Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992
PL 102-139 (H.R.2519), enacted 10/28/1991

105 STAT. 736 
PUBLIC LAW 102-139—OCT. 28, 1991 
Public Law 102-139 
102d Congress 
An Act 
Oct. 28, 1991 
[H.R. 2519] 
Departments of 
Veterans Affairs 
and Housing and 
Urban 
Development, 
and Independent 
Agencies 
Appropriations 
Act, 1992. 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, commissions, corpora-
tions, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1992, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted 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, for the Departments of Veterans Affairs 
and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent 
agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year 
ending September 30,1992, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION 
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of 
veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, chapters 11, 13, 51, 53, 
55, and 61); pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as au-
thorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 92 Stat. 
2508); and burial benefits, emergency and other officers' retirement 
pay, adjusted-service credits and certificates, payment of premiums 
due on commercial life insurance policies guaranteed under the 
provisions of Article IV of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act 
of 1940, as amended, and for other benefits as authorized by law (38 
U.S.C. 107, 412, 777, and 806, chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 50 
U.S.C. App. 540-548; 43 Stat. 122, 123; 45 Stat. 735; 76 Stat. 1198), 
$15,841,620,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
not less than $9,711,000 of the foregoing amount shall be transferred 
to "General operating expenses" for necessary expenses in im-
plementing those savings provisions authorized in the Omnibus 
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, the funding source for which is 
specifically provided as the "Compensation and pensions" appro-
priation. 
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, 30, 
31, 34-36, 39, 51, 53, 55, and 61), $635,400,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That, funds shall be available to pay any 
court order, court award or any compromise settlement arising from 
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105 STAT. 737 
litigation involving the vocational training program authorized by 
section 18 of Public Law 98-77, as amended. 
VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES 
For military and naval insurance, national service life insurance, 
servicemen's indemnities, service-disabled veterans insurance, and 
veterans mortgage life insurance as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 
chapter 19; 70 Stat. 887; 72 Stat. 487), $25,740,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
GUARANTY AND INDEMNITY PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the Budget Enforce-
ment Act of 1990, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct and 
guaranteed loans authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, as amended, 
such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of the 
program. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, $39,689,000, which may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for "General operating 
expenses" to cover the common overhead expenses associated with 
implementing the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990. 
LOAN GUARANTY PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the Budget Enforce-
ment Act of 1990, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct and 
guaranteed loans authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, as amended, 
such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of the 
program. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, $85,870,000, which may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for "General operating 
expenses" to cover the common overhead expenses associated with 
implementing the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990. 
DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the Budget Enforce-
ment Act of 1990, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct 
loans authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, as amended, such sums as 
may be necessary to carry out the purpose of the program: Provided, 
That during 1992, within the resources available, not to exceed 
$1,000,000 in gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for 
specially adapted housing loans (38 U.S.C. chapter 37). 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program, $1,368,000, which may be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for "General operating expenses" to cover 
the common overhead expenses associated with implementing the 
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990. 
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EDUCATION LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost, as defined in section 18201 of the Budget Enforce-
ment Act of 1990, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct 
loans authorized by 38 U.S.C. 1798, as amended, $8,000: Provided, 
That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the 
principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $21,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
education loan program, $307,000, which may be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriation for "General operating expenses" to 
cover the common overhead expenses associated with implementing 
the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990. 
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the Budget Enforce-
ment Act of 1990, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct 
loans authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 31, as amended, $105,000: 
Provided, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obliga-
tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
$1,688,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
vocational rehabilitation revolving fund program, $936,000, which 
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for "Gen-
eral operating expenses" to cover the common overhead expenses 
associated with implementing the Federal Credit Reform Act of 
1990. 
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
MEDICAL CARE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of 
hospitals, nursing homes, and domiciliary facilities; for furnishing, 
as authorized by law, inpatient and outpatient care and treatment 
to beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including 
care and treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and furnishing recreational facili-
ties, supplies, and equipment; funeral, burial, and other expenses 
incidental thereto for beneficiaries receiving care in Department of 
Veterans Affairs facilities; repairing, altering, improving or provid-
ing facilities in the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdic-
tion of the Department of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided 
for, either by contract or by the hire of temporary employees and 
purchase of materials; uniforms or allowances therefor, as au-
thorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); aid to State homes as au-
thorized by law (38 U.S.C. 641); and not to exceed $2,000,000 to fund 
cost comparison studies as referred to in 38 U.S.C. 5010(a)(5); 
$13,512,920,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That of the sum 
appropriated, $8,740,000,000 is available only for expenses in the 
personnel compensation and benefits object classifications: Provided 
further. That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$413,360,000 is for the equipment and land and structures object 
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105 STAT. 739 
classifications only, which amount shall not become available for 
obligation until August 1, 1992: Provided further, That of the collec-
tions deposited in the "Medical care cost recovery revolving fund" 
pursuant to the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, not 
more than $77,000,000 shall be available in fiscal year 1992 to cover 
the costs of collection activities: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading, not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be 
available for transfer to the Medical Administration and Miscellane-
ous Operating Expenses Appropriation for quality assurance func-
tions: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this 
heading, $700,000 shall be made available for a rural mobile clinic in 
the State of Vermont. 
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical and 
prosthetic research and development as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 
chapter 73), to remain available until September 30, 1993, 
$227,000,000, plus reimbursements. 
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 
For payment of health professional scholarship program grants, 
as authorized by law, to students who agree to a service obligation 
with the Department of Veterans Affairs at one of its medical 
facilities, $10,113,000. 
MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in the administration of the medical 
hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, supply, and re-
search activities, as authorized by law, $40,479,000, plus reimburse-
ments. 
GRANTS TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
For payment to the Republic of the Philippines of grants, as 
authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 632), for assisting in the replacement 
and upgrading of equipment and in rehabilitating the physical plant 
and facilities of the Veterans Memorial Medical Center, $500,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 1993. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary operating expenses of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including uniforms or allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by law; not to exceed $25,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services 
Administration for security guard services, and the Department of 
Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail; $796,000,000, of 
which $42,000,000 for the acquisition of automated data processing 
equipment and services to support the modernization program in 
the Veterans Benefits Administration shall not become available for 
obligation until September 1, 1992, and shall remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 1993: Provided, That in addition to 
the foregoing amount made available under this head, $14,100,000 is 
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appropriated for the unbudgeted fiscal year 1992 incremental costs 
associated with Operation Desert Shield/Operation Desert Storm 
and such funds are hereby designated to be "emergency require-
ments" for all purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
President. 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the 
funds appropriated in the preceding proviso shall be available only 
after submission to the Congress of a formal budget request by the 
President that designates said amount as an emergency require-
ment £is defined in section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That the 
$616,658,000 appropriated for the Veterans Benefits Administration 
in the "General operating expenses" appropriation of Public Law 
101-507, is reduced to $613,658,000, and the $3,000,000 shall be 
available for the National Cemetery System. 
NATIONAL CEMETERY SYSTEM 
For necessary operating expenses of the National Cemetery 
System not otherwise provided for, including uniforms or allowance 
therefor, as authorized by law; cemeterial expenses as authorized by 
law; purchase of six passenger motor vehicles, for use in cemeterial 
operations; and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $67,045,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $29,959,000. 
Contracts. 
Reports. 
CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending and improving any of the 
facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 230, 
1004, 1006, 5002, 5003, 5006, 5008, 5009, 5010, and 5022 of title 38, 
United States Code, including planning, architectural and engineer-
ing services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs associ-
ated with equipment guarantees provided under the project, and site 
acquisition, where the estimated cost of a project is $3,000,000 or 
more or where funds for a project were made available in a previous 
major project appropriation, $414,250,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That except for advance planning of projects 
funded through the advance planning fund and the design of 
projects funded through the design fund, none of these funds shall 
be used for any project which has not been considered and approved 
by the Congress in the budgetary process: Provided further. That 
funds provided in this appropriation for fiscal year 1992, for each 
approved project shall be obligated (1) by the awarding of a construc-
tion documents contract by September 30, 1992, and (2) by the 
awarding of a construction contract by September 30, 1993: Provided 
further. That the Secretary shall promptly report in writing to the 
Comptroller General and to the Committees on Appropriations any 
approved major construction project in which obligations are not 
incurred within the time limitations established above; and the 
Comptroller General shall review the report in accordance with the 
procedures established by section 1015 of the Impoundment Control 
Act of 1974 (title X of Public Law 93-344): Provided further. That no 
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105 STAT. 741 
funds from any other account except the "Parking garage revolving 
fund", may be obligated for constructing, altering, extending, or 
improving a project which was approved in the budget process and 
funded in this account until one year after substantial completion 
and beneficial occupancy by the Department of Veterans Affairs of 
the project or any part thereof with respect to that part only: 
Provided further, That prior to the issuance of a bidding document 
for any construction contract for a project approved under this 
heading (excluding completion items), the director of the affected 
Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility must certify that 
the design of such project is acceptable from a patient care stand-
point: Provided further, That $100,000 of the funds made available 
under this heading shall be for the purchase of land adjacent to the 
Veterans Medical Center, Beckley, West Virginia. 
CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of the 
facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, including planning, architectural and engineering 
services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs associated 
with equipment guarantees provided under the project, and site 
acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 230, 1004, 
1006, 5002, 5003, 5006, 5008, 5009, 5010, and 5022 of title 38, United 
States Code, where the estimated cost of a project is less than 
$3,000,000, $190,701,000, to remain available until expended, along 
with unobligated balances of previous "Construction, 
minor 
projects" appropriations which are hereby made available for any 
project where the estimated cost is less than $3,000,000: Provided, 
That not more than $41,176,000 shall be available for expenses of 
the Office of Facilities, including research and development in 
building construction technology: Provided further, That funds in 
this account shall be available for (1) repairs to any of the 
nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs which are necessary because of loss 
or damage caused by any natural disaster or catastrophe, and (2) 
temporary measures necessary to prevent or to minimize further 
loss by such causes. 
PARKING GARAGE REVOLVING FUND 
For the parking garage revolving fund as authorized by law (38 
U.S.C. 5009), $19,200,000, together with income from fees collected, 
to remain available until expended. Resources of this fund shall be 
available for all expenses authorized by 38 U.S.C. 5009 except 
operations and maintenance costs which will be funded from "Medi-
cal care": Provided, That from funds previously appropriated under 
this head, the Department of Veterans Affairs shall construct park-
ing facilities with at least 1,500 spaces at the Detroit VA Medical 
Center. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES 
For grants to assist the several States to acquire or construct 
State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, 
modify or alter existing hospital, nursing home and domiciliary 
facilities in State homes, for furnishing care to veterans as au-
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thorized by law (38 U.S.C. 5031-5037), $85,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30,1994. 
GRANTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATE VETERANS CEMETERIES 
For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding, or improving 
State veterans cemeteries as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 1008), 
$5,104,000, to remain available until September 30,1994. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Any appropriation for 1992 for "Compensation and pensions", 
"Readjustment benefits", and "Veterans insurance and indem-
nities' may be transferred to any other of the mentioned appropria-
tions. 
Appropriations available to the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for 1992 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 Department of 
Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations for "Construction, 
major projects", "Construction, minor projects" and the "Parking 
garage revolving fund") 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 
hospitalization or examination of any persons except beneficiaries 
entitled under the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans, unless 
reimbursement of cost is made to the appropriation at such rates as 
may be fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
Appropriations available to the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for fiscal year 1992 for "Compensation and pensions", "Readjust-
ment benefits", and "Veterans insurance and indemnities", shall be 
available for payment of prior year accrued obligations required to 
be recorded by law against the aforementioned accounts within the 
last quarter of fiscal year 1991. 
Appropriations accounts available to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for fiscal year 1992 shall be available to pay prior year 
obligations of corresponding prior year appropriations accounts 
resulting from title X of the Competitive Equality Banking Act, 
Public Law 100-86, 1987, except that if such obligations are from 
trust fund accounts they shall be payable from "Compensation and 
pensions". 
Notwithstanding the funding limitations contained in section 346 
of Public Law 100-322 (May 20, 1988), appropriations available to 
the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1992 for the 
National Cemetery System shall be available for the operation and 
maintenance of the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona (for-
merly the Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery): Provided, That 
the provisions of this paragraph regarding the National Memorial 
Cemetery of Arizona shall be effective until (a) enactment into law 
of legislation concerning funding for the National Memorial Ceme-
tery of Arizona or (b) November 30, 1991, whichever first occurs. 
