Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1985
PL 98-371 (H.R.5713), enacted 07/18/1984

PUBLIC LAW 98-371—JULY 18, 1984 
98 STAT. 1213 
Public Law 98-371 
98th Congress 
An Act 
Making appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and 
for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, ana oiiices for 
the fiscal year ending September 30,1985, 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 Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commis-
sions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 
30,1985, and for other purposes, namely: 
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
HOUSING PROGRAMS 
ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING 
The amount of contracts for annual contributions, not otherwise 
provided for, as authorized by section 5 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437c), and heretofore approved 
in appropriations Acts, is increased by $847,524,808: Provided, "That 
$11,215,073 of such contract authority shall be available only for 
contracts using contract authority released by Acts of Congress 
prior to 1976: Provided further. That the budget authority obligated 
under contracts for annual contributions shall be increased above 
amounts 
heretofore 
provided 
in 
appropriation 
Acts 
by 
$10,759,482,775: Provided further. That of the budget authority pro-
vided herein, $312,760,000 shall be for assistance in financing the 
development or acquisition cost of public housing for Indian fami-
lies; $1,725,000,000 shall be for modernization of existing public 
housing projects pursuant to section 14 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 14371), 
of which (a) $75,000,000 shall be for the modernization of vacant 
uninhabitable dwelling units in vacant buildings located in public 
housing projects, pursuant to section 14 of such Act, other than 
section 14(f) of such Act and other than projects for which budget 
authority for this purpose was reserved or obligated during fiscal 
years 1983 or 1984, and (b) $100,000,000 shall be made available for 
modernization under such section 14, other than section 14(f) of such 
Act, through June 30, 1985, and any balances of such authority 
remaining unreserved after such date shall only be available for the 
section 8 existing housing program utilizing a term of one hundred 
and eighty months (42 U.S.C. 14370; $774,287,500 shall be for assist-
ance payments in the housing voucher program under section 8(o) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437f); 
$1,709,040,000 shall be for assistance for projects developed for the 
elderly or handicapped under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, 
July 18, 1984 
[H.R. 5713] " 
Department of 
Housing and 
Urban 
Development— 
Independent 
Agencies 
Appropriation 
Act, 1985. 
42 u s e 1437/. 
97 Stat. 1185. 
42 u s e 1437f. 
97 Stat. 1181. 
98 STAT. 1214 
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97 
Stat. 1177. 
42 
use 1437(i. 
97 
Stat. 1181. 
97 
Stat. 1175. 
42 
u s e 1437Z. 
as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701q); and, $2,620,687,500 shall be for the 
section 8 existing housing program (42 U.S.C. 1437f); $419,250,000 
shall be for the section 8 moderate rehabilitation program (42 U.S.C. 
1437f); and $945,000,000 shall be used other than for low-income 
housing for Indian families for public housing new construction, 
notwithstanding sections 6 (h) and (i) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937, as amended, or may be used for acquisition with or 
without rehabilitation for use as public housing if the public housing 
authority certifies to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment before a reservation is made, that comparable dwelling units 
exist which may be used for its public housing program: Provided 
further. That the Secretary shall not approve the use of any of the 
budget authority provided herein (except such amounts as are 
provided for in the third proviso of this paragraph), or reserved and 
obligated in years prior to fiscal year 1985, for assistance under the 
housing voucher program authorized under section 8(o) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended: Provided further, 
That any balances of authorities made available prior to the enact-
ment of this Act which are or become available for obligation in 
fiscal year 1985 shall be added to and merged with the authority 
approved herein, and such merged amounts shall be made subject 
only to terms and conditions of law applicable to authorizations 
becoming available in fiscal year 1985: Provided further, That none 
of the merged amounts available for obligation in 1985 shall be 
subject to the provisions of section 213(d) of the Housing and Com-
munity Development Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1439): 
Provided further. That all amounts of budget authority equal to the 
amounts of such budget authority which are recaptured during 
fiscal year 1985 shall be rescinded. 
The paragraph under the heading "ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR 
ASSISTED HOUSING" in the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment-Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1984 (Public Law 
98-45, 97 Stat. 219, 220), as amended by section 127 of Public Law 
98-151, making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 
1984 (97 Stat. 964, 980), is further amended by (a) deleting 
"$1,550,000,000" in the second proviso and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$1,612,982,000"; Qa) striking out in the seventh proviso thereof the 
second citation to section 1437f of title 42, United States Code 
(including the parentheses), and inserting in lieu thereof the follow-
ing: ", $261,675,000 of budget authority shall only be made available 
for the section 8 voucher program (section 8(o) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937, as added by section 207 of the Housing and 
Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983, Public Law 98-181, 97 Stat. 1153, 
1155,1181), including payment of fees to Public Housing Agencies"; 
(c) deleting, in the clause numbered (1) in the ninth proviso, "shall 
not become available until March 31,1984, and at such time", and in 
that clause deleting "such heading" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"this heading"; (d) deleting "$2,217,150,000" in the seventh and 
ninth provisos and inserting in each such proviso in lieu thereof 
"$3,820,320,000"; and (e) deleting the period at the end thereof and 
inserting a colon in lieu thereof and the following: ''Provided fur-
ther. That, notwithstanding any proviso hereof, any amounts of 
budget authority recaptured and becoming available for obligation 
in fiscal year 1984 in excess of $2,500,000,000 shall be made available 
only for use under section 14 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937, as amended: Provided further. That the amount of contracts 
for annual contributions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 
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98 STAT. 1215 
by section 5 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended 
(42 U.S.C. 1437c), and heretofore approved in appropriation Acts, is 
increased by $69,490,893, of which $6,160,000 shall be available for 
contracts using contract authority released by Acts of Congress 
prior to 1976: Provided further. That budget authority in the amount 
of $300,000,000 shall be available as an appropriation of funds only 
for rental rehabilitation grants to authorized grantees pursuant to 
section 17(aXl)(A) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as 
97 stat. 1196. 
