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  CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 4624, DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND 
 HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 
                               ACT, 1995

  Mr. STOKES submitted the following conference report and statement on 
the bill (H.R. 4624), making appropriations for the Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry 
independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes:

                  Conference Report (H. Rept. 103-715)

       The Committee of Conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
     4624) ``making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans 
     Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry 
     independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and 
     offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and 
     for other purposes,'' having met, after full and free 
     conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to 
     their respective Houses as follows:
       That the Senate recede from its amendments numbered 2, 6, 
     21, 36, 44, 45, 78, 79, 81, 88, 89, 101, 102, 106, 114, 116, 
     118, 119, 120, 121, and 122.
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendments of the Senate numbered 4, 7, 8, 9, 12, 22, 23, 25, 
     27, 31, 35, 37, 39, 46, 61, 62, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73, 74, 75, 
     76, 83, 85, 90, 91, 92, 93, 95, 96, 110, 112, 113, and 115, 
     and agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 3:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 3, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $890,600,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 10:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 10, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $1,400,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 13:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 13, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed in said amendment insert: 
     $11,083,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 15:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 15, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $282,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 16:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 16, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $3,700,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 18:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 18, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended as 
     follows:
       In lieu of the sum named in said amendment, insert: 
     $25,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 24:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 24, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $175,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 26:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 26, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $100,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 29:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 29, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $1,279,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 34:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 34, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $290,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 40:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 40, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended as 
     follows:
       In lieu of the sum named in said amendment insert: 
     $20,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 41:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 41, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended as 
     follows:
       In lieu of the sum named in said amendment insert: 
     $5,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 42:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 42, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $42,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 43:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 43, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $955,398,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 57:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 57, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum named in said amendment insert: 
     $500,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 59:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 59, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $42,509,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 63:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 63, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $145,900,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 94:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 94, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $215,960,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 99:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 99, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $2,554,587,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 107:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 107, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $2,280,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 108:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 108, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $126,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 109:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 109, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $250,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       The committee of conference report in disagreement 
     amendments numbered 1, 5, 11, 14, 17, 19, 20, 28, 30, 32, 33, 
     38, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 60, 64, 65, 
     66, 71, 72, 77, 80, 82, 84, 86, 87, 97, 98, 100, 103, 104, 
     105, 111, 117, and 123.

     Louis Stokes,
     Alan B. Mollohan,
     Jim Chapman,
     Marcy Kaptur,
     Esteban Edward Torres,
     Ray Thornton,
     David R. Obey,
     Jerry Lewis,
     Tom DeLay,
     Dean A. Gallo,
     Joseph M. McDade,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Barbara A. Mikulski,
     Patrick J. Leahy,
     J. Bennett Johnston,
     Frank R. Lautenberg,
     J. Robert Kerrey,
     Dianne Feinstein,
     Robert C. Byrd,
     Phil Gramm,
     Alfonse D'Amato,
     Don Nickles,
     Christopher S. Bond,
     Conrad Burns,
     Mark O. Hatfield,
                               Managers on the Part of the Senate.

       JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE

       The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at the 
     conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the 
     amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4624) making 
     appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
     Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent 
     agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for 
     the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other 
     purposes, submit the following joint statement to the House 
     and the Senate in explanation of the effect of the action 
     agreed upon by the managers and recommended in the 
     accompanying conference report:

                TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                     Veterans Health Administration

       Amendment No. 1: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate reducing the 
     fiscal year 1994 funding floor on personnel compensation and 
     benefits by $50,000,000 and to $9,813,265,000.
       The House and the Senate each added $111,000,000 above the 
     1995 budget request for medical care activities. The 
     following represents the changes from the budget estimate 
     agreed to by the conferees:
       +$78,054,000 as a general increase to meet veterans health 
     care needs, including the treatment of post traumatic stress 
     disorder and compliance with resident work limits. The 
     increase in funds recommended, together with an increase of 
     approximately $300,000,000 requested for contract employment, 
     will permit the VA to maintain the 1994 hospital staffing 
     levels. It is the conferees' intention that the Secretary 
     have the discretion to determine whether the federal FTE 
     level is 201,508 as proposed in the budget, 205,188 as 
     provided in 1994, or some level in between. Any reduction 
     below the 1994 FTE level is to be offset with increases in 
     contract employment.
       +$10,000,000 for new homeless programs.
       +$5,000,000 for programs to meet the needs of women 
     veterans.
       +$300,000 for a new community-based outpatient clinic in 
     Belmont County, Ohio.
       +$550,000 for expansion of the primary health care clinic 
     in Clovis, New Mexico.
       +$178,000 for veterans primary health care service in 
     Clayton, New Mexico.
       +$1,000,000 for a new community-based outpatient clinic in 
     Monroe, Louisiana.
       +$559,000 for community-based outpatient clinics in Wood 
     County and Tucker County, West Virginia.
       +$250,000 for a veterans center in Raleigh, North Carolina.
       +$750,000 for veterans counseling centers in Bellingham, 
     Washington and the northwest section of the State of 
     Washington.
       +$484,000 for an inpatient post traumatic stress disorder 
     unit at the Clarksburg VA Medical Center.
       +$5,000,000 for blind rehabilitation services.
       +$5,000,000 for the installation of bedside telephones in 
     VA medical centers.
       +$1,000,000 for a community-based outpatient clinic in 
     North PLatte, Nebraska.
       +$1,525,000 for continuing the demonstration project 
     involving the Clarksburg VA Medical Center and the Ruby 
     Memorial Hospital.
       +$900,000 for a regional referral center for Alzheimer's 
     disease and degenerative neurological disorders at the 
     Oklahoma City VA Medical Center.
       +$450,000 for expansion of the outpatient clinic in 
     Cambridge, Maryland.
       The conferees have deleted without prejudice funding 
     proposed by the Senate to establish up to five centers of 
     excellence in the area of mental illness at existing VA 
     health facilities. A reprogramming of funds for such centers 
     would be considered subsequent to the enactment of 
     authorizing legislation.
       Amendment No. 2: Deletes language proposed by the Senate 
     earmarking not more than $500,000 of medical and prosthetic 
     research funds for an epidemiological study of veterans who 
     underwent radium nasopharyngeal irradiation. The conferees 
     have agreed not to earmark funds in the bill, but urge the 
     Department to consider utilizing up to $500,000 of research 
     funds for such a study.
       The conferees are concerned that the Office of Management 
     and Budget is including under the full-time equivalent 
     ceiling non-federal research personnel employed by the 
     nonprofit research corporations, as well as temporary 
     employees. Employees of these nonprofit research corporations 
     are not VA employees, receive no compensation or benefits 
     from VA, and therefore should not count toward the personnel 
     ceiling. The conferees further note that Public Law 100-322 
     directed that temporary research personnel were to be 
     excluded from any ceiling on full-time equivalent employees 
     of the VA.

                      Departmental Administration

       Amendment No. 3: Appropriates $890,600,000 for general 
     operating expenses, instead of $887,909,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $893,285,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes the following changes 
     from the budget estimate:
       +$29,443,000 to fund administrative costs of three life 
     insurance programs.
       +$16,491,000 for additional staffing, overtime and training 
     to reduce the backlog of veterans benefits claims. This 
     amount includes the $5,400,000 that VA requested be shifted 
     from the guaranty and indemnity program account due to the 
     decrease in housing activity.
       +$331,000 reflecting the VA's request to transfer the 
     security office from the Office of Inspector General account.
       -$550,000 as a result of VA's request to transfer certain 
     Chief Financial Officer Act activities to the Veterans Health 
     Administration in the MAMOE account.
       +$1,600,000 for vocational rehabilitation and counseling to 
     address the backlog of pending cases.
       Amendment No. 4: Appropriates $31,819,000 for the Office of 
     Inspector General as proposed by the Senate, instead of 
     $32,219,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 5: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert the 
     following: $355,612,000
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes the following changes 
     from the budget estimate:
       +$6,000,000 for the joint project for the relocation of 
     medical school functions and facility renovations at the 
     Mountain Home VA Medical Center.
       +$4,000,000 for the design of a spinal cord injury unit 
     project at the Haley VA Medical Center in Tampa.
       +$1,000,000 for the design of a new national cemetery in 
     the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
       +$18,100,000 for the new Matsunaga Medical Center in 
     Honolulu, Hawaii.
       +$22,900,000 for an ambulatory care addition at the Truman 
     VA Medical Center in Columbia, Missouri.
       +$40,985,000 for an ambulatory care addition at the Hayden 
     VA Medical Center in Phoenix.
       +$14,000,000 to renovate the Orlando Naval Training Center 
     Hospital for a satellite outpatient clinic/nursing home.
       +$2,500,000 for the design of an ambulatory care and 
     clinical addition project at the Eisenhower VA Medical Center 
     in Leavenworth, Kansas.
       +$250,000 for the design of a new national cemetery in the 
     Oklahoma City area.
       +$17,812,000 for an ambulatory care addition at the 
     Gainesville VA Medical Center.
       +$29,200,000 for an ambulatory care addition at the Hampton 
     VA Medical Center.
       +$34,800,000 for an ambulatory care addition at the San 
     Juan VA Medical Center.
       +$48,600,000 for an ambulatory care addition at the West 
     Haven VA Medical Center.
       The conferees are highly supportive of the Department's 
     latest plans to renovate the Reno VA Medical Center. The 
     conferees note that there is $4,300,000 of unobligated funds 
     from the fiscal year 1992 appropriation for this project, and 
     expect the Secretary to request from the Office of Management 
     and budget the reprogramming of unobligated funds by October 
     1, 1994. The conferees further expect that the fiscal year 
     1996 budget will include sufficient funds to complete this 
     project as soon as possible.
       Amendment No. 6: Deletes language proposed by the Senate 
     earmarking major construction funds for two projects.
       Amendment No. 7: Appropriates $16,300,000 for the parking 
     revolving funds as proposed by the Senate, instead of 
     $1,400,000 as proposed by the House. The conferees agree that 
     the additional $14,900,000 above the budget request is for 
     the parking facility for the Honolulu VA Medical Center.
       Amendment No. 8: Appropriates $47,397,000 for grants for 
     construction of State extended care facilities as proposed by 
     the Senate, instead of $37,397,000 as proposed by the House.

         TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                            Housing Programs

       Amendment No. 9: Appropriates $50,000,000 for the 
     homeownership and opportunity for people everywhere grants 
     program as proposed by the Senate, instead of $100,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 10: Appropriates $1,400,000,000 for the HOME 
     investment partnerships program, instead of $1,275,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $1,500,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Amendment No. 11: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate 
     appropriating $50,000,000 for the National Homeownership 
     Trust Demonstration program.
       Amendment No. 12: Inserts change to the heading as proposed 
     by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 13: Appropriates $11,083,000,000 for annual 
     contributions for assisted housing, instead of 
     $11,473,019,000 as proposed by the House and $10,600,000,000 
     as proposed by the Senate. The conferees expect the 
     Department and the Office of Management and Budget to adhere 
     to the 1995 program detailed in the following table:

   ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING, FISCAL YEAR 1995--GROSS   
                              RESERVATIONS                              
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          Units     Cost      Term     Budget authority 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
New authority.........        NA        NA        NA     $11,083,000,000
Recaptures............        NA        NA        NA         200,000,000
Transfer from P.L. 103-                                                 
 124..................        NA        NA        NA         200,000,000
Transfer from (UDAG)..        NA        NA        NA         100,000,000
                       -------------------------------------------------
      Total available.        NA  ........  ........      11,583,000,000
                       =================================================
Public housing:                                                         
    Public housing                                                      
     development......     6,994    85,500        NA         598,000,000
    Public housing                                                      
     amendments.......        NA        NA        NA          50,000,000
    Public housing                                                      
     service                                                            
     coordinators                                                       
     (sec. 673).......        NA        NA        NA          30,000,000
    Indian housing....     2,910    96,884        NA         282,000,000
    Lease adjustments.        NA        NA        NA          21,900,000
    Modernization.....        NA        NA        NA       3,700,000,000
    Tenant opportunity                                                  
     program..........        NA        NA        NA        [25,000,000]
    Technical                                                           
     assistance and                                                     
     training.........        NA        NA        NA        [15,000,000]
                       -------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, public                                                  
       housing........     9,904  ........  ........       4,681,900,000
                       =================================================
Section 8 and other:                                                    
    Elderly:                                                            
        Capital grants/                                                 
         rental                                                         
         assistance...     9,654        NA        NA       1,279,000,000
        Service                                                         
         coordinators                                                   
         (sec. 671/                                                     
         677).........        NA        NA        NA          22,000,000
    Disabled:                                                           
        Capital grants/                                                 
         rental                                                         
         assistance...     2,915        NA        NA         387,000,000
                       -------------------------------------------------
          Total,                                                        
           elderly/dis                                                  
           abled......    12,569  ........  ........       1,688,000,000
                       =================================================
    Incremental rental                                                  
     assistance.......    62,774     6,857         5       2,785,582,000
        Pension fund..   [3,402]     6,857        15       [350,000,000]
        New                                                             
         initiatives..        NA        NA        NA    \1\[400,000,000]
    Service                                                             
     coordinators                                                       
     (sec. 674/675/                                                     
     676).............        NA        NA        NA          30,000,000
    P.H. and housing                                                    
     relocation/replac                                                  
     e/opt outs.......     2,420     6,851         5          82,916,000
    Preservation......     8,806        NA        NA         175,000,000
    Family investment                                                   
     centers..........        NA        NA        NA          26,342,000
    Family self-                                                        
     sufficiency                                                        
     coordinators.....        NA        NA        NA          17,300,000
    Property                                                            
     disposition......     5,191     7,128        15         555,000,000
    Loan management...     5,814     5,160         5         150,000,000
    Section 23                                                          
     conversions......       195     4,059         5           3,960,000
    Housing                                                             
     opportunities for                                                  
     persons with AIDS     1,058        NA        NA         186,000,000
    Lead-based paint..        NA        NA        NA         100,000,000
    Foster child care.     2,107     7,214         5          76,000,000
    Special purpose                                                     
     grants...........        NA        NA        NA         290,000,000
    Amendments........        NA        NA        NA         735,000,000
                       -------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal,                                                         
       section 8 and                                                    
       other..........   100,934  ........  ........       6,901,100,000
                       -------------------------------------------------
      Total, annual                                                     
       contributions..   110,838  ........  ........      11,583,000,000
                       =================================================
    Incremental units                                                   
     (*)..............    88,412  ........  ........       5,193,582,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\Permissive transfer authority will be included pursuant to           
  authorizing legislation subject to usual reprogramming procedures.    

