[House Report 104-206]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



104th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 1st Session                                                    104-206
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 PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2099, DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS 
    AFFAIRS, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
                APPROPRIATIONS BILL FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996

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   July 25, 1995.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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   Mr. Quillen, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 201]
    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 201, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

               brief summary of provisions of resolution

    The resolution provides an open rule for the consideration 
of H.R. 2099, the VA-HUD-Independent Agencies Appropriations 
Bill for fiscal year 1996. The rule provides one hour of 
general debate divided equally between the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. The rule 
waives clauses 2 and 6 of rule 21, prohibiting unauthorized and 
legislative provisions in an appropriations bill and 
reappropriations, respectively, against provisions in the bill.
    The rule provides that the amendment printed in part 1 of 
the report on the rule is considered as pending. The amendment 
is not subject to amendment but is debatable for 30 minutes 
equally divided between the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Appropriations Committee. The rule authorizes the 
chairman of the Committee of the Whole to accord priority in 
recognition to Members who have preprinted their amendments in 
the Record.
    The rule waives all points of order against the amendments 
printed in part 2 of the rule (summarized in the section 
below). Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with 
or without instructions.

       summary of amendments made in order in part 2 of the rule

    1. Klug (WI)--Inserts a new section 211 in the bill, 
``Demonstration Project for Elimination of Take-One-Take-All 
Requirement,'' to prevent low-income families from being forced 
to find new housing by waiving section 8 ``take one, take all'' 
provision for the Sommerset Circle housing complex in Madison, 
Wisconsin.
    2. Davis (VA)--Inserts a new section 519 in the bill, 
prohibiting the Administrator of EPA from any further hiring in 
the Agency's Office of Research and Development and requiring 
the Administration to maintain the funding of all existing 
scientific and technical support contracts at not less than the 
current level. The amendment requires that not later than Jan. 
1, 1996, the head of the Office of Research and Development of 
EPA shall submit to Congress a report on all staffing plans 
that include the use of Federal and contract employees.
                                 PART 1

    The amendment considered as pending under the rule is as 
follows:
    On page 8, line 9, strike ``$16,713,521,000'' and insert 
``$16,777,474,000''.
    On page 8, line 11, strike ``$771,000,000'' and insert 
``$789,000,000''.
    On page 8, after line 21, and insert the following:

                health professional scholarship program

    For payment of health professional scholarship program 
grants, as authorized by law, to students who agree to a 
service obligation with the Department of Veterans Affairs at 
one of its medical facilities, $10,386,000.
    On page 20, line 25, strike ``$10,041,589,000'' and insert 
``$10,182,359,000''.
    On page 21, lines 18 through 21, strike the proviso and on 
p. 22, line 4, after the colon insert the following new 
proviso:

``Provided further, That of the amounts earmarked under this 
head for modernization of existing public housing projects, 
$15,000,000 shall be used for the Tenant Opportunity Program:''
    On page 22, line 15, strike ``$1,000,000,000'' and insert 
``$1,440,770,000''.
    On page 23, line 7, after ``Housing Act:'' insert the 
following new proviso:

``Provided further, That of the funds earmarked in this 
appropriations Act for special needs housing, the Secretary may 
waive any provision of section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 
and section 811 of the National Affordable Housing Act 
(including the provisions governing the terms and conditions of 
project rental assistance) that the Secretary determines is not 
necessary to achieve the objectives of these programs, or that 
otherwise impedes the ability to develop, operate or administer 
projects assisted under these programs, and may make provision 
for alternative conditions or terms where appropriate:''
    On page 24, line 1, strike ``$4,941,589,000'' and insert 
``$4,641,589,000''.
    On page 28, line 3, strike ``$576,000,000'' and insert 
``$676,000,000''.
    On page 30, line 15, strike ``$495,355,000'' and insert 
``$505,745,000''.
    On page 32, line 7, strike ``$302,056,000'' and insert 
``$308,290,000''.
    On page 32, line 14, after the last comma insert the 
following:

