A joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1984.
PL 98-151 (H.J.Res.413), enacted 11/14/1983

97 STAT. 9()4 
PUBLIC LAW 98-L51—NOV. 14, 1988 
Nov. 14, 1983 
[H.J. Res. 413] 
Further 
continuing 
appropriations 
for fiscal year 
1984. 
Post, p. 1421. 
96 Stat. 1833. 
Post, p. 1421. 
Foreign Assist-
ance and Related 
Programs 
Appropriations 
Act, 1984. 
96 Stat. 1830. 
Ante, p. 301. 
Public Law 98-151 
98th Congress 
Joint Resolution 
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1984. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled. That the following sums 
are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other 
revenues, receipte, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, 
corporations, and other organizational units of the Government for 
the fiscal year 1984, and for other purposes, namely: 
SEC. 101. (a) Pending enactment of the Department of Defense 
Appropriation Act, 1984, such amounts as may be necessary for 
continuing activities, not otherwise specifically provided for else-
where in this joint resolution, which were conducted in fiscal year 
1983, for which provision was made in the Department of Defense 
Appropriation Act, 1983, but such activities shall be funded at not to 
exceed 
an 
annual 
rate 
for 
new 
obligational 
authority 
of 
$247,000,000,000, which is an increase above the current rate, and 
this level shall be distributed on a pro rata basis to each appropri-
ation account utilizing the fiscal year 1984 amended budget request 
as the base for such distribution and shall be available under the 
terms and conditions provided for in the applicable appropriation 
Acts for fiscal year 1983: Provided, That, unless approved by both 
the House and the Senate in H.R. 4185, no appropriation or funds 
made available or authority granted pursuant to this subsection 
shall be used to initiate multiyear procurements, utilizing advance 
procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement 
unless specifically appropriated later: Provided further. That none 
of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to this subsec-
tion shall be available for the conversion of any full-time positions 
in support of the Army Reserve, Air Reserve, Army National Guard, 
and Air National Guard by Active or Reserve Military Personnel, 
from civilian positions designated "military technicians ' to military 
positions: Provided further, That, unless approved by both the House 
and the Senate in H.R, 4185, no appropriation or funds made 
available or authority granted pursuant to this subsection shall be 
used to initiate or resume any project, activity, operation or organi-
zation which is defined as any project, subproject, activity, budget 
activity, program element, and subprogram within a program ele-
ment, and for investment items is further defined as a P-1 line item 
in a budget activity within an appropriation account and a R-1 line 
item which includes a program element and subprogram element 
within an appropriation account, for which appropriations, funds or 
other authority were not available during the fiscal year 1983. 
(bXD Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing the 
activities under the purview of the Foreign Assistance Appro-
priations Act as provided for in Public Law 97-377 and Public Law 
98-63, under the terms and conditions, and at the rate, provided for 
in those Acts or at the rate provided for in the budget estimates, 
PUBLIC LAW 98-151—NOV. 14, 1983 
97 STAT. 965 
whichever is lower, and under the more restrictive authority: 
Provided, That such terms and conditions shall be applied without 
regard to the earmarkings, ceilings or transfers of funds contained in 
such Acts, except that the provisions of title V of Public Law 97-121 
shall apply including the provisions of section 523 of such title: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding the provisions of this sub-
section making amounts available or otherwise providing for levels 
of program authority, the following amounts only shall be provided 
for the following accounts or under the following headings: 
$79,720,549 for payment to the "International Bank for Reconstruc-
tion and Development", to remain available until expended, and not 
to exceed $983,220,105 in callable capital subscriptions; $118,423,983 
for payment to the "Inter-American Development Bank", to remain 
available until expended, of which not more than $80,423,000 shall 
be available for the Fund for Special Operations, as authorized by 
sections 26, 29, and 30 of the Inter-American Development Bank 
Act, and not to exceed $806,464,582 in callable capital subscriptions; 
$945,000,000 for payment to the "International Development Associ-
ation", to remain available until expended; $13,232,676 for payment 
to the "Asian Development Bank', to remain available until ex-
pjended, and not to exceed $251,377,943 in callable capital subscrip-
tions; $100,000,000 for payment to the "Asian Development Fund', 
to remain available until expended; $17,986,678 for payment to the 
"African Development Bank", to remain available until expended, 
and not to exceed $53,960,036 in callable capital subscriptions; 
$50,000,000 for payment to the "African Development Fund", to 
remain available until expended; $314,164,000 for "International 
Organizations and Programs", including the provisions of section 
103(g) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, except that such funds 
shall be made available only in accordance with the Joint Explana-
tory Statement of the Committee of Conference accompanying the 
conference report on this joint resolution (H. J. Res. 413); 
$715,106,500 for "Agriculture, rural development, and nutrition, 
Development Assistance"; $240,000,000 for "Population, Develop-
ment 
Assistance"; 
$125,000,000 
for 
"Health, 
Development 
Assistance"; $116,477,000 for "Education and human resources de-
velopment, Development Assistance", of which $4,000,000 shall be 
available only for scholarships for South African students in accord-
ance with the last sentence of section 105(a) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961; $140,288,000 for "Energy and selected development 
activities. Development Assistance"; $10,000,000 for "Science and 
technology. Development Assistance": Provided further, That of the 
funds made available to carry out the provisions of sections 103 
through 106 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, not 
less than $10,000,000 shall be available for Botswana: Provided 
further, That funds made available as loans to carry out the provi-
sions of sections 103 through 106 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 1985; 
up to $20,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Subsection to 
carry out the provisions of chapter 1 of part I are available for the 
"Private Sector Revolving Fund", which shall be available for obli-
gation until September 30, 1985, except that amounts hereafter 
deobligated from the Private Sector Revolving Fund are hereby 
continued available for reobligation for the purposes of such fund; 
$30,000,000 
for 
"American 
schools 
and 
hospitals 
abroad"; 
$103,000,000 for "Sahel development program"; $36,537,000 for 
"Payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund"; 
95 Stat. 1654. 
95 Stat. 1657. 
22 u s e 283 w, 
283Z-1, 283z-2. 
22 u s e 2151a. 
22 u s e 2151c. 
22 u s e 2151a-
2151d. 
22 u s e 2151. 
97 STAT. 966 
PUBLIC LAW 98-151—NOV. 14, 1983 
22 u s e 2292. 
22 u s e 2346. 
Notification of 
congressional 
committees. 
22 u s e 2151a-
2151d. 
22 u s e 2420. 
96 Stat. 1830. 
22 u s e 2311. 
22 u s e 2763, 
2764. 
