[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3511 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3511



      Rescinding certain budget authority, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 16, 1993

 Mr. Natcher introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
      Rescinding certain budget authority, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following 
rescissions of budget authority are made, namely:

                               CHAPTER I

      DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
                  ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                     Agricultural Research Service

                   (rescission and transfer of funds)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
111 and subsequently transferred to the Human Nutrition Information 
Service pursuant to Secretary's Memorandum No. 1020-39, dated September 
30, 1993, $1,000,000 are rescinded and the remaining funds are 
transferred to the Agricultural Research Service: Provided, That funds 
appropriated by Public Law 103-111 for the functions of the former 
Human Nutrition Information Service shall be made available only to the 
Agricultural Research Service.

                   Cooperative State Research Service

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
111, $14,279,000 are rescinded, including $4,375,000 for contracts and 
grants for agricultural research under the Act of August 4, 1965, as 
amended; $7,000,000 for competitive research grants; and $2,904,000 for 
necessary expenses of the Cooperative State Research Service.

                        buildings and facilities

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
111, $2,897,000 are rescinded.

                     Agricultural Marketing Service

                           marketing services

                   (rescission and transfer of funds)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
111 and subsequently transferred to the Agricultural Cooperative 
Service pursuant to Secretary's Memorandum No. 1020-39, dated September 
30, 1993, $100,000 are rescinded and the remaining funds are 
transferred to the Rural Development Administration.

                   payments to states and possessions

                          (transfer of funds)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
111 and subsequently transferred to the Agricultural Cooperative 
Service pursuant to Secretary's Memorandum No. 1020-39, dated September 
30, 1993, $435,000 are transferred to the Rural Development 
Administration.

                      Farmers Home Administration

              rural housing insurance fund program account

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
111 for the cost of direct section 502 loans, $35,000,000 are 
rescinded.

              rural development loan fund program account

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
111 for the cost of direct loans, $20,000,000 are rescinded.

                 rural water and waste disposal grants

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
111, $25,000,000 are rescinded.

                         salaries and expenses

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
111, $12,167,000 are rescinded.

                       Food and Nutrition Service

                  commodity supplemental food program

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 102-
341, $12,600,000 are rescinded.

              food donations programs for selected groups

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 102-
341, $6,000,000 are rescinded.

                     Public Law 480 Program Account

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
111 for commodities supplied in connection with title III, $20,000,000 
are rescinded.

                               CHAPTER II

DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
                                AGENCIES

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                  Economic Development Administration

                  economic development revolving fund

                              (rescission)

    Of the unobligated balances in the Economic Development Revolving 
Fund, $29,000,000 are rescinded.

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

                              construction

                              (rescission)

    Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
121, $3,000,000 are rescinded.

                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                        Administrative Provision

    For fiscal year 1994 only, the Director of the Bureau of Justice 
Assistance, upon good cause shown, may waive the provisions of section 
504(f) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 for 
projects located in communities covered under a Presidentially declared 
disaster pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act.

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                   Administration of Foreign Affairs

                        buying power maintenance

                              (rescission)

    Of the balances in the Buying Power Maintenance account, $8,800,000 
are rescinded.

                          new diplomatic posts

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available for the United States Information 
Agency under this heading in Public Law 102-395, $1,000,000 are 
rescinded.

                        Administrative Provision

    Subject to enactment of legislation authorizing the Secretary of 
State to charge a fee or surcharge for processing machine readable non-
immigrant visas and machine readable combined border crossing 
identification cards and non-immigrant visas, the Secretary of State 
may collect not to exceed $20,000,000 in additional fees or surcharges 
during fiscal year 1994 pursuant to such authority: Provided, That such 
additional fees shall be deposited as an offsetting collection to the 
Department of State, Administration of Foreign Affairs, ``Diplomatic 
and Consular Programs'' appropriation account and such fees shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That such 
collections shall be available only to modernize, automate, and enhance 
consular services and counterterrorism activities of the Department of 
State, to include the development and installation of automated visa 
and namecheck information systems, secure travel documents, worldwide 
telecommunications systems, and management systems to permit sharing of 
critical information regarding visa applicants and help secure 
America's borders.

                             THE JUDICIARY

    Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services

                           defender services

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
121, $3,000,000 are rescinded.

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                  Board for International Broadcasting

                          israel relay station

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading, $1,700,000 are 
rescinded.

