(h) Notwithstanding section 15(a) of the State Department Basic 
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Authorities Act of 1956 and section 701 of the United States Informa-
22 use 1476. 
tion and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as amended, such 
amounts as may be necessary for projects or activities provided for in 
the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and 
Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982, at the rate provided in 
H.R. 4169 as passed the House of Representatives on September 9, 
1981, and under the authority and conditions provided in the appli-
cable appropriation Act for fiscal year 1981, except that for the 
following items funding shall be at the rate specified herein; 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
Bureau of the Census: "Salaries and Expenses", $57,200,000; "Peri-
odic Censuses and Programs", $87,898,000; 
Economic Development Administration, "Economic Development 
Assistance Programs", $198,500,000; 
International Trade Administration, "Operations and Administra-
tion", $151,700,000: Provided, That during fiscal year 1982 and within 
the resources and authority available, gross obligations for the 
principal amount of direct loans shall not exceed $20,000,000. During 
fiscal year 1982, total commitments to guarantee loans shall not 
exceed $38,250,000 of contingent liability for loan principal; 
United States Travel and Tourism Administration, "Salaries and 
Expenses", $7,600,000; 
Funds, transfer. 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: "Operations, 
Research and Facilities", $830,455,000, of which $10,000,000 is to be 
derived by transfer from the fund entitled "Promote and develop 
fishery products and research pertaining to American fisheries"; 
"Coastal Zone Management", $7,415,000; "Fisheries Loan Fund", $0; 
"Foreign Fishing Observer Fund", $4,000,000; "Fishermen's Guar-
anty Fund", $1,800,000; 
Science and Technical Research: "Scientific and Technical 
Research and Services", $125,528,000, of which $2,042,000 shall be 
available for necessary expenses to enable the Department of Com-
merce to enter into an agreement with the Smithsonian Institution to 
close out the Smithsonian Science Information Exchange (SSIE), to 
transfer the assets of the SSIE to the Department of Commerce, and 
to pay the outstanding net liabilities of SSIE, including severance pay 
to SSIE employees; 
PUBLIC LAW 97-92—DEC. 15, 1981 
95 STAT. 1191 
National Telecommunications and Information Administration: 
"Salaries and Expenses", $16,483,000; "Public Telecommunications 
Facilities, Planning and Construction", $18,000,000; 
Maritime Administration: "Operations and Training", $74,898,000; 
RELATED AGENCIES 
Federal Communications Commission, "Salaries and Expenses", 
$76,900,000; 
Federal 
Maritime 
Commission, 
"Salaries 
and 
Expenses", 
$11,225,000; 
Federal Trade Commission, "Salaries and Expenses", $68,774,000; 
International 
Trade Commission, "Salaries and 
Expenses", 
$17,200,000; 
Office of the United States Trade Representative, "Salaries and 
Expenses", $9,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $60,000 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses; 
Securities and Exchange Commission, "Salaries and Expenses", 
$82,906,000; 
Small 
Business 
Administration, 
"Salaries 
and 
Expenses", 
$221,945,000: Provided, That $14,000,000 of said amount shall be 
available only for grants for Small Business Development Centers as 
authorized by section 20(a) of the Small Business Act, as amended. In 15 use 631 note. 
addition, $19,200,000 for disaster loan making activities, including 
loan servicing, shall be transferred to this appropriation from the 
"Disaster Loan Fund"; "Business Loan and Investment Fund", 
$326,000,000; "Disaster Loan Fund", $0; "Lease Guarantees Revolv-
ing Fund", $3,000,000; "Surety Bond Guarantees Revolving Fund", 
$19,000,000; 
United States Metric Board, "Salaries and Expenses", $2,000,000. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
General Administration, "Salaries and Expenses", $41,233,000, of 
which $500,000, to remain available until expended, is for the Federal 
justice research program; 
United States Parole Commission, "Salaries and Expenses", 
$6,200,000; 
Legal Activities, "Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activi-
ties", $123,200,000; 
"Salaries and Expenses, Antitrust Division", $44,000,000; 
"Salaries and Expenses, United States Attorneys and Marshals", 
$291,950,000; 
"Support of United States Prisoners", $24,100,000; 
"Fees and Expenses of Witnesses", $27,921,000; 
"Salaries 
and 
Expenses, 
Community 
Relations 
Service", 
$5,500,000; 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, "Salaries and Expenses", 
$739,609,000; 
Immigration and Naturalization Service, "Salaries and Expenses", 
$428,557,000; 
Federal Prison System, "Salaries and Expenses", $353,000,000; 
"National Institute of Corrections", $11,186,000; "Buildings and 
Facilities", $13,731,000, including $1,920,000 for the planning, design, 
acquisition, and preparation of a site for a Federal Correctional 
Institution to be located in central Arizona and any necessary 
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relocation or replacement of existing site structures or other im-
provements, as well as the grading and development of utility 
distribution systems; "Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated: (Limi-
tation on Administrative and Vocational Training Expenses)", 
$5,066,000; 
Office of Justice Assistance, Research, and Statistics, "Law En-
forcement Assistance", $93,554,000: Provided, That $70,000,000 of 
said amount shall be available only for grants and administrative 
expenses authorized by title II of the Juvenile Justice and 
42 use 5611. 
