[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 27, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S14420-S14424]
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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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           THE VA-HUD APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996

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                LAUTENBERG (AND ROBB) AMENDMENT NO. 2788

  Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself and Mr. Robb) making appropriations for 
the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, 
and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, 
and offices for fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       On page 141, line 4, strike beginning with 
     ``$1,003,400,000'' through page 152, line 9, and insert the 
     following: ``$1,435,000,000 to remain available until 
     expended, consisting of $1,185,000,000 as authorized by 
     section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and 
     Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended by Public Law 
     101-508, and $250,000,000 as a payment from general revenues 
     to the Hazardous Substance Superfund as authorized by section 
     517(b) of SARA, as amended by Public Law 101-508: Provided, 
     That funds appropriated under this heading may be allocated 
     to other Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) 
     of CERCLA: Provided further, That $11,700,000 of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading shall be transferred to the 
     Office of Inspector General appropriation to remain available 
     until September 30, 1996: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding section 111(m) of CERCLA or any other 
     provision of law, not to exceed $64,000,000 of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading shall be available to the 
     Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to carry out 
     activities described in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and 
     111(c)(14) of CERCLA and section 118(f) of the Superfund 
     Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986: Provided further, 
     That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall 
     be available for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
     Registry to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles 
     pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 1996: 
     Provided further, That none of the funds made available under 
     this heading may be used by the Environmental Protection 
     Agency to propose for listing or to list any additional 
     facilities on the National Priorities List established by 
     section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
     Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), as amended (42 
     U.S.C. 9605), unless the Administrator receives a written 
     request to propose for listing or to list a facility from the 
     Governor of the State in which the facility is located, or 
     appropriate tribal leader, or unless legislation to 
     reauthorize CERCLA is enacted.


              leaking underground storage tank trust fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground 
     storage tank cleanup activities authorized by section 205 of 
     the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and 
     for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and 
     renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, 
     $45,827,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That no more than $8,000,000 shall be available for 
     administrative expenses: Provided further, That $600,000 
     shall be transferred to the Office of Inspector General 
     appropriation to remain available until September 30, 1996.


                           oil spill response

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental 
     Protection Agency's responsibilities under the Oil Pollution 
     Act of 1990, $15,000,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill 
     Liability trust fund, and to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That not more than $8,000,000 of these funds shall 
     be available for administrative expenses.


                 program and infrastructure assistance

       For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, 
     including capitalization grants for state revolving funds and 
     performance partnership grants, $2,668,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, of which $1,828,000,000 shall be 
     for making capitalization grants for State revolving funds to 
     support water infrastructure financing; $100,000,000 for 
     architectural, engineering, design, construction and related 
     activities in connection with the construction of high 
     priority water and wastewater facilities in the area of the 
     United States-Mexico Border, after consultation with the 
     appropriate border commission; $50,000,000 for grants to the 
     State of Texas, which shall be matched by an equal amount of 
     State funds from State resources, for the purpose of 
     improving wastewater treatment for colonias; and $15,000,000 
     for grants to the State of Alaska, subject to an appropriate 
     cost share as determined by the Administrator, to address 
     wastewater infrastructure needs of Alaska Native villages: 
     Provided, That beginning in fiscal year 1996 and each fiscal 
     year thereafter, and notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Administrator is authorized to make grants annually 
     from funds appropriated under this heading, subject to such 
     terms and conditions as the Administrator shall establish, to 
     any State or federally recognized Indian tribe for multimedia 
     or single media pollution prevention, control and abatement 
     and related environmental activities at the request of the 
     Governor or other appropriate State official or the tribe: 
     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: Provided further, That of 
     the $1,828,000,000 for capitalization grants for State 
     revolving funds to support water infrastructure financing, 
     $500,000,000 shall be for drinking water State revolving 
     funds, but if no drinking water State revolving fund 
     legislation is enacted by December 31, 1995, 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 of the funds made 
     available under this heading in Public Law 103-327 and in 
     Public Law 103-124 for capitalization grants for State 
     revolving funds to support water infrastructure financing, 
     $225,000,000 shall be made available for capitalization 
     grants for State revolving funds under title VI of the 
     Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, if no 
     drinking water State revolving fund legislation is enacted by 
     December 31, 1995.