38 use 7311 
SEC 101. 
(a) REGULATIONS FOR STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE IN 
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS LABORATORIES.—(1) Within 
the 
120-day period beginning on the date on which the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services promulgates final regulations to imple-
ment the standards required by section 353 of the Public Health 
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105 STAT. 743 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 263a), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in 
accordance with the Secretary's authority under title 38, United 
States Code, shall prescribe regulations to assure consistent 
performance by medical facility laboratories under the jurisdiction 
of the Secretary of valid and reliable laboratory examinations and 
other procedures. Such regulations shall be prescribed in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and shall 
establish standards equal to that applicable to other medical facility 
laboratories in accordance with the requirements of section 353(f) of 
the Public Health Service Act. 
(2) Such regulations— 
(A) may include appropriate provisions respecting waivers 
described in section 353(d) of such Act and accreditations de-
scribed in section 353(e) of such Act; and 
(B) shall include appropriate provisions respecting compliance 
with such requirements. 
(b) REPORT.—Within the 180-day period beginning on the date on 
which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs prescribes regulations re-
quired by subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of the Congress a report on those regulations. 
(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term "medical facility 
laboratories" means facilities for the biological, micro-biological, 
serological, chemical, immunohematological, hematological, bio-
physical, etiological, pathological, or other physical examination of 
materials derived from the human body for the purpose of providing 
information for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of any dis-
ease or impairment of, or the assessment of the health of, human 
beings. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
HOUSING PROGRAMS 
HOMEOWNERSHIP AND OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE EVERYWHERE GRANTS 
(HOPE GRANTS) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the HOPE for Public and Indian Housing Homeownership 
Program as authorized under title III of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437aaa et seq) and subtitle A of title IV of 
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public 
Law 101-625), $161,000,000; for the HOPE for Homeownership of 
Multifamily Units Program as authorized under title III of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 and subtitle B of title IV of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 
101-625), $95,000,000; for the HOPE for Homeownership of Single 
Family Homes Program as authorized under title III of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 and subtitle C of title IV of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, $95,000,000; and for the 
HOPE for Elderly Independence demonstration program as au-
thorized under section 803(k) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act, $10,000,000: Provided, That all amounts 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, a mutual housing 
association shall qualify as an applicant under the HOPE for 
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Homeownership of Multifamily Units Program: Provided 
further. 
That in selecting eligible families to acquire vacant units under the 
HOPE for Homeownership of Single Family Homes program, the 
recipient shall give a first preference to otherwise qualified eligible 
families who reside in public or Indian housing: Provided 
further, 
That of the amounts made available by this paragraph, $225,000,000 
shall be derived by transfer from amounts made available for 
nonincremental use under the heading "Annual contributions for 
assisted housing" in fiscal year 1991 and prior years which remains 
unreserved at the end of fiscal year 1991. 
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM 
For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized 
under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act (Public Law 101-625), $1,500,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Secretary shall not, as a condition of 
assisting a participating jurisdiction under such Act using amounts 
provided herein for fiscal year 1992 only, require any contributions 
by or in behalf of a participating jurisdiction, notwithstanding 
section 220 of such Act. 
ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as 
amended ("the Act" herein) (42 U.S.C. 1437), not otherwise provided 
for, $8,070,201,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That to be added to and merged with the foregoing amounts, there 
shall be $2,287,000,000, consisting of $537,000,000 of budget author-
ity previously made avEiilable under this head for nonincremental 
purposes which remains unreserved at the end of fiscal year 1991; 
and $1,750,000,000 of section 8 funds arising from the conversion to 
the new capital advance program of projects previously reserved 
under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 as it existed before 
enactment of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act: Provided 
further. 
That, 
from 
the 
foregoing 
total 
of 
$10,357,201,000, $227,170,000 shall be for the development or acquisi-
tion cost of public housing for Indian families, including amounts for 
housing under the mutual help homeownership opportunity pro-
gram under section 202 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437bb); $573,983,000 
shall be for the development or acquisition cost of public housing, 
including $15,719,158 for a demolition/disposition demonstration 
program in Saint Louis, Missouri, pursuant to section 513 of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 
101-625), and, notwithstanding the 20 per centum limitation under 
section 5(j)(2) of the Act, of the $573,983,000 for the development or 
acquisition of public housing, $200,000,000 shall be awarded competi-
tively for construction or major reconstruction of obsolete public 
housing projects, other than for Indian families: Provided further. 
That of the $10,357,201,000 total under this head, $2,800,975,000 
shall be for modernization of existing public housing projects pursu-
ant to section 14 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 14371), including funds for the 
comprehensive testing, abatement, and risk assessment of lead, of 
which $25,000,000 shall be for the risk assessment of lead and 
$5,000,000 shall be for technical assistance and training under 
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105 STAT. 745 
section 20 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437r), and $7,437,600 shall be for a 
demolition/disposition demonstration program in Saint Louis, Mis-
souri, pursuant to section 513 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101-625): Provided 
further, 
That of the $10,357,201,000 total under this head, $915,750,000 shall 
be for the section 8 existing housing certificate program (42 U.S.C. 
1437f), including $50,000,000 for a Foster Child Care demonstration 
program involving 11 States, $12,840,790 for a demolition/disposi-
tion demonstration program in Saint Louis, Missouri, pursuant to 
section 513 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act (Public Law 101-625), and $20,000,000 for a demonstration 
involving five cities with populations exceeding 400,000 in metro-
politan areas with populations exceeding 1,500,000, under which the 
Secretary shall carry out metropolitan-wide programs, designed to 
assist families with children to move out of areas with high con-
centrations of persons living in poverty, through contracts with 
nonprofit organizations and through annual contributions contracts 
with public housing agencies for administration of housing assist-
ance 
payments 
contracts: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
of 
the 
$10,357,201,000 total provided under this head, $794,167,000 shall be 
for the housing voucher program under section 8(o) of the Act (42 
U.S.C. 1437f(o)); $2,300,000,000 shall be for amendments to section 8 
contracts other than contracts for projects developed under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, including $70,000,000 
which shall be for rental adjustments resulting from the application 
of an annual adjustment factor in accordance with section 801 of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 
(Public Law 101-235); $618,462,000 shall be for assistance for State 
or local units of government, tenant and nonprofit organizations to 
purchase projects where owners have indicated an intent to prepay 
mortgages and for assistance to be used as an incentive to prevent 
prepayment or for vouchers to aid eligible tenants adversely affected 
by mortgage prepayment, as authorized in the Cranston-Gonzalez 
National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101-625), and of the 
$618,462,000 made available for such assistance, up to $25,000,000 
shall be for use by nonprofit organizations, pursuant to section 212 
of the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987, as 
amended by the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act (Public Law 101-625), and for tenant and community-based 
nonprofit education, training and capacity building and the develop-
ment of State and local preservation strategies; $88,884,000 shall be 
for section 8 assistance for property disposition; and $257,000,000 
shall be for loan management: Provided further. That any amounts 
of budget authority provided herein that are used for loan manage-
ment activities under section 8(b)(l)(42 U.S.C. 1437f(b)(l)) shall be 
obligated for a contract term that is no more than five years: 
Provided further, That those portions of the fees for the costs 
incurred in administering incremental units assisted in the certifi-
cate and housing voucher programs under sections 8(b) and 8(o), 
respectively, shall be established or increased in accordance with 
the authorization for such fees in section 8(q) of the Act: Provided 
further. That up to $167,000,000 of amounts of budget authority (and 
contract authority) reserved or obligated for the development or 
acquisition costs of public housing (including public housing for 
Indian families), for modernization of existing public housing 
projects (including such projects for Indian families), and, except as 
herein provided, for programs under section 8 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
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1437f), which are recaptured during fiscal year 1992, shall be re-
scinded: Provided further, That 50 per centum of the amounts of 
budget authority, or in lieu thereof 50 per centum of the cash 
amounts associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 
from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKin-
ney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (Public Law 101-
628, 102 Stat. 3224, 3268) shall not be rescinded, or in the case of 
cash, shall not be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts of 
budget authority or cash shall be used by State housing finance 
agencies in accordance with such section: Provided further, That of 
the $10,357,201,000 total, $50,000,000 shall be for housing opportuni-
ties for persons with AIDS under title VIII, subtitle D of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 
101-625) and $50,000,000 shall be for grants to States and units of 
general local government for the abatement of significant lead-based 
paint and lead dust hazards in low- and moderate-income owner-
occupied units and low-income privately-owned rental units: Pro-
vided further, That such grant funds shall be available only for 
projects conducted by contractors certified and workers trained 
through a federally- or State-accredited program: Provided further. 
That, to be eligible for such grants. States and units of general local 
government must demonstrate the capability to identify significant-
hazard housing units, to oversee the safe and effective conduct of the 
abatement, and to assure the future availability of abated units to 
low- and moderate-income persons; and $4,200,000 shall be for the 
housing demonstration under section 304(e)(1) of the Cranston-Gon-
zalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101-625); Pro-
vided further. That of the $54,250,000 earmarked in Public Law 
101-507 for special purpose grants (104 Stat. 1351, 1357), $667,000 
made available for the city of Chicago to assist the Ashland II 
Redevelopment Project shall instead be made available for the city 
of Chicago to assist the Marshway Project: Provided further. That 
notwithstanding the language preceding the first proviso of this 
paragraph, $150,000,000 shall be used for special purpose grants in 
accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such grants 
in the committee of conference report and statement of managers 
(H. Kept. 102-226) accompanying this H.R. 2519, including $500,000 
for the city of Kans£is City, Kansas to operate a social service center. 
Of the $10,357,201,000 total under this head, $538,808,000 shall be 
for capital advances for housing for the elderly as authorized by 
section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended by section 801 of 
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public 
Law 101-625); $451,200,000 shall be for project rental assistance for 
supportive housing for the elderly under such section 202(c)(2) of the 
Housing Act of 1959; $148,700,000 shall be for amendments to rental 
assistance contracts for projects for the elderly that receive capital 
advances or projects reserved under section 202 as it existed before 
enactment of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act; and $16,250,000 shall be for service coordinators pursuant to 
section 202(g) of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended by section 808 
of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public 
Law 101-625): Provided, That to the extent that the funding pro-
vided herein for rental assistance contracts for the elderly that 
receive capital advances is insufficient to match the units provided 
through capital advances, funds deemed excess in other section 8 
programs may be added to and merged with the rental assistance 
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105 STAT. 747 
funding to ensure that sufficient rental assistance units are avail-
able. 
Of the $10,357,201,000 total under this head, $102,860,000 shall be 
for capital advances for housing for persons with disabilities as 
authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford-
able Housing Act (Public Law 101-625); $100,159,000 shall be for 
project rental assistance for persons with disabilities under section 
811(bX2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act; 
and $23,300,000 shall be for amendments to rental assistance con-
tracts for projects for the handicapped that receive capital advances, 
including projects previously reserved under section 202 of the 
Housing Act of 1959 as it existed before enactment of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act. 
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall make a 
commitment and provide capital advance assistance under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended by section 801 of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, or section 811 
of such Act if the project is for persons with disabilities, for any 
project for which there is a loan reservation under section 202 of the 
Housing Act of 1959 as it existed before enactment of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, if the loan has not been 
executed and recorded, and if the project is making satisfactory 
progress under 24 CFR section 885.230: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall not make such commitments and provide such capital advance 
assistance before January 1, 1992: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall have the discretion until April 1, 1992 not to terminate 
a project and not to convert a project to capital advance assistance: 
Provided further. That upon converting a project to capital advance 
assistance, the loan reservation for such project shall be terminated: 
Provided further. That a project not making satisfactory progress 
under 24 CFR section 885.230 shall not have its loan reservation 
terminated before January 1, 1992, and the Secretary shall ensure 
that the processing of all projects through loan execution and 
recordation or the making of the capital advance is expedited, and 
that no project being so processed shall have the order in which it is 
processed arbitrarily changed: Provided further. That an owner of a 
project that is converted pursuant to this paragraph shall be per-
mitted voluntarily to provide funds for capital costs in addition to 
the capital advance, from debt or other non-Federal sources. 
