[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3735 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3735

 Making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster assistance 
   because of the Los Angeles Earthquake for the fiscal year ending 
              September 30, 1994, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 26, 1994

 Mr. Natcher (for himself, Mr. Whitten, Mr. Smith of Iowa, Mr. Stokes, 
Mr. Bevill, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Fazio, Mr. Hefner, Mr. Carr of Michigan, Mr. 
 Durbin, Mr. Lewis of California, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Torres, Mr. Packard, 
 Mr. Edwards of California, Mr. Moorhead, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Beilenson, 
  Mr. Berman, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Dellums, Mr. 
 Dreier, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Filner, Mr. Gallegly, 
 Mr. Hamburg, Ms. Harman, Mr. Horn, Mr. Kim, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Martinez, 
   Mr. Matsui, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Miller of California, Mr. Mineta, Ms. 
   Roybal-Allard, Ms. Schenk, Mr. Stark, Mr. Tucker, Ms. Waters, Mr. 
   Waxman, and Ms. Woolsey) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
 Making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster assistance 
   because of the Los Angeles Earthquake for the fiscal year ending 
              September 30, 1994, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums 
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, to provide emergency supplemental appropriations for 
disaster assistance because of the Los Angeles Earthquake for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other purposes, namely:

                               CHAPTER I

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

                             RELATED AGENCY

                     Small Business Administration

                     disaster loans program account

    For an additional amount for emergency expenses resulting from the 
January 1994 earthquake in Southern California and other disasters, 
$163,405,000, to remain available until expended, of which up to 
$35,000,000 may be transferred to and merged with the appropriations 
for ``Salaries and expenses'' for associated administrative expenses: 
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                               CHAPTER II

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

                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

                               impact aid

    For carrying out disaster assistance activities resulting from the 
January 1994 earthquake in Southern California and other disasters as 
authorized under section 7 of Public Law 81-874, $165,000,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 1995: Provided, That the entire 
amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.

                      student financial assistance

    For an additional amount for ``Student financial assistance'' for 
payment of awards made under title IV, part A, subpart 1 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965, as amended, $80,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 1995: Provided, That notwithstanding sections 
442(e) and 462(j) of such Act, the Secretary may reallocate, for use in 
award year 1994-1995 only, any excess funds returned to the Secretary 
of Education under the Federal Work-Study or Federal Perkins Loan 
programs from award year 1993-1994 to assist individuals who suffered 
financial harm from the January 1994 earthquake in Southern California 
and other disasters: Provided further, That the entire amount is 
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, as amended.

                              CHAPTER III

                    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                     FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

                          Federal-Aid Highways

                        emergency relief program

                          (highway trust fund)

    For the Emergency Fund authorized by 23 U.S.C. 125 to cover 
expenses arising from the January 1994 earthquake in Southern 
California and other disasters, $950,000,000; and in addition 
$400,000,000, which shall be available only to the extent an official 
budget request for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation 
of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as 
defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress, all 
to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: 
Provided further, That the limitation on obligations per State in 23 
U.S.C. 125(b) shall not apply to projects relating to such earthquake: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding 23 U.S.C. 120(e), the Federal 
share for any project on the Federal-aid highway system related to such 
earthquake shall be 100 percent for the costs incurred in the 180 day 
period beginning on the date of the earthquake: Provided further, That 
with regard to these funds, the Secretary and the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency may waive or modify any provision of 
any environmental statute or regulation if they jointly find that in 
their judgment (i) such waiver is required to facilitate the obligation 
and use of such funds, and (ii) such waiver would not be inconsistent 
with the overall purposes of applicable environmental laws.

                               CHAPTER IV

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

                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                     Veterans Health Administration

                              medical care

    For an additional amount for emergency expenses resulting from the 
January 1994 earthquake in Southern California, $21,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which not to exceed $802,000 is available 
for transfer to General Operating Expenses, the Guaranty and Indemnity 
Program Account, and the Vocational Rehabilitation Loans Program 
Account: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                            Housing Programs

               annual contributions for assisted housing

    For an additional amount under this head for rental assistance 
under the section 8 existing housing certificate program (42 U.S.C. 
1437f) and the housing voucher program under section 8(o) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), $150,000,000, to 
remain available until December 31, 1995: Provided, That these funds 
shall be used first to replenish amounts used from the headquarters 
reserve established pursuant by section 213(d)(4)(A) of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, for assistance to 
victims of the January 1994 earthquake in Southern California: Provided 
further, That any amounts remaining after the headquarters reserve has 
been replenished shall be available for additional assistance to 
victims of the earthquake referred to above: Provided further, That in 
administering these funds, the Secretary may waive any provision of any 
statute or regulation that the Secretary administers in connection with 
the obligation by the Secretary or any use by the recipient of these 
funds, except for the requirements relating to fair housing and 
nondiscrimination, the environment, and labor standards, upon finding 
that such waiver is required to facilitate the obligation and use of 
such funds and would not be inconsistent with the overall purpose of 
the statute or regulation: Provided further, That the entire amount is 
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, as amended.

