Be it enacted by the Senate and <<NOTE: Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997.>> House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Veterans Benefits Administration
compensation and pensions
(including transfers of funds)
For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, chapters 11, 13, 51, 53, 55, and 61); pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 92 Stat. 2508); and burial benefits, emergency and other officers' retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and certificates, payment of premiums due on commercial life insurance policies guaranteed under the provisions of Article IV of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended, and for other benefits as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 50 U.S.C. App. 540-548; 43 Stat. 122, 123; 45 Stat. 735; 76 Stat. 1198); $18,671,259,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $26,417,000 of the amount appropriated shall be reimbursed to ``General operating expenses'' and ``Medical care'' for necessary expenses in implementing those provisions authorized in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, and in the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C. chapters 51, 53, and 55), the funding source for which is specifically provided as the ``Compensation and pensions'' appropriation: Provided further, That such sums as may be earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall be reimbursed to ``Medical facilities revolving fund'' to augment the funding of individual
medical facilities for nursing home care provided to pensioners as authorized by the Veterans' Benefits Act of 1992 (38 U.S.C. chapter 55).
readjustment benefits
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapters 21, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51, 53, 55, and 61, $1,377,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds shall be available to pay any court order, court award or any compromise settlement arising from litigation involving the vocational training program authorized by section 18 of Public Law 98-77, as amended.
veterans insurance and indemnities
For military and naval insurance, national service life insurance, servicemen's indemnities, service-disabled veterans insurance, and veterans mortgage life insurance as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 19; 70 Stat. 887; 72 Stat. 487, $38,970,000, to remain available until expended.
guaranty and indemnity program account
(including transfer of funds)
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, as amended: 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, as amended. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $105,226,000, which may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.
loan guaranty program account
(including transfer of funds)
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, as amended: 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, as amended. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $33,810,000, which may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.
direct loan program account
(including transfer of funds)
For the cost of direct loans, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, as amended: 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, as amended: Provided further,
That during 1997, within the resources available, not to exceed $300,000 in gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for specially adapted housing loans. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program, $80,000, which may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.
education loan fund program account
(including transfer of funds)
For the cost of direct loans, $1,000, as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 3698, as amended: 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, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $3,000. In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct loan program, $195,000, which may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.
vocational rehabilitation loans program account
(including transfer of funds)
For the cost of direct loans, $49,000, as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 31, as amended: 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, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $2,822,000. In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct loan program, $377,000, which may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.
native american veteran housing loan program account
(including transfer of funds)
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 37, subchapter V, as amended, $205,000, which may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``General operating expenses''.
Veterans Health Administration
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 Department of Veterans Affairs, including care and treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Department; and furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and equipment; funeral, burial, and other expenses incidental thereto for beneficiaries receiving care in the Department; administrative expenses in support of planning, design, project management, real
property acquisition and disposition, construction and renovation of any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; oversight, engineering and architectural activities not charged to project cost; repairing, altering, improving or providing facilities in the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of the Department, 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 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; aid to State homes as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 1741; and not to exceed $8,000,000 to fund cost comparison studies as referred to in 38 U.S.C. 8110(a)(5); $17,008,447,000, plus reimbursements: Provided, That of the funds made available under this heading, $700,000,000 is for the equipment and land and structures object classifications only, which amount shall not become available for obligation until August 1, 1997, and shall remain available until September 30, 1998.
medical and prosthetic research
For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical and prosthetic research and development as authorized by 38 U.S.C. chapter 73, to remain available until September 30, 1998, $262,000,000, plus reimbursements.
medical administration and miscellaneous operating expenses
For necessary expenses in the administration of medical, hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, supply, and research activities, as authorized by law; administrative expenses in support of planning, design, project management, architectural, engineering, real property acquisition and disposition, construction and renovation of any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including site acquisition; engineering and architectural activities not charged to project cost; and research and development in building construction technology; $61,207,000, plus reimbursements.
transitional housing loan program
(including transfer of funds)
For the cost of direct loans, $7,000, as authorized by Public Law 102-54, section 8, which shall be transferred from the ``General post fund'': 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, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $70,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program, $54,000, which shall be transferred from the ``General post fund'', as authorized by Public Law 102-54, section 8.
Departmental Administration
general operating expenses
For necessary operating expenses of the Department of Veterans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for official reception and representation expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard services, and the Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail; $827,584,000: Provided, That during fiscal year 1997, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the number of individuals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (1) in other than ``career appointee'' positions in the Senior Executive Service shall not exceed 6, and (2) in schedule C positions shall not exceed 11: Provided further, That funds under this heading shall be available to administer the Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training Act.
national cemetery system
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of the National Cemetery System, not otherwise provided for, including uniforms or allowances therefor; cemeterial expenses as authorized by law; purchase of two passenger motor vehicles for use in cemeterial operations; and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $76,864,000.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $30,900,000.
construction, major projects
For constructing, altering, extending and improving any of the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38, United States Code, including planning, architectural and engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, where the estimated cost of a project is $3,000,000 or more or where funds for a project were made available in a previous major project appropriation, $250,858,000, of which $32,100,000 shall be for the replacement hospital at Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, California, and shall not be released for obligation prior to January 1, 1998, unless action is taken by the Congress specifically making such funds available, and all funds appropriated under the above heading are to remain available until expended: Provided, That except for advance planning of projects funded through the advance planning fund and the design of projects funded through the design fund, none of these funds shall be used for any project which has not been considered and approved by the Congress in the budgetary process: Provided further, That funds provided in this appropriation
for fiscal year 1997, for each approved project shall be obligated (1) by the awarding of a construction documents contract by September 30, 1997, and (2) by the awarding of a construction contract by September 30, 1998: Provided further, That the Secretary shall promptly report in writing to the Comptroller General and to the Committees on Appropriations any approved major construction project in which obligations are not incurred within the time limitations established above; and the Comptroller General shall review the report in accordance with the procedures established by section 1015 of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (title X of Public Law 93-344): Provided further, That no funds from any other account except the ``Parking revolving fund'', may be obligated for constructing, altering, extending, or improving a project which was approved in the budget process and funded in this account until one year after substantial completion and beneficial occupancy by the Department of Veterans Affairs of the project or any part thereof with respect to that part only.
construction, minor projects
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of the facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including planning, architectural and engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406, 8102, 8103, 8106, 8108, 8109, 8110, and 8122 of title 38, United States Code, where the estimated cost of a project is less than $3,000,000; $175,000,000, to remain available until expended, along with unobligated balances of previous ``Construction, minor projects'' appropriations which are hereby made available for any project where the estimated cost is less than $3,000,000: Provided, That funds in this account shall be available for (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department which are necessary because of loss or damage caused by any natural disaster or catastrophe, and (2) temporary measures necessary to prevent or to minimize further loss by such causes.
parking revolving fund
For the parking revolving fund as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8109, $12,300,000, together with income from fees collected, to remain available until expended, which shall be available for all authorized expenses except operations and maintenance costs, which will be funded from ``Medical care''.
grants for construction of state extended care facilities
For grants to assist States to acquire or construct State nursing home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, modify or alter existing hospital, nursing home and domiciliary facilities in State homes, for furnishing care to veterans as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 8131-8137, $47,397,000, to remain available until expended.
grants for the construction of state veterans cemeteries
For grants to aid States in establishing, expanding, or improving State veteran cemeteries as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 2408, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended.
franchise fund
(including transfer of funds)
There is hereby established in the Treasury <<NOTE: 31 USC 501 note.>> a franchise fund pilot, as authorized by section 403 of Public Law 103-356, to be available as provided in such section for expenses and equipment necessary for the maintenance and operation of such administrative services as the Secretary determines may be performed more advantageously as central services: Provided, That any inventories, equipment and other assets pertaining to the services to be provided by the franchise fund, either on hand or on order, less the related liabilities or unpaid obligations, and any appropriations made hereafter for the purpose of providing capital, shall be used to capitalize the franchise fund: Provided further, That the franchise fund may be paid in advance from funds available to the Department and other Federal agencies for which such centralized services are performed, at rates which will return in full all expenses of operation, including accrued leave, depreciation of fund plant and equipment, amortization of automated data processing (ADP) software and systems (either acquired or donated), and an amount necessary to maintain a reasonable operating reserve, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That the franchise fund shall provide services on a competitive basis: Provided further, That an amount not to exceed four percent of the total annual income to such fund may be retained in the fund for fiscal year 1997 and each fiscal year thereafter, to remain available until expended, to be used for the acquisition of capital equipment and for the improvement and implementation of Departmental financial management, ADP, and other support systems: Provided further, That no later than thirty days after the end of each fiscal year amounts in excess of this reserve limitation shall be transferred to the Treasury: Provided further, That such franchise fund pilot shall terminate pursuant to section 403(f) of Public Law 103-356.
administrative provisions
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 101. Any appropriation for 1997 for ``Compensation and pensions'', ``Readjustment benefits'', and ``Veterans insurance and indemnities'' may be transferred to any other of the mentioned appropriations. Sec. 102. Appropriations available to the Department of Veterans Affairs for 1997 for salaries and expenses shall be available for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. Sec. 103. No appropriations in this Act for the Department of Veterans Affairs (except the appropriations for ``Construction, major projects'', ``Construction, minor projects'', and the ``Parking revolving fund'') shall be available for the purchase of any site for or toward the construction of any new hospital or home.
