PUBLIC LAW 97-377, 96 STAT. 1830

97th CONGRESS, H.J. RES. 631 DECEMBER 21, 1982
Joint Resolution Making further continuing appropriations and providing

for productive employment

for the fiscal year 1983, and for other purposes.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units of the Government for the fiscal year 1983, and for other purposes, namely:

TITLE I FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1983

Sec. 101. (a)(1) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing projects or activities (not otherwise specifically provided for in this joint resolution) which were conducted in the fiscal year 1982 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority would be available in the following appropriations Act:

Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriation Act, 1983.

(2) Appropriations made by this subsection shall be available to the extent and in the manner which would be provided by the pertinent appropriation Act.

(3) Whenever the amount which would be made available or the authority which would be granted under an Act listed in this subsection as passed the House as of December 17, 1982, is different from that which would be available or granted under such Act as passed by the Senate as of December 17, 1982, the pertinent project or activity shall be continued under the lesser amount or the more restrictive authority: Provided, That where an item is included in only one version of an Act as passed by both Houses as of December 17, 1982, the pertinent project or activity shall be continued under the appropriation, fund, or authority granted by the one House, but at a rate for operations of the current rate or the rate permitted by the action of the one House, whichever is lower, and under the authority and conditions provided in applicable appropriation Acts for the fiscal year 1982: Provided further, That for the purposes of this joint resolution, when an Act listed in this subsection has been reported to the House or the Senate but not passed by that House as of December 17, 1982, it shall be deemed as having been passed by that House.

(4) Whenever an Act listed in this subsection has been passed by only the House as of December 17, 1982, the pertinent project or activity shall be continued under the appropriation, fund, or authority granted by the House, but at a rate for operations of the current rate or the rate permitted by the action of the House, whichever is lower, and under the authority and conditions provided in applicable appropriation Acts for the fiscal year 1982.

(5) No provision which is included in an appropriation Act enumerated in this subsection but which was not included in the applicable appropriation Act of 1982, and which by its terms is applicable to more than one appropriation, fund, or authority shall be applicable to any appropriation, fund, or authority provided in the joint resolution unless such provision shall have been included in identical form in such bill as enacted by both the House and the Senate.

(b)(1) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing the activities of the Foreign Assistance Appropriations Act of 1982, Public Law 97 - 121, // 95 Stat. 1647. // under the terms and conditions, and at the rate, provided for in the Act, notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91 - 672, // 22 USC 2412. // and section 15(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, // 22 USC 2680. // or any other provision of law or section 102 of this joint resolution: Provided, That amounts allocated to each country under this paragraph shall not exceed those provided in fiscal year 1982 and new country programs shall not be initiated unless submitted through the regular reprograming procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph making amounts available or otherwise providing for levels of program authority, the following amounts only shall be available and the following levels of authority only shall be provided for the following accounts or under the following headings: $284,100,437 for payment to the " Inter-American Development Bank" and not to exceed $828,137,742 in callable capital subscriptions; $126,041,553 for payment to the " International Bank for Reconstruction and Development" and not to exceed $1,530,275,913 in callable capital subscriptions; $700,000,000 for payment to the " International Development Association"; $131,882,575 for payment to the " Asian Development Bank" and not to exceed $2,243,811 in callable capital subscriptions; $50,000,000 for payment to the " African Development Fund"; $249,002,000 for " International Organizations and Programs"; including the provisions of section 103(g) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, // 22 USC 2151a. // except that such funds shall be made available only in accordance with the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference accompanying the conference report on this joint resolution (H.J. Res. 631); $140,288,000 for " Energy and selected development activities, Development Assistance"; $25,000,000 for " International disaster assistance"; $93,757,000 for " Sahel development program", of which not less than $2,000,000 shall be available only for the African Development Foundation; $35,403,000 for " Payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund"; $1,700,000 in foreign currencies for " Overseas training and special development activities (foreign currency program)"; $2,576,000,000 for the " Economic Support Fund" (without applying prior year earmarking of funds for Sudan and Poland), of which not less than $785,000,000 shall be available for Israel and not less than $750,000,000 shall be available for Egypt; $31,100,000 for " Peacekeeping operations"; $335,000,000 for " Operating expenses of the Agency for International Development"; $10,500,000 for " Trade and development"; $109,000,000 for the " Peace Corps", $395,000,000 for " Migration and Refugee Assistance" (without applying prior year earmarking of funds); $290,000,000 for necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 503 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 // 22 USC 2311. // and the provisions of title I of S. 2608, as reported, of which not less than $110,000,000 shall be available for Turkey, not less than $37,500,000 shall be available for Portugal, and not less than $25,000,000 shall be available for Morocco; $45,000,000 for " International Military Education and Training"; $1,175,000,000 for necessary expenses to carry out sections 23 and 24 of the Arms Export Control Act // 22 USC 2563, 2564. // and the provisions of title I of S. 2608, as reported, of which not less than $750,000,000 shall be allocated to Israel ($1,700,000,000 of the amount provided for the total aggregate credit sale ceiling during the current fiscal year shall be allocated only to Israel) and not less than $425,000,000 shall be allocated to Egypt; $3,638,000,000 of contingent liability (of which not less than $290,000,000 shall be available for Turkey, not less than $52,500,000 shall be available for Portugal, not less than $75,000,000 shall be available for Morocco, and not less than $400,000,000 shall be available for Spain) for total commitments to guarantee loans under " Foreign Military Credit Sales"; not to exceed $125,000,000 are authorized to be made available for the " Special Defense Acquisition Fund"; and not to exceed $4,400,000,000 of gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans and $9,000,000,000 of total commitments to guarantee loans under " Export-Import Bank of the United States": Provided further, That none of the funds available under this paragraph may be made available for payment to the " International Finance Corporation": Provided further, That in addition to the funds made available under this paragraph for the " Economic Support Fund" $85,000,000 is available for the " Economic Support Fund" to be transferred to the Agency for International Development for economic development assistance projects, under the terms and conditions of sections 103 through 106 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, // 22 USC 2151a-2151d. // such projects to be approved through the established reprograming processes of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives and of the Senate, except that none of the funds provided herein shall be available for nondevelopment activities including balance of payments support, commodity imports, sector loans, and program loans: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution or any other Act, $5,500,000 of the funds provided for Honduras under the authority of this joint resolution shall not be made available until that country meets the final terms of the binding arbitration award established by the Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission as regards Construction Aggregates Corporation.

(2) Notwithstanding section 102 of this joint resolution, chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section:

" Sec. 128. // 22 USC 2151z. // Targeting Assistance for Those Living in Absolute Poverty.--In carrying out this chapter, the President in fiscal year 1983, shall attempt to use not less than 40 per centum of the funds made available to carry out this chapter to finance productive facilities, goods, and services which will expeditiously and directly benefit those living in absolute poverty (as determined under the standards for absolute poverty adopted by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Development Association). Such facilities, goods, and services may include, for example, irrigation facilities, extension services, credit for small farmers, roads, safe drinking water supplies, and health services. Such facilities, goods, and services may not include studies, reports, technical advice, consulting services, or any other items unless (A) they are used primarily by those living in absolute poverty themselves, or (B) they constitute research which produces or aims to produce techniques, seeds, or other items to be primarily used by those living in absolute poverty. Research shall not constitute the major part of such facilities, goods, and services.": Provided further, That within six months after the date of approval of this joint resolution, the Administrator of the Agency for International Development shall report to Congress on the implementation of this provision, the types of projects determined to meet these requirements, and the effect on the overall United States foreign assistance program.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, such amounts as may be necessary for programs, projects or activities provided for in the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1983, at a rate of operations and to the extent and in the manner provided, to be effective as if it had been enacted into law as the regular appropriation Act, as follows:

AN ACT Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for

the fiscal year ending

September 30, 1983, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, for military functions administered by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes, namely:

TITLE I MILITARY PERSONNEL Military Personnel, Army

For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of the Army on active duty (except members of reserve components provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; $14,454,848,000.

Military Personnel, Navy

For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of the Navy on active duty (except members of the Reserve provided for elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation cadets; $10,537,408,000.

Military Personnel, Marine Corps

For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of the Marine Corps on active duty (except members of the Reserve provided for elsewhere); $3,293,277,000.

Military Personnel, Air Force

For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between permanent duty stations, for members of the Air Force on active duty (except members of reserve components provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; $12,099,850,000.

Reserve Personnel, Army

For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Reserve on active duty under sections 265, 3019, and 3033 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty under section 672(d) of title 10, United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 678(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and for members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and expenses authorized by section 2131 of title 10, United States Code, as authorized by law; $1,247,250,000.

Reserve Personnel, Navy

For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Naval Reserve on active duty under section 265 of title 10, United States Code, or personnel while serving on active duty under section 672(d) of title 10, United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 678(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and for members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and expenses authorized by section 2131 of title 10, United States Code, as authorized by law; $657,125,000.

Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps

For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine Corps Reserve on active duty under section 265 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty under section 672(d) of title 10, United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 678(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon leaders class, and expenses authorized by section 2131 of title 10, United States Code, as authorized by law; $170,900,000.

Reserve Personnel, Air Force

For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Force Reserve on active duty under sections 265, 8019, and 8033 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty under section 672(d) of title 10, United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 678(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and for members of the Air Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and expenses authorized by section 2131 of title 10, United States Code, as authorized by law; $358,925,000.

National Guard Personnel, Army

For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army National Guard while on duty under sections 265, 3033, or 3496 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States Code, or while serving on active duty under section 672(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 678(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 2131 of title 10, United States Code, as authorized by law; $1,698,800,000.

National Guard Personnel, Air Force

For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air National Guard on duty under sections 265, 8033, or 8496 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States Code, or while serving on active duty under section 672( d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 678(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 2131 of title 10, United States Code, as authorized by law; $548,425,000.

TITLE II RETIRED MILITARY PERSONNEL Retired Pay, Defense

For retired pay and retirement pay, as authorized by law, of military personnel on the retired lists of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, including the reserve components thereof, retainer pay for personnel of the Inactive Fleet Reserve, and payments under section 4 of Public Law 92 - 425 and chapter 73 of title 10, United States Code; // 10 USC 1448, 1431 // $16,154,800,000.

TITLE III OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE Operation and Maintenance, Army

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Army, as authorized by law; and not to exceed $7,310,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Army, and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes; $15,847,425,000, of which not less than $1,240,000,000 shall be available only for the maintenance of real property facilities.

Army Stock Fund

For the Army stock fund; $221,138,000.

Operation and Maintenance, Navy

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine Corps, as authorized by law; and not to exceed $2,620,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Navy, and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes; $21,079,712,000, of which not less than $657,000,000 shall be available only for the maintenance of real property facilities: Provided, That of the total amount of this appropriation made available for the alteration, overhaul, and repair of naval vessels, not more than $2,887,000,000 shall be available for the performance of such work in Navy shipyards: Provided further, That funds herein provided shall be available for payments in support of the LEASAT program in accordance with the terms of the Aide Memoire, dated January 5, 1981.

Navy Stock Fund

For the Navy stock fund; $354,372,000.

Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, as authorized by law; $1,481,671,000, of which not less than $218,000,000 shall be available only for the maintenance of real property facilities.

Marine Corps Stock Fund

For the Marine Corps stock fund; $11,812,000.

Operation and Maintenance, Air Force

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as authorized by law, including the lease and associated maintenance of replacement aircraft for the CT-39 aircraft to the same extent and manner as authorized for service contracts by section 2306(g), title 10, United States Code; and not to exceed $4,490,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Air Force, and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes; $16,915,766,000, of which not less than $1,100,000,000 shall be available only for the maintenance of real property facilities.

Air Force Stock Fund

For the Air Force stock fund; $161,600,000.

Operation and Maintenance, Defense Agencies

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance of activities and agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the military departments), as authorized by law; $5,715,778,000: Provided, That not to exceed $7,890,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of Defense, and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes: Provided further, That not less than $80,000,000 of the total amount of this appropriation shall be available only for the maintenance of real property facilities.

Defense Stock Fund

For the Defense stock fund; $160,500,000.

Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and administration, of the Army Reserve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and communications; $705,584,000, of which not less than $35,000,000 shall be available only for the maintenance of real property facilities.

Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and administration, of the Navy Reserve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and communications; $637,507,000, of which not less than $25,000,000 shall be available only for the maintenance of real property facilities.

Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and administration, of the Marine Corps Reserve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and communications; $51,094,000, of which not less than $1,000,000 shall be available only for the maintenance of real property facilities.

Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance, including training, organization, and administration, of the Air Force Reserve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and communications; $765,735,000, of which not less than $17,500,000 shall be available only for the maintenance of real property facilities.

Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard

For expenses of training, organizing, and administering the Army National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to structures and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; personnel services in the National Guard Bureau; travel expenses (other than mileage), as authorized by law for Army personnel on active duty, for Army National Guard division, regimental, and battalion commanders while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, National Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army National Guard as authorized by law; and expenses of repair, modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and equipment (including aircraft); $1,195,067,000, of which not less than $35,000,000 shall be available only for the maintenance of real property facilities.

Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard

For operation and maintenance of the Air National Guard, including medical and hospital treatment and related expenses in non--, Federal hospitals; maintenance, operation, repair, and other necessary expenses of facilities for the training and administration of the Air National Guard, including repair of facilities, maintenance, operation, and modification of aircraft; transportation of things; hire of passenger motor vehicles; supplies, materials, and equipment, as authorized by law for the Air National Guard; and expenses incident to the maintenance and use of supplies, materials, and equipment, including such as may be furnished from stocks under the control of agencies of the Department of Defense; travel expenses (other than mileage) on the same basis as authorized by law for Air National Guard personnel on active Federal duty, for Air National Guard commanders while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, National Guard Bureau; $1,822,603,000, of which not less than $35,000,000 shall be available only for the maintenance of real property facilities.

National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice,

Army

For the necessary expenses, in accordance with law, for construction, equipment, and maintenance of rifle ranges; the instruction of citizens in marksmanship; the promotion of rifle practice; and the travel of rifle teams, military personnel, and individuals attending regional, national, and international competitions; $875,000, of which not to exceed $7,500 shall be available for incidental expenses of the National Board; and from other funds provided in this Act, not to exceed $680,000 worth of ammunition may be issued under authority of title 10, United States Code, section 4311: Provided, That competitors at national matches under title 10, United States Code, section 4312, may be paid subsistence and travel allowances in excess of the amounts provided under title 10, United States Code, section 4313.

Claims, Defense

For payment, not otherwise provided for, of claims authorized by law to be paid by the Department of Defense (except for civil functions), including claims for damages arising under training contracts with carriers, and repayment of amounts determined by the Secretary concerned, or officers designated by him, to have been erroneously collected from military and civilian personnel of the Department of Defense, or from States, territories, or the District of Columbia, or members of the National Guard units thereof; $147,500,000.

Court of Military Appeals, Defense

For salaries and expenses necessary for the United States Court of Military Appeals; $3,271,000, and not to exceed $1,500 can be used for official representation purposes.

TITLE IV PROCUREMENT Aircraft Procurement, Army

For construction, procurement, production, modification, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, without regard to section 4774, title 10, United States Code, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, // 40 USC 255. // as amended; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor--, owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes; $2,506,572,000, of which $10,000,000 shall be available only for procurement of C-12 cargo aircraft for the Army National Guard, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1985: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, after the head of the agency concerned gives written notification of a proposed multiyear contract for the CH-47D Helicopter Modernization Program to the Committees on Armed Services and on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, such contract may not then be awarded until the end of a period of 45 days beginning on the date of such notification.

Missile Procurement, Army

For construction, procurement, production, modification, and modernization of missiles, equipment, including ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, without regard to section 4774, title 10, United States Code, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and privat plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor--, owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes; $2,287,000,000, of which $422,100,000 shall be available only for purchase of the Multiple Launch Rocket System under a multiyear contract, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1985.

Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles,

Army

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For construction, procurement, production, and modification of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, equipment, including ordnance, spare parts and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, without regard to section 4774, title 10, United States Code, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, // 40 USC 255. // as amended; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes; $4,551,946,000, and in addition, $198,200,000, of which $67,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from " Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army, 1981/1983", and $131,200,000 shall be derived by transfer from " Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army, 1982/1984", to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1985.

Procurement of Ammunition, Army

For construction, procurement, production, and modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including ammunition facilities authorized in military construction authorization Acts or authorized by section 2673, title 10, United States Code, and the land necessary therefor, without regard to section 4774, title 10, United States Code, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes; $2,122,394,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1985.

Other Procurement, Army

For construction, procurement, production, and modification of vehicles, including tactical, support (including not to exceed 7 vehicles required for physical security of personnel notwithstanding price limitations applicable to passenger carrying vehicles but not to exceed $1000,000 per vehicle), and nontracked combat vehicles; the purchase of not to exceed two thousand and twenty-five passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; communications and electronic equipment; other support equipment; spare parts, ordnance, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, without regard to section 4774, title 10, United States Code, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, // 40 USC 255. // as amended; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes; $4,123,404,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1985.

Aircraft Procurement, Navy

For construction, procurement, production, modification, and modernization of aircraft, equipment including ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment; expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; $10,416,107,000, of which $267,800,000 shall be available only for purchase of C-2 aircraft under a multiyear contract, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1985: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to this paragraph for the F/ A-18 aircraft program may be obligated or expended until the Secretary of the Navy submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a certified plan to incorporate a United States manufactured ejection seat system in F/A-18 aircraft purchased with fiscal year 1983 and future funds: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to this paragraph for F/A-18 advance procurement may be obligated or expended for any of those aircraft scheduled to replace Navy attack mission aircraft squadrons until such time as the Secretary of Defense certifies, in writing, that the A-18 version of the aircraft meets the originally established attack mission requirements, goals, and specifications.

Weapons Procurement, Navy

For construction, procurement, production, modification, and modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weapons, and related support equipment including spare parts, and accessories therefor; expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; $3,561,700,000, of which $124,700,000 shall be available only for the purchase of Mark-46 torpedoes under a multiyear contract, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1985, distributed as follows: For missile programs, $2,844,200,000; for the MK-48 torpedo program, $119,300,000; for the MK-46 torpedo program, $124,700,000; for the MK-60 torpedo program, $133,200,000; for the MK-30 mobile target program, $19,400,000; for the MK-38 minimobile target program, $2,300,000; for the antisubmarine rocket (ASROC) program, $10,100,000; for modification of torpedoes, $76,500,000; for the torpedo support equipment program, $66,900,000; for the MK-15 close in weapons system program, $118,740,000; for the MK-75 76-millimeter gun mount program, $10,700,000; for the MK-19 gun mount program, $400,000; for the 20-millimeter gun mount program, $400,000; for the modification of guns and gun mounts, $19,700,000; for the guns and gun mounts support equipment program, $17,460,000; and reductions of $1,100,000 for consultants, studies and analyses, and $1,200,000 for personnel security clearances.

For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisition, or conversion of vessels as authorized by law, including armor and armament thereof, plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools and installation thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; procurement of critical, long leadtime components and designs for vessels to be constructed or converted in the future; and expansion of public and private plants, including land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, // 40 USC 255. // as amended, as follows: for the Trident submarine program, $1,462,600,000; for Trident submarine program advance procurement, $81,300,000; for the CVN aircraft carrier program, $6,559,500,000, to be available for construction only under a firm, fixed price type contract; for the SSN-688 nuclear attack submarine program, $1,420,200,000; for the reactivation of the U.S.S. Iowa, $300,800,000; for the aircraft carrier service life extension program, $699,500,000; for the CG-47 AEGIS cruiser program, $2,901,700,000; for the LSD-41 landing ship dock program, $415,600,000; for the FFG guided missile frigate program, $646,300,000, of which not less than $40,000,000 shall be available only for an X-band phased array radar, and in addition, $35,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the " FFG guided missile frigate program" of " Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 1982/1986"; for the T-AO fleet oiler ship program, $173,000,000; for the MCM mine countermeasures ship program, $100,000,000; for the ARS salvage ship program, $50,000,000; for the T- AKRX fast logistics ship program, $44,000,000; for the T- AHX hospital ship program, $300,000,000, however, none of these funds may be obligated or expended until such time as the Department of the Navy provides a budget quality cost estimate, based upon a completed contract design which supports the original hospital ship requirements as presented to the Congress; for the LHD-1 amphibious assault ship program, $55,000,000; for craft, outfitting, post delivery, cost growth, and escalation on prior year programs, $907,900,000; and reductions in the amounts, as follows: $5,900,000 for personnel security clearances; $34,800,000 for consultant, studies and analyses; in all: $16,076,700,000, and in addition, $35,000,000 to be derived by transfer, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1987: Provided, That of the appropriation for " Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy," that expired for obligation on September 30, 1982, $176,200,000 shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 1984: Provided further, That none of the funds herein provided for the construction or conversion of any naval vessel to be constructed in shipyards in the United States shall be expended in foreign shipyards for the construction of major components of the hull or superstructure of such vessel: Provided further, That none of the funds herein provided shall be used for the construction of any naval vessel in foreign shipyards.

Other Procurement, Navy

For procurement, production, and modernization of support equipment and materials not otherwise provided for, Navy ordnance and ammunition (except ordnance for new aircraft, new ships, and ships authorized for conversion); the purchase of not to exceed three hundred and twenty-four passenger motor vehicles of which two hundred and ninety-two shall be for replacement only (including not to exceed 2 vehicles required for physical security of personnel notwithstanding price limitations applicable to passenger carrying vehicles but not to exceed $100,000 per vehicle); expansion of public and private plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, // 40 USC 255. // as amended; and procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; $3,727,075,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1985, distributed as follows: For ship support equipment, $543,689,000; for communications and electronics equipment, $1,481,798,000; for aviation support equipment, $552,636,000; for ordnance support equipment, $667,456,000; for civil engineering support equipment, $172,837,000; for supply support equipment, $81,224,000; and for personnel/command support equipment, $227,435,000.

Procurement, Marine Corps

For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufacture, and modification of missiles, armament, ammunition, military equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and vehicles for the Marine Corps, including purchase of not to exceed one hundred and forty-three passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; $2,008,083,000, of which $6,779,000 may not be obligated or expended for procurement of the 81mm SMAW Assault Rocket Launcher and ammunition until the Secretary of Defense certifies to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate that all technical and operational requirements have been demonstrated and that no other weapon is available to fulfill those requirements, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1985.

Aircraft Procurement, Air Force (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For construction, procurement, and modification of aircraft and equipment, including armor and armament, specialized ground handling equipment, and training devices, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized equipment; expansion of public and private plants, Government-owned equipment and installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land without regard to section 9774 of title 10, United States Code, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to the approval of title as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, // 40 USC 255. // as amended; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes including rents and transportation of things; $17,658,500,000, of which $186,100,000 shall be available for contribution of the United States share of the cost of the acquisition by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization of an Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AWACS) and, in addition, the Department of Defense may make a commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to assume the United States share of contingent liability in connection with the NATO E-3A Cooperative Programme; of which $71,300,000 shall be available only for the procurement of B-707 aircraft to provide for engines and parts to reengine KC-135 aircrft; and of which $94,800,000 and, in addition, $50,000,000 to be derived by transfer from " Aircraft procurement, Air Force, 1982/1984", shall be available only for procurement of commercial wide body cargo aircraft; of which $795,000,000 shall be available only for purchase of KC-10 aircraft under a multiyear contract, and in addition, $120,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from " Aircraft procurement, Air Force, 1982/1984", and shall be available only for the purchase of KC-10 aircraft under a multiyear contract, notwithstanding the provisions of the language contained in the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1982; to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1985.

Missile Procurement, Air Force (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For construction, procurement, and modification of missiles, spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, including spare parts and accessories therefor, ground handling equipment, and training devices; expansion of public and private plants, Government-owned equipment and installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land without regard to section 9774 of title 10, United States Code, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired and construction prosecuted thereon prior to the approval of title as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes including rents and transportation of things; $4,941,100,000, of which $102,000,000 shall be available to initiate multi-year contracting for the global positioning system, and in addition, $15,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from " Missile Procurement, Air Force, 1982/1984", to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1985.

Other Procurement, Air Force (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For procurement and modification of equipment (including ground guidance and electronic control equipment, and ground electronic and communication equipment), and supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of not to exceed one thousand three hundred and fifty-nine passenger motor vehicles of which eight hundred and eighty-five shall be for replacement only; and expansion of public and private plants, Government--, owned equipment and installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land without regard to section 9774 of title 10, United States Code, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon, prior to the approval of title as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, // 40 USC 255. // as amended; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; $5,563,777,000, and in addition, $4,963,000, which shall be derived by transfer from " Other Procurement, Air Force, 1982/1984", to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1985.

National Guard and Reserve Equipment

For procurement of aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, tracked combat vehicles, torpedoes, other weapons, and other procurement for the reserve components of the Armed Forces, not to exceed $125,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1985, distributed as follows: Army National Guard, not to exceed $50,000,000; Air National Guard, not to exceed $15,000,000; Army Reserve, not to exceed $15,000,000; Naval Reserve, not to exceed $15,000,000; Marine Corps Reserve, not to exceed $15,000,000; Air Force Reserve, not to exceed $15,000,000.

Procurement, Defense Agencies

For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the military departments) necessary for procurement, production, and modification of equipment, supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of not to exceed one thousand one hundred and thirty-nine passenger motor vehicles of which three hundred and forty-five shall be for replacement only; expansion of public and private plants, equipment, and installation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to the approval of title as required by section 355, Revised Statutes, as amended; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; $828,145,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1985.

TITLE V RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army

For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, development, test, and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, as authorized by law; $3,879,683,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1984.

Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy

For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, development, test, and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, as authorized by law; $5,965,751,000, of which not less than $15,000,000 shall be available only for the phased array radar improvement program for the Mark 92 fire control system, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1984: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to this paragraph for the development of the Undergraduate Flight Training System (VTX--, TS) may be obligated or expended until the Secretary of the Navy submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a certified plan to incorporate a United States manufactured ejection seat system in the new Undergraduate Flight Trainer Aircraft.

Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air

Force

For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific research, development, test, and evaluation, including maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, as authorized by law; $10,650,661,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1984: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act may be obligated or expended to initiate full scale engineering development of a basing mode for the MX missile, until such basing mode is approved by both Houses of Congress in a concurrent resolution, as specified in subsection (1) hereof.

(1) For the purposes of this section, the term "concurrent resolution" means only a resolution introduced in either House of Congress, the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: " That the approves the obligation and expenditure of funds appropriated in Public Law for MX missile procurement and full-scale engineering development of a basing mode for the MX missile," the first blank space therein being filled with the name of the resolving House, and the second blank space being filled with the public law number of this statute. It shall not be in order to introduce any such resolution prior to the receipt by the Congress of the report of the President required under subsection (7).

(2) A resolution in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee on appropriations of the Senate. A resolution in the House of Representatives shall be referred to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

(3) If the committee to which is referred the first resolution introduced in the Senate or the House, as the case may be, expressing approval of the obligation and expenditure of funds referred to in this subsection has not reported the resolution at the end of 45 calendar days after the introduction of a resolution pursuant to subsection (1) hereof, such committee shall be automatically discharged from further consideration of the resolution and the resolution shall be placed on the calendar of the Senate, in the case of a resolution of the Senate, or the Union calendar, in the case of a resolution of the House of Representatives.

(4) When the committee has reported a resolution or been discharged under subsection (3) hereof it is at any time thereafter in order (even though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) to move to proceed to the consideration of the resolution. The motion is highly privileged in the House and is privileged in the Senate and is not debatable. The motion is not subject to amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the consideration of other business. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order.

(5)(A) Debate on the resolution shall be limited to not more than fifty hours, which shall be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the resolution. A motion further to limit debate is not debatable. An amendment to, or motion to recommit, the resolution is not in order. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the resolution is agreed to or disagreed to is not in order.

(B) Motions to postpone and motions to proceed to the consideration of other business shall be decided without debate.

(C) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the application of the rules of the Senate or the House of Representatives, as the case may be, to the procedure relating to a resolution shall be decided without debate.

(6) Subsections (1) through (5) are enacted by the Congress--,

(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such they are deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in that House in the case of resolutions described in subsection (1), and they supercede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and

(B) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedures of that House) at any time, in the same manner and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House.

(7)(A) The President shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations and Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not earlier than March 1, 1983, contaning:

(i) a detailed technical assessment of the closely spaced basing system transmitted by the President to Congress on November 22, 1982 or such modifications thereto as the President determines to be advisable;

(ii) a detailed technical assessment of other MX basing systems that might serve as alternatives to the closely spaced basing system transmitted by the President to Congress on November 22, 1982;

(iii) a detailed technical assessment of different types of intercontinental ballistic missiles that might serve as alternatives to the MX missile; and

(iv) a comparative detailed technical assessment of alternative programs including acceleration of the Trident II program to provide target coverage equivalent to that of the MX missile

system, enhancements and improvements to the Minuteman

missile force, and development and deployment of a land-based missile system in deep underground basing, multiple protective shelters and closely spaced basing incorporating mobility and deception, a road mobile missile smaller than the MX and a common missile for land and sea deployment.

(v) a reaffirmation by the President of his selection of the MX missile basing plan transmitted to Congress on November 22, 1982 or a proposal for an alternative basing plan.

(B) The President shall also include in the report submitted pursuant to paragraph (A) an assessment of the military capability of each alternative system or missile; an assessment of the survivability of each such system or missile against current and projected Soviet threats; an assessment of the projected cost of each such system or missile and possible upgrades thereof; an assessment of the impact each such system or missile might have on present and future arms control negotiations; an assessment of the geographic, geological, and other qualifications a site for each such system or missile would likely require; an assessment of the environmental impact each such system or missile would likely have; and the identification of possible sites for each such system or missile.

(C) The Report required under this subsection shall not be subject to the requirements of section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, // 42 4332. // relating to environmental impact statements. Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no initial flight test of the MX missile may be conducted until after both Houses of the Congress have agreed, in accordance with the provisions of subsections (1) through (5) of the preceding proviso, to a concurrent resolution approving the obligation and expenditure of funds for full-scale engineering development of a basing mode for such missile.

Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense Agencies

For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the military departments), necessary for basic and applied scientific research, development, test, and evaluation; advanced research projects as may be designated and determined by the Secretary of Defense, pursuant to law; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, as authorized by law; $2,153,189,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1984: Provided, That such amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense to have been made available in other appropriations available to the Department of Defense during the current fiscal year for programs related to advanced research may be transferred to and merged with this appropriation to be available for the same purposes and time period: Provided further, That such amounts of this appropriation as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred to carry out the purposes of advanced research to those appropriations for military functions under the Department of Defense which are being utilized for related programs to be merged with and to be available for the same time period as the appropriation to which transferred.

Director of Test and Evaluation, Defense

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, of independent activities of the Director of Defense Test and Evaluation in the direction and supervision of test and evaluation, including initial operational testing and evaluation; and performance of joint testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in connection therewith; $55,000,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1984.

TITLE VI SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM

For payment in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States for expenses in carrying out programs of the Department of Defense, as authorized by law; $3,800,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 1984: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available in addition to other appropriations to such Department, for payments in the foregoing currencies.

TITLE VII GENERAL PROVISIONS (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Sec. 701. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 U.S. C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

Sec. 702. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the Congress.

Sec. 703. During the current fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, respectively, if they should deem it advantageous to the national defense, and if in their opinions the existing facilities of the Department of Defense are inadequate, are authorized to procure services in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, and to pay in connection therewith travel expenses of individuals, including actual transportation and per diem in lieu of subsistence while traveling from their homes or places of business to official duty stations and return as may be authorized by law: Provided, That such contracts may be renewed annually.

Sec. 704. // 31 USC 700. // During the current fiscal year, provisions of law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or employment of, any person not a citizen of the United States shall not apply to personnel of the Department of Defense.

Sec. 705. Appropriations contained in this Act shall be available for insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries, when required by laws of such countries; payments in advance of expenses determined by the investigating officer to be necessary and in accord with local custom for conducting investigations in foreign countries incident to matters relating to the activities of the department concerned; reimbursement to General Services Administration for security guard services for protection of confidential files; and all necessary expenses, at the seat of government of the United States of America or elsewhere, in connection with communication and other services and supplies as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Sec. 706. // 31 USC 649a. // Any appropriation available to the Army, Navy, or Air Force may, under such regulations as the Secretary concerned may prescribe, be used for expenses incident to the maintenance, pay, and allowances of prisoners of war, other persons in Army, Navy, or Air Force custody whose status is determined by the Secretary concerned to be similar to prisoners of war, and persons detained in such custody pursuant to Presidential proclamation.

Sec. 707. Appropriations available to the Department of Defense for the current fiscal year for maintenance or construction shall be available for acquisition of land or interest therein as authorized by section 2672 or 2675 of title 10, United States Code.

Sec. 708. Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the current fiscal year shall be available (a) for transportation to primary and secondary schools of minor dependents of military and civilian personnel of the Department of Defense as authorized for the Navy by section 7204 of title 10, United States Code; (b) for expenses in connection with administration of occupied areas; (c) for payment of rewards as authorized for the Navy by section 7209(a) of title 10, United States Code, for information leading to the discovery of missing naval property or the recovery thereof; (d) for payment of deficiency judgments and interests thereon arising out of condemnation proceedings; (e) for leasing of buildings and facilities including payment of rentals for special purpose space at the seat of government, and in the conduct of field exercises and maneuvers or, in administering the provisions of title 43, United States Code, section 315q, rentals may be paid in advance; (f) payments under contracts for maintenance of tools and facilities for twelve months beginning at any time during the fiscal year; (g) maintenance of defense access roads certified as important to national defense in accordance with section 210 of title 23, United States Code; (h) for purchase of milk for enlisted personnel of the Department of Defense heretofore made available pursuant to section 1446a, title 7, United States Code, and the cost of milk so purchased, as determined by the Secretary of Defense, shall be included in the value of the commuted ration; (i) transporting civilian clothing to the home of record of selective service inductees and recruits on entering the military services; (j) payments under leases for real or personal property, including maintenance thereof when contracted for as a part of the lease agreement, for twelve months beginning at any time during the fiscal year; (k) pay and allowances of not to exceed nine persons, including personnel detailed to International Military Headquarters and Organizations, at rates provided for under section 625(d)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, // 22 USC 2385. // as amended; (l) the purchase of right-hand-drive vehicles not to exceed $12,000 per vehicle; (m) for payment of unusual cost overruns incident to ship overhaul, maintenance, and repair for ships inducted into industrial fund activities or contracted for in prior fiscal years: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Congress promptly prior to obligation of any such payments; (n) for payments from annual appropriations to industrial fund activities and/or under contract for changes in scope of ship overhaul, maintenance, and repair after expiration of such appropriations, for such work either inducted into the industrial fund activity or contracted for in that fiscal year; and (o) for payments for depot maintenance contracts for twelve months beginning at any time during the fiscal year.

Sec. 709. // 10 USC 858 // Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the current fiscal year shall be available for: (a) donations of not to exceed $25 to each prisoner upon each release from confinement in military or contract prison and to each person discharged for fraudulent enlistment; (b) authorized issues of articles to prisoners, applicants for enlistment and persons in military custody; (c) subsistence of selective service registrants called for induction, applicants for enlistment, prisoners, civilian employees as authorized by law, and supernumeraries when necessitated by emergent military circumstances; (d) reimbursement for subsistence of enlisted personnel while sick in hospitals; (e) expenses of prisoners confined in nonmilitary facilities; (f) military courts, boards, and commissions; (g) utility services for buildings erected at private cost, as authorized by law, and buildings on military reservations authorized by regulations to be used for welfare and recreational purposes; (h) exchange fees, and losses in the accounts of disbursing officers or agents in accordance with law; (i) expenses of Latin American cooperation as authorized for the Navy by law (10 U. S.C. 7208); (j) // 10 USC 807 // expenses of apprehension and delivery of deserters, prisoners, and members absent without leave, including payment of rewards of not to exceed $75 in any one case; (k) for carrying out section 10 of the Act of September 23, 1950, as amended; and (l) providing, without reimbursement, not to exceed $50,000,000 to procure secure communications systems, equipment and related items throughout the United States Government.

Sec. 710. The Secretary of Defense and each purchasing and contracting agency of the Department of Defense shall assist American small and minority-owned business to participate equitably in the furnishing of commodities and services financed with funds appropriated under this Act by increasing, to an optimum level, the resources and number of personnel jointly assigned to promoting both small and minority business involvement in purchases financed with funds appropriated herein, and by making available or causing to be made available to such businesses, information, as far in advance as possible, with respect to purchases proposed to be financed with funds appropriated under this Act, and by assisting small and minority business concerns to participate equitably as subcontractors on contracts financed with funds appropriated herein, and by otherwise advocating and providing small and minority business opportunities to participate in the furnishing of commodities and services financed with funds appropriated by this Act.

Sec. 711. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

Sec. 712. // 50 USC 100a. // During the current fiscal year no funds available to agencies of the Department of Defense shall be used for the operation, acquisition, or construction of new facilities or equipment for new facilities in the continental limits of the United States for metal scrap bailing or shearing or for melting or sweating aluminum scrap unless the Secretary of Defense or an Assistant Secretary of Defense designated by him determines, with respect to each facility involved, that the operation of such facility is in the national interest.

Sec. 713. (a) During the current fiscal year, the President may exempt appropriations, funds, and contract authorizations, available for military functions under the Department of Defense, from the provisions of subsection (c) of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, // 31 USC 665. // as amended, whenever he deems such action to be necessary in the interest of national defense.

(b) Upon determination by the President that such action is necessary, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to provide for the cost of an airborne alert as an excepted expense in accordance with the provisions of section 3732 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 11).

(c) Upoo determination by the President that it is necessary to increase the number of military personnel on active duty subject to existing laws beyond the number for which funds are provided in this Act, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to provide for the cost of such increased military personnel, as an excepted expense in accordance with the provisions of section 3732 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 11).

(d) The Secretary of Defense shall immediately advise Congress of the exercise of any authority granted in this section, and shall report monthly on the estimated obligations incurred pursuant to subsections (b) and (c).

Sec. 714. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available in connection with the operation of commissary stores of the agencies of the Department of Defense for the cost of purchase (including commercial transportation in the United States to the place of sale but excluding all transportation outside the United States) and maintenance of operating equipment and supplies, and for the actual or estimated cost of utilities as may be furnished by the Government and of shrinkage, spoilage, and pilferage of merchandise under the control of such commissary stores, except as authorized under regulations promulgated by the Secretaries of the military departments concerned with the approval of the Secretary of Defense, which regulations shall provide for reimbursement therefor to the appropriations concerned and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, shall provide for the adjustment of the sales prices in such commissary stores to the extent necessary to furnish sufficient gross revenues from sales of commissary stores to make such reimbursement: Provided, That under such regulations as may be issued pursuant to this section all utilities may be furnished without cost to the commissary stores outside the continental United States and in Alaska: Provided further, That no appropriation contained in this Act shall be available to pay any costs incurred by any commissary store or other entity acting on behalf of any commissary store in connection with obtaining the face value amount of manufacturer or vendor cents-off discount coupons unless all fees or moneys received for handling or processing such coupons are reimbursed to the appropriation charged with the incurred costs: Provided further, That no appropriation contained in this Act shall be available in connection with the operation of commissary stores within the continental United States unless the Secretary of Defense has certified that items normally procured from commissary stores are not otherwise available at a reasonable distance and a reasonable price in satisfactory quality and quantity to the military and civilian employees of the Department of Defense.

Sec. 715. No part of the appropriations in this Act shall be available for any expense of operating aircraft under the jurisdiction of the armed forces for the purpose of proficiency flying, as defined in Department of Defense Directive 1340.4, except in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. Such regulations (1) may not require such flying except that required to maintain proficiency in anticipation of a member's assignment to combat operations and (2) such flying may not be permitted in cases of members who have been assigned to a course of instruction of ninety days or more.

Sec. 716. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for expense of transportation, packing, crating, temporary storage, drayage, and unpacking of household goods and personal effects in any one shipment having a net weight in excess of thirteen thousand five hundred pounds.

Sec. 717. // 40 USC 483a. // Vessels under the jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce, the Department of Transportation, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Air Force, or the Department of the Navy may be transferred or otherwise made available without reimbursement to any such agencies upon the request of the head of one agency and the approval of the agency having jurisdiction of the vessels concerned.

Sec. 718. Not more than 20 per centum of the appropriations in this Act which are limited for obligation during the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the last two months of the fiscal year: Provided, That this section shall not apply to obligations for support of active duty training of civilian components or summer camp training of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, or the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, Army.

Sec. 719. During the current fiscal year the agencies of the Department of Defense may accept the use of real property from foreign countries for the United States in accordance with mutual defense agreements or occupational arrangements and may accept services furnished by foreign countries as reciprocal international courtesies or as services customarily made available without charge; and such agencies may use the same for the support of the United States forces in such areas without specific appropriation therefor.

In addition to the foregoing, agencies of the Department of Defense may accept real property, services, and commodities from foreign countries for the use of the United States in accordance with mutual defense agreements or occupational arrangements and such agencies may use the same for the support of the United States forces in such areas, without specific appropriations therefor: Provided, That the foregoing authority shall not be available for the conversion of heating plants from coal to oil at defense facilities in Europe: Provided further, That within thirty days after the end of each quarter the Secretary of Defense shall render to Congress and to the Office of Management and Budget a full report of such property, supplies, and commodities received during such quarter.

Sec. 720. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available to the Department of Defense for research and development may be used for the purposes of section 2353 of title 10, United States Code, and for purposes related to research and development for which expenditures are specifically authorized in other appropriations of the Service concerned.

Sec. 721. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for the payment of more than 75 per centum of charges of educational institutions for tuition or expenses of off-duty training of military personnel (except with regard to such charges of educational institutions (a) for enlisted personnel in the pay grade E-5 or higher with less than 14 years' service, for which payment of 90 per centum may be made or (b) for military personnel in off-duty high school completion programs, for which payment of 100 per centum may be made), nor for the payment of any part of tuition or expenses for such training for commissioned personnel who do not agree to remain on active duty for two years after completion of such training: Provided, That the foregoing limitation shall not apply to the Program for Afloat College Education.

Sec. 722. // 10 USC 2103 // No part of the funds appropriated herein shall be expended for the support of any formally enrolled student in basic courses of the senior division, Reserve Officers' Training Corps, who has not executed a certificate of loyalty or loyalty oath in such form as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.

Sec. 723. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act, except for small purchases in amounts not exceeding $10,000, shall be available for the procurement of any article of food, clothing, cotton, woven silk or woven silk blends, spun silk yarn for cartridge cloth, synthetic fabric or coated synthetic fabric, or wool (whether in the form of fiber or yarn or contained in fabrics, materials, or manufactured articles), or specialty metals including stainless steel flatware, or hand or measuring tools, not grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States or its possessions, except to the extent that the Secretary of the Department concerned shall determine that satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of any articles of food or clothing or any form of cotton, woven silk and woven silk blends, spun silk yarn for cartridge cloth, synthetic fabric or coated synthetic fabric, wool, or specialty metals including stainless steel flatware, grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States or its possessions cannot be procured as and when needed at United States market prices and except procurements outside the United States in support of combat operations, procurements by vessels in foreign waters, and emergency procurements or procurements of perishable foods by establishments located outside the United States for the personnel attached thereto: Provided, That nothing in this section shall preclude the procurement of foreign produced specialty metals used in the production or manufacture of weapons or weapons systems made outside the United States, except those specialty metals which contain nickel from Cuba, or the procurement of chemical warfare protective clothing produced outside the United States, if such procurement is necessary to comply with agreements with foreign governments: Provided further, That nothing herein shall preclude the procurement of foods manufactured or processed in the United States or its possessions: Provided further, That no funds herein appropriated shall be used for the payment of a price differential on contracts hereafter made for the purpose of relieving economic dislocations other than certain contracts not involving fuel made on a test basis by the Defense Logistics Agency with a cumulative value not to exceed $4,000,000,000, as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to existing laws and regulations as not to be inappropriate therefor by reason of national security considerations: Provided further, That the Secretary specifically determines that there is a reasonable expectation that offers will be obtained from a sufficient number of eligible concerns so that awards of such contracts will be made at a reasonable price and that no award shall be made for such contracts if the price differential exceeds 2.2 per centum: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used except that, so far as practicable, all contracts shall be awarded on a formally advertised competitive bid basis to the lowest responsible bidder.

Sec. 724. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used for the construction, replacement, or reactivation of any bakery, laundry, or drycleaning facility in the United States, its territories or possessions, as to which the Secretary of Defense does not certify in writing, giving his reasons therefor, that the services to be furnished by such facilities are not obtainable from commercial sources at reasonable rates.

Sec. 725. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated under section 206 of title 37, United States Code, for inactive duty training pay of a member of the National Guard or a member of a reserve component of a uniformed service for more than four periods of equivalent training, instruction, duty or appropriate duties that are performed instead of that member's regular period of instruction or regular period appropriate duty.

Sec. 726. Appropriations contained in this Act shall be available for the purchase of household furnishings, and automobiles from military and civilian personnel on duty outside the continental United States, for the purpose of resale at cost to incoming personnel, and for providing furnishings, without charge, in other than public quarters occupied by military or civilian personnel of the Department of Defense on duty outside the continental United States or in Alaska, upon a determination, under regulations approved by the Secretary of Defense, that such action is advantageous to the Government.

Sec. 727. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available to the Department of Defense for pay of civilian employees shall be available for uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901; 80 Stat. 508).

Sec. 728. Funds provided in this Act for legislative liason activities of the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, the Department of the Air Force, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense shall not exceed $9,100,000 for the current fiscal year: Provided, That this amount shall be available for apportionment to the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, the Department of the Air Force, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense as determined by the Secretary of Defense.

Sec. 729. Of the funds made available by this Act for the services of the Military Airlift Command, $100,000,000 shall be available only for procurement of commercial transportation service from carriers participating in the civil reserve air fleet program; and the Secretary of Defense shall utilize the services of such carriers which qualify as small businesses to the fullest extent found practicable: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall specify in such procurement, performance characteristics for aircraft to be used based upon modern aircraft operated by the civil reserve air fleet.

Sec. 730. During the current fiscal year, appropriations available to the Department of Defense for operation may be used for civilian clothing, not to exceed $40 in cost for enlisted personnel: (1) discharged for misconduct, unsuitability, or otherwise than honorably; (2) sentenced by a civil court to confinement in a civil prison or interned or discharged as an alien enemy; or (3) discharged prior to completion of recruit training under honorable conditions for dependency, hardship, minority, disability, or for the convenience of the Government.

Sec. 731. No part of the funds appropriated herein shall be available for paying the costs of advertising by any defense contractor, except advertising for which payment is made from profits, and such advertising shall not be considered a part of any defense contract cost. The prohibition contained in this section shall not apply with respect to advertising conducted by any such contractor, in compliance with regulations which shall be promulgated by the Secretary of Defense, solely for (1) the recruitment by the contractor of personnel required for the performance by the contractor of obligations under a defense contract, (2) the procurement of scarce items required by the contractor for the performance of a defense contract, or (3) the disposal of scrap or surplus materials acquired by the contractor in the performance of a defense contract.

Sec. 732. Upon determination by the Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in the national interest, he may, with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer not to exceed $1,200,000,000 of working capital funds of the Department of Defense or funds made available in this Act to the Department of Defense for military functions (except military construction) between such appropriations or funds or any subdivision thereof, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes, and for the same time period, as the appropriation or fund to which transferred: Provided, That such authority to transfer may not be used unless for higher priority items, based on unforeseen military requirements, than those for which originally appropriated and in no case where the item for which funds are requested has been denied by Congress: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Congress promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this authority.

Sec. 733. During the current fiscal year, cash balances in working capital funds of the Department of Defense established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, United States Code, may be maintained in only such amounts as are necessary at any time for cash disbursements to be made from such funds: Provided, That transfers may be made between such funds in such amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, except that transfers between a stock fund account and an industrial fund account may not be made unless the Secretary of Defense has notified the Congress of the proposed transfer. Except in amounts equal to the amounts appropriated to working capital funds in this Act, no obligations may be made against a working capital fund to procure war reserve material inventory, unless the Secretary of Defense has notified the Congress prior to any such obligation.

Sec. 734. Not more than $217,600,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be made available for payment to the Federal Employees Compensation Fund, as established by 5 U.S.C. 8147.

Sec. 735. No part of the funds appropriated under this Act shall be used to provide a loan, guarantee of a loan, or a grant to any applicant who has been convicted by any court of general jurisdiction of any crime which involves the use of or the assistance to others in the use of force, trespass, or the seizure of property under control of an institution of higher education to prevent officials or students at such an institution from engaging in their duties or pursuing their studies.

Sec. 736. None of the funds available to the Department of Defense shall be utilized for the conversion of heating plants from coal to oil at defense facilities in Europe.

Sec. 737. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available for any research involving uninformed or nonvoluntary human beings as experimental subjects: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to measures intended to be beneficial to the recipient and consent is obtained from the recipient or a legal representative acting on the recipient's behalf.

Sec. 738. Appropriations for the current fiscal year for operation and maintenance of the active forces shall be available for medical and dental care of personnel entitled thereto by law or regulation (including charges of private facilities for care of military personnel, except elective private treatment); welfare and recreation; hire of passenger motor vehicles; repair of facilities; modification of personal property; design of vessels; industrial mobilization; installation of equipment in public and private plants; military communications facilities on merchant vessels; acquisition of services, special clothing, supplies, and equipment; and expenses for the Reserve Officers' Training Corps and other units at educational institutions.

Sec. 739. No part of the funds in this Act shall be available to prepare or present a request to the Committees on Appropriations for the reprogramming of funds, unless for higher priority items, based on unforeseen military requirements, than those for which originally appropriated and in no case where the item for which reprogramming is requested has been denied by the Congress.

Sec. 740. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to pay claims for nonemergency inpatient hospital care provided under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services for services available at a facility of the uniformed services within a 40-mile radius of the patient's residence: Provided, That the foregoing limitation shall not apply to payments that supplement primary coverage provided by other insurance plans or programs that pay for at least 75 per centum of the covered services.

Sec. 741. None of the funds contained in this Act available for the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services under the provisions of section 1079(a) of title 10, United States Code, shall be available for (a) services of pastoral counselors, or family and child counselors, or marital counselors unless the patient has been referred to such counselor by a medical doctor for treatment of a specific problem with results of that treatment to be communicated back to the physician who made such referral; (b) special education, except when provided as secondary to the active psychiatric treatment on an institutional inpatient basis; (c) therapy or counseling for sexual dysfunctions or sexual inadequacies; (d) treatment of obesity when obesity is the sole or major condition treated; (e) surgery which improves physical appearance but which is not expected significantly restore functions including, but not limited to, mammary augmentation, face lifts and sex gender changes except that breast reconstructive surgery following mastectomy and reconstructive surgery to correct serious deformities caused by congenital anomalies, accidental injuries and neoplastic surgery are not excluded; (f) reimbursement of any physician or other authorized individual provider of medical care in excess of the eightieth percentile of the customary charges made for similar services in the same locality where the edical care was furnished, as determined for physicians in accordance with section 1079(h) of title 10, United States Code; or (g) any service or supply which is not medically or psychologically necessary to prevent, diagnose, or treat a mental or physical illness, injury, or bodily malfunction as assessed or diagnosed by a physician, dentist, clinical psychologist, optometrist, podiatrist, certified nurse-midwife, certified nurse practitioner, or certified clinical social worker, as appropriate, except as authorized by section 1079(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code: Provided, That any changes in availability of funds for the Program made in this Act from those in effect prior to its enactment shall be effective for care received following enactment of this Act.

Sec. 742. Appropriations available to the Department of Defense for the current fiscal year shall be available to provide an individual entitled to health care under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, // 10 USC 1071 // with one wig if the individual has alopecia that resulted from treatment of malignant disease: Provided, That the individual has not previously received a wig from the Government.

Sec. 743. Funds appropriated in this Act shall be available for the appointment, pay, and support of persons appointed as cadets and midshipmen in the two-year Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps course in excess of the 20 percent limitation on such persons imposed by section 2107(a) of title 10, United States Code, but not to exceed 60 percent of total authorized scholarships.

Sec. 744. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to pay any member of the uniformed service for unused accrued leave pursuant to section 501 of title 37, United States Code, for more than sixty days of such leave, less the number of days for which payment was previously made under section 501 after February 9, 1976.

Sec. 745. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to support more than 300 enlisted aides for officers in the United States Armed Forces.

Sec. 746. No appropriation contained in this Act may be used to pay for the cost of public affairs activities of the Department of Defense in excess of $32,900,000.

Sec. 747. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of programs which utilize amounts credited to Department of Defense appropriations or funds pursuant to the provisions of section 37(a) of the Arms Export Control Act // 22 USC 2777. // representing payment for the actual value of defense articles specified in section 21(a)(1) of that Act: // 22 USC 2761. // Provided, That such amounts so credited shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts as provided in 31 U.S.C. 484.

Sec. 748. No appropriation contained in this Act shall be available to fund any costs of a Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit--, except to complete training of personnel enrolled in Military Science 4--which in its junior year class (Military Science 3) has for the four preceding academic years, and as of September 30, 1982, enrolled less than (a) seventeen students where the institution prescribes a four-year or a combination four- and two-year program; or (b) twelve students where the institution prescribes a two-year program: Provided, That, notwithstanding the foregoing limitation, funds shall be available to maintain one Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit in each State and at each State-operated maritime academy: Provided further, That units under the consortium system shall be considered as a single unit for purposes of evaluation of productivity under this provision: Provided further, That enrollment standards contained in Department of Defense Directive 1215.8 for Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps units, as revised during fiscal year 1981, may be used to determine compliance with this provision, in lieu of the standards cited above.

Sec. 749. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act or available in any working capital fund of the Department of Defense shall be available to pay the expenses attributable to lodging of any person on official business away from his designated post of duty, or in the case of an individual described under section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, his home or regular place of duty, when adequate government quarters are available, but are not occupied by such person.

(b) The limitation set forth in subsection (a) is not applicable to employees whose duties require official travel in excess of fifty percent of the total number of the basic administrative work weeks during the current fiscal year.

Sec. 750. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to pay the retainer pay of any enlisted member of the Regular Navy, the Naval Reserve, the Regular Marine Corps, or the Marine Corps Reserve who is transferred to the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve under section 6330 of title 10, United States Code, on or after December 31, 1977, if the provisions of section 6330(d) of title 10, are utilized in determining such member's eligibility for retirement under section 6330(b) of title 10: Provided, That notwithstanding the foregoing, time creditable as active service for a completed minority enlistment, and an enlistment terminated within three months before the end of the term of enlistment under section 6330(d) of title 10, prior to December 31, 1977, may be utilized in determining eligibility for retirement: Provided further, That notwithstanding the foregoing, time may be credited as active service in determining a member's eligibility for retirement under section 6330(b) of title 10 pursuant to the provisions of the first sentence of section 6330(d) of title 10 for those members who had formally requested transfer to the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve on or before October 1, 1977.

(b) None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to pay that portion of the retainer pay of any enlisted member of the Regular Navy, the Naval Reserve, the Regular Marine Corps, or the Marine Corps Reserve who is transferred to the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve under section 6330 of title 10, United States Code, on or after December 31, 1977, which is attributable under the second sentence of section 6330(d) of title 10 to time which, after December 31, 1977, is not actually served by such member.

Sec. 751. None of the funds appropriated by this Act for programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for the Reserve, which shall remain available until September 30, 1984.

Sec. 752. None of the funds provided by this Act may be used to pay the salaries of any person or persons who authorize the transfer of unobligated and deobligated appropriations into the Reserve for Contingencies of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Sec. 753. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to support more than 9,901 full-time and 2,603 part-time military personnel assigned to or used in the support of Morale, Welfare, and Recreation activities as described in Department of Defense Instruction 7000.12 and its enclosures, dated September 4, 1980.

Sec. 754. All obligations incurred in anticipation of the appropriations and authority provided in this Act are hereby ratified and confirmed if otherwise in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

Sec. 755. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be used to perform abortions except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term.

Sec. 756. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used for the provision, care or treatment to dependents of members or former members of the Armed Services or the Department of Defense for the elective correction of minor dermatological blemishes and marks or minor anatomical anomalies.

Sec. 757. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available for the purchase of insignia for resale unless the sales price of such insignia is adjusted to the extent necessary to recover the cost of purchase of such insignia and the estimated cost of all related expenses, including but not limited to management, storage, handling, transportation, loss, disposal of obsolete material, and management fees paid to the military exchange systems: Provided, That amounts derived by the adjustment covered by the foregoing limitations may be credited to the appropriations against which the charges have been made to recover the cost of purchase and related expense.

Sec. 758. None of the funds appropriated by this Act or heretofore appropriated by any other Act shall be obligated or expended for the payment of anticipatory possession compensation claims to the Federal Republic of Germany other than claims listed in the 1973 agreement (commonly referred to as the Global Agreement) between the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany.

Sec. 759. During the current fiscal year the Department of Defense may enter into contracts to recover indebtedness to the United States pursuant to section 3 of the Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966, as codified at section 3711 of title 31, United States Code, and amended by Public Law 97 - 258, September 13, 1982, and any such contract entered into by the Department of Defense may provide that appropriate fees charged by the contractor under the contract to recover indebtedness may be payable from amounts collected by the contractor to the extent and under the conditions provided under the contract.

Sec. 760. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available for a contract for studies, analyses, or consulting services entered into without competition on the basis of an unsolicited proposal unless the head of the activity responsible for the procurement determines:

(a) as a result of thorough technical evaluation, only one source is found fully qualified to perform the proposed work, or

(b) the purpose of the contract is to explore an unsolicited proposal which offers significant scientific or technological promise, represents the product of original thinking, and was submitted in confidence by one source, or

(c) where the purpose of the contract is to take advantage of unique and significant industrial accomplishment by a specific concern, or to insure that a new product or idea of a specific concern is given financial support:

Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to contracts in an amount of less than $25,000, contracts related to improvements of equipment that is in development or production, or contracts as to which a civilian official of the Department of Defense, who has been confirmed by the Senate, determines that the award of such contract is in the interest of the national defense.

Sec. 761. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to provide medical care in the United States on an inpatient basis to foreign military and diplomatic personnel or their dependents unless the Department of Defense is reimbursed for the costs of providing such care: Provided, That reimbursements for medical care covered by this section shall be credited to the appropriations against which charges have been made for providing such care.

Sec. 762. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be obligated for the second career training program authorized by Public Law 96 - 347. // 94 Stat. 1150. //

Sec. 763. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act shall be obligated or expended for salaries or expenses during the current fiscal year for the purposes of demilitarization of surplus nonautomatic firearms less than .50 caliber.

Sec. 764. During the current fiscal year, not to exceed $125,000,000 of the funds provided in this Act for the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services may be used to conduct a test program in accordance with the following guidelines: In carrying out the provisions of sections 1079 and 1086 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense, after consulting with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, may contract with organizations that assume responsibility for the maintenance of the health of a defined population, for the purpose of experiments and demonstration projects designed to determine the relative advantages and disadvantages of providing pre-paid health benefits: Provided, That such projects must be designed in such a way as to determine methods of reducing the cost of health benefits provided under such sections without adversely affecting the quality of care. Except as provided otherwise, the provisions of such a contract may deviate from the cost-sharing arrangements prescribed and the types of health care authorized under sections 1079 and 1086, when the Secretary of Defense determines that such a deviation would serve the purpose of this section.

Sec. 765. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to execute a multiyear contract which employs any economic order quantity procurement or which includes an unfunded contingent liability in excess of $20,000,000 unless the Committees on Appropriations and Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives have been notified in advance: Provided, That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available to initiate multiyear procurement contracts for major weapons systems except as specifically provided herein.