                       administrative provisions

     SEC. 301. MORATORIUM ON CERTAIN EMISSIONS TESTING 
                   REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) Moratorium.--
       (1) In general.--The Administrator of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency (referred to in this subsection as the 
     ``Administrator'') shall not require adoption or 
     implementation by a State of a test-only or I/M240 enhanced 
     vehicle inspection and maintenance program as a means of 
     compliance with section 182 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
     7511a), but the Administrator may approve such a program if a 
     State chooses to adopt the program as a means of compliance.
       (2) Repeal.--Paragraph (1) is repealed effective as of the 
     date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.
       (b) Plan Approval.--
       (1) In general.--The Administrator of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency (referred to in this subsection as the 
     ``Administrator'') shall not disapprove a State 
     implementation plan revision under section 182 of the Clean 
     Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7511a) on the basis of a regulation 
     providing for a 50-percent discount for alternative test-and-
     repair inspection and maintenance programs.
       (2) Credit.--If a State provides data for a proposed 
     inspection and maintenance system for which credits are 
     appropriate under section 182 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
     7511a), the Administrator shall allow the full amount of 
     credit for the system that is appropriate without regard to 
     any regulation that implements that section by requiring 
     centralized emissions testing.
       (3) Deadline.--The Administrator shall complete and present 
     a technical assessment of data for a proposed inspection and 
     maintenance system submitted by a State not later than 45 
     days after the date of submission.
       Sec. 302. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by the Environmental Protection Agency to impose or 
     enforce any requirement that a State implement trip reduction 
     measures to reduce vehicular emissions. Section 304 of the 
     Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7604) shall not apply with respect 
     to any such requirement during the period beginning on the 
     date of the enactment of this Act and ending September 30, 
     1996.
       Sec. 303. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
     used within the Environmental Protection Agency for any final 
     action by the Administrator or her delegate for signing and 
     publishing for promulgation a rule concerning any new 
     standard for arsenic, sulfates, radon, ground water 
     disinfection, or 

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     the contaminants in phase IV B in drinking water, unless the Safe 
     Drinking Water Act of 1986 has been reauthorized.
       Sec. 304. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
     used during fiscal year 1996 to sign, promulgate, implement 
     or enforce the requirement proposed as ``Regulation of Fuels 
     and Fuel Additives: Individual Foreign Refinery Baseline 
     Requirements for Reformulated Gasoline'' at volume 59 of the 
     Federal Register at pages 22800 through 22814.
       Sec. 305. None of the funds appropriated to the 
     Environmental Protection Agency for fiscal year 1996 may be 
     used to implement section 404(c) of the Federal Water 
     Pollution Control Act, as amended. No pending action by the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to implement section 404(c) 
     with respect to an individual permit shall remain in effect 
     after the date of enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 306. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
     this fiscal year and hereafter, an industrial discharger to 
     the Kalamazoo Water Reclamation Plant, an advanced wastewater 
     treatment plant with activated carbon, may be exempted from 
     categorical pretreatment standards under section 307(b) of 
     the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, if the 
     following conditions are met: (1) the Kalamazoo Water 
     Reclamation Plant applies to the State of Michigan for an 
     exemption for such industrial discharger and (2) the State or 
     the Administrator, as applicable, approves such exemption 
     request based upon a determination that the Kalamazoo Water 
     Reclamation Plant will provide treatment consistent with or 
     better than treatment requirements set forth by the EPA, and 
     there exists an operative financial contract between the City 
     of Kalamazoo and the industrial user and an approved local 
     pretreatment program, including a joint monitoring program 
     and local controls to prevent against interference and pass 
     through.
       Sec. 307. No funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
     during fiscal year 1996 to enforce the requirements of 
     section 211(m)(2) of the Clean Air Act that require fuel 
     refiners, marketers, or persons who sell or dispense fuel to 
     ultimate consumers in any carbon monoxide nonattainment area 
     in Alaska to use methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) to meet 
     the oxygen requirements of that section.

                   Executive Office of the President


                office of science and technology policy

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 
     Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the 
     National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 
     Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 and 6671), hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
     3109, not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and 
     representation expenses, and rental of conference rooms in 
     the District of Columbia, $4,981,000: Provided, That the 
     Office of Science and Technology Policy shall reimburse other 
     agencies for not less than one-half of the personnel 
     compensation costs of individuals detailed to it.


  council on environmental quality and office of environmental quality

       For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to 
     the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of 
     Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Environmental 
     Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Improvement Act of 1970 
     and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977, $2,188,000.


                       administrative provisions

       Sec. 401. Section 105(b) of House Concurrent Resolution 67 
     (104th Congress, 1st Session) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Reconciliation of Revenue Reductions in the Senate.--
       ``(1) Certification.--(A) In the Senate, upon the 
     certification pursuant to section 205(a) of this resolution, 
     the Senate Committee on Finance shall submit its 
     recommendations pursuant to paragraph (2) to the Senate 
     Committee on the Budget. After receiving the recommendations, 
     the Committee on the Budget shall add such recommendations to 
     the recommendations submitted pursuant to subsection (a) and 
     report a reconciliation bill carrying out all such 
     recommendations without any substantive revision.
       ``(B) The Chair of the Committee on the Budget shall file 
     with the Senate revised allocations, aggregates, and 
     discretionary spending limits under section 201(a)(1)(B) 
     increasing budget authority by $760,788,000 and outlays by 
     $760,788,000.
       ``(2) Committee on finance.--Funding for this section shall 
     be provided by limiting any tax cut provided in the 
     reconciliation bill to families with incomes less than 
     $150,000.''.
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                FEINGOLD (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2789

  Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Ms. Moseley-Braun, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
Bradley, Mr. Wellstone, Ms. Mikulski, and Mr. Simon) proposed an 
amendment to the bill H.R. 2099, supra; as follows:

       On page 125, strike lines 12 through 17.
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                 CHAFEE (AND LEVIN) AMENDMENT NO. 2790

  Mr. CHAFEE (for himself and Mr. Levin) proposed an amendment to the 
bill H.R. 2099, supra; as follows:

       On page 150, strike lines 12 through 24, and insert the 
     following: ``for this fiscal year and hereafter, an 
     industrial discharger that is a pharmaceutical manufacturing 
     facility and discharged to the Kalamazoo Water Reclamation 
     Plant (an advanced wastewater treatment plant with activated 
     carbon) prior to the date of enactment of this Act may be 
     exempted from categorical pretreatment standards under 
     section 307(b) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as 
     amended, if the following conditions are met: (1) the owner 
     or operator of the Kalamazoo Water Reclamation Plant applies 
     to the State of Michigan for an exemption for such industrial 
     discharger, (2) the State or Administrator, as applicable, 
     approves such exemption request based upon a determination 
     that the Kalamazoo Water Reclamation Plant will provide 
     treatment and pollution removal consistent with or better 
     than treatment and pollution removal requirements set forth 
     by the Environmental Protection Agency, the State determines 
     that the total removal of each pollutant released into the 
     environment will not be lesser than the total removal of such 
     pollutants that would occur in the absence of the exemption, 
     and (3) compliance with paragraph (2) is addressed by the 
     provisions and conditions of a permit issued to the Kalamazoo 
     Water Reclamation Plant under section 402 of such Act, and 
     there exists an operative''.
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                BINGAMAN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2791

  Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mrs. Hutchison, and Mr. Domenici) proposed 
an amendment to the bill H.R. 2099, supra; as follows:

       On page 40, line 17, insert before the period the 
     following: ``: Provided further, That section 916 of the 
     Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act shall apply 
     with respect to fiscal year 1996, notwithstanding section 
     916(f) of that Act''.
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                 CHAFEE (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2792

  Mr. CHAFEE (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. Santorum) proposed an 
amendment to the bill H.R. 2099, supra; as follows:

       On page 142, line 20, after the period, insert the 
     following: ``Provided further, That the Administrator shall 
     continue funding the Brownfields Economic Redevelopment 
     Initiative from available funds at a level necessary to 
     complete the award of 50 cumulative Brownfields Pilots 
     planned for award by the end of FY96 and carry out other 
     elements of the Brownfields Action Agenda in order to 
     facilitate economic redevelopment at Brownfields sites.''
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                      THURMOND AMENDMENT NO. 2793

  Mr. THURMOND proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2099, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 3, line 19, strike ``$1,345,300,000'' and insert 
     ``$1,352,180,000.''
       On page 3, strike line 24 and add ``as amended: Provided 
     further, That of the amounts appropriated for readjustment 
     benefits, $6,880,000 shall be available for funding the 
     Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training program 
     as authorized by sections 4481-4497 of Public Law 102-484, as 
     amended.''
       On page 10, line 18, strike ``$880,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$872,000,000.''
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                       HARKIN AMENDMENT NO. 2794

  Ms. MIKULSKI (for Mr. Harkin) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 
2099, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec.   . The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency shall not, under authority of section 6 of the Toxic 
     Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2605), take final action on 
     the proposed rule dated February 28, 1994 (59 Fed. Reg. 11122 
     (March 9, 1994)) to prohibit or otherwise restrict the 
     manufacturing, processing, distributing, or use of any 
     fishing sinkers or lures containing lead, zinc, or brass 
     unless the Administrator finds that the risk to waterfowl 
     cannot be addressed through alternative means in which case, 
     the rule making may proceed 180 days after Congress is 
     notified of the finding.
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                  BOND (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2795

  Mr. BOND (for himself, Mr. D'Amato, Mr. Bennett, and Mr. Mack) 
proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2099, supra; as follows:

       On page 105, beginning on line 10, strike ``SEC. 214.'' and 
     all that follows through line 4 on page 107:

     ``SEC. 214. SECTION 8 CONTRACT RENEWAL.

       ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Secretary shall renew upon expiration each contract 
     for project-based assistance under section 8 of the United 
     States Housing Act of 1937 that expires during fiscal year 
     1996 in accordance with this subsection.
       ``(b) Contract Term.--Each contract described in subsection 
     (a) may be renewed for a term not to exceed 2 years.
       ``(c) Rents and Other Contract Terms.--Except as provided 
     in subsections (d) and (e), 

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     the Secretary shall offer to renew each contract described in 
     subsection (a) (including any contract relating to a 
     multifamily project whose mortgage is insured or assisted 
     under the new construction and substantial rehabilitation 
     program under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
     1937):
       ``(1) at a rent equal to the budget-based rent for the 
     project;
       ``(2) at the current rent, where the current rent does not 
     exceed 120 percent of the fair market rent for the 
     jurisdiction in which the project is located; or
       ``(3) at the current rent, pending the implementation of 
     guidelines for budget-based rents.
       ``(d) Loan Management Set-Aside Contracts.--The Secretary 
     shall offer to renew each loan management set-aside contract 
     at a rent equal to the budget-based rent for the unit, as 
     determined by the Secretary, for a period not to exceed 1 
     year.
       ``(e) Tenant-Based Assistance Option.--Notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, the Secretary may, with the consent 
     of the owner of a project that is subject to a contract 
     described in subsection (a) and with notice to and in 
     consultation with the tenants, agree to provide tenant-based 
     rental assistance under section 8(b) or 8(o) in lieu of 
     renewing a contract to provide project-based rental 
     assistance under subsection (a). Subject to advance 
     appropriations, the Secretary may offer an owner incentives 
     to convert to tenant-based rental assistance.
       ``(f) Demonstration Program.--If a contract described in 
     subsection (a) is eligible for the demonstration program 
     under section 213, the Secretary may make the contract 
     subject to the requirements of section 213.
       ``(g) Definitions.--
       ``(1) Budget-Based Rent.--For purposes of this section, the 
     term ``budget-based rent'', with respect to a multifamily 
     housing project, means the rent that is established by the 
     Secretary, based on the actual and projected costs of 
     operating the project, at a level that will provide income 
     sufficient, with respect to the project, to support--
       ``(A) the debt service of the project.
       ``(B) the operating expenses of the project, including--
       (i) contributions to actual reserves;
       (ii) the costs of maintenance and necessary rehabilitation, 
     as determined by the Secretary;
       (iii) other costs permitted under section 8 of the United 
     States Housing Act of 1937, as determined by the Secretary.
       ``(C) an adequate allowance for potential and reasonable 
     operating losses due to vacancies and failure to collect 
     rents, as determined by the Secretary.
       ``(D) an allowance for a rate of return on equity to the 
     owner not to exceed 6 percent.
       ``(E) other expenses, as determined to be necessary by the 
     Secretary.
       ``(2) Basic Rental Charge for Section 236. ``A basic rental 
     charge'' determined or approved by the Secretary for a 
     project receiving interest reduction payments under section 
     236 of the National Housing Act shall be deemed a ``budget-
     based rent'' within the meaning of this section.''.
       ``(3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' refers to the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.''.
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              SIMON (AND MOSELEY-BRAUN) AMENDMENT NO. 2796

  Mr. BOND (for Mr. Simon for himself and Ms. Moseley-Braun) proposed 
an amendment to the bill H.R. 2099, supra; as follows:

       On page 169, at the end of line 7, insert before the period 
     the following: ``effective April 1, 1997: Provided, That none 
     of the aforementioned authority or responsibility for 
     enforcement of the Fair Housing Act shall be transferred to 
     the Attorney General until adequate personnel and resources 
     allocated to such activity at the Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development are transferred to the Department of 
     Justice.''
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                      JOHNSTON AMENDMENT NO. 2797

  Mr. BOND (for Mr. Johnston) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 
2099, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert: ``Not later than 90 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 
     the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall enter into an 
     arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to 
     investigate and report on the scientific bases for the public 
     recommendations of the EPA with respect to indoor radon and 
     other naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM). The 
     National Academy shall examine EPA's guidelines in light of 
     the recommendations of the National Council on Radiation 
     Protection and Measurements, and other peer-reviewed research 
     by the National Cancer Institute, the Centers for Disease 
     Control, and others, on radon and NORM. The National Academy 
     shall summarize the principal areas of agreement and 
     disagreement among the above, and shall evaluate the 
     scientific and technical basis for any differences that 
     exist. Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 
     of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to Congress the 
     report of the National Academy and a statement, the 
     Administrator's views on the need to revise guidelines for 
     radon and NORM in response to the evaluation of the National 
     Academy. Such statement shall explain and differentiate the 
     technical and policy bases for such views.''
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                      BINGAMAN AMENDMENT NO. 2798

  Mr. BOND (for Mr. Bingaman) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 
2099, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC.   . ENERGY SAVINGS AT FEDERAL FACILITIES.