$25,000,000 for "International disaster assistance", to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $10,000,000 shall be used only for 
earthquake relief and reconstruction in southern Italy, which 
amount may be derived either from amounts appropriated to carry 
out the provisions of section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 or from up to $10,000,000 of amounts heretofore appropriated 
pursuant to chapter 4 of part II of such Act for Syria which are, if 
deobligated, hereby continued available for the purposes of section 
491 or for other programs for Italy consistent with sections 103 
through 106 of such Act, and up to $15,000,000 of such deobligated 
amounts are hereby continued available and may be used for grant 
economic assistance programs for Grenada, except that such funds 
for Grenada may not be made available for obligation unless the 
Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are previously 
notified 15 days in advance; $1,100,000 in foreign currencies for 
"Overseas training and special development activities (foreign cur-
rency program)"; $2,903,250,000 for the "Economic Support Fund", 
of which not less than $910,000,000 shall be available for Israel, not 
less than $750,000,000 shall be available for Egypt, not less than 
$15,000,000 shall be available for Cyprus, and, notwithstanding 
section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not less than 
$3,000,000 shall be available for programs and projects in El Salva-
dor to promote the creation of judicial investigative capabilities, 
protection for key participants in pending judicial cases, and mod-
ernization of penal and evidentiary codes; $46,200,000 for "Peace-
keeping operations"; $361,533,250 for "Operating expenses of the 
Agency for International Development", subject to the limitation on 
transfers of funds into this account and payment for Foreign Affairs 
Administrative Support contained in Public Law 97-377; $16,250,000 
for "Trade and Development"; $41,200,000 for "International narcot-
ics control"; $3,000,000 for the "African Development Foundation"; 
$13,000,000 for the "Inter-American Foundation"; not to exceed 
$10,000,000 for gross obligations for the amount of direct loans and 
not to exceed $100,000,000 of contingent liability for total commit-
ments to guarantee loans for the 
Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation"; $115,000,000 for the "Peace Corps"; $323,000,000 for 
"Migration and Refugee Assistance"; $2,500,000 for "Anti-Terrorism 
Assistance"; $510,000,000 for necessary expenses to carry out the 
provisions of section 503 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 
$51,532,000 for "International Military Education and Training"; 
$1,315,000,000 for necessary expenses to carry out sections 23 and 24 
of the Arms Export Control Act, of which not less than $850,000,000 
shall be available for Israel ($1,700,000,000 of the amount provided 
for the total aggregate credit sale ceiling during the fiscal year 1984 
shall be available only to Israel), and not less than $465,000,000 shall 
be available for Egypt; $4,401,250,000 of contingent liability for total 
commitments to guarantee loans under "Foreign Military Credit 
Sales": Provided further. That of the total aggregate credit ceiling 
made available to Israel, up to $300,000,000 shall be made available 
for research and development activities in the United States and 
$250,000,000 shall be made available for the procurement of defense 
articles and defense services in Israel for the Lavi program: Pro-
vided further. That not more than $64,800,000 of the total funds and 
authorities made available under this subsection for programs for 
military assistance shall be available for El Salvador; not to exceed 
$225,000,000 are authorized to be made available for the "Special 
Defense Acquisition Fund"; and not to exceed $3,865,000,000 of gross 
PUBLIC LAW 98-151—NOV. 14, 1983 
97 STAT. 967 
obligations 
for 
the 
principal 
amount 
of direct 
loans 
and 
$10,000,000,000 of total commitments to guarantee loans under 
"Export-Import Bank of the United States", and not to exceed 
$16,899,000 shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided 
further, That no funds in this subsection shall be available for 
Guatemala except for economic development projects through pri-
vate voluntary organizations: Provided further. That none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Agency for 
International Development shall be used to fund projects or pro-
grams where comparable American private enterprise funding is 
available: Provided further. That the Secretary of the Treasury and 
the Secretary of State are directed to submit to the Committees on 
Foreign Affairs and the Committees on Appropriations by February 1, 
1984, a report on the domestic economic policies of those nations 
receiving economic assistance, either directly or indirectly from the 
United States including, where appropriate, an analysis of the 
foreign assistance programs conducted by these recipient nations: 
Provided further. That appropriations made available and authority 
provided by this subsection shall remain available until September 30, 
1984, notwithstanding section 102 of this joint resolution. 
Not later than January 31 of each year, or at the time of the 
transmittal by the President to the Congress of the annual presenta-
tion materials on foreign assistance, whichever is earlier, the Presi-
dent shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
and the President of the Senate a full and complete report which 
assesses, with respect to each foreign country, the degree of support 
by the government of each such country during the preceding 
twelve-month period for the foreign policy of the United States. 
Such report shall include, with respect to each such country which 
is a member of the United Nations, information to be compiled and 
supplied by the Permanent Representative of the United States to 
the United Nations, consisting of a comparison of the overall voting 
practices in the principal bodies of the United Nations during the 
preceding twelve-month period of such country and the United 
States, with special note of the voting and speaking records of such 
country on issues of major importance to the United States in the 
Greneral Assembly and the Security Council, and shall also include a 
report on actions with regard to the United States in important 
related documents such as the Non-Aligned Communique. A full 
compilation of the information supplied by the Permanent Repre-
sentative of the United States to the United Nations for inclusion in 
such report shall be provided as an addendum to such report. None 
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to 
this subsection shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 
any assistance to a country which the President finds, based on the 
contents of the report required to be transmitted under this para-
graph, is engaged in a consistent pattern of opposition to the foreign 
policy of the United States. 
None of the funds heretofore appropriated or otherwise made 
available for Sjrria for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of 
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be 
expended after the date of enactment of this joint resolution. The 
Administrator of the Agency for International Development is di-
rected to terminate the economic assistance program to Syria and to 
deobligate all funds heretofore obligated for assistance to Syria, 
except that such funds may continue to be available to finance the 
training or studies outside of Syria of students whose course of study 
Report to 
congressional 
committees. 
Report to 
Congress. 
22 u s e 2414a. 
22 u s e 2346a. 
22 u s e 2346. 
Termination 
directive. 
97 STAT. 968 
PUBLIC LAW 98-151—NOV. 14, 1983 
31 u s e 1108, 
1501, 1502. 
22 u s e 2346. 
31 u s e 1108, 
1501, 1502. 
22 u s e 2151 
note. 
Notification of 
congressional 
committees. 
Short title. 
Ante, p. 964. 
International 
Security and 
Development 
Assistance 
Authorizations 
Act of 1983. 
22 u s e 2151 
note. 
22 u s e 2763. 
22 u s e 2764. 
or training program began before enactment of this joint resolution. 