Sec. 766. None of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act // 10 USC 2399 // for the Department of Defense shall be available for obligation to reimburse a contractor for the cost of commercial insurance that would protect against the costs of the contractor for correction of the contractor's own defects in materials or workmanship.

Sec. 767. None of the funds appropriated by this Act which are available for payment of travel allowances for per diem in lieu of subsistence to enlisted personnel shall be used to pay such an allowance to any enlisted member in an amount that is more than the amount of per diem in lieu of subsistence that the enlisted member is otherwise entitled to receive minus the basic allowance for subsistence, or pro rata portion of such allowance, that the enlisted member is entitled to receive during any day, or portion of a day, that the enlisted member is also entitled to be paid a per diem in lieu of subsistence: Provided, That if an enlisted member is in a travel status and is not entitled to receive a per diem in lieu of subsistence because the member is furnished meals in a Government mess, funds available to pay the basic allowance for subsistence to such a member shall not be used to pay that allowance, or pro rata portion of that allowance, for each day, or portion of a day, that such enlisted member is furnished meals in a Government mess.

Sec. 768. Effective January 1, 1982, none of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to pay the retired pay or retainer pay of a member of the Armed Forces for any month who, on or after January 1, 1982, becomes entitled to retired or retainer pay, in an amount that is greater than the amount otherwise determined to be payable after such reductions as may be necessary to reflect adjusting the computation of retired pay or retainer pay that includes credit for a part of a year of service to permit credit for a part of a year of service only for such month or months actually served: Provided, That the foregoing limitation shall not apply to any member who before January 1, 1982: (a) applied for retirement or transfer to the Fleet Reserve or Fleet Marine Corps Reserve; (b) is being processed for retirement under the provisions of chapter 61 of title 10 // 10 USC 1201 // or who is on the temporary disability retired list and thereafter retired under the provisions of sections 1210 (c) or (d) of title 10; or (c) is retired or in an inactive status and would be eligible for retired pay under the provisions of chapter 67 of title 10, // 10 USC 1331 // but for the fact that the person is under 60 years of age.

Sec. 769. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be obligated under the competitive rate program of the Department of Defense for the transportation of household goods to or from Alaska and Hawaii.

Sec. 770. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to approve a request for waiver of the costs otherwise required to be recovered under the provisions of section 21(e)(1)(C) of the Arms Export Control Act unless the Committees on Appropriations have been notified in advance of the proposed waiver.

Sec. 771. So far as may be practicable Indian labor shall be employed, and purchases of the products of Indian industry may be made in open market in the discretion of the Secretary of Defense.

Sec. 772. Funds available to the Department of Defense during the current fiscal year shall be available to establish a program to provide child advocacy and family counseling services to deal with problems of child and spouse abuse.

Sec. 773. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available for the transportation of equipment or materiel designated as Prepositioned Materiel Configured in Unit Sets (POMCUS) in Europe in excess of four division sets.

Sec. 774. (a) None of the funds in this Act may be used to transfer any article of military equipment or data related to the manufacture of such equipment to a foreign country prior to the approval in writing of such transfer by the Secretary of the military service involved.

(b) No funds appropriated by this Act may be used for the transfer of a technical data package from any Government-owned and operated defense plant manufacturing large caliber cannons to any foreign government, nor for assisting any such government in producing any defense item currently being manufactured or developed in a United States Government-owned, Government-operated defense plant manufacturing large caliber cannons.

Sec. 775. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be made available through transfer, reprograming, or other means for any intelligence or special activity different from that previously justified to the Congress unless the Director of Central Intelligence or the Secretary of Defense has notified the House and Senate Appropriations Committees of the intent to make such funds available for such activity.

Sec. 776. Of the funds appropriated by this Act for strategic programs, the Secretary of Defense shall provide funds for the Advanced Technology Bomber program at a level at least equal to the amount provided by the committee of conference on this Act in order to maintain priority emphasis on this program.

Sec. 777. Section 766(c) of the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1980, // 93 Stat. 1163. // is amended by adding the following to the end thereof: ": Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to individuals who are at the top step of the compensation schedule, and who were employed as teachers in the Panama Canal Zone on September 30, 1979. This modification shall become effective on August 1, 1982".

Sec. 778. None of the funds available to the Department of Defense during the current fiscal year shall be used by the Secretary of a military department to purchase coal or coke from foreign nations for use at United States defense facilities in Europe when coal from the United States is available.

Sec. 779. None of the funds contained in this Act available for the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services shall be available for the payment for any service or supply for persons enrolled in any other insurance, medical service, or health plan to the extent that the service or supply is a benefit under the other plan, except in the case of those plans administered under title XIX of the Social Security Amendments of 1965 (79 Stat. 286). // 42 USC 1396. //

Sec. 780. None of the funds available to the Department of Defense shall be available for the procurement of manual typewriters which were manufactured by facilities located within States which are Signatories to the Warsaw Pact.

Sec. 781. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, $500,000 of the funds made available by this Act for Operation and Maintenance, Army, shall be available for payment for the cost of extending utility lines to connect with the proposed West Point Jewish Chapel.

Sec. 782. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to appoint or compensate more than 35 individuals in the Department of Defense in positions in the Executive Schedule (as provided in sections 5312 - 5316 of title 5, United States Code).

Sec. 783. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be available to pay any member of the uniformed services a variable housing allowance pursuant to section 403(a)(2) of title 37, United States Code, in an amount that is greater than the amount which would have been payable to such member if the rates of basic allowance for quarters for members of the uniformed services in effect on September 30, 1982, had been increased by 8 per centum on October 1, 1982.

Sec. 784. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to convert a position in support of the Army Reserve, Air Force Reserve, Army National Guard, and Air National Guard occupied by, or programed to be occupied by, a military technician to a position to be held by a person in an active Guard or Reserve status if that conversion would reduce the total number of positions occupied by, or programed to be occupied by, military technicians of the component concerned, below the number of positions occupied by military technicians in that component on September 30, 1982.

Sec. 785. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to pay claims for inpatient mental health services provided under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services in excess of sixty days per patient per year: Provided, That the foregoing limitation shall not apply to inpatient mental health services (a) provided under the Program for the Handicapped; (b) provided as residential treatment care; (c) provided as partial hospital care; (d) provided to individual patients admitted prior to January 1, 1983 for so long as they remain continuously in inpatient status for medically or psychologically necessary reasons; or (e) provided pursuant to a waiver for medical or psychological necessities, granted in accordance with the findings of current peer review, as prescribed in guidelines established and promulgated by the Director, Office of Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services.

Sec. 786. During the current fiscal year the Department of the Air Force will transfer from aircraft assigned to the active Air Force one C-130 H aircraft in good condition to the Coast Guard without reimbursement.

Sec. 787. None of the funds provided in this Act to any department or 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. This section does not apply to security or special mission automobiles.

Sec. 788. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used to impose civilian personnel ceilings on Department of Defense industrially funded activities: Provided, That any increase in civilian personnel of such industrial funds in excess of the number employed on September 30, 1982, shall not be counted for the purposes of any statutory or administratively imposed civilian personnel ceiling otherwise applicable during fiscal year 1983.

Sec. 789. Appropriations or funds available to the Department of Defense during the current fiscal year may be transferred to appropriations provided in this Act for research, development, test, and evaluation to the extent necessary to meet increased pay costs authorized by or pursuant to law, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes, and the same time period, as the appropriation to which transferred.

Sec. 790. Notwithstanding the budget authority levels provided in title IV of this Act for the procurement appropriation accounts, the sum total of such budget authority levels is hereby reduced by $386,000,000: Provided, That not more than $2,100,000,000 of the remaining budget authority provided in title IV of this Act and as further reduced herein for the procurement appropriation accounts may be obligated or expended to pay independent research and development and bid and proposal costs allocated to procurement contracts as items of indirect expense.

Sec. 791. No later than the end of the second fiscal year following the fiscal year for which appropriations for Operation and Maintenance have been made available to the Department of Defense, unobligated balances of such appropriations provided for fiscal year 1982 and thereafter may be transferred into the appropriation " Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense" to be merged with and available for the same time period and the same purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided, That any transfer made pursuant to any use of the authority provided by this provision shall be limited so that the amount in the appropriation " Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense" does not exceed $970,000,000 at the time such a transfer is made.

Sec. 792. During the current fiscal year, for the purposes of the appropriation " Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense" the foreign currency exchange rates used in preparing budget submissions shall be the foreign currency exchange rates as adjusted or modified, as reflected in applicable Committee reports on this Act.

Sec. 793. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used by the Central Intelligence Agency or the Department of Defense to furnish military equipment, military training or advice, or other support for military activities, to any group or individual, not part of a country's armed forces, for the purpose of overthrowing the Government of Nicaragua or provoking a military exchange between Nicaragua and Honduras.

Sec. 794. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be used in any way for the leasing to non-Federal agencies in the United States aircraft or vehicles owned or operated by the Department of Defense when suitable aircraft or vehicles are commercially available in the private sector: Provided, That nothing in this section shall affect authorized and established procedures for the sale of surplus aircraft or vehicles: Provided further, That nothing in this section shall prohibit such leasing when specifically authorized in a subsequent Act of Congress.

Sec. 795. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be available for any competition between the currently approved LAN--, TIRN system and any other system under provisions of section 203 of Public Law 97 - 252.

Sec. 796. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before the Congress.

Sec. 797. None of the funds made available in the Act or any subsequent Act shall be available for the purchase of the alternate or new model fighter aircraft engine that does not have a written warranty or guarantee attesting that it will perform not less than 3,000 tactical cycles. The warranty will provide that the manufacturer must perform the necessary improvements or replace any parts to achieve the required performance at no cost to the government.

Sec. 798. Section 308(g) and 308a(c) of title 37, United States Code, are amended by striking " December 17, 1982" and inserting in lieu thereof " March 31, 1983".

Sec. 799. Funds available under this Act may be used by the Department of Defense to enter into purchases of or commitments to purchase metals, minerals or other materials under section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, (50 U.S.C. 2093): Provided, That the total funds under this Act for such purchases or commitments to purchase shall not exceed $50,000,000.

Sec. 799 A. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to support active United States military personnel stationed on shore in Europe at the end of fiscal year 1983 in excess of the planned number of such personnel stationed on shore in Europe at the end of fiscal year 1982 (315,600): Provided, That this limitation may be waived by the President upon a declaration to Congress of overriding national security requirements.

Sec. 799 B. After the date of enactment of this Act, // 50 USC 98d // annual sales of silver from the National Defense Stockpile under the authority of Public Law 97 - 35, // 95 Stat. 357. // or any other Act, shall not exceed 10 per centum of the silver produced from existing domestic producing mines in the preceding 12 month period.

TITLE VIII RELATED AGENCIES Intelligence Community Staff

For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Community Staff; $15,856,000.

Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund

For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund, to maintain proper funding level for continuing the operation of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System; $91,300,000.

This Act may be cited as the " Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1983".

(d) Such amounts as may be necessary for programs, projects, and activities provided for in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1983 (S. 2956), at a rate for operations and to the extent and in the manner provided for in such Act as reported in the Senate on September 24, 1982, as if such Act had been enacted into law, except that the following appropriation items shall be at a rate for operations and to the extent and in the manner provided herein:

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE General Administration SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the general administration of the Department of Commerce, including not to exceed $2,000 for official entertainment, $31,613,000.

Bureau of the Census PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS

For expenses necessary to collect and publish statistics for periodic censuses and programs, provided for by law, $97,294,000, of which $150,000 shall be available together with $50,000 from non--, Federal sources for a new combined monthly survey of men's and women's apparel, to remain available until expended. None of the funds made available to the Bureau of the Census under this Act may be expended for prosecution of any person for the failure to return 1978 Agricultural Census forms 78-A40 A or 78-A40 B, or 78-A40 C or 78-A40 D, or form 79-A9 A, or form 79-A9 B, or for the preparation of similar forms for any future agricultural census.

Economic and Statistical Analysis SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic and statistical analysis programs, $36,832,000.

Economic Development Administration ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For economic development assistance as provided by the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, // 42 USC 3121 // as amended, and Public Law 91 - 304, and such laws that were in effect immediately before September 30, 1982, $168,500,000, and in addition, $30,000,000 shall be available by transfer from the unobligated balances in the Economic Development Revolving Fund, notwithstanding section 203 of the Act of 1965: // 42 USC 3143. // Provided, That during 1983 total commitments to guarantee loans shall not exceed $150,000,000 of contingent liability for loan principal.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING FUND (LIMITATION ON LOAN GUARANTEES)

During fiscal year 1983, total commitments to guarantee loans to steel companies shall not exceed $20,000,000 of contingent liability for loan principal.

International Trade Administration OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

For necessary expenses for international trade activities of the Department of Commerce, including trade promotional activities abroad without regard to the provisions of law set forth in 44 U.S.C. 3702 and 3703; full medical coverage for dependent members of immediate families of employees stationed overseas; employment of Americans and aliens by contract for services abroad; rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding five years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of temporary demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $135,200 for official representation expenses abroad; awards of compensation to informers under the Export Administration Act of 1979, and as authorized by 22 U. S.C. 401(b); purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad; $166,426,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities. During fiscal year 1983 and within the resources and authority available, gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans shall not exceed $12,484,000. During fiscal year 1983, total commitments to guarantee loans shall not exceed $28,250,000 of contingent liability for loan principal.

Minority Business Development Agency MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce in fostering, promoting, and developing minority business enterprise, including expenses of grants, contracts, or other agreements with public or private organizations, $48,000,000, of which $33,463,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $14,537,000 shall be available for program management: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph or in this title for the Department of Commerce shall be available to reimburse the fund established by 15 U.S.C. 1521 on account of the performance of a program, project, or activity, nor shall such fund be available for the performance of a program, project, or activity, which had not been performed as a central service pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1521 before July 1, 1982, unless the House and Senate Appropriations Committees have approved the performance of the program, project, or activity as a central service in accordance with the policies of said Committees applicable to reprogramming of funds.

United States Travel and Tourism Administration SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the United States Travel and Tourism Administration, as provided for by law, including employment of aliens by contract for service abroad; rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding five years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; advance of funds under contracts abroad; payment of tort claims in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672, when such claims arise in foreign countries; and not to exceed $5,000 for representation expenses abroad; $8,100,000 of which $500,000 shall be used only to provide direct financial assistance to the State of Hawaii (which has been declared as a major disaster area by the President) and that such funds: (1) shall be used to supplement and increase rather than replace funds that normally would be used to promote travel by foreign visitors to Hawaii; (2) shall be obligated or expended within 60 days of the date of enactment of this Act; and (3) shall not be used to pay the administrative costs of the United States Travel and Tourism Administration or any other unit of the Federal Government.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft; // 33 USC 851. // 399 commissioned officers on the active list; construction of facilities, including initial equipment; alteration, modernization, and relocation of facilities; and acquisition of land for facilities; $850,127,000, to remain available until expended, of which so much as may become available during the current fiscal year shall be derived from the Pribilof Islands Fund, and, in addition, $22,600,000 shall be transferred to this appropriation from the fund entitled " Promote and develop fishery products and research pertaining to American fisheries", and $4,140,000 from repayments of principal and interest on outstanding loans in the fund entitled " Coastal Energy Impact Fund".

FISHERIES LOAN FUND

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of section 221 of the American Fisheries Promotion Act of December 22, 1980 (Public Law 96 - 561), // 16 USC 3301 // there are appropriated to the Fisheries Loan Fund, $10,000,000 from receipts collected pursuant to that Act: Provided, That during fiscal year 1983 not to exceed $300,000 of the Fisheries Loan Fund shall be available for administrative expenses.

Science and Technical Research SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES

For necessary expenses of the National Bureau of Standards, $117,861,000, to remain available until expended. Of the foregoing amount, not to exceed $47,816,000 is for Measurement, Research and Standards (including not to exceed $1,000,000 for " Measurement Standards for the Handicapped"); not to exceed $21,635,000 is for Engineering Measurements and Standards; not to exceed $10,000,000 is for Computer Science and Technology; not to exceed $13,557,000 is for Core Research Program for Innovation and Productivity; not to exceed $5,491,000 is for the Fire Research Center; not to exceed $6,986,000 is for Technical Competence; not to exceed $12,376,000 is for Central Technical Support; and not to exceed $6,286,000 may be transferred to the " Working Capital Fund". $7000,000 is provided for a metal processing program.

National Telecommucnications and Information Administration SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, $12,667,000, to remain available until expended, of which $503,000 of prior year unobligated balances in the appropriation " Public telecommunications facilities planning and construction" shall be transferred to this appropriation.

General Provisions--Department of Commerce

During the current fiscal year applicable appropriations and funds available to the Department of Commerce shall be available for the activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed by said Act.

During the current fiscal year appropriations to the Department of Commerce which are available for salaries and expenses shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901 - 5902).

No funds in this title shall be used to sell to private interests, except with the consent of the borrower, or contract with private interests to sell or administer, any loans made under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 // 42 USC 3121 // or any loans made under section 254 of the Trade Act of 1974. // 19 USC 2344. //

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Maritime Administration OPERATIONS AND TRAINING

For necessary expenses of operations and training activities authorized by law, including not to exceed $2,500 for entertainment of officials of other countries when specifically authorized by the Maritime Administrator; not to exceed $2,500 for representation allowances; not to exceed $2,500 for contingencies for the Superintendent, United States Merchant Marine Academy, to be expended in his discretion; $78,113,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That reimbursements may be made to this appropriation from receipts to the " Federal ship financing fund" for administrative expenses in support of that program.

Federal Trade Commission SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901 - 5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation expenses; // 15 USC 57a // $63,638,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of sections 10, 11(b), 18, 20, and 21 of the Federal Trade Commission Improvements Act of 1980 (Public Law 96 - 252; 94 Stat. 374) are hereby extended until the termination date set forth in section 102(c) of H.J. Res. 631, as enacted into law, notwithstanding subsections 10(e) and 21(i) of the Federal Trade Commission Improvements Act of 1980 (Public Law 96 - 252; 94 Stat. 374).

Small Business Administration SALARIES AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Small Business Administration, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and not to exceed $1,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $202,029,000; and for grants for Small Business Development Centers as authorized by section 21(a) of the Small Business Act, // 15 USC 631 // as amended $16,000,000. In addition, $25,600,000 for disaster loan making activities, including loan servicing, shall be transferred to this appropriation from the " Disaster loan fund".

BUSINESS LOAN AND INVESTMENT FUND

For additional capital for the " Business loan and investment fund", authorized by the Small Business Act, as amended, $128,700,000, to remain available without fiscal year limitation; and for additional capital for new direct loan obligations to be incurred by the " Business loan and investment fund", authorized by the Small Business Act, as amended, $185,000,000, to remain available without fiscal year limitation; and for additional capital for new direct loan obligations to be made only to disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era as defined in section 1841, title 38, United States Code, under the general terms and conditions of title III of Public Law 97 - 72, // 38 USC 1841 // $25,000,000.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE General Administration SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the administration of the Department of Justice, $54,873,000, of which $350,000 is to remain available until expended for the Federal justice research program.

Legal Activities SALARIES AND EXPENSES, ANTITRUST DIVISION

For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust, consumer protection and kindred laws, $43,389,000.

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS AND

MARSHALS

For necessary expenses of the offices of the United States attorneys, and marshals, and bankruptcy trustees; including acquisition, lease, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $330,981,000.

SUPPORT OF UNITED STATES PRISONERS

For support of United States prisoners in non-Federal institutions, $34,254,000: Provided, That not to exceed $4,050,000 shall be available for the purpose of renovating, constructing, and equipping State and local jail facilities that confine Federal prisoners under the Cooperative Agreement Program: Provided further, That amounts made available for constructing any local jail facility shall not exceed the cost of constructing space for the average Federal prisoner population for that facility as projected by the Attorney General: Provided further, That following agreement on or completion of any Federally assisted jail construction, the availability of such space shall be assured and the per diem rate charged for housing Federal prisoners at that facility shall not exceed direct operating costs for the period of time specified in the cooperative agreement.

FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES

For expenses, mileage, compensation, and per diems of witnesses and for per diems in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law, including advances; $35,700,000.

SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE

For necessary expenses of the Community Relations Service, established by Title X of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, // 42 USC 2000g // $5,764,000.

Interagency Law Enforcement ORGANIZED CRIME DRUG ENFORCEMENT

For expenses necessary for the detection, investigation, prosecution, and incarceration of individuals involved in organized criminal drug trafficking not otherwise provided for, $127,500,000, of which $18,000,000 is to remain available until expended for construction of new facilities and constructing, remodeling, and equipping buildings and facilities at existing detention and correctional institutions.

Federal Bureau of Investigation SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for detection, investigation, and prosecution of crimes against the United States; including purchase for police-type use (not to exceed one thousand three hundred for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; acquisition, lease, maintenance and operation of aircraft; and not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General, and to be accounted for solely on his certificate; $825,154,000, of which not to exceed $3,000,000 for automated data processing and telecommunications and $600,000 for undercover operations shall remain available until September 30, 1984: Provided, That notwithstanding the provisions of title 31 U.S.C. 483(a) and 484, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation may establish and collect fees to process fingerprint identification records for noncriminal employment and licensing purposes, and credit not more than $13,500,000 of such fees to this appropriation to be used for salaries and other expenses incurred in providing these services: Provided further, That passenger motor vehicles for police-type use may be purchased without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year.

Immigration and Naturalization Service SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the administration and enforcement of the laws relating to immigration, naturalization, and alien registration, including not to exceed $50,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General and accounted for solely on his certificate; purchase for police-type use (not to exceed four hundred one of which four hundred shall be for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; acquisition, lease, maintenance and operation of aircraft; and research related to immigration enforcement; and for expenses necessary under Section 501(c) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 (Public Law 96 - 442) // 94 Stat. 1799, 1809. // for the processing, care, maintenance, security, transportation, and the initial reception and placement in the United States of Cuban and Haitian entrants; $484,431,000, of which not to exceed $400,000 shall remain available for research until expended: Provided, That none of the funds available to the Immigration and Naturalization Service shall be available for administrative expenses to pay any employee overtime pay in an amount in excess of $20,000 except in such instances when the Commissioner makes a determination that this restriction is impossible to implement.

Drug Enforcement Administration SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Administration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General, and to be accounted for solely on his certificate; purchase of not to exceed two hundred seventy-seven passenger motor vehicles (for replacement only) for police-type use without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year; and acquisition, lease, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; $248,162,000, of which not to exceed $1,200,000 for research shall remain available until expended and $1,700,000 for purchase of evidence and payments for information shall remain available until September 30, 1984.

General Provisions--Department of Justice

Sec. 201. A total of not to exceed $35,000 from funds appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title shall be available for official reception and representation expenses in accordance with distributions, procedures, and regulations established by the Attorney General.

Sec. 202. Notwithstanding section 501(e)(2)(B) of Public Law 96 - 422, // 8 USC 1522 // funds appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title may be expended for assistance to Cuban-Haitian entrants as authorized under section 501(c) of said Act.

Sec. 203. Authorities contained in Public Law 96 - 132, " Department of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1980", // 93 Stat. 1040. // are in effect until the termination date in section 102(c) of this joint resolution as enacted into law.

RELATED AGENCIES Commission on Civil Rights SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the Commission on Civil Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $11,626,000.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, // 42 USC 2000e. // as amended, 29 U.S.C. 206(d) and 621 - 634, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $18,500,000 for payments to State and local enforcement agencies for services to the Commission pursuant to title VII of the Civil Rights Act, as amended and sections 6 and 14 of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act; // 29 USC 624, 633. // $142,771,000.

Legal Services Corporation PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION

For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974, // 42 USC 2996 // as amended, $241,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Legal Services Corporation shall be expended to provide legal assistance for or on behalf of any alien unless the alien is a resident of the United States and is--,

(1) an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence as an immigrant as defined by sections 101(a)(15) and 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15), (20));

(2) an alien who is either married to a United States citizen or is a parent or an unmarried child under the age of twenty-one years of such a citizen and who has filed an application for adjustment of status to permanent resident under the Immigration and Nationality Act,

// 8 USC 1101 //

and such application has not been rejected;

(3) an alien who is lawfully present in the United States pursuant to an admission under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157, relating to refugee admissions) or who has been granted asylum by the Attorney General under such Act; or

(4) an alien who is lawfully present in the United States as a result of the Attorney General's withholding of deportation pursuant to section 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1253(h)).

An alien who is lawfully present in the United States as a result of being granted conditional entry pursuant to section 203(a)(7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(a)(7)) before April 1, 1980, because of persecution or fear of persecution on account of race, religion, or political opinion or because of being uprooted by catastrophic natural calamity shall be deemed, for purposes of section 1007(b)(11) of the Legal Services Corporation Act, // 42 USC 2996f. // to be an alien described in subparagraph (C) of such section: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Legal Services Corporation shall be used by the Corporation in making grants or entering into contracts for legal assistance unless the Corporation insures that the recipient is either (a) a private attorney or attorneys (for the sole purpose of furnishing legal assistance to eligible clients) or (b) a qualified nonprofit organization chartered under the laws of one of the States for the primary purpose of furnishing legal assistance to eligible clients, the majority of the board of directors or other governing body of which organization is comprised of attorneys who are admitted to practice in one of the States and who are appointed to terms of office on such board or body by the governing bodies of State, county, or municipal bar associations the membership of which represents a majority of the attorneys practicing law in the locality in which the organization is to provide legal assistance: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be expended by the Legal Services Corporation to participate in litigation unless the Corporation or a recipient of the Corporation is a party, or a recipient is representing an eligible client in litigation in which the interpretation of this title or a regulation promulgated under this title is an issue, and shall not participate on behalf of any client other than itself: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be available to any recipient to be used--,

(A) to pay for any personal service, advertisement, telegram, telephone communication, letter, printed or written matter, or other device, intended or designed to influence any decision by a Federal, State, or local agency, except where legal assistance is provided by an employee of a recipient to an eligible client on a particular application, claim, or case, which directly involves the client's legal rights and responsibilities, or

(B) to influence any Member of Congress or any other Federal, State, or local elected official to favor or oppose any Acts, bills, resolutions, or similar legislation, or any referendum, initiative, constitutional amendment, or any similar procedure of the Congress, any State legislature, any local council, or any similar governing body, except that this subsection shall not preclude such funds from being used in connection with communications made in response to any Federal, State, or local official, upon the formal request of such official: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Legal Services Corporation shall be used to bring a class action suit against the Federal government or any State or local government unless (1) the project director of a recipient has expressly approved the filing of such an action in accordance with policies established by the governing body of such recipient; (2) the class relief which is the subject of such an action is sought for the primary benefit of individuals who are eligible for legal assistance; and (3) that prior to filing such an action, the recipient project director has determined that the government entity is not likely to change the policy or practice in question, that the policy or practice will continue to adversely affect eligible clients, that the recipient has given notice of its intention to seek class relief and that responsible efforts to resolve without litigation the adverse effects of the policy or practice have not been successful or would be adverse to the interests of the clients: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any purpose prohibited or limited by or contrary to section 11 of H.R. 3480, as passed the House of Representatives on June 18, 1981: Provided further, That notwithstanding any regulation, guideline, or rule of the Corporation, the funds appropriated in this Act for the Legal Services Corporation shall be used by the Corporation in making grants or entering into contracts under section 1006(a)(1) and (3) so as to insure that funding for each such current grantee and contractor is maintained in 1983 at the annualized level at which each such grantee and contractor was funded in 1982, or in the same proportion which total appropriations to the Corporation in fiscal year 1983 bear to the total appropriations to the Corporation in fiscal year 1982, until action is taken by directors of the Corporation who have been confirmed in accordance with section 1004(a) of the Legal Services Corporation Act:

// 42 USC 2996c. //

Provided further, That no member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation shall be compensated for his services to the Corporation except for the payment of an attendance fee at meetings of the Board at a rate not to exceed the highest daily rate for grade fifteen (15) of the General Schedule and necessary travel expenses to attend Board meetings in accordance with the Standard Government Travel Regulations: Provided further, That no officer or employee of the Legal Services Corporation or a recipient program shall be reimbursed for membership in a private club, or be paid severance pay in excess of what would be paid a Federal employee for comparable service.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE Administration of Foreign Affairs SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Department of State and the Foreign Service, not otherwise provided for, including obligations of the United States abroad pursuant to treaties, international agreements, and binational contracts (including obligations assumed in Germany on or after June 5, 1945); expenses authorized by section 9 of the Act of August 31, 1964, as amended (31 U.S.C. 240 et seq.), and section 2 of the Act of August 1, 1956, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2669); telecommunications; expenses necessary to provide maximum physical security in Government-owned and leased properties and vehicles abroad; permanent representation to certain international organizations in which the United States participates pursuant to treaties, conventions, or specific Acts of Congress; acquisition by exchange or purchase of vehicles as authorized by law, except that special requirement vehicles may be purchased without regard to any price limitation otherwise established by law; $995,000,000, of which $25,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 1984.

REOPENING CONSULATES

For necessary expenses of the Department of State and the Foreign Service for reopening and operating certain United States consulates as specified in Section 103 of the Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1982 and 1983, $1,000,000.

International Organizations and Conferences CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet annual obligations of membership in international multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties, conventions, or specific Acts of Congress, // 22 USC 269a, 269b, 269f, 269g-1, 269h, 272a, 273 - 276, 279a, 280b, 280i, 280k, 280e, 287r, 290b, 1896b, 1928, 1928b, 2673 // $444,315,000, of which $12,506,000 shall be for payment of the full 1983 assessed contributions to the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be available for a United States contribution to an international organization for the United States share of interest costs made known to the United States Government by such organization for loans incurred on or after October 1, 1982, through external borrowings.

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING

ACTIVITIES

For payments, not otherwise provided for, by the United States for expenses of United Nations peacekeeping forces, $73,400,000: Provided, That section 149 of Public Law 97 - 276 shall be effective until the termination date of H.J. Res. 631 as enacted into law.