       (a) Reduction in Facilities Energy Costs.--
       (1) In general.--The head of each agency for which funds 
     are made available under this Act shall--
       (A) take all actions necessary to achieve during fiscal 
     year 1996 a 5 percent reduction, from fiscal year 1995 
     levels, in the energy costs of the facilities used by the 
     agency; or
       (B) enter into a sufficient number of energy savings 
     performance contracts with private sector energy service 
     companies under title VIII of the National Energy 
     Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287 et seq.) to achieve 
     during fiscal year 1996 at least a 5 percent reduction, from 
     fiscal year 1995 levels, in the energy use of the facilities 
     used by the agency.
       (2) Goal.--The activities described in paragraph (1) should 
     be a key component of agency programs that will by the year 
     2000 result in a 20 percent reduction, from fiscal year 1985 
     levels, in the energy use of the facilities used by the 
     agency, as required by section 543 of the National Energy 
     Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253).
       (b) Use of Cost Savings.--An amount equal to the amount of 
     cost savings realized by an agency under subsection (a) shall 
     remain available for obligation through the end of fiscal 
     year 2000, without further authorization or appropriation, as 
     follows:
       (1) Conservation measures.--Fifty percent of the amount 
     shall remain available for the implementation of additional 
     energy conservation measures and for water conservation 
     measures at such facilities used by the agency as are 
     designated by the head of the agency.
       (2) Other purposes.--Fifty percent of the amount shall 
     remain available for use by the agency for such purposes as 
     are designated by the head of the agency, consistent with 
     applicable law.
       (c) Reports.--
       (1) By agency heads.--The head of each agency for which 
     funds are made available under this Act shall include in each 
     report of the agency to the Secretary of Energy under section 
     548(a) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 
     U.S.C. 8258(a)) a description of the results of the 
     activities carried out under subsection (a) and 
     recommendations concerning how to further reduce energy costs 
     and energy consumption in the future.
       (2) By secretary of energy.--The reports required under 
     paragraph (1) shall be included in the annual reports 
     required to be submitted to Congress by the Secretary of 
     Energy under section 548(b) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 8258(b)).
       (3) Contents.--With respect to the period since the date of 
     the preceding report, a report under paragraph (1) or (2) 
     shall--
       (A) specify the total energy costs of the facilities used 
     by the agency;
       (B) identify the reductions achieved;
       (C) specify the actions that resulted in the reductions;
       (D) with respect to the procurement procedures of the 
     agency, specify what actions have been taken to--
       (i) implement the procurement authorities provided by 
     subsections (a) and (c) of section 546 of the National Energy 
     Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8256); and
       (ii) incorporate directly, or by reference, the 
     requirements of the regulations issued by the Secretary of 
     Energy under title VIII of the Act (42 U.S.C. 8287 et seq.); 
     and
       (E) specify--
       (i) the actions taken by the agency to achieve the goal 
     specified in subsection (a)(2);
       (ii) the procurement procedures and methods used by the 
     agency under section 546(a)(2) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
     8256(a)(2)); and
       (iii) the number of energy savings performance contracts 
     entered into by the agency under title VIII of the Act (42 
     U.S.C. 8287 et seq.).
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                        BOND AMENDMENT NO. 2799

  Mr. BOND proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2099, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 153, line 17, strike ``$166,000,000'', and insert 
     ``$168,900,000''.
       On page 153, line 21, strike ``$4,400,000'', and insert 
     ``$4,673,000''.
       On page 154, line 13, strike ``$100,000,000'', and insert 
     ``$114,173,000''.
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                        BOND AMENDMENT NO. 2800

  Mr. BOND proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2099, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 22, line 5, insert the following:
       ``Sec. 111. During fiscal year 1996, not to exceed 
     $5,700,000 may be transferred from `Medical care' to `Medical 
     administration and miscellaneous operating expenses.' No 
     transfer may occur until 20 days after the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs provides written notice to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations.''
       On page 27, line 23, insert a comma after the word 
     ``analysis''.
       On page 28, line 1, strike out ``program and'' and insert 
     in lieu thereof ``program,''.