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further. 
That $4,000,000 of said amount provided for the program "Treatment 
Alternatives to Street Crime" shall be allocated solely to implement 
42 use 3751. 
part E of the Justice System Improvement Act of 1979; 
RELATED AGENCIES 
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, "Salaries and Ex-
penses", $139,889,000 of which not to exceed $18,500,000 is for 
payments to State and local enforcement agencies for services to the 
42 use 2000e. 
Commission pursuant to title VII of the Civil Rights Act, as amended, 
29 use 625, 
and sections 6 and 14 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. 
633. 
TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
Administration of Foreign Affairs; "Salaries and Expenses", 
$890,758,000; "Acquisition, Operation and Maintenance of Buildings 
Abroad (Special Foreign Currency Program)", $9,102,000; "Emergen-
cies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service", $4,400,000; "Buying 
Power Maintenance", $1,500,000; 
International Organizations and Conferences: "Contributions to 
International Organizations", $398,240,000, including funds for the 
pa3mient of 1982 assessed contributions to the Pan American Health 
Organization, and to reimburse the Pan American Health Organiza-
tion for pa5rments under the tax equalization program for employees 
who are United States citizens; "International Conferences and 
Contingencies", $7,284,000; 
International Commissions; "International Boundary and Water 
Commission, United States and Mexico, Salaries and Expenses", 
$7,927,000; "American 
Sections, International 
Commissions", 
$2,847,000; International Fisheries Commissions", $8,237,000; and 
"The Asia Foundation", $4,100,000. 
RELATED AGENCIES 
Board for International Broadcasting, "Grants and Expenses", 
$86,519,000; 
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, "Salaries and 
Expenses", $404,000; and 
International Communication Agency: "Salaries and Expenses", 
$443,286,000; "Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Be-
tween East and West", $16,880,000; "Acquisition and Construction of 
Radio Facilities", $19,000,000. 
PUBLIC LAW 97-92—DEC. 15, 1981 
95 STAT. 1193 
TITLE IV 
THE JUDICIARY 
Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services: 
"Salaries of Judges", $59,400,000; "Salaries of Supporting Person-
nel", $263,400,000; "Expenses of Operation and Maintenance of the 
Courts", $55,600,000; "Bankruptcy Courts, Salaries and Expenses", 
$81,200,000; "Fees of 
Jurors and Commissioners", $43,500,000; "Space 
and Facilities", $123,000,000. 
SEC. 102. Appropriations and funds made available and authority Funding 
S
anted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be available from availability. 
jcember 15, 1981, and shall remain available until (a) enactment 
into law of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in 
this joint resolution, or (b) enactment of the applicable appropriation 
Act by both Houses without any provision for such project or activity, 
or (c) March 31,1982, whichever first occurs. 
Subsection (c) of this section shall not reduce the availability of 
funds which would remain available beyond March 31, 1982, under 
the terms and conditions otherwise effective under this joint resolu-
tion. 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant to 
this joint resolution shall cover all obligations or expenditures 
incurred for any project or activity during the period for wnich funds 
or authority for such project or activity are available under this joint 
resolution. 
SEC. 104. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint resolution shall 
be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization 
whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or 
authorization is contained is enacted into law. 
SEC. 105. All obligations incurred in anticipation of the appropri-
ations and authority provided in this joint resolution for the purposes 
of maintaining the minimum level of essential activities necessary to 
protect life and property and bringing about orderly termination of 
other functions are hereby ratified and confirmed if otherwise in 
accordance with the provisions of this 
joint resolution. 