                    United States Information Agency

                         salaries and expenses

                         (including rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
121, $1,177,000 are rescinded.
    Notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other Act, not to 
exceed $2,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading in 
Public Law 103-121 may be used to carry out projects involving security 
construction and related improvements for Agency facilities not 
physically located together with Department of State facilities abroad: 
Provided, That such funds may remain available until expended.

               educational and cultural exchange programs

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
121, $850,000 are rescinded.

                           radio construction

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
121, $2,000,000 are rescinded.

                              CHAPTER III

                      ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT

                      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL

                         DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil

                         general investigations

                              (rescission)

    Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public Law 102-
377 and prior years' Energy and Water Development Appropriations Acts, 
$24,970,000 are rescinded.

                         construction, general

                              (rescission)

    Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public Law 102-
377 and prior years' Energy and Water Development Appropriations Acts, 
$97,319,000 are rescinded.

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                         Bureau of Reclamation

                          construction program

                              (rescission)

    Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public Law 102-
377 and prior years' Energy and Water Development Appropriations Acts, 
$16,000,000 are rescinded.

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

           Energy Supply, Research and Development Activities

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
126, $97,300,000 are rescinded: Provided, That the reduction shall be 
taken as a general reduction, applied to each program equally, so as 
not to eliminate or disproportionately reduce any program, project, or 
activity in the Energy Supply, Research and Development Activities 
account as included in the reports accompanying Public Law 103-126.

                Uranium Supply and Enrichment Activities

                              (rescission)

    Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public Law 102-
377 and prior years' Energy and Water Development Appropriations Acts, 
$42,000,000 are rescinded.

                               CHAPTER IV

       FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                    MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  funds appropriated to the president

                  International Financial Institutions

         international bank for reconstruction and development

                              (rescission)

    Of the unexpended or unobligated balances made available for 
payment to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 
for the United States share of the paid-in share portion of the 
increases in capital stock for the General Capital Increase, 
$27,910,500 is rescinded.

              limitation on callable capital subscriptions

    Notwithstanding Public Law 103-87, the United States Governor of 
the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development may subscribe 
without fiscal year limitation to the callable capital portion of the 
United States share of the increases in capital stock in an amount not 
to exceed $902,439,500.

          contribution to the inter-american development bank

                              (rescission)

    Of the unexpended or unobligated balances made available for 
payment to the Inter-American Development Bank by the Secretary of the 
Treasury, for the paid-in share portion of the United States share of 
the increase in capital stock $16,063,134 is rescinded.

              limitation on callable capital subscriptions

    Notwithstanding Public Law 103-87, the United States Governor of 
the Inter-American Development Bank may subscribe without fiscal year 
limitation to the callable capital portion of the United States share 
of the increases in capital stock in an amount not to exceed 
$1,563,875,725.

               contribution to the asian development bank

                              (rescission)

    Of the unexpended or unobligated balances made available for 
payment to the Asian Development Bank by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
for the paid-in share portion of the United States share of the 
increase in capital stock $13,026,366 is rescinded.

              limitation on callable capital subscriptions

    Notwithstanding Public Law 103-87, the United States Governor of 
the Asian Development Bank may not subscribe in fiscal year 1994 to the 
callable capital portion of the United States share of any increases in 
capital stock.

                     BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  funds appropriated to the president

                  Agency for International Development

                         development assistance

                              (rescission)

    Of the unexpended or unobligated balances (including earmarked 
funds) made available for fiscal years 1987 through 1993 to carry out 
the provisions of sections 103 through 106 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, as amended, $160,000,000 is rescinded: Provided, That 
funds rescinded under this paragraph are to be derived from the 
following countries in the following amounts: Guatemala, $8,000,000; 
Honduras, $5,000,000; India, $10,000,000; Indonesia, $15,000,000; 
Morocco, $10,000,000; Pakistan, $15,000,000; Peru, $5,000,000; 
Philippines, $10,000,000; Thailand, $10,000,000; and Yemen, $5,000,000: 
Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the funds rescinded under this 
paragraph are to be derived from non-country specific, centrally funded 
activities: Provided further, That $57,000,000 of the funds rescinded 
under this paragraph are to be derived from prior year deobligated 
funds.