Sec. 104. No appropriations in this Act for the Department of Veterans Affairs shall be available for hospitalization or examination of any persons (except beneficiaries entitled under the laws bestowing such benefits to veterans, and persons receiving such treatment under 5 U.S.C. 7901-7904 or 42 U.S.C. 5141-5204), unless reimbursement of cost is made to the ``Medical care'' account at such rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Sec. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1997 for ``Compensation and pensions'', ``Readjustment benefits'', and ``Veterans insurance and indemnities'' shall be available for payment of prior year accrued obligations required to be recorded by law against the corresponding prior year accounts within the last quarter of fiscal year 1996. Sec. 106. Appropriations accounts available to the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 1997 shall be available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding prior year appropriations accounts resulting from title X of the Competitive Equality Banking Act, Public Law 100-86, except that if such obligations are from trust fund accounts they shall be payable from ``Compensation and pensions''. Sec. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during fiscal year 1997, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, from the National Service Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1920), the Veterans' Special Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1923), and the United States Government Life Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1955), reimburse the ``General operating expenses'' account for the cost of administration of the insurance programs financed through those accounts: Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the surplus earnings accumulated in an insurance program in fiscal year 1997, that are available for dividends in that program after claims have been paid and actuarially determined reserves have been set aside: Provided further, That if the cost of administration of an insurance program exceeds the amount of surplus earnings accumulated in that program, reimbursement shall be made only to the extent of such surplus earnings: Provided further, That the Secretary shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal year 1997, which is properly allocable to the provision of each insurance program and to the provision of any total disability income insurance included in such insurance program. Sec. 108. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may convey, without consideration, to the City of Tuscaloosa, Alabama (in this section referred to as the ``City''), all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real property, including any improvements thereon, in the northwest quarter of section 28, township 21 south, range 9 west, of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, comprising a portion of the grounds of the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and consisting of approximately 9.42 acres, more or less. (b) The conveyance under subsection (a) shall be subject to the condition that the City use the real property conveyed under that subsection in perpetuity solely for public park or recreational purposes. (c) The exact acreage and legal description of the real property to be conveyed pursuant to this section shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The cost of such survey shall be borne by the City.
(d) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may require such additional terms and conditions in connection with the conveyance under this section as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.
TITLE II
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Housing Programs
development of additional new subsidized housing
For assistance for the purchase, construction, acquisition, or development of additional public and subsidized housing units for low income families under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, (``the Act'' herein) (42 U.S.C. 1437), not otherwise provided for, $1,039,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total amount provided under this head, $645,000,000 shall be for capital advances, including amendments to capital advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for project rental assistance, and amendments to contracts for project rental assistance, for supportive housing for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; and $194,000,000 shall be for capital advances, including amendments to capital advance contracts, for supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, and for project rental assistance, and amendments to contracts for project rental assistance, for supportive housing for persons with disabilities as authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may designate up to 25 percent of the amounts earmarked under this paragraph for section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act for tenant-based assistance, as authorized under that section, including such authority as may be waived under the next proviso, which assistance is five years in duration: Provided further, That the Secretary may waive any provision of section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 and section 811 of the National Affordable Housing Act (including the provisions governing the terms and conditions of project rental assistance and tenant-based assistance) that the Secretary determines is not necessary to achieve the objectives of these programs, or that otherwise impedes the ability to develop, operate or administer projects assisted under these programs, and may make provision for alternative conditions or terms where appropriate: Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this head $200,000,000, shall be for the development or acquisition cost of public housing for Indian families, including amounts for housing under the mutual help homeownership opportunity program under section 202 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437bb).
prevention of resident displacement
For activities and assistance to prevent the involuntary displacement of low-income families, the elderly and the disabled because of the loss of affordable housing stock, expiration of subsidy contracts (other than contracts for which amounts are provided
under the head ``Preserving Existing Housing Investment'') or expiration of use restrictions, or other changes in housing assistance arrangements, and for other purposes, $4,640,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total amount provided under this head, $3,600,000,000 shall be for assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437) for use in connection with expiring or terminating section 8 subsidy contracts: Provided further, That the Secretary may determine not to apply section 8(o)(6)(B) of the Act to housing vouchers during fiscal year 1997: Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this head, $850,000,000 shall be for amendments to section 8 contracts other than contracts for projects developed under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended: Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this head, $190,000,000 shall be for assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437) to relocate residents of properties (i) that are owned by the Secretary and being disposed of; (ii) that are discontinuing section 8 project-based assistance; or (iii) subject to special workout assistance team intervention compliance actions; for the conversion of section 23 projects to assistance under section 8; for funds to carry out the family unification program; and for the relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to combat crime in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecution agency: Provided further, That of the total amount made available under this head, $50,000,000 shall be made available to nonelderly disabled families affected by the designation of a public housing development under section 7 of such Act or the establishment of preferences in accordance with section 651 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 1361l).
preserving existing housing investment
For operating, maintaining, revitalizing, rehabilitating, preserving, and protecting existing housing developments for low-income families, and the elderly, and the disabled, $5,750,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total amount made available under this head, $2,900,000,000 shall be available for payments to public housing agencies and Indian housing authorities for operating subsidies for low-income housing projects as authorized by section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g): Provided further, That of the total amount made available under this head, $2,500,000,000 shall be available for modernization of existing public housing projects as authorized under section 14 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437l), of which $10,000,000 shall be for carrying out activities under section 6(j) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 and technical assistance for the inspection of public housing units, contract expertise, and training and technical assistance directly or indirectly, under grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, to assist in the oversight and management of public and Indian housing (whether or not the housing is being modernized with assistance under this proviso) or tenant-based assistance, including, but not limited to, an annual resident survey, data collection and analysis, training and technical assistance by or to officials and employees of the department and of public housing agencies and to residents in connection with the public and Indian housing program: Provided further, That of the total amount pro
vided under this head, $350,000,000 shall be available for use in conjunction with properties that are eligible for assistance under the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (LIHPRHA) or the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 (ELIHPA), of which $75,000,000 shall be available for obligation until March 1, 1997 for projects (1) that are subject to a repayment or settlement agreement that was executed between the owner and the Secretary prior to September 1, 1995; (2) whose submissions were delayed as a result of their location in areas that were designated as a Federal disaster area in a Presidential Disaster Declaration; or (3) whose processing was, in fact or in practical effect, suspended, deferred, or interrupted for a period of twelve months or more because of differing interpretations, by the Secretary and an owner or by the Secretary and a State or local rent regulatory agency, concerning the timing of filing eligibility or the effect of a presumptively applicable State or local rent control law or regulation on the determination of preservation value under section 213 of LIHPRHA, as amended, if the owner of such project filed notice of intent to extend the low-income affordability restrictions of the housing, or transfer to a qualified purchaser who would extend such restrictions, on or before November 1, 1993; and of which, up to $100,000,000 may be used for rental assistance to prevent displacement of families residing in projects whose owners prepay their mortgages; and the balance of which shall be available from the effective date of this Act for sales to preferred priority purchasers: Provided further, That with the exception of projects described in clauses (1), (2), or (3) of the preceding proviso, the Secretary shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law, suspend further processing of preservation applications which have not heretofore received approval of a plan of action: Provided further, That $150,000,000 of amounts recaptured from interest reduction payment contracts for section 236 projects whose owners prepay their mortgages during fiscal year 1997 shall be rescinded: Provided further, That an owner of eligible low- income housing may prepay the mortgage or request voluntary termination of a mortgage insurance contract, so long as said owner agrees not to raise rents for sixty days after such prepayment: Provided further, That such developments have been determined to have preservation equity at least equal to the lesser of $5,000 per unit or $500,000 per project or the equivalent of eight times the most recently published monthly fair market rent for the area in which the project is located as the appropriate unit size for all of the units in the eligible project: Provided further, That the Secretary may modify the regulatory agreement to permit owners and priority purchasers to retain rental income in excess of the basic rental charge in projects assisted under section 236 of the National Housing Act, for the purpose of preserving the low- and moderate-income character of the housing: Provided further, That eligible low-income housing shall include properties meeting the requirements of this paragraph with mortgages that are held by a State agency as a result of a sale by the Secretary without insurance, which immediately before the sale would have been eligible low-income housing under LIHPRHA: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, subject to the availability of appropriated funds, each low-income family, and moderate-income family who is elderly or disabled or is residing in a low-vacancy area, residing in the housing on the date of
prepayment or voluntary termination, and whose rent, as a result of a rent increase occurring no later than one year after the date of the prepayment, exceeds 30 percent of adjusted income, shall be offered tenant-based assistance in accordance with section 8 or any successor program, under which the family shall pay no less for rent than it paid on such date: Provided further, That any family receiving tenant-based assistance under the preceding proviso may elect (1) to remain in the unit of the housing and if the rent exceeds the fair market rent or payment standard, as applicable, the rent shall be deemed to be the applicable standard, so long as the administering public housing agency finds that the rent is reasonable in comparison with rents charged for comparable unassisted housing units in the market or (2) to move from the housing and the rent will be subject to the fair market rent of the payment standard, as applicable, under existing program rules and procedures: Provided further, That the tenant-based assistance made available under the preceding two provisos are in lieu of benefits provided in subsections 223(b), (c), and (d) of the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990: Provided further, That any sales shall be funded using the capital grant available under section 220(d)(3)(A) of LIHPRHA: Provided further, That any extensions shall be funded using a non-interest-bearing capital (direct) loan by the Secretary not in excess of the amount of the cost of rehabilitation approved in the plan of action plus 65 percent of the property's preservation equity and under such other terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe: Provided further, That any capital grant shall be limited to seven times, and any capital loan limited to six times, the annual fair market rent for the project, as determined using the fair market rent for fiscal year 1997 for the area in which the project is located, using the appropriate apartment sizes and mix in the eligible project, except where, upon the request of a priority purchaser, the Secretary determines that a greater amount is necessary and appropriate to preserve low-income housing: Provided further, That section 241(f) of the National Housing Act is repealed and insurance under such section shall not be offered as an incentive under LIHPRHA and ELIHPA: Provided further, That up to $10,000,000 of the amount of $350,000,000 made available by a preceding proviso in this paragraph may be used at the discretion of the Secretary to reimburse owners of eligible properties for which plans of action were submitted prior to the effective date of this Act, but were not executed for lack of available funds, with such reimbursement available only for documented costs directly applicable to the preparation of the plan of action as determined by the Secretary, and shall be made available on terms and conditions to be established by the Secretary: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a priority purchaser may utilize assistance under the HOME Investment Partnerships Act or the Low Income Housing Tax Credit: Provided further, That projects with approved plans of action which exceed the limitations on eligibility for funding imposed by this Act may submit revised plans of action which conform to these limitations by March 1, 1997, and retain the priority for funding otherwise applicable from the original date of approval of their plan of action, subject to securing any additional necessary funding commitments by August 1, 1997.