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       On page 28, line 18, strike out ``or court orders''.
       On page 28, line 20, strike out ``and''.
       On page 29, line 13, strike out ``amount'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof ``$624,000,000''.
       On page 29, line 17, strike out ``plan of actions'' and 
     insert in lieu thereof ``plans of action''.
       On page 29, line 21, strike out ``be closed'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof ``close''.
       On page 29, lines 23 and 24, strike out ``$624,000,000 
     appropriated in the preceding proviso'' and insert in lieu 
     thereof ``foregoing $624,000,000''.
       On page 30, line 2, strike out ``the discretion to give'' 
     and insert in lieu thereof ``giving''.
       On page 30, line 12, strike out ``proviso'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof ``provision''.
       On page 32, line 10, strike out ``purpose'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof ``purposes''.
       On page 33, line 6, strike out ``purpose'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof ``purposes''.
       On page 33, line 10, strike out ``determined'' and insert 
     in lieu thereof ``determines''.
       On page 33, strike out lines 15 and 15, and insert in lieu 
     thereof ``funding made available pursuant to this paragraph 
     and that has not been obligated by the agency and distribute 
     such funds to one or more''.
       On page 33, line 23, strike out ``agencies and'' and insert 
     ``agencies and to''.
       On page 40, strike out line 9 and insert ``a grant made 
     available under the preceding proviso to the Housing 
     Assistance Council or the National American Indian Housing 
     Council, or a grant using funds under section 107(b)(3) of 
     the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974)''.
       On page 40, beginning on line 20, strike out ``public and 
     Indian housing agencies'' and insert in lieu thereof 
     ``public housing agencies (including Indian housing 
     authorities), nonprofit corporations, and other 
     appropriate entities''.
       On page 40, line 22, strike out ``and'' the second time it 
     appears and insert a comma.
       On page 40, line 24, insert after ``1437f)'' the following: 
     ``, and other low-income families and individuals''.
       On page 41, line 5, after ``Provided'' insert ``further''.
       On page 41, line 6, after ``shall include'' insert 
     ``congregate services for the elderly and disabled, service 
     coordinators, and''.
       On page 45, line 24, strike out ``orginally'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof ``originally''.
       On page 45, strike out the matter after ``That'' on line 
     26, through line 5 on page 46, and insert in lieu thereof 
     ``the Secretary may use any negative subsidy amounts from the 
     sale of such assigned mortgage notes during fiscal year 1996 
     for the disposition of properties or notes under this 
     heading.''.
       On page 47, strike out the matter after ``That'' on line 
     17, through ``Development'' on line 25, and insert in lieu 
     thereof ``the Secretary may use any negative subsidy amounts 
     from the sale of such assigned mortgage notes during fiscal 
     year 1996, in addition to amounts otherwise provided, for the 
     disposition of properties or notes under this heading 
     (including the credit subsidy for the guarantee of loans or 
     the reduction of positive credit subsidy amounts that would 
     otherwise be required for the sale of such properties or 
     notes), and for any other purpose under this heading''.
       On page 68, line 1, after ``Section 1002'' insert ``(d)''.
       On page 69, lines 5 and 6, strike out ``Notwithstanding the 
     previous sentence'' and insert in lieu thereof ``Where the 
     rent determined under the previous sentence is less than 
     $25''.
       On page 70, line 12, strike out ``and'' and insert in lieu 
     thereof ``any''.
       On page 71, line 1, strike out ``(A) In General.--''.
       On page 71, strike out lines 11 through 18.
       On page 72, line 6, after ``comment,'' insert ``a''.
       On page 72, line 7, strike out ``are'' and insert ``is''.
       On page 72, line 18, after ``comment,'' insert ``a''.
       On page 72, line 19, strike out ``are'' and insert ``is''.
       On page 74, line 6, strike out ``selection criteria'' and 
     insert in lieu thereof ``system of preferences for 
     selection''.
       On page 74, line 11, strike out ``selection criteria'' and 
     insert in lieu thereof ``system of preferences for 
     selection''.
       On page 74, strike out lines 13 through 16, and redesignate 
     subsequent paragraphs.
       On page 75, line 1, strike out ``selection criteria'' and 
     insert in lieu thereof ``system of preferences for 
     selection''.
       On page 75, strike out the matter beginning on line 12 
     through line 19 on page 76, and insert in lieu thereof the 
     following:
       ``(B) Cranston-gonzalez national affordable housing act.--
     Section 522(f)(b)(B) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
     Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12704 et seq.) is amended 
     by striking `any preferences for such assistance under 
     section 8(d)(1)(A)(i)' and inserting `written system of 
     preferences for selection established pursuant to section 
     8(d)(1)(A)'.
       ``(C) Housing and community development act of 1992.--
     Section 655 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
     1992 (42 U.S.C. 13615) is amended by striking `the 
     preferences' and all that follows through the period at the 
     end and inserting `any preferences'.''.
       On page 76, line 20, strike out ``(E)'' and insert ``(D)''.
       On page 77, lines 3 and 4, strike out ``selection 
     criteria'' and insert in lieu thereof ``system of preferences 
     for selection''.
       On page 86, line 1, strike out ``of issuance and''.
       On page 87, line 13, after ``evaluations of'', insert ``up 
     to 15''.
       On page 87, line 17, strike out ``(d)'' and insert ``(e)''.
       On page 90, line 2, strike out ``Secretary.'' and insert 
     ``Secretary; and''.
       On page 90, line 5, strike out ``agree to cooperate with'' 
     and insert in lieu thereof ``participate in a''.
       On page 92, line 21, strike out ``final''.
       On page 95, line 9, after ``agency'' insert ``in connection 
     with a program authorized under section 542 (b) or (c) of the 
     Housing and Community Development Act of 1992''.
       On page 95, strike out lines 11 and 12, and insert in lieu 
     thereof ``542(c)(4) of such Act.''.
       On page 95, strike out the matter beginning with ``a'' on 
     line 17 through ``section'' on line 18, and insert in lieu 
     thereof ``an assistance contract under this section, other 
     than a contract for tenant-based assistance,''.
       On page 96, line 10, strike out ``years'' and insert 
     ``year''.
       On page 102, line 18, strike out ``section 216(c)(4) 
     hereof'' and insert in lieu thereof ``paragraph (4)''.
       On page 106, line 8, strike out ``subject to'' and insert 
     in lieu thereof ``eligible for''.
       On page 106, line 14, strike out ``(8 NC/SR)'' and insert 
     in lieu thereof ``the section 8 new construction or 
     substantial rehabilitation program''.
       On page 106, line 15, strike out ``subject to'' and insert 
     in lieu thereof ``eligible for''.
       On page 107, line 6, strike out ``Sec. 217.'' and insert 
     ``Sec. 215.''.
       On page 117, line 8, strike out ``subparagraphs'' and 
     insert ``subsections''.
       On page 117, line 10, strike out ``subsections'' and insert 
     ``subparagraphs''.
       On page 117, line 11, strike out ``subparagraph'' and 
     insert ``subsection''.
       On page 118, strike out lines 19 through 21, and insert in 
     lieu thereof the following:
       ``(1) Subsection (a) is amended by--
       (A) striking out in the first sentence `low-income' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof `very low-income'; and
       (B) striking out `eligible low income housing' and 
     inserting in lieu thereof `housing financed under the 
     programs set forth in section 229(1)(A) of this Act'.''.
       On page 120, line 2, strike out ``Subsection'' and insert 
     ``Paragraph''.
       On page 120, strike out lines 18 through 22, and insert in 
     lieu thereof the following:
       ``(2) Paragraph (8) is amended--
       (A) by deleting in subparagraph (A) the words `determining 
     the authorized return under section 219(b)(6)(ii)';
       (B) by deleting in subparagraph (B) `and 221'; and
       (C) by deleting in subparagraph (B) the words `acquisition 
     loans under''.
       On page 121, line 3, strike out ``Subsection'' and insert 
     ``Paragraph''.
       On page 122, line 4, strike out ``Subsection'' and insert 
     ``Paragraph''.
       On page 122, line 13, strike out ``Subsection'' and insert 
     ``Section''.
       On page 122, line 21, strike out ``Subsection'' and insert 
     ``Section''.
       On page 147, line 17, before the period, insert the 
     following:
       ``: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated in the 
     Construction Grants and Water Infrastructure/State Revolving 
     Funds accounts since the appropriation for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 1992, and hereafter, for making grants 
     for wastewater treatment works construction projects, 
     portions may be provided by the recipients to states for 
     managing construction grant activities, on condition that the 
     states agree to reimburse the recipients from state funding 
     sources''.
       On page 149, line 19, strike ``phase IV'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof ``phase VI''.
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                KEMPTHORNE (AND BOND) AMENDMENT NO. 2801