With respect to each project that has a loan reservation 
terminated pursuant to the immediately foregoing paragraph, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall convert each 
funding reservation that was made under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 or section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 
1959, before enactment of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford-
able Housing Act, to a commitment for project rental assistance 
under such section 202 as amended by section 801 of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act or section 811 of the Act. 
ASSISTANCE FOR THE RENEWAL OF EXPIRING SECTION 8 SUBSIDY 
CONTRACTS 
For assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437) not otherwise provided for, for use in connection with 
expiring section 8 subsidy contracts, $7,355,128,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That funds provided under this 
paragraph may not be obligated for a contract term that is less than 
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five years: Provided further, That the Secretary may maintain 
consolidated accounting data for funds disbursed at the Public 
Housing Agency or Indian Housing Authority or project level for 
subsidy assistance regardless of the source of the disbursement so as 
to minimize the administrative burden of multiple accounts. 
Further, for the foregoing purposes, $850,000,000, to become avail-
able for obligation on October 1, 1992, and to remain available for 
obligation until expended. 
Maine. 
, 
YoT those projects in the State of Maine, the owners of which have 
converted their section 23 leased housing contracts (former section 
23 of the Act, as amended by section 103(a), Housing and Urban 
Development Act of 1965, Public Law 89-117, 79 Stat. 451, 455) to 
section 8, the subsidy provided shall be for a five-year extension of 
such projects' current housing assistance payments contracts. 
RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE 
(RESCISSION) 
The limitation otherwise applicable to the maximum payments 
that may be required in any fiscal year by all contracts entered into 
under section 236 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-l) is 
reduced in fiscal year 1992 by not more than $2,393,000 in un-
committed balances of authorizations provided for this purpose in 
appropriations Acts. 
RENT SUPPLEMENT PROGRAM 
(RESCISSION) 
The limitation otherwise applicable to the maximum payments 
that may be required in any fiscal year by all contracts entered into 
under section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 
1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s), is reduced in fiscal year 1992 by not more 
than $2,448,000 in uncommitted balances of authorizations provided 
for this purpose in appropriations Acts. 
CONGREGATE SERVICES 
For contracts with and payments to public housing agencies and 
non-profit corporations for congregate services programs in accord-
ance with the provisions of the Congregate Housing Services Act of 
1978, as amended, $17,700,000, to remain available until September 
30,1993. 
PAYMENTS FOR OPERATION OF LOW-INCOME HOUSING PROJECTS 
For payments to public housing agencies and Indian housing 
authorities for operating subsidies for low-income housing projects 
as authorized by section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 
as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g), $2,450,000,000: Provided, That of the 
funds provided under this heading, $294,156,000 shall not become 
available for obligation until September 2(), 1992. 
HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise provided 
for, for providing counseling and advice to tenants and home-
owners—both current and prospective—with respect to property 
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105 STAT. 749 
maintenance, financial management, and such other matters as 
may be appropriate to assist them in improving their housing 
conditions 
and 
meeting 
the 
responsibilities 
of tenancy 
or 
homeownership, including provisions for training and for support of 
voluntary 
agencies 
and 
services 
as 
authorized 
by 
section 
106(a)(l)(iii), section 106(a)(2), section 106(c), and section 106(d) of the 
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, 
$6,025,000, of which $350,000 shall be available for the prepurchase 
and foreclosure-prevention counseling demonstration program. 
FLEXIBLE SUBSIDY FUND 
For assistance to owners of eligible multifamily housing projects 
insured, or formerly insured, and under the National Housing Act, 
as amended, or which are otherwise eligible for assistance under 
section 201(c) of the Housing and Community Development Amend-
ments of 1978, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1715z-la), in the program of 
assistance for troubled multifamily housing projects under the 
Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978, as 
amended, $50,000,000, and all uncommitted balances of excess rental 
charges as of September 30, 1991, and any collections and other 
amounts in the fund authorized under section 201(j) of the Housing 
and Community Development Amendments of 1978, as amended, 
during fiscal year 1992, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That assistance to an owner of a multifamily housing project 
assisted, but not insured, under the National Housing Act may be 
made if the project owner and the mortgagee have provided or 
agreed to provide assistance to the project in a manner as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 
FHA—MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
During fiscal year 1992, commitments to guarantee loans to carry 
out the purposes of section 203(b) of the National Housing Act, as 
amended, shall not exceed a loan principal of $60,000,000,000. 
For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the guaran-
teed loan program, $255,645,000, to be derived from the FHA-Mutual 
Mortgage Insurance Guaranteed Loans Receipt account, of which 
not to exceed $250,100,000 may be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriations for salaries and expenses; and of which not to 
exceed $5,545,000 may be transferred to and merged with the appro-
priation for the Office of Inspector General. 
FHA—GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the Budget Enforce-
ment Act of 1990, including the cost of modifying loans, of guaran-
teed loans under such funds authorized by the National Housing 
Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3(b) and 1735c(f)), $54,911,000: 
Provided, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obliga-
tions for the total loan principal any part of which is to be guaran-
teed of not to exceed $8,651,901,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
guaranteed loan programs, $189,000,000, of which $184,900,000 shall 
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be transferred and merged with the appropriations for salaries and 
expenses; and of which $4,100,000 shall be transferred and merged 
with the appropriation for the Office of Inspector General. 
FHA—GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK INSURANCE FUNDS 
On October 1, 1991, each outstanding obligation issued by the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to the Secretary of 
the Treasury pursuant to section 5200?) of the National Housing Act, 
as amended, together with any promise to repay the principal and 
interest which has accrued on each obligation, and any other term 
or condition specified by each such obligation, is canceled. 
DRUG EUMINATION GRANTS FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSING 
For grants to public housing agencies for use in eliminating drug-
related crime in public housing projects authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
11901-11908, and for drug information clearinghouse services au-
thorized by 42 U.S.C. 11921-11925, $165,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That $5,700,000 of the foregoing amount 
shall be available for grants, contracts, or other assistance for 
technical assistance and training for or on behalf of public housing 
agencies and resident organizations (including the costs of necessary 
travel for participants in such training): Provided further, 
That 
$10,000,000 of the foregoing amount shall be made available for 
grants for federally assisted, low-income housing. 
GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION 
GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN GUARANTEE 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDES TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
During fiscal year 1992, new commitments to issue guarantees to 
carry out the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as 
amended (12 U.S.C. 1721g), shall not exceed $74,769,293,000. For 
administrative expenses necessary to carry out the guaranteed 
mortgage-backed securities program, $6,595,000, to be derived from 
the GNMA—Guarantees of mortgage-backed securities guaranteed 
loan receipt account, of which not to exceed $6,595,000 may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for salaries and 
expenses. 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE 
EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANTS PROGRAM 
For the emergency shelter grants program, as authorized under 
subtitle B of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assist-
ance Act (Public Law 100-77), as amended, $73,164,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
TRANSITIONAL AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the transitional and supportive housing demonstration pro-
gram, as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of the Stewart B. 
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105 STAT. 751 
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (Public Law 100-77), as 
amended, $150,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
The unexpended balances of the "Transitional housing dem-
onstration program", available from the appropriations enacted in 
Public Law 99-500 and Public Law 99-591, and the unexpended 
balances of the "Supportive housing demonstration program', avail-
able from the appropriation enacted in Public Law 101-71, shall be 
added to and merged with amounts available under this heading. 
SUPPLEMENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR FACIUTIES TO ASSIST THE HOMELESS 
For grants for supplemental assistance for facilities to assist the 
homeless as authorized under subtitle D of title IV of the Stewart B. 
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (Public Law 100-77), as 
amended, $11,263,000, notwithstanding section 837(c) of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101-
625), to remain available until expended. 
SECTION 8 MODERATE REHABILITATION 
SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY 
For assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 1437f), for the section 8 moderate rehabilitation 
program, to be used to assist homeless individuals pursuant to 
section 441 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11401), $105,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
SHELTER PLUS CARE: SECTION 8 MODERATE REHABILITATION, SINGLE 
ROOM OCCUPANCY 
For the Shelter Plus Care: Section 8 moderate rehabilitation, 
single room occupancy program, as authorized under subtitle F, part 
III, of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act 
(Public Law 100-77), as amended, $73,333,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
SHELTER PLUS CARE: SECTION 202 RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For the Shelter Plus Care: Section 202 rental assistance program, 
as authorized under subtitle F, part IV, of title IV of the Stewart B. 
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (Public Law 100-77), as 
amended, $37,200,000, to remain available until expended. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 
For grants to States and units of general local government and for 
related expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for carrying 
out a community development grants program as authorized by title 
I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 5301), $3,400,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 1994: Provided, That $33,930,000 shall be available for 
grants to Indian tribes pursuant to section 106(a)(1) of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
5301), $14,500,000 shall be available for "special purpose grants" 
pursuant to section 107 of such Act, and $500,000 shall be available 
for a grant to demonstrate the feasibility of developing an in-
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tegrated database system and computer mapping tool for compli-
ance, programming, and evaluation of community development 
block grants pursuant to section 901 of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act of 1990: Provided further, That not to 
exceed 20 per centum of any grant made with funds appropriated 
herein (other than a grant using funds under section 107(b)(3) of 
such Act or funds set aside in the following proviso) shall be 
expended for "Planning and Management Development" and 
"Administration" as defined in regulations promulgated by the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development: Provided further. 
That $5,000,000 shall be made available from the foregoing 
$3,400,000,000 to carry out an early childhood* development program 
under section 222 of the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 
1983, 
as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z-6 note): Provided further, That 
$2,000,000 shall be made available from the foregoing $3,400,000,000 
to carry out a neighborhood development demonstration under sec-
A9 TTGr- riQnA 
tion 915 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
note 
(Public Law 101-625): Provided further. That after September 30, 
1991, 
notwithstanding section 909 of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101-625), no funds pro-
vided or heretofore provided in this or any other appropriations Act 
shall be used to establish or supplement a revolving fund under 
section 104(h) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974, as amended. 
During fiscal year 1992, total commitments to guarantee loans, as 
authorized by section 108 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5301), shall not exceed 
$140,000,000 of contingent liability for loan principal. 
REHABIUTATION LOAN FUND 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
}nM^n 
Notwithstanding section 289(c) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
i70ig-5c. 
Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101-625), the assets and liabil-
ities of the revolving fund established by section 312 of the Housing 
Act of 1964, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1452b), and any collections, 
including repayments or recaptured amounts, of such fund shall be 
transferred to and merged with the Revolving Fund (liquidating 
programs), established pursuant to title II of the Independent Of-
fices Appropriation Act, 1955, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701g-5), effec-
tive October 1,1991. 
PoucY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
RESEARCH 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, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701z-l et 
seq.), including carrying out the functions of the Secretary under 
section l(a)(l)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, $25,000,000, to 
remain 
available until September 
30, 1993: Provided, 
That 
$1,000,000 of the foregoing amount shall be available for innovative 
building technologies research with the Research Center of the 
National Association of Home Builders. 
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105 STAT. 753 
,i^ . 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise provided 
for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as 
amended, and section 561 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1987, $13,000,000, to remain available until September 
30,1993: Provided, That not less than $8,000,000 shall be available to 
carry out activities pursuant to section 561 of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1987. 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary administrative and nonadministrative expenses of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, not otherwise 
provided for, including not to exceed $7,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $744,078,000, of which $394,609,000 shall be 
provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing Administra-
tion: Provided, That there shall be established, in the Office of the Establishment. 
Secretary, an Office of Lead Based Paint Abatement and Poisoning ^ote ^ ^^^ 
Prevention to be headed by a career Senior Executive Service 
employee who shall be responsible for all lead-based paint abate-
ment and poisoning prevention activities (including, but not limited 
to, research, abatement, training regulations and policy develop-
ment): Provided further, That such office shall be allocated a staffing 
level of twenty staff years. 
PERSONAL SERVICES AND TRAVEL, OFFICE OF HOUSING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For personnel compensation and benefits for the headquarters 
Office of Housing, $55,580,000, of which $37,637,000 shall be pro-
vided from the various funds of the Federal Housing Administra-
tion: Provided, That not to exceed $1,276,000 of the $55,580,000 
herein provided shall be available for travel expenses of the Office of 
Housing: Provided further. That the amounts herein shall not be 
consolidated into a single administrative expenses fund account, 
notwithstanding section 502(c)(3) of the Housing Act of 1948. 