``That any amounts made available in any prior appropriation 
Act for the cost (as such term is defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of guaranteed loans that are 
obligations of the funds established under section 238 or 519 
of the National Housing Act that have not been made available 
for obligation or that are deobligated shall be available to 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in connection 
with the making of such guarantees and shall remain available 
until expended, notwithstanding the expiration of any period of 
availability otherwise applicable to such amounts: Provided 
further, That any amounts of negative subsidy resulting in 
fiscal year 1996 from the sales of assigned mortgage notes or 
insurance actions that exceed the amounts of negative subsidy 
determined to be generated during such fiscal year, based on 
the assumptions specified in the President's Budget for such 
fiscal year, shall be available to the Secretary for the costs 
of any note sales or insurance actions, without regard to 
whether the source of the negative subsidy amount is a note 
sale or insurance action, and the last proviso of this 
paragraph shall not apply to such amounts so used in 
connections with insurance actions: Provided further,''
    On page 33, after line 2, insert the following new 
paragraph:
    ``In addition, for the cost of guarantees for loans, as 
authorized by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1715z-3 and 1735c), $69,620,000: Provided, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974.''
    On page 33, line 16, strike ``$193,299,000'' and insert 
``$197,455,000''.
    On page 34, strike line 12 and all that follows through 
line 16 on page 35, and redesignate the subsections 
accordingly.
    On page 39, lines 3, 10, and 16-17, strike the words ``and 
the cost of any utilities''.
    On Page 48, after line 25, insert the following new 
sections:
    Sec. 211. Extension of Multifamily Housing Finance 
Program.--(a) Section 542(b)(5) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1707 note) is amended by 
striking ``on not more than 15,000 units over fiscal years 1993 
and 1994'' and inserting ``on not more than 7,500 units during 
fiscal year 1996''.
    (b) Section 542(c)(4) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1707 note) is amended by 
striking ``on not to exceed 30,000 units over fiscal years 
1993, 1994, and 1995'' and inserting ``on not more than 10,000 
units during fiscal year 1996''.
    Sec. 212. Documentation of Multifamily Refinancings.--
Notwithstanding the 16th paragraph under the item relating to 
``ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS'' in title II of the Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103-
327; 108 Stat. 2316), the amendments to section 223(a)(7) of 
the National Housing Act made by the 15th paragraph of such Act 
shall be effective during fiscal years 1996 and thereafter.
    On page 54, line 17, strike the word ``four'' and insert 
the word ``five'' in lieu thereof.
    On page 63, line 13, strike all after the comma to the end 
of the line 16 and insert the following in lieu thereof:
    ``That except for grants made under sec. 1443(a) of the 
Public Health Service Act, appropriations for programs and 
projects pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
made available under this heading shall be available only upon 
enactment of legislation reauthorizing such Act, and 
appropriations for programs and projects pursuant to other Acts 
made available under this heading shall be available only upon 
enactment of legislation specifically authorizing such 
appropriations.''
    On page 64, line 16, strike the number ``$320,000,000'' and 
insert the number ``$235,500,000'' in lieu thereof.
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                                 PART 2

1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Klug of Wisconsin or a 
                                Designee

    Page 48, after line 25, insert the following new section:

SEC. 211. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR ELIMINATION OF TAKE-ONE-TAKE-ALL 
                    REQUIREMENT.

    In order to demonstrate the effects of eliminating the 
requirement under section 8(t) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937, notwithstanding any assistance provided under any 
program under section 8 of such Act for the multifamily housing 
project consisting of the dwelling units located at 2401-2479 
Sommerset Circle, in Madison, Wisconsin, or on behalf of 
residents in such project, section 8(t) of such Act shall not 
apply with respect to such project.
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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Davis of Virginia or a 
                                Designee

    Page 87, after line 25, insert the following new section:
    Sec. 519. (a) Contractor Conversion.--The Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency shall cease any further 
hiring in the Agency's Office of Research and Development, and 
shall maintain the funding of all existing scientific and 
technical support contracts at not less than the current level.
    (b) Report.--Not later than January 1, 1996, the head of 
the Office of Research and Development of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall submit to the Congress a report on all 
staffing plans including the use of Federal and contract 
employees.