       Amendment No. 14: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert 
     the following: to be added to and merged with the foregoing 
     amounts there shall be up to $400,000,000 of amounts of 
     budget authority (and contract authority) reserved or 
     obligated in prior years for the development or acquisition 
     costs of public housing (including public housing for Indian 
     families), for modernization of existing public housing 
     projects (including such projects for Indian families), and, 
     except as herein provided, for programs under section 8 of 
     the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f), which are recaptured during fiscal 
     year 1995 or are unobligated as of September 30, 1994; and up 
     to $100,000,000 of transfers of unobligated balances from the 
     Urban Development Action Grants program: Provided further, 
     That
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The conferees expect that approximately one-half of the 
     $400,000,000 will be derived from funds which are recaptured 
     during fiscal year 1995 and one-half from funds that are 
     unobligated as of September 30, 1994, in the vacancy 
     reduction program.
       Amendment No. 15: Provides $282,000,000 for Indian housing, 
     instead of $263,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $300,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 16: Provides $3,700,000,000 for the public 
     housing modernization program, instead of $3,600,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $3,800,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The Secretary is not to provide public housing operating 
     subsidies to support the provision of security to the New 
     York City Housing Authority or the City of New York after the 
     merger of the New York City Housing Authority Police 
     Department and the New York City Police Department until the 
     Secretary finds there has been a public hearing conducted 
     under the authority of a legislative body, including 
     Congress, at which the plan for the merger is adequately 
     described by the Chief Executive of the City of New York or 
     his or her designee, and the tenants of the New York City 
     Housing Authority or their representatives have had an 
     opportunity to be heard on the merits of the merger.
       Amendment No. 17: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate earmarking 
     $15,000,000 of modernization funds for inspection, technical 
     assistance, oversight and management activities, instead of 
     0.54 per centum as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 18: Restores language proposed by the House 
     and stricken by the Senate earmarking $85,000,000 of 
     modernization funds for the Tenant Opportunity Program, 
     amended to earmark $25,000,000.
       Amendment No. 19: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managements on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert the 
     following: $2,785,582,000
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $350,000,000 of section 8 
     rental assistance funds for the pension program. The 
     conferees expect that the Department will propose, in its 
     operating plan, the amounts for homeless and disabled units, 
     consistent with authorizing legislation.
       Amendment No. 20: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed in said amendment, insert 
     the following: : Provided further, That of the amount 
     provided for rental assistance, a total of up to $400,000,000 
     may be made available for new programs subject to enactment 
     into law of applicable authorizing legislation
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides up to $400,000,000 for 
     new initiatives of the Department for which authorizing 
     legislation is enacted and which the secretary, subject to 
     normal reprogramming procedures, recommends for funding. The 
     Senate amendment proposed specific earmarks for several of 
     these initiatives including the Community Viability Fund, the 
     Colonias program, and the Neighborhood Leverage Investment 
     program. In addition to these activities, the conferees agree 
     that funding of other new programs may be proposed, including 
     up to $10,000,000 for the New Towns Demonstration program.
       Amendment No. 21: Restores language proposed by the House 
     and stricken by the Senate establishing administrative fees 
     for new incremental assistance units at the rate authorized 
     by law.
       Amendment No. 22: Earmarks $735,000,000 for amendments to 
     section 8 contracts (other than for section 202 projects) as 
     proposed by the Senate, instead of $1,202,100,000 as proposed 
     by the House.
       Amendment No. 23: Inserts technical correction to the 
     language as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 24: Earmarks $175,000,000 for the 
     Preservation program, instead of $100,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $250,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 25: Earmarks $186,000,000 for Housing 
     Opportunities for Persons with AIDS as proposed by the 
     Senate, instead of $156,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 26: Earmarks $100,000,000 for grants to 
     States and local governments for the lead-based paint hazard 
     reduction program, instead of $150,000,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $75,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conferees agree that the Department should propose 
     reprogramming additional funds for this program, if needed.
       Amendment No. 27: Deletes language proposed by the House 
     and stricken by the Senate earmarking $149,100,000 for the 
     moving to opportunity program. The conferees agree that a 
     reprogramming of existing funds should be proposed in the 
     operating plan for the choice in residency or other 
     authorized program.
       Amendment No. 28: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert 
     the following: : Provided further, That notwithstanding the 
     language preceding the first proviso of this paragraph, 
     $290,000,000 shall be used for special purpose grants in 
     accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such 
     grants in the committee of conference report and statement of 
     the managers (H. Rept. 103-715) accompanying H.R. 4624
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The conferees are in agreement with the following special 
     purpose grants:
       +$2,000,000 to the town of Fort Scott, KS for business 
     relocation and related activities.
       +$1,500,000 to the city of Wichita, KS for the 21st street 
     corridor improvement project.
       +$600,000 to the city of Wichita, KS for capital costs at 
     the Heartspring school for children with disabilities.
       +$500,000 for the city of Portland, ME for environmental 
     modifications to community facilities utilizing state of the 
     art architectural techniques.
       +$700,000 to the state of Maine for economic development 
     activities for northern Maine.
       +$1,000,000 for a rural economic development initiative for 
     the Local Support Initiatives Corporation.
       +$700,000 to Salt Lake City, UT for transitional housing 
     and single room occupancy housing for the homeless.
       +$100,000 for outreach, trade and export assistance 
     activities of the New Mexico small business development 
     council.
       +$900,000 to Taos County, NM for implementation of the Taos 
     County community centers concept to provide basic community 
     services to up to 30 beneficiary communities.
       +$2,500,000 to Kansas City, MO for the restoration of Union 
     Station.
       +$200,000 to Kansas City, MO for renovation of the main 
     facility at the DeLaSalle Education Center to improve and 
     expand services to troubled students.
       +$300,000 to St. Louis, MO for capital costs at Faith House 
     to aid at-risk children.
       +$800,000 to St. Louis, MO for child care facilities at 
     Hope house and the Bond center.
       +$500,000 to Tulsa, OK for continued revitalization of the 
     Kendall Whittier neighborhood project.
       +$600,000 to Ponca City, OK for industrial economic 
     development activities.
       +$1,500,000 to the City of San Francisco, CA for 
     transitional housing for homeless mentally disabled persons.
       +$1,000,000 to Los Angeles and Hollywood, CA for 
     construction of an emergency shelter for youth run by 
     Covenant House.
       +$1,500,000 for completion of construction on the Merced 
     County, CA public health facility.
       +$500,000 to Alameda County, CA for continuation of the 
     jobs for homeless consortium.
       +$3,000,000 to North Las Vegas, NV for revitalization of 
     the Windsor Park neighborhood.
       +$200,000 to Reno, NV for transitional housing activities.
       +$1,000,000 to Butte, MT for energy efficiency and resource 
     conservation in public housing throughout Montana.
       +$1,500,000 to Billings, MT for clinical lab space.
       +$1,000,000 to Missoula, MT for Women's Opportunity and 
     Resource Development, Inc. for homeless assistance for 
     families and women at risk.
       +$500,000 for innovative housing research in inner city 
     neighborhoods in the cities of Gary, Indianapolis, Terre 
     Haute, Bloomington, and Columbus, IN, to be conducted through 
     the Housing Futures Institute in Muncie, IN.
       +$2,500,000 to the Turtle Mountain Chippewa Indian 
     Reservation in North Dakota for economic development 
     activities.
       +$2,000,000 to New York City for the Bedford Stuyvesant 
     Restoration Corporation for renovation of Restoration plaza.
       +$2,000,000 to New York City for the Council of Jewish 
     Organization's economic development project.
       +$2,000,000 to Lake Placid, NY for capital costs related to 
     economic development activities.
       +$1,500,000 for economic development related to science and 
     technology activities in Sioux Falls, SD.
       +$2,500,000 for the city of Hartford, CT for continued 
     capital costs at the Hartford children's hospital.
       +$1,000,000 for economic development activities in 
     Bridgeport, CT.
       +$1,500,000 for Alliance, OH for continued capital costs 
     for assisted living activities at the Alliance Community 
     Hospital.
       +$1,000,000 to Seattle, WA for economic development 
     activities.
       +$1,000,000 to Seattle, WA and King County, WA for phase II 
     of the Seattle community action capital project.
       +$1,000,000 to Tacoma, WA for an affordable housing and 
     economic development revolving loan fund.
       +$2,500,000 for Seattle, WA and Spokane, WA for capital 
     costs associated with public science education activities.
       +$100,000 for a small business development center in Walla 
     Walla, WA.
       +$5,000,000 to the city of Huntington, WV for the 
     construction of a new library.
       +$5,000,000 to Shepherdstown, WV for continued capital 
     costs for science and education activities.
       +$4,000,000 to Lewisburg, WV for construction of a new 
     ambulatory care clinic.
       +$5,000,000 to Beckley, WV for construction of a new 
     library facility.
       +$1,000,000 for infrastructure improvements for the central 
     business district of Jacksonville Beach, FL.
       +$1,000,000 for affordable housing connected to the Cedar 
     Grove II affordable housing project in Gainesville, FL.
       +$1,700,000 to Gainesville, FL for public facilities in the 
     Citizen's Park development.
       +$2,000,000 to Polk County, IA for implementation of the 
     Des Moines housing trust.
       +$200,000 for hazardous materials recovery activities for 
     Waterloo, IA.
       +$1,000,000 to Cedar Rapids, IA for affordable housing 
     activities.
       +$500,000 for the southern Iowa housing authority for an 
     innovative affordable homeownership program.
       +$1,000,000 to the State of Iowa for continued 
     implementation of the individual home acquisition program.
       +$2,200,000 for capital costs to expand social services 
     activities in Portland, OR.
       +$2,000,000 for planning and design of urban revitalization 
     activities in Portland, OR.
       +$1,200,000 to the State of Oregon for economic development 
     activities in Hood River, OR.
       +$5,000,000 for science education facility in Newport, OR.
       +$1,000,000 to Brownsville, TX for infrastructure 
     improvements to the port of Brownsville.
       +$1,600,000 to the County of Hawaii, HI for affordable 
     housing activities along the Hamakua coast.
       +$500,000 to the state of Hawaii for the Hawaii foodbank.
       +$2,000,000 for the County of Kauai, HI for infrastructure 
     improvements in the Lihue area.
       +$500,000 to New Orleans, LA for the New Orleans recreation 
     department's neighborhood rehabilitation program.
       +$1,000,000 to New Orleans, LA for continued operations of 
     the national center for the revitalization of central cities.
       +$200,000 to New Orleans, LA for the Odyssey House 
     treatment program.
       +$500,000 to New Orleans, LA for homeless activities with 
     Associated Catholic Charities of New Orleans.
       +$700,000 to New Orleans, LA for the Mirabeau family 
     learning center.
       +$2,500,000 to Boston, MA for revitalization of the Lowell 
     Square housing development.
       +$2,000,000 to Springfield, MA for infrastructure and 
     capital improvements connected to the Tapley street 
     operations center.
       +$1,000,000 to Boston, MA for renovations to the Boston 
     public library.
       +$2,200,000 to Omaha, NE for the Omaha Builds project.
       +$200,000 to Kearney, NE for operations at the community 
     education resource center.
       +$100,000 to Crete, NE for completion of the Blue Ridge 
     family resource center.
       +$1,000,000 to Lincoln, NE for capital costs associated 
     with social service delivery to at-risk children and 
     families.
       +$700,000 for continued neighborhood crime intervention 
     activities in Milwaukee, WI.
       +$1,500,000 to Trenton, NJ for capital costs related to 
     facilities for substance abuse treatment and intervention.
       +$1,000,000 for Newark, NJ for renovation of facilities for 
     treatment of, and services to, infectious disease.
       +$1,000,000 for high technology economic development 
     activities in Newark, NJ.
       +$1,000,000 to Atlantic City, NJ for facilities for 
     troubled youth.
       +$1,500,000 for at-risk children intervention in Camden, 
     NJ.
       +$1,500,000 for affordable housing activities in St. 
     Albans, Brattleboro, Windsor, Island Pond, and Barre, VT.
       +$2,000,000 for revolving loan funds for the Vermont 
     community loan fund, the northern Vermont development credit 
     union, the Washington County revolving loan fund, the 
     Rockingham revolving loan fund, the northern community 
     investment corporation, and the Vermont job start program.
       +$200,000 to Burlington, VT for the Burlington relief 
     campaign.
       +$1,500,000 for capital costs associated with public 
     education and scientific literacy activities in Burlington, 
     VT.
       +$1,000,000 for anti-crime youth initiative in Washington, 
     DC public housing projects using the Greater Washington Boys 
     and Girls Clubs.
       +$1,000,000 to Paris, IL for its Paris Twin Lakes 
     restoration project.
       +$1,000,000 to Chicago, IL and other communities throughout 
     the State of Illinois for youth sports activities for at-risk 
     youth.
       +$500,000 to Chicago, IL for neighborhood revitalization 
     activities.
       +$200,000 for Crainville, IL for the development of 
     infrastructure improvements related to the water supply.
       +$1,500,000 for renovation of existing public facilities in 
     Buffalo, NY.
       +$1,500,000 for renovation of the central terminal in 
     Buffalo, NY.
       +$3,500,000 for community development activities in 
     Yonkers, NY.
       +$2,500,000 for Project Social Care MB Inc. for a multi-
     lingual, multi-service center in Brooklyn, NY to serve 
     elderly Holocaust survivors and immigrants.
       +$500,000 to the state of Arkansas for the Arkansas 
     enterprise group for the development of a wood products 
     modernization and market development fund.
       +$800,000 for the northern economic initiatives corporation 
     for the creation of economic development revolving loan fund 
     in upper peninsula of Michigan.
       +$800,000 for a grant to Albion College in Albion, MI for 
     downtown renovation and economic revitalization.
       +$3,000,000 for Focus HOPE in Detroit, MI.
       +$800,000 to Virginia Beach, VA for capital costs connected 
     with innovative homeless activities.
       +$800,000 to Newport News, VA for the An Achievable Dream 
     program for at-risk youth.
       +$1,000,000 to Clinton, TN for infrastructure improvements 
     in the south Clinton.
       +$600,000 for Lackawanna County, PA for construction of a 
     community center.
       +$200,000 to Williamsport, PA for expansion of the Bethune 
     Douglass Community Center.
       +$2,000,000 to the state of Pennsylvania for educational 
     telecommunications network.
       +$100,000 to Easton, PA for downtown revitalization 
     activities.
       +$700,000 to Philadelphia, PA for the Philadelphia 
     development partnership for developing community development 
     corporations.
       +$100,000 to Napaskiak, AK for infrastructure costs 
     associated with a community multipurpose center.
       +$300,000 to the state of Alaska for the Alaska villages 
     initiative.
       +$1,000,000 for the Thunder Child residential Substance 
     Abuse Treatment Center near Sheridan, WY.
       +$600,000 for Lebanon, KY for capital construction, 
     equipping and outfitting costs connected with new economic 
     and community development facilities.
       +$3,200,000 to Baltimore, MD for continued capital costs 
     for the high technology economic development activities.
       +$1,000,000 for the Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation for 
     innovative community policing activities in public housing 
     involving tenant organizations in Los Angeles, CA, Baltimore, 
     MD, Chicago, IL, Columbia, SC, Arkansas, AR, Memphis, TN, 
     Newark, NJ, and San Juan, PR.
       +$1,450,000 to the College of Notre Dame of Maryland in 
     Baltimore, MD for capital costs, including equipping and 
     outfitting activities, connected to the renovation of the 
     Knott Science Center.
       +$1,450,000 to Villa Julie College in Stevenson, MD for a 
     state-of-the-art computer training program, including 
     construction, other capital activities, equipment, and 
     outfitting for a technology training center.
       +$800,000 to the Bay County Building Authority in Bay 
     County, MI, for the continued development of a conference 
     center and for other municipal purposes.
       +$500,000 for the rehabilitation and renovation of the 
     Macon Coliseum in Macon, GA, as part of the city's urban 
     revitalization plan.
       +$1,000,000 for the development of a national demonstration 
     project at Misericordia Hospital in Philadelphia, PA, for a 
     comprehensive inpatient, outpatient and primary care program 
     in medically underserved communities.
       +$1,200,000 for the development of a National Center for 
     the treatment of the hand and upper extremities at the 
     Raymond M. Curtis Hand Center at the Union Memorial Hospital 
     in Baltimore, MD.
       +$2,000,000 for the development of an Urban Health 
     Education Center at the University of Detroit Mercy in 
     Detroit, MI.
       +$175,000 for Bowie County, TX, to the Domestic Violence 
     Prevention, Inc. for battered women's shelter and related 
     services.
       +$1,400,000 for the Ark-Tex Council of Governments in Bowie 
     County, TX, for infrastructure, community or economic 
     development activities.
       +$1,275,000 for the East Texas Council of Governments in 
     Kilgore, TX, for infrastructure, community or economic 
     development activities in Wood, Camp, Gregg, Harrison, 
     Marion, Rusk, Upshur, or Panola Counties.
       +$400,000 to Nacogdoches County, TX, for infrastructure 
     improvements in the Community of Briar Forest.
       +$750,000 to Wood County, TX, for infrastructure 
     improvements in the City of Quitman.
       +$1,000,000 for the Henry Ford Health System to initiate 
     the Center for Integrated Urban Care, as part of a regional 
     and national demonstration of urban health care delivery in 
     Mississippi.
       +$2,000,000 for the development of a specialized HIV/AIDs 
     health center in Chicago.
       +$1,500,000 for a pediatric primary care demonstration 
     program at six sites in Detroit, MI, by the Children's 
     Hospital of Michigan.
       +$2,000,000 to the City of Vienna, GA, for infrastructure 
     improvements for water and sewer lines.
       +$2,600,000 to the City of Houston, TX, for community 
     development activities.
       +$1,400,000 to the City of Worcester, Massachusetts for the 
     Community Health Care Center in Central Massachusetts.
       +$750,000 for a jobs program for the Homeless Consortium in 
     Oakland, CA.
       +$750,000 to the City of Oakland for a new Sickle Cell 
     Center at Children's Hospital in Oakland, CA.
       +$1,000,000 for New Direction, a non-profit veterans 
     organization in southern Los Angeles, CA, which provides 
     educational assistance, medical and legal referrals for 
     homeless veterans.
       +$300,000 to Fordham University to construct a new facility 
     to house the Regional Educational Technology Center in Bronx, 
     New York.
       +$750,000 for the renovation, expansion, and conversion of 
     a section of Iona College's New Rochelle campus' Ryan Library 
     to house an Information Access Center for women and minority 
     owned businesses in the New York area.
       +$500,000 for sewer infrastructure improvements in Gridley, 
     CA.
       +$500,000 for the expansion of the Red Bluff Community 
     Center in Red Bluff, CA.
       +$500,000 to develop an industry incubation program in the 
     North Highlands area of California, to stimulate economic 
     activities through technology transfer and secondary market 
     industry development.
