[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4624 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4624

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                               AMENDMENTS
                  In the Senate of the United States,

                             August 4 (legislative day, July 20), 1994.
      Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
4624) entitled ``An Act making appropriations for the Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry 
independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other 
purposes'', do pass with the following

                              AMENDMENTS:

 (1)Page 8, line 8, after ``1996'' insert: : Provided further, That of 
the $15,622,452,000 made available under this heading for fiscal year 
1994 in Public Law 103-124, the $9,863,265,000 restricted by section 
509 of Public Law 103-124 for personnel compensation and benefits 
expenditures is reduced to $9,813,265,000

 (2)Page 8, line 14, after ``bursements'' insert: : Provided, That the 
Secretary may obligate not more than $500,000 of the funds made 
available under this heading for an epidemiological study of veterans 
who underwent radium nasopharyngeal irradiation

 (3)Page 10, line 14, strike out [$887,909,000] and insert: 
$893,285,000

 (4)Page 11, line 7, strike out [$32,219,000] and insert: $31,819,000

 (5)Page 11, line 22, strike out [$101,965,000] and insert: 
$208,000,000

 (6)Page 12, line 23, after ``only'' insert: : Provided further, That 
of the amount provided under this heading, $7,100,000 shall be for 
design of a new medical center/nursing home in Brevard County, Florida 
and $6,900,000 shall be for the Orlando, Florida, satellite outpatient 
clinic

 (7)Page 14, line 3, strike out [$1,400,000] and insert: $16,300,000

 (8)Page 14, line 15, strike out [$37,397,000] and insert: $47,397,000

 (9)Page 17, line 12, strike out [$100,000,000] and insert: $50,000,000

 (10)Page 17, line 23, strike out [$1,275,000,000] and insert: 
$1,500,000,000

 (11)Page 17, after line 24, insert:

           national homeownership trust demonstration program

    For the National Homeownership Trust Demonstration program, as 
authorized by title III of the National Affordable Housing Act, as 
amended by section 182 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1992, $50,000,000, to remain available until expended.

 (12)Page 18, line 2, after ``rescission'' insert: and transfers

 (13)Page 18, line 5, strike out [$11,473,019,000] and insert: 
$10,600,000,000

 (14)Page 18, line 6, after ``That'' insert: to be added to and merged 
with the foregoing amounts there shall be up to $200,000,000 of amounts 
of budget authority (and contract authority) reserved or obligated in 
prior years for the development or acquisition costs of public housing 
(including public housing for Indian families), for modernization of 
existing public housing projects (including such projects for Indian 
families), and, except as herein provided, for programs under section 8 
of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f), which are recaptured during fiscal year 
1995; and up to $100,000,000 of transfers of unobligated balances from 
the Urban Development Action program: Provided further, That

 (15)Page 18, line 7, strike out [$263,000,000] and insert: 
$300,000,000

 (16)Page 18, line 17, strike out [$3,600,000,000] and insert: 
$3,800,000,000

 (17)Page 18, line 19, strike out [.54 per centun] and insert: 
$15,000,000

 (18)Page 18, line 24, strike out all after ``survey'' over to and 
including ``Program'' in line 2 on page 19

 (19)Page 19, line 4, strike out [$2,643,000,000] and insert: 
$2,144,582,000

 (20)Page 19, line 7, after ``1437f(o))'' insert: : Provided further, 
That of the amount provided for rental assistance, up to $350,000,000 
shall be available for the Pension Fund Partnership program, as 
authorized by section 6 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (Public 
Law 103-120); $20,000,000 shall be for the Community Viability Fund; 
$50,000,000 shall be for the Colonias program; and $500,000,000 shall 
be for the Neighborhood Leveraged Investment Program (LIFT)

 (21)Page 19, line 7, strike out all after ``1437f(o))'' down to and 
including ``Act'' in line 13

 (22)Page 19, line 18, strike out [$1,202,100,000] and insert: 
$735,000,000

 (23)Page 19, line 22, strike out [deposition] and insert: disposition

 (24)Page 19, line 22, strike out [$100,000,000] and insert: 
$250,000,000

 (25)Page 20, line 20, strike out [$156,000,000] and insert: 
$186,000,000

 (26)Page 20, line 23, strike out [$150,000,000] and insert: 
$75,000,000

 (27)Page 21, line 10, strike out all after ``1992'' down to and 
including ``opportunity'' in line 12