revitalization of severely distressed public housing
For grants to public housing agencies for assisting in the demolition of obsolete public housing projects or portions thereof, the revitalization (where appropriate) of sites (including remaining public housing units) on which such projects are located, replacement housing which will avoid or lessen concentrations of very low-income families, and tenant-based assistance in accordance with section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; and for providing replacement housing and assisting tenants to be displaced by the demolition, $550,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which the Secretary may use up to $2,500,000 for technical assistance, to be provided directly or indirectly by grants, contracts or cooperative agreements, including training and cost of necessary travel for participants in such training, by or to officials and employees of the Department and of public housing agencies and to residents: Provided, That no funds appropriated in this title shall be used for any purpose that is not provided for herein, in the Housing Act of 1937, in the Appropriations Acts for Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies, for the fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995, and the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996: Provided further, That none of such funds shall be used directly or indirectly by granting competitive advantage in awards to settle litigation or pay judgments, unless expressly permitted herein: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the funds made available to the Housing Authority of New Orleans under HOPE VI for purposes of Desire Homes, shall not be obligated or expended for on-site construction until an independent third party has determined whether the site is appropriate.
drug elimination grants for low-income housing
(including transfer of funds)
For grants to public and Indian housing agencies for use in eliminating crime in public housing projects authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11901-11908, for grants for federally assisted low-income housing authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11909, and for drug information clearinghouse services authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11921-11925, $290,000,000, to remain available until expended, $10,000,000 of which shall be for grants, technical assistance, contracts and other assistance training, program assessment, and execution for or on behalf of public housing agencies and resident organizations (including the cost of necessary travel for participants in such training), $5,000,000 of which shall be used in connection with efforts to combat violent crime in public and assisted housing under the Operation Safe Home Program administered by the Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and $5,000,000 of which shall be provided to the Office of Inspector General for Operation Safe Home: Provided, That the term ``drug-related crime'', as defined in 42 U.S.C. 11905(2), shall also include other types of crime as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 5130(c) of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 11909(c)), the Secretary may determine not to use any such funds to provide public housing youth sports grants.
indian housing loan guarantee fund program account
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 3739), $3,000,000: Provided, That such costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $36,900,000.
Community Planning and Development
community development block grants fund
(including transfer of funds)
For grants to States and units of general local government and for related expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out a community development grants program as authorized by title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (the ``Act'' herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301), $4,600,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1999, of which $67,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of the Act: Provided, That $2,100,000 shall be available as a grant to the Housing Assistance Council, $1,500,000 shall be available as a grant to the National American Indian Housing Council, and $49,000,000 shall be available for grants pursuant to section 107 of such Act, including up to $14,000,000 for the development and operation of a management information system: Provided further, That not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds appropriated herein (other than a grant made available under the preceding proviso to the Housing Assistance Council or the National American Indian Housing Council, or a grant using funds under section 107(b)(3) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended) shall be expended for ``Planning and Management Development'' and ``Administration'' as defined in regulations promulgated by the Department: Provided further, That for fiscal year 1997 and thereafter, section 105(a)(25) of such Act, shall continue to be effective and the termination and conforming provisions of section 907(b)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act shall not be effective: Provided further, That section 916(f) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act is repealed.
Of the amount provided under this heading, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may use up to $60,000,000 for grants to public housing agencies (including Indian housing authorities), nonprofit corporations, and other appropriate entities for a supportive services program to assist residents of public and assisted housing, former residents of such housing receiving tenant-based assistance under section 8 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f), and other low-income families and individuals to become self-sufficient: Provided, That the program shall provide supportive services, principally for the benefit of public housing residents, to the elderly and the disabled, and to families with children where the head of household would benefit from the receipt of supportive services and is working, seeking work, or is preparing for work by participating in job training or educational programs: Provided further, That
the supportive services may include congregate services for the elderly and disabled, service coordinators, and coordinated educational, training, and other supportive services, including academic skills training, job search assistance, assistance related to retaining employment, vocational and entrepreneurship development and support programs, transportation, and child care: Provided further, That the Secretary shall require applications to demonstrate firm commitments of funding or services from other sources: Provided further, That the Secretary shall select public and Indian housing agencies to receive assistance under this head on a competitive basis, taking into account the quality of the proposed program (including any innovative approaches, the extent of the proposed coordination of supportive services, the extent of commitments of funding or services from other sources, the extent to which the proposed program includes reasonably achievable, quantifiable goals for measuring performance under the program over a three-year period, the extent of success an agency has had in carrying out other comparable initiatives, and other appropriate criteria established by the Secretary): Provided further, That from the foregoing $60,000,000, up to $5,000,000 shall be available for the Tenant Opportunity Program, and up to $5,000,000 shall be available for the Moving to Work Demonstration for public housing families. Of the amount made available under this heading, notwithstanding any other provision of law, $20,000,000 shall be available for grants to entities managing or operating public housing developments, federally- assisted multifamily-housing developments, or other multifamily-housing developments for low-income families supported by non-Federal governmental entities or similar housing developments supported by nonprofit private sources, to reimburse local law enforcement entities for additional police presence in and around such housing developments; to provide or augment such security services by other entities or employees of the recipient agency; to assist in the investigation and/or prosecution of drug related criminal activity in and around such developments; and to provide assistance for the development of capital improvements at such developments directly relating to the security of such developments: Provided, That such grants shall be made on a competitive basis as specified in section 102 of the HUD Reform Act. Of the amount made available under this heading, notwithstanding any other provision of law, $30,000,000 shall be available for youthbuild program activities authorized by subtitle D of title IV of the Cranston- Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as amended, and such activities shall be an eligible activity with respect to any funds made available under this heading. Of the amount made available under this heading, notwithstanding any other provision of law, $60,000,000 shall be available for the lead- based paint hazard reduction program as authorized under sections 1011 and 1053 of the Residential Lead-Based Hazard Reduction Act of 1992. For the cost of guaranteed loans, $31,750,000, as authorized by section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974: 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, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $1,500,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate limitation on outstanding obligations
garanteed in section 108(k) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, $675,000 which shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for departmental salaries and expenses.
home investment partnerships program
For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101-625), as amended, $1,400,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That $21,000,000 shall be available for grants to Indian Tribes: Provided further, That up to 0.5 percent, but not less than $7,000,000, shall be available for the development and operation of a management information system: Provided further, That $15,000,000 shall be available for Housing Counseling under section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968.
homeless assistance funds
For the emergency shelter grants program (as authorized under subtitle B of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (Public Law 100-77), as amended); the supportive housing program (as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of such Act); the section 8 moderate rehabilitation single room occupancy program (as authorized under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended) to assist homeless individuals pursuant to section 441 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; and the shelter plus care program (as authorized under subtitle F of title IV of such Act), $823,000,000, to remain available until expended.
housing opportunities for persons with aids
(including transfer of funds)
For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901), $171,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That any amounts previously appropriated for such program, and any related assets and liabilities, in the ``Annual contributions for assisted housing'' account, shall be transferred to and merged with amounts in this account.
Federal Housing Administration
fha--mutual mortgage insurance program account
(including transfers of funds)
During fiscal year 1997, commitments to guarantee loans to carry out the purposes of section 203(b) of the National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed a loan principal of $110,000,000,000: Provided, That during fiscal year 1997, the Secretary shall sell assigned mortgage notes having an unpaid principal balance of up to $2,000,000,000, which notes were originally insured under section 203(b) of the National Housing Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may use the amount of any negative subsidy
resulting from the sale of such assigned mortgage notes during fiscal year 1997 for the purposes included under this heading. During fiscal year 1997, obligations to make direct loans to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed $200,000,000: Provided, That the foregoing amount shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with sales of single family real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under section 203 of such Act. For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the guaranteed and direct loan program, $350,595,000, to be derived from the FHA-mutual mortgage insurance guaranteed loans receipt account, of which not to exceed $343,483,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for departmental salaries and expenses; and of which not to exceed $7,112,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for the Office of Inspector General.
fha--general and special risk program account
(including transfers of funds)
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3 and 1735c), including the cost of loan guarantee modifications (as that term is defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended) $85,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, of up to $17,400,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal year 1997, the Secretary shall sell assigned notes having an unpaid principal balance of up to $2,500,000,000, which notes are held by the Secretary under the General Insurance and Special Risk Insurance funds: Provided further, That any amounts made available in any prior appropriations Act for the cost (as such term is defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of guaranteed loans that are obligations of the funds established under section 238 or 519 of the National Housing Act that have not been obligated or that are deobligated shall be available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in connection with the making of such guarantees and shall remain available until expended, notwithstanding the expiration of any period of availability otherwise applicable to such amounts. Gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238(a), and 519(a) of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $120,000,000; of which not to exceed $100,000,000 shall be for bridge financing in connection with the sale of multifamily real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under such Act; and of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with the sale of single-family real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under such Act. In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the guaranteed and direct loan programs, $207,470,000, of which $203,299,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for departmental salaries and expenses; and of which $4,171,000 shall
be transferred to the appropriation for the Office of Inspector General.
Government National Mortgage Association
guarantees of mortgage-backed securities loan guarantee program account
(including transfer of funds)
During fiscal year 1997, new commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed $110,000,000,000. For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the guaranteed mortgage-backed securities program, $9,383,000, to be derived from the GNMA-guarantees of mortgage-backed securities guaranteed loan receipt account, of which not to exceed $9,383,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for departmental salaries and expenses.
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-1 et seq.), including carrying out the functions of the Secretary under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, $34,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1998.
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
fair housing activities
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, $30,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1998, of which $15,000,000 shall be to carry out activities pursuant to section 561. No funds made available under this heading shall be used to lobby the executive or legislative branches of the Federal Government in connection with a specific contract, grant or loan.