SEC. 106. No provision in any appropriation Act for the fiscal year 
1982 that makes the availability of any appropriation provided 
therein dependent upon the enactment of additional authorizing or 
other legislation shall be effective before the date set forth in section 
102(c) of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this joint resolu-
tion and the provisions of sections 720(b) and 722(aXl) of the Public 
Health Service Act, $35,790,000 is appropriated and shall remain 42 use 293, 
available until expended for grants for the construction or expansion 293b. 
of two teaching facilities under section 720(aXl) of such Act. 
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolu-
tion except section 142, $869,240,000 is appropriated under this joint Post, p. 1201. 
resolution for pavment to the Postal Service Fund, of which 
$230,000,000 shall be available for public service costs and 
$639,240,000 shall be available for revenue forgone on free and 
reduced-rate mail. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Postal Service shall promptly adjust preferred rates so as to recover 
the difference between the amount which was authorized to be 
appropriated under section 2401(c) of title 39, United States Code, and 
the amount hereby appropriated. Such adjustments shall be made in 
accordance with the 
following 
subsections: 
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(a) The amount attributable to the reduction in authorization 
specified in section 1723(aXl) of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili-
Ante, p. 759. 
ation Act of August 13,1981, shall be recovered from the classes 
of mail specified in section 1723(bXl) of such Act. 
(bXD The remaining amount shall be recovered through pro-
portional adjustment, except as provided in paragraph (2) of this 
subsection, to the rates for each class of reduced-rate mail under 
section 3626 of title 39, United States Code, after the adjustment 
required by subsection (a) of this section. 
(2) The adjustment made under paragraph (1) of this subsection 
shall provide for recovery of $20,000,000 less from mail under 
former sections 4358(a), 4554(b), and 4554(c) of title 39, United 
States Code, and $20,000,000 more from the other affected 
categories, than if such adjustment were fully proportional for 
all affected categories. 
(c) Any further adjustments needed because of section 143 of 
this resolution shall be proportional as provided in subsection 
(bXD of this section without regard to subsection (b)(2). 
(d) Any adjustments under this section shall look first to the 
phased rates under section 3626 of title 39, United States Code, 
and shall not affect the remaining (continuing) rate reductions 
for any category until phasing for all categories is exhausted. 
SEC. 109. No funds made available pursuant to this continuing 
resolution may be used to accomplish or implement a proposed 
reorganization of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms 
before March 30, 1982. Such reorganization plan may be imple-
mented after March 30, 1982, unless disapproved by the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That of the funds 
made available by this Continuing Resolution for the Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, $15,000,000 shall be available solely 
27 use 201. 
for the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act 
during fiscal year 1982. 
SEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolu-
tion, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to transfer up to 2 
per centum from any appropriation account provided by this joint 
resolution for the Department of the Treasury otherwise appropri-
ated in H.R. 4121, entitled the Treasury, Postal Service and General 
Government Appropriation Act, 1982, to any other such appropri-
ation account: Provided, That the recipient appropriation account is 
not increased by more than 2 per centum of the amount provided by 
this joint resolution: Provided further, That approval for such trans-
fers is obtained in advance from the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations. 
SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolu-
tion, funds available to the Federal Building Fund within the General 
Services Administration may be used to initiate new construction, 
advance design, and repairs and alteration line-item projects and 
lease construction projects which are included in either H.R. 4121, as 
passed by the House, or in H.R. 4121, as reported by the Senate on 
September 22,1981. 
SEC. 112. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this joint resolution 
may be used to— 
(1) enforce Revenue Ruling 81-216 or the proposed amend-
ments to Income Tax Regulations sections 1.103-7 and 1.103-10 
46 FR 50014. 
which were published in the Federal Register on October 8,1981, 
26 CFR 
or 
Parti. 
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95 STAT. 1195 
(2) propose, promulgate, or enforce any ruling or regulation 
reaching the same result as, or a result similar to, such Revenue 
Ruling or Regulations, 
in connection with a qualified issue, or 
(3) issue rulings or regulations which treat as exempt from 
taxation under section 103(b)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1954 any interest earned on an obligation the proceeds of which 
are used for a disqualified facility. 
(b)(1) For purposes of subsection (a), the term "qualified issue" 
means a single issue (whether or not part of a composite or multiple 
series of issues)— 
(A) all of the obligations of which are directly or indirectly 
guaranteed or secured in whole or in part by— 
(i) a State or political subdivision thereof or an instrumen-
tality of either, or 
(ii) in the case of an issue all of the proceeds of which are 
used for agricultural purposes, a qualified person (within the 
meaning of section 46(c)(8)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1954 determined without regard to clauses (iii) and (iv) 
thereof), and 
(B) none of the proceeds of which are used in connection with a 
disqualified facility or a facility with respect to which, at any 
time before January 1,1987— 
(i) any disqualified person used more than 5 percent of the 
facility, or 
(ii) more than 25 percent of the facility is (in the aggregate) 
used by disqualified persons. 