 (28)Page 21, line 12, after ``opportunity'' insert: : Provided 
further, That notwithstanding the language preceding the first proviso 
of this paragraph, $135,000,000 shall be used for special purpose 
grants in accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such 
grants in Senate Report 103-311

 (29)Page 21, line 14, strike out [$1,158,000,000] and insert: 
$1,300,000,000

 (30)Page 22, line 17, strike out [$3,705,000,000] and insert: 
$2,992,000,000

 (31)Page 23, strike out lines 6 to 8

 (32)Page 24, strike out lines 13 to 17 and insert:
    For contracts with payments to public housing agencies and 
nonprofit corporations for congregate services programs, $25,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 1995, of which up to $6,267,000 
shall be for entities operating such programs in accordance with the 
provisions of the Congregate Services Act of 1978, as amended, and the 
balance shall be for programs under section 802 of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101-625).

 (33)Page 25, strike out lines 2 to 9 and insert:
    For the HOPE VI/urban revitalization demonstration program under 
the third paragraph under the head ``Homeownership and Opportunity for 
People Everywhere grants (HOPE grants)'' in the Department of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1993, Public Law 102-389, 106 Stat. 1571, 1579, 
$500,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
notwithstanding the first proviso of such third paragraph, the 
Secretary shall have discretion to approve funding for more than 
fifteen applicants: Provided further, That notwithstanding the third 
proviso of such third paragraph, the Secretary may provide funds for 
more than 500 units for each participating city: Provided further, That 
in selecting HOPE VI implementation grants recipients in fiscal year 
1995, the Secretary must first award such grants to those cities or 
jurisdictions which have received HOPE VI planning grants in fiscal 
year 1993 or fiscal year 1994: Provided further, That the requirement 
of the immediately proceeding proviso shall not limit the Secretary's 
discretion to limit funding to amounts he deems appropriate, nor shall 
it prevent the Secretary from guaranteeing that all implementation 
grant recipients conform with the requirements of the HOPE VI/urban 
revitalization demonstration program: Provided further, That of the 
foregoing $500,000,000, the Secretary may use up to $2,500,000 for 
technical assistance under such urban revitalization demonstration, to 
be made available directly, or indirectly, under contracts or grants, 
as appropriate: Provided further, That nothing in this paragraph shall 
prohibit the Secretary from conforming the program standards and 
criteria set forth herein, with subsequent authorization legislation 
that may be enacted into law.

 (34)Page 25, line 15, strike out [$265,000,000] and insert: 
$315,000,000

 (35)Page 25, line 21, strike out all after ``training)'' down to and 
including ``firms'' in line 24

 (36)Page 25, line 24, after ``firms'' insert: : Provided, That not 
more than $236,250,000 shall be available for grants to housing 
authorities with greater than 1,250 public housing units: Provided 
further, That not more than $63,000,000 shall be available for grants 
to housing authorities with less than 1,250 public housing units: 
Provided further, That not more than $15,750,000 shall be available for 
grants for federally-assisted, low-income housing

 (37)Page 29, line 14, strike out [$152,000,000] and insert: 
$188,395,000

 (38)Page 29, line 22, after ``$20,885,072,000'' insert: : Provided 
further, That of the foregoing amount provided to subsidize program 
costs, not more than $47,098,750 may be obligated by January 1, 1995, 
not more than $94,197,500 may be obligated by April 1, 1995, not more 
than $160,135,750 may be obligated by July 1, 1995

 (39)Page 32, line 8, strike out [$61,500,000] and insert: $44,000,000

 (40)Page 32, line 16, strike out all after ``Development'' down to and 
including ``homeless'' in line 22

 (41)Page 32, line 22, strike out all after ``homeless'' over to and 
including ``note)'' in line 2 on page 33

 (42)Page 33, line 17, strike out [$40,000,000] and insert: $44,000,000

 (43)Page 34, line 12, strike out [$962,173,000] and insert: 
$947,398,000

 (44)Page 36, strike out lines 10 to 18

 (45)Page 36, strike out lines 19 to 23

 (46)Page 37, strike out all after line 2 over to and including line 2 
on page 38

 (47)Page 38, after line 2 insert:
    Subparagraph (A) of the first sentence of section 203(b)(2) of the 
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)) is amended by striking 
clause (ii) and all that follows through ``May 12, 1992;'' and 
inserting the following:
                            ``(ii) 75 percent of the dollar amount 
                        limitation determined under section 305(a)(2) 
                        of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation 
                        Act for a residence of the applicable size;
                except that the applicable dollar amount limitation in 
                effect for any area under this subparagraph may not be 
                less than the greater of the dollar amount limitation 
                in effect under this section for the area on the date 
                of enactment of the Housing Choice and Community 
                Investment Act of 1994 or 38 percent of the dollar 
                amount limitation determined under section 305(a)(2) of 
                the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act for a 
                residence of the applicable size;''.