       +$400,000 to the City of Woodland, CA, for restoration and 
     remodeling of a facility for a safe single-room-occupancy 
     residence for low- and very low-income people.
       +$300,000 for the development of an innovative multi-
     purpose, all-services, youth-to-senior center designed to 
     meet the diverse Philadelphia community impacted by AIDS and 
     HIV.
       +$300,000 to the City of Chester, PA, for the development 
     of a recreational center designed to meet the poverty-related 
     needs of the community.
       +$300,000 for the City of Chester, PA, for the next phase 
     of Operation Seal Out Drugs.
       +$125,000 to offset costs incurred by the Freeman School 
     district for construction of a new sewer lagoon in 
     Washington.
       +$54,000 for the Spokane Housing Authority for Reclaiming 
     Our Area Residences (ROAR) crime reducing project in 
     Washington.
       +$135,000 for the handicapped access project needed to 
     upgrade the Young Women's Christian Association facility in 
     Walla Walla County, WA.
       +$1,000,000 for the purchase and renovation to code of a 
     community health center in Dover, New Jersey.
       +$100,000 to Morristown, New Jersey for minority, youth 
     facilities.
       +$75,000 to Dover, New Jersey for rehabilitation services 
     and out-patient drug and alcohol treatment at the Hope House.
       +$1,000,000 for high technology economic development 
     activities in Newark, New Jersey.
       +$915,000 to Sparta, New Jersey for senior center and 
     community center expansion.
       +$900,000 to Morristown, New Jersey for a transitional 
     housing project for battered women and their children 
     administered by Jersey Battered Women's Service.
       +$600,000 for the infrastructure improvement for a sewer 
     system in a subdivision of Jefferson County in St. Louis, MO.
       +$1,000,000 to Hillsborough County, Florida for the 
     construction of a community-based facility providing multi-
     services to individuals with AIDS.
       +$1,200,000 for the New York Medical College to develop a 
     community based medical infrastructure project in New York.
       +$600,000 for the continued renovation of the Bradley 
     Academy for a multi-purpose community/cultural/heritage and 
     civic center in Murfreesboro, TN.
       +$500,000 for the acquisition and renovation of a 
     historical building for a revitalization housing project in 
     Riviera Beach, Florida.
       +$1,500,000 for the continued development of a model 
     community-based rural health network headquartered at the 
     Carolinas medical Center in Charlotte, NC.
       +$300,000 to rehabilitate uninsured buildings damaged by 
     fire, and provide residential and commercial use in Auburn, 
     N.Y.
       +$450,000 for the construction of the Center for Political 
     Participation at the University of Maryland at College Park.
       +$1,000,000 for the expansion of St. Mary's Community 
     College in St. Mary's County, MD, for needed educational 
     opportunities.
       +$1,050,000 for the renovation of a facility needed to 
     offer coordinated services to an underserved community in 
     Charles County, Maryland.
       +$1,500,000 for the National Child Protection and Trauma 
     Center at the Children's National Medical Center in 
     Washington, D.C.
       +$500,000 for the initial processing phase of the Housing 
     for Inner-City Neighborhoods research project in the Indiana 
     area.
       +$1,000,000 for the Dallas Affordable Housing Coalition and 
     the Dallas Citizens Council to develop and implement a plan 
     for an adequate supply of affordable housing in the Dallas 
     area.
       +$500,000 to the City of Toledo, OH, for the continued work 
     in conjunction with the Toledo Area Transit Authority and 
     other agencies to renovate Central Union Terminal through 
     abandoned building demolition and site improvements.
       +$2,000,000 to the City of Toledo Farmers' Market to 
     provide indoor and outdoor improvements and renovate the 
     existing Civic Auditorium Building and convert it into an 
     indoor retail market of Ohio.
       +$500,000 for the rehabilitation of a youth detoxification 
     facility for juvenile offenders in the central city in Ohio.
       +$500,000 to the Cherry-Bancroft-Summit (CBS) Corridors 
     Coalition to be used for redevelopment strategies to 
     strengthen efforts towards revitalization in Ohio.
       +$500,000 for the removal of asbestos from an abandoned 
     public school building for use as a Jobs Corps training and 
     employment center for low-income youth in the city of Toledo.
       +$300,000 for the Community Alliance Resource Environment, 
     Inc. to upgrade facilities which to provide extensive 
     residential treatment, aftercare, and prevention services for 
     inner-city substance abusers in Flint, MI.
       +$200,000 for the Flint Housing Commission to increase 
     security to prevent the spate of threats and assaults on 
     senior citizens in Michigan.
       +$1,000,000 for the Cradle Beach Camp to support summer 
     recreational opportunities for developmentally, physically, 
     socially and economically challenged children in western New 
     York.
       +$250,000 for the Rural Opportunities Inc. of Rochester, 
     NY, to capitalize a revolving loan fund to finance early 
     stage, predevelopment activities for multi-family housing 
     project in New York.
       +$1,000,000 for the City of Highland, CA, to correct 
     physical blight and to revitalize the Ware/Cunningham 
     neighborhood.
       +$850,000 to the Partnership in Academic Excellence 
     Foundation in Apple Valley, California for capital costs 
     associated with science education activities.
       +$500,000 for the Happy Trails Children's Foundation for 
     completion of renovations at the Cooper Home for Abused 
     Children in Apple Valley, CA.
       +$1,650,000 to the Redlands Center for Science and 
     Environmental Studies for capital costs associated with a 
     science education facility in Redlands, CA.
       +$2,000,000 for a community based cancer patient support 
     project in Loma Linda, CA, including capital costs for an 
     extended outpatient care residential facility combing 
     multidisciplinary cancer approaches.
       +$750,000 for the SciTrek science museum to create a 
     mezzanine level in its building to increase exhibit space in 
     downtown Atlanta.
       +$2,460,000 for the King Center in Atlanta, GA, for 
     continued activities to combat poverty, racism and violence, 
     including technical assistance, direct grants and community 
     capacity-building activities.
       +$900,000 to the City of Mount Pleasant Iowa to assist in 
     the construction of low- to moderate-income housing.
       +$750,000 for the New Rochelle Housing Authority to develop 
     a demonstration program for protecting public housing 
     residents from drugs and drug crime in White Plains, New 
     York.
       +$1,000,000 for international business and economic 
     development center in Smithfield, Rhode Island.
       +$2,000,000 for the acquisition and renovation of a new 
     facility for the organization God's Love We Deliver in New 
     York.
       +$160,000 for the infrastructure improvements of the 
     recreational facility in Conshohocken, PA.
       +$2,000,000 for an information technology and training 
     network and for related economic development activities in 
     Norristown and Aston, PA, in concert with the Southeastern 
     Pennsylvania Consortium for Information Technology and 
     Training.
       +$750,000 for the Habitat Humanity Project in California 
     which provides housing for underserved families.
       +$1,000,000 for the Parkland Neighborhood Revitalization 
     program in Louisville, KY.
       +$1,500,000 for the Lackawanna Valley Pennsylvania Heritage 
     Authority for renovation and conversion of vacant school 
     buildings located in Olyphant, PA, for use as low- and 
     moderate-income elderly housing.
       +$2,500,000 for the National Institute for Environmental 
     Renewal in Lackawanna County, PA, for economic development 
     and job expansions.
       +$1,500,000 for the development of a Center for Primary 
     Health and Family Practice Development needed to provide 
     services to underserved residents of Allentown, PA.
       +$350,000 for the restoration and renovation of the West 
     Broad Street YMCA in Savannah, GA.
       +$2,000,000 for the development of a Comprehensive Family 
     and Child Development Center in Carol City, FL, serving a 
     economically disadvantaged community.
       +$1,000,000 for the Township of North Bergen, NJ, for a 
     multi-year comprehensive anti-drug, educational, and job 
     training program targeted to service low-income housing 
     units, and seniors' housing.
       +$1,000,000 for the renovation of Jordan Hall at the New 
     England Conservatory in Boston, MA.
       +$900,000 for Preston County, WV, to be distributed as 
     follows: $300,000 for Arthurdale Heritage Inc., $100,000 for 
     the Tunnelton Historical Society, and $500,000 for the 
     Kingwood MainStreet program to pursue economic development, 
     downtown revitalization, and historic preservation 
     initiatives.
       +$1,500,000 for the City of Moundsville, WV, to be divided 
     equally between local housing initiatives and downtown 
     revitalization efforts.
       +$1,000,000 for the City of Parkersburg, WV, for economic 
     development and downtown revitalization efforts.
       +$600,000 for the City of Wheeling, WV, for educational and 
     recreational opportunities for at-risk youth, and the 
     acquisition and renovation of dilapidated housing.
       +$1,000,000 for the George Marshall Home Preservation Fund 
     to develop the George C. Marshall International Center in 
     Leesburg, VA.
       +$350,000 for the City of Kensington, MD, to complete 
     conversion of the Town Armory into a community center.
       +$4,350,000 to Armstrong County, PA, for the renovation and 
     revitalization of the Kittanning Riverfront Project in 
     Kittanning, PA.
       +$26,000 for the upgrade of recreational facilities in 
     Homer City, PA.
       +$500,000 to Springfield, MA, for infrastructure and 
     capital improvements connected to the Tapley Street 
     Operations Center.
       +$1,000,000 for the renovation and preservation of the 
     Perry School Project for purpose of providing community 
     services to underserved individuals in Washington, DC.
       +$1,000,000 for the construction of a community center/
     conference and office complex in Provo City, Utah.
       +$1,000,000 for the University Heights Science Park project 
     for further educational, community, and science developments 
     in New Jersey.
       +$1,000,000 for a demonstration revolving loan fund to 
     explore mechanisms for assembling, cleaning, and offering 
     deteriorated urban land for development in New Jersey.
       +$1,000,000 for funds to develop the Center for Pacific Rim 
     studies in San Francisco, CA.
       +$1,500,000 for Columbia University for the development of 
     Audubon Research Park for biomedical research in New York.
       +$250,000 for an economic development and port 
     modernization project at Davisville, Rhode Island.
       +$500,000 for the Community Hospital in Alliance, Ohio, to 
     create a Corporate Health Alliance to address heart disease, 
     cancer, and stroke prevention among industrial workers.
       +$1,500,000 for a affordable housing development in Santa 
     Fe, NM, to assist low income home buyers in the community.
       +$1,000,000 for the Hazard Community College for 
     construction of a community service center in Kentucky.
       +$300,000 for the Martin County, Kentucky, to complete land 
     paint removal at the Inez Community Youth Center.
       +$2,000,000 for Pembroke State University to construct a 
     Regional Center for economic, community and professional 
     development in southeastern North Carolina.
       +$2,000,000 for DePaul University's library to provide 
     direct services and partnerships with community 
     organizations, schools, and individuals in North Carolina.
       +$1,000,000 for the support of the development of 
     affordable housing for persons afflicted with HIV/AIDS in 
     Illinois.
       +$1,500,000 for the infrastructure of the Englewood 
     Hospital and Medical Center for an extended breast care 
     center in New Jersey.
       +$1,500,000 for the construction of Saint Xavier University 
     Center for Urban Redevelopment and community services in 
     Chicago, IL.
       +$2,000,000 for the Twin Cities Opportunities 
     Industrialization Center for construction of a new multi-
     purpose training, commercial and community service facility 
     in Illinois.
       +$15,000 for the Pennsylvania American Legion Homeless 
     Veterans Corporation for the Cypress Street project in 
     Munhall, PA.
       +$1,000,000 for the health care project specializing in 
     cardiac care for children's hospital in San Diego, CA.
       +$500,000 for program support for the Leadership Institute 
     at Hampton University for activities which address profound 
     social problems in Hampton, VA.
       +$1,300,000 for the City of Richmond and the Virginia 
     Commonwealth University for the development of the Richmond 
     Education, Training and Employment Network project.
       +$500,000 for the development of a Center for the 
     Prevention of Crime Violence Illiteracy, and Poverty at 
     Norfolk State University in Norfolk, VA.
       +$250,000 for emergency response rescue equipment for the 
     Santa Rosa Volunteer Fire Department in eastern New Mexico.
       +$1,000,000 to Cibola County, NM, for the development of 
     the multi-agency visitor center.
       +$750,000 for the Delta Foundation in Greenville, MI, for 
     the establishment of a HUD Urban Revolving Loan Fund.
       +$1,700,000 to the City of Little Rock, AR, for community 
     development activities.
       +$835,000 for the Little Rock, AR, public housing authority 
     for security improvement and service coordination activities.
       +$1,050,000 to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock 
     for a coordinated urban community revitalization program 
     operation in Arkansas.
       +$1,000,000 for America's Economic Development Venture for 
     Area Neighborhoods, Communities and Enterprises (ADVANCE) 
     program in the greater San Gabriel Valley, CA.
       +$150,000 for San Antonio, CA, Southtown to develop an 
     urban revitalization project to establish a Microenterprise 
     Assistance program.
       +$1,600,000 for the National Council of La Raza/Southwest 
     Voter Research Institute to establish and administer a 
     Community Adjustment and Investment Technical Assistance 
     Consortium in California.
       +$250,000 for the new Bilingual Foundation of the Arts 
     theater facility in California.
       +$1,000,000 for the construction of a Regional Training 
     facility for the fire, police, and volunteer disaster workers 
     in the Los Angeles, California area.
       +$750,000 for the development of a center to coordinate 
     academic training programs for physical therapists at 
     Veterans' Administration hospitals in Brooklyn, NY.
       +$1,000,000 for a residential and commercial sewer 
     rehabilitation project in Merrillville, Indiana.
       +$500,000 for sewer line infrastructure affecting Lake 
     Michigan and surrounding areas in Indiana.
       +$500,000 to Applied Technology Center at Onondaga 
     Community College to serve as a comprehensive economic 
     development resource in central New York.
       +$500,000 for the demolition and removal of asbestos in a 
     abandoned building for the revitalization of the neighborhood 
     in central New York.
       +$1,500,000 for the Mount Cleveland Initiative, a community 
     development project in Kansas City, MO.
       $450,000 to the City of Sardis, MS, to further implement an 
     economic development plan for the region and for development 
     of multiple facilities.
       +$1,000,000 for the development of the Lucas Valley Seniors 
     Housing project for use 80 housing units needed for low-
     income elderly citizens in Marin County, California.
       +$750,000 for the Chicago Department of Housing's Homescape 
     Program to rehabilitate and restore housing of persons with 
     low- and moderate-incomes in Chicago.
       +$2,000,000 to the Jewish Community Federation of 
     Cleveland, Ohio for a comprehensive system of support 
     services to the frail elderly.
       +$1,750,000 to the City of East Cleveland, Ohio for 
     economic and community development activities.
       +$1,000,000 to the City of Euclid, Ohio for further 
     development relative to its community reinvestment area in 
     the downtown commercial shopping district.
       +$1,000,000 to the Playhouse Square Foundation in 
     Cleveland, Ohio for redevelopment and restoration of the 
     Allen Theater.
       +$1,000,000 to the Urban League of Greater Cleveland, Ohio 
     for planning and implementation of a job training and 
     economic preparedness program.
       +$750,000 to the City of South Euclid, Ohio for economic 
     and community development activities.
       +$500,000 to the East End Neighborhood House in Cleveland, 
     Ohio for community activities associated with the Rites of 
     Passage Institute.
       +$500,000 to the Fairfax Renaissance Development 
     Corporation in Cleveland, Ohio for the Caravan Housing 
     Project for housing, renovations and rehabilitation and other 
     related housing activities.
       +$500,000 to the Hough Area Partners in Progress in 
     Cleveland, Ohio for economic and community development 
     activities.
       +$500,000 to Karamu House in Cleveland, Ohio for 
     development of bicentennial and media center activities.
       +$500,000 to the Northeastern Neighborhood Development 
     Corporation in Cleveland, Ohio for the Lakeview Corridor 
     Improvement project for planning and implementation of 
     projects.
       +$300,000 for the construction of a shell building with 
     funds to be divided between Roanoke County, VA and Grayson 
     County, VA for completion of Phase I of the Valley TechPark.
       +$300,000 for the expansion of the Science and Mathematics 
     Complex at the University of South Carolina.
       +$500,000 for the Earth Conservatory for the acquisition of 
     land near WilkesBarre, PA for economic and community 
     development purposes.
       +$400,000 for public infrastructure improvements and 
     business renewal and development along Martin King Boulevard 
     in Savannah, GA.
       +$500,000 to the City of Holyoke, MA to create a Health 
     Center at the Holyoke Children's Museum.
       +$1,000,000 for the Center for Community Self Help located 
     in Durham, NC, for homeownership for disadvantaged families.
       +$500,000 for the exhibition development at Inventure 
     Place, a national invention resource center in Akron, OH.
       +$250,000 for the continued support of the Share the 
     Harvest project in the Ohio area.
       +$300,000 for the Community Housing Corporation for site 
     work and environmental assessments in South Bronx, New York.
       +$300,000 for the New York City Housing Authority to fund a 
     law enforcement and social initiative for University Avenue 
     Consolidated.
       +$2,000,000 for economic development activities related to 
     distance learning programs in Storm Lake, Iowa.
       +$1,000,000 to the City of Birmingham, Alabama, to assist 
     in expanding a small business incubator program at the 
     University of Alabama.
       +$2,000,000 for the Department of Veterans Affairs for the 
     assistance of veterans who are participating in the 1996 
     Paralympic Games.
       +$300,000 to the Sault Ste. Marie, MI, Community Action 
     Human Resource Authority for a revitalization project with 
     senior citizen housing and related services.
       Amendment No. 29: Earmarks $1,279,000,000 for the section 
     202 housing for the elderly program, instead of 
     $1,158,000,000 as proposed by the House and $1,300,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 30: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed in said amendment, insert the 
     following: $2,536,000,000
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       Amendment No. 31: Deletes language proposed by the House 
     and stricken by the Senate appropriating an advance 1996 
     appropriation of $800,000,000 for the assistance for the 
     renewal of expiring section 8 subsidy contracts account.
       Amendment No. 32: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate 
     appropriating $25,000,000 for the congregate services 
     program, instead of $6,267,000 as proposed by the House. The 
     conferees agree that HUD may utilize unobligated funds for 
     retrofitting frail elderly housing.
       Amendment No. 33: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate 
     appropriating $500,000,000 for the severely distressed public 
     housing program pursuant to the authorization in the 1993 
     Appropriations Act, and including other provisions regarding 
     the utilization of these funds, instead of providing 
     $500,000,000 pursuant to section 24 of the authorizing 
     legislation and permitting up to one-half of one percent of 
     the funds for technical assistance.
       The amendment modifies the 1993 Appropriations Act 
     regarding the number and size of the grant applications, 
     requires 1995 implementation grants to be first awarded to 
     communities which received planning grants in 1993 or 1994, 
     earmarks up to $2,500,000 for technical assistance 
     activities, and permits the Secretary to conform the program 
     with subsequently enacted authorizing legislation.
       Amendment No. 34: Appropriates $290,000,000 for the drug 
     elimination grants for low-income housing program, instead of 
     $265,000,000 as proposed by the House and $315,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 35: Deletes language proposed by the House 
     and stricken by the Senate earmarking $1,500,000 for grants 
     for a demonstration program.
       Amendment No. 36: Deletes language proposed by the Senate 
     limiting the allocation of drug elimination grants.