amended, as authorized in section 17(a)(3)(A) of that Act, to remain 
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available until September 30, 1986: Provided 
further, 
That 
$150,000,000 of such budget authority shall not be available until 
October 1, 1984: Provided further. That, notwithstanding the provi-
sions of section 17(b)(4) of such Act, any rental rehabilitation grant 
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amounts not obligated at the end of fiscal year 1984 shall not be 
added to the amount available for allocation for such grants for 
fiscal year 1985 but shall remain available for obligation according 
to the fiscal year 1984 allocation and consistent with the terms and 
conditions of law applicable as of September 30, 1984: Provided 
further, That budget authority in the amount of $315,000,000 shall 
be available as an appropriation of funds only for development 
grants to authorized grantees pursuant to section 17(a)(1)(B) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, as authorized in section 
17(a)(3)(B) of that Act, to remain available until September 30, 1986: 
Provided further. That $115,000,000 of such budget authority shall 
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not be available until October 1,1984.". 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the immediately 
Effective date. 
preceding paragraph shall become effective upon enactment of this 
Act. 
RENT SUPPLEMENT 
(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 1985 by not more than 
$81,617,000 in uncommitted balances of authorizations provided for 
this purpose in appropriation Acts. 
42 u s e 1451, 
1465. 
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 1985 by not more than $7,631,000 in uncom-
mitted balances of authorizations provided for this purpose in appro-
priation Acts. 
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY OR HANDICAPPED FUND 
In 1985, $600,000,000 of direct loan obligations may be made under 
section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701q), 
utilizing the resources of the fund authorized by subsection (a)(4) of 
such section, in accordance with paragraph (C) of such subsection: 
Provided, That such commitments shall be available only to quali-
fied nonprofit sponsors for the purpose of providing 100 per centum 
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loans for the development of housing for the elderly or handicapped, 
with any cash equity or other financial commitments imposed as a 
condition of loan approval to be returned to the sponsor if sustaining 
occupancy is achieved in a reasonable period of time: Provided 
further, That the full amount shall be available for permanent 
financing (including construction financing) for housing projects for 
the elderly or handicapped: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may borrow from the Secretary of the Treasury in such amounts as 
are necessary to provide the loans authorized herein: Provided 
further. That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the re-
ceipts and disbursements of the aforesaid fund shall be included in 
the totals of the Budget of the United States Government: Provided 
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further. That, notwithstanding section 202(a)(3) of the Housing Act 
?2*usr 1701 
°^ 1959, loans made in fiscal year 1985 shall bear an interest rate 
ivuiq. 
which does not exceed 9.25 per centum, including the allowance 
adequate in the judgment of the Secretary to cover administrative 
costs and probable losses under the program. 
CONGREGATE SERVICES 
For contracts with and payments to public housing agencies and 
nonprofit corporations for congregate services programs in accord-
ance with the provisions of the Congregate Housing Services Act of 
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1978, $4,144,000, to remain available until September 30, 1986. 
note. 
PAYMENTS FOR OPERATION OF LOW-INCOME HOUSING PROJECTS 
For payments to public housing agencies 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), 
$1,138,500,000: Provided, That of the authority provided herein, not 
more than $15,000,000 shall be obligated to public housing agencies 
by April 1, 1985, for planning costs associated with the preparation 
of applications submitted to the Secretary in fiscal year 1985 for 
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modernization assistance under section 14 of such Act, without 
offset by any amount of operating subsidy payment to which a 
public housing agency may otherwise be entitled. 
HOUSING COUNSEUNG ASSISTANCE 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise provided 
for, for providing counseling and advice to tenants and homeown-
ers—both current and prospective—with respect to property mainte-
nance, 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, in-
cluding provisions for training and for support of voluntary agencies 
and services as authorized by section 106(a)(lXiii) and section 
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106(a)(2) of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as 
amended, $3,500,000. 
TROUBLED PROJECTS OPERATING SUBSIDY 
For assistance payments to owners of eligible multifamily housing 
projects insured, or formerly insured, under the National Housing 
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Act, as amended, in the program of operating subsidies for troubled 
multifamily housing projects under the Housing and Community 
PUBLIC LAW 98-371—JULY 18, 1984 
98 STAT. 1217 
Development Amendments of 1978, all unobligated balances of 
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excess rental charges and any collections after September 30, 1984, "°^®-
to remain available until September 30, 1986: Provided, That assist-
ance pajrments to an owner of a multifamily housing project as-
sisted, but not insured, under the National Housing Act may be 
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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. 
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION FUND 
For payment to cover losses, not otherwise provided for, sustained 
by the Special Risk Insurance Fund and General Insurance Fund as 
authorized by the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 
1715z-3(b) and 1735c(f)), $387,683,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
During 1985, within the resources available, gross obligations for 
direct loans are authorized in such amounts as may be necessary to 
carry out the purposes of the National Housing Act, as amended. 
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During 1985, additional commitments to guarantee loans to carry 
out the purposes of the National Housing Act, as amended, shall not 
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exceed $50,900,000,000 of loan principal. 
During fiscal year 1985, gross obligations for direct loans of not to 
exceed $65,448,000 are authorized for payments under section 230(a) 
of the National Housing Act, as amended, from the insurance fund 
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chargeable for benefits on the mortgage covering the property to 
which the payments made relate, and payments in connection with 
such obligations are hereby approved. 
NONPROFIT SPONSOR ASSISTANCE 
During 1985, within the resources and authority available, gross 
obligations for the principal amounts of direct loans shall not exceed 
$1,880,000. 
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GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION 
. , 
PAYMENT OF PARTICIPATION SALES INSUFFICIENCIES 
For the payment of such insufficiencies as may be required by the 
Government National Mortgage Association, as trustee, on account 
of outstanding beneficial interests or participations in assets of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (including the 
Government National Mortgage Association) authorized by the Inde-
pendent Offices and Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Appropriation Act, 1968, to be issued pursuant to section 302(c) 
of the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, as 
amended (12 U.S.C. 1717), $745,000. 
GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES 
During 1985, 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 $68,250,000,000 of loan principal. 
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81 Stat. 341. 
98 STAT. 1218 
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12 u s e 1721 
note. 
97 Stat. 1240. 
12 u s e 1723e 
note. 
97 Stat. 1240. 
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE FUNCTIONS FUND 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
The Secretary shall transfer all assets acquired and liabilities 
incurred pursuant to section 305 of the Federal National Mortgage 
Association Charter Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1720), to the man-
agement and liquidating functions fund established pursuant to 
section 306 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 1721): Provided, That on October 1, 
1984, each outstanding obligation issued by the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development to the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant 
to section 305(d) of such Act, together with any promise to repay the 
principal and unpaid interest which has accrued on each obligation, 
and any other term or condition specified by each such obligation, is 
canceled. 
EMERGENCY MORTGAGE PURCHASE ASSISTANCE 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
The Secretary shall transfer all assets acquired and liabilities 
incurred pursuant to section 313 of the Federal National Mortgage 
Association Charter Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1723e), to the man-
agement and liquidating functions fund established pursuant to 
section 306 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 1721): Provided, That on October 1, 
1984, each outstanding obligation issued by the Secretary of the 
Housing and Urban Development to the Secretary of the Treasury 
pursuant to section 313(c) of such Act, together with any promise to 
repay the principal and unpaid interest which has accrued on each 
obligation, and any other term or condition specified by each such 
obligation, is canceled. 
SOLAR ENERGY AND ENERGY CONSERVATION BANK 
12 u s e 3601 
note. 
ASSISTANCE FOR SOLAR AND CONSERVATION IMPROVEMENTS 
For financial assistance and other expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, to carry out the provisions of the Solar Energy and 
Energy Conservation Bank Act of 1980 (12 U.S.C. 3601), $15,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30,1986. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
42 u s e 5308. 
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 grant program as authorized by title 
I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 5301), $3,472,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 1987: Provided, That not to exceed 20 per centum of 
any grant made with funds appropriated herein shall be expended 
for 
Planning and Management Development" and "Administra-
tion" as defined in regulations promulgated by the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development. 
During 1985, total commitments to guarantee loans, as authorized 
by section 108 of the aforementioned Act, shall not exceed 
$225,000,000 of contingent liability for loan principal. 
PUBLIC LAW 98-371—JULY 18, 1984 
98 STAT. 1219 
URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACTION GRANTS 
For grants to carry out urban development action grant programs 
authorized in section 119 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5301), pursuant to section 
103 of that Act, $440,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 1988: Provided, That $2,500,000 of such amount shall be made 
available for technical assistance grants under section 119(q) of such 
Act: Provided further. That notwithstanding section 119(q) such 
$2,500,000 shall be made available for such grants only to cities and 
urban counties eligible for assistance under section 119 which have 
not been grantees before fiscal year 1985 for programs under section 
119 of such Act: Provided further. That with respect to funds 
provided herein the provisions of section 119(i) shall be construed as 
not applying to such $2,500,000. 
42 u s e 5318. 
42 u s e 5303. 
97 Stat. 1169. 
42 u s e 5318. 
97 Stat. 1169. 
REHABILITATION LOAN FUND 
During 1985, collections, unexpended balances of prior appropria-
tions (including any recoveries of prior reservations) and any other 
amounts in the revolving fund established pursuant to section 312 of 
the Housing Act of 1964, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1452b), after Septem-
ber 30, 1984, are available and may be used for commitments for 
loans and operating costs and the capitalization of delinquent inter-
est on delinquent or defaulted loans notwithstanding section 312(h) 
of such Act. 
URBAN HOMESTEADING 
For reimbursement to the Federal Housing Administration Fund 
for losses incurred under the urban homesteading program (12 
U.S.C. 1706e), and for reimbursement to the Administrator of Veter-
ans Affairs and the Secretary of Agriculture for properties conveyed 
by the Administrator of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of 
Agriculture, respectively, for use in connection with an urban home-
steading program approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development pursuant to section 810 of the Housing and Com-
munity Development Act of 1974, as amended, $12,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That up to $1,000,000 of the 
budget authority provided herein shall be made available for the 
demonstration program authorized pursuant to section 810(i), and 
for evaluation of such demonstration program pursuant to section 
810(j),ofsuchAct. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 
12 u s e 1706e. 
97 Stat. 1171. 
12 u s e 1706e. 
97 Stat. 1172. 
12 u s e 1706e. 
(FISCAL YEAR 1984) 
Of the funds appropriated under this heading in the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1984 (Public Law 98-45), not more than 
$2,000,000 shall be available immediately to carry out a neighbor-
hood development demonstration pursuant to section 123 of the 
Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983. 
97 Stat. 222. 
97 Stat. 1172. 
42 u s e 5318 
note. 
98 STAT. 1220 
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POLICY 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 
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section l(a)(l)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, $16,900,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 1986: Provided, That of the 
funds provided herein $500,000 shall be used in addition to the 
$4,000,000 provided for the modernization study in Public Law 98-45 
(97 Stat. 223, 224): Provided further, That not more than a total of 
$500,000 of the funds available for use on the modernization study 
shall be used for the energy analysis and program evaluation compo-
nent of the study: Provided further. That $500,000 of the funds 
provided herein shall be for the design and implementation of the 
housing voucher demonstration evaluation, including a comparison 
of the housing voucher program with fifteen year assistance con-
tracts under the section 8 existing housing program. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
FAIR HOUSING ASSISTANCE 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise provided 
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for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as 
amended, $6,700,000, to remain available until September 30, 1986. 