 (48)Page 38, after line 10, insert:
    Beginning fiscal year 1995, the Government National Mortgage 
Association shall permit Ginnie Mae II mortgage-backed securities to be 
eligible as collateral for multiclass securities that such Association 
guarantees, in accordance with the Notice published at 59 Fed. Reg. 
27290 (May 26, 1994) and successor Notices.

 (49)Page 38, after line 10, insert:
    Section 8(c)(2)(A) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is 
amended by inserting at the end the following: ``However, where the 
maximum monthly rent, for a unit in a new construction, substantial 
rehabilitation, or moderate rehabilitation project, to be adjusted 
using an annual adjustment factor exceeds the fair market rental for an 
existing dwelling unit in the market area, the Secretary shall adjust 
the rent only to the extent that the owner demonstrates that the 
adjusted rent would not exceed the rent for an unassisted unit of 
similar quality, type, and age in the same market area, as determined 
by the Secretary. The immediately foregoing sentence shall be effective 
only during fiscal year 1995.''.
    The immediately foregoing amendment shall apply to all contracts 
for new construction, substantial rehabilitation, and moderate 
rehabilitation projects under which rents are adjusted under section 
8(c)(2)(A) of such Act by applying an annual adjustment factor.

 (50)Page 38, after line 10, insert:
    Section 8(c)(2)(A) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as 
amended by the immediately foregoing amendment to such section, is 
further amended by inserting at the end the following: ``For any unit 
occupied by the same family at the time of the last annual rental 
adjustment, where the assistance contract provides for the adjustment 
of the maximum monthly rent by applying an annual adjustment factor and 
where the rent for a unit is otherwise eligible for an adjustment based 
on the full amount of the factor, 0.01 shall be subtracted from the 
amount of the factor, except that the factor shall not be reduced to 
less than 1.0. The immediately foregoing sentence shall be effective 
only during fiscal year 1995.''.
    The immediately foregoing shall hereafter apply to all contracts 
that are subject to section 8(c)(2)(A) of such Act and that provide for 
rent adjustments using an annual adjustment factor.

 (51)Page 38, after line 10, insert:
    The United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended in each of 
sections 6(c)(4)(A)(ii) and 8(d)(1)(A)(ii), by striking ``and (V)'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: ``(V) assisting families that 
include one or more adult members who are employed; and (VI)''; in 
sections 6(c)(4)(A)(ii) and 8(d)(1)(A)(ii), by inserting after the 
final semicolon in each the following: ``subclause (V) shall be 
effective only during fiscal year 1995;''; and in the penultimate 
sentence of section 16(c), by striking ``under the system'' and all 
that follows up to the period.

 (52)Page 38, after line 10, insert:
    Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(aa) Refinancing Incentive.--
            ``(1) In General.--The Secretary may pay all or a part of 
        the up front costs of refinancing for each project that--
                    ``(A) is constructed, substantially rehabilitated, 
                or moderately rehabilitated under this section;
                    ``(B) is subject to an assistance contract under 
                this section; and
                    ``(C) was subject to a mortgage that has been 
                refinanced under section 223(a)(7) or section 223(f) of 
                the National Housing Act to lower the periodic debt 
                service payments of the owner.
            ``(2) Share From Reduced Assistance Payments.--The 
        Secretary may pay the up front cost of refinancing only--
                    ``(A) to the extent that funds accrue to the 
                Secretary from the reduced assistance payments that 
                results from the refinancing; and
                    ``(B) after the application of amounts in 
                accordance with section 1012 of the Stewart B. McKinney 
                Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988.''.
    Section 223(a)(7) of the National Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
1751n(a)(7)) is amended in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the 
end; and by inserting, before ``: Provided further'' in said paragraph, 
the following: ``; and (D) any multifamily mortgage that is refinanced 
under this paragraph shall be documented through amendments to the 
existing insurance contract and shall not be structured through the 
provisions of a new insurance contract''.
    The amendments of the two immediately preceding paragraphs shall be 
effective only during fiscal year 1995.