The Administrator of the Agency for International Development is 
authorized to adopt as a contract of the United States Government, 
and assume any liabilities arising thereunder (in whole or in part), 
any contract with a United States contractor which had been funded 
by the Agency for International Development prior to the date of 
enactment of this joint resolution. Amounts certified pursuant to 
section 1311 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1955, as 
having been obligated against appropriations heretofore made pur-
suant to chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(and predecessor legislation) for Syria are hereby continued avail-
able until expended to meet necessary expenses arising from the 
termination under this subsection of assistance programs for Syria 
authorized by such chapter: Provided, That this shall not be con-
strued as permitting payments or reimbursements of any kind to 
the Government of Syria. 
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
under this subsection may be available for any country during any 
three-month period beginning on or after October 1, 1983, immedi-
ately following a certification by the President to the Congress that 
the government of such country is failing to take adequate measures 
to prevent narcotic drugs or other controlled substances (as listed in 
the schedules in section 202 of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse and 
Prevention Control Act of 1971 (21 U.S.C. 812)) which are cultivated, 
produced, or processed illicitly, in whole or in part, in such country, 
or transported through such country from being sold illegally within 
the jurisdiction of such country to United States Government per-
sonnel or their dependents or from entering the United States 
unlawfully. 
Amounts certified pursuant to section 1311 of the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1955, as having been obligated against appropri-
ations heretofore made under the authority of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, as amended, for the same general purpose as any 
of the subparagraphs under "Agency for International Develop-
ment" in prior appropriations Acts, are, if deobligated, hereby 
continued available for development project assistance for the same 
period as the respective appropriations in such subparagraphs for 
the same general purpose and for the same country as originally 
obligated or for relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction activities in 
the Andean region: Provided, That the Appropriations Committees 
of both Houses of the Congress are notified fifteen days in advance 
of the deobligation or reobligation of such funds. 
Section 101(bXl) of this joint resolution may be cited as the 
"Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
1984". 
(2) Section 101(bX2) of this joint resolution may be cited as the 
"International Security and Development Assistance Authorizations 
Act of 1983". 
AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
President 
$1,315,000,000 for the fiscal year 1984 to carry out section 23 of the 
Arms Export Control Act. The total principal amount of loans 
guaranteed under section 24(a) of the Arms Export Control Act shall 
not exceed $4,446,500,000 for the fiscal year 1984. 
PUBLIC LAW 98-151—NOV. 14, 1983 
97 STAT. 969 
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2151c. 
2151d. 
2151s. 
2174. 
2221. 
2291. 
2292. 
2346. 
2311. 
2347. 
2348. 
2421. 
2427. 
There are authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1984 
the following amounts to carry out the following provisions of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: 
(1) $725,213,000 to carry out section 103. 
22 USC 2l5la. 
(2) $244,600,000 to carry out section 104(b). 
22 use 2i5lb. 
(3) $133,400,000 to carry out section 104(c). 
(A) $121,477,000 to carry out section 105. 
(5) $160,000,000 to carry out section 106. 
(6) $103,000,000 to carry out section 121. 
(7) $30,000,000 to carry out section 214. 
(8) $266,214,000 to carry out chapter 3 of part I. 
(9) $47,000,000 to carry out section 481. 
(10) $25,000,000 to carry out section 491. 
(11) $3,074,000,000 to carry out chapter 4 of part II. 
(12) $639,700,000 to carry out section 503. 
(13) $56,452,000 to carry out chapter 5 of part II. 
(14) $46,200,000 to carry out chapter 6 of part II. 
(15) $22,000,000 to carry out section 661. 
(16) $370,000,000 to carry out section 667. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the President to carry 
out the African Development Foundation Act $3,000,000 for the 
fiscal year 1984. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Peace 
Corps Act $116,000,000 for the fiscal year 1984. 
Section 10 of Public Law 91-672 and section 15(a) of the State 
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 shall not apply with 
respect to funds appropriated for "Migration and Refugee Assist-
ance" or for the Inter-American Foundation by the joint resolution 
of October 1, 1983 (Public Law 98-107), as amended by this joint 
resolution. 
ASSISTANCE FOR ISRAEL AND EGYPT 
Section 31(b)(3) of the Arms Export Control Act is amended to 
read as follows: 
"(3) Of the aggregate total of credits (or participations in credits; 
extended under section 23 of this Act and of the total principal 
amount of loans guaranteed under section 24(a) of this Act, not less 
than $1,700,000,000 for the fiscal year 1984 shall be available only 
for Israel, of which not less than $850,000,000 shall be credits under 
section 23. Of the total aggregate credit ceiling made available to 
Israel, up to $300,000,000 shall be made available for research and 
development activities in the United States and $250,000,000 shall 
be made available for the procurement of defense articles and 
defense services in Israel for the Lavi program.". 
Section 3Kc) of such Act is amended— 
22 use 2771. 
(a) in the first sentence by striking out "for the fiscal year 
1982 and for the fiscal year 1983" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"for the fiscal year 1984"; and 
(b) in the last sentence— 
(1) by striking out "$550,000,000" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "$850,000,000 for the fiscal year 1984"; and 
(2) by striking out "for each such year". 
Section 31(b)(6) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(6) Of the total amounts of credits (or participations in credits; 
extended under section 23 of this Act, not less than $465,000,000 for 
the fiscal year 1984 shall be available only for Egypt, and Egypt 
shall be released from its contractual liability to repay the United 
22 u s e 290h 
note. 
22 u s e 2501 
note. 
22 u s e 2412. 
22 u s e 2680. 
Ante, p. 733. 
22 u s e 2771. 
22 u s e 2763. 
22 u s e 2764. 
97 STAT. 970 
PUBLIC LAW 98-151—NOV. 14, 1983 
States Government with respect to such credits (and participations 
in credits). Of the total principal amount of loans guaranteed under 
22 use 2764. 
section 24(a) of this Act, not less than $900,000,000 for the fiscal year 
1984 shall be available only for Egypt.". 
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Section 31(bX5) of such Act is amended by striking out "for the 
fiscal year 1982 and for the fiscal year 1983" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "for the fiscal year 1984". 
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Section 532 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended to 
read as follows: 
"SEC. 532. EARMARKING FOR ISRAEL AND EGYPT.—Of the funds 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this chapter for the fiscal 
year 1984, not less than $910,000,000 shall be available only for 
Israel and not less than $750,000,000 shall be available only for 
Egypt.". 
22 u s e 2311, 
2347. 
22 u s e 2751 
note. 
Presidential 
determination 
and certification 
to eongress. 