Management and Administration
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary administrative and non-administrative expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed $7,000 for official reception and representation expenses, $976,840,000, of which
$15,000,000 may be used for additional retraining, relocation, permanent change of station, and other activities related to downsizing only upon submission of a detailed and specific, multi-year downsizing plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and of which $546,782,000 shall be provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration, $9,383,000 shall be provided from funds of the Government National Mortgage Association, and $675,000 shall be provided from the Community Development Grants Program account.
office of inspector general
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $52,850,000, of which $11,283,000 shall be provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration and $5,000,000 shall be transfered from the amount earmarked for Operation Safe Home in the Drug elimination grants for low income housing account.
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For carrying out the Federal Housing Enterprise Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, $15,500,000, to remain available until expended, from the Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Fund: Provided, That such amounts shall be collected by the Director as authorized by section 1316 (a) and (b) of such Act, and deposited in the Fund under section 1316(f) of such Act.
administrative provisions
Sec. 201. Extenders.--(a) Public Housing Funding Flexi- bility.--Section 201(a)(2) of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 is amended by striking ``1996'' and inserting ``1997''.
(b) One-for-One Replacement of Public and Indian Housing.--Section 1002(d) of Public Law 104-19 is amended by striking ``before September 30, 1996'' and inserting ``on or before September 30, 1997''.
(c) Public and Assisted Housing Rents, Income Adjustments, and Preferences.--(1)(A) Section 402(a) of The Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I is amended-- (i) by striking ``effective for fiscal year 1996 and no later than October 30, 1995'' and inserting ``and subsection (f) of this section, effective for fiscal year 1997''; (ii) in paragraphs (1), (2), and (4), by striking ``not less than $25, and may require a minimum monthly rent of''; and (iii) in paragraph (3), by striking ``not less than $25 for the unit, and may require a minimum monthly rent of''.
(B) Section 230 of Public Law 104-134 is hereby repealed.
(2) Section 402(f) of The Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I is amended by striking ``fiscal year 1996'' and inserting ``fiscal years 1996 and 1997''.
(d) Applicability to IHAs.--In accordance with section 201(b)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, the amendments made by subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall apply to public housing developed or operated pursuant to a contract between the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and an Indian housing authority. (e) Streamlining Section 8 Tenant-Based Assistance.--Section 203(d) of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 is amended by striking ``fiscal year 1996'' and inserting ``fiscal years 1996 and 1997''.
(f) Section 8 Fair Market Rentals and Delay in Reissuance.--(1) The first sentence of section 403(a) of the Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I, is amended by striking ``1996'' and inserting ``1997''.
(2) Section 403(c) of such Act is amended-- (A) by striking ``fiscal year 1996'' and inserting ``fiscal years 1996 and 1997''; and (B) by inserting before the semicolon the following: ``for assistance made available during fiscal year 1996 and October 1, 1997 for assistance made available during fiscal year 1997''.
(g) Section 8 Rent Adjustments.--Section 8(c)(2)(A) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended-- (1) in the third sentence by inserting ``, fiscal year 1996 prior to April 26, 1996, and fiscal year 1997'' after ``1995''; (2) in the fourth sentence, by striking ``For'' and inserting ``Except for assistance under the certificate program, for''; (3) after the fourth sentence, by inserting the following new sentence: ``In the case of assistance under the certificate program, 0.01 shall be subtracted from the amount of the annual adjustment factor (except that the factor shall not be reduced to less than 1.0), and the adjusted rent shall not exceed the rent for a comparable unassisted unit of similar quality, type, and age in the market area.''; and (4) in the last sentence, by-- (A) striking ``sentence'' and inserting ``two sentences''; and (B) inserting ``, fiscal year 1996 prior to April 26, 1996, and fiscal year 1997'' after ``1995''.
Sec. 202. Administrative Fees.-- Notwithstanding section 8(q) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended--
(a) The Secretary shall establish fees for the cost of administering the certificate, voucher and moderate rehabilitation programs. (1)(A) For fiscal year 1997, the fee for each month for which a dwelling unit is covered by an assistance contract shall be 7.5 percent of the base amount, adjusted as provided herein, in the case of an agency that, on an annual basis, is administering a program of no more than 600 units, and 7 percent of the base amount, adjusted as provided herein, for each additional unit above 600. (B) The base amount shall be the higher of-- (i) the fair market rental for fiscal year 1993 for a 2-bedroom existing rental dwelling unit in the market area of the agency; and
(ii) such fair market rental for fiscal year 1994, but not more than 103.5 percent of the amount determined under clause (i). (C) The base amount shall be adjusted to reflect changes in the wage data or other objectively measurable data that reflect the costs of administering the program during fiscal year 1996; except that the Secretary may require that the base amount be not less than a minimum amount and not more than a maximum amount. (2) For subsequent fiscal years, the Secretary shall publish a notice in the Federal Register, for each geographic area, establishing the amount of the fee that would apply for the agencies administering the program, based on changes in wage data or other objectively measurable data that reflect the cost of administering the program, as determined by the Secretary. (3) The Secretary may increase the fee if necessary to reflect higher costs of administering small programs and programs operating over large geographic areas. (4) The Secretary may decrease the fee for PHA-owned units.
(b) Beginning in fiscal year 1997 and thereafter, the Secretary shall also establish reasonable fees (as determined by the Secretary) for-- (1) the costs of preliminary expenses, in the amount of $500, for a public housing agency, but only in the first year it administers a tenant-based assistance program under the United States Housing Act of 1937 and only if, immediately before the effective date of this Act, it was not administering a tenant- based assistance program under the 1937 Act (as in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act), in connection with its initial increment of assistance received; (2) the costs incurred in assisting families who experience difficulty (as determined by the Secretary) in obtaining appropriate housing under the program; and (3) extraordinary costs approved by the Secretary.
Sec. 203. Single Family Assignment Program.--Section 407(c) of the Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I (12 U.S.C. 1710 note), <<NOTE: Ante, p. 46.>> is amended by striking ``October 1, 1996'' and inserting ``October 1, 1997''.
Sec. 204. Flexible Authority.--During fiscal year 1997 and fiscal years thereafter, the Secretary may manage and dispose of multifamily properties owned by the Secretary and multifamily mortgages held by the Secretary on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may determine, notwithstanding any other provision of law.
Sec. 205. Use of Available Funding for Homeownership.--Up to $20,000,000 of amounts of unobligated balances that are or become available from the Nehemiah Housing Opportunity Grant program, repealed under section 289(b) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, Public Law 101-625, shall be available for use for activities relating to promotion and implementation of homeownership in targeted geographic areas, as determined by the Secretary. Any grant or assistance made under this section shall be made in accordance with section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 on a competitive basis.
Sec. 206. Debt Forgiveness.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall cancel the indebtedness of the Greene County Rural Health Center relating to a loan received under the Public Facility Loan program to establish the health center (Loan #Mis-22-PFL0096). The Greene County Rural Health Center is hereby relieved of all liability to the Federal Government for such loan and any fees and charges payable in connection with such loan. Sec. 207. Flexible Subsidy Fund.--From the fund established by section 236(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended, all uncommitted balances of excess rental charges as of September 30, 1996, and any collection during fiscal year 1997, shall be transferred, as authorized under such section, to the fund authorized under section 201(j) of the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978, as amended. Sec. 208. Rental Housing Assistance.--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-1) is reduced in fiscal year 1997 by not more than $2,000,000 in uncommitted balances of authorizations provided for this purpose in appropriations Acts. Sec. 209. D.C. Modernization Funding.--Notwithstanding the provisions of section 14(k)(5)(D) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, the withheld modernization funds that became credited in fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995, due to the troubled status of the former Department of Public and Assisted Housing of the District of Columbia, shall be made available without diminution to its successor, the District of Columbia Housing Authority, at such time between the effective date of this Act and the end of fiscal year 1998 as the District of Columbia Housing Authority is no longer deemed ``mod- troubled'' under section 6(j)(2)(A)(i) of such Act; after fiscal year 1998, the District of Columbia Housing Authority shall become subject to the provisions of section 14(k)(5)(D) of such Act should it remain mod- troubled. Sec. 210. (a) Financing Adjustment Factors.--Fifty per centum of the amounts of budget authority, or in lieu thereof 50 per centum of the cash amounts associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-628, 102 Stat. 3224, 3268) shall be rescinded, or in the case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing finance agencies or local governments or local housing agencies with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section. (b) In addition to amounts otherwise provided by this Act, $464,442 is appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for payment to the Utah Housing Finance Agency, in lieu of amounts lost to such agency in bond refinancings during 1994, for its use in accordance with subsection (a). Sec. 211. Section 8 Contract Renewal Authority.--(a) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
(1) the term ``expiring contract'' means a contract for project-based assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 that expires during fiscal year 1997; (2) the term ``family'' has the same meaning as in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937; (3) the term ``multifamily housing project'' means a property consisting of more than 4 dwelling units that is covered in whole or in part by a contract for project-based assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; (4) the term ``owner'' has the same meaning as in section 8(f) of the United States Housing Act of 1937; (5) the term ``project-based assistance'' means rental assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 that is attached to a multifamily housing project; (6) the term ``public agency'' means a State housing finance agency, a local housing agency, or other agency with a public purpose and status; (7) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; and (8) the term ``tenant-based assistance'' has the same meaning as in section 8(f) of the United States Housing Act of 1937.