 (53)Page 38, after line 10, insert:
    Section 601 of title VI of S. 2281 (103d Cong., 2d Sess), as 
reported to the Senate on July 13 (legislative day, July 11), 1994 (S. 
Rep. 103-307), is hereby incorporated into this Act, and such section 
601 is deemed enacted into law upon enactment of this Act: Provided, 
That the provisions of such section 601 shall be effective only during 
fiscal year 1995.

 (54)Page 38, after line 10, insert:
    Title VIII of S. 2281 (103d Cong., 2d Sess), as reported to the 
Senate on July 13 (legislative day, July 11), 1994 (S. Rep. 103-307), 
is hereby incorporated into this Act, and such title VIII is deemed 
enacted into law upon enactment of this Act.

 (55)Page 38, after line 10, insert:
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the New York City 
Housing Authority is authorized to use not more than $12,420,000, from 
development reservation number NY36P005324 for 100 public housing units 
previous awarded from funds appropriated under Public Law 101-507 (Nov. 
5, 1990), for the purpose of completing a homeownership program 
involving not more than 463 dwelling units located in Bronx County, in 
the City of New York, in accordance with a certain submission dated 
November 16, 1993 made in response to a Notice of Funding Availability 
issued at 58 Fed. Reg. 41127. The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall thereafter add a similar number of existing non-
Federal public housing units, designated by the Authority, to the 
agency's inventory of federally-assisted public housing developments 
and said units shall, for all purposes other than the repayment of any 
debt associated with their development or rehabilitation, be considered 
as if initially developed under title I of the Housing Act of 1937.

 (56)Page 40, strike out lines 3 to 5

 (57)Page 40, after line 5 insert:
    For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant to 
section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including hire of passenger 
vehicles, and for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates 
for individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the maximum 
rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 
$4,250,000.

 (58)Page 40, after line 5 insert:

              Community Development Financial Institutions

   community development financial institutions fund program account

        For grants, loans, and technical assistance to qualifying 
community development lenders, and administrative expenses of the Fund, 
$125,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1996, of which 
$100,000,000 shall become available on September 23, 1995: Provided, 
That of the funds made available under this heading, up to $10,000,000 
may be used for the cost of direct loans, and up to $1,000,000 may be 
used for administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program: 
Provided further, That the costs of direct loans, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be defined as in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds 
are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount 
of direct loans not to exceed $75,815,000: Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available under this heading may be used for programs 
and activities of the Bank Enterprise Act.

 (59)Page 40, line 15, strike out [$43,486,000] and insert: $40,509,000

 (60)Page 40, strike out all after line 24 over to and including 
``hereafter'' in line 1 on page 41 and insert: $610,000,000, of which 
$411,212,000 is available for obligation for the period September 1, 
1995 through August 31, 1996

 (61)Page 41, line 2, strike out [$27,400,000] and insert: $29,400,000

 (62)Page 41, line 4, strike out [$13,700,000] and insert: $14,700,000

 (63)Page 41, line 9, strike out [$125,900,000] and insert: 
$155,900,000

 (64)Page 41, line 12, after ``Act'' insert: : Provided further, That 
not more than $9,450,000 of the $155,590,000 for the National Service 
Trust shall be for educational awards authorized under section 129(b) 
of the subtitle C of title I of the Act

 (65)Page 41, line 12, after ``Act'' insert: : Provided further, That 
$6,500,000 shall be made available for the Points of Light Foundation 
for purposes authorized under title III of the Act

 (66)Page 41, line 12, after ``Act'' insert: : Provided further, That 
no funds from any other appropriation, or from funds otherwise made 
available to the Corporation, shall be used to pay for personnel 
compensation and benefits, travel, or any other administrative expense 
for the Board of Directors, the Office of the Chief Executive Officer, 
the Office of the Managing Director, the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer, the Office of National and Community Service Programs, the 
National Civilian Community Corps, or any portion of any of the 
Corporation's field offices or staff working on National and Community 
Service or National Civilian Community Corps programs

 (67)Page 41, line 16, strike out [$1,000,000] and insert: $2,000,000

 (68)Page 41, line 21, strike out [$9,289,000] and insert: $9,429,000

 (69)Page 41, line 23, strike out [$650,000] and insert: $790,000

 (70)Page 42, strike out all after line 13 over to and including line 
13 on page 43

 (71)Page 43, after line 13 insert:

                        research and development

    For research and development activities, including procurement of 
laboratory equipment and supplies; other operating expenses in support 
of research and development; and construction, alteration, repair, 
rehabilitation and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per 
project; $350,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1996: 
Provided, That not more than $50,567,000 of these funds shall be 
available for procurement of laboratory equipment, supplies, and other 
operating expenses in support of research and development.