                     Federal Housing Administration

       Amendment No. 37: Appropriates $188,395,000 for the FHA-
     general and special risk program account as proposed by the 
     Senate, instead of $152,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 38: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate that 
     apportions general and special risk program costs on a 
     quarterly basis--not more than 25 percent in the first 
     quarter, not more than 50 percent by the end of the second 
     quarter, and not more than 85 percent by the end of the third 
     quarter.
       The conferees remain concerned about the Department's 
     violation of the reprogramming guidelines in apportioning 
     credit subsidy for FHA general and special risk insurance 
     fund programs in fiscal year 1994. This action, and the 
     Department's poor estimating ability on the need for credit 
     subsidies, were the principal reasons why a fiscal year 1994 
     supplemental was required for credit subsidies. While the 
     conferees are cognizant of the need for flexibility in 
     administering these FHA programs, rigorous steps must be 
     taken by the FHA to avoid the need for supplementals in 
     credit subsidies in 1995 and future years. For this reason, 
     the conferees are capping credit subsidies and loan 
     commitment levels for programs in the general and special 
     risk funds at the levels estimated in the general and special 
     risk funds at the levels estimated by the Department in its 
     letter report to the Senate Appropriations Committee of July 
     26, 1994. Any proposed changes in these amounts which 
     individually, or in the aggregate, are equal to, or exceed 
     $250,000, may not be made without the prior approval of the 
     Committees on Appropriations consistent with the standard 
     reprogramming guidelines. The conferees strongly believe that 
     credit subsidies, consistent with their status as 
     discretionary activities, are clearly and unquestionably 
     subject to the Committees' reprogramming guidelines. As a 
     result, the Department should treat them as such, and include 
     that account in the annual operating plan. The operating plan 
     should specify individual loan commitment and credit 
     subsidies levels, how those levels compare to the original 
     budget request, and the amended budget request specified in 
     the July 26, 1994 report.


                   community planning and development

       Amendment No. 39: Earmarks $44,000,000 of community 
     development grants for section 107 grants as proposed by the 
     Senate, instead of $61,500,000 as proposed by the House. The 
     conferees are in agreement that section 107 funding includes 
     $7,000,000 for insular areas, $3,000,000 for the work study 
     program, $8,000,000 for historically black colleges and 
     universities, $10,500,000 for technical assistance, 
     $6,000,000 for joint community development, $7,500,000 for 
     community outreach, and $2,000,000 for community adjustment 
     planning.
       Amendment No. 40: Restores language proposed by the House 
     and stricken by the Senate earmarking $35,000,000 for an 
     early childhood development program, amended to provide 
     $20,000,000.
       Amendment No. 41: Restores language proposed by the House 
     and stricken by the Senate earmarking $10,000,000 for a 
     neighborhood development program, amended to provide 
     $5,000,000.


                    policy development and research

       Amendment No. 42: Appropriates $42,000,000 for research and 
     technology, instead of $40,000,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $44,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement reflects the following changes 
     from the budget estimate:
       +$4,000,000 as a grant for the Housing Assistance Council, 
     including $2,000,000 for the rural housing loan fund.
       +$1,000,000 as a grant for the National American Indian 
     Housing Council.
       +$2,000,000 for the creation of a competitively selected 
     center on violence in public housing.
       This amount is in addition to the $2,000,000 for an 
     interdisciplinary center to support research on violence in 
     the National Science Foundation's research and related 
     activities account.
       -$5,000,000 as a general reduction, subject to normal 
     reprogramming guidelines.

                     Management and Administration

       Amendment No. 43: Appropriates $955,398,000 for salaries 
     and expenses, instead of $962,173,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $947,398,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     Department is to distribute the general reduction, subject to 
     normal reprogramming guidelines.


                       administrative provisions

       Amendment No. 44: Restores language proposed by the House 
     and stricken by the Senate permitting a 1993 special purpose 
     grant for Scranton, Pennsylvania, to be redesignated to 
     another site.
       Amendment No. 45: Restores language proposed by the House 
     and stricken by the Senate permitting the reprogramming of 
     urban development action grants in Buffalo, New York.
       Amendment No. 46: Deletes language proposed by the House 
     and stricken by the Senate which would raise the Federal 
     Housing Administration loan limit--both ceiling and floor.
       Amendment No. 47: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate increasing 
     the Federal Housing Administration loan limitation.
       Amendment No. 48: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate permitting 
     the Government National Mortgage Association, during 1995, to 
     issue REMIC securities which involve adjustable rate 
     mortgages.
       Amendment No. 49: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate which would 
     deny section 8 contract rent increases in 1995 based on 
     annual adjustment factors whenever the contract rent for a 
     unit in a section 8 new construction, substantial 
     rehabilitation, or moderate rehabilitation project is more 
     than the section 8 fair market rent.
       Amendment No. 50: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate which would 
     reduce the annual adjustment factor by one percent in 1995 
     for section 8 units that did not have tenant turnover at the 
     beginning of the year.
       Amendment No. 51: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter inserted by said amendment, insert 
     the following: The United States Housing Act of 1937 is 
     amended in each of sections 6(c)(4)(A)(ii) and 
     8(d)(1)(A)(ii), by striking ``and (V)'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof the following: ``(V) assisting families that include 
     one or more adult members who are employed; and (VI)''; and 
     in sections 6(c)(4)(A)(ii) and 8(d)(1)(A)(ii), by inserting 
     after the final semicolon in each the following: ``subclause 
     (V) shall be effective only during fiscal year 1995;''.
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       This language establishes a preference for working families 
     in section 8 and public housing during 1995.
       Amendment No. 52: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate providing 
     refinancing incentives for section 8 projects.
       Amendment No. 53: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate 
     incorporating certain reforms in the preservation program.
       Amendment No. 54: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate providing 
     HUD with the authority for single family non-judicial 
     foreclosures.
       Amendment No. 55: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate permitting 
     the New York City Housing Authority to utilize certain public 
     housing funds already awarded to it for homeownership 
     activities.

                    TITLE III--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

             Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

       Amendment No. 56: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows:


                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-124, $1,730,000 are rescinded immediately upon 
     enactment of this Act.
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The conference agreement restores a rescission of funds 
     previously appropriated for the Chemical Safety and Hazard 
     Investigation Board, stricken by the Senate, amended to make 
     the rescission effective upon enactment of this Act.
       It is the understanding of the conferees that members of 
     the Chemical Board will soon be nominated. Therefore, it is 
     unlikely that the funds appropriated for fiscal year 1994 can 
     be expended.
       Amendment No. 57: Appropriates $500,000 for the Chemical 
     Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, instead of none as 
     proposed by the House and $4,250,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board is 
     expected to be established in fiscal year 1995 and this 
     appropriation should provide sufficient start up funds for 
     this new entity.

              Community Development Financial Institutions

       Amendment No. 58: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter inserted by said amendment, insert 
     the following:

              Community Development Financial Institutions

           Community Development Financial Institutions Fund


                            Program Account

       For grants, loans, and technical assistance to qualifying 
     community development lenders, and administrative expenses of 
     the Fund, $125,000,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 1996: Provided, That of the funds made available under 
     this heading, up to $10,000,000 may be used for the cost of 
     direct loans, and up to $1,000,000 may be used for 
     administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program: 
     Provided further, That the cost of direct loans, including 
     the cost of modifying such loans, shall be defined as in 
     section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
     further, That these funds are available to subsidize gross 
     obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to 
     exceed $75,815,000: Provided further, That not more than 
     $39,000,000 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.
       The managers on the part of the Senate will offer a motion 
     to recede and concur in the amendment of the House to the 
     amendment of the Senate.

                   Consumer Product Safety Commission

       Amendment No. 59: Appropriates $42,509,000 for salaries and 
     expenses of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, instead 
     of $43,486,000 as proposed by the House and $40,509,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees agree that $1,200,000 shall be made available 
     for the implementation of the Fire Safe Cigarette Act, upon 
     enactment of the corresponding legislation.