For purposes of subparagraph (B), use by a related person (within the 
meaning of section 103(b)(6)(C) of such Code) shall be treated as use by 
the disqualified person. 
(2)(A) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term "disqualified person" 
means a person (other than an exempt person within the meaning of 
section 103(b)(3) of such Code) which has aggregate capital expendi-
tures for any purpose which, for the period beginning October 1,1979, 
and ending September 30,1982, exceed $25,000,000. 
(B) For purposes of determining the aggregate capital expenditures 
of any person under subparagraph (A), there shall be taken into 
account the capital expenditures of all persons which are— 
(i) related persons (within the meaning of section 103(b)(6)(C) of 
such Code) with respect to such person; or 
(ii) guarantors of any portion of the issue with respect to which 
a determination is being made under this subsection other than a 
guarantor which— 
(I) is a State or a political subdivision thereof or an 
instrumentality of either, 
(II) in the case of an issue all of the proceeds of which are 
used for agricultural purposes, a person described in para-
graph (l)(A)(ii), or 
(III) one or more financial institutions which are not 
related persons (within the meaning of section 103(b)(6)(C) of 
such Code to the user of the proceeds of the isssue. 
(C) For purposes of this paragraph, the term "capital expenditures" 
has the meaning given such term by section 103(b)(6)(D) of such Code, 
except that such term shall not include any amount paid or incurred 
by the taxpayer which constitutes a qualified research expense 
(within the meaning of section 44F(b) of such Code). 
(c) For purposes of subsection (a) and subparagraph (b)(1)(B), a 
"disqualified facility" is any private or commercial— 
26 u s e 103. 
"Qualified 
issue." 
26 u s e 46. 
"Disqualified 
person." 
26 u s e 44F. 
"Disqualified 
facility." 
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(i) golf course, 
(ii) country club, 
(iii) massage parlor, or 
(iv) tennis club. 
(d) It is the sense of the Congress that after August 23, 1981, and 
until Congress enacts legislation which affects section 103(b)(6) of 
26 use 103. 
such Code, the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate should in all 
cases enforce any ruling or regulation described in subsection (a) (1) 
or (2) in a manner consistent with the provisions of subsection (a). 
SEC. 113. It is the sense of the Congress that the President of the 
United States should not include in his recommendations for revenue 
enhancements any recommendations which would have the effect of 
reducing Federal tax incentives for energy conservation or the 
development of renewable energy sources. 
SEC. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds pro-
vided under this joint resolution for the special supplemental food 
program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), and the commodity supplemental food program 
as authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer 
Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c (note)) shall not be withheld 
from obligation unless and until a special message specifying a 
deferral or rescission of budget authority for such programs is 
officially submitted to the Congress, when the Congress is in session. 
49 use 10903 
SEC. 115. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this joint 
^°^- 
resolution, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act shall 
hereafter be used by the Interstate Commerce Commission to approve 
railroad branchline abandonments in the State of North Dakota by 
the entity generally known as the Burlington Northern Railroad, or 
its agents or assignees, in excess of a total of 350 miles: Provided, That 
this section shall be in lieu of section 311 (amendment numbered 93) 
as set forth in the conference report and the joint explanatory 
statement of the committee of conference on the Department of 
Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1982 (H.R. 
4209), filed in the House of Representatives on November 13, 1981 
(H. Rept. No. 97-331). 
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this joint 
resolution, the funds provided for section 18 nonurban formula 
grants and section 5 urban formula grants in this joint resolution 
shall be apportioned and allocated using data from the 1970 
decennial census for one-half of the sums appropriated and the 
remainder shall be apportioned and allocated on the basis of data 
from the 1980 decennial census. 