 (72)Page 43, after line 13 insert:

                   abatement, control, and compliance

    For abatement, control, and compliance activities, including hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of 
aircraft; purchase of reprints; library memberships in societies or 
associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to 
members lower than to subscribers who are not members; construction, 
alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not 
to exceed $75,000 per project; and not to exceed $6,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; $1,427,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 1996: Provided, That not more than 
$296,772,500 of these funds shall be available for operating expenses: 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this head 
shall be available to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration pursuant to section 118(h)(3) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act, as amended: Provided further, That none of these 
funds may be expended for purposes of resource conservation and 
recovery panels established under section 2003 of the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6913), or for 
support to State, regional, local, and interstate agencies in 
accordance with subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, 
other than section 4008(a)(2) or 4009 (42 U.S.C. 6948, 6949): Provided 
further, That from funds appropriated under this heading, the 
Administrator may make grants to federally recognized Indian 
governments for the development of multimedia environmental programs.

 (73)Page 43, line 21, strike out [$935,000,000] and insert: 
$922,000,000

 (74)Page 43, strike out line 23

 (75)Page 44, line 3, strike out all after ``project,'' down to and 
including ``expenses'' in line 8 and insert: $28,542,000

 (76)Page 44, strike out lines 9 to 14

 (77)Page 44, after line 14 insert:

                        buildings and facilities

    For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and 
purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, or for use by, the 
Environmental Protection Agency, $43,870,000, to remain available until 
expended.

 (78)Page 44, line 22, strike out [$1,435,000,000] and insert: 
$1,200,000,000

 (79)Page 44, line 23, strike out [$1,185,000,000] and insert: 
$950,000,000

 (80)Page 45, line 9, after ``CERCLA'' insert: : Provided further, That 
$15,384,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
transferred to the Office of Inspector General appropriation to remain 
available until September 30, 1995

 (81)Page 46, line 3, after ``contract'' insert: : Provided further, 
That nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit the Administrator from 
conforming the program standards and criteria set forth herein, with 
subsequent authorization legislation that may be enacted into law

 (82)Page 46, line 12, after ``expenses'' insert: : Provided further, 
That $669,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
transferred to the Office of Inspector General appropriation to remain 
available until September 30, 1995

 (83)Page 46, strike out all after line 21 over to and including line 
25 on page 47

 (84)Page 47, after line 25 insert:

               water infrastructure/state revolving funds

    For necessary expenses for capitalization grants for State 
revolving funds to support water infrastructure financing, and to carry 
out the purposes of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as 
amended, and the Water Quality Act of 1987, $3,400,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $22,500,000 shall be for making 
grants under section 104(b)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, as amended; $100,000,000 shall be for making grants under section 
319 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended; $52,500,000 
shall be for section 510 of the Water Quality Act of 1987; $47,500,000 
shall be made available in consultation with the appropriate border 
commission for architectural, engineering, and design, and related 
activities in connection with wastewater facilities in the vicinity of 
Nogales, Arizona, and Mexicali, Mexico, and planning and design of 
other high priority wastewater facilities in the area of the Mexican 
border, the purpose of which facilities is to control municipal 
wastewater from Mexico; $50,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of 
Texas, which shall be matched by an equal amount of State funds from 
State sources, for the purpose of improving wastewater treatment in 
colonias in that State; $10,000,000 shall be for a grant to the State 
of New Mexico, which is to be matched by an equal amount of State funds 
from State sources, for the purpose of improving wastewater treatment 
in colonias in that State; $70,000,000 shall be for making grants under 
section 1443(a) of the Public Health Service Act; and, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, $369,700,000 shall be for making grants 
with a 55 percent Federal share for the construction of wastewater 
treatment facilities in accordance with the terms and conditions 
specified for such grants in Senate Report 103-311: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, $500,000,000 made available 
under this heading in Public Law 103-124, and earmarked to not become 
available until May 31, 1994, which date was extended to September 30, 
1994, in Public Law 103-211, shall be available immediately and without 
further authorization for making grants with a 55 percent Federal share 
for the construction of wastewater treatment facilities in accordance 
with the terms and conditions specified for such grants in Senate 
Report 103-311: Provided further, That the grant awarded from funds 
appropriated under the paragraph with the heading ``Construction 
grants'' in title III of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1990 (103 Stat. 858) for construction of a connector sewer line, 
consisting of a main trunk line and 4 pump stations for the town of 
Honea Path, South Carolina, to the wastewater treatment facility in the 
town of Ware Shoals, South Carolina, shall include demolition of 
Chiquola Mill Lagoon, Clatworthy Lagoon, Corner Creek Lagoon, and Still 
Branch Lagoon: Provided further, That none of the funds provided under 
this heading for State revolving funds shall be allocated based on the 
1992 Needs Survey Report to Congress.