CONDITIONS ON MILITARY ASSISTANCE FOR EL SALVADOR 
Not more than 70 percent of the amount made available for the 
fiscal year 1984 for military assistance for El Salvador under chap-
ters 2 and 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and 
under the Arms Export Control Act may be expended until— 
(1) Salvadoran authorities have substantially concluded all 
investigative actions in the case of the National Guardsmen 
charged with murder in the deaths of the four United States 
churchwomen in December 1980 that were set forth in commu-
nications from the Department of State (including the letters 
dated July 8 and September 23, 1983); and 
(2) Salvadoran authorities have brought the accused to trial 
and have obtained a verdict. 
Not more than 90 percent of the amount made available for the 
fiscal year 1984 for military assistance for El Salvador under chap-
ters 2 and 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and 
under the Arms Export Control Act may be expended until the 
President has determined and certified to the Congress that— 
(1) the Government of El Salvador has not taken any action 
which would alter, suspend, or terminate the land reform pro-
gram for phase I or phase III promulgated under Decree 154 
(dated March 5, 1980) or Decree 207 (dated April 28, 1980) in a 
manner detrimental to the rights of the beneficiaries or the 
potential beneficiaries under those decrees; and 
(2) the Government of El Salvador continues to make docu-
mented progress on implementing the land reform program. 
22 u s e 2151. 
22 u s e 2151 
note. 
MINORITY SET-ASIDE 
Except to the extent that the Administrator of the Agency for 
International Development determines otherwise, not less than 10 
percent of the aggregate of the funds made available for the fiscal 
year 1984 to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 shall be made available only for activities of economi-
cally and socially disadvantaged enterprises (within the meaning of 
section 133(cX5) of the International Development and Food Assist-
ance Act of 1977), historically Black colleges and universities, and 
private and voluntary organizations which are controlled by individ-
uals who are Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, or Native 
Americans, or who are economically and socially disadvantaged 
(within the meaning of section 133(cX5) (B) and (C) of the Interna-
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97 STAT. 97; 
tional Development and Food Assistance Act of 1977). For purposes 
of this section, economically and socially disadvantaged individuals 
shall be deemed to include women. 
MINORITY RESOURCE CENTER 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 
1984 to carry out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used to 
eliminate the Minority Resource Center as a separate and distinct 
entity within the Agency for International Development, including 
implementation of a consolidation of the Minority Resource Center 
with the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization 
under section 133(cX8) of the International Development and Food 
Assistance Act of 1977, 
PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HAITIAN PEOPLE AND 
PROVIDING FOR ORDERLY EMIGRATION FROM HAITI 
It is the sense of the Congress that for the fiscal year 1984 up to 
$24,000,000 of the funds available to carry out chapter 1 of part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and up to $10,000,000 of the 
funds available to carry out chapter 4 of part II of such Act, should 
be made available for development assistance for Haiti, subject to 
the limitation contained in the third paragraph of this heading 
To the maximum extent practicable, assistance for Haiti under 
chapter 1 of part I and under chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 should be provided through private and 
voluntary organizations. 
Funds available for fiscal year 1984 to carry out chapter 1 of part 1 
or chapter 2, 4, or 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
may be obligated for Haiti, and credits may be extended and guaran-
tees may be issued under the Arms Export Control Act for Haiti, 
only if the President determines that the Government of Haiti— 
(1) is continuing to cooperate with the United States in halt-
ing illegal emigration to the United States from Haiti; 
(2) is cooperating fully in implementing United States devel-
opment, food, and other economic assistance programs in Haiti 
(including programs for prior fiscal years); and 
(3) is making a concerted and significant effort to improve the 
human rights situation in Haiti by implementing the political 
reforms which are essential to the development of democracy in 
Haiti, including the establishment of political parties, free elec-
tions, and freedom of the press. 
Six months after the date of enactment of this section, the 
President shall report to the Congress on the extent to which the 
actions of the Government of Haiti are consistent with each num-
bered provision contained in the third paragraph of this heading. 
Notwithstanding the limitations of section 660 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, funds made available under such Act for the 
fiscal year 1984 may be used for programs with Haiti, which shall be 
consistent with prevailing United States refugee policies, to assist in 
halting significant illegal emigration from Haiti to the United 
States. 
22 u s e 2151 
note. 
22 u s e 2151 
note. 
22 u s e 2151. 
22 u s e 2346. 
Presidential 
determination. 
22 u s e 2151, 
2311, 2346, 234'? 
22 u s e 2751 
note. 
Report to 
eongress. 
22 u s e 2420. 
97 STAT. 972 
PUBLIC LAW 98-151—NOV. 14, 1983 
Enactment. 
22 u s e 2151f. 
PRIVATE SECTOR REVOLVING FUND 
The amendment contained in section 407 of H.R. 2992, as reported 
by the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives on May 17,1983, is hereby enacted. 
Enactment. 
22 u s e 2304, 
2349aa— 
2349aa-6, 2349aa 
note, 2403. 
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2349aa-4. 
42 u s e 300k-l. 
42 u s e 289Z-1. 
42 u s e 289C-4. 
42 u s e 241. 
66 Stat. 274. 
94 Stat. 110. 
8 u s e 1521, 
1522 note. 
8 u s e 1522 note. 
42 u s e 5101 
note. 
42 u s e 4951 
note. 
ANTITERRORISM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
The amendments contained in title II of H.R. 2992, as reported by 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
on May 17, 1983, are hereby enacted, except that, for purposes of 
such enactment, section 575 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
shall read as follows: 
"SEC. 575. APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to the President to carry out this chapter $5,000,000 for the 
fiscal year 1984. Amounts appropriated under this section are au-
thorized to remain available until expended.". 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, 
except section 102, such amounts as may be necessary for continuing 
the following activities, not otherwise provided for in this joint 
resolution, which were conducted in the fiscal year 1983, under the 
terms and conditions provided in applicable appropriation Acts for 
the fiscal year 1983, at the current rate: 
Health planning activities authorized by title XV of the 
Public Health Service Act; 
National Research Service Awards authorized by section 
472(d) of the Public Health Service Act; 
National Arthritis Advisory Board, National Diabetes Ad-
visory Board, and National Digestive Diseases Advisory Board 
authorized by section 437 of the Public Health Service Act; 
Medical Library Assistance programs authorized by title III of 
the Public Health Service Act; 
Refugee and entrant assistance activities under the provisions 
of title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, title IV and 
part B of title III of the Refugee Act of 1980, and sections 501 (a) 
and (b) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980: Pro-
vided, That such funds may be expended for individuals who 
would meet the definition of "Cuban and Haitian entrant" 
under section 501(e) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 
1980 but for the application of paragraph (2XB) thereof: Pro-
vided further. That none of the funds made available under this 
joint resolution may be used to implement any administratively 
proposed block grant, per capita grant, or similar consolidation 
of the Refugee Resettlement Program, or to distribute any funds 
under any such administrative proposal; 
Child abuse prevention and treatment and adoption opportu-
nities activities authorized by the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act; 
Activities under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, 
as amended; and 
Activities of the Department of Defense, Army National 
Guard and Army Reserve Operation and Maintenance and 
National Guard and Reserve Equipment Procurement. 