THE ASIA FOUNDATION

For a grant to the Asia Foundation, $4,100,000 to remain available until expended.

Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, as authorized by Public Law 96 - 317, // 50 USC app. 1981 // $300,000 to be available only until June 30, 1983.

United States Information Agency SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to enable the United States Information Agency, as authorized by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act, // 5 USC app. // as amended (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), and the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.), to carry out international communication, educational and cultural activities, including employment, without regard to civil service and classification laws, of persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed $20,000); expenses authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.), living quarters as authorized by 5 U.S. C. 5912, and allowances as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5921 - 5928; and entertainment, including official receptions, within the United States, not to exceed $10,000; $407,830,000, of which not to exceed $2,671,000 of the amounts allocated by the United States Information Agency to carry out section 102(a)(3) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2452(a)(3)), shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $500,000 may be used for representation abroad: Provided further, That receipts not to exceed $500,000 may be credited to this appropriation from fees or other payments received from or in connection with English-teaching programs as authorized by section 810 of Public Law 80 - 402, as amended; and, for expenses of certain exchange programs of the United States Information Agency, $84,292,000, of which $73,965,000 shall be for the Fulbright and International Visitors Programs, $3,206,000 shall be for the Humphrey Fellowship Program, and $7,121,000 shall be for the Private Sector Programs.

The Judiciary BANKRUPTCY COURTS, SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses of the judges and other officers and employees of the Bankruptcy Courts of the United States, not otherwise provided for, $89,000,000.

(e)(1) Such amounts as may be necessary for projects or activities provided for in the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1983, at a rate for operations and to the extent in the following Act, notwithstanding any other provision of the joint resolution; this subsection shall be effective as if it had been enacted into law as the regular appropriation Act:

AN ACT Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor,

Health and Human Services,

and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal

year ending September 30, 1983,

and for other purposes.

TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS

To carry out the activities for national grants or contracts with public agencies and public or private nonprofit organizations under paragraph (1)(A) of section 506(a) of title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965, // 42 USC 3041e. // as amended, $219,921,000.

To carry out the activities for grants to States under paragraph (3) of section 506(a) of title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, $62,029,000.

FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES

For payments during the current fiscal year of benefits and allowances to ex-servicemen, as authorized by title 5, chapter 85 of the United States Code, // 5 USC 8501 // as amended, of benefits and payments as authorized by title II of Public Law 95 - 250, // 92 Stat. 172. // as amended, of trade adjustment benefit payments and allowances, as provided by law (part I, subchapter B, chapter 2, title II of the Trade Act of 1974, // 19 USC 2271. // as amended) $230,000,000, together with such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for payments for any period subsequent to September 15 of the current year: Provided, That amounts recovered from the States during the current fiscal year pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 8505(d) shall be available for such payments during the year. Amounts received or recovered pursuant to section 208(e) of Public Law 95 - 250 // 92 Stat. 179. // shall be available for payments.

GRANTS TO STATES FOR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND

EMPLOYMENT

SERVICES

For grants for activities authorized by the Act of June 6, 1933, as amended (29 U.S.C. 49 - 49n; 39 U.S.C. 3202(a)(1)(E)); Veterans' Employment and Readjustment Act of 1972, as amended (38 U.S.C. 2001 - 2013); title III of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 501 - 503); and necessary administrative expenses for carrying out 5 U.S. C. 8501 - 8523, chapter 2, title II, of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and sections 101(a)(15)(H)(ii) and 212(a)(14) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, // 19 USC 2271. // as amended (8 U.S. C. 1101 et seq.), including, upon request of any State, the payment of rental for space made available to such State in lieu of grants for such purpose, $22,200,000, together with not to exceed $2,454,300,000 which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund and of which $627,176,000 shall be available only to the extent necessary to meet increased costs of administration resulting from changes in a State law or increases in the number of unemployment insurance claims filed and claims paid or increased salary costs resulting from changes in State salary compensation plans embracing employees of the State generally over those upon which the State's basic grant was based, which cannot be provided for by normal budgetary adjustments: Provided, That any portion of the funds granted to a State in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State in that year shall be returned to the Treasury and credited to the account from which derived.

ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND OTHER

FUNDS

For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the Social Security Act, // 42 USC 299e, 300d-2. // as amended, and to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, // 26 USC 9501. // as amended, and for nonrepayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by section 8509 of title 5, United States Code and by title VI of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, and to the " Federal unemployment benefits and allowances" account, to remain available until September 30, 1984, $5,411,000,000.

Labor-Management Services Administration SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Labor-Management Services Administration, $58,077,000.

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is authorized to make such expenditures, including financial assistance authorized by section 104 of Public Law 96 - 364, // 29 USC 1381. // within limits of funds and borrowing authority available to such Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 849), as may be necessary in carrying out the program through September 30, 1983, for such Corporation.

Employment Standards Administration SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Employment Standards Administration, including reimbursement to State, Federal and local agencies and their employees for inspection services rendered, $169,296,000, together with $347,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund in accordance with sections 39(c) and 44(j) of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. // 33 USC 939, 944. //

SPECIAL BENEFITS

For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses (except administrative expenses) accruing during the current or any prior fiscal year authorized by title V, chapter 81 of the United States Code; // 5 USC 8101 // continuation of benefits as provided for under the head " Civilian War Benefits" in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the Employees' Compensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; and sections 4(c) and 5(f) of the War Claims Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); and 50 per centum of the additional compensation and benefits required by section 10(h) of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, // 33 USC 910. // as amended, $339,600,000, together with such amount as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent year appropriation for the payment of compensation and other benefits for any period subsequent to September 15 of the current year: Provided, That in addition there shall be transferred from the Postal Service fund to this appropriation such sums as the Secretary of Labor determines to be the cost of administration for Postal Service employees through September 30, 1983.

BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND

For payments from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund, $673,544,000, of which $639,255,000 shall be available until September 30, 1984, for payment of all benefits and interest on advances under subsection (c)(2) of section 9501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, // 26 USC 9501. // as amended, as authorized by section 9501(d) (1), (2), (4), and (7) of that Act and of which $21,192,000 shall be available for transfer to Employment Standards Administration, Salaries and Expenses and $13,097,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, Salaries and Expenses for expenses of operation and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program as authorized by section 9501(d)(5)(A) of that Act: Provided, That in addition, such amounts as may be necessary may be charged to the subsequent year appropriation for the payment of compensation and other benefits for any period subsequent to June 15 of the current year: Provided further, That in addition, such amounts shall be paid from this fund into miscellaneous receipts as the Secretary of the Treasury determines to be the administrative expenses of the Department of the Treasury for administering the fund during the current fiscal year, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5)(B) of that Act. // 26 USC 9501. //

Occupational Safety and Health Administration SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, $205,256,000, including not to exceed $47,625,000, which shall be the maximum amount available for grants to States under section 23(g) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, // 29 USC 672. // which grants shall be no less than fifty percent of the costs of State occupational safety and health programs required to be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary under section 18 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: // 29 USC 667. // Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to enforce or prescribe as a condition for initial, continuing, or final approval of State plans under section 18 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, State administrative or enforcement staffing levels which are greater than levels which are determined by the Secretary to be equivalent to Federal staffing levels: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended for the assessment of civil penalties issued for first instance violations of any standard, rule, or regulation promulgated under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 // 29 USC 651 // (other than serious, willful, or repeated violations under section 17 of the Act) // 29 USC 666. // resulting from the inspection of any establishment or workplace subject to the Act, unless such establishment or workplace is cited, on the basis of such inspection, for ten or more violations: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 which is applicable to any person who is engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs ten or fewer employees: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, order or administrative action under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 affecting any work activity by reason of recreational hunting, shooting, or fishing: Provided further, That no funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 with respect to any employer of ten or fewer employees who is included within a category having an occupational injury lost work day case rate, at the most precise Standard Industrial Classification Code for which such data are published, less than the national average rate as such rates are most recently published by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in accordance with section 24 of that Act (29 U.S.C. 673), except--,

(1) to provide, as authorized by such Act, consultation, technical assistance, educational and training services, and to conduct surveys and studies;

(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in response to an employee complaint, to issue a citation for violations found during such inspection, and to assess a penalty for violations which are not corrected within a reasonable abatement period and for any willful violations found;

(3) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect to imminent dangers;

(4) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect to health hazards;

(5) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect to a report of an employment accident which is fatal to one or more employees or which results in hospitalization of five or more employees, and take any action pursuant to such investigation authorized by such Act;

(6) to take any action authorized by such Act with respect to complaints of discrimination againt employees for exercising rights under such Act: Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not apply to any person who is engaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs ten or fewer employees: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended for the proposal or assessment of any civil penalties for the violation or alleged violation by an employer of ten or fewer employees of any standard, rule, regulation, or order promulgated under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970

// 29 USC 651 //

(other than serious, willful or repeated violations and violations which pose imminent danger under section 13 of the Act)

// 29 USC 662. //

if, prior to the inspection which gives rise to the alleged violation, the employer cited has (1) voluntarily requested consultation under a program operated pursuant to section 7(c)(1) or section 18 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970

// 29 USC 656, 667. //

or from a private consultative source approved by the Administration and (2) had the consultant examine the condition cited and (3) made or is in the process of making a reasonable good faith effort to eliminate the hazard created by the condition cited as such, which was identified by the aforementioned consultant, unless changing circumstances or workplace conditions render inapplicable the advice obtained from such consultants: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this paragraph may be obligated or expended for any State plan monitoring visit by the Secretary of Labor under section 18 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, of any factory, plant, establishment, construction site, or other area, workplace or environment where such a workplace or environment has been inspected by an employee of a State acting pursuant to section 18 of such Act within the six months preceding such inspection: Provided further, That this limitation does not prohibit the Secretary of Labor from conducting such monitoring visit at the time and place of an inspection by an employee of a State acting pursuant to section 18 of such Act, or in order to investigate a complaint about State program administration including a failure to respond to a worker complaint regarding a violation of such Act, or in order to investigate a discrimination complaint under section 11(c) of such Act,

// 29 USC 660. //

or as part of a special study monitoring program, or to investigate a fatality or catastrophe: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this paragraph may be obligated or expended for the inspection, investigation, or enforcement of any activity occurring on the Outer Continental Shelf which exceeds the authority granted to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration by any provision of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act,

// 43 USC 1331 //

or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978.

// 43 USC 1801 //

Mine Safety and Health Administration SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health Administration, $153,828,000, including purchase and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the purchase of not to exceed eighty-eight passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; the Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public and private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, or private; the Mine Safety and Health Administration is authorized to promote health and safety education and training in the mining community through cooperative programs with States, industry, and safety associations; and any funds available to the Department may be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to provide for the costs of mine rescue and survival operations in the event of major disaster: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or expended to carry out section 115 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 // 30 USC 825. // or to carry out that portion of section 104(g)(1) of such Act // 30 USC 814. // relating to the enforcement of any training requirement, with respect to shell dredging, or with respect to any sand, gravel, surface stone, surface clay, colloidal phosphate, or surface limestone mine.

Bureau of Labor Statistics SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and local agencies and their employees for services rendered, $120,143,000.

Departmental Management SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, including $1,973,000 for the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, $91,864,000, together with not to exceed $8,752,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund and of which $8,535,000 shall be for carrying into effect the provisions of 38 U.S.C. 2001 - 03.

SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM

For payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States, for necessary expenses of the Department of Labor, as authorized by law, $67,000, to remain available until expended. This appropriation shall be available in addition to other appropriations to such agency for payments in foreign currencies.

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, $38,133,000, together with not to exceed $6,835,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.

General Provision

Sec. 101. Appropriations in this Act available for salaries and expenses shall be available for supplies, services, and rental of conference space within the District of Columbia, as the Secretary of Labor shall deem necessary for settlement of labor-management disputes.

This title may be cited as the " Department of Labor Appropriation Act, 1983".

TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Health Services Administration HEALTH SERVICES

For carrying out titles III, V, VII, VIII, X, and XIX of the Public Health Service Act, // 42 USC 241, 219, 292, 296, 300; 95 Stat. 535. // the Act of August 8, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 7901), section 1 of the Act of July 19, 1963 (42 U.S.C. 253a), // 42 USC 300w // section 108 of Public Law 93 - 353 section 427(a) of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, // 42 USC 253b. // as amended, and title V of the Social Security Act, // 30 USC 937; 42 USC 701. // $1,018,563,000 of which $1,732,000 shall be available only for payments to the State of Hawaii for care and treatment of persons afflicted with Hansen's disease; and of which $3,292,000, to be available until expended, shall be used to renovate the National Hansen's Disease Center: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for payment of the costs of medical care, related expenses, and burial expenses hereafter incurred by or on behalf of any person who has participated in the study of untreated syphilis initiated in Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1932, in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and for payment, in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions, of such costs and expenses hereafter incurred by or on behalf of such person's wife or offspring determined by the Secretary to have suffered injury or disease from syphilis contracted from such person: Provided further, That when the Health Services Administration operates an employee health program for any Federal department or agency, payment for the estimated cost shall be made by way of reimbursement or in advances to this appropriation: Provided further, That during 1983, and within the resources and authority available under sections 338 and 338 E of the Public Health Service Act, // 42 USC 254k, 254p. // gross obligations for the principle amount of direct loans under section 338 E of that Act shall not exceed $1,000,000: Provided further, That none of the funds made available by this Act shall be used to provide special retention pay (bonuses) under paragraph (4) of 37 U.S.C. 302(a) to any regular or reserve officer of the Public Health Service for any period during which the officer is providing obligated service under section 338 B (or under former sections 225(e) or 752) of the Public Health Service Act // 42 USC 234 note, 294u. // except that this proviso shall not apply to any period of service covered by an agreement entered into by an officer under 37 U.S.C. 302(c)(1) before the date of enactment of this Act.

Centers for Disease Control PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES

To carry out titles III, XI, and XIX of the Public Health Service Act, the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, and the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; // 42 USC 241, 300b; 95 Stat. 535; 42 USC 300w. // including insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries; and purchase, hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $290,701,000, of which $2,050,000 shall remain available until expended and shall be for construction and equipment of facilities of or used by the Centers for Disease Control: Provided, That training of employees of private agencies shall be made subject to reimbursement or advances to this appropriation for the full cost of such training.

National Institutes of Health NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Public Health Service Act with respect to cancer, $983,576,000.

NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to carry out the Public Health Service Act with respect to heart, lung, blood vessel, and blood diseases, $622,745,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL RESEARCH

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out title IV of the Public Health Service Act // 42 USC 281. // with respect to dental diseases, $78,860,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS, DIABETES, AND

DIGESTIVE AND

KIDNEY DISEASES

For expenses necessary to carry out title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to arthritis, diabetes, digestive and kidney diseases, $412,182,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL AND COMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS AND STROKE

For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not otherwise provided, title IV of the Public Health Service Act // 42 USC 281 // with respect to neurological and communicative disorders and stroke, $295,719,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS

DISEASES

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, $273,581,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to carry out title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to general medical sciences, $369,561,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN

DEVELOPMENT

To carry out, except as otherwise provided, title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to child health and human development, $253,655,000.

NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE

For expenses necessary to carry out title IV of the Public Health Service Act, with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, $141,561,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

To carry out, except as otherwise provided, sections 301, 311, and 472 of the Public Health Service Act // 42 USC 241, 243, 289l-1. // with respect to environmental health sciences, $164,367,000.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

To carry out, except as otherwise provided, title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect to aging, $93,996,000.

RESEARCH RESOURCES

To carry out, except as otherwise provided, sections 301 and 472 of the Public Health Service Act with respect to research resources and general research support grants, $213,804,000: Provided, That none of these funds, with the exception of funds for the Minority Biomedical Support program, shall be used to pay recipients of the general research support grants program any amount for indirect expenses in connection with such grants.

JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCED

STUDY IN

THE HEALTH SCIENCES

For the John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences, $10,147,000, of which $1,800,000 shall be available for payment to the Gorgas Memorial Institute for maintenance and operation of the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory.

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

To carry out, to the extent not otherwise provided for, section 301 with respect to health information communications and parts I and J of title III of the Public Health Service Act, // 42 USC 241. // $46,043,000.

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

For expenses necessary for the Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, $24,683,000, including purchase of not to exceed thirteen passenger motor vehicles for replacement only.

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

For construction of, and acquisition of sites and equipment for, facilities of or used by the National Institutes of Health, where not otherwise provided, $17,500,000, to remain available until expended.

Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE, AND MENTAL HEALTH

For carrying out the Public Health Service Act // 42 USC 201 // with respect to mental health, drug abuse, and alcoholism, $777,556,000, of which $100,000 for design, modernization and improvement of government owned or leased intramural research facilities shall remain available until expended.

SAINT ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL

For expenses necessary for the maintenance and operation of Saint Elizabeths Hospital in the District of Columbia, $76,505,000: Provided, That the Secretary of Health and Human Services // 24 USC 168b. // may set rates for inpatient and outpatient services provided through Saint Elizabeths Hospital that in the aggregate do not exceed the estimated total cost of providing such services, and may bill and collect from (prospectively or otherwise) individuals, the District of Columbia, Executive agencies and other entities for any services so provided. Amounts so collected shall be credited to the appropriation for Saint Elizabeths Hospital for the year in which the services are provided.

Health Resources Administration HEALTH RESOURCES

For carrying out titles III, IV, VII, VII, and XVI of the Public Health Service Act and section 1122 of the Social Security Act, // 42 USC 241, 281, 292, 296, 300o. // $188,531,000 of which $1,500,000 shall remain available until expended for loan guarantees made prior to fiscal year 1981 and interest subsidies under part B of title VII, // 42 USC 293. // $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended for grants for construction of teaching facilities under section 720(a)(3) of the Public Health Service Act, and $29,000,000 shall be available until expended to enable the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into appropriate financial arrangements to repay in full any loan to Meharry Medical College guaranteed under section 726 (formerly section 729) of the Public Health Service Act. // 42 USC 293f. //

MEDICAL FACILITIES GUARANTEE AND LOAN FUND

For carrying out title XVI of the Public Health Service Act, // 42 USC 300o. // $32,000,000 shall be available without fiscal year limitation for the payment of interest subsidies. The total principal amount of loans to be guaranteed or directly made, which may be allotted among the States, pursuant to titles VI and XVI of the Public Health Service Act // 42 USC 291. // shall not exceed a cumulative amount of $1,500,000,000. During fiscal year 1983, no commitments for direct loans or loan guarantees shall be made.

Assistant Secretary for Health HEALTH SERVICES MANAGEMENT

For the expenses necessary for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health and for carrying out titles III, XIII, and XX of the Public Health Service Act, $96,694,000 and section 2008(g) // 42 USC 241, 300e; 95 Stat. 578; 42 USC 300z. // does not apply to these programs.

HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION LOAN AND LOAN

GUARANTEE

FUND

Any amounts received by the Secretary as repayment of loans under title XIII of the Public Health Service Act // 42 USC 300e. // for direct loans as authorized by said title XIII, and not to exceed $16,500,000 may be disbursed with respect to any liability or contingent liability incurred prior to 1983. During 1983 and within the resources and authority available, gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans shall not exceed $24,500,000.

RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR

COMMISSIONED OFFICERS

For retirement pay and medical benefits of Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, and for payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan and for medical care of dependents and retired personnel under the Dependents' Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C., ch. 55), // 10 USC 1071 // such amounts as may be required during the current fiscal year: Provided, That none of these funds shall be available for payment to retired personnel of the Coast Guard or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or to the survivors of such personnel or for payment of medical care for dependents of such personnel and shall be used solely for Commissioned Officers of the Public Health Service, their dependents and survivors.

Health Care Financing Administration GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title XIX of the Social Security Act, // 42 USC 1396. // $19,361,845,000 to remain available until expended.

For making, after June 30 of the current fiscal year, payments to States under title XIX of the Social Security Act, for the last three months of the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary, the obligations incurred and the expenditures made thereunder for payments under such title to be charged to the subsequent appropriation therefor for the current or succeeding fiscal year.

In the administration of title XIX of the Social Security Act, // 42 USC 1396. // payments to a State under such title for any quarter in the period beginning July 1 of the prior year and ending September 30 of the current year may be made with respect to a State plan approved under such title prior to or during such period. After a plan or plan amendment is approved, payment may be made with respect to it for the quarter in which it was submitted or any subsequent quarter in which it remains in effect.

Such amounts as may be necessary from this appropriation shall be available for grants to States for any period in the prior fiscal year subsequent to June 30 of that year.

For making payments to States under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 1984, $5,105,600,000 to remain available until expended.

PAYMENTS TO HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS

For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, as provided under sections 217(g), 229(b) and 1844 of the Social Security Act, // 42 USC 417, 429, 1395w. // sections 103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 1965, // 42 USC 426a, 1395i-1. // and section 278(d) of P.L. 97 - 248, $15,347,000,000.

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI, XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act, // 42 USC 1301, 1395, 1396. // and sections 1526 and 1533(d) of the Public Health Service Act, // 42 USC 300m-5, 300n-2. // $92,905,000 together with not to exceed $959,671,000, to be transferred to this appropriation as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, // 42 USC 401. // from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds referred to therein: Provided, That these amounts shall be in addition to funding for this purpose available under section 118 of Public Law 97 - 248: Provided further, That $20,000,000 of the foregoing amount shall be expended only to the extent necessary to process workloads not anticipated in the budget estimates and to meet unanticipated costs of agencies or organizations with which agreements have been made to participate in the administration of title XVIII and after maximum absorption of such costs within the remainder of the existing limitation has been achieved: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be allotted or otherwise awarded to any Professional Standards Review Organization which the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services has determined should be terminated from the Professional Standards Review Program because of its inability to effectively or efficiently discharge its responsibilities under the Social Security Act. // 42 USC 1305 //

Social Security Administration PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS

For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Funds, as provided under sections 217(g), 228(g), and 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, // 42 USC 417, 429, 1320b-1. // $855,213,000.

SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS

For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, including the payment of travel expenses on an actual cost or commuted basis, to an individual, for travel incident to medical examinations, and to parties, their representatives and all reasonably necessary witnesses for travel within the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, to reconsideration interviews and to proceedings before administrative law judges, $1,093,000,000: Provided, That after July 31, such amounts for benefit payments as may be necessary may be charged to the subsequent year appropriation.

SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM

For carrying out the Supplemental Security Income Program under title XVI of the Social Security Act, // 42 USC 1381, 1382e; 87 Stat. 155; 42 USC 1383 note. // section 401 of Public Law 92 - 603, section 212 of Public Law 93 - 66, as amended, and section 405 of Public Law 95 - 216, including payment to the social security trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, // 42 USC 401. // $8,543,616,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, That after July 31, such amounts for benefit payments as may be necessary may be charged to the subsequent year appropriation: Provided further, That any portion of the funds provided to a State in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State during that year shall be returned to the Treasury.

ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS PROGRAM

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C., ch. 9), // 42 USC 301, 601, 1201, 1301, 1351, 1381. // $6,684,207,000, to remain available until expended.

For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States under titles I, IV, X, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act for the last three months of the current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary, the obligations and expenditures to be charged to the subsequent appropriations therefor for the current fiscal year.

For making payments to States under titles I, IV, X, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 1984, $1,718,000,000, to remain available until expended.

CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles IV- D and XI of the Social Security Act, // 42 USC 651, 1301. // $347,500,000 to remain available until expended.

For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States under title IV- D of the Social Security Act for the last three months of the current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary, the obligations and the expenditures to be charged to the subsequent appropriations therefor.

For making payments to States under title IV- D of the Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 1984, $118,000,000 to remain available until expended.

LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

For carrying out title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, // 95 Stat. 893. 42 USC 8621. // $1,850,000,000.

REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Refugee Act of 1980, as amended, and sections 501 (a) and (b) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, // 8 USC 1522 // $585,000,000: Provided, That such funds may be expended for individuals who would meet the definition of " Cuban and Haitian entrant" under section 501( e) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act, 94 Stat. 1810, but for the application of paragraph (2)(B) thereof.

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

For necessary expenses, not more than $3,408,451,000 may be expended, as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, // 42 USC 401. // from any one or all of the trust funds referred to therein: Provided, That travel expense payments under section 1631( h) of such Act // 42 USC 1383 // may be made only when travel of more than seventy-five miles is required: Provided further, That $50,000,000 of the foregoing amount shall be apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 665), only to the extent necessary to process workloads not anticipated in the budget estimates, for automation projects, and to meet mandatory increases in costs of agencies or organizations with which agreements have been made to participate in the administration of titles XVI and XVIII and section 221 of the Social Security Act, // 42 USC 1381, 1395, 421. // and after maximum absorption of such costs within the remainder of the existing limitation has been achieved: Provided further, That $47,026,000 authorized herein shall be available only for acquisition of sites, construction, renovation, and equipment of facilities and for payments for principal, interest, taxes and any other obligations under contracts entered into pursuant to the Public Buildings Purchase Contract Act of 1954 // 40 USC 356 // and the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972, // 40 USC 601 // and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That $151,625,000 for automatic data processing and telecommunications activities shall remain available until expended.

Assistant Secretary for Human Development Services SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANTS

For carrying out the Social Services Block Grant Act, $2,450,000,000.

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Older Americans Act of 1965, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, title VIII of the Community Services Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 1981, // 42 USC 3001, 5101, 2991, 6001. 95 Stat. 563. // and the Head Start Act of 1981, // 95 Stat. 499. 42 USC 9801 // $1,753,514,000, of which $43,180,000 shall be for grants under part C of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, // 42 USC 6061. // and $7,320,000 shall be for section 113 of such Act. // 95 Stat. 563. 42 USC 6012. //

CHILD WELFARE SERVICES

For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, parts A, B, and E of title IV and sections 1110 and 1115 of the Social Security Act and title II of Public Law 95 - 266 (adoption opportunities), $572,669,000.

WORK INCENTIVES

For carrying out a work incentive program, as authorized by part C of title IV of the Social Security Act, // 42 USC 630. // including registration of individuals for such programs, and for related child care and other supportive services, as authorized by section 402(a)( 19)(G) of the Act, // 42 USC 602. // including transfer to the Secretary of Labor, as authorized by section 431 of the Act, // 42 USC 631. // $270,760,000 which shall be the maximum amount available for transfer to the Secretary of Labor and to which the States may become entitled pursuant to section 403(d) of such Act, // 42 USC 603. // for these purposes.

Office of Community Services COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

For carrying out the Community Services Block Grant Act, // 95 Stat. 511. // $360,500,000, of which $18,840,000 shall be for carrying out section 681(a)(2)(A), $3,840,000 shall be for carrying out section 681( a)(2)(D), $2,880,000 shall be for carrying out section 681(a)(2)(E), and $5,760,000 shall be for carrying out section 681(a)(2)(F): Provided, That the Secretary of Health and Human Services may waive the requirements of section 138 of Public Law 97 - 276, relating to continuing appropriations for fiscal year 1983, for any State applying for such a waiver if--,

(1) the State had, prior to October 1, 1982, submitted an application for fiscal year 1983 under the Community Services Block Grant Act, containing provisions for the use of assistance under that Act by political subdivisions; and

(2) the chief executive officer of the State certifies that, in at least 45 percent of the counties of the State, services assisted under the Community Services Block Grant Act were not available in fiscal year 1982 (other than a State for which the distribution of funds within the State for such fiscal year was contested by more than one eligible entity).

Departmental Management GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

For expenses not otherwise provided, which are necessary for general departmental management, including hire of six medium sedans, $158,143,000, together with not to exceed $8,000,000 to be transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act // 42 USC 401. // from any one or all of the trust funds referred to therein.

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector General, $44,921,000, together with not to exceed $6,000,000 to be transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act // 42 USC 401. // from any one or all of the trust funds referred to therein.

For making payments to States for medicaid State fraud control units under section 1903(a)(6) of the Social Security Act // 42 USC 1396b. // for fiscal year 1983, $36,346,000.

For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments to States under section 1903(a)(6) of the Social Security Act for the last three months of the current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, not to exceed $5,000,000, the obligations and expenditures to be charged to the subsequent appropriations therefor.

For making payments to States for medicaid State fraud control units under section 1903(a)(6) of the Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 1984, $10,000,000 to remain available until expended.

OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, $19,163,000, together with not to exceed $2,350,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from any one or all of the trust funds referred to therein.

POLICY RESEARCH

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, research studies under section 1110 of the Social Security Act, // 42 USC 1310. // $14,718,000: Provided, That not less than $1,500,000 shall be obligated to continue research on poverty conducted by the Institute for Research on Poverty.

General Provisions

Sec. 201. None of the funds appropriated by this title for grants-in-aid of State agencies to cover, in whole or in part, the cost of operation of said agencies, including the salaries and expenses of officers and employees of said agencies, shall be withheld from the said agencies of any State which have established by legislative enactment and have in operation a merit system and classification and compensation plan covering the selection, tenure in office, and compensation of their employees, because of any disapproval of their personnel or the manner of their selection by the agencies of the said States, or the rates of pay of said officers or employees.

Sec. 202. None of the funds provided herein shall be used to pay any recipient of a grant for the conduct of research an amount equal to as much as the entire cost of such research.