 (85)Page 48, strike out line 1 and insert:

                       administrative provisions

 (86)Page 48, after line 15 insert:
    None of the funds provided in this Act may be used within the 
Environmental Protection Agency for any final action by the 
Administrator or her delegate for signing and publishing for 
promulgation of a rule concerning any new standard for radon in 
drinking water.

 (87)Page 48, after line 15 insert:
    None of the funds provided in this Act may be used during fiscal 
year 1995 to sign, promulgate, implement or enforce the requirement 
proposed as ``Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Individual 
Foreign Refinery Baseline Requirements for Reformulated Gasoline'' at 
volume 59 of the Federal Register at pages 22800 through 22814.

 (88)Page 48, after line 15 insert:

    sense of the senate regarding the environmental self-evaluation 
                               privilege

    (a) Findings.--The Senate finds that--
            (1) The intended effect of environmental protection 
        statutes passed over the past three decades is to improve and 
        protect the natural and human environment.
            (2) The President's National Performance Review concluded 
        that the environmental laws and regulations implemented over 
        the past decade have led to significant improvements in 
        environmental quality.
            (3) The National Performance Review further concludes that 
        many of these laws, however, place a very real cost burden on 
        local governments. Localities now struggle to comply with new 
        requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Resource 
        Conservation and Recovery Act, the Clean Water Act, the Clean 
        Air Act, and Superfund, with little or no prospect of 
        significant increases in Federal grants and only limited 
        availability of loans in the future.
            (4) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates 
        that, by the year 2000, local governments will need to spend 
        nearly $44,000,000,000 annually to meet existing requirements.
            (5) The National Performance Review states: ``With the 
        opportunity to `reinvent' the way EPA works with State and 
        local governments, EPA has a chance to significantly increase 
        the effectiveness of our Nation's environmental programs.
            (6) The National Performance Review acknowledged that there 
        are numerous examples where the failure of EPA to devise better 
        ways to protect the environment affordably may result in just 
        the opposite of the intended effect.
            (7) To further the goals of protecting and improving the 
        natural and human environment, the States of Oregon, Indiana, 
        Kentucky and Colorado have passed laws establishing an 
        ``environmental self-evaluation privilege''.
            (8) The EPA is currently considering modifying its existing 
        environmental auditing policy.
    (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
            (1) The National Performance Review is correct in stating 
        that EPA must recognize that increased regulatory flexibility 
        offers tremendous opportunity for positive institutional change 
        at Federal, State and local levels.
            (2) EPA must take advantage of these opportunities by 
        finding ways to allow flexibility without compromising 
        fairness, accountability and, above all, performance.
            (3) The EPA should seriously consider the ``environmental 
        self-evaluation privilege'', as enacted into law by the States 
        of Oregon, Indiana, Kentucky and Colorado, as a low-cost 
        opportunity to increase performance toward the intended effect 
        of environmental protection statutes to improve and protect the 
        natural and human environment.

 (89)Page 49, strike out lines 13 to 17

 (90)Page 49, line 20, strike out all after ``319'' down to and 
including ``417'' in line 21

 (91)Page 50, line 3, strike out all after ``319'' down to and 
including ``417'' in line 4

 (92)Page 50, line 8, strike out [$145,000] and insert: $95,000

 (93)Page 50, line 23, strike out [$165,000,000] and insert: 
$162,000,000

 (94)Page 51, line 20, strike out [$220,345,000] and insert: 
$212,960,000

 (95)Page 56, line 5, strike out [$5,592,900,000] and insert: 
$5,573,900,000

 (96)Page 56, after line 7 insert:

                    (including rescission of funds)

 (97)Page 56, after line 19 insert:
    Of the amounts provided under the heading, ``construction of 
facilities'', for the Consortium for International Earth Science 
Information Network in Public Law 102-389, $10,000,000 are rescinded.

 (98)Page 56, after line 19 insert:

                    national aeronautical facilities

    For construction of new national wind tunnel facilities, including 
final design, modification of existing facilities, necessary equipment, 
and for acquisition or condemnation of real property as authorized by 
law, for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
$400,000,000, to remain available until March 31, 1997.