(b) Section 8 Contract Renewal Authority.-- (1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 405(a) of the Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I, upon the request of the owner of a multifamily housing project that is covered by an expiring contract, the Secretary shall use amounts made available for the renewal of assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to renew the expiring contract as project-based assistance for a period of not more than one year, at rent levels that are equal to those under the expiring contract as of the date on which the contract expires: Provided, That those rent levels do not exceed 120 percent of the fair market rent for the market area in which the project is located. For an FHA-insured multifamily housing project with an expiring contract at rent levels that exceed 120 percent of the fair market rent for the market area, the Secretary shall provide, at the request of the owner, section 8 project-based assistance, for a period of not more than one year, at rent levels that do not exceed 120 percent of the fair market rent. (2) Exemption for state and local housing agency projects.-- Notwithstanding paragraph (1), upon the expiration of a contract with rent levels that exceed the percentage described in that paragraph, if the Secretary determines that the primary financing or mortgage insurance for the multifamily housing project that is covered by that expiring contract was provided by a public agency, the Secretary shall, at the request of the owner and the public agency, renew the expiring contract-- (A) for a period of not more than one year; and (B) at rent levels that are equal to those under the expiring contract as of the date on which the contract expires. (3) Section 202, section 811, and section 515 projects.-- Notwithstanding paragraph (1), for section 202 projects, section 811 projects and section 515 projects, upon the expiration of
a section 8 contract, the Secretary shall, at the request of the owner, renew the expiring contract-- (A) for a period of not more than one year; and (B) at rent levels that are equal to those under the expiring contract as of the date on which the contract expires. (4) Other contracts.-- (A) Participation in demonstration.--For a contract covering an FHA-insured multifamily housing project that expires during fiscal year 1997 with rent levels that exceed the percentage described in paragraph (1) and after notice to the tenants, the Secretary shall, at the request of the owner of the project and after notice to the tenants, include that multifamily housing project in the demonstration program under section 212 of this Act. The Secretary shall ensure that a multifamily housing project with an expiring contract in fiscal year 1997 shall be allowed to be included in the demonstration. (B) Effect of material adverse actions and omissions.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1) or any other provision of law, the Secretary shall not renew an expiring contract if the Secretary determines that the owner of the multifamily housing project has engaged in material adverse financial or managerial actions or omissions with regard to the project (or with regard to other similar projects if the Secretary determines that such actions or omissions constitute a pattern of mismanagement that would warrant suspension or debarment by the Secretary). (C) Transfer of property.--For properties disqualified from the demonstration program because of actions by an owner or purchaser in accordance with subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall establish procedures to facilitate the voluntary sale or transfer of the property, with a preference for tenant organizations and tenant-endorsed community-based nonprofit and public agency purchasers meeting such reasonable qualifications as may be established by the Secretary. The Secretary may include the transfer of section 8 project-based assistance. (5) Tenant protections.--Any family residing in an assisted unit in a multifamily housing project that is covered by an expiring contract that is not renewed, shall be offered tenant- based assistance before the date on which the contract expires or is not renewed.
Sec. 212. FHA Multifamily Demonstration Authority.--(a) In General.-- (1) Repeal.-- (A) In general.--Section 210 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (110 Stat. 1321) is repealed. (B) Exception.--Notwithstanding the repeal under subparagraph (A), amounts made available under section 210(f) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 shall remain available for the demonstration program under this section through the end of fiscal year 1997.
(2) Savings provisions.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any commitment entered into before the date of enactment of this Act under the demonstration program under section 210 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996. (3) Definitions.--For purposes of this section-- (A) the term ``demonstration program'' means the program established under subsection (b); (B) the term ``expiring contract'' means a contract for project-based assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 that expires during fiscal year 1997; (C) the term ``family'' has the same meaning as in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937; (D) the term ``multifamily housing project'' means a property consisting of more than 4 dwelling units that is covered in whole or in part by a contract for project-based assistance; (E) the term ``owner'' has the same meaning as in section 8(f) of the United States Housing Act of 1937; (F) the term ``project-based assistance'' means rental assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 that is attached to a multifamily housing project; (G) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; and (H) the term ``tenant-based assistance'' has the same meaning as in section 8(f) of the United States Housing Act of 1937.
(b) Demonstration Authority.-- (1) In general.--Subject to the funding limitation in subsection (l), the Secretary shall administer a demonstration program with respect to multifamily projects-- (A) whose owners agree to participate; (B) with rents on units assisted under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 that are, in the aggregate, in excess of 120 percent of the fair market rent of the market area in which the project is located; and (C) the mortgages of which are insured under the National Housing Act. (2) Purpose.--The demonstration program shall be designed to obtain as much information as is feasible on the economic viability and rehabilitation needs of the multifamily housing projects in the demonstration, to test various approaches for restructuring mortgages to reduce the financial risk to the FHA Insurance Fund while reducing the cost of section 8 subsidies, and to test the feasibility and desirability of-- (A) ensuring, to the maximum extent practicable, that the debt service and operating expenses, including adequate reserves, attributable to such multifamily projects can be supported at the comparable market rent with or without mortgage insurance under the National Housing Act and with or without additional section 8 rental subsidies;
(B) utilizing section 8 rental assistance, while taking into account the capital needs of the projects and the need for adequate rental assistance to support the low- and very low-income families residing in such projects; and (C) preserving low-income rental housing affordability and availability while reducing the long- term cost of section 8 rental assistance.
(c) Goals.-- (1) In general.--The Secretary shall carry out the demonstration program in a manner that will protect the financial interests of the Federal Government through debt restructuring and subsidy reduction and, in the least costly fashion, address the goals of-- (A) maintaining existing affordable housing stock in a decent, safe, and sanitary condition; (B) minimizing the involuntary displacement of tenants; (C) taking into account housing market conditions; (D) encouraging responsible ownership and management of property; (E) minimizing any adverse income tax impact on property owners; and (F) minimizing any adverse impacts on residential neighborhoods and local communities. (2) Balance of competing goals.--In determining the manner in which a mortgage is to be restructured or a subsidy reduced under this subsection, the Secretary may balance competing goals relating to individual projects in a manner that will further the purposes of this section.
(d) Participation Arrangements.-- (1) In general.--In carrying out the demonstration program, the Secretary may enter into participation arrangements with designees, under which the Secretary may provide for the assumption by designees (by delegation, by contract, or otherwise) of some or all of the functions, obligations, responsibilities and benefits of the Secretary. (2) Designees.--In entering into any arrangement under this subsection, the Secretary shall select state housing finance agencies, housing agencies or nonprofits (separately or in conjunction with each other) to act as designees to the extent such agencies are determined to be qualified by the Secretary. In locations where there is no qualified State housing finance agency, housing agency or nonprofit to act as a designee, the Secretary may act as a designee. Each participation arrangement entered into under this subsection shall include a designee as the primary partner. Any organization selected by the Secretary under this section shall have a long-term record of service in providing low-income housing and meet standards of fiscal responsibility, as determined by the Secretary. (3) Designee partnerships.--For purposes of any participation arrangement under this subsection, designees are encouraged to develop partnerships with each other, and to contract or subcontract with other entities, including-- (A) public housing agencies; (B) financial institutions; (C) mortgage servicers; (D) nonprofit and for-profit housing organizations;
(E) the Federal National Mortgage Association; (F) the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation; (G) Federal Home Loan Banks; and (H) other State or local mortgage insurance companies or bank lending consortia.
(e) Long-Term Affordability.-- (1) In general.--After the renewal of a section 8 contract pursuant to a restructuring under this section, the owner shall accept each offer to renew the section 8 contract, for a period of 20 years from the date of the renewal under the demonstration, if the offer to renew is on terms and conditions, as agreed to by the Secretary or designee and the owner under a restructuring. (2) Affordability requirements.--Except as otherwise provided by the Secretary, in exchange for any mortgage restructuring under this section, a project shall remain affordable for a period of not less than 20 years. Affordability requirements shall be determined in accordance with guidelines established by the Secretary or designee. The Secretary or designee may waive these requirements for good cause.
(f) Procedures.-- (1) Notice of participation in demonstration.--Not later than 45 days before the date of expiration of an expiring contract (or such later date, as determined by the Secretary, for good cause), the owner of the multifamily housing project covered by that expiring contract shall notify the Secretary or designee and the residents of the owner's intent to participate in the demonstration program. (2) Demonstration contract.--Upon receipt of a notice under paragraph (1), the owner and the Secretary or designee shall enter into a demonstration contract, which shall provide for initial section 8 project-based rents at the same rent levels as those under the expiring contract or, if practical, the budget- based rent to cover debt service, reasonable operating expenses (including reasonable and appropriate services), and a reasonable return to the owner, as determined solely by the Secretary. The demonstration contract shall be for the minimum term necessary for the rents and mortgages of the multifamily housing project to be restructured under the demonstration program, but shall not be for a period of time to exceed 180 days, unless extended for good cause by the Secretary.