Sec. 203. Appropriations in this Act for the Health Services Administration, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control, the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, the Health Resources Administration, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, the Health Care Financing Administration, and Departmental Management shall be available for expenses for active commissioned officers in the Public Health Service Reserve Corps and for not to exceed two thousand eight hundred commissioned officers in the Regular Corps; expenses incident to the dissemination of health information in foreign countries through exhibits and other appropriate means; advances of funds for compensation, travel, and subsistence expenses (or per diem in lieu thereof) for persons coming from abroad to participate in health or scientific activities of the Department pursuant to law; expenses of primary and secondary schooling of dependents in foreign countries, of Public Health Service commissioned officers stationed in foreign countries, at costs for any given area not in excess of those of the Department of Defense for the same area, when it is determined by the Secretary that the schools available in the locality are unable to provide adequately for the education of such dependents, and for the transportation of such dependents, between such schools and their places of residence when the schools are not accessible to such dependents by regular means of transportation; expenses for medical care for civilian and commissioned employees of the Public Health Service and their dependents, assigned abroad on a permanent basis in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary may provide; rental or lease of living quarters (for periods not exceeding five years), and provision of heat, fuel, and light and maintenance, improvement, and repair of such quarters, and advance payments therefor, for civilian officers, and employees of the Public Health Service who are United States citizens and who have a permanent station in a foreign country; purchase, erection, and maintenance of temporary or portable structures; and for the payment of compensation to consultants or individual scientists appointed for limited periods of time pursuant to section 207(f) or section 207(g) of the Public Health Service Act, // 42 USC 218. // at rates established by the Assistant Secretary for Health, or the Secretary where such action is required by statute, not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for GS-18; not to exceed $9,500 for official reception and representation expenses related to any health agency of the Department when specifically approved by the Assistant Secretary for Health.

Sec. 204. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be used to perform abortions except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term: Provided, however, That the several States are and shall remain free not to fund abortions to the extent that they in their sole discretion deem appropriate.

Sec. 205. Funds advanced to the National Institutes of Health Management Fund from appropriations in this Act shall be available for the expenses of sharing medical care facilities and resources pursuant to section 327(a) of the Public Health Service Act. // 42 USC 254. //

Sec. 206. Funds appropriated in this title for the Social Security Administration and the Office of Child Support Enforcement shall be available for not to exceed $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses related to income maintenance or child support enforcement activities of the Department when specifically approved by the Commissioner of Social Security.

Sec. 207. Funds appropriated in this title for the Health Care Financing Administration shall be available for not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation expenses when specifically approved by the Administrator of Health Care Financing Administration.

This title may be cited as the " Department of Health and Human Services Appropriation Act, 1983".

TITLE III-- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION COMPENSATORY EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED

For carrying out chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981, // 95 Stat. 464. 42 USC 3801. // $3,160,394,000 to become available on July 1, 1983, and remain available until September 30, 1984: Provided, That no funds shall be used for the purposes of section 554(a)(1)(B), $4,746,000 shall be available for purposes of section 555(d), $255,744,000 shall be available for the purposes of section 554(a)(2)(A), $146,520,000 shall be available for purposes of section 554(a)(2)(B), and $32,616,000 shall be available for purposes of section 554(a)(2)(C).

For carrying out section 418 of the Higher Education Act, $7,500,000.

SPECIAL PROGRAMS

For carrying out the consolidated programs and projects authorized under chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981; title IX, part C of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Follow Through Act; sections 1524 and 1525 of the Education Amendments of 1978; and Public Law 92 - 506, // 95 Stat. 469. 20 USC 3811. 20 USC 3341. 42 USC 2000c. 95 Stat. 508. 42 USC 9861. 92 Stat. 2379. 86 Stat. 907. // $534,500,000: Provided, That $450,655,000 to carry out the State block grant program authorized under chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act shall become available for obligation on July 1, 1983, and shall remain available until September 30, 1984: Provided further, That $28,765,000 for the purpose of subchapter D of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act // 95 Stat. 476. 20 USC 3851. // shall become available for obligation on October 1, 1982: Provided further, That $3,000,000 of the amount appropriated above shall be for the purpose of Public Law 92 - 506 of which $1,500,000 shall become available on July 1, 1983, and shall remain available until September 30, 1984.

BILINGUAL EDUCATION

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act // 20 USC 880b. // and part B, subpart 3 of the Vocational Education Act, // 20 USC 2411. // as amended, $138,057,000, of which $3,686,000 for part B, subpart 3 of the Vocational Education Act shall become available on July 1, 1983, and shall remain available until September 30, 1984: Provided, That $2,400,000 of the funds appropriated by title III of this bill shall be used for section 751 of title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. // 20 USC 3261. //

SCHOOL ASSISTANCE IN FEDERALLY AFFECTED AREAS

For carrying out title I of the Act of September 30, 1950, as amended (20 U.S.C., ch. 13), // 20 USC 237 // $455,000,000, of which $445,000,000 shall be for entitlements under section 2 and 3 // 20 USC 237, 238. // and $10,000,000 shall be for payments under section 7 of said Act: // 20 USC 241 - 1. // Provided, That payment to any local educational agency with respect to entitlements under section 3(a) shall be 90 per centum of the amount of such payment for the fiscal year 1981 unless such agency is determined eligible for payment under section 3(d)(2)(B), except that payment to any local educational agency with respect to entitlements under section 3(a) shall be 95 per centum of the amount of such payment for fiscal year 1981 for any such agency in which the number of children determined under such section 3(a) // 20 USC 238. // is at least 20 per centum of the total number of children who are in average daily attendance at the schools of such agency; and payment to any local educational agency with respect to entitlements under section 3(b) shall not exceed the amount of such payment for the fiscal year 1982 unless such agency is determined eligible for payment under section 3(d)(2)(B): Provided further, That notwithstanding the payment provisions stated herein, the Secretary is authorized to determine and make payment of a fair and equitable amount with regard to an otherwise eligible local educational agency which was not eligible in the fiscal years 1981 or 1982: Provided further, That the aggregate amount for payments of entitlements calculated under section 3(d)(2)(B) shall not exceed $15,000,000: Provided further, That no payments shall be made under section 3 of said Act to any local educational agency whose payment under that section fails to exceed $5,000: Provided further, That no payments shall be made under section 7 of said Act // 20 USC 241 - 1. // to any local educational agency whose need for assistance under that section fails to exceed lesser of $10,000 or 5 per centum of the district's current operating expenditures during the fiscal year preceding the one in which the disaster occurred: Provided further, That in addition to the $10,000,000 appropriated in the foregoing, there is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 for section 2 for the purpose of paying entitlements, including the payment of entitlements under this section for the Douglas School District in the State of South Dakota impacted as a result of Ellsworth Air Force Base which shall be made at 100 per centum of the amount to which such school district is entitled under section 2.

For carrying out the Act of September 23, 1950, as amended (20 U.S. C., ch. 19), // 20 USC 631 // $20,000,000 which shall remain available until expended, shall be for providing school facilities as authorized by said Act: Provided, That with the exception of up to $8,500,000 for section 10 and up to $8,500,000 for section 14 (a) and (b), // 20 USC 640, 644. // none of the funds contained herein for providing school facilities shall be available to pay for any other section of the Act of September 23, 1950, until payment has been made of 100 per centum of the amounts payable under sections 5 and 14(c).

EDUCATION FOR THE HANDICAPPED

For carrying out the Education of the Handicapped Act, // 20 USC 1401 // $1,110,252,000, of which $970,000,000 for section 611 and $25,000,000 for section 619 // 20 USC 1411, 1419. // shall become available for obligation on July 1, 1983, and shall remain available until September 30, 1984.

REHABILITATION SERVICES AND HANDICAPPED RESEARCH

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, // 29 USC 701 // as amended, and the International Health Research Act of 1960, // 22 USC 2101 // $1,036,727,000, of which $939,753,158 shall be for allotments under section 100(b)(1), $4,146,842 shall be for activities under section 110(b)(3), and $650,000 shall be made available to the Navajo Tribal Council for activities under section 130: // 29 USC 720, 730, 750. // Provided, That of the amount appropriated for centers for independent living under part B of title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, // 29 USC 796e. // such amounts as are necessary shall be available for fiscal year 1983 to fund all such centers which received assistance under such part in fiscal year 1981 at the level of assistance made to each such center in fiscal year 1981: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated and available for projects with industry under section 621 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, // 29 USC 795g. // such amounts as are necessary shall be available for fiscal year 1983 to fund all such projects which received assistance under such part in fiscal year 1981 at the level of assistance made to each such project in fiscal year 1981.

VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Vocational Education Act, and the Adult Education Act, // 20 USC 1241, 1201 // $816,500,000 which shall become available for obligation on July 1, 1983, and shall remain available until September 30, 1984, except that $7,678,000 for part B, subpart 2 of the Vocational Education Act // 20 USC 2401. // shall become available for obligation on July 1, 1983, and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That $6,500,000 for State advisory councils under section 105 of the Vocational Education Act // 20 USC 2305. // shall be used to provide to each State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and Northern Mariana Islands an amount equal to the amount it received in the previous fiscal year: Provided further, That not to exceed $99,590,000 shall be for carrying out part A, subpart 3, of the Vocational Education Act: // 20 USC 2350. // Provided further, That $2,243,100 shall be made available for the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee.

STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

For carrying out subparts 1, 2, and 3 of part A, and parts C and E of title IV of the Higher Education Act, // 20 USC 1070a, 1070b, 1070c; 42 USC 2751; 20 USC 1088. // $3,567,800,000 which shall remain available until September 30, 1984: Provided, That amounts appropriated for Pell Grants shall be available first to meet any insufficiencies in entitlements resulting from the payment schedule for Pell Grants published by the Secretary of Education for the 1982 - 1983 academic year: Provided further, That pursuant to section 411(b)(4)(A) of the Higher Education Act, // 20 USC 1070a. // amounts appropriated herein for Pell Grants which exceed the amounts required to meet the payments schedule published for any fiscal year by 15 per centum or less shall be carried forward and merged with amounts appropriated for the next fiscal year: Provided further, That the maximum grant a student may receive in the 1983 - 1984 academic year shall be $1,800 notwithstanding section 411(a)(2)(A)(i)(III) of the Higher Education Act: // 20 USC 1070a // Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such sums as may be necessary not to exceed $30,000,000 of the amount appropriated by Public Law 97 - 257 for Pell Grants shall be available for the purpose of restoring eligibility for Pell Grants to individuals adversely affected by the modification, pursuant to paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 124 of Public Law 97 - 92, // 95 Stat. 1197. // of the family contribution schedule with respect to the treatment of payments under title 38, United States Code, to such individuals. For the purposes of determining eligibility and amount of Pell Grant awards under this section, only one-third of the benefits received under such title 38 shall be considered as student financial assistance. The Secretary of Education shall take such steps as may be necessary to notify such individuals of restored eligibility and to make appropriate allocations of the reserved sum: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any other Act, or section 415 B of the Higher Education Act of 1965, // 20 USC 1070c. // the Secretary shall apportion the sums appropriated pursuant to section 415 A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 for the fiscal year 1983 among the States so that each State's apportionment bears the same ratio to the total amount appropriated as that State's apportionment in the fiscal year 1982 bears to the total amount appropriated pursuant to section 415 A for that fiscal year.

GUARANTEED STUDENT LOANS

For necessary expenses under title IV, part B of the Higher Education Act, // 20 USC 1071. // $3,100,500,000, to remain available until expended.

HIGHER AND CONTINUING EDUCATION

For carrying out titles III; VI, parts A and B; VIII; IX, parts B, D and E; title X; and sections 417, 420, and 734 of the Higher Education Act; section 406 A(2) of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1221e-1b(2)); section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961; title XIII, part H, subparts 1 and 2 of the Education Amendments of 1980; H.R. 3598 as passed the House on November 4, 1981; and title V, section 528(5) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, without regard to section 512(b) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, // 20 USC 1051, 1121, 1131, 1133, 1134d, 1134n, 1134r-2, 1135, 1070e-1, 1132d-3. 22 USC 2452. 94 Stat. 1496, 1502. 95 Stat. 450. 20 USC 3489. 95 Stat. 444. 94 Stat. 3170. // $385,525,000: Provided, That funds made available in Public Law 96 - 536, section 110 for the Wayne Morse Chair of Law and Politics shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 1985: Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be available until expended for the Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center: Provided further, That $25,000,000 made available for interest subsidy grants under section 734 of the Higher Education Act // 20 USC 1132d-3. // shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That sections 922(b)(2) and 922(e)(2) and the funding limitations set forth in section 922(e) of the Higher Education Act // 20 USC 1134e. // shall not apply to funds in this Act.

HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES LOANS AND INSURANCE

For the payment of principal and interest on participation certificates as authorized by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1968, issued by the Government National Mortgage Association as trustee on the behalf of the Department of Education pursuant to the Federal National Mortgage Association Act (12 U.S.C. 1717(c)), and for the payment of interest expenses to the Department of the Treasury as required by title VII, section 733(b)(2) of the Higher Education Act, // 20 USC 1132d-2. // $20,143,000 to remain available until expended. The Secretary is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds available under this heading and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitation as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act (31 U.S.C. 849) as may be necessary in carrying out the program set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year. During fiscal year 1983, no new commitments for loans may be made from this account.

COLLEGE HOUSING LOANS

The aggregate amount of commitments for loans made from the fund established pursuant to title IV of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1749), for the fiscal year 1983 shall not exceed the total of loan repayments and other income available during such period, less operating costs. Payments of insufficiencies in fiscal year 1983 as may be required by the Government National Mortgage Association, as trustee, on account of outstanding beneficial interests or participations issued pursuant to section 302(c) of the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1717) shall be made from the fund established pursuant to title IV of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1749) using loan repayments and other income available during fiscal year 1983. During fiscal year 1983 and within the resources and authority available, gross commitments for the principal amount of direct loans shall be $40,000,000.

EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND STATISTICS

For necessary expenses for education statistics activities and for research and development, to carry out sections 405 and 406 of the General Education Provisions Act, // 20 USC 1221e, 1221e-1. // $64,203,000.

EDUCATIONAL, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES

OVERSEAS

(SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM)

For payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department determines to be in excess of the normal requirements of the United States, for necessary expenses of the Department of Education, as authorized by law, $516,000, to remain available until expended.

LIBRARIES

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, titles I and III of the Library Services and Construction Act (20 U.S.C., ch. 16); // 20 USC 352, 355e, 351 // title II, part A, part B except section 224, and part C of the Higher Education Act, // 20 USC 1022, 1031, 1034, 1041, 1031. // notwithstanding the provisions of section 221, $80,320,000.

Special Institutions AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND

For carrying out the Act of March 3, 1879, as amended (20 U.S.C. 101 - 105), $5,000,000.

NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF

For carrying out the National Technical Institute for the Deaf Act (20 U.S.C. 681 et seq.), $26,300,000.

GALLAUDET COLLEGE

For carrying out the Model Secondary School for the Deaf Act (80 Stat. 1027) and for the partial support of Gallaudet College authorized by the Act of June 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 265), $52,000,000.

HOWARD UNIVERSITY

For patial support of Howard University, $145,200,000. If requested by the university, construction financed by prior year appropriations to this account shall be supervised by the General Services Administration.

Office for Civil Rights SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department of Education Organization Act, $44,868,000.

Departmental Management SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of three medium sedans, $222,000,000. During the current fiscal year up to $10,500,000 from collections of federally insured defaulted loans may be transferred to this account for payment of related collection activities.

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department of Education Organization Act, // 20 USC 3422. // $12,840,000.

General Provisions

Sec. 301. None of the funds appropriated by this title for grants-in-aid of State agencies to cover, in whole or in part, the cost of operation of said agencies, including the salaries and expenses of officers and employees of said agencies, shall be withheld from the said agencies of any State which have established by legislative enactment and have in operation a merit system and classification and compensation plan covering the selection, tenure in office, and compensation of their employees, because of any disapproval of their personnel or the manner of their selection by the agencies of the said States, or the rates of pay of said officers or employees.

Sec. 302. Funds appropriated in this Act to the American Printing House for the Blind, Howard University, the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, and Gallaudet College shall be subject to audit by the Secretary of Education.

Sec. 303. None of the funds provided herein shall be used to pay any recipient of a grant for the conduct of research an amount equal to as much as the entire cost of such research.

Sec. 304. No part of the funds contained in this title may be used to force any school or school district which is desegregated as that term is defined in title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Public Law 88 - 352, // 42 USC 2000c. // to take any action to force the busing of students; to force on account of race, creed or color the abolishment of any school so desegregated; or to force the transfer or assignment of any student attending any elementary or secondary school so desegregated to or from a particular school over the protest of his or her parents or parent.

Sec. 305. (a) No part of the funds contained in this title shall be used to force any school or school district which is desegregated as that term is defined in title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Public Law 88 - 352, // 42 USC 2000c. // to take any action to force the busing of students; to require the abolishment of any school so desegregated; or to force on account of race, creed, or color the transfer of students to or from a particular school so desegregated as a condition precedent to obtaining Federal funds otherwise available to any State, school district or school.

(b) No funds appropriated in this Act may be used for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to overcome racial imbalance in any school or school system, or for the transportation of students or teachers (or for the purchase of equipment for such transportation) in order to carry out a plan of racial desegregation of any school or school system.

Sec. 306. None of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to require, directly or indirectly, the transportation of any student to a school other than the school which is nearest the student's home, except for a student requiring special education, to the school offering such special education, in order to comply with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For the purpose of this section an indirect requirement of transportation of students includes the transportation of students to carry out a plan involving the reorganization of the grade structure of schools, the pairing of schools, or the clustering of schools, or any combination of grade restructuring, pairing or clustering. The prohibition described in this section does not include the establishment of magnet schools.

Sec. 307. No funds appropriated under this Act may be used to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools.

This title may be cited as the " Department of Education Appropriation Act, 1983".

TITLE IV-- RELATED AGENCIES Action OPERATING EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for Action to carry out the provisions of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, // 42 USC 4951 // $129,321,000, of which $11,831,000 shall be available to carry out title I, part A of said Act: // 42 USC 4951. // Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be used to close State field offices of the Action agency or to reduce the number of personnel engaged in operating State field offices of the Action agency.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting PUBLIC BROADCASTING FUND

For payment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as authorized by the Public Broadcasting Amendments Act of 1981, // 95 Stat. 725. 47 USC 609. // an amount which shall be available within limitations specified by said Act, for the fiscal year 1985, $130,000,000: Provided, That no funds made available to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by this Act shall be used to pay for receptions, parties and similar forms of entertainment for government officials or employees: Provided further, That none of the funds contained in this paragraph shall be available or used to aid or support any program or activity excluding from participation in, denying the benefits of, or discriminating against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion or sex.

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor--, Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 171 - 180, 182), including expenses of the Labor-Management Panel and boards of inquiry appointed by the President, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia; and for expenses necessary pursuant to Public Law 93 - 360 // 88 Stat. 395. // for mandatory mediation in health care industry negotiation disputes and for convening factfinding boards of inquiry appointed by the Director in the health care industry; and for expenses necessary for the Labor--, Management Cooperation Act of 1978 (29 U.S.C. 125a); // 29 USC 141 // and for expenses necessary for the Service to carry out the functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act, Public Law 95 - 454 (5 U.S.C. Chapter 71), // 5 USC 7101 // $21,321,000.

Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, $3,686,000.

National Commission on Libraries and Information

Science

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, established by the Act of July 20, 1970 (Public Law 91 - 345), // 20 USC 1501 // $674,000.

National Commission on Student Financial Assistance

For necessary expenses to carry out section 491 of the Higher Education Act, // 20 USC 1097. // $840,000.

National Labor Relations Board SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended (29 U.S.C. 141 - 167), and other laws, $124,045,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be available to organize or assist in organizing agricultural laborers or used in connection with investigations, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935 (29 U.S.C. 152), and as amended by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, as amended, and as defined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203), and including in said definition employees engaged in the maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways when maintained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis and at least 95 per centum of the water stored or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes.

National Mediation Board SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151 - 188), including emergency boards appointed by the President, $5,468,000.

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, $6,316,000.

Railroad Retirement Board DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, // 45 USC 231n. // $430,000,000, which shall be credited to the account in 12 approximately equal amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal year.

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION

For expenses necessary for the Railroad Retirement Board, $46,361,000 to be derived from the railroad retirement accounts: Provided, That such portion of the foregoing amount as may be necessary shall be available for the payment of personnel compensation and benefits for not less than 1,162 full-time-equivalent employees: Provided further, That $500,000 of the foregoing amount shall be available only to the extent necessary to process workloads not anticipated in the budget estimates and after maximum absorption of the costs of such workloads within the remainder of the existing limitation has been achieved: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provisions in law, no portion of this limitation shall be available for payments of standard level user charges pursuant to section 210(j) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(j); 45 U.S.C. 228 a-r). For further expenses necessary for the Railroad Retirement Board, for administration of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, not less than $16,644,000 shall be apportioned for fiscal year 1983 pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 665) from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment insurance administration fund: Provided, That such portion of the foregoing amount as may be necessary shall be available for the payment of personnel compensation and benefits for not less than 416 full-time--, equivalent employees.

MILWAUKEE RAILROAD RESTRUCTURING, ADMINISTRATION

For administrative expenses authorized by section 14(c) of the Milwaukee Railroad Restructuring Act, // 45 USC 913. // $250,000.

Soldiers' and Airmen's Home OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

For maintenance and operation of the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home, to be paid from the Soldiers' and Airmen's Home permanent fund, $26,718,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for the payment of hospitalization of members of the Home in United States Army hospitals at rates in excess of those prescribed by the Secretary of the Army upon recommendation of the Board of Commissioners and the Surgeon General of the Army.

TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 501. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 U.S. C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

Sec. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be expended by any executive agency, as referred to in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), pursuant to any obligation for services by contract, unless such executive agency has awarded and entered into such contract in full compliance with such Act and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Sec. 503. Appropriations contained in this Act, available for salaries and expenses, shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for GS-18.

Sec. 504. Appropriations contained in this Act, available for salaries and expenses, shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901 - 5902).

Sec. 505. Appropriations contained in this Act, available for salaries and expenses, shall be available for expenses of attendance at meetings which are concerned with the functions or activities for which the appropriation is made or which will contribute to improved conduct, supervision, or management of those functions or activites.

Sec. 506. No part of the funds appropriated under this Act shall be used to provide a loan, guarantee of a loan, a grant, the salary of or any remuneration whatever to any individual applying for admission, attending, employed by, teaching at, or doing research at an institution of higher education who has engaged in conduct on or after August 1, 1969, which involves the use of (or the assistance to others in the use of) force or the threat of force or the seizure of property under the control of an institution of higher education, to require or prevent the availability of certain curricula, or to prevent the faculty, administrative officials, or students in such institution from engaging in their duties or pursuing their studies at such institution.

Sec. 507. The Secretaries of Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services are authorized to transfer unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appropriations provided in this Act: Provided, That such transferred balances are used for the same purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they were originally appropriated.

Sec. 508. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

Sec. 509. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself.

No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity designed to influence legislation or appropriations pending before the Congress.

Sec. 510. The Secretaries of Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services are each authorized to make available not to exceed $7,500 from funds available for salaries and expenses under titles I, II, and III, respectively, for official reception and representation expenses; the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized to make available for official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $2,500 from funds available for " Salaries and expenses, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service"; and the Chairman of the National Mediation Board is authorized to make available for official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $2,500 from funds available for " Salaries and expenses, National Mediation Board".

Sec. 511. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used to pay for any research program or project or any program, project, or course which is of an experimental nature, or any other activity involving human participants, which is determined by the Secretary or a court of competent jurisdiction to present a danger to the physical, mental, or emotional well-being of a participant or subject of such program, project, or course, without the written, informed consent of each participant or subject, or a participant's parents or legal guardian, if such participant or subject is under eighteen years of age. The Secretary shall adopt appropriate regulations respecting this section.

Sec. 512. Section 104 of Public Law 97 - 276 is deemed to charge no amount appropriated by section 132, 134, 137, 141, or 142 of that joint resolution to any appropriation, fund, or authorization contained in this or any other measure whenever enacted.

This Act may be cited as the " Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1983".

(2) Such amounts as may be necessary for carrying out the following activities, not otherwise provided for, at the current rate:

health planning activities authorized by the Public Health Service Act:

// 42 USC 201 //

Provided, That, notwithstanding section 102 of this joint resolution, no penalty shall be applied nor any State or agency agreement terminated pursuant to sections 1512, 1515 or 1521 of the Public Health Service Act

// 42 USC 300l-1, 300l-4, 300m. //

during fiscal year 1983;

activities under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act

// 29 USC 801 //

as authorized by section 181 of the Job Training Partnership Act, Public Law 97 - 300; sections 236, 237, and 238 of the Trade Act of 1974,

// 19 USC 2296, 2297, 2298. //

as amended; section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954,

// 26 USC 51. //

as amended; and sections 210, 211, and 212 of Public Law 95 - 250;

// 92 Stat. 181. //

and

activities under the Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, for " Program Administration".

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, neither the restriction contained in the proviso under the heading " Occupational Safety and Health Administration: SALARIES AND EXPENSES" in Public Law 97 - 257 (96 Stat. 844) nor any similar or comparable provision of any other law shall apply or have any continuing effect during fiscal year 1983 or any succeeding fiscal year.

(f) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing activities which were conducted in fiscal year 1982, for which provision was made in the Energy and Water Development Act, 1982, at the current rate of operations: Provided, That no funds under this heading shall be used for further study or construction or in any fashion for a federally funded waterway which extends the Tennessee Tombigbee project south from the city of Demopolis, Alabama: Provided further, That no appropriation, fund or authority made available by this joint resolution or any other Act may be used directly or indirectly to significantly alter, modify, dismantle, or otherwise change the normal operation and maintenance required for any civil works project under Department of Defense-Civil, Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers-Civil, Operation and Maintenance, General, and the operation and maintenance activities funded in Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries: Provided further, That of such amount, $1,000,000 shall be available only to provide for a wider navigation opening at the Franklin Ferry Bridge, Jefferson County, Alabama: Provided further, That no appropriation or fund made available or authority granted pursuant to this paragraph shall be used to initiate or resume any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during the fiscal year 1982 without prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That Department of Energy, Atomic Energy Defense Activities, shall be funded at not to exceed an annual rate for new obligational authority of $5,700,000,000, of which not more than $4,372,000,000 shall be available for operating expenses and not more than $1,328,000,000 shall be available for plant and capital equipment, except that no funds shall be available for Project 82-D-109: Provided further, That no appropriation, fund or authority made available to the Department of Energy by this joint resolution or any other Act, shall be used for any action which would result in a significant reduction of the employment levels for any program or activity below the employment levels in effect on September 30, 1982:

(g) Notwithstanding section 102(c) of this joint resolution, the following amounts are provided for fiscal year 1983:

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Housing Programs ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ASSISTED HOUSING

The amount of contracts for annual contributions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by section 5 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437c), and heretofore approved in appropriation Acts, is increased by $519,711,198: Provided, That the budget authority obligated under such contracts shall be increased above amounts heretofore provided in appropriation Acts by $8,651,475,689: Provided further, That of the budget authority provided herein, $361,760,000 shall be for assistance in financing the development or acquisition cost of public housing for Indian families, $1,834,000,000 shall be for assistance for projects developed for the elderly or handicapped under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701q), and $2,500,000,000 shall be for the modernization of existing public housing projects pursuant to section 14 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 14371): Provided further, That all budget authority recaptured and becoming available for obligation in fiscal year 1983 shall only be made available for annual contributions contracts under the section 8 moderate rehabilitation program and the section 8 existing housing program (42 U.S.C. 1437f): Provided further, That any balances of authorities made available prior to the enactment of this Act which are or become available for obligation in fiscal year 1983, shall be added to and merged with the authority approved herein, and such merged amounts shall be made subject only to terms and conditions of law applicable to authorizations becoming available in fiscal year 1983: Provided further, That the $89,321,727 of budget authority deferred and made available in accordance with the provisos under the heading " Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing" in Chapter VII of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1982 (Public Law 97 - 257), shall be made available for the modernization of vacant uninhabitable public housing units, pursuant to section 14 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, other than section 14(f) of such Act: Provided further, That none of the merged amounts available for obligation in 1983 shall be subject to the provisions of section 5(c) (2) and (3) and the fourth sentence of section 5(c)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437c), and section 213(d) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1439): Provided further, That with respect to newly constructed and substantially rehabilitated projects under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, during 1983, the Secretary shall not impose a percentage or other arbitrary limitation on the cost and rent increases resulting from increased construction cost in exercising the authority to approve cost and rent increases set forth in section 8(1) of such Act: Provided further, That no funds provided in this joint resolution or any other Act shall be used to administer or implement any regulation, policy direction or handbook instruction concerning maximum total development costs applicable to the public housing, Indian housing or low-rent homeownership programs not in effect before September 7, 1982: Provided further, That the proceeding proviso may be waived by the Committees on Appropriations after the Department of Housing and Urban Development presents to the Appropriations Committees, and analysis of the impact of the maximum total development cost regulation, published September 8, 1982 in the Federal Register, amending 24 CFR 804, 805 and 841, upon the ability of local public housing authorities to develop the units in the pipeline in a timely fashion.

HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY OR HANDICAPPED FUND

For an additional amount for direct loan obligations for " Housing for the Elderly or Handicapped Fund" under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, (12 U.S.C. 1701q), $181,200,000: Provided, That title I of the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1983 (Public Law 97 - 272) is amended by striking out the period at the end of the paragraph under the heading " Housing for the Elderly or Handicapped Fund", and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 202(a)(3) of such Act, loans made in fiscal year 1983 shall bear an interest rate which does not exceed 9.25 per centum, including the allowance adequate in the judgment of the Secretary to cover administrative costs and probable losses under the program.".

RENT SUPPLEMENT (RESCISSION)

The limitation otherwise applicable to the maximum payments that may be required in any fiscal year by all contracts entered into under section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s), is reduced in fiscal year 1983 by not more than $105,160,000 in uncommitted balances of authorizations provided for this purpose in appropriation Acts.

FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION FUND

For an additional amount for commitments to guarantee loans to carry out the purposes of the National Housing Act, as amended, $6,100,000,000: Provided, That section 207(c)(3), the second proviso of section 213(b)(2), section 220(d)(3)(B)(iii), section 221(d)(3)(ii), section 221(d)(4)(ii), section 231(c)(2) and section 234(e)(3) of the National Housing Act // 12 USC 1713, 1715e, 1715k, 1715l, 1715v, 1715y. // are each amended by inserting "(by not to exceed 140 per centum where the Secretary determines that a mortgage other than one purchased or to be purchased under section 305 of this Act // 12 USC 1720. // by the Government National Mortgage Association in implementing its special assistance functions is involved)" after "90 per centum".