                         economic support fund

                              (rescission)

    Of the unexpended or unobligated balances of funds (including 
earmarked funds) made available for fiscal years 1987 through 1993 to 
carry out the provisions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, $90,000,000 is rescinded: Provided, 
That funds rescinded under this paragraph are to be derived from the 
following countries in the following amounts: Kenya, $2,000,000; 
Liberia, $797,000; Oman, $18,000,000; Peru, $11,000,000; Philippines, 
$10,200,000; and Somalia, $3,003,000: Provided further, That 
$45,000,000 of the funds rescinded under this paragraph are to be 
derived from the Private Sector Power Project (No. 391-0494) for 
Pakistan.

                          MILITARY ASSISTANCE

                  funds appropriated to the president

                   foreign military financing program

                              (rescission)

    Of the grant funds made available (including earmarked funds) under 
this heading in Public Law 102-391 and prior appropriations Acts, 
$66,000,000 is rescinded: Provided, That funds rescinded under this 
paragraph are to be derived from the following countries in the 
following amounts: Benin, $3,000; Cameroon, $161,000; Central African 
Republic, $59,000; Congo, $7,000; Cote D' Ivoire, $128,000; Equatorial 
Guinea, $86,000; Gabon, $3,000; Ghana, $600,000; Guatemala, $1,563,000; 
Guinea, $499,000; Kenya, $9,000,000; Liberia, $15,000; Madagascar, 
$505,000; Mali, $3,000; Malawi, $326,000; Mauritania, $300,000; 
Morocco, $8,000,000; Organization of American States, $6,000; Oman, 
$3,100,000; Pakistan, $8,108,000; Peru, $6,533,000; Philippines, 
$5,000,000; Rwanda, $250,000; Sao Tome & Principe, $228,000; Somalia, 
$4,349,000; Sudan, $8,609,000; Thailand, $1,384,000; Togo, $19,000; 
Tunisia, $4,100,000; Uganda, $100,000; Yemen, $2,241,000; Zambia, 
$100,000; Zaire, $455,000; and Zimbabwe, $160,000.

                               CHAPTER V

            DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                     U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

                    construction and anadromous fish

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds appropriated under this head in Public Law 100-446 and 
Public Law 102-154, $3,874,000 are rescinded.

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                       biomass energy development

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds available under this head, $16,275,000 are rescinded.

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

            administrative provisions, department of energy

    Section 303 of Public Law 97-257, as amended, is repealed.
    The seventh proviso under the head ``Clean Coal Technology'' in 
Public Law 101-512, and the seventh proviso under the head ``Clean Coal 
Technology'' in Public Law 102-154, both concerning Federal employment, 
are repealed.

                               CHAPTER VI

DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RELATED 
                                AGENCIES

                          DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

                              (rescission)

    Of the amounts appropriated in Public Law 103-112 for salaries and 
expenses and administrative costs of the Department of Labor, 
$4,000,000 are rescinded.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                              (rescission)

    Of the amounts appropriated in Public Law 103-112 for salaries and 
expenses and administrative costs of the Department of Health and Human 
Services (except the Social Security Administration), $37,500,000 are 
rescinded.

                     Social Security Administration

                  supplemental security income program

                              (rescission)

    Of the amounts appropriated in the first paragraph under this 
heading in Public Law 103-112, $10,909,000 are rescinded.

                 limitation on administrative expenses

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
112 to invest in a state-of-the-art computing network, $80,000,000 are 
rescinded.

                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

                        Departmental Management

                         program administration

                              (rescission)

    Of the amounts appropriated under this heading in Public Law 103-
112 for salaries and expenses and administrative costs of the 
Department of Education, $8,500,000 are rescinded.

                              CHAPTER VII

                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                         Salaries and Expenses

                              (rescission)

    Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public Law 101-
520, $633,000 are rescinded in the amounts specified for the following 
headings and accounts:

           ``allowances and expenses'', $633,000, as follows:

    ``Official Expenses of Members'', $128,000; ``supplies, materials, 
administrative costs and Federal tort claims'', $125,000; ``net 
expenses of purchase, lease and maintenance of office equipment'', 
$364,000; and ``Government contributions to employees' life insurance 
fund, retirement funds, Social Security fund, Medicare fund, health 
benefits fund, and worker's and unemployment compensation'', $16,000.
    Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public Law 102-
90, $2,352,000 are rescinded in the amounts specified for the following 
headings and accounts:

                ``house leadership offices'', $253,000;

             ``committee on the budget (studies)'', $4,000;

         ``standing committees, special and select'', $378,000;

           ``allowances and expenses'', $943,000, as follows:

    ``Official Expenses of Members'', $876,000; and ``stenographic 
reporting of committee hearings'', $67,000;

``committee on appropriations (studies and investigations)'', $595,000;

      ``salaries, officers and employees'', $179,000, as follows:

    ``Office of the Postmaster'', $19,000; ``for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of the Historian'', $26,000; ``the House Democratic 
Steering and Policy Committee and the Democratic Caucus'', $73,000; and 
``the House Republican Conference'', $61,000.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                     Capitol Buildings and Grounds

                           capitol buildings

                              (rescission)

    Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public Law 102-
392 and Public Law 103-69, $1,000,000 and $2,000,000, respectively, 
both made available until expended, are rescinded: Provided, That the 
Architect of the Capitol shall be considered the agency for purposes of 
the election in section 801(b)(2)(B) of the National Energy 
Conservation Policy Act and the head of the agency for purposes of 
subsection (b)(2)(C) of such section.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                              (rescission)

    Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
69 and Public Law 98-396, $900,000 are rescinded.

                       GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

                              (rescission)

    Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
69, $1,300,000 are rescinded.

                       SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION

    That the following sum is appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other purposes, namely:

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

      Payments to Widows and Heirs of Deceased Members of Congress

    For payment to Karen A. Henry, widow of Paul B. Henry, late a 
Representative from the State of Michigan, $133,600.

                              CHAPTER VIII

                    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY

                         MILITARY CONSTRUCTION

                             (rescissions)

    Of the funds appropriated under Public Law 103-110, the following 
funds are hereby rescinded from the following accounts in the specified 
amounts:
            Military Construction, Army, $22,319,000;
            Military Construction, Navy, $13,969,000;
            Military Construction, Air Force, $24,787,000;
            Military Construction, Defense-Wide, $13,663,000;
            Military Construction, Army National Guard, $7,568,000;
            Military Construction, Air National Guard, $6,187,000;
            Military Construction, Army Reserve, $2,551,000;
            Military Construction, Naval Reserve, $626,000;
            Military Construction, Air Force Reserve, $1,862,000;
            North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure, 
        $70,000,000; and
            Base Realignment and Closure Account, Part III, 
        $437,692,000:
Provided, That, within funds available for ``Base Realignment and 
Closure Account, Part III'' for fiscal year 1994, not less than 
$200,000,000 shall be available solely for environmental restoration.

                               CHAPTER IX

           DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

                        Payments to Air Carriers

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

                              (rescission)

    The funds provided for ``Small community air service'' under 
section 419 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended, in excess 
of the funds made available for obligation in Public Law 103-122 are 
rescinded.

                              COAST GUARD

                           Operating Expenses

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds provided under this heading in Public Law 102-368, 
$5,000,000 are rescinded.

              Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds provided under this heading in Public Law 102-368, 
$2,000,000 are rescinded.

                    FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

                               Operations

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
122, $750,000 are rescinded.

                        Facilities and Equipment

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

                              (rescission)

    Of the available balances (including earmarked funds) under this 
heading, $29,451,111 are rescinded.

                       Grants-In-Aid for Airports

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds provided under the Airport and Airway Improvement Act 
of 1982, as amended, for grants-in-aid for airport planning and 
development and noise compatibility planning and programs, $488,200,000 
of the amount in excess of the funds made available for obligation in 
Public Law 103-122 are rescinded.

                     FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available for specific highway projects that are 
not yet under construction, $85,774,222 are rescinded: Provided, That 
no funds shall be rescinded from any emergency relief project funded 
under section 125 of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, 
That for the purposes of this paragraph, a project shall be deemed to 
be not under construction unless a construction contract for physical 
construction has been awarded by the State, municipality, or other 
contracting authority.

             NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

                        Operations and Research

                              (rescission)

    Of the amounts provided under this heading in Public Law 102-388, 
$3,476,000 are rescinded.
    Of the amounts provided under this heading in Public Law 101-516, 
$1,075,000 are rescinded.
    Of the amounts provided under this heading in Public Law 101-164, 
$2,505,000 are rescinded.