PERSONAL SERVICES AND TRAVEL, OFFICE OF PUBLIC AND INDIAN 
HOUSING 
For personnel compensation and benefits for the headquarters 
Office of Public and Indian Housing, $10,424,000: Provided, That not 
to exceed $491,000 of the $10,424,000 herein provided shall be avail-
able for travel expenses of the Office of Public and Indian Housing: 
Provided further. That the amounts herein shall not be consolidated 
into a single administrative expenses fund account, notwithstanding 
section 502(c)(3) of the Housing Act of 1948. 
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PERSONAL SERVICES AND TRAVEL, OFFICE OF COMMUNITY PLANNING 
AND DEVELOPMENT 
For personnel compensation and benefits for the headquarters 
Office of Community Planning and Development, $17,872,000: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $439,000 of the $17,872,000 herein provided 
shall be available for travel expenses of the Office of Community 
Planning and Development: Provided further. That the amounts 
herein shall not be consolidated into a single administrative ex-
penses fund account, notwithstanding section 502(c)(3) of the Hous-
ing Act of 1948. 
PERSONAL SERVICES AND TRAVEL, OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND 
RESEARCH 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For personnel compensation and benefits for the headquarters 
Office of Policy Development and Research, $10,705,000: Provided, 
That not to exceed $141,000 of the $10,705,000 herein provided shall 
be available for travel expenses of the Office of Policy Development 
and Research: Provided further. That the amounts herein shall not 
be consolidated into a single administrative expenses fund account, 
notwithstanding section 502(c)(3) of the Housing Act of 1948. 
PERSONAL SERVICES AND TRAVEL, OFFICE OF FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL 
OPPORTUNITY 
For personnel compensation and benefits for the headquarters 
Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, $10,516,000: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $377,000 of the $10,516,000 herein provided 
shall be available for travel expenses of the Office of Fair Housing 
and Equal Opportunity: Provided further. That the amounts herein 
shall not be consolidated into a single administrative expenses fund 
account, notwithstanding section 502(c)(3) of the Housing Act of 
1948. 
PERSONAL SERVICES AND TRAVEL, DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
For personnel compensation and benefits for the headquarters 
budget activity of Departmental Management, $9,293,000: Provided, 
That not to exceed $673,000 of the $9,293,000 herein provided shall 
be available for travel expenses of the Departmental Management 
activity: Provided further, That the amounts herein shall not be 
consolidated into a single administrative expenses fund account, 
notwithstanding section 502(c)(3) of the Housing Act of 1948. 
PERSONAL SERVICES AND TRAVEL, OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For personnel compensation and benefits for the headquarters 
Office of General Counsel, $14,985,000, of which $2,754,000 shall be 
provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing Administra-
tion: Provided, That not to exceed $259,000 of the $14,985,000 herein 
provided shall be available for travel expenses of the Office of 
General Counsel: Provided further. That the amounts herein shall 
not be consolidated into a single administrative expenses fund 
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105 STAT. 755 
account, notwithstanding section 502(c)(3) of the Housing Act of 
1948. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
J 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $44,665,000, of which $9,645,000 shall be transferred from 
the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration. 
California. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law or other requirement, 
the city of Vallejo, California, is authorized to retain any land 
disposition proceeds or urban renewal grant funds that remain after 
the financial closeout of the Marina Vista Urban Renewal Project, 
and to use such funds in accordance with the requirements of the 
community development block grant program specified in title I of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. The city of 
Vallejo shall retain such funds in a lump sum and shall be entitled 
to retain and use, in accordance with this paragraph, all past and 
future earnings from such funds, including any interest. 
Notwithstanding any provision of law or other requirement, the Oklahoma. 
Urban Renewal Authority of the city of Oklahoma City, in the State 
of Oklahoma, is authorized to retain any land disposition proceeds 
and other income from the financially closed-out Central Business 
District Number lA Urban Renewal Project (OKLA. R-30) and John 
F. Kennedy Urban Renewal Project (OKLA. R-35) in accordance 
with the Close-out Agreements executed pursuant to 24 CFR 
570.804(b)(5) October 16, 1979, and concurred in by the Secretary, 
which agreements obligated such proceeds to completion of project 
activities in consideration for the reduction of an approved categor-
ical settlement grant in satisfaction of the repayment requirements 
of 24 CFR 570.486. The Urban Renewal Authority of the city of 
Oklahoma City shall retain such proceeds and other income in a 
lump sum and shall be entitled to retain and use, subject only to the 
provisions of 24 CFR 570.5040t>)(5), such past and future proceeds, 
including any interest, for the completion of such project activities. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law or other requirement, Connecticut, 
the city of New London, Connecticut, is authorized to retain any 
land disposition proceeds or urban renewal grant funds that remain 
after the financial closeout of the Shaw's Cove Urban Renewal 
Project (No. Conn. R-126), and to use such funds in accordance with 
the requirements of the community development block grant pro-
gram specified in title I of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974. The city of New London shall retain such funds in 
a lump sum and shall be entitled to retain and use, in accordance 
with this paragraph, all past and future earnings from such funds, 
including any interest. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law or other requirement, Massachusetts. 
the cities of Newbury 
port and Maiden, in Massachusetts, are au-
thorized to retain any categorical settlement grant funds or urban 
renewal grant funds that remain after the financial closeout of the 
Central Business Urban Renewal Project (No. MASS-R-80) in the 
city of Newburyport and the Civic Center Urban Renewal Project 
(No. MASS-R-118) in the city of Maiden, respectively, and to use 
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such funds in accordance with the requirements of the community 
development block grant program specified in title I of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974. The cities of Newbury-
port and Maiden shall retain such funds in a lump sum and shall be 
entitled to retain and use, in accordance with this paragraph, all 
past and future earnings from such funds, including any interest. 
Missouri. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law or other requirement, 
the Housing Authority of the city of Jefferson, in the State of 
Missouri, is authorized to retain any land disposition proceeds from 
the financially closed-out Capitol West Urban Renewal Project (Mo. 
R-45), pursuant to the agreement which permitted the retention of 
certain proceeds, which agreement was dated August 27, 1982, and 
to use such proceeds in accordance with the requirements of the 
community development block grant program specified in title I of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. The Housing 
Authority of the city of Jefferson City shall retain such funds in a 
lump sum and shall be entitled to retain and use, in accordance with 
this paragraph, all past and future earnings from such proceeds, 
including any interest. 
South Carolina. 
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall cancel 
the indebtedness of the town of Calhoun Falls, South Carolina, 
relating to the public facilities loan (Project No. SC-16-PFL0061). 
The town of Calhoun Falls, South Carolina, is relieved of all liability 
to the Government for the outstanding principal balance on such 
loan, for the amount of accrued interest on such loan, and for any 
other fees and charges payable in connection with such loan. 
During fiscal year 1992, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the number of individuals employed by the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development in other than "career appointee" 
positions in the Senior Executive Service shall not exceed 15. 
Section 8(c)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is amend-
ed by inserting after "New York." the following new sentences: 
"The Secretary shall also establish separate fair market rentals 
under this paragraph for Monroe County in the Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania. In establishing fair market rentals for the remaining 
portion of the market area in which Monroe County is located, the 
Secretary shall establish the fair market rentals as if such portion 
included Monroe County.". 
Section 801(a) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Hous-
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ing Act is amended in the last sentence of subsection (g)(2) of the 
amendment to be made (by such section 801(a)) to section 202 of the 
Housing Act of 1959 by striking "in housing principally serving frail 
elderly persons". 
The last sentence of section 202(g)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 
U.S.C. 1701q(g)(2)) is amended by striking "or a project where the 
tenants are not principally frail elderly". 
Section 6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437d) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsec-
tion: 
Disadvantaged. 
"(p) With respect to amounts available for obligation on or after 
October 1, 1991, the criteria established under section 213(d)(5)(B) of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 for any 
competition for assistance for new construction, acquisition, or ac-
quisition and rehabilitation of public housing shall give preference 
to applications for housing to be located in a local market area that 
has an inadequate supply of housing available for use by very low-
income families. The Secretary shall establish criteria for determin-
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Pennsylvania. 
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105 STAT. 757 
ing that the housing supply of a local market area is inadequate, 
which shall require— 
"(1)(A) information regarding housing market conditions 
showing that the supply of rental housing affordable by very 
low-income families is inadequate, taking into account vacancy 
rates in such housing and other market indicators; and 
"(B) evidence that significant numbers of families in the local 
market area holding certificates and vouchers under section 8 
are experiencing significant difficulty in leasing housing meet-
ing program and family-size requirements; or 
"(2) evidence that the proposed development would provide 
increased housing opportunities for minorities or address spe-
cial housing needs.". 
Section 14(k)(5)(A) of the Housing Act of 1937, as amended, is 42 USC 1437/. 
hereby amended as follows: 
(1) by striking in the first sentence thereof the word "initial"; 
(2) in subsection (i) thereof by substituting the phrase "for 
each of the preceding three fiscal years" for the phrase "for 
each of fiscal years of 1989,1990 and 1991"; and 
(3) by adding a new subsection (iii) as follows: 
"(iii) In determining whether an agency is 'troubled with 
respect to the modernization program', the Department 
shall consider only the agency s ability to carry out that 
program effectively based upon the agency's capacity to 
accomplish the physical work: (a) with decent quality; (b) in 
a timely manner; (c) under competent contract administra-
tion; and (d) with adequate budget controls. No other cri-
teria shall be applied in the determination.". 
Section 14(k)(5XE) of said Act is repealed. 
No appropriated funds may be used to implement the rule pro-
posed in 56 FR 45814, September 6, 1991, relating to "Low-Income 
Public and Indian Housing—-Vacancy Rule" or any revision thereof 
or any other rule related or similar thereto. 
Section 6(j)(l) of the Housing Act of 1937, 42 U.S.C. 1437dO')(l) 
section 502(a) of the National Affordable Housing Act, is amended as 
follows: 
(1) by adding at the end of subparagraph (H) the following 
language: "which shall not exceed the seven factors in the 
statute, plus an additional five"; and 
(2) by adding as subparagraph (I) the following: 
"(I) The Secretary shall: 
"(1) administer the system of evaluating public hous-
ing agencies flexibly to ensure that such agencies are 
not penalized as result of circumstances beyond their 
control; 
"(2) reflect in the weights assigned to the various 
indicators the differences in the difficulty of managing 
individual projects that result from their physical 
condition and their neighborhood environment; and 
"(3) determine a public housing agency's status as 
'trouljled with respect to the program under section 14' 
based upon factors solely related to its ability to carry 
out that program.". 
The Secretary shall cancel the indebtedness of the Sale Creek Tennessee. 
Utility District in Soddy Daisy, Tennessee, relating to public facili-
ties loan (Project No. TN 40-PFL0071) issued May 1, 1962. The Sale 
Creek Utility District in Soddy Daisy is relieved of all liability to the 
105 STAT. 758 
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Iowa. 
Homeless. 
42 u s e 1436c. 
Regulations. 
Effective date. 
42 u s e 1436c. 
42 u s e 1436c. 
42 u s e 1436c. 
42 u s e 1436c. 
Government for the outstanding principal balance on such loan, for 
the amount of accrued interest on such loan, and for any other fees 
and charges payable in connection with such loan. 
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall transfer 
title to the repossessed property known as the Roosevelt Homes 
Project (No. 074-84006) located in Davenport, Iowa, to a nonprofit 
organization. Such property shall be used only for the provision of 
an integrated program of shelter and social services to the homeless, 
or for other nonprofit uses, for a period of not less than twenty years 
following the date of the transfer. Use of the transferred property 
before the expiration of the twenty-year period following the date of 
the transfer for any purpose other than those described herein shall 
cause title to revert back to the Secretary bf Housing and Urban 
Development. The nonprofit organization selected by the Depart-
ment shall have the right to use or not use the section 8 certificates 
attached to the property. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, housing assistance 
payments in the amount of $896,000 made available under the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public 
Law 101-144X for project-based assistance under the section 8 exist-
ing housing certificate program (42 U.S.C. 1437f) for the Ganado 
Acres project, shall be for a term beginning on December 1, 1989. 
Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of State or Fed-
eral law, regulation or other requirement, any public housing 
agency or Indian housing authority that purchases any line of 
insurance from a nonprofit insurance entity, owned and controlled 
by public housing agencies or Indian housing authorities, and ap-
proved by the Secretary, may purchase such insurance without 
regard to competitive procurement. 