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, 
except section 102, such sums as may be necessary for programs, 
projects, or activities provided for in the Agriculture, Rural Develop-
ment and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1984 (H.R. 3223), to 
PUBLIC LAW 98-151—NOV. 14, 1983 
97 STAT. 973 
the extent and in the manner provided for in the conference report 
and joint explanatory statement of the Committee of Conference 
(House Report Number 98-450), filed in the House of Representa-
tives on October 27, 1983, as if such Act had been enacted into law. 
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution 
except section 102, such amounts as may be necessary for programs, 
projects, or activities not otherwise specifically provided for in this 
joint resolution for which appropriations, funds, or other authority 
would be available in the Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judici-
ary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1984 (H.R. 3222), at a Post, p. 1071. 
rate for operations and to the extent and in the manner that was 
provided for in Public Law 98-107: Provided, That none of the funds 
Ante, p. 733. 
made available in this joint resolution for the Department of Justice 
and the Federal Trade Commission may be used for any activity, the 
purpose of which is to overturn or alter the per se prohibition on 
resale price maintenance in effect under Federal antitrust laws: 
Provided further. That nothing in this provision shall prohibit any 
employee of the Department of Justice or the Federal Trade Com-
mission from presenting testimony on this matter before appropri-
ate committees of the House and Senate. 
(f) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing the activi-
ties, not otherwise specifically provided for in this joint resolution, 
which were provided for in H.R. 4139, the Treasury, Postal Service 
and General Government Appropriations Act, 1984, as passed by the 
House of Representatives on October 27, 1983, to the extent and in 
the manner provided for in such Act, and at a rate for operations as 
was provided for in S. 1646, the Treasury, Postal Service and 
General Government Appropriations Bill, 1984, as reported to the 
Senate (S. Rept. 98-186) on July 20, 1983: Provided, That any 
activity included in the Senate reported bill (S. 1646), but not 
included in the House passed bill (H.R. 4139), shall be continued at 
the rate and under the terms and conditions of the Senate reported 
bill (S. 1646). 
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, 
the following amounts are hereby made available, in addition to 
funds otherwise available, for the following purposes: 
EDUCATION FOR THE HANDICAPPED 
For an additional amount for carrying out section 611 of the 
Education of the Handicapped Act, $25,000,000 to become available 20 USC 1411. 
on July 1, 1984 and to remain available until September 30, 1985. 
REHABILITATION SERVICES AND HANDICAPPED RESEARCH 
For an additional amount for carrying out section lOOObKD of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, $10,000,000. 
29 USC 720. 
GRANTS TO SCHOOLS WITH SUBSTANTIAL NUMBERS OF IMMIGRANTS 
For carrying out emergency immigrant education assistance 
under title V of H.R. 3520 as passed the House of Representatives 
September 13, 1983, $30,000,000. 
97 STAT. 974 
PUBLIC LAW 98-151—NOV. 14, 1983 
20 u s e 1070. 
42 u s e 241, 
300w. 
HIGHER EDUCATION 
For an additional amount for work-study programs under title IV 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965, $5,000,000. 
For an additional amount for supplemental educational opportu-
nity grants under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 
$5,000,000. 
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS 
For an additional amount for carrying out titles III and XIX of the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to community health cen-
ters, $10,000,000. 
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF 
For an additional amount for carrying out the National Technical 
20 use 681 note. Institute for the Deaf Act, $1,700,000. 
GALLAUDET COLLEGE 
For an additional amount for carrying out the Act of June 18, 
1954 ^68 Stat. 265), relating to Gallaudet College, $2,000,000. 
Terms and 
conditions. 
National board. 
FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND EMERGENCY SHELTER 
There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, $10,000,000 to the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to carry out an emergency food and shelter 
program. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolu-
tion or any other provision of law, such amount shall be made 
available under the terms and conditions of the following para-
graphs: 
The Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
shall, as soon as practicable after enactment of this Act, constitute a 
national board for the purpose of determining how the program 
funds are to be distributed to individual localities. The national 
board shall consist of seven members. The United Way of America, 
the Salvation Army, the Council of Churches, the National Confer-
ence of Catholic Charities, the Council of Jewish Federations, Inc., 
the American Red Cross, and the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency shall each designate a representative to sit on the national 
board. The representative of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency shall chair the national board. 
Each locality designated by the national board to receive funds 
shall constitute a local board for the purpose of determining how its 
funds will be distributed. The local board shall consist, to the extent 
practicable, of representatives of the same organizations as the 
national board except that the mayor or appropriate head of govern-
ment will replace the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
member. 
The Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
shall award a grant for $10,000,000 to the national board within 
thirty days after enactment of this Act for the purpose of providing 
emergency food and shelter to needy individuals through private 
voluntary organizations. 
PUBLIC LAW 98-151—NOV. 14, 1983 
97 STAT. 975 
Eligible private voluntary organizations should be nonprofit, have 
a voluntary board, have an accounting system, and practice nondis-
crimination. 
Participation in the program should be based upon a private 
voluntary organization's ability to deliver emergency food and shel-
ter to needy individuals and such other factors as are determined by 
the local boards. 
Total administrative costs shall not exceed 2 per centum of the 
total appropriation. 
As authorized by the Charter of the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion, the Corporation shall process and distribute surplus food 
owned or to be purchased by the Corporation under the food distri-
bution and emergency shelter program in cooperation with the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency. 
SEC. 102. Appropriations and funds made available and authority 
granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be available from 
November 10, 1983, and shall remain available until (a) enactment 
into law of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for 
in this joint resolution, or (b) enactment of the applicable appropri-
ation Act by both Houses without any provision for such project or 
activity, or (c) September 30,1984, whichever first occurs. 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant to 
this joint resolution shall cover all obligations or expenditures 
incurred for any project or activity during the period for which 
funds or authority for such project or activity are available under 
this joint resolution. 
SEC. 104. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint resolution 
shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authoriza-
tion whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or 
authorization is contained is enacted into law. 
SEC. 105. No provision in any appropriation Act for the fiscal year 
1984 referred to in section 101 of this joint resolution that makes the 
availability of any appropriation provided therein dependent upon 
the enactment of additional authorizing or other legislation shall be 
effective before the date set forth in section 102(c) of this joint 
resolution. 