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 $4,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $577,320,000, of which $282,085,000 shall be 
provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing Administra-
tion. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Section 1305 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding 
to the end thereof the following new paragraphs to provide for 
indefinite appropriations to be available currently and permanently: 
"ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING 
"(7) to make payments required under contracts made under 
section 5 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 1437c). 
"COLLEGE HOUSING GRANTS 
"(8) to make payments required under contracts made under title 
IV of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1749 et seq.). 
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98 STAT. 1221 
RENT SUPPLEMENT PROGRAM 
"(9) to make payments required under contracts under section 101 
of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, as amended (12 
U.S.C. 1701s). 
42 u s e 1451, 
1465. 
"HOMEOWNERSHIP AND RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE 
"(10) to make payments required under contracts under sections 
235 and 236, respectively, of the National Housing Act, as amended 
(12 U.S.C. 1715z, 1715Z-1).". 
TITLE II 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Ameri-
can 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; $11,065,000: Provided, That where station 
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allowance has been authorized by the Department of the Army for 
officers of the Army serving the Army at certain foreign stations, 
the same allowance shall be authorized for officers of the Armed 
Forces assigned to the Commission while serving at the same foreign 
stations, and this appropriation is hereby made available for the 
payment of such allowance: Provided further, That when traveling 
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on business of the Commission, 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, That the Commission shall reimburse other Gov- 36 use I22a. 
ernment agencies, including the Armed Forces, for salary, pay, and 
allowances of personnel assigned to it. 
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
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For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety Commis-
sion, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services as author-
ized 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, and not to exceed 
$500 for official reception and representation expenses, $36,000,000: 
Provided, That funds provided by this appropriation for laboratories 
shall be available only for the acquisition or conversion of existing 
laboratories. 
98 STAT. 1222 
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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 one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only, 
$7,759,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That reim-
bursement shall be made to the applicable military appropriation 
for the pay and allowances of any military personnel performing 
services primarily for the purposes of this appropriation. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
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; and not 
to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 
$656,275,000: Provided, That none of these funds may be expended 
for purposes of Resource Conservation and Recovery Panels estab-
lished under section 2003 of the Resource Conservation and Recov-
ery Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6913). 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For research and development activities, $193,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30,1986. 
ABATEMENT, CONTROL, AND COMPUANCE 
For abatement, control, and compliance activities, $447,500,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 1986: Provided, That none of 
these funds may be expended for purposes of Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Panels established under section 2003 of the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6913), or for 
support to State, regional, local and interstate agencies in accord-
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ance with subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, 
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other than section 4008(aX2) or 4009. 
6949. 
BUILDINGS AND FACIUTIES 
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and 
purchase of fixed equipment for facilities of, or use by, the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, $12,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That none of the funds available under this 
heading may be obligated for construction of new facility projects 
without the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations. 
PUBLIC LAW 98-371—JULY 18, 1984 
98 STAT. 1223 
PAYMENT TO THE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RESPONSE TRUST FUND 
For payment to the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund as 
authorized by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), 
$44,000,000. 
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE RESPONSE TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, includ-
ing sections 111 (c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), 
$620,000,000, to be derived from the Hazardous Substance Response 
Trust Fund, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not 
to exceed $87,573,000 shall be available for administrative expenses. 
Funds appropriated under this account may be allocated to other 
Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of Public Law 96-
510: Provided further. That for performance of specific activities in 
42 use 9611. 
accordance with section 104(i) of Public Law 96-510, the Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980, $14,620,000 shall be made available to the Department of 
42 use 9604. 
Health and Human Services on October 1, 1984, to be derived by 
transfer from the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund, of 
which no less than $5,125,000 shall be available for toxicological 
testing of hazardous substances. 
CONSTRUCTION GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out title II of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act, as amended, other than sections 201(m) (1)- 
33 use 1281. 
(3), 201(n)(2), 206, 208, and 209, $2,400,000,000, to remain available 
33 use 1281, 
until expended. 
^^^^' ^^^^' ^^^^ 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF 
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 
qqa^c'f 
' 
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 
42 use 4321 
of 1970 (Public Law 91-224), and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977, J^te 
including not to exceed $500 for official reception and representa- 
note; 5 use app 
tion expenses, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $700,000. 
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 
42 use 6601 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $1,500 for official recep- 
""te. 
tion and representation expenses, and rental of conference rooms in 
the District of Columbia, $2,194,000: 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. 
98 STAT. 1224 
PUBLIC LAW 98-371—JULY 18, 1984 
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
DISASTER RELIEF 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the functions of the Disas-
ter Relief Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), 
$100,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, including hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; 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; expenses of attendance of cooperat-
ing officials and individuals at meetings concerned with the work of 
emergency preparedness; transportation in connection with the con-
tinuity of government program 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 $2,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $130,149,000. 
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 Disaster Relief Act of 1974, as amended 
(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 Preven-
tion and Control Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), the 
Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act, as amended (50 
U.S.C. 98 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 
5 use app. 
Security Act (50 U.S.C. 404), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, 
$331,219,000: Provided, That of this amount $4,778,000 for expenses 
under section 1362 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 4103, 4127), shall be available until September 
30,1986. 
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND 
For repayment under notes issued by the Director of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency to the Secretary of the Treasury 
pursuant to section 15(e) of the Federal Flood Insurance Act of 1956, 
as amended (42 U.S.C. 2414(e)), $200,205,000. In fiscal year 1985, not 
to exceed (1) $37,045,000 for operating expenses, (2) $59,283,000 for 
agents' commissions and taxes, and (3) $8,500,000 for interest on 
Treasury borrowings shall be available from the National Flood 
Insurance Fund without the approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
PUBLIC LAW 98-371—JULY 18, 1984 
98 STAT. 1225 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
CONSUMER INFORMATION CENTER 
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Information Center, 
including services authorized by 5 U.S:C. 3109, $1,149,000, 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 $4,449,000. Admin-
istrative expenses of the Consumer Information Center in fiscal year 
1985 shall not exceed $1,449,000. Appropriations, revenues and col-
lections accruing to this fund during fiscal year 1985 in excess of 
$4,449,000 shall remain in the fund and shall not be available for 
expenditure except as authorized in appropriation Acts. 