Hereafter, the Secretary shall establish standards as set forth 
herein, by regulation, adopted after notice and comment rulemaking 
pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, which will become 
effective not later than one year from the effective date of this Act. 
Hereafter, in establishing standards for approval of such non-
profit insurance entities, the Secretary shall be assured that such 
entities have sufficient surplus capital to meet reasonably expected 
losses, reliable accounting systems, sound actuarial projections, and 
employees experienced in the insurance industry. The Secretary 
shall not place restrictions on the investment of funds of any such 
entity that is regulated by the insurance department of any State 
that describes the types of investments insurance companies li-
censed in such State may make. With regard to such entities that 
are not so regulated, the Secretary shall establish investment guide-
lines that are comparable to State law regulating the investments of 
insurance companies. 
Hereafter, the Secretary shall not approve additional nonprofit 
insurance entities until such standards have become final, nor shall 
the Secretary revoke the approval of any nonprofit insurance entity 
previously approved by the Department unless for cause and after a 
due process hearing. 
Hereafter, until the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment has adopted regulations specifying the nature and quality of 
insurance covering the potential personal injury liability exposure 
of public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities (and 
their contractors, including architectural and engineering services) 
as a result of testing and abatement of lead-based paint in federally 
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105 STAT. 759 
subsidized public and Indian housing units, said authorities shall be 
permitted to purchase insurance for such risk, as an allowable 
expense against amounts available for capital improvements (mod-
ernization): Provided, That such insurance is competitively selected 
and that coverage provided under such policies, as certified by the 
authority, provides reasonable coverage for the risk of liability 
exposure, taking into consideration the potential liability concerns 
inherent in the testing and abatement of lead-based paint, and the 
managerial and quality assurance responsibilities associated with 
the conduct of such activities. 
During fiscal year 1992, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, average employment in the headquarter's offices of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development shall not exceed: (1) 71 
staff years for the Immediate Office of the Secretary/Under Sec-
retary, (2) 13 staff years for the Deputy Under Secretary for Field 
Coordination, (3) 19 staff years for the Office of Public Affairs, (4) 28 
staff years for the Office of Legislation and Congressional Relations, 
(5) 1,068 staff years for the Assistant Secretary for Housing—Fed-
eral Housing Commissioner, of which 25 staff years shall be for data 
management reform and preservation activities only, (6) 207 staff 
years for the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, (7) 
275 staff years for the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning 
and Development, (8) 137 staff years for the Assistant Secretary for 
Policy Development and Research, (9) 170 staff years for the Assist-
ant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, and (10) 219 
staff years for the Office of General Counsel of which not more than 
13 staff years shall be for the Immediate Office of General Counsel: 
Provided, That no funds may be used from amounts provided in this 
or any other Act for details of employees from any organization in 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development to any 
organization included under the budget activity "Departmental 
Management". 
Section 14(a) of the Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
14371(a)) is amended by— 
(1) striking "and" at the end of clause (1); and 
(2) adding clauses (3), (4), and (5) as follows: 
"(3) to assess the risks of lead-based paint poisoning through 
the use of professional risk assessments that include dust and 
soil sampling and laboratory analysis in all projects constructed 
before 1980 that are, or will be, occupied by families; 
"(4) to take effective interim measures to reduce and contain 
the risks of lead-based paint poisoning recommended in such 
professional risk assessments; and 
"(5) the costs of testing, interim containment, professional 
risk assessments and abatement of lead are eligible moderniza-
tion expenses. The costs of professional risk assessment are 
eligible modernization expenses whether or not they are in-
curred in connection with insurance and costs for such assess-
ments that were incurred or disbursed in fiscal year 1991 from 
other accounts shall be paid or reimbursed from modernization 
funds in fiscal year 1992.". 
Section 606(c) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1987 (12 U.S.C. 17151 note) is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following new sentence: "The Secretary may apply this 25 
percent requirement to all the homes under Nehemiah housing 
opportunity program or to a phase (approved under subsection (b)) 
consisting of at least 16 homes.". 
105 STAT. 760 
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For purposes of the United States Housing Act of 1937, members 
of the Pascua Yaqui tribe who reside in Guadalupe, Arizona, shall 
be considered (without fiscal year limitation) as residing on an 
Indian reservation or other Indian area. 
TITLE III 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Amer-
ican Battle Monuments Commission, including the acquisition of 
land or interest in land in foreign countries; purchases and repair of 
uniforms for caretakers of national cemeteries and monuments 
outside of the United States and its territories and possessions; rent 
of office and garage space in foreign countries; purchase (one for 
replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and insur-
ance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries, when required by 
law of such countries; $18,440,000, to remain available until ex-
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pended: Provided, 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 Commis-
sion while serving at the same foreign stations, and this appropria-
tion is hereby made available for the payment of such allowance: 
36 use 122. 
Provided further, That when traveling on business of the Commis-
sion, officers of the Armed Forces serving as members or as 
Secretary of the Commission may be reimbursed for expenses as 
provided for civilian members of the Commission: Provided further, 
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That the Commission shall reimburse other Government agencies, 
including the Armed Forces, for salary, pay, and allowances of 
personnel assigned to it: Provided further. That section 509 of the 
general provisions carried in title V of this Act shall not apply to the 
funds provided under this heading: Provided further. That not more 
than $125,000 of the private contributions to the Korean War Memo-
rial Fund may be used for administrative support of the Korean 
War Veterans Memorial Advisory Board including travel by mem-
bers of the board authorized by the Commission, travel allowances 
to conform to those provided by Federal Travel regulations. 
COMMISSION ON NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For use in establishing and paying the salaries and expenses of 
the Commission on National and Community Service under subtitle 
G of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 
(Public Law 101-610), $2,000,000, to remain available until Septem-
ber 30,1993. 
PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES 
For use in carrying out the programs, activities and initiatives 
under subtitles B through F of title I of the National and Commu-
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105 STAT. 761 
nity Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610), $73,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30,1993. 
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety Commis-
sion, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed 
the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for GS-18, purchase of 
nominal awards to recognize non-Federal officials' contributions to 
Commission activities, and not to exceed $500 for official reception 
and representation expenses, $40,200,000: Provided, That not more 
than $395,000 of these funds shall be available for personnel com-
pensation and benefits for the Commissioners of the Consumer 
Product Safety Commission. 
COURT OF VETERANS APPEALS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the operation of the United States 
Court of Veterans Appeals as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 4051-4091, 
$9,133,000: Provided, That such sum shall be available without 
regard to section 509 of this Act. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for maintenance, 
operation, and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and 
Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, including the 
purchase of three passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, 
and not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses; $12,587,000, to remain available until expended. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, including hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of 
aircraft; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901-5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C 3109, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for 
GS-18; purchase of reprints; library memberships in societies or 
associations which issue publications to members only or at a price 
to members lower than to subscribers who are not members; 
construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of 
facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; and not to exceed $5,500 
for official reception and representation expenses; $1,040,500,000: 
Provided, That none of these funds may be expended for purposes of 
105 STAT. 762 
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Resource Conservation and Recovery Panels established under 
section 2003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 6913): Provided further, That of the amount 
appropriated, $4,951,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
Trust Fund to carry out the purposes for which that fund is estab-
lished: Provided further, That $500,000 of the amount provided 
under this heading for the Immediate Office of the Administrator 
shall not become available until the Administrator provides to the 
Committees on Appropriations the Agency's Strategic Plan. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $41,200,000, of which $14,954,000 shall be derived from the 
Hazardous Substance Superfund trust fund and $623,000 shall be 
derived from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund. 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For research and development activities, including procurement 
of laboratory equipment, supplies, and other operating expenses in 
support of research and development, $323,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 1993: Provided, That not more than 
$42,000,000 of these funds shall be available for procurement of 
laboratory equipment, supplies, and other operating expenses in 
support of research and development; and construction, alteration, 
repair, rehabilitation and renovation of facilities, not to exceed 
$75,000 per project: Provided further. That of the amount appro-
priated, $2,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust 
Fund to carry out the purposes for which that fund is established. 
ABATEMENT, CONTROL, AND COMPLIANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For abatement, control, and compliance activities, $1,133,625,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 1993: Provided, That up to 
$2,800,000 'shall be available for grants and cooperative agreements 
to develop and implement asbestos training and accreditation pro-
grams: Provided 
further, 
That of the amount 
appropriated, 
$10,982,800 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund 
to carry out the purposes for which that fund is established: Pro-
vided further. That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
from funds appropriated under this heading, the Administrator is 
authorized to make grants to "Federally recognized Indian tribes" 
on such terms and conditions as he deems appropriate for the 
development of multimedia environmental programs: Provided fur-
ther. That none of the funds appropriated under this head shall be 
available to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
pursuant to section 118(h)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, as amended: Provided further. That none of these funds may be 
expended for purposes of Resource Conservation and Recovery 
Panels established under section 2003 of the Resource Conservation 
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105 STAT. 763 
and Recovery Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6913), or for support to 
State, regional, local, and interstate agencies in accordance with 
subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, other than 
section 4008(a)(2) or 4009 (42 U.S.C. 6948, 6949): Provided 
further, 
That of the amount provided under this heading, up to $1,000,000 
shall be available for the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation 
Board, as authorized by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and 
up to the sum of $17,000,000 shall be for subsidizing loans under the 
Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act, and $2,400,000 shall be for 
administrative expenses to carry out the loan and grant program. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and 
purchase of fixed equipment for facilities of, or use by, the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, $39,300,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That $6,700,000 of the foregoing amount shall 
be made available as a grant for a center for neural science to be 
constructed and owned by New York University: Provided further. 
That none of the funds previously appropriated to the Environ-
mental Protection Agency for activities pertaining to the proposed 
Environmental Technology and Engineering Center in Edison, New 
Jersey, shall be expended, except for those funds necessary to 
investigate alternative laboratory sites: Provided further. That of 
amounts previously appropriated under this heading, $6,000,000 
shall be available as a grant to the Christopher Clolumbus Center 
Development, Inc. for planning and design of the Christopher 
Columbus Center of Marine Research and Exploration in Baltimore, 
Maryland. 
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive Environ-
mental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), as amended, including sections 111 (c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and 
(e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), $1,616,228,000, consisting of $1,366,228,000 as 
authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and 
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended by Public Law 
101-508, and $250,000,000 as a payment from general revenues to 
the Hazardous Substance Superfund as authorized by section 517(b) 
of SARA, as amended by Public Law 101-508, plus sums recovered 
on behalf of the Hazardous Substance Superfund in excess of 
$200,000,000 during fiscal year 1992, with all of such funds to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That funds appropriated under 
this heading may be allocated to other Federal agencies in accord-
ance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section lll(m) of CERCLA or any other provision of law, 
not to exceed $56,500,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be available to the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry to carry out activities described in sections 104(i), 
111(c)(4), and lll(c)(14) of CERCLA and section 118(f) of the 
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986: Provided 
further. That none of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be available for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to 
section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 1992: Provided further. 
That no more than $240,000,000 of these funds shall be available for 
administrative expenses: Provided further. That notwithstanding 
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any other provision of law, the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall, from funds appropriated under this head-
ing, obligate up to $213,000 for a new pumping station in St. 
Anthony, Minnesota: Provided further. That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall, from funds previously appropriated under 
this heading in Public Law 101-507, obligate up to $5,000,000 for 
Koppers Texarkana Superfund site relocation. 
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground storage 
tank cleanup activities authorized by section 205 of the Superfund 
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, $75,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That no more than 
$6,400,000 shall be available for administrative expenses. 