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolu-
tion except section 102, there are appropriated to the Postal Service 
Fund sufficient amounts so that postal rates for all preferred-rate 
mailers covered by section 3626 of title 39, United States Code, shall 
be continued at the rates in effect on September 1, 1983 (step 14): 
Provided, That mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind shall 
continue to be free: Provided further, That six-day delivery and 
rural delivery of mail shall continue at the 1983 level. 
SEC. 107. All obligations incurred in anticipation of the appropri-
ations and authority provided in this joint resolution for the 
purposes of maintaining the minimum level of essential activities 
necessary to protect life and property and bringing about orderly 
termination of other functions are hereby ratified and confirmed if 
otherwise in accordance with the provisions of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 108. Nothwithstanding any other provision of this joint reso-
lution, funds available to the Federal Building Fund within the 
General Services Administration may be used to initiate new con-
struction, purchase, advance design, and repairs and alteration line-
items projects which are included in the Treasury, Postal Service 
and General Government Appropriation Act, 1984, as passed by the 
House or as reported to the Senate. 
Funding 
availability. 
Effective date. 
Postal rates. 
39 u s e 403 note. 
Ratification and 
confirmation of 
certain essentiail 
obligations. 
97 STAT. 976 
PUBLIC LAW 98-151—NOV. 14, 1983 
Guaranteed or 
insured loans. 
SEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolu-
tion, within available funds not to exceed $100,000 is available to the 
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and may be used for 
plans, major maintenance, and improvements to Center lands and 
facilities, to remain available until expended. 
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds made available to the General Services Administration pursu-
ant to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative 
40 use 490. 
Services Act of 1949 shall be obligated or expended after the date of 
enactment of this joint resolution for the procurement by contract of 
any service which, before such date, was performed by individuals in 
their capacity as employees of the General Services Administration 
in any position of guards, elevator operators, messengers, and custo-
dians, except that such funds may be obligated or expended for the 
procurement by contract of the covered services with sheltered 
workshops employing the severely handicapped under Public Law 
41 u s e 46-48c. 
92-28. 
SEC. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolu-
tion, $7,400,000 is appropriated to the Tennessee Valley Authority, 
to be available for the purpose of providing recreation on the Ocoee 
River, $6,400,000 of which is for reimbursement of the power pro-
gram for additional costs of power operations resulting from recre-
ational releases of water, all of which shall be reimbursed from 
imposition of fees for such recreation activities. 
SEC. 114. The head of any department or agency of the Federal 
Government in carrying out any loan guarantee or insurance pro-
gram for the fiscal year 1984 shall enter into commitments to 
guarantee or insure loans pursuant to such program in the full 
amount provided by law subject only to (1) the availability of 
qualified applicants for such guarantee or insurance, and (2) limita-
tions contained in appropriation Acts. 
SEC. 115. (a) Chapter 25 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by adding the following new section: 
Penalty. 
"§ 510^ Forging endorsements on Treasury checks or bonds or 
18 use 510. 
securities of the United States 
"(a) Whoever, with intent to defraud— 
"(1) falsely makes or forges any endorsement or signature on 
a Treasury check or bond or security of the United States; or 
"(2) passes, utters, or publishes, or attempts to pass, utter, or 
publish, any Treasury check or bond or security of the United 
States bearing a falsely made or forged endorsement or signa-
ture shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not 
more than ten years, or both. 
"(b) Whoever, with knowledge that such Treasury check or bond 
or security of the United States is stolen or bears a falsely made or 
forged endorsement or signature buys, sells, exchanges, receives, 
delivers, retains, or conceals any such Treasury check or bond or 
security of the United States that in fact is stolen or bears a forged 
or falsely made endorsement or signature shall be fined not more 
than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. 
"(c) If the face value of the Treasury check or bond or security of 
the United States or the aggregate face value, if more than one 
Treasury check or bond or security of the United States, does not 
exceed $500, in any of the above-mentioned offenses, the penalty 
shall be a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more 
than one year, or both.". 
PUBLIC LAW 98-151—NOV. 14, 1983 
97 STAT. 977 
(b) Section 3056(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting in the fifth clause the number "510," after "509,". 
(c) The analysis of chapter 25, of title 18, United States Code, 
immediately preceding section 471 of such title, is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following: 
"510. Forging endorsements on Treasury checks or bonds or securities of the United 
States.". 
SEC. 116. There is appropriated to the Department of Justice a 
total of not more than $100,000 which shall be paid to the person or 
persons giving information which leads to the arrest and conviction 
for the bombing of the Senate Wing of the United States Capitol on 
November 7, 1983, to be paid with the written approval of the 
Attorney General. Any officer or employee of the United States or 
any State or local government who furnishes information or renders 
service in the performance of his official duties is ineligible for 
payment under this section. 
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the ban on 
the use of United States Route 209 by commercial vehicular traffic 
established in Public Law 98-63 is extended until December 31, 
1985: Provided, That up to 150 northbound and up to 150 south-
bound commercial vehicles per day serving businesses or persons in 
Orange County, New York are exempted from such ban: Provided 
further, 
That the exemption established herein is subject to 
reevaluation for safety by the five member United States Route 209 
commission which shall make recommendations to the National 
Park Service for modification of such ban. 
SEC. 118. (aKD Section 5723(aXD of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(Aj by inserting "(A)" after "travel expenses"; 
(B) by striking out "manpower shortage or" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "manpower shortage, (B)"; and 
'C^ by inserting ", or (B) of any person appointed by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to 
a position the rate of pay for which is equal to or higher than 
the minimum rate of pay prescribed for GS-16" after "Senior 
Executive Service". 
(2) Sections 5724(a)(2) and 5726(b) of title 5, United States Code, 
are each amended by striking out "11,000" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "18,000". 
^3) Section 5724(bXli of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out "not in excess of 20 cents a mile". 
^4) Section 5724 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(j) The regulations prescribed under this section shall provide 
that the reassignment or transfer of any employee, for permanent 
duty, from one official station or agency to another which is outside 
the employee's commuting area shall take effect only after the 
employee has been given advance notice for a reasonable period. 
Emergency circumstances shall be taken into account in determin-
ing whether the period of advance notice is reasonable.". 
(5) Section 5724a(a)(8) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in the first sentence thereof, by striking out "30 days" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "60 days"; and 
(B) by striking out the second and fourth sentences thereof 
and inserting after the first sentence the following: "The period 
of residence in temporary quarters may be extended for an 
U.S. Capitol 
bombing, reward 
for information. 
U.S. Route 209. 
Ante, p. 301. 