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, $2,096,000. 
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; includ-
ing not to exceed (1) $155,500,000 for a space station; (2) $195,000,000 
for space telescope development; (3) $120,200,000 for the gamma ray 
observatory; (4) $92,400,000 for upper stages; (5) $92,500,000 for the 
Venus radar mapper mission; and (6) $56,100,000 for Galileo; with-
out 
the 
approval 
of 
the 
Committees 
on 
Appropriations; 
$2,422,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 1986; includ-
ing $155,500,000 for a space station, of which $5,500,000 shall be 
made available from prior year appropriations: Provided, That of 
this amount, $63,800,000 is available for space station systems defi-
nition and integration studies, including $6,300,000 for systems 
engineering and integration support activities: Provided 
further. 
That within this amount, NASA shall conduct a study of an option 
Study. 
which "phases-in" the permanently manned features of the station, 
as one of the reference configurations to be examined in the defini-
tion studies: Provided further. That the result of this study shall be Report. 
reported to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
prior to the selection by the Administrator of a configuration for the 
permanently manned space station: Provided further. That of this 
amount, $57,500,000 shall be withheld from obligation or expendi-
ture until April 1, 1985: Provided further. That the recommenda-
tions contained in the report required under the "Research and 
Program Management" be incorporated in any contract entered into 
as part of the systems definition and integration studies. 
31-194 
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STAT. 1226 
PUBLIC LAW 98-371—JULY 18, 1984 
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 proper-
ty; tracking and data relay satellite services as authorized by law; 
purchase, hire, maintenance and operation of other than adminis-
trative aircraft; and including not to exceed (1) $1,510,600,000 for 
space shuttle production and operational capability; and (2) 
$1,339,000,000 for space transportation operations; without the ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations; $3,601,800,000, to 
remain available until September 30,1986. 
97 Stat. 219. 
Jet Propulsion 
Laboratory. 
California 
Institute of 
Technology. 
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, $150,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1987: 
Provided, That, notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of 
funds appropriated under this heading by this appropriation 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 reim-
bursement such contractor investment, unless an appropriation 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 authorize 
such facility lease or construction, with the approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations, if he determines that deferral of such action 
until the enactment of the next appropriation Act would be incon-
sistent with the interest of the Nation in aeronautical and space 
activities: Provided further, That with funds appropriated under the 
Research and Development account and the Space Flight, Control 
and Data Communications account to NASA in this Act, and subse-
quent appropriations Acts, NASA may enter into a contract with 
the California Institute of Technology to amortize the Central Engi-
neering Building over a twelve-year period for a total cost of not to 
exceed $17,000,000, plus applicable financing costs equal to the 
prime rate plus 2 percent, under the authority granted under Public 
Law 98-45. The building shall be built at the Jet Propulsion Labora-
tory with title to be vested initially in the California Institute of 
Technology, and to revert to NASA upon completion of payments. 
t IB*5 I 
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PUBLIC LAW 98-371—JULY 18, 1984 
STAT. 1221 
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, in-
cluding 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 for replace-
ment only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and maintenance 
and repair of real and personal property, and not in excess of 
$100,000 per project for construction of new facilities and additions 
to existing facilities, repairs, and rehabilitation and modification of 
facilities; $1,317,000,000: Provided, That contracts may be entered 
into under this appropriation for maintenance and operation of 
facilities, and for other services, to be provided during the next fiscal 
year: Provided further, That not to exceed $35,000 of the foregoing 
amount shall be available for scientific consultations or extraordi-
nary expense, to be expended upon the approval or authority of the 
Administrator and his determination shall be final and conclusive: 
Provided further, That the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration may test a flat rate per diem system for employee travel 
allowances under regulations prescribed by the Administrator: Pro-
vided further, That the rates will be consistent with those author-
ized by the Administrator of the General Services Administration: 
Provided further. That per diem allowances paid employees under a 
flat rate per diem system shall be amounts determined by the 
Administrator of NASA to be sufficient to meet normal and neces-
sary expenses in the area in which travel is performed, but in no 
event will the travel allowances exceed $75 for each day in travel 
status within the continental United States, unless the statutory 
maximum rate of $75 per day is increased by the Congress and 
implemented by the Administrator of the General Services Adminis-
tration: Provided further. That the test approved under this section 
shall expire on September 30, 1985, or upon the effective date of 
permanent legislation establishing a flat rate per diem system for 
civilian personnel, whichever occurs first: Provided further. That 
the Administrator shall establish an Advanced Technology Advisory 
Committee in conjunction with NASA's Space Station program and 
that the Committee shall prepare a report by April 1, 1985, identify-
ing specific space station systems which advance automation and 
robotic technologies, not in use in existing spacecraft, and that the 
development of such systems shall be estimated to cost no less than 
10 per centum of the total Space Station costs. 
Report. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has au-
thority, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to take such 
actions as the Administrator deems necessary to provide to the 
National Science Foundation, on a fully reimbursable basis. Class VI 
Computers, otherwise acquired for service at NASA installations 
under authorized acquisition procedures, with accompanying pe-
ripheral equipment, as requested by the Foundation: Provided, That 
the National Science Foundation is authorized to receive from the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Class VI Comput-
ers, with such accompanying peripheral equipment as NASA makes 
available, and, upon receipt, to sell said computer and peripheral 
Computers. 
98 STAT. 1228 
PUBLIC LAW 98-371—JULY 18, 1984 
equipment to an institution of higher education under such terms as 
it deems appropriate notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION 
CENTRAL LIQUIDITY FACILITY 
During 1985, obligations of the Central Liquidity Facility for new 
loans to member credit unions as authorized by the National Credit 
12 use 1751 
Union Central Liquidity Facility Act (12 U.S.C. 1795) shall not 
note. 
exceed $600,000,000: Provided, That administrative expenses of the 
Central Liquidity Facility in fiscal year 1985 shall not exceed 
$850,000. 