                         flexible subsidy fund

    For emergency assistance to owners of eligible multifamily housing 
projects damaged by the January 1994 earthquake in Southern California 
who are either insured or formerly insured under the National Housing 
Act, as amended, or otherwise eligible for assistance under section 
201(c) of the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978, as 
amended (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1a), in the program of assistance for troubled 
multifamily housing projects under the Housing and Community 
Development Amendments of 1978, as amended, $100,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 1995: Provided, That assistance to an 
owner of a multifamily housing project assisted, but not insured under 
the National Housing Act, may be made if the project owner and the 
mortgagee have provided or agreed to provide assistance to the project 
in a manner as determined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development: Provided further, That assistance is for the repair of 
damage or the recovery of losses directly attributable to the Southern 
California earthquake of 1994: Provided further, That the entire amount 
is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended.

             fha--general and special risk program account

    For higher mortgage limits and improved access to mortgage 
insurance for victims of the January 1994 earthquake in Southern 
California and other disasters, Title II of the National Housing Act, 
as amended, is further amended, as follows:
            (1) in section 203(h), by:
                    (A) striking out ``section 102(2) and 401 of the 
                Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act'' and 
                inserting ``Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
                Emergency Assistance Act''; and
                    (B) adding the following new sentence at the end 
                thereof: ``In any case in which the single family 
                residence to be insured under this subsection is within 
                a jurisdiction in which the President has declared a 
                major disaster to have occurred, the Secretary is 
                authorized, for a temporary period not to exceed 18 
                months from the date of such Presidential declaration, 
                to enter into agreements to insure a mortgage which 
                involves a principal obligation of up to 100 percent of 
                the dollar limitation determined under section 
                305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation 
                Act for single family residence, and not in excess of 
                100 percent of the appraised value.'';
            (2) in section 203(k), by adding at the end thereof the 
        following new paragraph:
            ``(6) The Secretary is authorized, for a temporary period 
        not to exceed 18 months from the date on which the President 
        has declared a major disaster to have occurred, to enter into 
        agreements to insure a rehabilitation loan under this 
        subsection which involves a principal obligation of up to 100 
        percent of the dollar limitation determined under section 
        305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act for 
        a residence of the applicable size, if such loan is secured by 
        a structure and property that are within a jurisdiction in 
        which the President has declared such disaster, pursuant to the 
        Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
        Act, and if such loan otherwise conforms to the loan-to-value 
        ratio and other requirements of this subsection,''; and
            (3) in section 234(c), by inserting after ``203(b)(2)'' in 
        the third sentence the phrase: ``or pursuant to section 203(h) 
        under the conditions described in section 203(h)''.

                   Community Planning and Development

                      community development grants

    For an additional amount for ``Community development grants'', as 
authorized under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974, for emergency expenses resulting from the January 1994 
earthquake in Southern California, $250,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 1996 for all activities eligible under such title I 
except those activities reimbursable by the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency (FEMA) or available through the Small Business 
Administration (SBA): Provided, That from this amount, the Secretary 
may transfer up to $50,000,000 to the ``HOME investment partnerships 
program'', as authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
National Affordable Housing Act, as amended (Public Law 101-625), to 
remain available until expended, as an additional amount for such 
emergency expenses for all activities eligible under such title II 
except activities reimbursable by FEMA or available through SBA: 
Provided further, That the receipients of amounts under this 
appropriation, including the foregoing transfer (if any), shall use 
such amounts first to replenish amounts previously obligated under 
their Community Development Block Grant or HOME programs, respectively, 
in connection with the Southern California earthquake of January 1994: 
Provided further, That in administering these funds, the Secretary may 
waive, or specify alternative requirements for, any provision of any 
statute or regulation that the Secretary administers in connection with 
the obligation by the Secretary or any use by the recipient of these 
funds, except for statutory requirements relating to fair housing and 
nondiscrimination, the environment, and labor standards, upon finding 
that such waiver is required to facilitate the obligation and use of 
such funds, and would not be inconsistent with the overall purpose of 
the statute or regulation: Provided further, That the entire amount is 
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251 (b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, as amended.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency

                            disaster relief

    For an additional amount for ``Disaster Relief'' for the January 
1994 earthquake in Southern California and other disasters, 
$3,484,000,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

              emergency management planning and assistance

    For an additional amount for ``Emergency Management Planning and 
Assistance'', to carry out activities under the Earthquake Hazards 
Reduction Act of 1977, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7701 et. seq.) 
$15,000,000, to remain available until expended, to study the January 
1994 earthquake in Southern California in order to enhance seismic 
safety throughout the United States: Provided, That the entire amount 
is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                               CHAPTER V

                  FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

                          Unanticipated Needs

    For an additional amount for emergency expenses resulting from the 
January 1994 earthquake in Southern California and other disasters, 
$400,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That these 
funds may be transferred to any authorized Federal governmental 
activity to meet the requirements of such disasters: Provided further, 
That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an 
official budget request for a specific dollar amount, that includes 
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency 
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to 
Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, as amended.

                               CHAPTER VI

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 601. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 602. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made available by 
Public Law 103-123 for fiscal year 1994 for Federal Buildings Fund 
activities may be transferred between authorized activities to the 
extent necessary to meet emergency expenses resulting from the January 
1994 earthquake in Southern California and other disasters: Provided, 
That such amounts as may be transferred to repairs and alterations and 
design and construction services shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That no operating activity or capital project would 
be reduced by an amount greater than five percent.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations for Disaster Assistance Because of the Los Angeles 
Earthquake Act of 1994''.

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