Government National Mortgage Association SPECIAL ASSISTANCE FUNCTIONS FUND

During 1983, within the resources and authority available, gross obligations for the principal amounts of direct loans made pursuant to section 305 of the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1720), shall not exceed $500,000,000, which may be financed with collections received in 1983, and additional obligations are authorized in such amounts as are necessary for increases to prior year commitments.

(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution such amounts as may be necessary for programs, projects, or activities provided for in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1983 (H.R. 7356), to the extent and in the manner provided for in the conference report and joint explanatory statement of the Committee of Conference (House Report Number 97 - 978), passed by the House of Representatives on December 18, 1982, and by the Senate on December 19, 1982, as if such Act had been enacted into law: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution or any other Act including the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1983, $2,000,000 is appropriated for " Fossil energy research and development", Department of Energy, to remain available until expended.

(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution such sums as may be necessary for programs, projects, or activities provided for in the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1983 (H.R. 7072), to the extent and in the manner provided for in the conference report and joint explanatory statement of the Committee of Conference (House Report Number 97 - 957), filed in the House of Representatives on December 10, 1982, as if such Act had been enacted into law.

Sec. 102. Appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be available from December 17, 1982, and shall remain available until (a) enactment into law of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution, or (b) enactment of the applicable appropriation Act by both Houses without any provision for such project or activity, or (c) September 30, 1983, whichever first occurs.

Sec. 103. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for any project or activity during the period for which funds or authority for such projects or activity are available under this joint resolution.

Sec. 104. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted into law.

Sec. 105. All obligations incurred in anticipation of the appropriations and authority provided in this joint resolution for the purposes of maintaining the minimum level of essential activities necessary to protect life and property and bringing about orderly termination of other functions are hereby ratified and confirmed if otherwise in accordance with the provisions of this joint resolution.

Sec. 106. No provision in any appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1983 that makes the availability of any appropriation provided therein dependent upon the enactment of additional authorizing or other legislation shall be effective before the date set forth in section 102(c) of this joint resolution.

Sec. 107. // 5 USC 5343 // (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no part of any of the funds appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, by this Act or any other Act, may be used to pay any prevailing rate employee described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, or an employee covered by section 5348 of that title, in an amount which exceeds--,

(1) for the period from October 1, 1982, until the next applicable wage survey adjustment becomes effective, the rate which was payable for the applicable grade and step to such employee under the applicable wage schedule that was in effect and payable on September 30, 1982; and

(2) for the period consisting of the remainder of the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, a rate which exceeds, as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate payable under paragraph (1) of this subsection by more than the overall average percentage of the adjustment in the General Schedule during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 9(b) of Public Law 92 - 392 or section 704(b) of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, // 5 USC 5343 // the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall apply (in such manner as the Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe) to prevailing rate employees to whom such section 9(b) applies, except that the provisions of subsection (a) may not apply to any increase in a wage schedule or rate which is required by the terms of a contract entered into before the date of enactment of this Act.

(c) For the purposes of subsection (a) of this section, the rate payable to any employee who is covered by this section and who is paid from a schedule which was not in existence on September 30, 1982, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by the President.

(d) The provisions of this section shall apply only with respect to pay for services performed by affected employees after the date of enactment of this Act.

(e) For the purpose of administering any provision of law, rule, or regulation which provides premium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other employee benefit, which requires any deduction or contribution, or which imposes any requirement or limitation, on the basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic pay payable after the application of this section shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay.

(f) Notwithstanding the limitations imposed on prevailing rate pay pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and section 109 of Public Law 97 - 276, an Act to make continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1983, such limitations shall not apply to wage adjustments for prevailing rate supervisors provided by the supervisory pay plan published in the Federal Register on May 21, 1982. (47 FR22100).

Sec. 108. No part of any appropriation contained in, or funds made available by this or any other Act, shall be available for any agency to pay to the Administrator of the General Services Administration a higher rate per square foot for rental of space and services (established pursuant to section 210(j) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, // 40 USC 490. // as amended) than the rate per square foot established for the space and services by the General Services Administration for the current fiscal year and for which appropriations were granted: Provided, That no part of any appropriation contained in, or funds made available by this or any other Act, shall be available for any agency to pay to the Administrator of the General Services Administration a higher rate per square foot for rental space and services (established pursuant to section 210(j) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended) than the rate per square foot established for the space and services by the General Services Administration for the fiscal year 1982.

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Sec. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, the following administrative provision shall apply to the Veterans Administration: The $35,000,000 limitation on Veterans Administration medical automatic data processing services carried in the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1983 (Public Law 97 - 272), is hereby repealed: Provided, That none of the funds which are made available by this or any other Act shall be used to further develop, implement, install, administer, operate, or maintain the computerized medical information support system (COMISS) as described in the VA ADP and Telecommunications Plan, fiscal years 1984 - 1987, dated September 1982, except to administer, operate and maintain the currently operational outpatient automated pharmacy, prescription, labeling, and editing system (APPLES) at locations where such system is currently operating: Provided further, That fifty-two of the full-time equivalent employment (FTEE) ceiling assigned to the Office of Data Management and Telecommunications for the development of COMISS shall immediately be transferred to the Department of Medicine and Surgery to support the decentralized hospital computer program: Provided further, That the FTEE ceiling for the Office of Data Management and Telecommunications in fiscal year 1983 shall not exceed one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, including not to exceed one FTEE located in the Central Office to support APPLES: Provided further, That $1,000,000 of the amount appropriated to the " General operating expenses" account in the Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1983 (Public Law 97 - 272), is hereby transferred to the " Medical care" account to support the transferred FTEE.

Sec. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, moneys deposited into the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund under section 9(b) of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h(b)) are hereby made available, subject to such limitations as may be provided in appropriation Acts and in section 5(a)(1) of such Act, // 50 USC 98d. // until expended for the acquisition of strategic and critical materials under section 6(a)(1) of such Act // 50 USC 98e. // (and for transportation and other incidental expenses related to such acquisition). This paragraph applies without fiscal year limitation to moneys deposited into the fund before, on, or after October 1, 1982: Provided, That during the fiscal year ending on September 30, 1983, not more than $120,000,000 in addition to amounts previously appropriated in prior years, may be obligated from amounts in the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund for the acquisition of strategic and critical materials under section 6(a)(1) of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98e(a)(1)) and for transportation and other incidental expenses related to such acquisition.

Sec. 111 A. Notwithstanding section 102(c) of this joint resolution, subsection (c) of section 4 of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Act (50 U.S.C. App. 1981 note) is amended by striking out "shall submit" and all that follows through the end of the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof "may make available to the public such interim findings and other information as it deems appropriate and shall submit a written report of its findings and recommendations to Congress not later than June 30, 1983.".

Sec. 111 B. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution // 39 USC 403 // the Postal Service shall continue six-day delivery of mail and rural delivery of mail shall continue at the 1982 level.

Sec. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, except section 102(c), there are appropriated to the Postal Service Fund sufficient amounts so that postal rates for all preferred--, rate mailers covered by section 3626 of title 39, United States Code, shall be maintained at Step 14.

Sec. 113. No reduction in the amount payable to any State under title IV of the Social Security Act // 42 USC 603 42 USC 601. // with respect to any of the fiscal years 1977 through 1983 shall be made prior to the date on which this resolution expires on account of the provisions of section 403(h) of such Act. // 42 USC 603. //

Sec. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution or any other provision of law, none of the funds made available under this resolution or any other law shall be used for the purposes of conducting any studies relating or leading to the possibility of changing from the currently required "at cost" to a "market rate" or any other noncost-based method for the pricing of hydroelectric power by the six Federal public power authorities, or other agencies or authorities of the Federal Government, except as may be specifically authorized by Act of Congress hereafter enacted.

Sec. 115. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, except section 102, expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93 - 454, // 16 USC 838. // are approved for construction of Boundary Integration and Colville Valley Support; official reception and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $2,500; and for the purposes of providing funds for conservation and renewable resource loans and grants as specified in the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act (Public Law 96 - 501), // 16 USC 839. // $1,250,000,000 borrowing authority is made available to remain outstanding at any given time: Provided, That the obligation of such additional borrowing authority not exceed $276,000,000 in fiscal year 1983.

Sec. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, there is appropriated to the Department of the Treasury $248,000,000 for " Salaries and expenses", Bureau of Government Financial Operations; $170,510,000 for " Salaries and expenses", Internal Revenue Service; $1,009,409,000 for " Examinations and Appeals", Internal Revenue Service; $1,000,778,000 for " Taxpayer Service and Returns Processing", Internal Revenue Service; $553,700,000 for " Salaries and expenses", United States Customs Service: Provided, That none of these funds shall be available to close or relocate Customs offices in Duluth, Minnesota/ Superior, Wisconsin; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Bridgeport, Connecticut; Hartford, Connecticut; Portland, Oregon; Miami, Florida; St. Albans, Vermont; or Anchorage, Alaska, or to consolidate or reduce personnel, programs or functions of these offices; and $235,000,000 for " Salaries and expenses" (including the hire of 200 new special agents), United States Secret Service.

Sec. 117. None of the funds contained in this resolution shall be available for the implementation and enforcement of any Internal Revenue ruling relating to the application of sections 511, 512, and 513 of the Internal Revenue Code // 26 USC 511, 512, 513. // to revenues generated as a result of North Dakota Century Code chapter 53 - 06.

Sec. 118. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, $770,000,000 shall be available for rental of space within the Federal Buildings Fund of the General Services Administration.

Sec. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, none of the funds made available by this Act shall be used to reduce the number of positions allocated to taxpayer service activities below fiscal year 1982 levels or to reduce the number of positions allocated to any other direct taxpayer assistance functions below fiscal year 1982 levels, including, but not limited to toll free telephone tax law assistance and Internal Revenue Service walk-in assistance available at Internal Revenue Service field offices.

Sec. 120. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, none of the funds made available to the General Services Administration under this Act shall be obligated or expended after date of enactment of this Act for the procurement by contract of any service which, before such date, was performed by individuals in their capacity as employees of the General Services Administration in any position described in section 3310 of title 5, United States Code.

Sec. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, funds available to the Federal Building Fund within the General Services Administration may be used to initiate new construction, purchase, advance design, and repairs and alteration line-item projects which are included in the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriation Act, 1983, as passed by the House or as reported to the Senate.

Sec. 122. Section 2 of Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1979 (93 Stat. 1382, 5 U.S.C. Appendix) // 19 USC 2171 // is amended by adding thereto a new subsection (e) as follows:

"(e) There shall be in the Department of Commerce a Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Services who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall receive compensation at the rate prescribed by law for level IV of the Executive Schedule."

Sec. 123. Section 5314 of title V, United States Code // 5 USC 5315. // is amended by adding the following at the end thereof: " Executive Director Property Review Board".

Sec. 124. Section 305(b) of Public Law 97 - 253 // 5 USC 8345 // is amended by inserting before the period the following: ", except for those individuals who serve three days or less in the month of retirement".

Sec. 125. No funds appropriated by this joint resolution or any other Act may be used to enter into a restructured contract of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for tracking and data relay satellite services if the estimated impact on total program cost of such restructured contract exceeds $216,000,000, or if the estimated total cost of the restructured tracking and data relay satellite services program exceeds $2,704,000,000, unless the Committees on Appropriations, having been apprised of higher estimates by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, approve entering into such contract: Provided, That if at any time the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration estimates that the total cost of the tracking and data relay satellite services program will exceed $2,704,000,000, or that the impact on total cost of restructuring the contract for such services will exceed $216,000,000, he shall promptly notify the Committees on Appropriations and shall take no actions that would cause such costs to increase without the approval of the Committees on Appropriations.

Sec. 126. Of the funds made available to the Department of Defense by this joint resolution, $200,000 shall be transferred to the Department of Education which shall grant such sum to the Board of Education of the Highland Falls-Fort Montgomery, New York central school district. The funds transferred by this section shall be in addition to any assistance to which the Board may be entitled under subchapter 1, chapter 13 of title 20 United States Code. // 20 USC 236. //

Sec. 127. The provisions of H. Res. 611, 97th Congress, approved November 30, 1982, // 2 USC 88b-2, 88b-3, 88b-4. // relating to the House of Representatives Page Board, shall be the permanent law with respect thereto.

Sec. 128. No funds provided under this joint resolution shall be used to deny or reduce supplemental security income or aid to families with dependent children benefits because of home energy assistance provided by a private nonprofit organization, or any entity whose revenues are primarily derived on a rate-of-return basis regulated by a State or Federal governmental body, if the appropriate State agency has certified that such assistance was based on need as determined by such organization or entity.

Sec. 129. (a) Section 101(e) of Public Law 97 - 276 // 5 USC 5318 // is amended by striking out " December 17, 1982," and inserting " September 30, 1983,".

(b) In lieu of payment of salary increases of up to 27.2 percent as authorized by law for senior executive, judicial, and legislative positions (including Members of Congress), it is the purpose of this section to limit such increases to 15 percent. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 306 of S. 2939 made applicable by subsection (a) of this section, nothing in subsection (a) shall (or be construed to) require that the rate of salary or pay payable to any individual for or on account of services performed after December 17, 1982, be limited to an amount less than the rate (or maximum rate, if higher) of salary or pay payable as of such date for the position involved increased by 15 percent and rounded in accordance with section 5318 of title 5, United States Code.

(c) Subsection (b) shall not apply to Senators.

(d) For the purposes of any rule, regulation, or order having the force and effect of law and limiting the annual rates of compensation of officers and employees of the Senate by reference to the annual rate of pay of Senators, the annual rate of pay of Senators shall be deemed to be the annual rate of pay that would be payable to Senators without regard to subsection (c) of this section.

Sec. 130. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, there is appropriated to the " Federal Labor Relations Authority", $15,500,000.

Sec. 131. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, the Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, the International Finance Corporation, the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Development Bank, the African Development Bank, and the African Development Fund to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any assistance by these institutions, using funds appropriated or made available pursuant to this or any other Act, for the production of any commodity for export, if it is in surplus on world markets and if the assistance will cause substantial injury to United States producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity.

Sec. 132. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, none of the funds appropriated or made available (other than funds for " Operating expenses of the Agency for International Development") pursuant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, // 22 USC 2151 // may be used to finance the operating expenses of the Agency for International Development, except that funds contained in deferral numbered D83 - 1 shall be used for operating expenses of the Agency for International Development.

Sec. 133. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, none of the funds appropriated under section 101(b) of this joint resolution may be available for any country during any 3-month period beginning on or after October 1, 1982, immediately following the certification of the President to the Congress that such country is not taking adequate steps to cooperate with the United States to prevent narcotic drugs and other controlled substances (as listed in the schedules in section 202 of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse and Prevention Control Act of 1971 (21 U.S.C. 812)) which are produced, processed, or transported in such country from entering the United States unlawfully.

Sec. 134. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, of the new obligational authority appropriated under section 101(b) to carry out the provisions of sections 103 through 106 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, // 22 USC 2151a-2151d. // not less than 30 percent shall be available for loans for the fiscal year 1983 (funds for such loans shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 1984): Provided, That loans made pursuant to this authority to countries whose annual per capita gross national product is greater than $795 but less than $1,285 shall be repayable within twenty-five years following the date on which funds are initially made available under such loans and loans to countries whose annual per capita gross national product is greater than or equal to $1,285 shall be repayable within twenty years following the date on which funds are initially made avaiable under such loans.

Sec. 135. Payments required by section 4 of Public Law 97 - 346 with respect to the Vice President, Senators, and officers and employees of the Senate shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate out of the account in such fund for " Miscellaneous Items".

Sec. 136. // 45 USC 591 // Any commuter authority operating commuter service transferred from the Consolidated Rail Corporation under part 2 of the Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981 // 95 Stat. 647. 45 USC 744a. // shall be subject to applicable laws with respect to such service.

Sec. 137. // 45 USC 1113 // Conrail employees who are deprived of employment by assumption or discontinuance of intercity passenger service by Amtrak shall hereafter be eligible for employee protection benefits under section 701 of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (45 U.S.C. 797), notwithstanding any other provision of law, agreement, or arrangement, and notwithstanding the inability of such employees otherwise to meet the eligibility requirements of such section. Such protection shall be the exclusive protection applicable to Conrail employees deprived of employment or adversely affected by any such assumption or discontinuance.

Sec. 138. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, the provisions of section 616 of H.R. 7158, the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriation Act, 1983, and section 614 of S. 2916, the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriation Bill 1983, shall not apply to funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this joint resolution.

Sec. 139. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be obligated or expended in any way for the purpose of the sale, lease, or rental of any portion of land currently identified as Fort De Russy Honolulu, Hawaii.

Sec. 140. The authorization for the water project on Bradley Lake, near Cook Inlet, Alaska described in the plans recommended in the report of the Chief of Engineers contained in House Document Numbered 455, 87th Congress, which plan was adopted and authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 1180, 1193) is hereby terminated: Provided, That for clarification, funds in the amount of $31,050,000 authorized to be appropriated in fiscal year 1978 for continuation of construction of distribution systems and drains on the San Luis Unit, Central Valley Project under Public Law 95 - 46 // 91 Stat. 225. // shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That $4,000,000 shall be made available for the Yatesville Lake construction project: Provided further, That funds available or hereafter made available for the project for flood protection on the Sacramento River, California, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1960, // 33 USC 701r-1, 709a. // may be used for construction of bank erosion control works along the banks of the Sacramento River for Chico Landing to the upstream ends of the project levees.

Sec. 141. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, including section 102, there are appropriated $3,500,000 for carrying out the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, which is in addition to amounts otherwise available under section 137 of Public Law 97 - 276 and under this joint resolution for carrying out such Act.

Sec. 142. (a) For payment to the Alaska Railroad Revolving Fund for capital improvements, replacements, operations, and maintenance, $7,600,000, to remain available until expended.

(b) For an additional amount to execute contracts for the Dodge Island Bridge Project, Miami, Florida, in accordance with the provisions of Title 23, United States Code, Section 144, $23,200,000 to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund, and to remain available until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, obligations incurred under this section shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations for federal-aid highways.

Sec. 143. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, until the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia renders a final decision in Case No. 82 - 2389, (National Cable Television Assoc., Inc. v. Copyright Royalty Tribunal), or March 15, 1983, whichever occurs first, no funds appropriated by this joint resolution or any other Act of Congress which provides funds for the Library of Congress and the Copyright Royalty Tribunal for fiscal year 1983 shall be expended to implement, enforce, award, or collect royalty fees under, and no obligation or liability for copyright royalty fees shall accrue until March 15, 1983 pursuant to, the decision announced by the Copyright Royalty Tribunal on October 20, 1982, Docket Numbered 81 - 2, and any subsequent decision, order, memorandum, or opinion issued by the Tribunal in such docket, insofar as such decision and any subsequent decision, order, memorandum, or opinion relate to the establishment of a royalty rate of 3.75 per centum of the gross receipts of certain cable systems for the carriage of certain distant signal equivalents. Nothing in this section shall be construed as barring the Copyright Royalty Tribunal from expending funds to decide, and to issue written materials with regard to its Docket Number 81 - 2, and to defend in court or elsewhere its decisions, orders, memoranda, or opinions in such docket or relating to the subject matter of such docket.

Nothing in this joint resolution shall inhibit the Library of Congress and the Copyright Office from expending funds duly appropriated for the general purpose of administering the Copyright Act, // 17 USC 101 // including the compulsory licensing provisions therein, except as solely and specifically related to implementation of the Copyright Royalty Tribunal's rate determination of October 20, 1982 as set out in 47 FR 52146 (November 19, 1982) until the Court of Appeals has rendered a final decision regarding said determination as it relates to the distant signal rate adjustment.

Sec. 144. Notwithstanding any provision of this joint resolution or any other law or regulation, payments for local educational agencies under the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874, 81st Congress) // 20 USC 236. // in Montana for fiscal year 1983 shall be computed from corrected 1981 financial data. The provisions of this section shall not apply unless the following conditions are met:

(1) No such payments shall be made until an audit is conducted. (2) No such payments shall be made prior to March 30, 1983. (3) The total amount of the increase in payments made by reason of this section shall not exceed $3,000,000. (4) No such payments shall be made prior to the submission of the audit report to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and of the House of Representatives.

Sec. 145. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, section 5546a(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended (1) by deleting the period at the end of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word "and", and (2) by inserting immediately after paragraph (2) of subsection (a) the following new paragraph:

"(3) any employee of the Federal Aviation Administration who occupies a position at the Federal Aviation Administration Academy, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the duties of which are determined by the Administrator to require the individual to be actively engaged in or directly responsible for training employees to perform the duties of a position described in subparagraph (a); (b); or (c) or paragraph (1) of this subsection, and who, immediately prior to assuming such position at such Academy, occupied a position referred to in subparagraph (a), (b), or (c) of paragraph (1) of this subsection.".

Sec. 146. No funds, including funds provided in this joint resolution or in the account entitled " Expenses, Disposal of Surplus Real and Related Personal Property" (Account No. 47 - 5254 - 0 - 2 - 804), may be expended by the General Services Administration to proceed with any sale or disposal of real property and improvements known as the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center at Beavertail Point, Jamestown, Rhode Island, containing 6.81 acres, more or less, and identified by General Services Administration control number N-RI-482 A.

Sec. 147. Section 1618 of the Social Security Act // 42 USC 1382g. // is amended by adding the following new subsection:

"(c) The Secretary shall not find that a State has failed to meet the requirements imposed by paragraph (4) of subsection (a) with respect to the levels of its, supplementary payments for any portion of the period July 1, 1980 through June 30, 1981, if the State's expenditures for such payments in that twelve--, month period were not less than its expenditures for such payments for the period July 1, 1976 through June 30, 1977 (or, if the State made no supplementary payments in the period July 1, 1976 through June 30, 1977, the expenditures for the first twelve-month period extending from July 1 through June 30 in which the State made such payments).".

Sec. 148. There is appropriated $25,000,000 for carrying out title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, // 95 Stat. 893. 42 USC 8621. // relating to low income home energy assistance, which is in addition to amounts otherwise available for such title XXVI under this joint resolution.

Sec. 149. (A) Notwithstanding the first sentence of section 103(e)( 4) of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary of Transportation shall approve the withdrawal from the Interstate System the route of Interstate Route 95 and Interstate Route 695 from the intersection with Interstate Route 295 in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, to the proposed intersection with Interstate Route 287 in Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey.

(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized and directed, pursuant to section 103 of such title, // 23 USC 103. // to designate as part of the Interstate Highway System the New Jersey Turnpike from exit 10 to the interchange with the Pennsylvania Turnpike and the Pennsylvania Turnpike from such interchange to and including the proposed interchange with Interstate Route 95 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

(C) The Secretary of Transportation is further authorized and directed to designate Interstate Route 95 and assure through proper sign designations the orderly connection of Interstate Route 95 pursuant to this section.

Sec. 150. // 30 USC 1235 // Within 60 days of receipt of a complete abandoned mine reclamation fund grant application from any eligible State under the provisions of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (91 Stat. 460) // 30 USC 1235. // the Secretary of Interior shall grant to such State any and all funds available for such purposes in the applicable appropriations Act.

Sec. 151. Notwithstanding Public Law 95 - 622, // 42 USC 2689 // funds made available to the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research under Public Law 97 - 216 shall remain available until March 31, 1983.

Sec. 152. Section 10526(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--,

(1) by striking "or" at the end of paragraph (12);

(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (13), and inserting in lieu thereof "; or,"; and

(3) by adding at the end thereof the following:

"(14) transportation of broken, crushed, or powdered glass.".

Sec. 153. None of the funds appropriated in this joint resolution or Public Law 97 - 276 shall be used for the development, initiation, or implementation of plans, drawings, architectural engineering work, design work, site preparation or acquisition for, or the construction of, any new Senate office buildings or additions to existing Senate office buildings. This provision does not apply to planning, construction, or completion for the Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building.

Sec. 154. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or this joint resolution, none of the funds provided for " International Organizations and Programs" under section 101(b) of this joint resolution shall be available for the United States' proportionate share for any programs for the Palestine Liberation Organization, the Southwest Africa Peoples Organization, or Cuba.

Sec. 155. (a) It is the purpose of this section to provide the Secretary of Energy the exclusive authority for the disbursement of the designated petroleum violation escrow funds for limited restitutional purposes (1) which are reasonably expected to benefit the class of persons injured by such violations, and (2) which, based on information previously provided to Congress by the Secretary of Energy, are likely not to be, through procedures established by regulation, otherwise refunded to injured persons because the purchasers of the refined petroleum products cannot be reasonably identified or paid or because the amount of each purchaser's over--, charge is too small to be capable of reasonable determination.

(b) As soon as practicable, the Secretary of Energy shall disburse designated petroleum violation escrow funds to the Governors of the States in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection (d).

(c) Amounts disbursed to the Governor of any state shall be used by the Governor as if such funds were received under one or more energy conservation programs. The Governor shall identify to the Secretary within one year after the time of disbursement the energy conservation program or programs to which the funds are or will be applied. Funds disbursed under this section shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, funds otherwise available for such programs under Federal or State law.

(d) The disbursement by the Secretary of Energy to each State shall be based on the ratio, calculated by the Secretary, which--,

(1) the volume of refined petroleum products consumed within that State during the period beginning September 1, 1973, and ending January 28, 1981, bears to

(2) the volume of refined petroleum products consumed within all States during such period.

Calculations made by the Secretary of Energy under this subsection shall be based upon estimates by the Secretary from reasonably available information.

(e) For purposes of this section--,

(1) The term "designated petroleum violation escrow funds" means amounts (not in excess of $200,000,000) which are derived from settlements from alleged petroleum pricing and allocation violations generally resulting in overcharges to purchasers of refined petroleum products and held in trust accounts administered by the Department of Energy on December 17, 1982, and which--,

(A) are not likely to be required for satisfying claims

of

potential claimants identified in the proceedings of the

Office of Hearings and Appeals initiated prior to

December

17, 1982, or identified in judicial proceedings

initiated prior

to such date; and

(B) the use of under this section would be consistent

with

the remedial order or consent order covering such funds.

(2) The term "energy conservation programs" means--,

(A) the program under Part A of the Energy

Conservation

and Existing Buildings Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6861

and

following);

(B) the programs under part D of title III of the

Energy

Policy and Conservation Act (relating to primary and

supplemental

State energy conservation programs; 42 U.S.C.

6321 and following);

(C) the program under part G of title III of Energy

Policy

and Conservation Act (relating to energy conservation

for

schools and hospitals; 42 U.S.C. 6371 and following);

(D) program under the National Energy Extension

Service

Act (42 U.S.C. 7001 and following); and

(E) the program under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 and

following).

(3) The term " State" means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession of the United States.

(4) The term " Governor", when used with respect to any State, means the Governor or the chief executive officer of that State.

(5) The term "refined petroleum product" means gasoline, kerosene, distillates, (including Number 2 fuel oil), LPG (other than ethane), refined lubricating oils, diesel fuel, and residual fuel oil, but does not include refinery feedstocks.

(f) No funds disbursed under this section may be used for any administrative expenses of the Department of Energy or of any State, whether incurred in connection with any energy conservation program or otherwise

Sec. 156. // 42 USC 402 // (a)(1) The head of the agency shall pay each month an amount determined under paragraph (2) to a person--,

(A) who is the surviving spouse of a member or a former member of the Armed Forces described in subsection (c);

(B) who has in such person's care a child of such member or former member who has attained sixteen years of age but not eighteen years of age and is entitled to a child's insurance benefit under section 202(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S. C. 402(d)) for such month; and

(C) who is not entitled for such month to a mother's insurance benefit under section 202(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S. C. 402(g)) by reason of having such child (or any other child of such member or former member) in her care.

(2) A payment under paragraph (1) for any month shall be in the amount of the mother's insurance benefit, if any, that such person would receive for such month under section 202(g) of the Social Security Act // 42 USC 402. // if such child were under sixteen years of age, disregarding any adjustments made under section 215(i) of the Social Security Act // 42 USC 415. // after August 1981. However, if such person is entitled for such month to a mother's insurance benefit under section 202(g) of such Act by reason of having the child of a person other than such member or former member of the Armed Forces in such person's care, the amount of the payment under the preceding sentence for such month shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the amount of the benefit payable by reason of having such child in such person's care.

(b)(1) The head of the agency shall pay each month an amount determined under paragraph (2) to a person--,

(A) who is the child of a member or former member of the Armed Forces described in subsection (c);

(B) who has attained eighteen years of age but not twenty-two years of age and is not under a disability as defined in section 223(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 423(d));

(C) who is a full-time student at a postsecondary school, college, or university that is an educational institution (as such terms were defined in section 202(d)(7) (A) and (C) of the Social Security Act

// 42 USC 402. //

as in effect before the amendments made by section 2210(a) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97 - 35; 95 Stat. 841)); and

(D) who is not entitled for such month to a child's insurance benefit under section 202(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S. C. 402(d)) or is entitled for such month to such benefit only by reason of section 2210(c) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (95 Stat. 842).

// 42 USC 402 //

(2) A payment under paragraph (1) for any month shall be in the amount that the person concerned would have been entitled to receive for such month as a child's insurance benefit under section 202(d) of the Social Security Act (as in effect before the amendments made by section 2210(a) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (95 Stat. 841)), disregarding any adjustments made under section 215(i) of the Social Security Act after August 1981, // 42 USC 415. // but reduced for any month by any amount payable to such person for such month under section 2210(c) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (95 Stat. 842).

(c) A member or former member of the Armed Forces referred to in subsection (a) or (b) as described in this subsection is a member or former member of the Armed Forces who died on active duty before August 13, 1981, or died from a service-connected disability incurred or aggravated before such date.

(d)(1) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide to the head of the agency such information as the head of the agency may require to carry out this section.

(2) The head of the agency shall carry out this section under regulations which the head of the agency shall prescribe. Such regulations shall be prescribed not later than ninety days after the date of the enactment of this section.