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), title IX of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 (42 
U.S.C. 1876-1879), and the Act to establish a National Medal of 
Science (42 U.S.C. 1880-1881); services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase of flight 
services for research support; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not 
to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses; 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901-5902); rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia; 
and reimbursement of the General Services Administration for 
security guard services; $1,301,912,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 1986: Provided, That of the funds appropriated in this 
Act, or from funds appropriated previously to the Foundation, not 
more than $70,302,000 shall be available for program development 
and management in fiscal year 1985: Provided further, That con-
tracts may be entered into under the program development and 
management limitation in fiscal year 1985 for maintenance and 
operation of facilities, and for other services, to be provided during 
the next fiscal year: Provided further. 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, specified in the 
authorizing Act for those program activities or their subactivities 
shall be reduced proportionally: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$9,000,000 shall be available for the very long baseline array and 
such funds shall not be obligated before April 1, 1985: Provided 
further. That the Foundation is authorized to indemnify grantees, 
contractors, and subcontractors associated with the ocean drilling 
program under the provisions of section 2354 of title 10 of the 
United States Code, with all approvals and certifications required 
thereby made by the Director of the National Science Foundation. 
PUBLIC LAW 98-371—JULY 18, 1984 
98 STAT. 1229 
UNITED STATES ANTARCTIC PROGRAM ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the research and oper-
ational support for the U.S. 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; 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 $1,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; $110,080,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That receipts for support services and materials provided to individ-
uals for non-Federal activities may be credited to this appropriation: 
Provided further, That no funds in this account shall be used for the 
Prohibition. 
purchase of aircraft. 
SCIENCE EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out science education pro-
grams and activities pursuant to the purposes of the National 
Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875), 
including award of graduate fellowships, services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, and rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia, $87,000,000, to remain available until September 30,1986: 
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: Provided further, 
That $5,000,000 shall be transferred from funds provided under this 
head to and merged with funds made available under "Research and 
related activities" for the purpose of conducting research on teach-
ing and learning: Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be made 
available for a contract to develop a science education plan and 
management structure for the Foundation. 
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES OVERSEAS (SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY 
PROGRAM) 
For payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Depart-
ment determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the 
United States, for scientific activities, as authorized by law, 
$2,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 1986: Provided, 
That this appropriation shall be available in addition to other 
appropriations to the National Science Foundation for payments in 
the foregoing currencies. 
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), 
$15,512,000. 
98 STAT. 1230 
PUBLIC LAW 98-371—JULY 18, 1984 
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; 
$27,780,000: 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. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
PAYMENTS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT 
FISCAL ASSISTANCE TRUST FUND 
For payments to the Local Government Fiscal Assistance Trust 
Fund, $4,566,700,000. 
OFFICE OF REVENUE SHARING, SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Revenue Sharing, includ-
ing hire of passenger motor vehicles, $7,941,000. 
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS 
For the payment of compensation, pensions, gratuities, and allow-
ances, including burial awards, plot allowances, burial flags, head-
stones and grave markers, emergency and other officers' retirement 
pay, adjusted-service credits and certificates, and other benefits as 
authorized by law; and for payment of premiums due on commercial 
life insurance policies guaranteed under the provisions of article IV 
50 use app. 540. of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended, 
$13,992,900,000, to remain available until expended. 
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS 
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits to or 
on behalf of veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapters 21, 31, 
38 use 801 et 
34-36, 39, 51, 53, 55, and 61), $1,137,800,000, to remain available 
?^9-. 1500 ^
^ seq., until expended. 
1651-1770 e^seg., 
^ 
1901 et seq., 3001 
et seq., 3101 et 
VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES 
seq., 3201 et seq., 
3501 et seq. 
For military and naval insurance, national service life insurance, 
servicemen's indemnities, and service-disabled veterans insurance, 
38 use 701 et 
as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapter 19; 70 Stat. 887; 72 Stat. 487), 
s^9 
$11,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
PUBLIC LAW 98-371—JULY 18, 1984 
98 STAT. 1231 
MEDICAL CARE 
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 Veterans Administration, including care and 
treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Veterans 
Administration, and furnishing recreational facilities, supplies and 
equipment; funeral, burial and other expenses incidental thereto for 
beneficiaries receiving care in Veterans Administration facilities; 
repairing, altering, improving or providing facilities in the several 
hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Adminis-
tration, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by the hire 
of temporary employees and purchase of materials; uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); aid to 
State homes as authorized 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); $8,792,165,000, plus reimbursements. 
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical and 
prosthetic research and development, as authorized by law, to 
remain available until September 30, 1986, $192,695,000, plus reim-
bursements. 
MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in the administration of the medical, 
hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction and supply, re-
search, employee education and training activities, as authorized by 
law, $70,000,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That the total 
FTEE for the following offices within the Department of Medicine 
and Surgery not exceed 106 FTEE during fiscal year 1985: (1) 
Program Analysis and Development; (2) Health Systems Planning 
Service; (3) Planning Methods and Systems Development Service; (4) 
Facilities Planning Service; and (5) MEDIPP field personnel, with-
out the approval of the Committees on Appropriations. 
GENERAL 
OPERATING 
EXPENSES 
For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, including uniforms or allowances there-
for, as authorized by law; not to exceed $3,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses; cemeterial expenses as authorized by 
law; purchase of twelve passenger motor vehicles, for use in ceme-
terial operations, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and reim-
bursement of the General Services Administration for security 
guard services, and the Department of Defense for the cost of 
overseas employee mail; $750,454,000. 
CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending and improving any of the 
facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Veterans 
Administration, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 1004, 
1006, 5002, 5003, 5006, 5008, 5009, and 5010 of title 38, United States 
Code, including planning, architectural and engineering services. 
