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expendable for travel expenses and no specific limitation has been placed
thereon, the expenditures for such travel expenses may not exceed the
amounts set forth therefor in the budget estimates submitted for the
appropriations: Provided, That this section shall not apply to travel
performed by uncompensated officials of local boards and appeal boards of
the Selective Service System; to travel performed directly in connection
with care and treatment of medical beneficiaries of the Department of
Veterans Affairs; to travel performed in connection with major disasters or
emergencies declared or determined by the President under the provisions
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act;
to travel performed by the Offices of Inspector General in connection
with audits and investigations; or to payments to interagency motor pools
where separately set forth in the budget schedules: Provided further,
That if appropriations in titles I, II, and III exceed the amounts set
forth in budget estimates initially submitted for such appropriations,
the expenditures for travel may correspondingly exceed the amounts therefor
set forth in the estimates in the same proportion.

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expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the
Selective Service System shall be available in the current fiscal year
for purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law
(5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.

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to the Government Corporation Control Act or section 402 of the Housing
Act of 1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations on
administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract or fee basis,
and for utilizing and making payment for services and facilities of Federal
National Mortgage Association, Government National Mortgage Association,
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Resolution
Trust Corporation, Federal Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal
Home Loan banks, and any insured bank within the meaning of the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1831).

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available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly
so provided herein.

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(1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or employee of the United
States unless--
(A) such certification is accompanied by, or is part of, a voucher or
abstract which describes the payee or payees and the items or services
for which such expenditure is being made, or
(B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to such certification, and without
such a voucher or abstract, is specifically authorized by law; and
(2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit by the General Accounting
Office or is specifically exempt by law from such audit.

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may be expended for the transportation of any officer or employee of such
department or agency between his domicile and his place of employment, with
the exception of any officer or employee authorized such transportation
under title 31, United States Code, section 1344.

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through grants or contracts, to recipients that do not share in the cost of
conducting research resulting from proposals not specifically solicited by
the Government: Provided, That the extent of cost sharing by the recipient
shall reflect the mutuality of interest of the grantee or contractor and
the Government in the research.

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or through grants, to pay or to provide reimbursement for payment of the
salary of a consultant (whether retained by the Federal Government or a
grantee) at more than the daily equivalent of the maximum rate paid for
GS-18, unless specifically authorized by law.

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compensation and benefits shall be available for other object classifications
set forth in the budget estimates submitted for the appropriations: Provided,
That this section shall not apply to any part of the appropriations contained
in this Act for Offices of Inspector General personnel compensation and
benefits.

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of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory
or adjudicatory proceedings. Nothing herein affects the authority of the
Consumer Product Safety Commission pursuant to section 7 of the Consumer
Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2056 et seq.).

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an existing Executive order issued pursuant to an existing law, the
obligation or expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for contracts
for any consulting service shall be limited to contracts which are (1)
a matter of public record and available for public inspection, and (2)
thereafter included in a publicly available list of all contracts entered
into within twenty-four months prior to the date on which the list is made
available to the public and of all contracts on which performance has not
been completed by such date. The list required by the preceding sentence
shall be updated quarterly and shall include a narrative description of
the work to be performed under each such contract.

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contained in this Act shall be obligated or expended by any executive
agency, as referred to in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41
U.S.C. 401 et seq.) for a contract for services unless such executive agency
(1) has awarded and entered into such contract in full compliance with
such Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder, and (2) requires any
report prepared pursuant to such contract, including plans, evaluations,
studies, analyses and manuals, and any report prepared by the agency
which is substantially derived from or substantially includes any report
prepared pursuant to such contract, to contain information concerning
(A) the contract pursuant to which the report was prepared, and (B) the
contractor who prepared the report pursuant to such contract.

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provided in this Act to any department or agency shall be obligated or
expended to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal servants
to any officer or employee of such department or agency.

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agency shall be obligated or expended to procure passenger automobiles as
defined in 15 U.S.C. 2001 with an EPA estimated miles per gallon average
of less than 22 miles per gallon.

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programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the levels appropriated
in this Act.

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used to enter into any new lease of real property if the estimated annual
rental is more than $300,000, unless the Secretary submits, in writing,
a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the Congress and a period
of 30 days has expired following the date on which the report is received
by the Committees on Appropriations.

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to the Congress at least once a month on the status of the review required
by section 21A(b)(11)(B) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act and the actions
taken with respect to the agreements described in such section. The report
shall describe, for each such agreement, the review that has been conducted
and the action that has been taken, if any, to rescind or to restructure,
modify, or renegotiate the agreement. In describing the action taken, the
Corporation is not required to provide detailed information regarding an
ongoing investigation or negotiation. The Corporation shall exercise any
and all legal rights to restructure, modify, renegotiate or rescind such
agreement, notwithstanding any other provision of law, where the savings
would be realized.
(b) To expend any appropriated funds for the purpose of restructuring,
modifying, or renegotiating the agreements described in subsection (a),
the Corporation shall certify to the Congress, for each such agreement,
the following:
(1) the Corporation has completed its review of the agreement, as required
by section 21A(b)(11)(B) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act;
(2)(A) at the time of certification, in the opinion of the Corporation and
based upon the information available to it, there is insufficient evidence
or other indication of fraud, misrepresentation, failure to disclose
a material fact, failure to perform under the terms of the agreement,
improprieties in the bidding process, failure to comply with any law,
rule or regulation regarding the validity of the agreement, or any other
legal basis sufficient for the rescission of the agreement; or
(B) at the time of certification, the Corporation finds that there may
be sufficient evidence to provide a legal basis for the rescission of the
assistance agreement, but the Corporation determines that it may be in the
best interest of the Government to restructure, modify or renegotiate the
assistance agreement; and
(3) the Corporation has or will promptly exercise any and all legal rights
to modify, renegotiate, or restructure the agreement where savings would
be realized by such actions.

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of law, obligations in fiscal year 1993 for personnel compensation and
benefits, travel, and the other object classifications of expense for
all headquarters' offices for the Department of Veterans Affairs, the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Environmental Protection
Agency, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration, and the National Science Foundation shall not
exceed the dollar amounts obligated for such activities in fiscal year 1992.

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Code (relating to requirements for single audits), the City of Walnut Creek,
California, shall be permitted to conduct audits biennially.

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stadium complex at the Potomac Yard in Alexandria, Virginia, or any public
improvement serving such stadium complex, until an environmental impact
statement has been prepared by the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency (or another Federal agency designated by such
Administrator) with respect to such proposed stadium complex in accordance
with section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)). This section shall not apply to any action by the
Environmental Protection Agency with respect to the cleanup of hazardous
wastes and other pollutants at the Potomac Yard.

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No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be expended by an entity
unless the entity agrees that in expending the assistance the entity
will comply with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41
U.S.C. 10a-10c, popularly known as the `Buy American Act').

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(a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS- In the case of any
equipment or product that may be authorized to be purchased with financial
assistance provided under this Act, it is the sense of the Congress that
entities receiving such assistance should, in expending the assistance,
purchase only American-made equipment and products.
(b) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE- In providing financial assistance
under this Act, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
shall provide to each recipient of the assistance a notice describing the
statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress.

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appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act that is not required
to be appropriated or otherwise made available by a provision of law is
reduced by 1 percent, except for the provisions regarding Department of
Veterans Affairs programs.
This Act may be cited as the `Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing
and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993'.
Passed the House of Representatives July 29, 1992.
Attest:
Clerk.
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