             Corporation for National and Community Service

       Amendment No. 60: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and proposed by said 
     amendment, insert the following: $575,000,000, of which 
     $386,212,000 is available for obligation for the period 
     September 1, 1995 through August 31, 1996
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The conferees agree to the following overall allocation for 
     the fiscal year 1995 appropriation:

Americorps Grants..........................................$250,000,000
National Service Trust......................................145,900,000
Innovation, Assistance, and Other Activities.................60,200,000
Service Learning.............................................50,000,000
Program Administration.......................................29,400,000
National Civilian Community Corps............................26,000,000
Audits and Evaluations........................................7,000,000
Points of Light Foundation....................................6,500,000
                                                       ________________

      Total appropriation...................................575,000,000

       Amendment No. 61: Limits administrative expenses to 
     $29,400,000 as proposed by the Senate, instead of $27,400,000 
     as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 62: Limits administrative expenses for State 
     commissions to $14,700,000 as proposed by the Senate, instead 
     of $13,700,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 63: Limits funds for the National Service 
     Trust Fund to $145,900,000, instead of $125,900,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $155,900,000 proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Amendment No. 64: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert 
     the following: : Provided further, That not more than 
     $14,175,000 of the $145,900,000 for the National Service 
     Trust shall be for educational awards authorized under 
     section 129(b) of the subtitle C of title I of the Act
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       Amendment No. 65: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate providing 
     $6,500,000 for the Points of Light Foundation.
       The conferees agree that the Points of Light Foundation, 
     despite its statutory independence and autonomy, is an 
     integral part of the Corporation's mission, and that every 
     effort should be made by the Corporation to involve the 
     Points of Light Foundation in program activities which would 
     benefit from the Foundation's broad community service 
     experiences.
       Amendment No. 66: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate prohibiting 
     funds made available to the Corporation, including other 
     appropriation vehicles, from being utilized to pay for any 
     central administrative expenses or expenses related to the 
     National Service program associated with the Corporation.
       The conferees agree that the Corporation may enter into 
     personal service contracts, if necessary, in the event any 
     program under the authority of the Corporation is jeopardized 
     as a result of pertinent limitations placed on the 
     Corporation's central administrative expenses.
       Amendment No. 67: Appropriates $2,000,000 for the Office of 
     Inspector General as proposed by the Senate, instead of 
     $1,000,000 as proposed by the House.

                       Court of Veterans Appeals

       Amendment No. 68: Appropriates $9,429,000 for salaries and 
     expenses as proposed by the Senate, instead of $9,289,000 as 
     proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 69: Earmarks $790,000 for the pro-bono legal 
     representation program as proposed by the Senate, instead of 
     $650,000 as proposed by the House.

                    Environmental Protection Agency

       Amendment No. 70: Deletes language proposed by the House 
     and stricken by the Senate establishing one account in fiscal 
     year 1995 for program activities rather than two for 
     ``Research and development'' and ``Abatement, control, and 
     compliance''.
       To the extent possible, for the fiscal year 1996 budget, 
     the EPA should review the current budget structure and is 
     strongly urged to restructure its accounts. The conferees 
     wish to express concern about the lack of account integrity 
     and hope that the Agency realigns the budget structure that 
     is now in place. The Committees on Appropriations should be 
     consulted during the development process. Should such an 
     undertaking occur too late in the budget process for fiscal 
     year 1996, the Agency is expected to begin immediately to 
     develop a plan for budget structure changes in fiscal year 
     1997.
       Amendment No. 71: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert 
     the following:


                        Research and Development

       For research and development activities, including 
     procurement of laboratory equipment and supplies; other 
     operating expenses in support of research and development; 
     and construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation and 
     renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, 
     $350,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1996: 
     Provided, That not more than $55,000,000 of these funds shall 
     be available for procurement of laboratory equipment, 
     supplies, and other operating expenses in support of research 
     and development.
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       This amendment restores the research and development 
     account to its current structure.
       The conferees are in agreement to the following changes to 
     the budget request:
       +$700,000 for continued neurotoxicity research.
       +$600,000 for continued indoor air research.
       +$400,000 for toxicological research.
       +$1,700,000 for drinking water research to be conducted by 
     the American Waterworks Association Research Foundation. At 
     least forty percent of these funds should be for 
     disinfectants and disinfection byproducts research.
       +$1,020,000 for academic training in the EPA's research 
     office.
       +$600,000 for health effects research.
       +$300,000 for a model rural drinking water demonstration 
     project in Virginia.
       +$600,000 for program research at the Center for Excellence 
     in Polymer Research and Environmental Study.
       +$300,000 for the National High Altitude Heavy-Duty Engine 
     Research and Technology Center.
       +$300,000 to conduct research at the Environmental 
     Education, Research, and Demonstration Center.
       +$120,000 for research of production and management 
     practices to prevent non-point source pollution.
       +$300,000 for research at the Small Business Pollution 
     Prevention Center.
       +$500,000 for research at the Fresh Water Institute.
       +$450,000 for the Adirondacks Destruction Assessment 
     program.
       +$500,000 for research on microbial contamination in 
     drinking water.
       +$1,000,000 for the experimental program to stimulate 
     competitive research (EPSCoR).
       +$450,000 for an aquifer research and demonstration project 
     on drinking water storage and peaking demand and emergencies 
     in Des Moines, Iowa.
       +$500,000 for oil spill remediation research at McNeese 
     State University.
       +$250,000 for the Urban Waste Management Research Center to 
     address municipal solid waste, sewage, and surface and ground 
     water quality problems.
       +$800,000 for research related to the use of oxygenated 
     fuel in the Arctic Region.
       +$500,000 for the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology for 
     land margin ecosystem research.
       +$600,000 for a PM-10 clean air study in the San Joacquin 
     Valley.
       +$500,000 for an urban and environmental research and 
     education center in California.
       +$500,000 for the Sacramento River Toxic Pollutant Control 
     Program.
       +$735,000 to continue the study of agricultural/livestock 
     pollution abatement.
       +$500,000 for the Mickey Leland Urban air Toxics Research 
     Center.
       +$1,000,000 for the National Center for Excellance on Air 
     Toxic Metals, Energy, and Environmental Research.
       -$6,000,000 from the environmental technology initiative.
       -$10,000,000 from multimedia research.
       -$2,300,000 from tropospheric ozone research.
       -$11,285,000 as a general reduction, to be taken at the 
     discretion of the Administrator, subject to normal 
     reprogramming guidelines.
       The committee of conference is in agreement that credible 
     science is an essential cornerstone to the mission at EPA. 
     The conferees recognize the efforts of the Agency to improve 
     upon its science and its efforts in implementing a more 
     stringent peer-review system. Because the Agency needs to 
     improve upon its current peer review process, the conferees 
     believe that several entities should work together in 
     providing guidance and consultation to the EPA in the 
     development of its peer-review system. The Agency should work 
     with the National Research Council as described in Senate 
     Report 103-311 and the Carnegie Commission in the merit-
     review process. Further, the EPA is expected to work closely 
     with the appropriate Congressional authorizing and oversight 
     committees. In addition to providing guidance on the 
     development of a merit-based, competitive process, these 
     various entities should provide their expertise and make 
     recommendations concerning the various categories of research 
     at the Agency as well. Finally, it is the intent of the 
     conferees that all research at the Agency, including that 
     conducted in the program offices, be included when developing 
     the research categories and assessing the quality of the 
     research at the Agency. In addition to the reports already 
     requested in the House and Senate reports, the Agency is to 
     provide quarterly status reports on the improvements made to 
     EPA's research.


                   abatement, control, and compliance

       Amendment No. 72: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert 
     the following:


                   abatement, control, and compliance

       For abatement, control, and compliance activities, 
     including hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, 
     maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; 
     library memberships in societies or associations which issue 
     publications to members only or at a price to members lower 
     than to subscribers who are not members; construction, 
     alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of 
     facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; and not to 
     exceed $6,000 for official reception and representation 
     expenses; $1,417,000,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 1996: Provided, That not more than $304,722,500 of these 
     funds shall be available for operating expenses: Provided 
     further, That none of the funds appropriated under this head 
     shall be available to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration pursuant to section 118(h)(3) of the Federal 
     Water Pollution Control Act, as amended: Provided further, 
     That from funds appropriated under this heading, the 
     Administrator may make grants to federally recognized Indian 
     governments for the development of multimedia environmental 
     programs.
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The conferees are in agreement on the following changes to 
     the budget request:
       +$3,141,805 for the Clean Lakes programs.
       +$1,100,000 for pollution prevention grants.
       +$1,000,000 for lead grants.
       +$500,000 for lead activities. These funds should be used 
     to prepare for notification and disclosure related to lead-
     based paint. The conferees urge EPA to focus its primary 
     prevention strategies project on the planning, education and 
     outreach efforts needed to ensure the smooth implementation 
     of lead paint notification and disclosure during real estate 
     transactions.
       +$1,200,000 for training grants to small, minority, and 
     women-owned businesses and contractors, of which $300,000 is 
     for lead-based paint abatement and other lead activities, 
     $100,000 is for radon activities, $100,000 is for asbestos 
     activities, $200,000 is for underground storage tank cleanup 
     and $500,000 is for hazardous waste clean up.
       +$400,000 for Long Island Sound program activities.
       +$1,500,000 for environmental education grants, to be 
     awarded to minority institutions.
       +$1,480,000 for a coastal sediment decontamination program 
     in the NY/NJ Harbor.
       +$800,000 for the small business ombudsman program.
       +$375,000 for the Grand Canyon Visibility Transport 
     Commission.
       +$250,000 for water quality protection for the Florida Keys 
     Marine Sanctuary.
       +$500,000 for the Washington State coordinated tribal water 
     quality program initiative.
       +$2,000,000 for the Southwest Center for Environmental 
     Research and Policy.
       +$200,000 for monitoring and clean up activities in Puget 
     Sound. EPA is urged to provide additional funds for these 
     activities.
       +$300,000 to support the Ashtubula River Partnership 
     initiative.
       +$600,000 for the Spokane Aquifer protection program.
       +$880,000 for the clean up of the Maume River and Bay.
       +$300,000 for the Methane Energy-Agriculture Development 
     project.
       +$120,000 for a comprehensive water quality management plan 
     for the Skaneatles and Owasco Lakes.
       +$300,000 for the Resource and Agricultural Policy Systems 
     initiative, subject to general guidelines set by Agency 
     regulations.
       +$450,000 for the National Mine Lands Reclamation Center to 
     demonstrate modified re-mining practices to resolve acid-mine 
     drainage from abandoned mines.
       +$70,000 for studies of the potential detrimental effects 
     of the European Ruffe, a non-indigenous fish to Lake 
     Superior.
       +$165,000 to study the uptake of environmental mercury by 
     fish populations.
       +$150,000 for high-altitude exhaust emissions compliance 
     testing.
       +$180,000 for a groundwater study at Lake Calumet.
       +$250,000 for a study of alternative revenue sources for 
     clean water project funding.
       +$835,000 for the Caanan Valley Task Force.
       +$200,000 for the study of wetland protection and 
     preservation and water quality improvement in the Blackwater 
     River watershed.
       +$300,000 for the Susquehanna River wetlands project.
       +$600,000 for the development of an integrated waste 
     management/disposal system, subject to general guidelines set 
     by Agency regulations.
       +$150,000 for the National Center for Vehicle Emissions 
     Control and Safety for emissions training activities.
       +$8,500,000 for rural water assistance activities. These 
     funds are for the National Rural Water Association's training 
     and technical assistance program, NRWA wellhead/groundwater 
     protection program, the Rural Community Assistance program, 
     the Small Flows Clearinghouse, and the National Underground 
     Injection Council. These funds should be distributed in the 
     same proportion as in fiscal year 1994. The conferees expect 
     that these funds will be used only to provide technical 
     assistance to communities for the new wastewater and drinking 
     water mandates. Also, the conferees urge EPA and these 
     organizations to increase efforts to assist small, rural 
     communities. Finally, these funds should be used to fund 
     existing State water programs, particularly those State 
     programs that match Federal dollars.
       +$1,200,000 for ongoing and expanded Earthvision 
     activities.
       +$500,000 for OSDBU's environmental justice and monitoring 
     efforts. The conferees direct that these funds be split 
     between activities for monitoring of States' eight percent 
     goal efforts and outreach of environmental justice activities 
     to be carried out by a non-profit minority organization with 
     a proven track record with OSDBU's minority programs.
       +$2,300,000 for minority academic institutions.
       +$3,000,000 for the small grants program to communities 
     disproportionately impacted by pollution to be administered 
     by the Office of Environmental Justice.
       +$1,000,000 for a demonstration program in the Office of 
     Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization to incorporate 
     small disadvantaged business into the Agency's goals in 
     environmental justice and environmental technology.
       +$2,000,000 for the programmatic development of a Great 
     Lakes Center. The emphasis of the center is the 
     interdependence of scientific, environmental and 
     technological activities in the Great Lakes region.
       +$1,100,000 for a research and faculty development program 
     involving Hispanic Serving Institutions.
       +$200,000 for an emerging environmental technologies 
     initiative for application in defense environmental 
     restoration and agriculture.
       +$1,550,000 for lead-based paint worker training grants.
       +$900,000 for asbestos worker training grants, through 
     joint labor-management trust funds.
       +$800,000 for core TSCA program activities.
       +$150,000 for an intergovernmental planning study of 
     contamination of Flathead Lake.
       +$400,000 for the dredging and cleanup of Five Island Lake.
       +$1,000,000 for water quality improvements for Lake 
     Pontchartrain.
       +$1,500,000 for the Onondaga Lake Management Conference.
       +$400,000 for the integrated solid waste management 
     planning project for tribal governments in Arizona, through 
     the Intertribal Council of Arizona.
       +$600,000 for a collaborative environmental technology 
     effort in Alaska, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
       +$375,000 for the establishment of a small public water 
     systems technology assistance center to be housed within the 
     Water Center at Montana State University.
       +$430,000 for technical assistance to the State of Alaska 
     for initiatives related to Alaska rural sanitation needs.
       +$2,000,000 for the Lake Champlain management conference.
       +$2,000,000 to continue a Solar Aquatic Wastewater 
     Treatment Demonstration Program.
       +$1,630,000 for wastewater operator training grants under 
     104(g) of the Clean Water Act.
       +$100,000 for the Washington State PM-10 air quality study.
       +$225,000 for the Fresh Kills Landfill.
       +$225,000 for the Center for Analysis of Environmental 
     Change for an assessment of Pacific Northwest ecosystem 
     research.
       +$400,000 to assist the State of Hawaii and the county of 
     Maui to further investigate the causes and to develop and 
     implement solutions to the algal bloom crisis.
       +$150,000 for educational activities related to the Heron 
     Haven wetlands and other sites along the Missouri River near 
     Omaha, Nebraska.
       +$200,000 for the Sokaogon Chippewa Community to assess the 
     potential environmental impacts of a proposed underground 
     sulfide mine near the reservation.
       +$400,000 for continued implementation of the Buzzards Bay 
     comprehensive conservation and management plan.
       +$475,000 for the integrated pollution prevention 
     initiative at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
       +$140,000 for the Northeast Waste Management Officials 
     Association to address regional solid waste programs.
       +$1,500,000 for the alternate transportation fuels center 
     at West Virginia University.
       +$2,000,000 for the Gulf of Maine Council, including 
     $100,000 for the St. Croix International Waterway Commission.
       +$400,000 to continue a demonstration project to control 
     methane through the use of fuel cells in the waste water 
     treatment process.
       +$1,000,000 for the National Environmental Training Center 
     at West Virginia University.
       +$385,000 for restoring the Duck River watershed.
       +$100,000 for a sediment contaminant mitigation and 
     prevention project for mercury and PCB in Lake Superior.
       +$250,000 for a demonstration project to control zebra 
     mussel infestation in the City of Chicago.
       +$100,000 for a technical assistance grant to the Mantua 
     Citizens' Association of the Town of Mantua, VA, for the 
     purpose of assisting the residents of the town in analyzing 
     and understanding the remedial options available for dealing 
     with substances posing a risk to the environment at a tank 
     farm in the vicinity of the town.
       +$225,000 for acid mine drainage remediation in the North 
     Branch of the Potomac River.
       +$50,000 for the Oregon Division of State Lands for 
     wetlands plants of western Oregon and Washington.
       +$250,000 for the Northeast states for a coordinated air 
     use management system.
       +$58,195 for Budd Lake, under the Clean Lakes program.
       -$58,900,000 from public water system supervision grants. 
     Funding has been moved to the ``Water Infrastructure'' 
     account.
       -$7,000,000 from the Montreal Protocol facilitation fund.
       -$6,000,000 from the environmental technology initiative.
       -$2,800,000,000 from international activities.
       -$3,000,000 from the ``green'' programs.
       -$5,000,000 from NAFTA-related activities.
       -$4,500,000 from climate change plan activities.
       -$12,000,000 from administrative expenses.
       -$68,251,000 as a general reduction, to be taken at the 
     discretion of the Administrator, subject to the normal 
     reprogramming requirements.
       The conferees are concerned that the agency's budget 
     justification documents are not providing sufficient detail. 
     A particular example with which the conferees are disturbed 
     is the wastewater training grant program authorized under 
     104(g) of the Clean Water Act. While this program is slated 
     for a reduction of 86 percent in the President's fiscal year 
     1995 budget, no mention is made in the justification to this 
     effect. The conferees wish to make clear that in the future, 
     any program proposed for a major reduction or increase is to 
     be explicitly highlighted in the budget justification.
       It has been noted by the Committees on Appropriations that 
     there has been a large number of reprogrammings requested by 
     the Agency. For this reason, the Conferees are limiting the 
     number of reprogrammings that occur at the time of the 
     submission of the operating plan, the Agency is expected to 
     provide only one other major reprogramming request 
     approximately six months into the fiscal year. In extenuating 
     circumstances, the Committees will entertain additional 
     reprogramming requests.
       Amendment No. 73: Provides $922,000,000 for the program and 
     research operations account as proposed by the Senate, 
     instead of $935,000,000 as proposed by the House. Of the 
     amount provided, funding levels as recommended in the House 
     Report 103-555 should be provided to augment current staffing 
     at the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization 
     and the Office of Environmental Justice.
       The conferees would like to express their general concern 
     about the reorganization of the Office of Administration and 
     Resources Management. It has recently come to the attention 
     of the Committees on Appropriations that this office was in 
     the process of reorganizing. The Agency is expected to 
     solicit input from all sources affected by this 
     reorganization prior to continuing with the development or 
     restructuring of this office.
       Although the amount provided for the program and research 
     operations account is not at the level desired by the Agency, 
     the conferees continue to expect that contractor conversion 
     will take place. The committee of conference is highly 
     supportive of this effort and will continue to support the 
     Agency in future years in the conversion of contract 
     employees to in-house employees. Based on figures provided by 
     the Agency, the overall amount provided for PRO in fiscal 
     year 1995 should be sufficient to initiate this effort.
       Because a sizable reduction was taken from the salary 
     account, and the Agency may not believe that the level 
     provided is sufficient for contractor conversion, the 
     conferees would welcome a supplemental budget request 
     transferring funds from the program accounts to the program 
     and research operations account should the Agency determine 
     that this is needed in fiscal year 1995. Finally, the 
     conferees expect that the 1996 budget request will continue 
     to include the funds for the contractor conversion effort as 
     well as include the necessary resources to implement the 
     Agency's many programs and tasks.
       Amendment No. 74: Deletes center heading as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Amendment No. 75: Appropriates $28,542,000 for the office 
     of inspector general as proposed by the Senate, instead of 
     $44,595,000 as proposed by the House. Funds totaling 
     $16,053,000 are transferred from the Superfund and Leaking 
     Underground Storage Tank accounts to the office of inspector 
     general account, for a total of $44,595,000 for the office of 
     inspector general. The conferees have not included an 
     administrative expense limitation as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 76: Deletes language proposed by the House 
     and stricken by the Senate creating a new appropriation 
     account entitled Facilities and Nationwide Support.
       Amendment No. 77: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate providing 
     $43,870,000 for the Buildings and Facilities account as 
     requested in the budget.
       The conferees wish to reiterate concerns expressed in House 
     Report 103-555 about the buildings, facilities and support-
     related items at EPA and expect the Agency to take 
     appropriate steps to review these costs.
       Amendment No. 78: Provides $1,435,000,000 for the Hazardous 
     Substance Superfund account as proposed by the House, instead 
     of $1,200,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees are in agreement on the following changes to 
     the budget request:
       +$14,000,000 for the National Institute of Environmental 
     Health Sciences' basic research grants, of which $2,000,000 
     is for minority research activities.
       +$16,000,000 for the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
     Disease Registry, of which $4,000,000 is for the study of 
     human health impacts of contaminated fish and $4,000,000 is 
     for an existing ATSDR/Minority Health Professions cooperative 
     agreement.
       +$2,500,000 for the Gulf Coast Hazardous Substance Research 
     Center.
       +$3,000,000 for a minority worker training program. The 
     conferees have included these funds for a worker training 
     program to address the current and projected needs for 
     environmental workers. In establishing these demonstrations, 
     the Agency should give priority consideration to programs 
     with a demonstrated ability to conduct such training 
     activities, and with a demonstrated relationship to 
     contractors engaged in environmental remediation and other 
     services, assuming that the requisite elements of job 
     training and assured employment can be provided by them.
       +$3,500,000 for Clark Atlanta Hazardous Substance Research 
     Center.
       +$250,000 for a minority outreach program for a Hispanic 
     Serving Institution.
       +$5,000,000 for the Mine Waste Technology Pilot program.
       -$40,674,600 from administrative expenses.
       -$66,778,000, as a general reduction, to be taken at the 
     discretion of the Administrator, subject to normal 
     reprogramming guidelines.
       Amendment No. 79: Provides $1,185,000,000 to be derived 
     from the Hazardous Substance Superfund as proposed by the 
     House, instead of $950,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 80: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate transferring 
     $15,384,000 from the Superfund account to the office of 
     inspector general.
       Amendment No. 81: Deletes language proposed by the Senate 
     ensuring that the Administrator is able to conform the 
     Superfund program standards and criteria with subsequent 
     authorization legislation that may be enacted into law.
       Amendment No. 82: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate transferring 
     $669,000 from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank account to 
     the office of inspector general account.
       Amendment No. 83: Deletes language proposed by the House 
     and stricken by the Senate for Water Infrastructure/State 
     Revolving Funds.
       Amendment No. 84: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert 
     the following:

               Water Infrastructure/State Revolving Fund

       For necessary expenses for capitalization grants for State 
     revolving funds to support water infrastructure financing, 
     and to carry out the purposes of the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control act, as amended, and the Water Quality Act of 1987, 
     $2,962,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
     $22,500,000 shall be for making grants under section 
     104(b)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as 
     amended; $100,000,000 shall be for making grants under 
     section 319 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as 
     amended, and shall be available only upon enactment of clean 
     water authorizing legislation, but if no such legislation is 
     enacted by November 1, 1994, these funds shall immediately be 
     available; $52,500,000 shall be for section 510 of the Water 
     Quality Act of 1987; $70,000,000 shall be for making grants 
     under section 1443(a) of the Public Health Service Act; and, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, $771,800,000 
     shall be available upon enactment of clean water authorizing 
     legislation, but if no such legislation is enacted by 
     November 1, 1994, the funds shall then be available for 
     making grants for the construction of wastewater treatment 
     facilities in accordance with the terms and conditions 
     specified for such grants in House Report 103-715: Provided, 
     That notwithstanding any other provision of law, $500,000,000 
     made available under this heading in Public Law 103-124, and 
     earmarked to not become available until May 31, 1994, which 
     date was extended to September 30, 1994, in Public Law 103-
     211, shall be available upon enactment of clean water 
     authorizing legislation, but if no such legislation is 
     enacted by September 30, 1994, these funds shall then be 
     available for making grants for the construction of 
     wastewater treatment facilities in accordance with the terms 
     and conditions specified for such grants in House Report 103-
     715: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, $1,235,200,000 shall be available upon 
     enactment of clean water state revolving fund authorizing 
     legislation, but if no such legislation is enacted by 
     November 1, 1994, these funds shall immediately be available 
     for making capitalization grants under title VI of the 
     Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended: Provided 
     further, That the grant awarded from funds appropriated under 
     the paragraph with the heading ``Construction grants'' in 
     title III of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing 
     and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 1990 (103 Stat. 858), for construction of 
     wastewater treatment facilities for the towns of Ware Shoals 
     and Honea Path, South Carolina, and would include, but would 
     not be limited to, the construction of a connector sewer 
     line, consisting of a main trunk line and four pump stations 
     for the town of Honea Path, South Carolina, to the wastewater 
     treatment facility in the town of Ware Shoals, South 
     Carolina, the upgrade and expansion of the Ware Shoals 
     wastewater treatment plant, and the demolition of the 
     Chiquala Mill Lagoon, the Clatworthy Lagoon, the Corner Creek 
     Lagoon, and the Still Branch Lagoon.
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The amount provided includes the following:
       $1,935,200,000 for state revolving funds, of which 
     $700,000,000 is for drinking water state revolving funds. The 
     wastewater revolving funds are to be released upon enactment 
     of authorization legislation but not later than November 1, 
     1994. The drinking water funds are to be released contingent 
     upon enactment of authorization legislation;
       $22,500,000 for making grants under section 104(b)(3);
       $100,000,000 for making grants under section 319. These 
     funds are to be released upon enactment of authorization 
     legislation but not later than November 1, 1994;
       $52,500,000 for section 510 of the Water Quality Act for 
     the international wastewater treatment plant in Tijuana;
       $70,000,000 for public water system supervision grants;
       $781,800,000 for grants to cities with special needs, 
     contingent upon authorization legislation but no later than 
     November 1, 1994, as follows
       $100,000,000 for a grant to the city of Boston for a 
     secondary sewage treatment facility;
       $47,500,000 for architectural, engineering, and design, and 
     related activities in connection with wastewater facilities 
     in the vicinity of Nogales, AZ, and Mexicali, Mexico, and 
     planning and design of other high priority wastewater 
     facilities in the area of the Mexico border, to control 
     municipal wastewater from Mexico;
       $50,000,000 for grants to the State of Texas for improving 
     wastewater treatment in colonias;
       $40,000,000 for San Francisco's Richmond transport control 
     wastewater facility for a comprehensive combined sewer 
     overflow system;
       $25,000,000 for a grant to the Water Reclamation District 
     of Greater Chicago for a two-phase tunnel and reservoir plan;
       $37,000,000 for the City of Waterloo, IA for wastewater 
     treatment facility improvements;
       $10,000,000 for a grant to the city of Portland, OR, for 
     the Columbia Slough revitalization project;
       $5,700,000 for a grant to the City of St. Louis, MO, for 
     repair and replacement of sewer systems;
       $3,700,000 for a grant to the City of Flowood, MS, for the 
     construction of the Hogg Creek interceptor;
       $12,000,000 for a grant to the State of New Mexico for 
     wastewater improvements in the South Valley, NM;
       $15,000,000 for a grant to the State of Alaska for 
     wastewater sanitation systems in Native and rural Alaska 
     villages;
       $5,000,000 for a grant to the City of Freemont, NE for 
     wastewater treatment improvements.
       $6,000,000 for a grant to the City of Kearney, NE for 
     wastewater treatment improvements;
       $6,000,000 for a grant to Anne Arundel County, MD, for the 
     Communities of Rose Haven and Holland Point for wastewater 
     treatment improvements;
       $3,000,000 for a grant to Kansas City, KS, for a major 
     storm sewer improvement project for the Argentine 
     neighborhood;
       $1,300,000 for a grant to the City of Topeka, KS, for the 
     extension of sanitary sewer lines to low and moderate income 
     neighborhoods;
       $45,500,000 for San Diego wastewater reclamation facility;
       $20,000,000 for a grant to Warren County, NY, for 
     wastewater treatment improvements;
       $75,000,000 for the Rouge River National Wet Weather 
     Demonstration Project;
       $20,000,000 for a grant to the City of Columbus, GA, for 
     construction of a combined sewer overflow advanced 
     demonstration facility;
       $1,000,000 for a grant to the City of Jacksonville Beach, 
     FL, for water, sewer and drainage system improvements and 
     construction;
       $3,200,000 for a grant to the City of Mt. Pleasant, NJ, for 
     wastewater treatment improvements;
       $3,200,000 for a grant to the City of Mt. Arlington, NJ, 
     for wastewater treatment improvements;
       $10,000,000 for a grant to the Mojave Water Agency of Apple 
     Valley, CA, for a groundwater recharge demonstration project;
       $30,000,000 for a grant to the County of Lackawanna, PA, 
     for a wastewater treatment facility in Jermyn and a combined 
     sewer overflow project along the Lackawanna River;
       $3,800,000 for a grant to the City of Gardner, MA, for 
     extension of sewer and water service to areas surrounding 
     Snake and Kendall Ponds;
       $6,000,000 for a grant to the Village of Bosque Farms, NM, 
     for construction of a wastewater treatment facility and 
     distribution lines;
       $29,900,000 for alternative water source projects in Tampa 
     and St. Petersburg, FL;
       $60,000,000 for the Westerly wastewater treatment plant;
       $44,300,000 for a grant to the City of Newark, NJ, for 
     combined sewer overflow construction and sewer segment 
     repair;
       $6,000,000 for a grant to the City of Biddeford, Maine, for 
     wastewater treatment improvements to upgrade secondary 
     treatment facilities;
       $6,000,000 for a grant to the City of Bangor, ME, for 
     wastewater treatment improvements relating to sewage sludge 
     management and disposal;
       $8,200,000 for a grant to the City of Laredo, TX, for 
     improvement and expansion of water and sewer infrastructure;
       $5,000,000 for a regional water quality research project in 
     Pima County, AZ;
       $3,500,000 for wastewater treatment in Bernalillo County, 
     NM;
       $4,600,000 for wastewater treatment improvements in Dona 
     Ana County, NM;
       $1,500,000 for water infrastructure improvements in Fall 
     River, MA;
       $1,500,000 for water infrastructure improvements in New 
     Bedford, MA;
       $3,500,000 for wastewater improvements in Union Township, 
     Mifflin County, PA;
       $4,300,000 for wastewater improvements in Clearfield 
     County, PA;
       $200,000 for wastewater improvements in Southern Fulton 
     County, PA;
       $6,500,000 for wastewater improvements in Tyrone Borough, 
     Blair County, PA;
       $2,000,000 for the Geysers Effluent Pipeline and Injection 
     Project for wastewater disposal in Yolo and Lake counties, 
     CA;
       $1,900,000 for the Jordan River Restoration project; and
       $8,000,000 for a grant to the City of Ogden, UT, for 
     rehabilitation of water treatment and distribution systems.
       The conferees have included bill language providing that 
     funds appropriated in fiscal year 1994 for ``needy cities'' 
     shall be released upon enactment of authorization legislation 
     but no later than September 30, 1994, as follows:
       $50,000,000 for grants to the state of Texas for Improving 
     wasterwater treatment in colonias;
       $10,000,000 for grants to the State of New Mexico for 
     improving wastewater treatment in colonias;
       $150,000,000 for a grant to the City of Boston for a 
     secondary sewage treatment facility;
       $70,000,000 for a grant to the City of New York for the 
     construction of a wastewater reclamation facility;
       $50,000,000 for a grant to the City of Los Angeles for 
     wastewater treatment improvements;
       $50,000,000 for Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts;
       $35,000,000 for the King County Metro (Seattle, WA) 
     combined sewer overflow project; and
       $85,000,000 for Rouge River National Wet Weather 
     Demonstration project.
       The conferees are in agreement that the agency should work 
     with the grant recipients on appropriate cost-share 
     arrangements. It is the conferees' expectation that the 
     agency will apply the 45 percent local cost share requirement 
     under Title II of the Clean Water Act in most circumstances.
       The conferees urge the Agency to consider that if 
     authorization legislation is not enacted by August 1, 1995, 
     the Agency Request reprogramming some of the funds provided 
     for drinking water state revolving funds to wastewater state 
     revolving funds.
       The conferees have included language related to a fiscal 
     year 1990 appropriation for the construction of a connector 
     sewer line for the town of Honea Path, SC.
       Amendment No. 85: Inserts heading as proposed by the Senate 
     making a technical correction.
       Amendment No. 86: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate providing a 
     limitation stating that none of the funds can be used for the 
     promulgation of a rule concerning a new standard for radon in 
     drinking water.
       This provision is intended to preclude the promulgation of 
     a new radon standard. Existing rules and proposed and final 
     rules for other than radon would not be affected. EPA could 
     promulgate the non-radon provisions of the pending rulemaking 
     as required by the court. It is not intended to affect the 
     Agency's actions concerning the final development of such a 
     non-radon rule for such promulgation under the applicable 
     provisions of law.
       The conferees are in agreement that this provision will not 
     take effect if the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1994 
     are enacted into law to provide a new direction for a radon 
     rule.
       Amendment No. 87: Reported in disagreement.
       Amendment No. 88: Deletes language inserted by the Senate 
     including a ``Sense of the Senate'' regarding the 
     environmental self-evaluation privilege. The EPA should 
     consider the ``environmental self-evaluation privilege'' 
     enacted into law by some states and report its findings and 
     recommendations back to the authorization and appropriations 
     committees.