98 STAT. 1232 
PUBLIC LAW 98-371—JULY 18, 1984 
and site acquisition, where the estimated cost of a project is 
$2,000,000 or more or where funds for a project were made available 
in a previous major project appropriation, $568,194,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That, except for advance plan-
ning 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, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funding pro-
vided in this or any other Act shall be available in fiscal year 1984 
for the Design Fund and not to exceed $15,000,000 in fiscal year 1985 
shall be available for the Design Fund: Provided further. That funds 
provided in the appropriation "Construction, major projects" for 
fiscal year 1985, for each approved project shall be obligated (1) by 
the awarding of a working drawings contract by September 30, 1985 
and (2) by the awarding of a construction contract by September 30, 
1986: Provided further, 
That the Administrator 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 
2 use 686. 
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (title X of Public Law 93-344): 
Prohibition. 
Provided further. That no funds from any other account 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 final acceptance by the Veterans 
Administration: Provided further. That prior to the issuance of a 
bidding document for any construction contract for a project ap-
proved under this heading (excluding completion items), the director 
of the affected Veterans Administration medical facility must cer-
tify that the design of such project is acceptable from a patient care 
standpoint. 
CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of the 
facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Veterans 
Administration, including planning, architectural and engineering 
services, and site acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth in 
sections 1004, 1006, 5002, 5003, 5006, 5008, 5009, and 5010 of title 38, 
United States Code, where the estimated cost of a project is less than 
$2,000,000, $200,200,000, 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 $2,000,000: Provided, That not 
more than $39,104,000 shall be available for expenses of the Office of 
Construction: 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 Veterans Administration 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. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES 
For grants to assist the several States to construct State nursing 
home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, modify or alter 
PUBLIC LAW 98-371—JULY 18, 1984 
98 STAT. 1233 
existing hospital, nursing home and domiciliary facilities in State 
homes, for furnishing care to veterans, as authorized by law (38 
U.S.C. 5031-5037), $34,500,000, to remain available until September 
30,1987. 
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), 
$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30,1987. 
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 30,1986. 
LOAN GUARANTY REVOLVING FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
During 1985, the Loan guaranty revolving fund shall be available 
for expenses for property acquisitions, payment of participation 
sales insufficiencies, and other loan guaranty and insurance oper-
ations, as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapter 37, except adminis- 
38 USC 1801 et 
trative expenses, as authorized by section 1824 of such title): Pro- ^^'?; 
vided, That the unobligated balances, including retained earnings of 
the Direct loan revolving fund, shall be available, during 1985, for 
transfer to the Loan guaranty revolving fund in such amounts as 
may be necessary to provide for the timely payment of obligations of 
such fund, and the Administrator of Veterans Affairs shall not be 
required to pay interest on amounts so transferred after the time of 
such transfer. 
During 1985, with the resources available, gross obligations for 
direct loans and total commitments to guarantee loans are author-
ized in such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the purposes 
of the "Loan guaranty revolving fund". 
DIRECT LOAN REVOLVING FUND 
During 1985, within the resources available, not to exceed 
$1,000,000 in gross obligations for direct loans is authorized for 
specially adapted housing loans (38 U.S.C. chapter 37). 
38 use 1801 et 
38 USC 1824. 
seq. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed 5 per centum of any appropriation for 1985 for 
"Compensation and pensions", "Readjustment benefits", and "Vet-
erans insurance and indemnities" may be transferred to any other 
of the mentioned appropriations, but not to exceed 10 per centum of 
the appropriations so augmented. 
Appropriations available to the Veterans Administration for 1985 
for salaries and expenses shall be available for services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
98 STAT. 1234 
PUBLIC LAW 98-371—JULY 18, 1984 
No part of the appropriations in this Act for the Veterans Admin-
istration (except the appropriations for "Construction, 
major 
projects" and "Construction, minor projects") shall be available for 
the purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any new 
hospital or home. 
No part of any sum appropriated or otherwise made available in 
this Act for the Veterans Administration may be obligated or 
expended for the purchase of any site for, or toward the construction 
of, any new hospital to replace the Allen Park Veterans' Adminis-
tration Hospital, prior to the receipt by the Administrator of Veter-
ans Affairs of the ongoing General Accounting Office study of such 
replacement project, except that such funds may be obligated or 
expended for design and engineering studies for such replacement 
project without regard to the limitation under this paragraph. 
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 Administrator of Veterans Affairs. 
One or more pilot programs shall be conducted to determine the 
effectiveness of utilizing private contractual services to assist in the 
administrative collection of various types of delinquent debts or 
other funds due the Government. 
TITLE III 
CORPORATIONS 
Corporations and agencies of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board which 
31 use 9101 et 
are subject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as 
s^9 
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 
31 use 9104. 