  Mr. BOND (for Mr. Kempthorne for himself and Mr. Bond) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, H.R. 2099, supra; as follows:

       On page 147, line 6, strike ``December 31, 1995'' and 
     insert ``April 30, 1996''.
       On page 147, line 17, strike ``December 31, 1995'' and 
     insert ``April 30, 1996''.
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                      FAIRCLOTH AMENDMENT NO. 2802

  Mr. BOND (for Mr. Faircloth) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 
2099, supra; as follows:

       On page 128, add a new section to the bill:
       ``Sec.   . None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
     used during fiscal year 1996 to investigate or prosecute 
     under the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601, et seq.) any 
     otherwise lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, 
     including the filing or maintaining of nonfrivolous legal 
     action, that is engaged in solely for the purposes of--
       ``(1) achieving or preventing action by a Government 
     official, entity, or court of competent jurisdiction.''.
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                 FAIRCLOTH (AND KYL) AMENDMENT NO. 2803

  Mr. BOND (for Mr. Faircloth for himself and Mr. Kyl) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, H.R. 2099, supra; as follows:


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       On page 128, add a new section to the bill:
       ``Sec.   . None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
     used to take any enforcement action with respect to a 
     complaint of discrimination under the Fair Housing Act (42 
     U.S.C. 3601, et seq.) on the basis of familial status and 
     which involves an occupancy standard established by the 
     housing provider except to the extent that it is found that 
     there has been discrimination in contravention of the 
     standards provided in the March 20, 1991, Memorandum from the 
     General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development of all Regional Counsels or until such time that 
     HUD issues a final rule in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553.''.
                                 ______


                      FEINSTEIN AMENDMENT NO. 2804

  Mr. BOND (for Mrs. Feinstein) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 
2099, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following 
     new section:

     SEC.--. CDBG ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.