(g) Project-Based Section 8.--The Secretary shall renew all expiring contracts under the demonstration as section 8 project-based contracts, for a period of time not to exceed one year, unless otherwise provided under subsection (h). (h) Demonstration Actions.-- (1) Demonstration actions.--For purposes of carrying out the demonstration program, and in order to ensure that contract rights are not abrogated, subject to such third party consents as are necessary (if any), including consent by the Government National Mortgage Association if it owns a mortgage insured by the Secretary, consent by an issuer under the mortgage-backed securities program of the Association, subject to the responsibilities of the issuer to its security holders and the Association under such program, and consent by parties to any contractual agreement which the Secretary proposes to modify or discontinue, the Secretary or, except with respect
to subparagraph (B), designee, subject to the funding limitation in subsection (l), shall take not less than one of the actions specified in subparagraphs (G), (H), and (I) and may take any of the following actions: (A) Removal of restrictions.-- (i) In general.--Consistent with the purposes of this section, subject to the agreement of the owner of the project and after consultation with the tenants of the project, the Secretary or designee may remove, relinquish, extinguish, modify, or agree to the removal of any mortgage, regulatory agreement, project-based assistance contract, use agreement, or restriction that had been imposed or required by the Secretary, including restrictions on distributions of income which the Secretary or designee determines would interfere with the ability of the project to operate without above-market rents. (ii) Accumulated residual receipts.--The Secretary or designee may require an owner of a property assisted under the section 8 new construction/substantial rehabilitation program under the United States Housing Act of 1937 to apply any accumulated residual receipts toward effecting the purposes of this section. (B) Reinsurance.--With respect to not more than 5,000 units within the demonstration during fiscal year 1997, the Secretary may enter into contracts to purchase reinsurance, or enter into participations or otherwise transfer economic interest in contracts of insurance or in the premiums paid, or due to be paid, on such insurance, on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may determine. Any contract entered into under this paragraph shall require that any associated units be maintained as low-income units for the life of the mortgage, unless waived by the Secretary for good cause. (C) Participation by third parties.--The Secretary or designee may enter into such agreements, provide such concessions, incur such costs, make such grants (including grants to cover all or a portion of the rehabilitation costs for a project) and other payments, and provide other valuable consideration as may reasonably be necessary for owners, lenders, servicers, third parties, and other entities to participate in the demonstration program. The Secretary may establish performance incentives for designees. (D) Section 8 administrative fees.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may make fees available from the section 8 contract renewal appropriation to a designee for contract administration under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 for purposes of any contract restructured or renewed under the demonstration program. (E) Full or partial payment of claim.-- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may make a full payment of claim or partial payment of claim prior to default. (F) Credit enhancement.-- (i) In general.--The Secretary or designee may provide FHA multifamily mortgage insurance, reinsur
ance, or other credit enhancement alternatives, including retaining the existing FHA mortgage insurance on a restructured first mortgage at market value or using the multifamily risk-sharing mortgage programs, as provided under section 542 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992. Any limitations on the number of units available for mortgage insurance under section 542 shall not apply to insurance issued for purposes of the demonstration program. (ii) Maximum percentage.--During fiscal year 1997, not more than 25 percent of the units in multifamily housing projects with expiring contracts in the demonstration, in the aggregate, may be restructured without FHA insurance, unless otherwise agreed to by the owner of a project. (iii) Credit subsidy.--Any credit subsidy costs of providing mortgage insurance shall be paid from amounts made available under subsection (l). (G) Mortgage restructuring.-- (i) In general.--The Secretary or designee may restructure mortgages to provide a restructured first mortgage to cover debt service and operating expenses (including a reasonable rate of return to the owner) at the market rent, and a second mortgage equal to the difference between the restructured first mortgage and the mortgage balance of the eligible multifamily housing project at the time of restructuring. (ii) Credit subsidy.--Any credit subsidy costs of providing a second mortgage shall be paid from amounts made available under subsection (l). (H) Debt forgiveness.--The Secretary or designee, for good cause and at the request of the owner of a multifamily housing project, may forgive at the time of the restructuring of a mortgage any portion of a debt on the project that exceeds the market value of the project. (I) Budget-based rents.--The Secretary or designee may renew an expiring contract, including a contract for a project in which operating costs exceed comparable market rents, for a period of not more than one year, at a budget-based rent that covers debt service, reasonable operating expenses (including all reasonable and appropriate services), and a reasonable rate of return to the owner, as determined solely by the Secretary, provided that the contract does not exceed the rent levels under the expiring contract. The Secretary may establish a preference under the demonstration program for budget-based rents for unique housing projects, such as projects designated for occupancy by elderly families and projects in rural areas. (J) Section 8 tenant-based assistance.--For not more than 10 percent of units in multifamily housing projects that have had their mortgages restructured in any fiscal year under the demonstration, the Secretary or designee may provide, with the agreement of an owner and in consultation with the tenants of the housing, section 8 tenant-based assistance for some or all of the assisted units in a multifamily housing project in lieu of section
8 project-based assistance. Section 8 tenant-based assistance may only be provided where the Secretary determines and certifies that there is adequate available and affordable housing within the local area and that tenants will be able to use the section 8 tenant-based assistance successfully. (2) Offer and acceptance.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an owner of a project in the demonstration must accept any reasonable offer made by the Secretary or a designee under this subsection. An owner may appeal the reasonableness of any offer to the Secretary and the Secretary shall respond within 30 days of the date of appeal with a final offer. If the final offer is not acceptable, the owner may opt out of the program.
(i) Community and Tenant Input.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall develop procedures to provide appropriate and timely notice, including an opportunity for comment and timely access to all relevant information, to officials of the unit of general local government affected, the community in which the project is situated, and the tenants of the project. (j) Transfer of Property.--The Secretary shall establish procedures to facilitate the voluntary sale or transfer of multifamily housing projects under the demonstration to tenant organizations and tenant- endorsed community-based nonprofit and public agency purchasers meeting such reasonable qualifications as may be established by the Secretary. (k) Limitation on Demonstration Authority.--The Secretary shall carry out the demonstration program with respect to mortgages not to exceed 50,000 units. (l) Funding.--In addition to the $30,000,000 made available under section 210 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (110 Stat. 1321), for the costs (including any credit subsidy costs associated with providing direct loans or mortgage insurance) of modifying and restructuring loans held or guaranteed by the Federal Housing Administration, as authorized under this section, $10,000,000 is hereby appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 1998. (m) Report to Congress.-- (1) In general.-- (A) Quarterly reports.--Not less than every 3 months, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report describing and assessing the status of the projects in the demonstration program. (B) Final report.--Not later than 6 months after the end of the demonstration program, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a final report on the demonstration program. (2) Contents.--Each report submitted under paragraph (1)(A) shall include a description of-- (A) each restructuring proposal submitted by an owner of a multifamily housing project, including a description of the physical, financial, tenancy, and market characteristics of the project; (B) the Secretary's evaluation and reasons for each multifamily housing project selected or rejected for participation in the demonstration program;
(C) the costs to the FHA General Insurance and Special Risk Insurance funds; (D) the subsidy costs provided before and after restructuring; (E) the actions undertaken in the demonstration program, including the third-party arrangements made; and (F) the demonstration program's impact on the owners of the projects, including any tax consequences. (3) Contents of final report.--The report submitted under paragraph (1)(B) shall include-- (A) the required contents under paragraph (2); and (B) any findings and recommendations for legislative action.
Sec. 213. Hawaiian Home Lands.--Section 282 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12832) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``The Secretary may waive this section in connection with the use of funds made available under this title on lands set aside under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 108).''. Sec. 214. Uses of Certain Assisted Housing Amounts.--(a) Transfer Authority.--The Secretary may transfer recaptured section 8 amounts from the Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing account under Public Law 104-134 (approved April 26, 1996; 110 Stat. 1321, 1321-265) and prior laws to the accounts and for the purposes set forth in subsection (b). The amounts transferred under this section shall be made available for use as prescribed under this section notwithstanding section 8(bb) of the United States Housing Act of 1937. (b) Receiving Accounts.-- (1) Prevention of resident displacement.--The Secretary may transfer to the Prevention of Resident Displacement account an amount up to $50,000,000, in addition to amounts in such account, that may be used to extend, under existing terms and conditions, existing project-based section 8 contracts in effect before a Plan of Action was approved, so that these contracts expire 5 years from the date on which funds were obligated for the Plan of Action approved under the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 or the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987. The Secretary shall transfer all amounts that the Secretary determines to be necessary for fiscal year 1997 for the purposes of this paragraph before transferring any amounts under any other paragraph in this subsection. (2) HOPWA.--The Secretary may transfer to the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS account up to $25,000,000, for use in addition to amounts appropriated in such account.
Sec. 215. Requirement for HUD To Maintain Public Notice and Comment Rulemaking.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall maintain all current requirements under part 10 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's regulations (24 CFR part 10) with respect to the Department's policies and procedures for the promulgation and issuance of rules, including the use of public participation in the rulemaking process. Sec. 216. Community Development Block Grants.--Section 102(a)(6)(D) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(6)(D)) is amended-- (1) in clause (iv), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(2) in clause (v), by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; or''; and (3) by adding at the end the following new clause: ``(vi) has entered into a local cooperation agreement with a metropolitan city that received assistance under section 106 because of such classification, and has elected under paragraph (4) to have its population included with the population of the county for the purposes of qualifying as an urban county, except that to qualify as an urban county under this clause, the county must-- ``(I) have a combined population of not less than 210,000, excluding any metropolitan city located in the county that is not relinquishing its metropolitan city classification, according to the 1990 decennial census of the Bureau of the Census of the Department of Commerce; ``(II) including any metropolitan cities located in the county, have had a decrease in population of 10,061 from 1992 to 1994, according to the estimates of the Bureau of the Census of the Department of Commerce; and ``(III) have had a Federal naval installation that was more than 100 years old closed by action of the Base Closure and Realignment Commission appointed for 1993 under the Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, directly resulting in a loss of employment by more than 7,000 Federal Government civilian employees and more than 15,000 active duty military personnel, which naval installation was located within one mile of an enterprise community designated by the Secretary pursuant to section 1391 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, which enterprise community has a population of not less than 20,000, according to the 1990 decennial census of the Bureau of the Census of the Department of Commerce.''.
Sec. 217. Fair Housing and Free Speech.--None of the amounts made available under this Act may be used during fiscal year 1997 to investigate or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, including the filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal action, that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or preventing action by a government official or entity, or a court of competent jurisdiction. Sec. 218. Account Transition.--The amounts of obligated balances in appropriations accounts, as set forth in title II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 and prior Acts that are recaptured hereafter, to the extent not governed by the specific language in an account or provision in this Act, shall be held in reserve subject to reprogramming, notwithstanding any other provision of law. Sec. 219. Treatment of Certain Properties.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rehabilitation activities undertaken in projects using the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit allocated to developments in the city of New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1991, are deemed to have met the requirements for rehabilitation in accordance with clause (ii) of the third sentence of section
8(d)(2)(A) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as in effect before the date of the enactment of this Act. Sec. 220. Amendment Relating to Community Development Assistance.-- Section 105(a) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(8)) is amended by striking ``through 1997'' and inserting ``through 1998''. Sec. 221. Section 236 Program Amendments.--(a) Section 236(f)(1) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1), as amended by section 405(d)(1) of The Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I, and by section 228(a) of The Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, II, is amended-- (1) in the second sentence, by striking ``the lower of (i)''; (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``or (ii) the fair market rental established under section 8(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 for the market area in which the housing is located, or (iii) the actual rent (as determined by the Secretary) paid for a comparable unit in comparable unassisted housing in the market area in which the housing assisted under this section is located,''; and (3) by inserting after the second sentence the following: ``However, in the case of a project which contains more than 5,000 units, is subject to an interest reduction payments contract, and is financed under a State or local program, the Secretary may reduce the rental charge ceiling, but in no case shall the rent be below basic rent. For plans of action approved for Capital Grants under the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (LIHPRHA) or the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 (ELIHPA), the rental charge for each dwelling unit shall be at the basic rental charge or such greater amount, not exceeding the lower of (i) the fair market rental charge determined pursuant to this paragraph, or (ii) the actual rent paid for a comparable unit in comparable unassisted housing in the market area in which the housing assisted under this section is located, as represents 30 percent of the tenant's adjusted income, but in no case shall the rent be below basic rent.''.