(e)(1) Unless otherwise provided by law--,

(A) each time after December 31, 1981, that an increase is made by law in the dependency and indemnity compensation paid under section 411 of title 38, United States Code, the head of the agency shall, at the same time and effective as of the same date on which such increase takes effect, increase the benefits paid under subsection (a) by a percentage that is equal to the overall average (rounded to the nearest one-tenth of 1 per centum) of the percentages by which each of the dependency and indemnity compensation rates under section 411 of such title

// 38 USC 411. //

are increased above the rates as in effect immediately before such increase; and

(B) each time after December 31, 1981, that an increase is made by law in the rates of educational assistance allowances provided for under section 1731(b) of title 38, United States Code, the head of the agency shall, at the same time and effective as of the same date on which such increase takes effect, increase the benefits paid under subsection (b) by a percentage that is equal to the overall average (rounded to the nearest one-tenth of 1 per centum) of the percentages by which each of the educational assistance allowance rates provided for under section 1731(b) of such title

// 38 USC 1731. //

are increased above the rates as in effect immediately before such increase.

(2) The amount of the benefit payable to any person under subsection (a) or (b) and the amount of any increase in any such benefit made pursuant to clause (1) or (2) of this subsection, if not a multiple of $1, shall be rounded to the next lower multiple of $1.

(f) Payments under subsections (a) and (b) shall be made only for months after the month in which this section is enacted.

(g)(1) During fiscal year 1983 the Secretary of Defense shall transfer from time to time from the " Retired Pay, Defense" account of the Department of Defense to the head of the agency such amounts as the head of the agency determines to be necessary to pay the benefits provided for under subsections (a) and (b) during such fiscal year and to pay the administrative expenses incurred in paying such benefits during such fiscal year. The Secretary of Defense may transfer funds under this subsection in advance of the payment of benefits and expenses by the head of the agency.

(2) The head of the agency shall establish on the books of the agency over which he exercises jurisdiction a new account to be used for the payment of benefits under subsections (a) and (b) and shall credit to such account all funds transferred to him for such purpose by the Secretary of Defense.

(h) The head of the agency and the Secretary of Health and Human Services may enter into an agreement to provide for the payment by the Secretary or the head of the agency of benefits provided for under subsection (a) and benefits provided for under section 202(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(g)) in a single monthly payment and for the payment by the Secretary or the head of the agency of benefits provided for under subsection (b) and benefits provided for under section 202(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(d)) in a single monthly payment, if the head of the agency and the Secretary agree that such action would be practicable and cost effective to the Government.

(i) For the purposes of this section:

(1) The term "head of the agency" means the head of such department or agency of the Government as the President shall designate to administer the provisions of this section.

(2) The terms "active military, naval, or air service" and "service-connected" have the meanings given those terms in paragraphs (24) and (16), respectively, of section 101 of title 38, United States Code, except that for the purposes of this section such terms do not apply to any service in the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Sec. 157. Upon request of the city of Tacoma, Washington, the Secretary of Commerce shall authorize such city to sell or lease to any person the Pantages Centre for the Performing Arts building, without affecting the Federal assistance provided under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 // 42 USC 3121 // (project numbered 07 - 11 - 02513), if such transfer documents provide for the operation of such facility as a performing arts center for at least twenty-five years after such transfer.

Sec. 158. For activities of the White House Conference on Productivity, including the conduct of regional and local conferences throughout the United States, as authorized by Public Law 97 - 367, $1,500,000.

Sec. 159 Funds in this joint resolution may not be made available for payment to the International Atomic Energy Agency unless the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency certifies to the United States Government that the State of Israel is allowed to participate fully as a member nation in the activities of that Agency, and the Secretary of State transmits such certification to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the United States Senate.

Sec. 160. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, there is appropriated $100,000,000 for carrying out title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, // 95 Stat. 893. 42 USC 8621. // relating to low-income home energy assistance, which is in addition to amounts otherwise available for such title XXVI under this joint resolution.

Sec. 161. The Nation's economy is entering the seventeenth month of a severe recession, with few signs of recovery;

Nearly twenty million people are underemployed or unemployed due to this recession;

Our Nation's steel, auto and housing industries and our agricultural sector remain mired in a depression;

Given the current underutilization of both labor and capital, lower interest rates will not rekindle inflation;

Lower interest rates are the key to higher employment, higher production and sustained economic growth; therefore, be it

Declared that it is the Sense of the Congress that: In recent months, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and the Federal Open Market Committee have made a significant contribution to the lower interest rates without rekindling inflation, and that, with due regard for controlling inflation so as not to have an opposite effect of driving interest rates upward, they should continue to take such actions as are necessary to achieve and maintain a level of interest rates low enough to generate significant economic growth and thereby reduce the current intolerable level of unemployment.

Sec. 162. For an additional amount for " Employment and training assistance", $25,000,000, which shall be for carrying out title III of the Job Training Partnership Act (Public Law 97 - 300).

Sec. 163. None of the funds made available by this joint resolution shall be used to furnish, or facilitate the sale or transfer of, sensitive United States defense equipment, materials or technology to any country for which the President does not certify to the Congress that he has reliable assurances that such country will not transfer sensitive United States equipment, materials or technology in violation of agreements entered into under the Arms Export Control Act // 22 USC 2751 // to any Communist country, or to any country which receives arms from a Communist country.

Sec. 164. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, $94,000 is appropriated to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, " Resource Management".

Sec. 165. (a) Section 922(b)(5), title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding the words "except .22 caliber rimfire ammunition" after the words "or ammunition".

(b) Section 923(9), title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding the words "except .22 caliber rimfire ammunition" after the words "and ammunition" the first time they appear.

Sec. 166. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an additional amount of $2,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of Labor to enter into a contractual or other agreement to support social science and historical studies of international labor issues.

Sec. 167. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, there is appropriated to the Department of the Interior $3,000,000 for National Park Service Construction.

Approved December 21, 1982.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.J. Res. 631:

HOUSE REPORT: No. 97 - 959 (Comm. on Appropriations) and No. 97 - 980 (Comm. of Conference).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982):

Dec. 14, considered and passed House.

Dec. 18, 19, considered and passed Senate, amended.

Dec. 19, House concurred in Senate amendments with amendments.

Dec. 20, Senate and House agreed to conference report.

WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 18, No. 51 (1982):

Dec. 21, Presidential statement.

PUBLIC LAW 97-376, 96 STAT. 1828

97th CONGRESS, H.R. 5553 DECEMBER 21, 1982
An Act To provide for the use and disposition of Miami Indians

judgment funds in dockets

124-B and 254 before the United States Court of

Claims, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the funds appropriated on July 27, 1979, in satisfaction of the award in favor of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and the Miami Indians of Indiana in dockets 124-B and 254 before the United States Court of Claims, including all interest and investment income accrued, less attorney fees and litigation expenses, shall be used and distributed as herein provided.

Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter secretary") shall divide the judgment funds in dockets 124-B and 254, together with the interest and investment income accruing thereon, between the two beneficiary groups, on the basis of the number of enrollees of each group as designated on the 1972 Miami Indians of Oklahoma and Indiana payment roll, prepared pursuant to the Act of June 2, 1972 (86 Stat. 199), with 1398/5,080ths to the tribal organization, the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, and 3682/5,080ths to the descendant group which consists of the Miami Indians of Indiana and other Miami descendants.

Sec. 3. For purposes of determining the number of lineal descendants of the Miami Indians of Indiana and other Miami descendants entitled to participate in such funds apportioned to the descendant group, the Secretary shall prepare a roll of all persons of Miami Indian ancestry who meet the following requirements for eligibility:

(a) They were born on or prior to, and living on, the date of this Act.

(b) Their name or the name of an ancestor from whom they claim eligibility appears on the roll of Miami Indians of Indiana of June 12, 1895, or the roll of " Miami Indians of Indiana, now living in Kansas, Quapaw Agency, I.T., and Oklahoma Territory", prepared and completed pursuant to the Act of March 2, 1895 (28 Stat. 903), or the roll of the Eel River Miami Tribe of Indians of May 27, 1889, prepared and completed pursuant to the Act of June 29, 1888 (25 Stat. 223), or the roll of the Western Miami Tribe of Indians of June 12, 1891 (26 Stat. 1001). No person whose name appears on the current tribal roll of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma shall be eligible to be enrolled under this section. Applications for enrollment must be filed with the area director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee, Oklahoma, on forms prescribed for that purpose. The determination of the Secretary regarding the eligibility of an applicant shall be final.

Sec. 4. On completion of the roll by the Secretary, as provided under section 3 of this Act, the funds apportioned to the descendant group, including the interest and investment income accruing thereon, shall be distributed equally to the individuals enrolled.

Sec. 5. (a) Of the apportioned share belonging to the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, no more than 80 per centum of such funds, including the interest and investment income accruing thereon, shall be distributed on a per capita basis in amounts as equal as possible to all enrolled members. For purposes of determining the number of enrollees of the tribal organization, the membership roll shall be brought current pursuant to tribal enrollment procedures, to include all persons born on or prior to and living on the date of this Act.

(b) The remaining 20 per centum of such funds, including the interest and investment income accruing thereon, shall be held and invested by the Secretary pursuant to the Act of June 24, 1938 (52 Stat. 1037f 25 U.S.C. 162a), or invested by the tribe, in a private trust arrangement as approved by the Secretary, and such funds shall be expended by the tribe in accordance with tribal plans and budgets approved by the Secretary, where the investments are handled by the Secretary, or in accordance with the provisions of the private trust agreement.

Sec. 6. The per capita shares of living competent adults shall be paid directly to them. Per capita shares of deceased individual beneficiaries shall be determined and distributed pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Per capita shares of legal incompetents and per capita shares of individuals under age eighteen shall be paid in accordance with such procedures, including the establishment of trusts, as the Secretary determines to be necessary to protect the interests of such individuals.

Sec. 7. The funds distributed per capita or made available for programing under this Act shall not be subject to Federal or State income taxes nor shall such funds be considered as income or resources in determining either eligibility for or the amount of assistance under the Social Security Act. // 42 USC 1305. //

Sec. 8. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act; including the establishment of deadlines.

Approved December 21, 1982.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 5553:

HOUSE REPORT No. 97 - 815 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982):

Sept. 29, considered and passed House.

Dec. 8, considered and passed Senate.

PUBLIC LAW 97-375, 96 STAT. 1819, CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS ELIMINATION ACT OF 1982

97th CONGRESS, H.R. 6005 DECEMBER 21, 1982
An Act To discontinue or amend certain requirements for agency

reports to Congress.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the " Congressional Reports Elimination Act of 1982".

TITLE I--ELIMINATIONS REPORTS BY MORE THAN ONE AGENCY

Sec. 101. (a) Section 616(b) of the Act of December 15, 1980, // 31 USC 1114 // entitled " An Act making appropriations for agriculture, rural development, and related agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, and for other purposes" (31 U.S.C. 28(b); 94 Stat. 3117), is repealed.

(b) Section 126(b) of the Military Construction Act of 1981 (31 U.S. C. 28, note; 94 Stat. 1869) // 31 USC 1114 // is repealed.

REPORT BY THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Sec. 102. Section 6002(g) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S. C. 6962(g)) is amended to strike everything after the word "resources" and to insert in lieu thereof a period.

REPORTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Sec. 103. (a) Section 1303(d) of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011, note; 91 Stat. 980) is repealed.

(b) Paragraph (a) of the Act of March 4, 1913, entitled " An Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fourteen" (16 U.S.C. 502; 37 Stat. 843), is amended by striking out the second sentence.

(c) Section 9 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590i; 50 Stat. 329) is amended by striking out the third sentence.

REPORTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Sec. 104. (a) Section 1081 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out the second sentence.

(b) Section 2677(c) of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.

(c) Section 2110(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out " The Secretary of each military department shall report to Congress in April of each year on the progress of the flight instruction program.".

REPORT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Sec. 105. Section 112(b)(3) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 732(b)(3); 87 Stat. 372) is repealed.

REPORTS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Sec. 106. (a) Section 203 of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7551) is amended by--,

(1) striking out subsection (b); and

(2) striking out the subsection designator "(a)".

(b) The Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development and Demonstration Act of 1976 is amended by striking out the last sentence of section 7(e)(1) (15 U.S.C. 2506(e)(1)).

(c) Section 4(c)(8) of the Methane Transportation Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3808(c)) // 15 USC 3803. // is amended by striking out "and report to the Congress on".

(d) Section 742 of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 8452) is repealed.

REPORTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

SERVICES

Sec. 107. (a) Section 1120(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320) is amended by striking out subsection (b) and by striking out "(a)".

(b) Section 329(f)(5) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(f)(5)) is amended by striking out the last sentence.

REPORTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Sec. 108. (a) Section 4 of the joint resolution of August 14, 1976, entitled " Joint resolution providing for Federal participation in preserving the Tule Elk population in California" (16 U.S.C. 673g; 90 Stat. 1189), is amended by striking out the final sentence thereof.

(b) Section 3 of the Act of August 218 1951 (25 U.S.C. 673; 65 Stat. 195) is repealed.

(c) The Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act of 1978 is amended by striking out subsection (e) of section 106 and the last sentence of subsection (c)(2) of section 107 (25 U.S.C. 1807(e) and 1808(c)(2); 92 Stat. 1327).

(d) Section 208 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 458d; 88 Stat. 2216) is amended by striking out the last sentence.

REPORTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Sec. 109. (a) Section 4352(b) of title 18, United States Code (88 Stat. 1141), is repealed.

(b) Section 203 of the Truth in Lending Act (18 U.S.C. 891, note; 82 Stat. 162) is repealed.

REPORTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Sec. 110. (a) Section 6(f) of Public Law 90 - 83 (29 U.S.C. 606; 81 Stat. 221) is repealed.

(b) Section 41(b)(1) of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 941(b)(1); 72 Stat. 835) is amended by striking out "and from time to time make to Congress such recommendations as he may deem proper as to the best means of preventing such injuries".

(c) The second sentence of section 19(b) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 668(b); 84 Stat. 1590) is repealed.

REPORTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Sec. 111. (a) Section 151(g) of title 23, United States Code (87 Stat. 285), is amended by striking out the third and fourth sentences and inserting in lieu thereof, " No State shall submit any such report to the Secretary for any year after the second year following completion of the pavement marking program in that State.".

(b) Section 602 of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (45 U.S.C. 792; 87 Stat. 1022) is repealed.

(c) Section 4417a(19) of the Revised Statutes (46 U.S.C. 391a(19)) is repealed.

(d) Section 515 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 835; 90 Stat. 82) is repealed.

(e) Section 10 of the Emergency Rail Services Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 669; 84 Stat. 1978) is repealed.

REPORT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Sec. 112. Section 602(c) of the Act of June 3, 1980, entitled " An Act to provide for increased participation by the United States in the Inter-American Development Bank, and the African Development Fund" (22 U.S.C. 262j(c); 94 Stat. 433), is repealed.

REPORT BY THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION

Sec. 113. Section 10327(j) of title 49, United States Code (92 Stat. 1350), is amended by striking out the last two sentences.

REPORT BY THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 114. Section 2304(e) of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.

REPORT BY THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Sec. 115. Section 11 of the Act of November 6, 1978, entitled " An Act to authorize appropriations to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for fiscal year 1979, and for other purposes" (42 U.S.C. 2205a; 92 Stat. 2953), is repealed.

TITLE II--MODIFICATIONS REPORTS BY THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Sec. 201. (a) Section 552a(e)(4) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking out "at least annually" and inserting in lieu thereof "upon establishment or revision".

(b) Subsection (p) of section 552a of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

"(p) Annual Report.--The President shall annually submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate a report--,

"(1) describing the actions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget pursuant to section 6 of the Privacy Act of 1974

// 5 USC 552a //

during the preceding year;

"(2) describing the exercise of individual rights of access and amendment under this section during such year;

"(3) identifying changes in or additions to systems of records;

"(4) containing such other information concerning administration of this section as may be necessary or useful to the Congress in reviewing the effectiveness of this section in carrying out the purposes of the Privacy Act of 1974.".

(c) Effective July 1, 1983, section 6(c) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: " The President shall, not later than December 31 of each year, make an annual report to the Congress on the activities, status, and changes in the composition of advisory committees in existence during the preceding fiscal year.".

REPORTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Sec. 202. (a) Section 302(d) of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1432(d)) is amended to read as follows:

"(d) The Secretary shall submit a biennial report to the Congress, on or before March 1 of every other year beginning in 1984, setting forth a comprehensive review of his actions during the previous two fiscal years undertaken pursuant to the authority of this section, together with appropriate recommendation for legislation considered necessary for the designation and protection of marine sanctuaries.".

(b) Section 7 of the National Climate Program Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 2906) is amended by striking out "not later than January 30 of each year" and inserting in lieu thereof "not later than March 31 of each year".

(c) Section 4(a) of the National Ocean Pollution Research and Development and Monitoring Planning Act of 1978 (33 U.S.C. 1703(a)) is amended by striking out "and a revision of the plan shall be prepared and so submitted by September 15 of each odd-numbered year occurring after 1979" and inserting in lieu thereof "and a revision of the plan shall be prepared and so submitted by September 15 every three years after 1979".

(d) Section 8 of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (15 U.S.C. 1457) is amended by striking out the following: "or to participate in the development of voluntary product standards with respect to any consumer commodity under procedures referred to in section 5(d) of this Act,".

REPORTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Sec. 203. (a)(1) Section 808(a) of the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1520(a); 91 Stat. 334) is amended by striking out clause (1) and by striking out "(2)".

(2) Section 409(a) of the Act of November 19, 1969 (50 U.S.C. 1511( a); 83 Stat. 209), is amended by adding the following sentence at the end thereof: " The report shall include a full accounting of all experiments and studies conducted by the Department of Defense in the preceding year, whether directly or under contract, which involve the use of human subjects for the testing of chemical or biological agents.".

(b) Section 201 of the Federal Voting Assistance Act of 1955 (42 U. S.C. 1973cc-11; 69 Stat. 585) is amended by striking out "odd-numbered years" and inserting in place thereof "the first odd-numbered year following the year in which the Presidential election is held".

(c) Section 2455(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out "yearly period ending with the preceding December 31" and inserting "preceding fiscal year".

REPORT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Sec. 204. Section 605(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U. S.C. 1125(b); 79 Stat. 1264) is amended by striking out "which shall include an index and analysis" and inserting in lieu thereof "listing".

REPORT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Sec. 205. (a) Section 208(c) of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7138(c); 91 Stat. 576) is amended to read as follows:

"(c)(1) The Inspector General shall, not later than May 31 and November 30 of each year, submit to the Secretary and the Congress semiannual reports summarizing the activities of the Office during the immediately preceding six-month periods ending March 31 and September 30. Such reports shall include, but need not be limited to--,

"(A) a description of significant problems, abuses, and deficiencies relating to the administration of programs and operations of the Department disclosed by such activities during the reporting period;

"(B) a description of the recommendations for corrective action made by the Office during the reporting period with respect to significant problems, abuses, or deficiencies identified pursuant to subparagraph (A);

"(C) an identification of each significant recommendation described in previous reports under this subsection on which corrective action has not been completed;

"(D) a summary of matters referred to prosecutive authorities and the prosecutions and convictions which have resulted; and

"(E) information concerning the numbers and types of audit reports completed by the Office during the reporting period.

"(2) Within sixty days of the transmission of each semiannual report to the Congress, the Secretary shall make copies of such report available to the public upon request and at a reasonable cost.".

(b) Section 208(d) of such Act // 42 USC 7138. // is amended by striking out "thirty days" and inserting in lieu thereof "seven days".

REPORTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

SERVICES

Sec. 206. (a) Section 336 A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U. S.C. 254i) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking out "on May 1 of each year".

(b) Section 8 of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (15 U.S.C. 1457) is amended by striking out the last two sentences and inserting in lieu thereof the following: " All agencies except the Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Trade Commission shall submit their reports in January of each year. The Department of Health and Human Services shall include this report in its annual report to Congress on activities under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, // 21 USC 301. // and the Federal Trade Commission shall include this report in the Commission's annual report to Congress.".

(c) Subsections (a) and (b) of section 204 of Public Law 94 - 505 (42 U.S.C. 3524 (a),(b)) are amended to read as follows:

" Sec. 204. (a) The Inspector General shall, not later than May 31 and November 30 of each year, submit to the Secretary and the Congress semiannual reports summarizing the activities of the Office during the immediately preceding six-month periods ending March 31 and September 30. Such reports shall include, but need not be limited to--,

"(1) a description of significant problems, abuses, and deficiencies relating to the administration of programs and operations of the Department disclosed by such activities during the reportin period;

"(2) a description of the recommendations for corrective action made by the Office during the reporting period with respect to significant problems, abuses, or deficiencies identified pursuant to paragraph (1);

"(3) an identification of each significant recommendation described in previous reports under this section on which corrective action has not been completed;

"(4) a summary of matters referred to prosecutive authorities and the prosecutions and convictions which have resulted;

"(5) a summary of each report made to the Secretary under section 205(b)(2)

// 42 USC 3525. //

during the reporting period; and

"(6) information concerning the numbers and types of audit reports completed by the Office during the reporting period.

"(b) Within sixty days of the transmission of each semiannual report to the Congress, the Secretary shall make copies of such report available to the public upon request and at a reasonable cost.".

REPORTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN

DEVELOPMENT

Sec. 207. (a) Section 817 of the Housing Act of 1954 (12 U.S.C. 1701p; 68 Stat. 648) is amended by striking out ", and shall also contain" and all that follows through "that section".

(b) Section 311(4) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6840(4); 90 Stat. 1125) is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: ",except that, with respect to reports transmitted to the Congress after August 14, 1981, such reports shall be transmitted biennially".

REPORTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Sec. 208. (a)(1) The second proviso of the Act of July 1, 1932 (25 U.S.C. 386a; 47 Stat. 564), is amended to read as follows: " Provided further, That the Secretary shall report such adjustments and eliminations to the Congress not later than sixty calendar days following the end of the fiscal year in which they made:".

(2) The last proviso of said Act of July 1, 1932, is amended by striking out "sixty legislative days" each place it appears and, in each instance, inserting in lieu thereof "ninety calendar days".

(b) Section 1136 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2016; 92 Stat. 2327) is amended by adding the following at the end thereof: " Such report shall also include the current status of tribally controlled community colleges. The annual budget submission for the Bureau's education programs shall, among other things, include (1) information on the funds provided previously private schools under section 208 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 458d; 88 Stat. 2216) and recommendations with respect to the future use of such funds; (2) the needs and costs of operation and maintenance of tribally controlled community colleges eligible for assistance under the Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act of 1978 (92 Stat. 1325; 25 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and recommendations with respect to meeting such needs and costs; and (3) the plans required by section 1121(f), and 1122(c); and 1125(b) of this Act (25 U.S.C. 2001(f), 2002(c), and 2005(b)).".

(c) The first sentence of section 3 of the joint resolution of August 14, 1976, entitled " Joint resolution providing for Federal participation in preserving the Tule Elk population in California" (16 U.S.C. 673f; 90 Stat. 1189), is amended by striking out "of each year" and inserting in lieu thereof "of 1983 and each third year thereafter".

REPORTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Sec. 209. (a) Section 918(a) of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (15 U.S.C. 1693p(a); 92 Stat. 3740) is amended by striking out the first and fourth sentences thereof and inserting in lieu of the first sentence the following: " Not later than twelve months after the effective date of this title and at one-year intervals thereafter, the Board shall make reports to the Congress concerning the administration of its functions under this title, including such recommendations as the Board deems necessary and appropriate.".

(b) Section 114 of the Truth in Lending Act (title I of the Consumer Credit Protection Act) (15 U.S.C. 1613; 82 Stat. 151) is amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: " Each year the Board shall make a report to the Congress concerning the administration of its functions under this title, including such recommendations as the Board deems necessary or appropriate.".

REPORTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Sec. 210. (a) Section 409 of the Staggers Rail Act of 1980 (49 U.S. C. 1654a; 94 Stat. 1948) is amended by adding at the end thereof: " In each report the Secretary shall advise the Congress on the past and anticipated financial condition and operations during the fiscal year of the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Fund established under section 502(a) of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94 - 210) // 45 USC 822. // and of the Obligation Guarantee Fund established under section 511(b) of that Act. // 45 USC 831. // In addition, the Secretary shall include in the report information on the financial condition of each railroad having a loan guaranteed under the Emergency Rail Services Act of 1970 (Public Law 91 - 663), // 45 USC 661 // throughout the existence of such loan.".

(b) Section 152(g) of title 23, United States Code (92 Stat. 2723), is amended by inserting "(including but not limited to any projects for pavement marking)" after "program" in the third sentence.

REPORT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Sec. 211. Subsection (c)(1) of section 701 of the International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262d(c)(1); 91 Stat. 1070) is amended by inserting immediately before "including" the following: "excluding section 704 and".

REPORT BY THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

Sec. 212. Section 4(d) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 797(d); 41 Stat. 1065) is amended by striking out " Such report shall contain the names and show the compensation of the persons employed by the Commission.".

REPORT BY THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

Sec. 213. Section 3(c) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S. C. 153(c); 61 Stat. 139) is amended by striking out "stating in detail the cases it has heard, the decisions it has rendered, and an account of all moneys it has disbursed" and inserting in lieu thereof "summarizing significant case activities and operations for that fiscal year".

REPORT BY THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Sec. 214. Subsection 4(j) of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863(j); 64 Stat. 149) is amended to read as follows:

"(j)(1) The Board shall render to the President, for submission to the Congress no later than January 15 of each even numbered year, a report on indicators of the state of science and engineering in the United States.

"(2) The Board shall render to the President for submission to the Congress reports on specific, individual policy matters related to science and engineering and education in science and engineering, as the Board, the President, or the Congress determines the need for such reports.".

REPORT BY THE OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

POLICY

Sec. 215. The National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601, et seq.; Public Law 94 - 282) is amended as follows:

(1) section 209

// 42 USC 6618. //

is deleted; and

(2) in section 205(a)(11),

// 42 USC 6614. //

strike out "section 209" and insert in lieu thereof "section 206";

(3) section 206

// 42 USC 6615. //

is amended to read as follows:

" SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REPORT AND OUTLOOK

" Sec. 206. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Reorganization Plan Number 1 of 1977, // 5 USC app. // the Director shall render to the President for submission to the Congress no later than January 15 of each odd numbered year, a science and technology report and outlook (hereinafter referred to as the 'report') which shall be prepared under the guidance of the Office and with the cooperation of the Director of the National Science Foundation, with appropriate assistance from other Federal departments and agencies as the Office or the Director of the National Science Foundation deems necessary. The report shall include--,

"(1) a statement of the President's current policy for the maintenance of the Nation's leadership in science and technology;

"(2) a review of developments of national significance in science and technology;

"(3) a description of major Federal decisions and actions related to science and technology that have occurred since the previous such report;

"(4) a discussion of currently important national issues in which scientific or technical considerations are of major significance;

"(5) a forecast of emerging issues of national significance resulting from, or identified through, scientific research or in which scientific or technical considerations are of major importance; and

"(6) a discussion of opportunities for, and constraints on, the use of new and existing scientific and technological information, capabilities, and resources, including manpower resources, to make significant contributions to the achievement of Federal program objectives and national goals.

"(b) The Office shall insure that the report, in the form approved by the President, is printed and made available as a public document."; and

(4) in section 205(a)(11),

// 42 USC 6614. //

insert "and the Congress" after " President".

REPORT BY THE VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 216. Section 4142(h)(4) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking out the following "together with a summary of the reasons that such scholarships were not accepted".

Approved December 21, 1982.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 6005 (S. 2258):

HOUSE REPORT No. 97 - 804 (Comm. on Government Operations).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982):

Sept. 20, considered and passed House.

Dec. 8, considered and passed Senate.

WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 18, No. 51:

Dec. 21, Presidential statement.

PUBLIC LAW 97-374, 96 STAT. 1818

97th CONGRESS, S. 764 DECEMBER 20, 1982
An Act To provide for protection of the John Sack cabin,

Targhee National Forest in the

State of Idaho.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purpose of providing for the public use and enjoyment of the John Sack cabin, Targhee National Forest, State of Idaho, and to protect and preserve such cabin as a unique example of craftsmanship, the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Island Park Interpretive Association and other interested organizations, shall take such action as may be necessary in order to provide for the protection and maintenance of the John Sack cabin and associated structures. In carring out the requirements of this Act, the Secretary is authorized, in accordance with existing law, to enter into a cooperative agreement with, or to issue a special use permit to, an appropriate person or organization pursuant to which such person or organization shall provide such protection and maintenance.

Approved December 20, 1982.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY-- S. 764:

SENATE REPORT No. 97 - 184 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:

Vol. 127 (1981): Sept. 22, considered and passed Senate.

Vol. 128 (1982): Dec. 10, considered and passed House.

PUBLIC LAW 97-373, 96 STAT. 1817

97th CONGRESS, S. 2177 DECEMBER 20, 1982
An Act To amend title III of the Colorado River Basin

Project Act, Public Law 90 - 537 (82

Stat. 885), as amended by Public Law 95 - 578 (92

Stat. 2471), and Public Law 96 - 375

(94 Stat. 1505).

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Public Law 90 - 537 (82 Stat. 885), // 43 USC 1501 // as amended is further amended to provide for cost indexing as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs.

Section 309(b), // 43 USC 1528. // first sentence, is amended to read: " There is also authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for construction of distribution and drainage facilities for non-Indian lands plus or minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs as indicated by engineering and cost indices applicable to the types of construction involved therein from the date of the Colorado River Basin Project Act: Provided, That the Secretary shall enter into agreements with non-Federal interests to provide not less than 20 per centum of the total cost of such facilities during the construction of such facilities.".

Approved December 20, 1982.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY-- S. 2177:

HOUSE REPORTS: No. 97 - 776 and No. 97 - 776, Pt. 2, both accompanying S. 2177 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs).