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolu-
tion, the funds made available by this joint resolution which would be 
available under H.R. 4560, entitled "Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropri-
ation Act, 1982", for school assistance in federally affected areas 
under title III of such Act shall be available under the authority and 
conditions set forth in H.R. 4560 as passed the House on October 6, 
1981: Provided, That the total amount available for entitlements 
under section 3(a) of the Act of September 30, 1950, as amended, is 
amended so as to permit payment to any local educational agency 
under such section 3(a) not to exceed 90 per centum of the amount of 
such payment for fiscal year 1981, unless the entitlement for such 
agency is determined under section 3(d)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided 
further, That the provisions of section 3(d)(2)(B) shall be fully funded 
and not subject to rateable reduction: Provided further. That the 
provisions of section 5(c) shall not apply. 
PUBLIC LAW 97-92—DEC. 15, 1981 
95 STAT. 1197 
SEC. 118. Notwithstanding section 1903(s) of the Social Security 
Act, all medicaid payments to the States for Indian health service 
facilities as defined by section 1911 of the Social Security Act shall be 
paid entirely by Federal funds, and notwithstanding section 1903(t) of 
the Social Security Act, all medicaid payments to the States for 
Indian health service facilities shall not be included in the computa-
tion of the target amount of Federal medicaid expenditures. 
SEC. 119. There are appropriated $750,000 to continue the oper-
ations of the Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs of the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services. 
SEC. 120. Notwithstanding any provision of law, none of the funds 
appropriated for the Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, shall be used to classify a mine in the potash 
industry as gassy based upon air samples containing concentrations 
of methane gas, unless such classification standard has been adopted 
through formal rulemaking on or before November 5,1981. 
SEC. 121. Amounts at the level provided in H.R. 4560 as passed by 
the House are available for general departmental management, 
Department of Health and Human Services, and the program direc-
tion and support services activity. Assistant Secretary for Health. 
SEC. 122. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolu-
tion, appropriations for administrative costs including but not 
limited to salaries, expenses, travel and consultants in this joint reso-
lution for the Department of Health and Human Services are hereby 
reduced by $21,800,000: Provided, That none of this reduction shall be 
taken from activities supported under the budget account entitled 
"Social Security Administration, Limitation on Administrative 
Expenses" or from funds available for the administration of the 
Medicare program. 
SEC. 123. Funding for sections 501 (a), (b), and (c) of the Refugee 
Education Assistance Act of 1980 and for the Refugee Act of 1980 
shall be at the levels and under the terms and conditions of H.R. 4560, 
the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Educa-
tion and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982, as reported to the 
Senate on November 9,1981. 
SEC. 124. Notwithstanding any other provision of the joint resolu-
tion, the funds made available by this joint resolution which would be 
available under H.R. 4560, the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriation 
Act, 1982, as reported to the Senate on November 9,1981, for Student 
Financial Assistance shall be subject to the following additional 
conditions: 
(1) The maximum Pell Grant a student may receive in 
1982-1983 academic year is $1,800, notwithstanding section 
411(a)(2XA)(i)(II) of the Higher Education Act of 1965. 
(2) The cost of attendance used for calculating eligibility for 
and amount of Pell Grants shall be established by the Secretary 
of Education. 
(3) The Secretary of Education may establish or approve 
separate systems of need analysis for academic year 1982-1983, 
without regard to the provisions of subsections (a), (b), and (c) of 
section 482 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, for the programs 
authorized under subpart 2 of part A, part C, and part E of title 
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. 
(4) The family contribution schedule for the 1981-1982 aca-
demic year shall be the family contribution schedule for the 
1982-1983 academic year, modified by the Secretary of Education 
to exclude payments under the Social Security Act and title 38, 
42 use 1396b 
note. 
Ante, p. 803. 
42 use 1396J. 
Ante, p. 804. 
8 use 1522 note, 
1101 note. 
20 use 1070a. 
Ante, p. 453. 
20 use 1070b, 
42 use 2751, 
20 use 1088. 
42 use 1305. 
95 STAT. 1198 
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Ante, p. 453. 
20 use 1089. 
20 use 1070a. 
42 use 1305. 
38 use 1651 et 
seq., 1700 et seq. 
2 use 61b-3. 
20 use 1411. 
29 use 701 note. 
22 use 2101 
note. 
29 use 796e 
United States Code, described in paragraph (5) and to reflect the 
most recent and relevant data, except that the Secretary of 
Education shall establish a series of assessment rates applicable 
to discretionary income in accordance with section 4820t>)(4) of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965. The modified family contribu-
tion schedule under this paragraph shall be submitted to the 
President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives not later than 15 days after the date of enactment of 
this resolution and shall otherwise be subject to the provisions of 
section 482(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965. 