CONSTRUCTION GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, and the Water Quality 
Act of 1987, $2,400,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $1,948,500,000 shall be for title VI of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act, as amended; $16,500,000 shall be for making 
grants authorized under section 104(b)(3) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act, as amended; $49,000,000 shall be for section 
510 of the Water Quality Act of 1987; $340,000,000 shall be for 
making grants under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, as amended, to the appropriate instrumentality for the purpose 
of constructing secondary sewage treatment facilities to serve the 
following localities, and in the amounts indicated: Back River 
Wastewater Treatment Plant, Maryland, $40,000,000; Boston, 
Massachusetts, $100,000,000; New York, New York, $70,000,000; Los 
Angeles, California, $55,000,000; San Diego, California, $40,000,000; 
and Seattle, Washington, $35,000,000; and notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, $46,000,000 shall be available for Rouge River 
National Wet Weather Demonstration Project grants to be awarded 
by the Administrator, who is authorized to make such grants to 
Wayne County, Michigan, such grants to be for the construction of 
sanitary sewers and retention basins, for the repair and mainte-
nance of wastewater treatment plants and collection systems, and 
for the investigation of commercial and industrial facilities and 
storm sewer connections to implement the Rouge River National 
Demonstration Project for Wet Weather Flows: Provided 
further, 
That the United States Environmental Protection Agency shall not 
prohibit the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) 
from utilizing the most appropriate technology for the treatment, 
disposal, and or beneficial reuse of sludge, unsold fertilizer pellets, 
and grit and screenings outside the Commonwealth of Massachu-
setts through lease, contract, or by other legal means. The EPA may 
require sufficient backup capacity for the disposal or treatment of 
sludge in the Commonwealth through ownership, lease, contract, or 
by other legal means. The MWRA shall not be required to construct 
a backup landfill or facility if other alternatives approved through 
EPA NEPA review of MWRA long-term residuals management, are 
or become available through ownership, lease, contract, or other 
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105 STAT. 765 
legal means prior to September 1, 1992, and as long as such alter-
natives remain available. 
Any facility or technology used by the MWRA shall meet all 
applicable Federal and State environmental requirements. Any 
facility or technology must be on-line when a contract between the 
MWRA and NEFCO, which is responsible for the marketing and 
disposal of sludge, expires in 1995. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
During fiscal year 1992, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, average employment in the headquarter's offices of the 
Environmental Protection Agency shall not exceed: (1) 51 workyears 
for the Immediate Office of the Administrator, (2) 45 workyears for 
the Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs, (3) 77 workyears 
for the Office of Communications and Public Affairs, (4) 187 
workyears for the Office of General Counsel, (5) 61 workyears for the 
Office of International Activities, (6) 32 workyears for the Office of 
Federal Activities, (7) 259 workyears for the Office of Policy, Plan-
ning, and Evaluation, and (8) 1,386 workyears for the Office of 
Administration and Resources Management. 
The Administrator shall establish, within sixty days of enactment 
of this Act, a new staff of 5 workyears within the Immediate Office 
of the Administrator, which shall be responsible for guiding, direct-
ing, and mediating all policy activities associated with Pollution 
Prevention. The Pollution Prevention Policy Council shall be 
chaired by the Deputy Administrator, 
LEAD ABATEMENT TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION 
Not later than twelve months after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator of EPA shall, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (acting 
through the Director of the National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health) promulgate final regulations governing lead-
based paint abatement activities to ensure that individuals engaged 
in such activities are properly trained; that training programs are 
accredited; that contractors engaged in such activities are certified; 
and that laboratories engaged in testing for substances that may 
contain lead-based paint are certified. 
Labor. 
Regulations. 
42 u s e 4822 
note. 
TRAINING GRANTS 
Grants for training and education of workers who are or may 
directly be engaged in lead-based paint abatement activities shall be 
administered by the Environmental Protection Agency. Such grants 
shall be awarded to nonprofit organizations engaged in lead-based 
paint abatement activities with demonstrated experience in im-
plementing and operating worker health and safety lead-based paint 
abatement training and education programs and with a dem-
onstrated ability to reach and involve in lead-based paint training 
programs target populations of workers who are or will be directly 
engaged in lead-based paint abatement activities. Grants shall be 
awarded only to those organizations which fund at least 30 percent 
of their lead-based paint abatement training programs from non-
Federal sources, excluding in-kind contributions. 
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note. 
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For purposes of the immediately preceding two paragraphs, lead-
"°*®- 
based paint abatement activities means activities engaged in by 
workers, supervisors, contractors, inspectors, and planners who are 
engaged in the removal, disposal, handling, inspection, and 
transportation of lead-based paint and materials containing lead-
based paint from public and private dwellings, public and commer-
cial buildings, bridges, and other structures or superstructures 
where lead-based paint presents or may present an unreasonable 
risk to health or the environment. 
The Administrator shall maintain a facility within the Environ-
mental Protection Agency to conduct biological testing of pesticides. 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF 
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 
For necessary expenses of the Council on Environmental Quality 
and the Office of Environmental Quality, in carrying out their 
functions under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(Public Law 91-190), the Environmental Quality Improvement Act 
of 1970 (Public Law 91-224), and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977, 
including not to exceed $875 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $2,560,000. 
NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL 
For necessary expenses of the National Space Council, including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $1,491,000, of which not to 
exceed $1,000 may be for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided, That the National Space Council shall reimburse 
other agencies for not less than one-half of the personnel compensa-
tion costs of individuals detailed to it. 
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and Technology 
Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the National Science and 
Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 
U.S.C. 6601 and 6671), hire of passenger motor vehicles, services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,500 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, and rental of conference rooms in 
the District of Columbia, $6,010,000: Provided, That the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy shall reimburse other agencies for 
not less than one-half of the personnel compensation costs of individ-
uals detailed to it. 
POINTS OF LIGHT FOUNDATION 
For necessary expenses for carrying out title III of the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610), relating 
to The Points of Light Foundation's promotion of social problem 
solving through voluntary community service, $5,000,000. 
PUBLIC LAW 102-139—OCT. 28, 1991 
105 STAT. 767 
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
DISASTER RELIEF 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
^ 
, 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the functions of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5121 et seq.), $185,000,000, of which not to exceed $541,000 may be 
transferred to the disaster assistance direct loan program account 
for subsidies for direct loans provided under section 319 of such Act, 
to remain available until expended. 
DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Funds provided to this account are available to subsidize gross 
obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
$6,000,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, including hire 
and purchase of motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343); uniforms, or allow-
ances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to 
exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for GS-18; expenses 
of attendance of cooperating officials and individuals at meetings 
concerned with the work of emergency preparedness; transportation 
in connection with the continuity of Government programs to the 
same extent and in the same manner as permitted the Secretary of a 
Military Department under 10 U.S.C. 2632; and not to exceed $2,500 
for official reception and representation expenses; $163,113,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $5,144,000. 
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out 
activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as 
amended, and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended 
(42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake 
Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), 
the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as amended (15 
U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as 
amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2251 et seq.), the Defense Production Act of 
1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), section 103 of the 
National Security Act (50 U.S.C. 404), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 
of 1978, $285,827,000, notwithstanding section 201 of Public Law 
100-707, including $1,155,000 to install new sirens in Kansas with a 
25 percent local match in towns under 5,000 and a 50 percent local 
match in towns over 5,000. 
. 
105 STAT. 768 
PUBLIC LAW 102-139—OCT. 28, 1991 
EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAM 
' 
There is hereby appropriated $134,000,000 to the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency to carry out an emergency food and 
shelter program pursuant to title III of Public Law 100-77, as 
amended: Provided, That total administrative costs shall not exceed 
3 and one-half per centum of the total appropriation. 
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND 
(TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Of the funds available from the National Flood Insurance Fund 
for activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, and 
the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, $12,874,000 shall, upon 
enactment of this Act, be transferred to the "Salaries and expenses" 
appropriation for administrative costs of the insurance and flood 
plain management programs and $45,023,000 shall, upon enactment 
of this Act, be transferred to the "Emergency management planning 
and assistance" appropriation for flood plain management activities, 
including $4,720,000 for expenses under section 1362 of the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4103, 4127), 
which amount shall be available until September 30, 1993. In fiscal 
year 1992, no funds in excess of (1) $32,000,000 for operating ex-
penses, (2) $208,276,000 for agents' commissions and taxes, and (3) 
$3,500,000 for interest on Treasury borrowings shall be available 
from the National Flood Insurance Fund without prior notice to the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
NATIONAL INSURANCE DEVELOPMENT FUND 
Notwithstanding section 5200^) of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1735d03)), effective October 1, 1991, any indebtedness of the 
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency resulting 
from the Director or the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment borrowing sums under such section before the date of the 
enactment of this Act to carry out title XII of the National Housing 
Act shall be canceled, the Director shall not be obligated to repay 
such sums or any interest thereon, and no further interest shall 
accrue on such sums. 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
CONSUMER INFORMATION CENTER 
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Information Center, 
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $1,944,000, to be 
deposited into the Consumer Information Center Fund: Provided, 
That the appropriations, revenues and collections deposited into the 
fund shall be available for necessary expenses of Consumer Informa-
tion Center activities in the aggregate amount of $5,500,000. 
Administrative expenses of the Consumer Information Center in 
fiscal year 1992 shall not exceed $2,285,000. Appropriations, reve-
nues, and collections accruing to this fund during fiscal year 1992 in 
excess of $5,500,000 shall remain in the fund and shall not be 
available for expenditure except as authorized in appropriations 
Acts. 
PUBLIC LAW 102-139—OCT. 28, 1991 
105 STAT. 769 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
OFFICE OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Consumer Affairs, includ-
ing services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $2,103,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, that Office may accept 
and deposit to this account, during fiscal year 1992, gifts for the 
purpose of defraying its costs of printing, publishing, and distribut-
ing consumer information and educational materials; may expend 
up to $1,100,000 of those gifts for those purposes, in addition to 
amounts otherwise appropriated; and the balance shall remain 
available for expenditure for such purposes to the extent authorized 
in subsequent appropriations Acts. 
INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON THE HOMELESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Interagency Council on the Home-
less, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by title II of the 
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11311-
11319), as amended, $1,083,000, to remain available until September 
30, 1993: Provided, That the Council shall carry out its duties in the 
42 USC 11313 
10 standard Federal regions under section 203(a)(4) of such Act only 
"°^-
through detail, on a non-reimbursable basis, of employees of the 
departments and agencies represented on the Council pursuant to 
section 202(a) of such Act. 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, including 
research, development, operations, services, minor construction, 
maintenance, repair, rehabilitation and modification of real and 
personal property; purchase, hire, maintenance, and operation of 
other than administrative aircraft, necessary for the conduct and 
support of aeronautical and space research and development activi-
ties of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; 
$6,413,800,000, to remain available until September 30,1993. 
SPACE FLIGHT, CONTROL AND DATA COMMUNICATIONS 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in support of 
space flight, spacecraft control and communications activities of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, including oper-
ations, production, services, minor construction, maintenance, 
repair, rehabilitation, and modification of real and personal prop-
erty; tracking and data relay satellite services as authorized by law; 
purchase, hire, maintenance and operation of other than adminis-
trative aircraft; $5,157,075,000, to remain available until September 
30, 1993, of which $32,674,796 shall be used only for the purpose of 
payment, to the Federal Financing Bank, for the Tracking and Data 
Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) loan: Provided, That such payment 
shall constitute settlement of all amounts owed on said loan. 
105 STAT. 770 
PUBLIC LAW 102-139—OCT. 28, 1991 
CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, rehabilitation and modification of facili-
ties, minor construction of new facilities and additions to existing 
facilities, and for facility planning and design not otherwise pro-
vided, for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and 
for the acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized 
by law, $525,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1994: 
Provided, That, notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of 
funds appropriated under this heading by this appropriations Act, 
when any activity has been initiated by the incurrence of obligations 
therefor, the amount available for such activity shall remain avail-
able until expended, except that this provision shall not apply to the 
amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization for repair, 
rehabilitation and modification of facilities, minor construction of 
new facilities and additions to existing facilities, and facility plan-
ning and design: Provided further, That no amount appropriated 
pursuant to this or any other Act may be used for the lease or 
construction of a new contractor-funded facility for exclusive use in 
support of a contract or contracts with the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration under which the Administration would 
be required to substantially amortize through payment or re-
imbursement such contractor investment, unless an appropriations 
Act specifies the lease or contract pursuant to which such facilities 
are to be constructed or leased or such facility is otherwise identified 
in such Act: Provided further, That the Administrator may au-
thorize such facility lease or construction, if he determines, in 
consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, that deferral 
of such action until the enactment of the next appropriations Act 
would be inconsistent with the interest of the Nation in aeronautical 
and space activities: Provided further. That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, $6,000,000 shall be available to continue 
the construction, equipping, and integration of a Classroom of the 
Future on the campus of Wheeling Jesuit College; $3,400,000 shall 
be available for planning and design for facilities in support of the 
Consortium for International Earth Science Information Networks 
(CIESIN); $10,000,000 shall be available to West Virginia University 
for an independent software validation and verification facility; 
$10,000,000 for construction and equipping a new space dynamics 
lab at Utah State University; $13,500,000 shall be available for 
construction of integrated facilities to support the National Tech-
nology Transfer Center; and $20,000,000 shall be available for 
construction and outfitting of the Christopher Columbus Center of 
Marine Research and Exploration. 