 (99)Page 57, line 14, strike out [$2,549,587,000] and insert: 
$2,559,587,000

 (100)Page 57, line 14, after ``$2,549,587,000'' insert: , to remain 
available until September 30, 1996

 (101)Page 57, line 18, strike out [$16,000,000] and insert: 
$16,800,000

 (102)Page 57, strike out all after line 20 over to and including line 
9 on page 58

 (103)Page 59, after line 2 insert:
    Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds 
appropriated for ``Mission support'', amounts made available by this 
Act for personnel and related costs and travel expenses of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration shall remain available until 
September 30, 1995 and may be used to enter into contracts for 
training, investigations, cost associated with personnel relocation, 
and for other services, to be provided during the next fiscal year.

 (104)Page 60, after line 2 insert:
    The fourth proviso in the paragraph under the heading ``Science, 
space, and technology education trust fund'' in the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development--Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1989 (Public Law 101-404, 102 Stat. 1014, 1028) is amended by striking 
out ``for a ten-year period'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``hereafter''.

 (105)Page 60, after line 2 insert:
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall convey, without 
reimbursement, to the City of Slidell, Louisiana, all rights, title, 
and interest of the United States in the property, including all 
improvements thereon, known as the Slidell Computer Complex, and 
consisting of approximately 14 acres in the City of Slidell, St. 
Tammany Parish, Louisiana: Provided, That appropriated funds may be 
used to effect this conveyance: Provided further, in consideration of 
this conveyance, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration may 
require such other terms and conditions as the Administrator deems 
appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.

 (106)Page 60, after line 2 insert:
    Of amounts made available within this Act to the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, not more than $108,900,000 shall 
be obligated to satisfy the requirements set forth in section 9(e)-(r) 
of the Small Business Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 638(e)-(r)), and any 
related requirements, including such requirements enacted in Public Law 
102-564.

 (107)Page 60, line 21, strike out [$2,216,923,000] and insert: 
$2,300,000,000

 (108)Page 61, line 24, strike out [$105,000,000] and insert: 
$150,000,000

 (109)Page 62, line 7, strike out [$100,000,000] and insert: 
$300,000,000

 (110)Page 62, line 8, strike out all after ``1996'' down to and 
including ``1995'' in line 10

 (111)Page 62, line 10, after ``1995'' insert: : Provided, That 
$190,000,000 of the funds under this heading are available for 
obligation for the period September 1, 1995 through August 31, 1996

 (112)Page 62, line 18, strike out [$585,974,000] and insert: 
$605,974,000

 (113)Page 63, line 18, strike out [$4,000,000] and insert: $4,380,000

 (114)Page 66, strike out lines 8 to 25

 (115)Page 73, strike out all after line 8 over to and including line 2 
on page 75

 (116)Page 75, strike out lines 3 to 13

 (117)Page 75, after line 13 insert:
    Sec. 517. None of the funds in this Act may be used to reimburse 
grantees for indirect costs at an amount that differs from procedures 
in use by Federal agencies on June 1, 1994 or from OMB Circular A-21, 
as published in the Federal Register on July 26, 1993 on pages 39996 
through 39999.

 (118)Page 75, after line 13 insert:

          legal effect of security council resolution on haiti

    Sec. 518. It is the sense of the Senate that United Nations 
Security Council Resolution 940 of July 31, 1994, does not constitute 
authorization for the deployment of United States Armed Forces in Haiti 
under the Constitution of the United States or pursuant to the War 
Powers Resolution (Public Law 93-148).

 (119)Page 75, after line 13 insert:
    Sec. 519. The budgetary resources made available to the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration in this Act for fiscal year 1995 
for procurement and procurement-related expenses are hereby reduced by 
an additional $19,703,000.

 (120)Page 75, after line 13 insert:
    Sec. 520. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act 
shall be used to publish, implement, or enforce any regulations 
promulgated to carry out section 919 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1992 before July 1, 1995.