                     FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

                          Discretionary Grants

                          (highway trust fund)

                              (rescission)

    Any unobligated balances of funds made available for fiscal year 
1991 and prior fiscal years under section 3 of the Federal Transit Act, 
as amended, and allocated to specific projects for the replacement, 
rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equipment, for 
construction of bus-related facilities, and for new fixed guideway 
systems are rescinded: Provided, That no funds provided for the Miami 
Metromover project shall be rescinded: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided under this heading in Public Law 103-122, $2,500,000 are 
rescinded.

                               CHAPTER X

            TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT

                    GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

                         federal buildings fund

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
123, $126,022,000, are rescinded and are not available in fiscal year 
1994: Provided, That no individual prospectus-level new construction 
project may be reduced by more than 5 percent.

                        ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

    Sec. 1001. (a) Section 401 of the Treasury, Postal Service, and 
General Government Appropriations Act, 1994 (Public Law 103-123) is 
amended to read as follows:
    Sec. 401. (a) Section 6002 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 
U.S.C. 6962) is amended by inserting at the end the following:
    ``(j) Preference for Remanufactured and Recycled Toner 
Cartridges.--(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a Federal 
agency when purchasing toner cartridges for use in laser printers, 
photocopiers, facsimile machines, or micrographic printers is 
authorized to give preference to remanufactured toner cartridges made 
in the United States by small businesses and recycled toner cartridges 
unless the contracting or purchasing officer determines in writing 
that--
            ``(A) adequate market research establishes that 
        remanufactured or recycled cartridges for the type of equipment 
        used by the agency do not exist,
            ``(B) the price or life cycle cost offered for the 
        cartridges is higher than the original equipment manufacturer's 
        new cartridge, or
            ``(C) remanufactured or recycled cartridges are not 
        available in quantities needed within the timeframes required.
    ``(2) Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the purchase of one 
newly manufactured cartridge (or a number equal to those normally 
supplied at the time of initial purchase) as a part of an initial 
printer or copier acquisition.
    ``(3) The provisions of this subsection shall not affect current 
law with respect to Organizations for the Blind or Other Severely 
Handicapped (NIB/NISH).''.
    (b) Section 630 of the Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102-393), and the 
amendment made by that section, are repealed.

                               CHAPTER XI

DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND 
                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                      Departmental Administration

                      construction, major projects

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
124, $26,000,000 are rescinded.

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                            Housing Programs

   homeownership and opportunity for people everywhere grants (hope 
                                grants)

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 102-
389 and Public Law 102-139, $66,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That 
of the foregoing amount, $34,000,000 shall be deducted from the amounts 
earmarked for the HOPE for Public and Indian Housing Homeownership 
Program and $32,000,000 shall be deducted from the amounts earmarked 
for the HOPE for Homeownership of Multifamily Units Program.

               annual contributions for assisted housing

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 102-
389 and prior years, and earmarked for amendments to section 8 
contracts other than contracts for projects developed under section 202 
of the Housing Act of 1959, $25,000,000 are rescinded.

   assistance for the renewal of expiring section 8 subsidy contracts

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 102-
389 and prior years, $20,000,000 are rescinded.

                        administrative provision

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the City of Slidell, 
Louisiana, is authorized to submit not later than 10 days following the 
enactment of this Act, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall consider, the final statement of community 
development objectives and projected use of funds required by section 
104(a)(1) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5304(a)(1)) in connection with a grant to the City of Slidell 
under title I of such Act for fiscal year 1994.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                    Environmental Protection Agency

               water infrastructure/state revolving funds

                    (including rescission of funds)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
124, $22,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That the $500,000,000 
earmarked under this heading in Public Law 103-124 to not become 
available until May 31, 1994, shall instead not become available until 
September 30, 1994.

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency

              emergency management planning and assistance

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
124, $2,000,000 are rescinded.

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration

                        research and development

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
124, $25,000,000 are rescinded.

                       construction of facilities

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
124, $25,000,000 are rescinded.

                      National Science Foundation

                    academic research infrastructure

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
124, $10,000,000 are rescinded.

                      National Service Initiative

             corporation for national and community service

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
124, $5,000,000 are rescinded.

                   Executive Office of the President

                office of science and technology policy

    The proviso under this heading in Public Law 103-124 is repealed.
    This Act may be cited as ``The Fiscal Year 1994 Rescission Act''.
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