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, 
including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 
U.S.C. 5901-5902); awards, lease, hire, maintenance and operation of 
administrative aircraft; purchase (not to exceed thirty-three for 
replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and mainte-
nance and repair of real and personal property, and not in excess of 
$200,000 per project for construction of new facilities and additions 
to existing facilities, repairs, and rehabilitation and modification of 
PUBLIC LAW 102-139—OCT. 28, 1991 
105 STAT. 771 
facilities; $2,242,300,000: 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 foregoing 
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. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $14,600,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
No amount appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration in this or any other Act with respect to any fiscal 
year may be used to fund grants, contracts or other agreements with 
an expected duration of more than one year, when a primary effect 
of the grant, contract, or agreement is to provide a guaranteed 
customer base for or establish an anchor tenancy in new commercial 
space hardware or services unless an appropriations Act specifies 
the new commercial space hardware or services to be developed or 
used, or the grant, contract, or agreement is otherwise identified in 
such Act. 
Income derived from the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration Endeavor Teacher Fellowship Trust Fund may be 
used to award fellowships to selected United States nationals who 
are undergraduate students pursuing a course of study leading to 
certified teaching degrees in elementary education or in secondary 
education in mathematics, science or technology disciplines. 
During fiscal year 1992, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, average employment in the headquarter's offices of the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall not exceed: (1) 51 
staff years for the Office of the Administrator; (2) 117 staff years for 
the Office of the Comptroller; (3) 56 staff years for the Office of 
Commercial Programs; (4) 191 staff years for the Office of Head-
quarters Operations; (5) 30 staff years for the Office of Equal Oppor-
tunity Programs; (6) 43 staff years for the Office of the General 
Counsel; (7) 132 staff years for the Office of Procurement; (8) 4 staff 
years for the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utiliza-
tion; (9) 33 staff years for the Office of Legislative Affairs; (10) 520 
staff years for the Office of Space Flight, including Level I and Level 
II Activities for the Space Station; (11) 210 staff years for the Office 
of Management; (12) 62 staff years for the Office of Space Oper-
ations; (13) 64 staff years for the Office of Public Affairs; (14) 183 
staff years for the Office of Safety and Mission Quality; (15) 172 staff 
years for the Office of Aeronautics, Exploration and Technology; (16) 
288 staff years for the Office of Space Science and Applications; and 
(17) 77 staff years for the Office of External Relations: Provided, 
That the Administrator may reorganize these offices and reallocate 
the staff years among these offices as long as the aggregate number 
of staff years at NASA Headquarters does not exceed 2,220 staff 
years: Provided further, That no funds may be used from amounts 
provided in this or any other Act for details of employees from any 
organization in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
42 use 2459d. 
Labor. 
105 STAT. 772 
PUBLIC LAW 102-139—OCT. 28, 1991 
to any organization included under the budget activity "Research 
and Program Management", except those details which involve 
developmental or critical staffing assignments: Provided 
further. 
That, of the amount provided for "Research and Program Manage-
ment", up to $675,722,000 may be transferred to "Research and 
Development" and "Space Flight, Control and Data Communica-
tions", and of this amount such sums as may be necessary are 
provided for the lease, hire, maintenance and operation of mission 
management aircraft: Provided further. That the funds made avail-
able in the preceding proviso may only be used for the purpose of 
operations of facilities: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
provision of this or any other Act, not to exceed an additional 
$100,000,000 may be transferred or otherwise made available, using 
existing or future authority, to the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration in fiscal year 1992 from any funds appropriated to 
the Department of Defense and such funds may only be provided to 
the "Space flight, control and data communications appropriation: 
Provided further, That the limitation in the immediately preceding 
proviso shall not apply to funds transferred or otherwise made 
available under existing reimbursement arrangements. 
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON FINANCIAL INSTITUTION REFORM, 
RECOVERY, AND ENFORCEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
To carry out the provisions of subtitle F, title XXV, of the Crime 
Control Act of 1990, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON AMERICAN INDIAN, ALASKA NATIVE, AND 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Commission on American 
Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Housing, in carrying 
out their functions under title VI of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-235, 103 
Stat. 1987, 2052), $500,000, to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 
CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY 
During fiscal year 1992, gross obligations of the Central Liquidity 
Facility for the principal amount of new direct loans to member 
credit unions as authorized by the National Credit Union Central 
Liquidity Facility Act (12 U.S.C 1795) shall not exceed $600,000,000: 
Provided, That administrative expenses of the Central Liquidity 
Facility in fiscal year 1992 shall not exceed $964,000. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
^ 
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the purposes of the Na-
tional Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
1861-1875), and the Act to establish a National Medal of Science (42 
PUBLIC LAW 102-139—OCT. 28, 1991 
105 STAT. 773 
U.S.C. 1880-1881); services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; mainte-
nance and operation of aircraft and purchase of flight services for 
research support; acquisition of aircraft; $1,879,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 1993: Provided, That receipts for 
scientific support services and materials furnished by the National 
Research Centers and other National Science Foundation supported 
research facilities may be credited to this appropriation: Provided 
further, That to the extent that the amount appropriated is less 
than the total amount authorized to be appropriated for included 
program activities, all amounts, including floors and ceilings, speci-
fied in the authorizing Act for those program activities or their 
subactivities shall be reduced proportionally. 
ACADEMIC RESEARCH FACILITIES AND INSTRUMENTATION 
For necessary expenses in carrying out an academic research 
facilities and instrumentation program pursuant to the purposes of 
^ 
the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
1861-1875), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, $33,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30,1993. 
UNITED STATES ANTARCTIC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the research and oper-
ational support for the United States Antarctic Program pursuant 
to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 1861-1875); maintenance and operation of aircraft and pur-
chase of flight services for research and operations support; 
improvement of environmental practices and enhancements of 
safety; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and 
operation of research ships and charter or lease of ships for research 
and operations support; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to 
exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses; 
$78,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
receipts for support services and materials provided for non-Federal 
activities may be credited to this appropriation: Provided 
further. 
That no funds in this account shall be used for the purchase of 
aircraft other than ones transferred from other Federal agencies. 
UNITED STATES ANTARCTIC LOGISTICAL SUPPORT ACTIVITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses in reimbursing Federal agencies for 
logistical and other related activities for the United States Antarctic 
Program pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, 
as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875); maintenance, and operation of 
aircraft and purchase of flight services for research and operations 
support; improvement of environmental practices and enhance-
ments of safety; maintenance and operation of research ships and 
charter or lease of ships for research and operations support; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $10,000,00(), to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That receipts for support serv-
ices and materials provided for non-Federal activities may be cred-
ited to this appropriation: Provided further, That up to $9,000,000 
may be transferred to and merged with funds made available under 
"United States Antarctic Research Activities": Provided 
further. 
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105 STAT. 774 
PUBLIC LAW 102-139—OCT. 28, 1991 
That notwithstanding section 104 of the National Science Founda-
tion Authorization Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-570), no funds 
appropriated to the National Science Foundation under this Act 
may be transferred among appropriations accounts. 
EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out science and engineering 
education and human resources programs and activities pursuant to 
the purposes of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875), including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109 and rental of conference rooms in the District of Colum-
bia, $465,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1993: 
Provided, That to the extent that the amount of this appropriation 
is less than the total amount authorized to be appropriated for 
included program activities, all amounts, including floors and ceil-
ings, specified in the authorizing Act for those program activities or 
their subactivities shall be reduced proportionally. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary salaries and expenses in carrying out the purposes 
of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 1861-1875), and the Act to establish a National Medal of 
Science (42 U.S.C. 1880-1881); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $6,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia; reimbursement of the 
General Services Administration for security guard services; 
$109,000,000: Provided, That contracts may be entered into under 
salaries and expenses in fiscal year 1992 for maintenance and 
operation of facilities, and for other services, to be provided during 
the next fiscal year: Provided further. That section 14(a)(3) of the 
National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
1873(a)(3)), is amended by striking the words "and when less than". 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $3,500,000. 
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for 
use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized by the 
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101-8107), 
$31,900,000: Provided, That of the new budget authority provided 
herein, $5,000,000 shall be for the purpose of providing local 
neighborhood revitalization organizations revolving homeownership 
lending capital, and equity capital for affordable lower-income 
rental and mutual housing association projects, to remain available 
until September 30, 1994: Provided further. That the $5,000,000 shall 
be available for obligation to Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora-
PUBLIC LAW 102-139—OCT. 28, 1991 
105 STAT. 775 
tion in quarterly payments of $625,000 beginning with September 1 
of fiscal year 1992. 
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Selective Service System, including 
expenses of attendance at meetings and of training for uniformed 
personnel assigned to the Selective Service System, as authorized by 
law (5 U.S.C. 4101-4118) for civilian employees; and not to exceed 
$1,000 
for 
official 
reception 
and 
representation 
expenses; 
$27,480,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal year, the Presi-
dent may exempt this appropriation from the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 
1341, whenever he deems such action to be necessary in the interest 
of national defense: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be expended for or in connection with the 
induction of any person into the Armed Forces of the United States: 
Provided further. That notwithstanding the provisions of 50 U.S.C. 
App. 460(g), none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
obligated in connection with the preparation of more than one 
report each year to the Congress covering the operation of the 
Selective Service System. 
TITLE IV 
CORPORATIONS 
Corporations and agencies of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development which are subject to the Government Corpora-
tion Control Act, as amended, 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 Act as may 
be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for 
1992 for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter provided: 
Provided, That collections of these corporations and agencies may be 
used for new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the 
extent expressly provided for in this Act (unless such loans are in 
support of other forms of assistance provided for in this or prior 
appropriations Acts), except that this proviso shall not apply to the 
mortgage insurance or guaranty operations of these corporations, or 
where loans or mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the 
financial interest of the United States Government. 
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 
FSLIC RESOLUTION FUND 
For payment of expenditures, in fiscal year 1992, of the FSLIC 
Resolution Fund, for which other funds available to the FSLIC 
Resolution Fund as authorized by Public Law 101-73 are insuffi-
cient, $15,867,000,000. 
105 STAT. 776 
PUBLIC LAW 102-139—OCT. 28, 1991 
RESOLUTION TRUST CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $30,328,000. 
The Office of Inspector General of the Resolution Trust Corpora-
tion shall review by September 30, 1993, each of the agreements 
described in section 21(A)(b)(ll)(B) of the Federal Home Loan Bank 
Act and determine whether there is any legal basis sufficient for a 
rescission of the agreement, including but not limited to, fraud, 
misrepresentation, failure to disclose a material fact, failure to 
perform under the terms of the agreement, improprieties in the 
bidding process, failure to comply with any law, rule or regulation 
regarding the validity of the agreement, or any other legal basis 
sufficient for rescission of the agreement. After such review has 
been completed, and based upon the information available to the 
Inspector General, the Inspector General shall certify its findings to 
the Resolution Trust Corporation and to the Congress: Provided, 
That any agreement which has been renegotiated and certified 
pursuant to section 518(b) of this Act may be excluded from further 
review under this provision based upon a review by the Inspector 
General of the appropriate evidence, and a determination that the 
Government has achieved significant and substantial savings as a 
Reports. 
result of the renegotiation: Provided further, That the Inspector 
General report the basis for the exclusion in writing to Congress 
prior to any exclusion of further review under this provision. 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SECTION 501. Where appropriations in titles I, II, and III of this 
Act are expendable for travel expenses 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 esti-
mates 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 Department of Veterans Affairs; to 
travel performed in connection with major disasters or emergencies 
declared or determined by the President under the provisions of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; to 
site-related travel performed in connection with the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, 
as amended; to site-related travel under the Solid Waste Disposal 
Act, as amended; to travel performed by the Offices of Inspector 
General in connection with audits and investigations; or to pay-
ments to interagency motor pools where separately set forth in the 
budget schedules: Provided further, That if appropriations in titles I, 
II, and III exceed the amounts set forth in budget estimates initially 
submitted for such appropriations, the expenditures for travel may 
correspondingly exceed the amounts therefor set forth in the esti-
mates in the same proportion. 