97 STAT. 978 
PUBLIC LAW 98-151—NOV. 14, 1983 
Effective date. 
"Consumer Price 
Index." 
5 u s e 5724b. 
"Moving or 
storage 
expenses." 
Ante, p. 977. 
5 u s e 5724. 
5 u s e 5724a, 
5726. 
5 u s e 5724c. 
additional 60 days if the head of the agency concerned or his 
designee determines that there are compelling reasons for the 
continued occupancy of temporary quarters.". 
(6) Section 5724a(aX4) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by inserting "(A)" after "(4)"; and 
(B) by adding at the end thereof the following new subpara-
graph: 
"(BXi) In connection with the sale of the residence at the old 
official station, reimbursement under this paragraph shall not 
exceed 10 percent of the sale price or $15,000, whichever is the 
lesser amount. 
"(ii) In connection with the purchase of a residence at the new 
official station, reimbursement under this paragraph shall not 
exceed 5 percent of the purchase price or $7,500, whichever is 
the lesser amount. 
"(iii) Effective October 1 of each year, the respective maxi-
mum dollar amounts applicable under clauses (i) and (ii) shall 
be increased by the percent change, if any, in the Consumer 
Price Index published for December of the preceding year over 
that published for December of the second preceding year, 
adjusted to the nearest one-tenth of 1 percent. For the purpose 
of this clause, 'Consumer Price Index' means the Consumer 
Price Index for All Urban Consumers, United States City Aver-
age, Housing Component (1967 = 100), prepared by the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics, Department of Labor.". 
(7XA)(i) Subchapter II of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended by adding after section 5724a the following new sections: 
"§ 5724b. Taxes on reimbursements for travel, transportation, and 
relocation expenses of employees transferred 
"(a) Under such regulations as the President may prescribe and to 
the extent considered necessary and appropriate, as provided there-
in, appropriations or other funds available to an agency for adminis-
trative expenses are available for the reimbursement of all or part 
of the Federal, State, and city income taxes incurred by an employee, 
or by an employee and such employee's spouse (if filing jointly), 
for any moving or storage expenses furnished in kind, or for which 
reimbursement or an allowance is provided (but only to the extent of 
the expenses paid or incurred). Reimbursements under this subsec-
tion shall also include an amount equal to all income taxes for 
which the employee, or the employee and spouse, as the case may 
be, would be liable due to the reimbursement for the taxes referred 
to in the first sentence of this subsection. 
"(b) For the purpose of this section, 'moving or storage expenses' 
means travel and transportation expenses (including storage of 
household goods and personal effects under section 5724 of this title) 
and other relocation expenses under sections 5724a and 5726(c) of 
this title. 
"§ 5724c. Relocation services 
"Each agency is authorized to enter into contracts to provide 
relocation services to agencies and employees for the purpose of 
carrying out the provisions of this subchapter. Such services include 
but need not be limited to arranging for the purchase of a trans-
ferred employee's residence.". 
PUBLIC LAW 98-151—NOV. 14, 1983 
97 STAT. 979 
(ii) The chapter analysis at the beginning of chapter 57 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 5724a the following new items: 
"5724b. Taxes on reimbursements for travel, transportation, and relocation expenses 
of employees transferred. 
"5724c. Relocation services.". 
(B) Section 5724(i) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out "5724a" and inserting in lieu thereof "5724a, 5724b,'\ 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be carried out by 
agencies by the use of funds appropriated or otherwise available for 
the administrative expenses of each of such respective agencies. The 
amendments made by such subsection do not authorize the appropri-
ation of funds in amounts exceeding the sums already authorized to 
be appropriated for such agencies. 
(cXl) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on 
the date of the enactment of this joint resolution. 
(2) Not later than thirty days after the date of the enactment of 
this joint resolution, the President shall prescribe the regulations 
required under the amendments made by subsection (a). Such regu-
lations shall take effect as of such date of enactment. 
SEC. 119. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, the project for navigation at Eastport Harbor, Maine, 
authorized by section 101 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960 (74 
Stat. 480), is not authorized after the date of enactment of this joint 
resolution. 
(b) The Secretary of the Army shall transfer without consideration 
to the city of Eastport, Maine, title to any facilities and improve-
ments constructed by the United States as part of the project 
described in subsection (a) of this section. Such transfer shall be 
made as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this joint 
resolution. Nothing in this section shall require the conveyance of 
any interest in land underlying such project title to which is held by 
the State of Maine. 
SEC. 121. Funds appropriated or otherwise made available for 
fiscal year 1984 pursuant to section 101(e) of this joint resolution or 
the enactment into law of H.R. 3222 shall be available notwithstand-
ing section 15(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
1956 and section 701 of the United States Information and Exchange 
Act of 1948, as amended, until November 18,1983. 
SEC. 123. Section 5132(aXl) of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after the second sentence thereof the follow-
ing: "The Secretary shall annually sell to the public, directly and by 
mail, sets of uncirculated and proof coins, and shall solicit such sales 
through the use of the customer list of the Bureau of the Mint.". 
SEC. 125. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolu-
tion, there are hereby appropriated $165,000 for the Joint Study Panel 
on the Social Security Administration for purposes of carrying out the 
study required by section 338 of the Social Security Amendments of 
1983, to remain available until September 30, 1984. 
SEC. 126. For payments to defray the costs of training and provi-
sion of incentives to employers to hire and train certain wartime 
veterans who have been unemployed for long periods of time as 
authorized by law (the Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act of 
1983, Public Law 98-77), $75,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 1986: Provided, That not more than $25,000,000 of the 
amount appropriated shall be available for transfer to the "Read-
justment benefits" appropriation for educational assistance pay-
ments under the provisions of section 18 of Public Law 98-77. Any 
unused portion of the amount so transferred may be returned to this 
appropriation at any time, but not later than December 31, 1984. 
5 u s e 5724 note. 
Effective date. 
5 u s e 5724 note. 
Regulations. 
Effective date. 
Eastport Harbor, 
Maine; 
navigation 
project. 
Land 
conveyance. 
Post, p. 1071. 
22 u s e 2680. 
22 u s e 1476. 
Ante, p. 132. 
Ante, p. 443. 
29 u s e 1721 
note. 
Ante, p. 452. 
29 u s e 1721 
note. 
97 STAT. 980 
PUBLIC LAW 98-151—NOV. 14, 1983 
12 u s e 1701Z-3. 
Ante, p. 219. 
Hickam Air 
Force Base 
Administrative 
Annex. 
Unobligated 
funds, avail-
ability periods. 