(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 482 (b)(3) and the 
provisions of section 411(a)(2)(B)(ii), no Pell Grant shall exceed 
the difference between the cost of attendance at the institution at 
which the student is in attendance, and the sum of the expected 
family contribution and any amount paid to, or on account of, the 
student under the Social Security Act and any amount paid the 
student under chapters 34 and 35 of title 38, United States Code, 
and if with respect to any student, it is determined that the 
amount of a Pell Grant plus the amount of the expected family 
contribution, the amount paid to, or on account of, the student 
under the Social Security Act, and the amount paid the student 
under chapters 34 and 35 of title 38, United States Code, exceeds 
the cost of attendance for that year, the amount of the Pell Grant 
shall be reduced until the combination of expected family contri-
bution, the amount of the Pell Grant, and the amount paid under 
the Social Security Act, and chapters 34 and 35 of title 38 of the 
United States Code, does not exceed the cost of attendance at 
such institution. 
SEC. 125. For each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal year which 
ends September 30,1982), the Secretary of the Senate is authorized to 
expend from the contingent fund of the Senate such amount as may 
be necessary to enable the Secretary to obtain from the General 
Services Administration the services of a professional archivist. Such 
services shall be obtained on a reimbursable basis and shall not be 
obtained except with the consent of the General Services Administra-
tion and the Committee on Rules and Administration. 
SEC. 126. There is appropriated $69,800,000 for section 611 of the 
Education of the Handicapped Act which is in addition to amounts 
appropriated under this joint resolution which would otherwise be 
made available under H.R. 4560, the Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropri-
ation Act, 1982, as reported to the Senate on November 9, 1981, for 
such section 611. 
SEC. 127. For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and the International Health 
Research Act of 1960, $991,845,000, of which $892,865,538 shall be for 
allotments under section 100(b)(1), $6,134,462 shall be for activities 
under section 110(b)(3), $650,000 shall be made available to the 
Navajo Tribal Council for activities under section 130, and 
$18,000,000 shall be for activities under section 711 of the Rehabilita-
tion Act of 1973. 
SEC. 128. The Attorney General shall exercise his best efforts to 
ensure that none of the funds appropriated by this joint resolution 
may be obligated or expended after March 1,1982, for the detention of 
any entrant, any applicant for political asylum or for refugee status, 
or any other alien which would cause the total number of aliens to 
exceed five hundred and twenty-five at the facility known as Krome 
North, located in the State of Florida, or to exceed five hundred and 
PUBLIC LAW 97-92—DEC. 15, 1981 
95 STAT. 1199 
twenty-five at any other facility in the State of Florida for the 
detention of aliens awaiting exclusion, deportation, or resettlement 
which is not used for such purpose on the date of enactment of this 
joint resolution. 
SEC. 129. There is appropriated an additional $45,000,000 for the 
payment of windfall benefits, as provided under section 15(d) of the 
Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, which, together with the amounts 45 USC 23ln. 
appropriated under this joint resolution which would otherwise be 
made available under H.R. 4560, the Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropri-
ation Act, 1982, for the payment of such benefits, shall be the 
maximum amount available for payments through September 30, 
1982. 
SEC. 130. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolu-
tion, each State shall establish such fiscal control procedures as are 
necessary to assure that the funds made available under this resolu-
tion for the low-income energy assistance program are used for 
payments in accordance with section 26050b) (1) and (2) of the 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 and that each eligible Ante, p. 896. 
household receiving such payments does not use the payments for 
any other purpose than the purpose described in section 2602(a). Ante, p. 893. 
SEC. 131. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolu-
tion, the provisions of section 210 of the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies 
Appropriation Act, 1982 (H.R. 4560), as passed by the House of 
Representatives on October 6, 1981, and the provisions of section 209 
of such Act as reported by the Senate Committee on Appropriations 
on November 9, 1981, shall be applicable with respect to sums 
appropriated pursuant to this joint resolution. 
SEC. 132. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds appropriated for the Department of Labor, Mine Safety and 
Health Administration shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, 
issue, administer or enforce any standard, rule, regulation or order 
under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 with respect to 30 USC 801 note. 
any independent construction contractor who is engaged by an 
operator for the construction, repair or alteration of structures, 
facilities, utilities or private ways or roads located on (or appurtenant 
to) the surface areas of any coal or other mine, and whose employees 
work in a specifically demarcated area, separate from actual mining 
or extraction activities: Provided, That no funds shall be obligated or 
expended to prescribe, issue, administer or enforce any standard, 
rule, regulation or order under the Federal Mine Safety and Health 
Act of 1977 on any State or political subdivision thereof. 