SEC. 502. Appropriations and funds available for the administra-
tive expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment and the Selective Service System shall be available in the 
PUBLIC LAW 102-139—OCT. 28, 1991 
105 STAT. 777 
current fiscal year for purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, 
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. 
SEC. 503. Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment subject to the Government Corporation Control Act or 
section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, without 
regard to the limitations on administrative expenses, for legal serv-
ices on a contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment 
for services and facilities of Federal National Mortgage Association, 
Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan 
Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Resolution Trust 
Corporation, Federal Reserve banks or any member thereof. Federal 
Home Loan banks, and any insured bank within the meaning of the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 
1811-1831). 
SEC. 504. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 505. No funds appropriated by this Act may be expended— 
(1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or employee of the 
United States unless— 
(A) such certification is accompanied by, or is part of, a 
voucher or abstract which describes the payee or payees 
and the items or services for which such expenditure is 
being made, or 
(B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to such certifi-
cation, and without such a voucher or abstract, is specifi-
cally authorized by law; and 
(2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit by the General 
Accounting Office or is specifically exempt by law from such 
audit. 
SEC. 506. None of the funds provided in this Act to any depart-
ment or agency may be expended for the transportation of any 
officer or employee of such department or agency between his 
domicile and his place of employment, with the exception of any 
officer or employee authorized such transportation under title 31, 
United States Code, section 1344. 
SEC. 507. None of the funds provided 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 not 
specifically solicited by the Government: Provided, That the extent 
of cost sharing by the recipient shall reflect the mutuality of in-
terest of the grantee or contractor and the Government in the 
research. 
SEC. 508. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used, 
directly or through grants, to pay or to provide reimbursement for 
payment of the salary of a consultant (whether retained by the 
Federal Government or a grantee) at more than the daily equivalent 
of the maximum rate paid for GS-18, unless specifically authorized 
bylaw. 
SEC. 509. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act for 
personnel compensation and benefits shall be available for other 
object classifications set forth in the budget estimates submitted for 
the appropriations: Provided, That this section shall not apply to 
any part of the appropriations contained in this Act for Offices of 
Inspector General personnel compensation and benefits. 
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Contracts. 
Public 
information. 
Contracts. 
Reports. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties interven-
ing in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings. Nothing herein af-
fects the authority of the Consumer Product Safety Commission 
pursuant to section 7 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 
2056 et seq.). 
SEC. 511. Except as otherwise provided under existing law or 
under an existing Executive order issued pursuant to an existing 
law, the obligation or expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for contracts for any consulting service shall be limited to 
contracts which are (1) a matter of public record and available for 
public inspection, and (2) thereafter included in a publicly available 
list of all contracts entered into within twenty-four months prior to 
the date on which the list is made available to the public and of all 
contracts on which performance has not been completed by such 
date. The list required by the preceding sentence shall be updated 
quarterly and shall include a narrative description of the work to be 
performed under each such contract. 
SEC. 512. Except as otherwise provided by law, no part of any 
appropriation contained in this Act shall be obligated or expended 
by any executive Eigency, as referred to in the Office of Federal 
Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) for a contract for 
services unless such executive agency (1) has awarded and entered 
into such contract in full compliance with such Act and the regula-
tions promulgated thereunder, and (2) requires any report prepared 
pursuant to such contract, including plans, evaluations, studies, 
analyses and manuals, and any report prepared by the agency which 
is substantially derived from or substantially includes any report 
prepared pursuant to such contract, to contain information concern-
ing (A) the contract pursuant to which the report was prepared, and 
(B) the contractor who prepared the report pursuant to such con-
tract. 
SEC. 513. Except as otherwise provided in section 506, none of the 
funds provided in this Act to any department or agency shall be 
obligated or expended to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other 
personal servants to any officer or employee of such department or 
agency. 
SEC. 514. None of the funds provided in this Act to any depart-
ment or agency shall be obligated or expended to procure passenger 
automobiles as defined in 15 U.S.C. 2001 with an EPA estimated 
miles per gallon aversige of less than 22 miles per gallon. 
SEC. 515. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1992 pay 
raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the 
levels appropriated in this Act. 
SEC. 516. None of the funds appropriated in title I of this Act shall 
be used to enter into any new lease of real property if the estimated 
annual rental is more than $300,000, unless the Secretary submits, 
in writing, a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Congress and a period of 30 days has expired following the date on 
which the report is received by the Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 517. (a) The Resolution Trust Corporation ("Corporation") 
shall report to the Congress at least once a month on the status of 
the review required by section 21A(b)(ll)(B) of the Federal Home 
Loan Bank Act and the actions taken with respect to the agree-
ments described in such section. The report shall describe, for each 
such agreement, the review that has been conducted and the action 
that has been taken, if any, to rescind or to restructure, modify, or 
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105 STAT. 779 
renegotiate the agreement. In describing the action taken, the 
Corporation is not required to provide detailed information regard-
ing an ongoing investigation or negotiation. The Corporation shall 
exercise any and all legal rights to restructure, modify, renegotiate 
or rescind such agreement, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, where the savings would be realized. 
(b) To expend any appropriated funds for the purpose of 
restructuring, modifying, or renegotiating the agreements described 
in subsection (a), the Corporation shall certify to the Congress, for 
each such agreement, the following: 
(1) the Corporation has completed its review of the agreement, 
as required by section 21A0t))(ll)(B) of the Federal Home Loan 
Bank Act; 
(2)(A) at the time of certification, in the opinion of the Cor-
poration and based upon the information available to it, there is 
insufficient evidence or other indication of fraud, misrepresen-
tation, failure to disclose a material fact, failure to perform 
under the terms of the agreement, improprieties in the bidding 
process, failure to comply with any law, rule or regulation 
regarding the validity of the agreement, or any other legal basis 
sufficient for the rescission of the agreement; or 
(B) at the time of certification, the Corporation finds that 
there may be sufficient evidence to provide a legal basis for the 
rescission of the assistance agreement, but the Corporation 
determines that it may be in the best interest of the Govern-
ment to restructure, modify or renegotiate the assistance agree-
ment; and 
(3) the Corporation has or will promptly exercise any and all 
legal rights to modify, renegotiate, or restructure the agree-
ment where savings would be realized by such actions. 
SEC. 518. (a) Section 622A(c) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by striking "September 30, 1991" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "September 30,1992". 
(h) Section 8013(e) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
1990 (Public Law 101-508) is amended by striking out "September 
30,1991" and inserting in lieu thereof "September 30, 1992". 
(c) The amount provided in this Act for "Medical care" for the 
Department of Veterans Affairs is hereby increased by $90,000,000, 
to be available only for procurement of medical equipment. 
(d) Subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall not take effect if the amount 
provided in this Act for "Medical care" for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs is less than $13,462,000,000, plus reimbursements. 
SEC. 519. Notwithstanding any other provision of law— 
(a) prices for drugs and biologicals paid by the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and prices for drugs and biologicals on con-
tracts administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
shall not be used to calculate Medicaid rebates paid by drug and 
biological manufacturers; 
(b) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall attempt to nego-
tiate new contracts, or renegotiate current contracts, for drugs 
and biologicals, including those contracts for drugs and 
biologicals utilized or administered by the Department of Veter-
ans Affairs which are listed in Federal Supply Classification 
(FSC) Group 65 of the Federal Supply Schedule, with the view 
toward achieving a price comparable to, or lower than, the price 
charged the Department of Veterans Affairs by the manufac-
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note. 
Drugs and drug 
abuse. 
Science and 
technology. 
Contracts. 
Business and 
industry. 
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turer on September 1, 1990, increased by the fiscal year 1991 
medical consumer price index, as determined by the Secretary; 
Reports. 
(c) the Secretary shall provide a report by June 30, 1992, to 
the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees, the House 
and Senate Appropriations Committees, the House Energy and 
Commerce Committee, and the Senate Finance Committee, on 
the percentage of price increase to the Department from 
September 1, 1990, to a date 60 days prior to the date of the 
report, for each drug and biological listed in FSC Group 65; and 
Effective date. 
(d) the provisions of this section shall be effective until (1) 
enactment into law of legislation concerning the price of drugs 
and biologicals paid by the Department of Veterans Affairs, or 
(2) June 30,1992, whichever first occurs. 
SEC. 520. Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act or by 
any other Act may be used to move Federal Housing and Urban 
Development offices from downtown Jacksonville, Florida (as 
defined by the Downtown Development Authority of Jacksonville) or 
to finance the operation of such Federal Housing and Urban Devel-
opment offices in any area of Florida other than the downtown area 
of Jacksonville, Florida (as defined by the Downtown Development 
Authority of Jacksonville). 
SEC. 521. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE STUDY OF THE FEDERAL 
HOUSING ADMINISTRATION'S MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE FUND.— 
The General Accounting Office shall prepare and submit to Con-
gress no later than April 1, 1992, a study of the actuarial soundness 
of the Federal Housing Administration's single family mortgage 
insurance program and the solvency of the Mutual Mortgage Insur-
ance Fund. The study, using existing studies (including the study 
entitled "An Actuarial Review of the Federal Housing Administra-
tion's Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund") and employing the latest 
reliable data available, shall analyze the actuarial soundness of the 
Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund and the ability of the Mutual 
Mortgage Insurance Fund to meet the capital ratio targets estab-
lished in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 under 
various economic and policy scenarios. Factors considered in the 
analysis shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following: 
(1) The actuarial performance of all cohorts of loans insured 
by the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund, including all avail-
able post-1985 books of business. Specifically, the overall default 
rates and claims (loss) experience of these loans should be 
considered. 
(2) The effect of the Mortgagor Equity rule issued by the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, which limits 
the amount of closing costs that can be financed with a Federal 
Housing Administration mortgage to 57 percent of the total 
amount of allowable closing costs, on the actuarial status of the 
Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund, default rates of Federal 
Housing Administration borrowers, the relative impact on pur-
chasers of homes at various price levels, and the ability of 
potential Federal Housing Administration borrowers to pur-
chase homes. 
(3) The effect of underwriting changes made by the Federal 
Housing Administration since 1986. 
(4) The effect of the increase in the insurable maximum 
mortgage amount that was made permanent in the National 
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105 STAT. 781 
Affordable Housing Act and the effect of further increasing the 
maximum mortgage amount. 
(5) The impact of a policy to allow "streamlined refinancings" 
whereby the borrower would not be required to pay an annual 
premium. 
(6) The Federal Housing Administration's accounting method 
for deferring and amortizing the Mutual Mortgage Insurance 
Fund single-family one-time premium revenue. 
(7) The valuation of delinquent loans for loan loss reserve 
accounting purposes. 
(8) The impact of various assumptions regarding the rate of 
real home price appreciation and mortgage interest rates. 
(9) The effect of various economic conditions, including favor-
able, moderate, and adverse conditions, on the ability of the 
Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund to build adequate capital 
levels. 
SEC. 522. ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL OFFICE.—The President 
may establish within the Environmental Protection Agency an elev-
enth region, which will be comprised solely of the State of Alaska, 
and a regional office located therein. 
SEC. 523. EXTENSION OF PERIOD APPUCABLE TO SINGLE FAMILY 
HOUSING.—(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 21A(c)(2)(B) of the Federal 
Home Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 1441a(c)(2)(B)) is amended by strik-
ing "3-month" each place it appears and inserting "3-month and one 
week". 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) 
1^ ysc I44ia 
shall apply with respect to eligible single family properties acquired 
by the Resolution Trust Corporation on or after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
This Act may be cited as the "Departments of Veterans Affairs 
and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1992", 
Approved October 28, 1991. 
note. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2519: 
HOUSE REPORTS: Nos. 102-94 (Ck)mm. on Appropriations) and 102-226 (Comm. of 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 102-107 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 137 (1991): 
June 6, considered and passed House. 
July 17, 18, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 2, House agreed to conference report; receded and concurred in certain 
Senate amendments, in others with amendments. Senate agreed to confer-
ence report; concurred in certain House amendments, in another with an 
amendment. 
Oct. 3, House concurred in Senate amendment. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 27 (1991): 
Oct. 28, Presidential statement.