(b) Section 236(f) of the National Housing Act is amended by adding the following new paragraph at the end: ``(7) The Secretary shall determine whether and under what conditions the provisions of this subsection shall apply to mortgages sold by the Secretary on a negotiated basis.''.
(c) Section 236(g) of the National Housing Act is amended to read as follows: ``The project owner shall, as required by the Secretary, accumulate, safeguard, and periodically pay the Secretary or such other entity as determined by the Secretary and upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary deems appropriate, all rental charges collected on a unit-by- unit basis in excess of the basic rental charges. Unless otherwise directed by the Secretary, such excess charges shall be credited to a reserve fund to be used by the Secretary to make additional assistance payments as provided in paragraph (3) of subsection (f). However, a project owner with a mortgage insured under this section may retain some or all of such excess charges for project use if authorized by the Secretary and upon such terms and conditions as established by the Secretary.''.
TITLE III
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
American Battle Monuments Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the American 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 insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries, when required by law of such countries; $22,265,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, <<NOTE: 36 USC 121b.>> That where station allowance has been authorized by the Department of the Army for officers of the Army serving the Army at certain foreign stations, the same allowance shall be authorized for officers of the Armed Forces assigned to the 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 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 Government agencies, including the Armed Forces, for salary, pay, and allowances of personnel assigned to it.
Department of the Treasury
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, $45,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1998, of which $8,000,000 may be used for the cost of direct loans, and up to $800,000 may be used for administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program: Provided, That the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That not more than $19,400,000 of the funds made available under this heading may be used for programs and activities authorized in section 114 of the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994.
Consumer Product Safety Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 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 nominal awards to recognize non-Federal officials' contributions to Commission activities, and not to exceed $500 for official reception and representation expenses, $42,500,000.
Corporation for National and Community Service
national and community service programs operating expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and Community Service (referred to in the matter under this heading as the ``Corporation'') in carrying out programs, activities, and initiatives under the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred to in the matter under this heading as the ``Act'') (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.), $400,500,000, of which $265,000,000 shall be available for obligation from September 1, 1997, through September 30, 1998: Provided, That not more than $25,000,000 shall be available for administrative expenses authorized under section 501(a)(4) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12671(a)(4)): Provided further, That not more than $2,500 shall be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That not more than $59,000,000, to remain available without fiscal year limitation, shall be transferred to the National Service Trust account for educational awards authorized under subtitle D of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.): Provided further, That not more than $215,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading shall be available for grants under the National Service Trust program authorized under subtitle C of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) (relating to activities including the Americorps program), of which not more than $40,000,000 may be used to administer, reimburse or support any national service program authorized under section 121(d)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12581(d)(2)): Provided further, That not more than $5,500,000 of the funds made available under this heading shall be made available for the Points of Light Foundation for activities authorized under title III of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12661 et seq.): Provided further, That no funds shall be available for national service programs run by Federal agencies authorized under section 121(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12571(b)): Provided further, That to the maximum extent feasible, funds appropriated in the preceding proviso shall be provided in a manner that is consistent with the recommendations of peer review panels in order to ensure that priority is given to programs that demonstrate quality, innovation, replicability, and sustainability: Provided further, That not more than $18,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading shall be available for the Civilian Community Corps authorized under subtitle E of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.): Provided further, That not more than $43,000,000 shall be available for school- based and community-based service-learning programs authorized under subtitle B of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.): Provided further, That not more than $30,000,000 shall be available for quality and innovation activities authorized under subtitle H of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12853 et seq.): Provided further, That not more than $5,000,000 shall be available for audits and other evaluations authorized under section 179 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12639): 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 Civilian Community Corps, or any field office or staff of the Corporation working on the National and Community Service or Civilian Community Corps programs: Provided further, That to the maximum extent practicable, the Corporation shall increase significantly the level of matching funds and in-kind contributions provided by the private sector, shall expand significantly the number of educational awards provided under subtitle D of title I, and shall reduce the total Federal costs per participant in all programs.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $2,000,000.
Court of Veterans Appeals
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for the operation of the United States Court of Veterans Appeals as authorized by 38 U.S.C. sections 7251-7292, $9,229,000, of which $700,000, to remain available until September 30, 1998, shall be available for the purpose of providing financial assistance as described, and in accordance with the process and reporting procedures set forth, under this heading in Public Law 102- 229.
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, and not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, $11,600,000, to remain available until expended.
Environmental Protection Agency
science and technology
For science and technology, including research and development activities, which shall include research and development activities under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs and travel expenses, including uniforms, or allowances therefore, 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; procurement of laboratory equipment and supplies;
other operating expenses in support of research and development; construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, $542,000,000, which shall remain available until September 30, 1998.
environmental programs and management
For environmental programs and management, including necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel and related costs and travel expenses, including uniforms, or allowances therefore, 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; 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, $1,710,000,000, which shall remain available until September 30, 1998.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, $28,500,000.
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, $87,220,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That EPA is authorized to establish and construct a consolidated research facility at Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, at a maximum total construction cost of $232,000,000, and to obligate such monies as are made available by this Act for this purpose: Provided further, That EPA is authorized to construct such facility through multi-year contracts incrementally funded through appropriations hereafter made available for this project: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the previous provisos, for monies obligated pursuant to this authority, EPA may not obligate monies in excess of those provided in advance in annual appropriations, and such contracts shall clearly provide for this limitation.
hazardous substance superfund
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including sections 111 (c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; not to exceed $1,394,245,000 (of which $100,000,000
shall not become available until September 1, 1997), to remain available until expended, consisting of $1,144,245,000 as authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended by Public Law 101-508, and $250,000,000 as a payment from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA, as amended by Public Law 101-508: Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading may be allocated to other Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That $11,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be transferred to the ``Office of Inspector General'' appropriation to remain available until September 30, 1997: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 111(m) of CERCLA or any other provision of law, not to exceed $64,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to carry out activities described in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and 111(c)(14) of CERCLA and section 118(f) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986: Provided further, That $35,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be transferred to the ``Science and technology'' appropriation to remain available until September 30, 1998: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 1997.
leaking underground storage tank trust fund
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by section 205 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, $60,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no more than $7,000,000 shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided further, That $577,000 shall be transferred to the ``Office of Inspector General'' appropriation to remain available until September 30, 1997.
oil spill response
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protection Agency's responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $15,000,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, and to remain available until expended: Provided, That not more than $8,000,000 of these funds shall be available for administrative expenses.
state and tribal assistance grants
For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, including capitalization grants for State revolving funds and performance partnership grants, $2,875,207,000, to remain available until expended, of which $1,900,000,000 shall be for making
capitalization grants for State revolving funds to support water infrastructure financing; $100,000,000 for architectural, engineering, planning, design, construction and related activities in connection with the construction of high priority water and wastewater facilities in the area of the United States-Mexico Border, after consultation with the appropriate border commission; $50,000,000 for grants to the State of Texas, which shall be matched by an equal amount of State funds from State resources, for the purpose of improving wastewater treatment for colonias; $15,000,000 for grants to the State of Alaska subject to an appropriate cost share as determined by the Administrator, to address water supply and wastewater infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages; $136,000,000 for making grants for the construction of wastewater and water treatment facilities and the development of groundwater in accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such grants in the conference report and joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accompanying this Act (H.R. 3666); and $674,207,000 for grants to States and federally recognized tribes for multi-media or single media pollution prevention, control and abatement and related activities pursuant to the provisions set forth under this heading in Public Law 104-134: Provided, That, from funds appropriated under this heading, the Administrator may make grants to federally recognized Indian governments for the development of multi-media environmental programs: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning in fiscal year 1997 the Administrator may make grants to States, from funds available for obligation in the State under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, for administering the completion and closeout of the State's construction grants program, based on a budget annually negotiated with the State: Provided further, That of the $1,900,000,000 for capitalization grants for State revolving funds to support water infrastructure financing, $1,275,000,000 shall be for drinking water State revolving funds: Provided further, That the funds made available in Public Law 103-327 for a grant to the City of Bangor, Maine, in accordance with House Report 103-715, shall be available for a grant to that city for meeting combined sewer overflow requirements: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a State that did not receive, in fiscal year 1996, grants under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, that obligated all the funds allotted to it from the $725,000,000 that became available for that purpose on August 1, 1996, may receive reallotted funds from the fiscal year 1996 appropriation, provided the State receives such grants in fiscal year 1997.
working capital fund
(including transfer of funds)
There is hereby established in the Treasury a franchise fund pilot to be known as the ``Working capital fund'', as authorized by section 403 of Public Law 103-356, to be available as provided in such section for expenses and equipment necessary for the maintenance and operation of such administrative services as the Administrator determines may be performed more advantageously as central services: Provided, That any inventories, equipment, and other assets pertaining to the services to be provided by such
fund, either on hand or on order, less the related liabilities or unpaid obligations, and any appropriations made hereafter for the purpose of providing capital, shall be used to capitalize such fund: Provided further, That such fund shall be paid in advance from funds available to the Agency and other Federal agencies for which such centralized services are performed, at rates which will return in full all expenses of operation, including accrued leave, depreciation of fund plant and equipment, amortization of automated data processing (ADP) software and systems (either acquired or donated), and an amount necessary to maintain a reasonable operating reserve, as determined by the Administrator: Provided further, That such fund shall provide services on a competitive basis: Provided further, That an amount not to exceed four percent of the total annual income to such fund may be retained in the fund for fiscal year 1997 and each fiscal year thereafter, to remain available until expended, to be used for the acquisition of capital equipment and for the improvement and implementation of Agency financial management, ADP, and other support systems: Provided further, That no later than thirty days after the end of each fiscal year amounts in excess of this reserve limitation shall be transferred to the Treasury: Provided further, That such franchise fund pilot shall terminate pursuant to section 403(f) of Public Law 103-356.