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency

       Amendment No. 89: Appropriates $320,000,000 for disaster 
     relief as proposed by the House, instead of no funds as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 90: Deletes language proposed by the House 
     and stricken by the Senate appropriating $1,980,000 for the 
     subsidy associated with the community disaster loan program. 
     The subsidy is not required since the conferees deleted funds 
     for the community disaster loan program. Funds for the 
     community disaster program are instead provided in Title VI 
     of this Act. A total of $12,500,000 is included in FEMA's 
     disaster assistance direct loan program account.
       Amendment No. 91: Deletes language proposed by the House 
     and stricken by the Senate appropriating $3,000,000 for the 
     community disaster loan program account. The conferees note 
     that $50,000,000 in emergency funding is provided for 
     community disaster loans under Title VI of this legislation.
       Amendment No. 92: Appropriates $95,000 for administrative 
     expenses of the disaster assistance direct loan program as 
     proposed by the Senate, instead of $145,000 as proposed by 
     the House.
       Amendment No. 93: Appropriates $162,000,000 for salaries 
     and expenses as proposed by the Senate, instead of 
     $165,000,000 as proposed by the House. The conferees urge 
     FEMA to comply with the specific reductions recommended in 
     Senate Report 103-311.
       Amendment No. 94: Appropriates $215,960,000 for emergency 
     management planning and assistance, instead of $220,345,000 
     as proposed by the House and $212,960,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conferees are in agreement on the following changes to 
     the budget request:
       +$4,000,000 for emergency management assistance grants.
       +$2,500,000 for arson control programs established under 
     the Arson Prevention Act of 1994.
       +$15,000 for a warning siren in the City of Van Wert.
       +$53,000 for warning sirens in Wood and Fulton Counties, 
     Ohio.
       +$500,000 for the Earthquake Engineering Center at the 
     University of Nevada, Reno.
       +$950,000 for the earthquake hazard mitigation program with 
     the City of Portland.
       +$225,000 for the Vermont Fire Service Training Center.
       +$75,000 for a feasibility study for a regional dispatch in 
     Chittenden County, Vermont.
       +$250,000 for a grant to the National Academy of Public 
     Administration for a study of the role of the National Guard 
     in disaster response, as described in Senate bill 1697 as 
     introduced.
       +$750,000 for a demonstration of a biodegradable, 
     environmentally safe, non-toxic fire suppression liquid which 
     is effective on class A, class B, and many class D metal 
     fires.
       -$13,703,000 as a general reduction, to be taken at the 
     discretion of the Director subject to normal reprogramming 
     guidelines.
       The conferees are concerned about the proposed rule 
     published by FEMA in the Federal Register on April 1 to 
     implement Section 928 of Public Law 102-550, the Housing and 
     Community Development Act of 1992. Accordingly, the conferees 
     recommend FEMA consult with and receive written direction 
     from the appropriate authorizing committees prior to 
     implementing the proposed rule.

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration

       Amendment No. 95: Appropriates $5,573,900,000 for human 
     space flight as proposed by the Senate, instead of 
     $5,592,900,000 as proposed by the House. The conference 
     agreement reflects the following changes from the budget 
     request:
       +$10,000,000 for spacelab activities.
       -$15,000,000 from payload and utilization operations, to be 
     taken as a general reduction subject to normal reprogramming 
     guidelines.
       -$94,000,000 from space shuttle operations. The conferees 
     note offsets of $22,000,000 in reimbursements from the 
     Japanese for a shuttle launch and $13,000,000 not needed for 
     termination costs associated with the advanced solid rocket 
     motor project.
       -$30,000,000 from launch site equipment upgrades as a 
     result of terminating the check-out, control, and monitoring 
     system (CCMS-II) for shuttle processing.
       -$17,000,000 in space shuttle upgrades to reflect rephasing 
     of the fiber optic cable for the orbiter payload bay.
       The conferees agree to cap the space station program's 
     remaining costs through assembly complete (1994-2002) at 
     $17,400,000,000. The agency should initiate a semiannual 
     project status report on the space station, utilizing the 
     baseline estimates for costs and schedule now in place as a 
     result of the 1993 redesign effort. The first such report 
     should be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations in 
     March 1995.
       The conferees agree that funds appropriated for the 
     International Space Station Alpha (ISSA) program are intended 
     to be expended for its expeditious development. Consequently, 
     the conferees direct that, for the purpose of offsetting 
     potential contractual liabilities which would accrue only in 
     the event of termination of the ISSA program for the 
     convenience of the government, NASA shall provide for 
     coverage of certain special termination costs from funds 
     other than those obligated to the ISSA prime contract, but 
     from available human space flight appropriations. However, in 
     the event of termination of the ISSA program for the 
     convenience of the government, it is the intent of the 
     conferees to provide such additional appropriations as may be 
     necessary to provide fully for termination payments in a 
     manner which avoids impacting the conduct of other ongoing 
     NASA programs.

                  Science, Aeronautics and Technology

       Both the House and the Senate provided $5,901,200,000 for 
     the science, aeronautics and technology account. The 
     following represents the changes from the budget request:
       +$5,000,000 for the minority university research and 
     education program. This recommendation will provide a 
     $14,700,000 program increase above the 1994 level--to be 
     equally divided between Historically Black Colleges and 
     Universities and Hispanic-Serving Institutions. Of the 
     increase, $3,000,000 is to establish six regional Minority 
     University-Space Interdisciplinary Centers at HBCUs (3) and 
     HSIs (3), and $500,000 is to strengthen science education and 
     technology initiatives for students with disabilities. The 
     conferees have provided additional funding for programs to 
     strengthen research capabilities and increase training 
     opportunities for minorities and other traditionally 
     underrepresented groups in the sciences and mathematics. The 
     conferees have directed these funds to the minority 
     university research and education account in the office of 
     equal opportunity programs.
       +$2,000,000 for the Office of Advanced Concepts and 
     Technology to continue the software reuse and artificial 
     intelligence program.
       +$3,000,000 for a regional ecosystem computer-based 
     modelling project at the Ohio Supercomputer Center. In making 
     these funds available, the conferees want to make it clear 
     that this is a one-time appropriation, that they do not 
     support by this appropriation the inclusion of this Center 
     into the EOSDIS program, and that they will not make any 
     additional funds available for this project in future years.
       +$40,000,000 for the global geospace science mission.
       -$15,000,000 from mission operations and data analysis for 
     the global geospace science mission.
       +$10,000,000 for mission operations and data analysis for 
     the Hubble telescope to be allocated as follows:
       $2,000,000 for the advanced camera instrument, $3,000,000 
     for the Space Telescope Institute, and $5,000,000 as a 
     reserve consistent with the terms of Senate Report 103-311 on 
     the 1995 budget. The conferees want to make clear that they 
     expect an announcement of opportunity for the advanced camera 
     to be issued shortly, and that it will be part of the 1999 
     Hubble servicing mission.
       -$19,000,000 from the Mars Surveyor program. This decrease 
     is offset by an identical amount in the recovered fee from 
     the Mars Observor program.
       -$7,000,000 from launch services for the Cassini program.
       +$5,000,000 to life and microgravity sciences for the NASA-
     NIH protocol.
       +$7,200,000 for spacelab payload development to be applied 
     to science experiments displaced due to the proposed 
     termination of several spacelab missions. The remaining 
     amount needed for restoring these payloads, approximately 
     $17,200,000, is to be taken from unobligated balances within 
     life sciences--other than those designated for the NASA-NIH 
     protocol.
       +$35,100,000 for the EOS program. Of these funds, 
     $25,000,000 should be allocated for secondary spacecraft 
     development to provide resiliency in their funding and 
     scheduled profiles, $1,500,000 for visualization techniques 
     consistent with Senate Report 103-311, and an additional 
     $8,600,000 for EOSDIS, to be used for program reserves.
       -$9,800,000 from space station attached payloads for SAGE-
     III.
       -$10,000,000 from rotorcraft institutes. The conferees note 
     that a proposed rotorcraft center concept was never forwarded 
     as a budget amendment to the Congress. The Committees on 
     Appropriations will consider a NASA reprogramming of up to 
     $6,000,000 for such a center, provided that it is selected on 
     the basis of merit review and that it is equally matched with 
     an appropriation from the Department of Defense in 1995, with 
     a DOD commitment to match NASA funds dollar-for-dollar beyond 
     1995.
       -$8,000,000 from the hypersonic technology initiative.
       +$1,500,000 for hypersonic wind tunnels.
       -$40,000,000 from the commercial middeck augmentation 
     module.
       The conferees have included the full budget request for 
     Landsat. In doing so, $5,000,000 should be fenced until NASA 
     certifies that the condition on future NOAA funding outlined 
     in Senate Report 103-311 is met. This should be addressed in 
     the operating plan.
       In deleting the $10,000,000 in additional funds proposed by 
     the Senate for mission communications services, the conferees 
     direct NASA to use any and all TDRSS carryover or 
     reimbursement funds to prevent involuntary RIFs in mission 
     communications services in fiscal year 1995. These funds may 
     not be used for any other activities, including the TDRSS 
     replenishment spacecraft procurement, unless this condition 
     is first addressed. This matter should be addressed in the 
     operating plan.
       Amendment No. 96: Inserts center heading as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Amendment No. 97: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate rescinding 
     $10,000,000 of 1993 construction of facilities funds for the 
     Consortium for International Earth Science Information 
     Network.
       Amendment No. 98: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter inserted by said amendment, insert 
     the following:

                    National Aeronautical Facilities


                         (Including Rescission)