SEC. 133. There is appropriated the sum of $362,000,000 for the 
Maternal and Child Health Care Block Grant Act. 
Ante, p. 818. 
SEC. 133a. Notwithstanding section 102 of this joint resolution, 26 USC 162 note. 
section 139(bX3) of Public Law 97-51 is amended by striking out Ante, p. 967. 
"1981" and inserting in lieu thereof "1980". 
SEC. 134. There are appropriated to the Department of Health and 
Human Services $61,180,000 for activities under the Developmental 
Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 1981. 
SEC. 135. There is appropriated $10,000,000 for part B of title IV of 
the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act relating to the Job 29 USC 923. 
Corps which is in addition to the amounts appropriated under this 
joint resolution which would otherwise be made available under H.R. 
4560, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982, as reported 
to the Senate on November 9,1981, for the Job Corps. 
95 STAT. 1200 
PUBLIC LAW 97-92—DEC. 15, 1981 
SEC. 136. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolu-
tion, subject only to the absence of qualified applicants, and within 
the limits of funds and authority available, the head of each depart-
ment and agency for which authority to enter into commitments to 
guarantee or insure is provided for in this joint resolution or H.R. 
4034 shall enter into commitments to guarantee or insure in the full 
amounts provided for in this joint resolution or other applicable law. 
SEC. 137, Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this joint 
resolution, of the fiscal year 1982 Highway Trust Funds available for 
emergency relief, $17,000,000 shall be made available for damaged 
highways or for the prevention of damage to highways in the area 
affected by eruptions of the Mount Saint Helens volcano. 
SEC. 138. Notwithstanding any other provision of title 23, United 
States Code, or of this joint resolution, the Secretary of Transporta-
tion shall approve, upon the request of the State of Indiana, the 
construction of an interchange to appropriate standards at 1-94 and 
County Line Road at the Porter-La Porte County Line near Michigan 
City, Indiana, with the Federal share of such construction to be 
financed out of funds apportioned to the State of Indiana under 
section 104(b)(5)(A) of title 23, United States Code. 
SEC. 139. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or of this 
joint resolution, any proposal for deferral of budget authority under 
section 1013 of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (31 U.S.C. 1403) 
with respect to budget authority for expenses related to the North-
east Corridor Improvement Project authorized under title VII of the 
Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public 
45 use 851. 
Law 94-210) shall, upon transmittal to the Congress, be referred to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and any 
amount of budget authority proposed to be deferred therein shall be 
made available for obligation unless, within a 45-day period which 
begins on the date of transmittal and which is equivalent to that 
described in section 1011 (3) and (5) of the Impoundment Control Act 
of 1974 (31 U.S.C. 1401 (3) and (5)), the Congress has completed action 
on a bill approving all or part of the proposed deferral. 
28 use 461 note. 
SEC. 140. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this joint 
resolution, none of the funds appropriated by this joint resolution or 
by any other Act shall be obligated or expended to increase, after the 
date of enactment of this joint resolution, any salary of any Federal 
judge or Justice of the Supreme Court, except as may be specifically 
authorized by Act of Congress hereafter enacted: Provided, That 
nothing in this limitation shall be construed to reduce any salary 
which may be in effect at the time of enactment of this joint 
resolution nor shall this limitation be construed in any manner to 
reduce the salary of any Federal judge or of any Justice of the 
Supreme Court. 
5 use 5318 note. 
SEC. 141. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 305 of H.R. 
4120 made applicable by section 101(g) of this joint resolution, but 
subject to subsection (b) of this section, nothing in section 101(g) shall 
(or shall be construed to) require that the rate of salary or basic pay, 
payable to any individual for or on account of services performed 
after December 31,1981, be limited to or reduced to an amount which 
is less than— 
(1) $59,500, if such individual has an office or position the 
salary or pay for which corresponds to the rate of basic pay for 
level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, 
United States Code; 
(2) $58,500, if such individual has an office or position the 
salary or pay for which corresponds to the rate of basic pay for 
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95 STAT. 1201 
level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, 
United States Code; or 
(3) $57,500, if such individual has an office or position the 
salary or pay for which corresponds to the rate of basic pay for 
level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
Ot>)(l) For purposes of subsection (a), any rate of salary or pay shall 
be considered to correspond i.o the basic pay for a level of the 
Executive Schedule if the rate of salary or pay for that office or 
position is (i) fixed at a rate which is equal to or greater than the rate 
of basic pay for that level of the Executive Schedule or (ii) limited to a 
maximum rate which is equal to or greater than the rate of basic pay 
for such level (or to a percentage of such a maximum rate) by reason 
of section 5308 of title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of 
law (other than the provisions of such section 305, as made applicable 
by section 101(g) of this joint resolution) or congressional resolution. 