       Section 105(a) of the Housing and Community Development Act 
     of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (4)--
       (A) by inserting ``reconstruction,'' after ``removal,''; 
     and
       (B) by striking ``acquisition for rehabilitation, and 
     rehabilition'' and inserting ``acquisition for reconstruction 
     or rehabilitation, and reconstruction or rehabilitation'';
       (2) in paragraph (13), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (3) by striking paragraph (19);
       (4) in paragraph (24), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (5) in paragraph (25), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and'';
       (6) by redesignating paragraphs (20) through (25) as 
     paragraphs (19) through (24), respectively; and
       (7) by redesignating paragraph (21) (as added by section 
     1012(f)(3) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
     1992) as paragraph (25).
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                WARNER (AND NICKLES) AMENDMENT NO. 2805

  Mr. BOND (for Mr. Warner, for himself and Mr. Nickles) proposed an 
amendment to the bill H.R. 2099, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title III, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 3. EPA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AND STAFFING.

       (a) Star Program.--The Administrator of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency may not use any funds made available under 
     this Act to implement the Science to Achieve Results [STAR] 
     Program unless--
       (1) the use of the funds would not reduce any funding 
     available to the laboratories of the Agency for staffing, 
     cooperative agreements, grants, or support contracts; or
       (2) the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and House 
     of Representatives grant prior approval. Transfers of funds 
     to support STAR activities shall be considered a 
     reprogramming of funds. Further, said approval shall be 
     contingent upon submission of a report to the Committees as 
     specified in section (c)(2) below.
       (b) Contractor Conversion.--The Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency may not use any funds to--
       (1) hire employees and create any new staff positions under 
     the contractor conversion program in the Office of Research 
     and Development.
       (c) Report.--Not later than January 1, 1996, the 
     Administrator shall submit to the Appropriations Committees 
     of the Senate and House of Representatives a report which--
       (1) provides a staffing plan for the Office of Research and 
     Development indicating the use of Federal and contract 
     employees;
       (2) identifies the amount of funds to be reprogrammed to 
     STAR activities; and
       (3) provides a listing of any resource reductions below 
     fiscal year 1995 funding levels, by specific laboratory, from 
     Federal staffing, cooperative agreements, grants, or support 
     contracts as a result of funding for the STAR Program.
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               MOYNIHAN (AND D'AMATO) AMENDMENT NO. 2806

  Mr. BOND (for Mr. Moynihan, for himself, and Mr. D'Amato) proposed an 
amendment to the bill H.R. 2099, supra; as follows:

       On page 43, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
       ``The amount made available for fiscal year 1995 for a 
     special purpose grant for the renovation of the central 
     terminal in Buffalo, New York, shall be made available for 
     the central terminal and for other public facilities in 
     Buffalo, New York.''.
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                        BOND AMENDMENT NO. 2807

  Mr. BOND proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2099, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 130, strike out the matter beginning with line 19 
     through line 2 on page 131, and insert in lieu thereof the 
     following: ``For necessary expenses for the Corporation for 
     National and Community Service in carrying out the orderly 
     terminations of programs, activities, and initiatives under 
     the National and Community Service Act of 1990, as amended 
     (Public Law 103-82), $6,000,000: Provided, That such amount 
     shall be utilized to resolve all responsibilities and 
     obligations in connection with said Corporation and the 
     Corporation's Office of Inspector General.''
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                      FEINGOLD AMENDMENT NO. 2808

  Mr. BOND (for Mr. Feingold) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 
2099, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, add the following:

     SEC.   . REPORT ON IMPACT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUNDS ON 
                   PLAN RELOCATIONS AND JOB DISLOCATION.

       Not later than October 1, 1996, the Secretary of the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development shall submit to 
     the appropriate Committees of the Congress a report on--
       (1) the extent to which funds provided under section 106 
     (Community Development Block Grants), section 107 (Special 
     Purpose Grants), and Section 108(q) (Economic Development 
     Grants) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, 
     have been used to facilitate the closing of an industrial or 
     commercial plant or the substantial reduction of operations 
     of a plant and result in the relocation or expansion of a 
     plant from one state to another;
       (2) substantial the extent to which the availability of 
     such funds has been a factor in the decision to relocate a 
     plant from one state to another;
       (3) an analysis of the extent to which provisions in other 
     laws prohibiting the use of federal funds to facilitate the 
     closing of an industrial or commercial plant or the 
     substantial reduction in the operations of such plant and the 
     relocation or expansion of a plant have been effective; and
       (4) recommendations as to how federal programs can be 
     designed to prevent the use of federal funds to facilitate 
     the transfer of jobs from one state to another.

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