as provided by section 104 of the Act as may be necessary in 
carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for 1985 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 appropria-
tion 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 HOME LOAN BANK BOARD 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND NONADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, 
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK BOARD 
Not to exceed a total of $67,565,000 shall be available for expenses 
of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, which amount shall include 
nonadministrative expenses for the examination and supervision of 
Federal and State-chartered institutions in an amount not to exceed 
$43,184,000, including $500,000 which shall be available only for 
PUBLIC LAW 98-371—JULY 18, 1984 
98 STAT. 1235 
purposes of training State examiners, and administrative expenses 
in an amount not to exceed $24,381,000, and said total amount shall 
be available for procurement of services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, and contracts for such services with one organization may be 
renewed annually, and uniforms or allowances therefor in accord-
ance with law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902), and said amount shall be derived 
from funds available to the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, includ-
ing those in the Federal Home Loan Bank Board revolving fund and 
receipts of the Board for the current fiscal year and prior fiscal 
years, and the Board may utilize and may make payment for 
services and facilities of the Federal Home Loan Banks, the Federal 
Reserve Banks, the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corpora-
tion, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and other 
agencies of the Government (including payment for office space): 
Provided, That, with the prior approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations, not to exceed 10 per centum of the lesser of the 
limitations on administrative and nonadministrative expenses may 
be transferred between said limitations: Provided further, 
That 
expenses for special examinations of Federal and State-chartered 
institutions determined by the Board to be necessary, all necessary 
expenses in connection with the conservatorship or liquidation of 
institutions insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance 
Corporation, liquidation or handling of assets of or derived from 
such insured institutions, payment of insurance, and action for or 
toward the avoidance, termination, or minimizing of losses in the 
case of such insured institutions, or activities relating to section 
5A(f) or 6(i) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, section 5(d) of the 
Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933, section 12(i) of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934, or section 406(c), 407, or 408 of the National 
Housing Act and all necessary expenses (including services per-
formed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other personal 
services) in connection with the handling, including the purchase, 
sale, and exchange, of securities on behalf of Federal home loan 
banks, and the sale, issuance, and retirement of or payment of 
interest on, debentures or bonds, under the Federal Home Loan 
Bank Act, as amended, shall be excluded from the above limitations: 
Provided further. That members and alternates of the Federal 
Savings and Loan Advisory Council may be compensated subject to 
the provisions of section 7 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 
and shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Board as approved 
by the Board for transportation expenses incurred in attendance at 
meetings of or concerned with the work of such Council and may be 
paid in lieu of subsistence per diem not to exceed the dollar amount 
set forth in 5 U.S.C. 5703: Provided further. That not to exceed 
$1,500 shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses: Provided further. That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sions of this Act, except for the limitation in amount hereinbefore 
specified, the expenses and other obligations of the Board shall be 
incurred, allowed, and paid in accordance with the provisions of the 
Federal Home Loan Bank Act of July 22, 1932, as amended (12 
U.S.C. 1421-1449). 
12 u s e 1425a, 
1426. 
12 u s e 1464. 
15 u s e 78/. 
12 use 
1729-1730a. 
12 u s e 1421. 
12 u s e 1428a 
note. 
5 u s e app. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL SAVINGS AND 
LOAN INSURANCE CORPORATION 
Not to exceed $1,343,000 shall be available for administrative 
expenses, which shall be on an accrual basis and shall be exclusive 
98 STAT. 1236 
PUBLIC LAW 98-371—JULY 18, 1984 
12 use 
1729-1730a. 
of interest paid, depreciation, properly capitalized expenditures, 
expenses in connection with liquidation of insured institutions or 
activities relating to section 406(c), 407, or 408 of the National 
Housing Act, liquidation or handling of assets of or derived from 
insured institutions, payment of insurance, and action for or toward 
the avoidance, termination, or minimizing of losses in the case of 
insured institutions, legal fees and expenses and payments for 
expenses of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board determined by said 
Board to be properly allocable to said Corporation, and said Corpora-
tion may utilize and may make payments for services and facilities 
of the Federal home loan banks, the Federal Reserve banks, the 
Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
Corporation, and other agencies of the Government: Provided, That, 
notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, except for the 
limitation in amount hereinbefore specified, the administrative ex-
penses and other obligations of said Corporation shall be incurred, 
allowed, and paid in accordance with title IV of the Act of June 27, 
1934, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1724-1730f). 
TITLE IV 
42 u s e 5121 
note. 
42 u s e 9601 
note. 
31 u s e 9101 et 
seq. 
12 u s e 1749a. 
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1811-1831d. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. Where appropriations in titles I and II 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 estimates 
submitted for the appropriations: Provided, That this section shall 
not apply to travel performed by uncompensated officials of local 
boards and appeal boards of the Selective Service System; to travel 
performed directly in connection with care and treatment of medical 
beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration; to travel performed in 
connection with major disasters or emergencies declared or deter-
mined by the President under the provisions of the Disaster Relief 
Act of 1974 to site-related travel performed in connection with the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Lia-
bility Act of 1980; or to payments to interagency motor pools where 
separately set forth in the budget schedules. 
SEC. 402. 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 
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. 31C9. 
SEC. 403. 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, 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). 
PUBLIC LAW 98-371—JULY 18, 1984 
98 STAT. 1237 
SEC. 404. 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. 405. No funds appropriated by this Act may be expended— Funds. 
(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 certifica-
tion, and without such a voucher or abstract, is specifically 
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. 406. 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 the 
Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
who, under title 5, United States Code, section 101, is exempted from 
such limitation. 
SEC. 407. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used for 
Research and 
payment, through grants or contracts, to recipients that do not 
development. 
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 inter-
est of the grantee or contractor and the Government in the research. 
SEC. 408. 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 
by law. 
SEC. 409. 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 without the approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
SEC. 410. 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.). 
15 USC 2056. 
SEC. 411, 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 
98 STAT. 1238 
PUBLIC LAW 98-371—JULY 18, 1984 
Contracts with 
U.S. 
Regulations. 
quarterly and shall include a narrative description of the work to be 
performed under each such contract. 
SEC. 412. Except as otherwise provided by law, no part of any 
appropriation contained in this Act shall be obligated or expended 
by any executive agency, 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. 413. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation 
which has been disapproved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval 
duly adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the United 
States. 
SEC. 414. Except as otherwise provided in section 406, 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. 415. 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 average of less than 22 miles per gallon. 
This Act may be cited as the "Department of Housing and Urban 
Development—Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1985". 
Approved July 18, 1984. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5713: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 98-803 (Comm. on Appropriations) and No. 98-867 (Comm. of 
SENATE REPORT No. 98-506 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 130 (1984): 
May 30, considered and passed House. 
June 21, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
June 27, House agreed to conference report, receded and concurred in certain 
Senate amendments and in others with amendments; Senate agreed to 
conference report and concurred in House amendments. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 20, No. 29 (1984): 
July 18, Presidential statement.