       For construction of new national wind tunnel facilities, 
     including final design, modification of existing facilities, 
     necessary equipment, and for acquisition or condemnation of 
     real property as authorized by law, for the National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration, $400,000,000, to remain 
     available until March 31, 1997: Provided, That the funds made 
     available under this heading shall be rescinded on July 15, 
     1995, unless the President requests at least $400,000,000 in 
     the fiscal year 1996 budget request for the National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration for continuation of this 
     wind tunnel initiative.
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $400,000,000 for the 
     construction of two new aeronautical wind tunnel facilities. 
     These funds have been included because of the conferees' 
     belief that the nation's future manufacturing base in 
     commercial aviation and aeronautics hinges in large part on 
     the availability of these new wind tunnels. This conclusion 
     was also reached by a recently concluded interagency facility 
     strategy on aeronautics and space facilities.
       In providing these funds, however, the conferees are 
     concerned by the possibility that any future federal funds 
     needed to complete these facilities not come at the expense 
     of other important programs in the VA, HUD, and Independent 
     Agencies Appropriations bill. Specifically, the conferees do 
     not anticipate providing additional funds for this purpose 
     unless it is made clear that the Administration is committed 
     to this project, and that non-NASA initiatives are not 
     sacrificed to complete their construction. For this reason, 
     the language included in the conference agreement would 
     rescind the $400,000,000 provided unless the Administration 
     requests at least the same amount of funds for the wind 
     tunnel initiative in the fiscal year 1996 NASA budget 
     request.
       In addition, the conferees are fencing the availability of 
     the $400,000,000 provided until July 1, 1995. By March 1, 
     1995, the President should submit a comprehensive plan and 
     strategy to the Committees on Appropriations that meets the 
     following terms and conditions:
       First, that states unequivocally whether or not the 
     Administration intends to pursue the construction of these 
     facilities as a national aeronautics initiative.
       Second, that outlines the anticipated costs of the project 
     by fiscal year, including the expected federal and non-
     federal shares of this cost, and an identifiable funding 
     stream for the federal share.
       Third, that specifies the anticipated private sector cost-
     sharing target for the total capital cost of the project, 
     with a range of 10-20 percent of the stated requirement for 
     the project proceeding.
       Fourth, that outlines what other federal agencies outside 
     of NASA will contribute as their share for the capital cost 
     of the project. This non-NASA share should be estimated at 
     10-20 percent of the stated requirement for the project 
     proceeding, and based upon the anticipated usage by other 
     federal agencies once the facility is completed.
       Fifth, the relative priority of this initiative in the 
     context of NASA's overall budget be clearly identified so 
     that the Committees on Appropriations know its precise 
     ranking in comparison to other major programs, including 
     space station, Mission to Planet Earth, space science, and 
     the ongoing aeronautics program. This ``decision tree'' 
     should articulate what programs the agency would be willing 
     to consider reducing or eliminating, if necessary, to 
     facilitate construction of these wind tunnels.
       Sixth, a site selection plan on the basis of a competitive 
     process, with a merit-based selection no later than December 
     1, 1996. The factors for selection should be based on best 
     price and technical merit, including local cost sharing.
       Seventh, a strategy for minority and disadvantaged business 
     participation in the construction of the project that equals 
     the eight percent goal required of NASA by Public Law 101-
     507.
       The conferees do not intend to provide any additional funds 
     or approve the release of any of the $400,000,000 provided in 
     this amendment, until or unless all seven conditions are 
     fully satisfied. These conditions should be considered over 
     and above the stipulation in the bill language related to the 
     required 1996 budget request. Upon submission of the 
     Presidential plan, and after the Subcommittees on VA, HUD, 
     and Independent Agencies have received their section 602(b) 
     allocations, the Committees will consider the release of 
     these funds under the conditions of the cap letter from NASA 
     to the Committees of August 9, 1984, and reaffirmed by letter 
     on September 30, 1993.
       The conferees expect that this appropriation should be used 
     as an active means to leverage a robust, reliable, and 
     resilient cost-sharing from the private sector, other federal 
     agencies, and state and local governments bidding on 
     potential sites. The intent of the conferees is to guarantee 
     completion of these wind tunnels' construction before the 
     turn of the century if the conditions specified in this 
     conference report can be met.
       Amendment No. 99: Appropriates $2,554,587,000 for mission 
     support, instead of $2,549,587,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $2,559,587,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement reflects the following changes 
     from the budget request:
       -$13,000,000 from salaries and expenses funds not needed as 
     a result of the buyout effort in 1994 which achieved a higher 
     than anticipated reduction in employment.
       -$35,000,000 as a general reduction, subject to normal 
     reprogramming guidelines.
       -$60,000,000 from the TDRSS replenishment spacecraft 
     program. This reduction leaves $40,000,000 in new funds for 
     this activity, consistent with the terms of the NASA 
     ``decision tree'' provided to the Senate Appropriations 
     Committee earlier this year. In addition, up to $25,000,000 
     may be used from reimbursement funds for augmenting this 
     procurement, provided that this does not result in any 
     involuntary reductions-in-force in 1995 in space network 
     services or mission communications services.
       In deleting the $7,000,000 in additional funds proposed by 
     the Senate for space network services, the conferees direct 
     NASA to use any and all TDRSS carryover and reimbursement 
     funds to prevent involuntary RIFs in mission communications 
     services in fiscal year 1995. These carryover and 
     reimbursement funds may not be used for any other activities, 
     including the TDRSS replenishment spacecraft procurement, 
     unless this condition is first addressed. This matter should 
     be addressed in the operating plan.
       Amendment No. 100: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter inserted by said amendment, insert 
     the following: , to remain available until September 30, 
     1996: Provided, That of the amounts made available under the 
     heading ``Research and program management'' in Public Law 
     103-211, $18,000,000 are rescinded immediately upon enactment 
     of this Act: Provided further, That an additional 
     $18,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1995, 
     shall be immediately available for research and program 
     management activities, contingent upon the enactment of the 
     rescission in the preceding proviso before October 1, 1994
       The managers on the part of the Senate will offer a motion 
     to concur in the amendment of the House to the amendment of 
     the Senate.
       Amendment No. 101: Appropriates $16,000,000 for the Office 
     of Inspector General as proposed by the House, instead of 
     $16,800,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 102: Restores language proposed by the House 
     and stricken by the Senate reducing amounts available to the 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration for procurement 
     by $59,003,000, to be derived exclusively from the human 
     space flight account.
       Amendment No. 103: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate limiting the 
     availability of personnel and related costs and travel 
     expenses to one year and permitting such funds to be used for 
     services provided in the next fiscal year.
       Amendment No. 104: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate extending 
     funding for the Challenger Center on a permanent basis.
       Amendment No. 105: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate conveying 
     title to NASA's Slidell Computer Complex to the City of 
     Slidell, Louisiana.
       Amendment No. 106: Deletes language proposed by the Senate 
     limiting the obligation of funds to satisfy requirements of 
     the Small Business Innovation Research program.

                      National Science Foundation

       Amendment No. 107: Appropriates $2,280,000,000 for research 
     and related activities instead of $2,216,923,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $2,300,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The committee of conference is in agreement on the 
     following changes to the budget request:
       +$10,000,000 for civil infrastructure systems.
       +$10,000,000 for advanced manufacturing technology.
       +$5,000,000 for research within the human capital 
     initiative. The conferees affirm their strong support for 
     this worthwhile program.
       +$6,000,000 for a global climate change initiative for a 
     center or consortium for the human dimensions of global 
     climate change.
       +$2,000,000 for an interdisciplinary center to support 
     research on violence.
       +$1,000,000 to establish a national center for 
     environmental research.
       -$33,000,000 from the global climate change initiative.
       -$15,000,000 from the high performance computing 
     initiative.
       -$54,297,000 as a general reduction to be taken at the 
     discretion of the Director, subject to normal reprogramming 
     guidelines.
       For fiscal year 1995, the Critical Technologies Institute 
     has been funded at the budget request of $2,000,000. Of the 
     total amount provided, $50,000 is to complete the review by 
     the National Academy of Public Administration of NSF centers 
     programs.
       The conferees are in agreement that the reprogramming 
     threshold for NSF should be $250,000. The Foundation is 
     directed to limit transfers of funds between programs, 
     activities, and subactivities to not more than $250,000 
     without prior approval of the Committees.
       Amendment No. 108: Appropriates $126,000,000 for major 
     research equipment, instead of $105,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $150,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Of the total amount provided, $35,000,000 is for a 
     reappropriation for the LIGO project which is newly funded in 
     this account. Additionally, the conferees are in agreement 
     that the additional $21,000,000 is to complete the total 
     funding requirement for the construction of the GEMINI 
     telescopes.
       Amendment No. 109: Appropriates $250,000,000 for academic 
     research infrastructure, instead of $100,000,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $300,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 110: Deletes language proposed by the House 
     and stricken by the Senate delaying the availability of funds 
     for this account until March 31, 1995.
       Amendment No. 111: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert 
     the following:  : Provided, That $131,867,000 of the funds 
     under this heading are available for obligation for the 
     period September 1, 1995 through August 31, 1996: Provided 
     further, That the funds made available in the preceding 
     proviso shall be rescinded on July 15, 1995, unless the 
     President requests at least $250,000,000 in the fiscal year 
     1996 budget request for the National Science Foundation for 
     academic research infrastructure activities.
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       This amendment limits the obligation period for 
     $131,867,000 of funds provided for academic research 
     infrastructure from September 1, 1995 through August 31, 
     1996, instead of limiting the obligation of $190,000,000 for 
     the same period of time as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees have provided NSF with $250,000,000 for 
     academic research infrastructure activities. Of this amount, 
     $118,133,000 should be used for the standard NSF facilities 
     and instrumentation modernization program, equally divided 
     between the two activities. The remaining funds, which are 
     included entirely in this amendment, $131,867,000, should be 
     allocated for a new interagency facilities and 
     instrumentation modernization program managed by the NSF. 
     Twenty percent of both pots of funds should be allocated to 
     smaller colleges and universities, including historically 
     black colleges and universities, and those institutions of 
     higher learning with an established record of recruitment, 
     retention and graduation of predominantly underrepresented 
     groups in science and technology.
       The conferees are deeply concerned about the continued 
     staggering need to address the academic infrastructure 
     backlog in facilities and instrumentation. However, to induce 
     the Administration to support this new initiative, language 
     has been included which would automatically rescind these 
     extra funds unless the President's fiscal year 1996 budget 
     request includes at least $250,000,000 for academic research 
     infrastructure funds for the NSF. The additional funds 
     provided by the conferees in fiscal year 1995 should be part 
     of the cornerstone of a broader federal research 
     infrastructure modernization effort, but they should be 
     clearly managed by the NSF. Funds for this additional program 
     should also be apportioned equally between facilities and 
     instrumentation.
       In addition to the NSF program, the National Science and 
     Technology Council, with the cooperation of the OSTP, should 
     develop a five-year interagency research infrastructure 
     strategy, consistent with the terms specified in Senate 
     Report 103-311. This strategy should also specify how 
     increasing numbers of Federal science and technology agencies 
     would participate in similar activities modelled on merit 
     review selection.
       Amendment No. 112: Provides $605,974,000 for education and 
     human resources as proposed by the Senate, instead of 
     $585,974,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conferees are in agreement on the following changes to 
     the budget request:
       +$5,000,000 for EPSCoR.
       +$5,750,000 for the advanced technology education and 
     outreach community college grants.
       +$1,000,000 for the Model Institution of Excellence 
     Program.
       +$750,000 for the Partnerships for Minority Student 
     Achievement.
       +$500,000 for summer science camps.
       +$1,000,000 for the rural systemic initiative.
       +$4,000,000 for the graduate traineeship program.
       +$3,000,000 for the urban systemic initiative.
       +$1,000,000 for informal science education.
       +$1,000,000 to implement a pilot project to establish an 
     interactive telecommunications system among tribally 
     controlled community colleges.
       +$2,000,000 to establish a competitive, merit-based program 
     to support the efforts of states to develop electronic 
     libraries.
       -$5,000,000 as a general reduction, to be taken at the 
     discretion of the Director, subject to normal reprogramming 
     requirements.
       The committee of conference recognizes that NSF has 
     actively supported education activities to encourage 
     participation of women and minorities who are 
     underrepresented in science, engineering and mathematics and 
     persons with disabilities. NSF is encouraged to continue 
     emphasizing this area. Further, the conferees urge NSF to 
     coordinate its programs with related programs in other 
     federal agencies to ensure that federal resources achieve the 
     maximum beneficial effect. The conferees wish to encourage 
     the Foundation to coordinate the several successful programs 
     administered by the Department of Education, which are 
     collectively known as the TRIO programs.
       The conferees join in support of the administration's 
     commitment to investment in science and technology and concur 
     with the belief that our Nation's economy and future well 
     being are dependent upon these essential investments. 
     Consistent with the administration's position to invest in 
     science and technology as part of its agenda to build a 
     prosperous economy, the conferees direct each agency under 
     its jurisdiction to establish an intragency economic impact 
     and diversity council to provide guidance and advice with 
     respect to issues in the areas of science and technology as 
     they impact racial and ethnic minorities, women and persons 
     with disabilities who are underrepresented in these fields. 
     The Office of Science and Technology Policy is to monitor and 
     report back to the committees on the creation of these 
     councils by October 31, 1994.
       Amendment No. 113: Appropriates $4,380,000 for the Office 
     of Inspector General as proposed by the Senate, instead of 
     $4,000,000 as proposed by the House.

                         TITLE IV--CORPORATIONS

                 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

       Amendment No. 114: Restores language proposed by the House 
     and stricken by the Senate appropriating $15,000,000 for the 
     FDIC affordable housing program and allowing the FDIC the 
     flexibility to waive certain provisions of section 40 of the 
     Federal Deposit Insurance Act in order to maximize the 
     efficient use of available funds.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Amendment No. 115: Deletes language proposed by the House 
     and stricken by the Senate requiring a report from the 
     Resolution Trust Corporation.
       Amendment No. 116: Restores language proposed by the House 
     and stricken by the Senate relating to the purchase of 
     American made equipment and products.
       Amendment No. 117: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter inserted by said amendment, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. 518. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
     used to implement any cap on reimbursements to grantees for 
     indirect costs, except as published in Office of Management 
     and Budget Circular A-21.
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       Amendment No. 118: Deletes language proposed by the Senate 
     expressing the sense of the Senate that United Nations 
     Security Council Resolution 940 does not constitute 
     authorization for the deployment of U.S. armed forces in 
     Haiti.
       Amendment No. 119: Deletes language proposed by the Senate 
     reducing the amount of funds available to NASA for 
     procurement by $19,703,000. Amendment number 102 reduced NASA 
     procurement funds by $59,003,000.
       Amendment No. 120: Deletes language proposed by the Senate 
     that delays publication, implementation, or enforcement of 
     elderly facility regulations until July 1, 1995. The 
     conferees agree that publication of said regulations should 
     be delayed until June 1, 1995.
       Amendment No. 121: Deletes language proposed by the Senate 
     prohibiting the use of HUD funds to provide any individual 
     assistance or benefit based on immigration status.
       Amendment No. 122: Deletes language proposed by the Senate 
     condemning the murders of a doctor and escort serving a 
     reproductive health clinic, and urging the Administration to 
     take steps to protect persons who work at, and people who 
     wish to enter, such clinics.

            TITLE VI--EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

       Amendment No. 123: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate providing 
     three supplemental appropriations, all of which are 
     designated as emergency requirements. The first appropriation 
     provides $225,000,000 for the community development grants 
     program to finance housing repairs in areas affected by the 
     Southern California earthquake. Of the total, $200,000,000 is 
     for the City of Los Angeles and $25,000,000 is for the City 
     of Santa Monica.
       The second appropriation provides $180,000,000 for the 
     community development grants program to assist states, local 
     communities, and businesses recover from the flooding and 
     damages caused by Tropical Storm Alberto and other disasters. 
     The language also permits up to $50,000,000 to be transferred 
     to the HOME program.
       The third appropriation provides $12,500,000 for the 
     Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster assistance 
     direct loan program account for $50,000,000 in direct loans.


                   conference total--with comparisons

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 1995 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 1994 amount, the 1995 
     budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 1995 
     follow:

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1994...$88,313,837,932
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal 90,318,793,061
House bill, fiscal year 1995.............................90,547,927,061
Senate bill, fiscal year 1995............................90,116,109,061
Conference agreement, fiscal year 1995...................90,118,186,061
Conference agreement compared with:
  New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal +1,804,348,129
  Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal -200,607,000
  House bill, fiscal year 1995.............................-429,741,000
  Senate bill, fiscal year 1995..............................+2,077,000
     Louis Stokes,
     Alan B. Mollohan,
     Jim Chapman,
     Marcy Kaptur,
     Esteban Edward Torres,
     Ray Thornton,
     David R. Obey,
     Jerry Lewis,
     Tom DeLay,
     Dean A. Gallo,
     Joseph M. McDade,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Barbara A. Mikulski,
     Patrick J. Leahy,
     J. Bennett Johnston,
     Frank R. Lautenberg,
     J. Robert Kerrey,
     Dianne Feinstein,
     Robert C. Byrd,
     Phil Gramm,
     Alfonse D'Amato,
     Don Nickles,
     Christopher S. Bond,
     Conrad Burns,
     Mark O. Hatfield,
     Managers on the Part of the Senate.

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