SEC. 127. The paragraph under the heading "Housing Programs, 
Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing" in the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropri-
ation Act, 1984 (Public Law 98-45, 97 Stat. 219, 220), is amended by 
striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting a colon in 
lieu thereof and the following: "Provided further, That $6,000,000 of 
contract authority and $30,000,000 of budget authority provided in 
or subject to the fourth proviso of this paragraph are approved for 
use to extend annual contributions contracts in accordance with 
section 504 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970, as 
amended by section 6 of Public Law 98-35 (97 Stat. 197, 198-199): 
Provided further, That upon enactment of this joint resolution, 
$2,217,150,000 of budget authority shall be used only for the section 
8 existing housing program (42 U.S.C. 1437f), $540,000,000 of budget 
authority shall be used only for the section 8 moderate rehabilita-
tion program (42 U.S.C. 14370, and $900,000,000 of budget authority 
shall be used only for the development or acquisition costs of public 
housing other than for Indian families: Provided further. That, if no 
authorization Act for fiscal year 1984 for the assisted housing pro-
grams of the Department of Housing and Urban Development is 
enacted before January 1, 1984, then the amount of budget au-
thority to be used only for the section 8 existing housing program is 
increased to $3,922,650,000 as of January 1, 1984, the amount of 
contracts for annual contributions as provided under this heading in 
Public Law 98-45 is hereby increased by $23,551,393, and the 
$1,500,000,000 of budget authority deferred until January 1, 1984 in 
the second proviso under this heading in Public Law 98-45, shall, on 
January 1, 1984, be added to and merged with budget authority 
which is subject to the fourth proviso under such heading: Provided 
further. That if an authorization Act for fiscal year 1984 for the 
assisted housing programs of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development is enacted before January 1, 1984 then the paragraph 
under this heading and the amendments provided in this joint 
resolution are modified as follows: (1) the $1,500,000,000 of budget 
authority otherwise deferred until January 1, 1984 in the second 
proviso under this heading in Public Law 98-45 shall not become 
available until March 31, 1984, and at such time shall be added to 
and merged with budget authority which is subject to the fourth 
proviso under such heading; (2) the amount of budget authority that 
shall only be used for the section 8 existing housing program (42 
U.S.C. 14370 would be $2,217,150,000; and (3) the $23,551,393 of 
additional contract authority provided in the previous proviso would 
not become available for contracts for annual contributions under 
section 5 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437c)." 
SEC. 129. No funds made available by this joint resolution or any 
other Act may be expended by the General Services Administration 
to sell, dispose, transfer, donate, or lease the real property and 
improvements known as the Hickam Air Force Base Administrative 
Annex (identified by the General Services Administration control 
number 9-D-HI-477-B) unless such sale, disposal, transfer, dona-
tion, or lease is to the State of Hawaii or any agency thereof for use 
for airport development purposes. 
SEC. 130. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, $1,000,000 
of the unobligated funds as of September 30, 1983 from the appropri-
ation for closeout activities of the Community Services Administra-
tion shall remain available through September 30, 1988. 
PUBLIC LAW 98-151—NOV. 14, 1983 
97 STAT. 981 
SEC. 131. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolu-
tion $2,650,000 is appropriated for the repair of the Pension Building 
in Washington, D.C. 
SEC. 134. Upon application, prior to January 1, 1984, by a subsi-
dized United States-flag liner company holding a written option to 
purchase foreign-built liner vessels executed prior to November 16, 
1983, the Secretary of Transportation shall permit the acquisition of 
no more than 4 existing foreign-built vessels for operation under 
United States flag, and shall require conversion of two such vessels 
in a United States shipyard. Upon application prior to June 1, 1984, 
by a subsidized United States-flag liner company which has taken 
delivery from United States shipyards of new United States-built 
liner vessels that were introduced into subsidized service within two 
years preceding the date of enactment of this joint resolution, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall permit the acquisition of no more 
than two existing foreign-built vessels for operation under United 
States flag, and shall require conversion of one such ship in a United 
States shipyard. Upon acquisition and documentation under the 
laws of the United States, these vessels shall be deemed to have been 
United States-built for purposes of title VI, except section 607, of the 
Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, section 901(b) of said Act, 
and chapter 37 of title 46, United States Code. 
SEC. 135. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolu-
tion, the project for navigation, San Francisco Harbor, California— 
Fisherman's Wharf Area—is hereby authorized to be prosecuted by 
the Secretary of the Army substantially in accordance with the 
plans and subject to the conditions recommended in the report of 
the Chief of Engineers, dated February 3, 1978, as amended by the 
supplemental report of the Chief of Engineers dated June 7, 1979. 
Within available funds, the Corps of Engineers should proceed with 
the construction of the project. 
SEC. 137. NO funds in this or any other Act shall be used to process 
or grant oil and gas lease applications on any Federal lands outside 
of Alaska that are in units of the National Wildlife Refuge System, 
except where there are valid existing rights or except where it is 
determined that any of the lands are subject to drainage as defined 
in 43 CFR 3100.2, unless and until the Secretary of the Interior first 
promulgates, pursuant to section 553 of the Administrative Proce-
dure Act, revisions to his existing regulations so as to explicitly 
authorize the leasing of such lands, holds a public hearing with 
respect to such revisions, and prepares an environmental impact 
statement with respect thereto. 
SEC. 139. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint reso-
lution, there is hereby appropriated $9,000,000 from the Federal 
Buildings Fund, for design of a Federal Building-United States 
Courthouse in Newark, New Jersey, and $550,000 from the Federal 
Buildings Fund, for design necessary for repair of the Customhouse-
United States Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri. 
SEC. 140. Section 101(d) of Public Law 98-107 is hereby amended to 
read as follows: 
Foreign-built 
liner vessels. 
46 u s e app. 
1171, 1177, 1241. 
Ante, p. 520. 
San Francisco 
Harbor, Calif; 
navigation 
project. 
Oil and gas 
leases. 
5 u s e 553. 
Ante, p. 733. 
97 STAT. 982 
PUBLIC LAW 98-151—NOV. 14, 1983 
"(d) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing the activi-
ties, not otherwise specifically provided for in this joint resolution, 
which were provided for in H.R. 4139, the Treasury, Postal Service 
and General Government Appropriation Act, 1984, as passed the 
House of Representatives on October 27, 1983, at a rate for oper-
ations and to the extent and in the manner provided for in such 
Act". 
Approved November 14, 1983. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.J. Res. 413: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 98-540 (Comm. of Conference). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 129 (1983): 
Nov. 10, considered and passed House; considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Nov. 12, House agreed to conference report; receded from its disagreement and 
concurred in certain Senate amendments, and in others with amendments. 
Senate agreed to conference report and concurred in House amendments.