(2) In applying subsection (a) for any office or position for which the 
rate of salary or basic pay is limited to a percentage of such a maxi-
mum rate, there shall be substituted, in heu of the amount specified 
in subsection (a) for that office or position, an amount equal to such 
percentage of the specified amount. 
(c) Any adjustment pursuant to this section made to the pay of any 
employee or class of employees whose pay is disbursed by the Clerk of 
the House should be of such amount as to assure, to the maximum 
extent practicable, that such employees are not paid at rates at less 
than employees or classes of employees whose pay is disbursed by the 
Secretary of the Senate and who hold equivalent positions. 
SEC. 142. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, and except as otherwise provided in this section, total 
budget authority provided by this joint resolution for appropriation 
accounts for which provision would be made in the following appro-
priation Acts: 
the Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriation Act, 1982; 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Inde-
pendent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982; 
the Department of^the Interior and Related Agencies Appro-
priation Act, 1982; 
the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982; and 
the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appro-
priation Act, 1982; 
shall be reduced by 4 per centum. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, 
and except as otherwise provided in this section, total budget author-
ity provided by this joint resolution for appropriation accounts for 
which provision would be made in the Military Construction Appro-
priation Act, 1982, shall be reduced by 2 per centum. 
(c) The reductions made by subsections (a) and (b) of this section 
shall be applied proportionally to each appropriation account. 
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, 
and except as otherwise provided in this section, total budget author-
ity provided by this joint resolution for appropriation accounts for 
which provision would be made in the Department of Defense 
Appropriation Act, 1982, shall be reduced by 2 per centum. The 
reduction in this subsection shall be taken only from,appropriation 
accounts in titles IV and V of that Act, and shall be applied 
proportionally to those accounts. After the conclusion of the first 
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session of the Ninety-seventh Congress, the level of budget authority 
for the Department of Defense shall be the level of the conference 
agreement on the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1982, 
and this section shall not apply to that level. If such agreement has 
not been reached by the conclusion of the first session of the Ninety-
seventh Congress, the level shall be as set forth in section 101(a) of 
this joint resolution, and this section shall not apply to that level. 
(e) The reduction made by this section shall be applied so that the 
budget authority provided in this joint resolution within any appro-
priation account for any program or project shall not be reduced by 
more than 6 per centum. 
(f) The reduction made by this section shall be applied so that no 
program or project shall be terminated. 
(g) The reduction made by this section shall not apply to budget 
authority made available by this joint resolution for: 
the Food Stamp program; 
the Veterans' Administration medical care account; 
any account, program or project involving spending authority 
defined in section 401(cX2XC) of the Congressional Budget and 
31 use 1351. 
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344); 
the Payment to State and Local Government Fiscal Assistance 
Trust Fund (31 U.S.C. 1221-1263); 
accounts of the Veterans' Administration where budget au-
thority otherwise provided by this joint resolution would be at or 
below the revised budget estimates; 
the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion, and the Drug Enforcement Administration in the Depart-
ment of Justice, the law enforcement activities of the Customs 
Service and the Secret Service in the Department of the Treas-
ury, and the law enforcement activities of the Coast Guard, 
(h) This section shall not apply to any appropriation account, 
program or project for which budget authority is provided by a 1982 
appropriation Act enacted into law subsequent to the enactment of 
this 
joint resolution. 
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95 STAT. 1203 
SEC. 143. Notwithstanding section 102 of this joint resolution, 
appropriations and fwds made available and authority granted 
pursuant to this joint resolution for appropriation accounts, pro-
grams, and projects for which provision would be made in the 
Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1982, shall be available 
from December 15, and shall remain available until (a) enactment 
into law of 
an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in 
this 
joint resolution, or (b) enactment of the applicable appropriation 
Act by both Houses without any provision for such project or activity, 
or (c) February 15,1982, whichever first occurs. 
Approved December 15, 1981. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.J. Res. 370: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 97-372 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 127 (1981): 
Dec. 10, considered and passed House. 
Dec. 10, 11, considered and passed Senate. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 17, No. 51 (1981): 
Dec. 15, Presidential statement.