 (121)Page 75, after line 13 insert:
    Sec. 521. None of the funds made available in this Act to the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development may be used to provide any 
individual assistance or benefit to any individual or entity in the 
United States unless the Federal entity or official to which the funds 
are made available takes reasonable actions to determine whether the 
individual is in a lawful immigration status in the United States: 
Provided, That in no case may a Federal entity, official, or agent of 
any Federal entity or official discriminate against any individual with 
respect to filing, inquiry, or adjudication of an application for 
funding made available in this Act on the basis of race, color, creed, 
handicap, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status or form of 
lawful immigration status: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
section, the term ``individual assistance or benefit'' does not include 
search and rescue, emergency medical care, emergency mass care, 
emergency shelter, clearance of roads and construction of temporary 
bridges necessary to the performance of emergency tasks and essential 
community services, warning of further risks or hazards, dissemination 
of public information and assistance regarding health and safety 
measures, the provision on an emergency basis of food, water, medicine, 
and other essential needs, including movement of supplies or persons, 
or reduction of immediate threats to life, property, and public health 
and safety: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of this section, a homeless individual may, for a period not to exceed 
45 days, receive assistance from funds made available under this Act to 
assist homeless individuals pursuant to the Stewart B. McKinney 
Homeless Assistance Act, regardless of the immigration status of such 
individual.

 (122)Page 75, after line 13 insert:
    Sec. 522. It is sense of the Senate that--
            (1) the murders of a doctor, his escort, and the wounding 
        of another escort outside a reproductive health clinic in 
        Pensacola, Florida, on July 29, 1994, were reprehensible acts 
        of violence and terrorism;
            (2) the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms 
        should undertake all enforcement and investigative activities 
        under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, and any 
        other applicable laws, that are necessary to ensure the safety 
        of women seeking to enter reproductive health clinics, their 
        doctors, and escorts and clinic workers and to demonstrate to 
        future potential perpetrators of such violence that these laws 
        will be strongly enforced nationwide;
            (3) The Attorney General should utilize the full extent of 
        her authority to provide adequate protection to women seeking 
        to enter reproductive health clinics, their doctors, and 
        escorts and clinic workers; and
            (4) all investigative and law enforcement activities 
        undertaken by the Government in accordance with this section 
        should be conducted in a manner that is fully consistent with 
        the first amendment to the Constitution.

 (123)Page 75, after line 13 insert:

                                TITLE VI

                 EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                   Community Planning and Development

                      community development grants

    For an additional amount for ``Community development grants'', as 
authorized under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974, for emergency expenses resulting from the January 1994 
earthquake in Southern California, $225,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 1996, of which $50,000,000 shall be derived by 
transfer from funds provided under the head ``Department of Education, 
Impact aid'' in the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1994 
(Public Law 103-211): Provided, That of the foregoing amount, 
$200,000,000 and $25,000,000 shall be for the cities of Los Angeles and 
Santa Monica, California, respectively: Provided further, That in 
administering these funds, the Secretary may waive, or specify 
alternative requirements for, any provision of any statute or 
regulation that the Secretary administers in connection with the 
obligation by the Secretary or any use by the recipient of these funds, 
except for statutory requirements relating to fair housing and 
nondiscrimination, the environment, and labor standards, upon finding 
that such waiver is required to facilitate the obligation and use of 
such funds, and would not be inconsistent with the overall purpose of 
the statute or regulation: Provided further, That the entire amount is 
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, as amended.
    For an additional amount for ``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 program as authorized by title I of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974, to be used to assist States, 
local communities, and businesses in recovering from the flooding and 
damage caused by Tropical Storm Alberto and other disasters, 
$180,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That the 
entire amount shall be available only to the extent of an official 
budget request, for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation 
of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement, as 
defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, is transmitted to the Congress: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may waive any provision of 
law (except for provisions relating to fair housing, the environment, 
or labor standards) if the Secretary determines such waiver is 
necessary to facilitate the obligation of the entire amount: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may 
transfer up to $50,000,000 to the HOME investment partnerships program, 
as authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act, to be used for purposes related to flooding and 
damage caused by Tropical Storm Alberto and other disasters.

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency

    For an additional amount for ``Disaster assistance direct loan 
program account'' for the cost of direct loans, $12,500,000, as 
authorized by section 417 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act to be used to assist local governments in 
recovering from flooding and damage caused by Tropical Storm Alberto 
and other disasters: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds 
are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount 
of direct loans not to exceed $50,000,000 under section 417 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: 
Provided further, That any unused portion of the direct loan limitation 
and subsidy shall be available until expended: Provided further, That 
the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That the 
entire amount shall be available only to the extent of an official 
budget request, for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation 
of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement, as 
defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, is transmitted to the Congress.

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                     Federal Highway Administration

                          Federal-Aid Highways

                        emergency relief program

                          (highway trust fund)

    The matter under the heading in the Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-211) is amended by deleting 
``$950,000,000'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``$775,000,000''.

            Attest:






                                                             Secretary.

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