Executive Office of the President
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, and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses, and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, $4,932,000.
council on environmental quality and office of environmental quality
For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977, $2,436,000.
Federal Emergency Management Agency
disaster relief
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $1,320,000,000, and, notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 5203, to become available for obligation on September 30, 1997, and remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, amounts appropriated herein shall be available for obligation on October 1, 1996: Provided further, That the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress within 120 days of enactment of this Act a comprehensive report
on FEMA's plans to reduce disaster relief expenditures and improve managment controls on the Disaster Relief Fund.
disaster assistance direct loan program account
For the cost of direct loans, $1,385,000, as authorized by section 319 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): 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, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $25,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program, $548,000.
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, including hire and purchase of motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343); uniforms, or 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 cooperating officials and individuals at meetings concerned with the work of emergency preparedness; transportation in connection with the continuity of Government programs to the same extent and in the same manner as permitted the Secretary of a Military Department under 10 U.S.C. 2632; and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $167,500,000.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $4,673,000.
emergency management planning and assistance
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), sections 107 and 303 of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended (50 U.S.C. 404-405), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, $206,701,000.
emergency food and shelter program
To carry out an emergency food and shelter program pursuant to title III of Public Law 100-77, as amended, $100,000,000: Provided, That total administrative costs shall not exceed three and one-half percent of the total appropriation.
national flood insurance fund
For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, and the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994, not to exceed $20,981,000 for salaries and expenses associated with flood mitigation and flood insurance operations, and not to exceed $78,464,000 for flood mitigation, including up to $20,000,000 for expenses under section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act, which amount shall be available until September 30, 1998. The first sentence of section 1376(c) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4127(c)), is amended by striking all after ``this subsection'' and inserting ``such sums as may be necessary through September 30, 1997 for studies under this title.''. In fiscal year 1997, no funds in excess of (1) $47,000,000 for operating expenses, (2) $335,680,000 for agents' commissions and taxes, and (3) $35,000,000 for interest on Treasury borrowings shall be available from the National Flood Insurance Fund without prior notice to the Committees on Appropriations. For fiscal year 1997, flood insurance rates shall not exceed the level authorized by the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994. Section 1319 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4026), is amended by striking out September 30, 1996.'' and inserting ``September 30, 1997.''.
working capital fund
For the establishment of a working capital fund for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to be available without fiscal year limitation, for expenses and equipment necessary for maintenance and operations of such administrative services as the Director determines may be performed more advantageously as central services: Provided, That any inventories, equipment, and other assets pertaining to the services to be provided by such fund, either on hand or on order, less the related liabilities or unpaid obligations, and any appropriations made hereafter for the purpose of providing capital, shall be used to capitalize such fund: Provided further, That such fund shall be reimbursed or credited with advance payments from applicable appropriations and funds of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, other Federal agencies, and other sources authorized by law for which such centralized services are performed, including supplies, materials, and services, at rates that will return in full all expenses of operation, including accrued leave, depreciation of fund plant and equipment, amortization of automated data processing (ADP) software and systems (either acquired or donated), and an amount necessary to maintain a reasonable operating reserve as determined by the Director: Provided further, That income of such fund may be retained, to remain available until expended, for purposes of the fund: Provided further, That fees for services shall be established by the Director at a level to cover the total estimated costs of providing such services, such fees to be deposited in the fund shall remain available until expended for purposes of the fund: Provided further, That such fund shall terminate in a manner consistent with section 403(f) of Public Law 103-356.
administrative provision
The Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall promulgate through rulemaking a methodology for assessment and collection of fees to be assessed and collected beginning in fiscal year 1997 applicable to persons subject to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's radiological emergency preparedness regulations. The aggregate charges assessed pursuant to this section during fiscal year 1997 shall approximate, but not be less than, 100 per centum of the amounts anticipated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be obligated for its radiological emergency preparedness program for such fiscal year. The methodology for assessment and collection of fees shall be fair and equitable, and shall reflect the full amount of costs of providing radiological emergency planning, preparedness, response and associated services. Such fees shall be assessed in a manner that reflects the use of agency resources for classes of regulated persons and the administrative costs of collecting such fees. Fees received pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts. Assessment and collection of such fees are only authorized during fiscal year 1997.
General Services Administration
consumer information center fund
For necessary expenses of the Consumer Information Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $2,260,000, 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 Information Center activities in the aggregate amount of $7,500,000. Appropriations, revenues, and collections accruing to this fund during fiscal year 1997 in excess of $7,500,000 shall remain in the fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Consumer Information Center may accept and deposit to this account, during fiscal year 1997 and hereafter, gifts for the purpose of defraying its costs of printing, publishing, and distributing consumer information and educational materials and undertaking other consumer information activities; may expend those gifts for those purposes, in addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made available; and the balance shall remain available for expenditure for such purpose.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
human space flight
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct and support of human space flight research and development activities, including research, development, operations, and services; maintenance; construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, and modification of real and personal property, and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; space flight, spacecraft control and communications activities including operations, production, and services; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mission and administrative
aircraft, $5,362,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 1998.
science, aeronautics and technology
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics and technology research and development activities, including research, development, operations, and services; maintenance; construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, and modification of real and personal property, and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; space flight, spacecraft control and communications activities including operations, production, and services; and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, $5,762,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 1998. Chapter VII of Public Law 104-6 is amended under the heading, ``National Aeronautics and Space Administration'' by replacing ``September 30, 1997'' with ``September 30, 1998'' and ``1996'' with ``1997''.
mission support
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in carrying out mission support for human space flight programs and science, aeronautical, and technology programs, including research operations and support; space communications activities including operations, production and services; maintenance; construction of facilities including repair, rehabilitation, and modification of facilities, minor construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, environmental compliance and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized by law; program management; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; travel expenses; purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft; not to exceed $35,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and purchase (not to exceed 33 for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; $2,562,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 1998.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $17,000,000.
administrative provisions
(including transfer of funds)
Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds appropriated for ``Human space flight'', ``Science, aeronautics and technology'', or ``Mission support'' by this appropriations Act, when (1) any activity has been initiated by the incurrence of obligations for construction of facilities as authorized by law, or (2) amounts are provided for full-funding for the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) replenishment program, such amount available for such activity shall remain available until expended. This provision does not apply to the amounts appropriated in ``Mission
support'' pursuant to the authorization for repair, rehabilitation and modification of facilities, minor construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, and facility planning and design. Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds appropriated for ``Human space flight'', ``Science, aeronautics and technology'', or ``Mission support'' by this appropriations Act, the amounts appropriated for construction of facilities shall remain available until September 30, 1999. Notwithstanding the limitation on the availability of funds appropriated for ``Mission support'' and ``Office of Inspector General'', 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, 1997 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. Upon the determination by the Administrator that such action is necesssary, the Administrator may, with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer not to exceed $177,000,000 of funds made available in this Act to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the International Space Station between ``Science, aeronautics and technology'' and ``Human space flight'', to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes, and for the same time period, as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided, That such authority may not be used unless for higher priority items than those for which originally appropriated: Provided further, That the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall notify the Congress promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this authority.
National Credit Union Administration
central liquidity facility
During fiscal year 1997, gross obligations of the Central Liquidity Facility for the principal amount of new direct loans to member credit unions, as authorized by the National Credit Union Central Liquidity Facility Act (12 U.S.C. 1795), shall not exceed $600,000,000: Provided, That administrative expenses of the Central Liquidity Facility in fiscal year 1997 shall not exceed $560,000: Provided further, That $1,000,000, together with amounts of principal and interest on loans repaid, to be available until expended, is available for loans to community development credit unions.
National Science Foundation
research and related activities
For necessary expenses in carrying out the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875), and the Act to establish a National Medal of Science (42 U.S.C. 1880-1881); services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase of flight services for research support; acquisition of aircraft; $2,432,000,000, of which not to exceed $226,000,000 shall remain available until expended for Polar research and operations support, and for reimbursement to other Federal agencies for operational and science support and logistical
and other related activities for the United States Antarctic program; the balance to remain available until September 30, 1998: Provided, That receipts for scientific support services and materials furnished by the National Research Centers and other National Science Foundation supported research facilities may be credited to this appropriation: Provided further, That to the extent that the amount appropriated is less than the total amount authorized to be appropriated for included program activities, all amounts, including floors and ceilings, specified in the authorizing Act for those program activities or their subactivities shall be reduced proportionally.
major research equipment
For necessary expenses of major construction projects pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, $80,000,000, to remain available until expended.
education and human resources
For necessary expenses in carrying out science and engineering education and human resources programs and activities pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861- 1875), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, $619,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1998: 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 ceilings, specified in the authorizing Act for those program activities or their subactivities shall be reduced proportionally.
salaries and expenses
For necessary salaries and expenses of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1861-1875); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and representation expenses; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia; reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard services and headquarters relocation; $134,310,000: Provided, That contracts may be entered into under salaries and expenses in fiscal year 1997 for maintenance and operation of facilities, and for other services, to be provided during the next fiscal year.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $4,690,000, to remain available until September 30, 1998.
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), $49,900,000.
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 5 U.S.C. 4101-4118 for civilian employees; and not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses; $22,930,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal year, the President 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 appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in connection with the induction of any person into the Armed Forces of the United States.