SENATE REPORT No. 97 - 389 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982):

May 19, considered and passed Senate.

Sept. 30, considered and passed House, amended.

Dec. 8, Senate concurred in House amendment with an amendment.

Dec. 9, House agreed to Senate amendment.

PUBLIC LAW 97-372, 96 STAT. 1815

97th CONGRESS, H.R. 5795 DECEMBER 20, 1982
An Act To provide for the use and distribution of the funds

awarded to the Shawnee Tribe of

Indians in dockets 64, 335, and 338 by the Indian

Claims Commission and docket

64-A by the United States Court of Claims, and for

other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the funds appropriated on March 10, 1978, and August 22, 1979, in accordance with section 1302 of the Supplemental Appropriation Act (31 U.S.C. 724 A), // 31 USC 724a. // in satisfaction of judgments granted to the Shawnee Tribe in dockets 64, 335, and 338 by the Indian Claims Commission and in docket 64-A by the United States Court of Claims, less attorney fees and litigation expenses, including all interest and investment income accrued, shall be used and distributed as herein provided.

Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter " Secretary") shall divide the funds among the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma and the Cherokee Band of Shawnee descendants as follows:

514/1378ths to the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;

117/1378ths to the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; and

747/1378ths to the Cherokee Band of Shawnee descendants.

Sec. 3. The Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma's share shall be distributed as follows:

(a) A roll shall be prepared, in accordance with the procedures enacted by the tribal governing body and approved by the Secretary, of all members of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma who were born on or prior to and living on the date of this Act. Subsequent to the preparation of this roll, the Secretary shall make a per capita distribution of 75 per centum of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe's share of the funds, in a sum as equal as possible, to all persons listed on this roll.

(b) The remaining 25 per centum shall be utilized as follows:

(1) A sum, not to exceed $150,000 shall be utilized as matching funds to acquire an Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant from the Department of Commerce to construct a multipurpose restaurant: Provided, That if the tribe is unable to acquire this grant that the funds herein discussed be distributed according to the provisions of section 3(b)(2).

(2) The Executive Committee of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma shall prepare, subject to the approval of the Secretary, administrative guidelines for the remainder of the funds for use in education, health, economic, and related programs which will benefit the entire tribe.

Sec. 4. The Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma's share shall be distributed as follows:

(a) A roll shall be prepared, in accordance with the procedures enacted by the tribal governing body and approved by the Secretary, of all members of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma who were born on or prior to and living on the date of this Act. Subsequent to the preparation of this roll, the Secretary shall make a per capita distribution of 80 per centum of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe's share of the funds, in a sum as equal as possible to all persons listed on this roll.

(b) The remaining 20 per centum shall be utilized for a tribal land purchase program pursuant to the provisions of part 120-A of section 25, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided, That no salaries shall be paid from these funds: Provided further, That the funds shall be in the custody of the tribal secretary/treasurer and all expenditures shall be approved by the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma business committee.

Sec. 5. A roll shall be prepared by the Secretary based on the roll of the Cherokee Shawnee compiled pursuant to the Act of March 2, 1889 (25 Stat. 994), and any other records acceptable to him, of all the lineal descendants, except members of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma or the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, of the Shawnee Nation as it existed in 1854, who were born on or prior to and living on the date of this Act. Subsequent to the preparation of this roll, the Secretary shall make a per capita distribution of the Cherokee Band of Shawnee descendant's share of the funds, in a sum as equal as possible, to all persons listed on this roll.

Sec. 6. The per capita shares of living competent adults shall be paid directly to them. Per capita shares of deceased individual beneficiaries shall be determined and distributed pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Per capita shares of legal incompetents and per capita shares of individuals under age eighteen shall be paid in accordance with such procedures, including the establishment of trust, as the Secretary determines to be necessary to protect the interests of such individuals.

Sec. 7. None of the funds distributed under this Act shall be subject to Federal or State income taxes or be considered income or resources in determining eligibility for or the amount of assistance under the Social Security Act. // 42 USC 1305. //

Sec. 8. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Approved December 20, 1982.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY-- H.R. 5795:

HOUSE REPORT No. 97 - 817 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982):

Sept. 29, considered and passed House.

Dec. 8, considered and passed Senate.

PUBLIC LAW 97-371, 96 STAT. 1813

97th CONGRESS, H.R. 6403 DECEMBER 20, 1983
An Act To provide for the use and distribution of funds to the

Wyandot Tribe of Indians in

docket 139 before the Indian Claims Commission and

docket 141 before the United

States Court of Claims, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the funds appropriated on October 31, 1978, and March 2, 1979, in accordance with section 1302 of the Supplemental Appropriation Act (31 U.S.C. 724 A), // 31 USC 724a. // in satisfaction of judgments granted to the Wyandot (hereinafter " Wyandotte") Tribe in docket 139 by the Indian Claims Commission and in docket 141 by the United States Court of Claims, less attorney fees and litigation expenses, including all interest and investment income accrued, shall be used and distributed as herein provided.

Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter " Secretary") shall divide the funds between the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma and the absentee Wyandotte descendants as follows:

308/510ths to the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma; and

202/510ths to the absentee Wyandotte descendants.

Sec. 3. The Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma's share shall be distributed as follows:

(a) A roll shall be prepared, in accordance with the procedures enacted by the tribal government body and approved by the Secretary, of all members of the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma who were born on or prior to and living on the date of this Act. Subsequent to the preparation of this roll, the Secretary shall make a per capita distribution of 80 per centum of the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma's share of the funds, in a sum as equal as possible, to all persons listed on this roll. Any amount remaining after the per capita payment shall be utilized as provided in section 3(b)(2)(iii) of this Act.

(b) The remaining 20 per centum shall be utilized as follows:

(1) A sum of $100,000 shall be utilized to purchase land for the tribe to be held in trust status by the

Secretary.

(2) The balance shall be invested by the Secretary,

pursuant

to the Act of June 24, 1938 (25 U.S.C. 162a). The

interest

and investment income accrued shall be immediately

available

to the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma upon the

approval of the Secretary of the tribe's plan of

operation

and budget as set forth in Wyandotte Tribe of

Oklahoma

Resolution Numbered 9479, adopted September 4, 1979,

as

follows:

(i) 33 1/3 per centum shall be utilized toward the upkeep and maintenance of the Wyandotte Cultural Center and other sites as may in the future be

developed

by the tribe.

(ii) 33 1/3 per centum shall be utilized for the upkeep and maintenance of the Wyandotte Tribal Cemetery at Wyandotte, Oklahoma. (iii) 33 1/3 per centum shall be placed in the custody of the secretary/treasurer of the tribe and, with the approval of the Business Committee of the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma, utilized for the administration of the tribe: Provided, That none of these funds be

expended for salaries.

Sec. 4. A roll shall be prepared by the Secretary of persons: not members of the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma, on, or lineally descended from persons on, the " Census of Absentee or Citizen Wyandotte Indians" compiled by Joel T. Olive, dated November 18, 1896, as corrected in circular of October 28, 1904, by W.A. Richards, Commissioner of the General Land Office; and born on or prior to and living on the date of this Act. The Secretary's determination concerning eligibility for inclusion on this roll shall be final. Subsequent to the preparation of this roll, the Secretary shall make a per capita distribution, of the absentee Wyandotte's shares, in a sum as equal as possible, to all persons listed on this roll.

Sec. 5. The per capita shares of living competent adults shall be paid directly to them. Per capita shares of deceased individual beneficiaries shall be determined as distributed pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Per capita shares of legal incompetents and per capita shares of individuals under age eighteen shall be paid in accordance with such procedures, including the establishment of trusts, as the Secretary determines to be necessary to protect the interests of such individuals.

Sec. 6. None of the funds distributed under this Act shall be subject to Federal or State income taxes or be considered income or resources in determining eligibility for or the amount of assistance under the Social Security Act. // 42 USC 1305. //

Sec. 7. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act.

Approved December 20, 1982.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY-- H.R. 6403:

HOUSE REPORT No. 97 - 819 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982):

Sept. 29, considered and passed House.

Dec. 8, considered and passed Senate.

PUBLIC LAW 97-370, 96 STAT. 1787

97th CONGRESS, H.R. 7072 DECEMBER 18, 1983
An Act Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural

Development, and Related Agencies

programs for the fiscal year ending

September 30, 1983, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, and for other purposes; namely:

TITLE I-- AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS Production, Processing and Marketing Office of the Secretary

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, including not to exceed $75,000 for employment under 5 U. S.C. 3109, $3,884,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,000 of this amount shall be available for official reception and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Secretary.

Standard Level User Charges (USDA)

For payment of standard level user charges pursuant to Public Law 92 - 313 for programs and activities of the Department of Agriculture which are included in this Act, // 40 USC 601 // $56,377,000.

Advisory Committees (USDA)

For necessary expenses for activities of Advisory Committees of the Department of Agriculture which are included in this Act, $1,398,000: Provided, That no other funds in this Act shall be available to the Department of Agriculture for support of activities of Advisory Committees.

Departmental Administration

For Budget and Program Analysis, and Public Participation, $3,529,000; for Energy, $185,000; for Operations and Finance, Personnel, Regulatory Hearings, Equal Opportunity, Safety and Health Management, and Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, $9,452,000; making a total of $13,166,000 for Departmental Administration to provide for necessary expenses for management support services to offices of the Department of Agriculture and for general administration of the Department of Agriculture, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Department of Agriculture, of which not to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That this appropriation shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551 - 558.

Office of Governmental and Public Affairs

For necessary expenses to carry on services relating to the coordination of programs involving governmental and public affairs and emergency preparedness; acting as liaison within the executive branch; and for the dissemination of agricultural information and the coordination of information work and programs authorized by Congress in the Department, $6,677,000; of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and, not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for farmers' bulletins and not less than two hundred thirty-two thousand two hundred and fifty copies for the use of the Senate and House of Representatives of part 2 of the annual report of the Secretary (known as the Yearbook of Agriculture) as authorized by 44 U.S.C. 1301: Provided, That in the preparation of motion pictures or exhibits by the Department, this appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225).

Office of Congressional Affairs

For necessary expenses for liaison with the Congress on legislative matters, $439,000.

Office of the Inspector General

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, including employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), $27,943,000 including such sums as may be necessary for contracting and other arrangements with public agencies and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(8) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95 - 452), and including a sum not to exceed $50,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and in addition, $14,270,000 shall be derived by transfer from the appropriation, " Food Stamp Program" and merged with this appropriation.

Office of the General Counsel

For necessary expenses, including payment of fees or dues for the use of law libraries by attorneys in the field service, $12,386,000; and in addition, $628,000 shall be derived by transfer from the appropriation, " Food Stamp Program" and merged with this appropriation.

Federal Grain Inspection Service

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the United States Grain Standards Act, // 7 USC 71. // as amended, and the standardization activities related to grain under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, // 7 USC 1621 // as amended, including field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U. S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,369,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but, unless otherwise provided, the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the current replacement value of the building: Provided further, That none of the funds provided by this Act may be used to pay the salaries of any person or persons who require, or who authorize payments from fee-supported funds to persons or persons who require, nonexport, nonterminal interior elevators to maintain records not involving official inspection or official weighing in the United States under Public Law 94 - 582 // 7 USC 71 // other than those necessary to fulfill the purposes of such Act.

INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

Not to exceed $44,313,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for Inspection and Weighing Services.

Agricultural Research Service

For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Research Service to perform agricultural research and demonstration relating to production, utilization, marketing, and distribution (not otherwise provided for), home economics or nutrition and consumer use, and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, $452,378,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for field employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $115,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That funds appropriated herein can be used to provide financial assistance to the organizers of international conferences, if such conferences are in support of agency programs: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That of the appropriations hereunder not less than $10,526,600 shall be available to conduct marketing research: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the cost of constructing any one building shall not exceed $110,000, except for headhouses connecting greenhouses which shall each be limited to $500,000, and except for ten buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $200,000 each, and the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the current replacement value of the building or $110,000 whichever is greater: Provided further, That the limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to a total of $110,000 for facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That the limitations on construction contained in this Act shall not apply to the establishment of a fruit and nut germplasm repository at Geneva, New York.

Special fund: To provide for additional labor, subprofessional, and junior scientific help to be employed under contracts and cooperative agreements to strengthen the work at Federal research installations in the field, $2,000,000.

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of or used by the Agricultural Research Service, where not otherwise provided, $1,927,000.

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES OVERSEAS (FOREIGN CURRENCY

PROGRAM)

For payments in foreign currencies owed to or owned by the United States for market development research authorized by section 104(b)(1) and for agricultural and forestry research and other functions related thereto authorized by section 104(b)(3) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1704(b)( 1), (3)), $2,977,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available, in addition to other appropriations for these purposes, for payments in the foregoing currencies: Provided further, That funds appropriated herein shall be used for payments in such foreign currencies as the Department determines are needed, and can be used most effectively to carry out the purposes of this paragraph: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000 of this appropriation shall be available for payments in foreign currencies for expenses of employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), as amended by 5 U.S.C. 3109.

Cooperative State Research Service

For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other expenses, including $149,295,000 to carry into effect the provisions of the Hatch Act approved March 2, 1887, as amended by the Act approved August 11, 1955 (7 U.S.C.361A-361I), and further amended by Public Law 92 - 318 approved June 23, 1972, and further amended by Public Law 93 - 471 approved October 26, 1974, including administration by the United States Department of Agriculture, and penalty mail costs of agricultural experiment stations under section 6 of the Hatch Act of 1887, // 7 USC 361f. // as amended, and payments under section 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301n); // 7 USC 301 // $12,452,000 for grants for cooperative forestry research under the Act approved October 10, 1962 (16 U.S.C. 582a--582a-7), as amended by Public Law 92 - 318 approved June 23, 1972, // 20 USC 1001 // including administrative expenses, and payments under section 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301n.); // 7 USC 301 // $22,394,000 for payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee Institute, for research under section 1445 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (Public Law 95 - 113), // 7 USC 3222. // as amended, including administration by the United States Department of Agriculture, and penalty mail costs of the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee Institute; $26,533,000 for contracts and grants for agricultural research under the Act of August 4, 1965, as amended (7 U.S.C. 450i); $17,000,000 for competitive research grants, including administrative expenses; $5,760,000 for the support of animal health and disease programs authorized by section 1433 of Public Law 95 - 113, // 7 USC 3195. // including administrative expenses; $540,000 for grants in accordance with section 1419 of Public Law 95 - 113, // 7 USC 3154. // as amended; $702,000 for research authorized by the Native Latex Commercialization and Economic Development Act of 1978; // 7 USC 178 // $10,000,000 for grants to upgrade 1890 land-grant college research facilities as authorized by section 1433 of Public Law 97 - 98; // 95 Stat. 1312. 7 USC 3223. // and $290,000 for necessary expenses of Cooperative State Research Service activities, including administration of payments to State agricultural experiment stations, funds for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; in all, $244,966,000.

Extension Service

Payments to States, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Micronesia: For payments for cooperative agricultural extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, as amended by the Act of June 26, 1953, the Act of August 11, 1955, the Act of October 5, 1962 (7 U. S.C. 341 - 349), section 506 of the Act of June 23, 1972, // 86 Stat. 350. // and the Act of September 29, 1977 (7 U.S.C. 341 - 349), and section 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301n.), // 7 USC 301 // to be distributed under sections 3(b) and 3(c) of the Act, // 7 USC 343. // for retirement and employees' compensation costs for extension agents, and for costs of penalty mail for cooperative extension agents and State extension directors, $230,376,000; payments for the nutrition and family education program for low-income areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $60,354,000; payments for the urban gardening programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $3,000,000; payments for the pest management program under section 3(d) of the Act, $7,531,000; payments for the farm safety program under section 3(d) of the Act, $1,020,000; payments for the pesticide impact assessment program under section 3(d) of the Act, $1,716,000; payments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978, // 16 USC 1600 // $2,000,000; payments for extension work under section 209(c) of Public Law 93 - 471, // D.C. Code 31 - 1719. // $983,000; payments for extension work by the colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321 - 326, 328) and Tuskegg Institute, $16,241,000; in all, $323,221,000, of which not less than $79,400,000 is for Home Economics: Provided, That funds hereby appropriated pursuant to section 3(c) of the Act of June 26, 1953, // 7 USC 343. // and section 506 of the Act of June 23, 1972, // 86 Stat. 350. // as amended, shall not be paid to any State, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Micronesia prior to availability of an equal sum from non-Federal sources for expenditure during the current fiscal year.

Federal administration and coordination: For Administration of the Smith-Lever Act, as amended by the Act of June 26, 1953, the Act of August 11, 1955, // 7 USC 341 - 349 // the Act of October 5, 1962, section 506 of the Act of June 23, 1972, // 86 Stat. 350. // section 209(d) of Public Law 93 - 471, and the Act of September 29, 1977 (7 U. S.C. 341 - 349), and section 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301n.), // 7 USC 301 // and to coordinate and provide program leadership for the extension and higher education work of the Department and the several States and insular possessions, $5,451,000, of which not less than $2,300,000 is for Home Economics.

National Agricultural Library

For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Library, $8,849,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $35,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not to exceed $575,000 shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including those pursuant to the Act of February 28, 1947, as amended (21 U.S.C. 114b-c), necessary to prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regulatory activities; and to protect the environment, as authorized by law, $267,915,000 of which $1,000,000 shall be available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases and animal diseases to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions: Provided, That $1,000,000 of the funds for control of the fire ant shall be placed in reserve for matching purposes with States which may come into the program: Provided further, That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal year that does not require minimum matching by the States of at least 40 per centum: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for field employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed two, of which one shall be for replacement only: Provided further, That, in addition, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the agricultural production industry of this country, the Secretary may transfer from other appropriations or funds available to the agencies or corporations of the Department such sums as he may deem necessary, to be available only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious diseases or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance with the Act of February 28, 1947, // 21 USC 114b. // as amended, and section 102 of the Act of September 21, 1944, // 7 USC 147a. // as amended, and any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the next preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred amounts.

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

For plans, construction, repair, extension, alterations, purchase and improvement of fixed equipment or facilities, $2,386,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements: Provided further, That unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one building (except greenhouses) shall not exceed $115,000, and four buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $230,000 each: Provided further, That the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the current replacement value of the building or $90,000 whichever is greater: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100.

Food Safety and Inspection Service

For necessary expenses to carry on services to ensure that the Nation's commercial supply of meat and poultry products is safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled, as authorized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, // 21 USC 601 // as amended, and the Poultry Products Inspection Act, // 21 USC 451 // as amended, $315,557,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $75,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U. S.C. 3109: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but, unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not exceed $90,000, except for two buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $150,000, and the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the current replacement value of the building: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100.

Economic Research Service

For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service in conducting economic research and service relating to agricultural production, marketing, and distribution, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621 - 1627), and other laws, including economics of marketing; analyses relating to farm prices, income and population, and demand for farm products, use of resources in agriculture, adjustments, costs and returns in farming, and farm finance; research relating to the economic and marketing aspects of farmers cooperatives; and for analyses of supply and demand for farm products in foreign countries and their effect on prospects for United States exports, progress in economic development and its relation to sales of farm products, assembly and analysis of agricultural trade statistics and analysis of international financial and monetary programs and policies as they affect the competitive position of United States farm products; $37,751,000, of which not less than $200,000 shall be available for investigation, determination and finding as to the effect upon the production of food and upon the agricultural economy of any proposed action affecting such subject matter pending before the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for presentation, in the public interest, before said Administrator, other agencies or before the courts: Provided, That not less than $350,000 of the funds contained in this appropriation shall be available to continue to gather statistics and conduct a special study on the price spread between the farmer and consumer: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $75,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not less than $145,000 of the funds contained in this appropriation shall be available for analysis of statistics and related facts on foreign production and full and complete information on methods used by other countries to move farm commodities in world trade on a competitive basis: Provided further, That not less than $66,000 of the funds contained in this appropriation shall be available for preparing and disseminating forecasts of farm sector receipts, production expenses, and net income indicators for crop year 1983 on a quarterly basis commencing prior to December 31, 1982.

Statistical Reporting Service

For necessary expenses of the Statistical Reporting Service in conducting statistical reporting and service work, including crop and livestock estimates, statistical coordination and improvements, and marketing surveys, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621 - 1627) and other laws, $51,035,000: Provided, That no part of the funds herein appropriated shall be available for any expense incident to publishing estimates of apple production for other than the commercial crop: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

Agricultural Cooperative Service

For necessary expenses to carry out the Cooperative Marketing Act of July 2, 1926 (7 U.S.C. 451 - 457), and for activities relating to the marketing aspects of cooperatives, including economic research and analysis and the application of economic research findings, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621 - 1627), and for activities with institutions or organizations throughout the world concerning the development and operation of agricultural cooperatives (7 U.S.C. 3291), $4,639,000, of which $139,000 shall be available for establishing a field office in Hawaii: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $15,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

World Agricultural Outlook Board

For necessary expenses of the World Agricultural Outlook Board to coordinate and review all commodity and aggregate agricultural and food data used to develop outlook and situation material within the Department of Agriculture, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), $1,403,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $75,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U. S.C. 3109.

Agricultural Marketing Service MARKETING SERVICES

For necessary expenses to carry on services related to consumer protection, agricultural marketing and distribution and regulatory programs as authorized by law, and for administration and coordination of payment to States; including field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $70,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $31,912,000; of which not less than $1,480,000 shall be available for the Wholesale Market Development Program: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but, unless otherwise provided, the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the current replacement value of the building.

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

Not to exceed $30,910,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses.

FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND SUPPLY

(SECTION

32)

Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U. S.C. 612c) shall be used only for commodity program expenses as authorized therein, and other related operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; // 16 USC 742a. // (2) transfers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $5,670,000 for formulation and administration of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, // 7 USC 674 // as amended, and the Agricultural Act of 1961. // 7 USC 1911 //

TRANSPORTATION OFFICE

For necessary expenses to carry on services related to agricultural transportation programs as authorized by law; including field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U. S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $20,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $2,367,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but, unless otherwise provided, the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the current replacement value of the building.

PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and departments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,000,000.

Packers and Stockyards Administration

For necessary expenses for administration of the Packers and Stockyards Act, as authorized by law, including field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $5,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $8,668,000.

Farm Income Stabilization Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary administrative expenses of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, including expenses to formulate and carry out programs authorized by title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1301 - 1393); the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.); sections 7 to 15, 16(a), 16(f), and 17 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, amended and supplemented (16 U.S.C. 590g-590o, 590p(a), 590p(f), and 590q); sections 1001 to 1008 and 1010 of the Agricultural Act of 1970 as added by the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1501 to 1508 and 1510); the Water Bank Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1301 - 1311); the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101); sections 401, 402, and 404 to 406 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201 to 2205); and laws pertaining to the Commodity Credit Corporation, $55,962,000: Provided, That, in addition, not to exceed $314,818,000 may be transferred to and merged with this appropriation from the Commodity Credit Corporation fund for a total of $370,780,000: Provided further, That other funds made available to the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service for authorized activities may be advanced to and merged with this appropriation: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That no part of the funds appropriated or made available under this Act shall be used (1) to influence the vote in any referendum; (2) to influence agricultural legislation, except as permitted in 18 U.S.C. 1913; or (3) for salaries or other expenses of members of county and community committees established pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, for engaging in any activities other than advisory and supervisory duties and delegated program functions proscribed in administrative regulations.

DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity payments to dairy farmers for milk or cows producing such milk and manufacturers of dairy products who have been directed to remove their milk or dairy products from commercial markets because it contained residues of chemicals registered and approved for use by the Federal Government, and in making indemnity payments for milk, or cows producing such milk, at a fair market value to any dairy farmer who is directed to remove his milk from commercial markets because of (1) the presence of products of nuclear radiation or fallout if such contamination is not due to the fault of the farmer, or (2) residues of chemicals or toxic substances not included under the first sentence of the Act of August 13, 1968, as amended (7 U.S.C. 450j), if such chemicals or toxic substances were not used in a manner contrary to applicable regulations or labeling instructions provided at the time of use and the contamination is not due to the fault of the farmer, $7,000,000: Provided, THAT none of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to make indemnity payments to any farmer whose milk was removed from commercial markets as a result of his willful failure to follow procedures prescribed by the Federal Government.

CORPORATIONS

The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, // 31 USC 849. // as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided:

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING EXPENSES

For administrative and operating expenses, as authorized by the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1516), $235,200,000.

SUBSCRIPTION TO CAPITAL STOCK

To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to subscribe and pay for capital stock of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, as provided in section 504(a) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1504), $150,000,000.

FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

For payments as authorized by section 508(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, // 7 USC 1508. // as amended, $115,575,000, and for an additional amount of $27,658,000, to reimburse the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund for agents' commission obligations incurred during prior years, but not previously reimbursed, as provided for under the provisions of section 516(a) of the Act. // 7 USC 1516. //

Commodity Credit Corporation REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

To reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses sustained in prior years, but not previously reimbursed, pursuant to the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a-11, 713a-12), $3,783,244,000.

DIRECT LOAN LEVELS

As authorized by law, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall carry out an Export Credit Sales direct loan program of not less than $500,000,000 in fiscal year 1983: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act may be used to carry out a program of loan guarantees by the Corporation for the production and marketing of industrial hydrocarbons and alcohols from agricultural commodities and forest products.

TITLE II--RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS Rural Development Assistance Office of Rural Development Policy

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Office of Rural Development Policy in providing leadership, coordination, and related services in carrying out the rural development activities of the Department of Agriculture, as authorized by section 603 of the Rural Development Act of 1972, // 7 USC 2201, 2204, 2204a. // as amended (7 U.S.C. 2204b); and section 2 of the Rural Development Policy Act of 1980 (7 U.S.C. 1921, // 7 USC 2204b. // and for monitoring Rural Development Planning Grants pursuant to section 306( a)(11) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(11)), $2,000,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $5,000 of this appropriation shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

Farmers Home Administration RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND

For direct loans and related advances pursuant to section 517(m) of the Housing Act of 1949, // 42 USC 1487. // as amended, $24,000,000 shall be available from funds in the rural housing insurance fund, and for insured loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 1949, // 42 USC 1471. // as amended, $3,261,000,000 of which not less than $3,259,000,000 shall be available for subsidized interest loans to low-income borrowers as determined by the Secretary; and not to exceed $5,000,000 for advances as authorized by section 501(e) of such Act. // 42 USC 1471. //

During fiscal year 1983, no more than 22,310 units may be assisted under rental assistance agreements entered into or extended during the year pursuant to authority under section 521(a)(2) of the Housing Act of 1949, // 42 USC 1490a. // as amended, and the total new obligation incurred over the life of these agreements shall not exceed $123,745,000 to be added to and merged with the authority provided for this prupose in prior fiscal years: Provided, That the life of the agreements entered into or extended during fiscal year 1983 shall not exceed five years.

For an additional amount to reimburse the rural housing insurance fund for interest subsidies and losses sustained in prior years, but not previously reimbursed, in carrying out the provisions of title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1483, 1487e, and 1490a( c)), including $6,728,000, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, // 42 USC 1490a. // $1,109,722,000, and for an additional amount as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act as may be necessary to reimburse the fund to carry out a rental assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended.

AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND

Loans may be insured, or made to be sold and insured, under this fund in accordance with and subject to the provisions of 7 U.S.C. 1928 - 1929, or guaranteed, as follows: real estate loans, $840,100,000, including not less than $775,000,000 for farm ownership loans of which $75,000,000 shall be guaranteed loans; and not less than $53,100,000 for water development, use, and conservation loans of which $6,000,000 shall be guaranteed loans; operating loans, $1,510,000,000 of which $50,000,000 shall be guaranteed loans; and emergency insured and guaranteed loans in amounts necessary to meet the needs resulting from natural disasters: Provided, That 20 per centum of the farm ownership loans and 20 per centum of the operating loans insured, or made to be sold and insured, under this provision may be for low-income limited resource borrowers; guaranteed economic emergency loans under the Emergency Agricultural Credit Adjustment Act of 1978, // 7 USC 1961. // $600,000,000.

For an additional amount to reimburse the agricultural credit insurance fund for interest subsidies and losses sustained in prior years, but not previously reimbursed, in carrying out the provisions of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1988(a)), $682,074,000.

RURAL DEVELOPMENT INSURANCE FUND

For loans to be insured, or made to be sold and insured, under this fund in accordance with and subject to the provisions of 7 U.S.C. 1928 and 86 Stat. 661 - 664, as follows: insured water and sewer facility loans, $375,000,000; guaranteed industrial development loans, $300,000,000; and insured community facility loans, $130,000,000.

For an additional amount to reimburse the rural development insurance fund for interest subsidies and losses sustained in prior years, but not previously reimbursed, in carrying out the provisions of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1988(a)), $336,217,000.

RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL GRANTS

For grants pursuant to sections 306(a)(2) and 306(a)(6) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1926), $125,000,000, to remain available until expended, pursuant to section 306(d) of the above Act.

VERY LOW- INCOME HOUSING REPAIR GRANTS

For grants to the very low-income elderly for essential repairs to dwellings pursuant to section 504 of the Housing Act of 1949, // 42 USC 1474. // as amended, $12,500,000.

RURAL HOUSING FOR DOMESTIC FARM LABOR

For financial assistance to eligible nonprofit organizations for housing for domestic farm labor, pursuant to section 516 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1486), $12,500,000, to be derived from the unexpended balances of amounts appropriated under this head in prior years.

MUTUAL AND SELF- HELP HOUSING

For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1940(c)), $12,500,000.

RURAL COMMUNITY FIRE PROTECTION GRANTS

For grants pursuant to section 7 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (Public Law 95 - 313), $3,250,000 to fund up to 50 per centum of the cost of organizing, training, and equipping rural volunteer fire departments.

COMPENSATION FOR CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS

For compensation for construction defects as authorized by section 509(c) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, $2,000,000.

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Farmers Home Administration, not otherwise provided for, in administering the programs authorized by the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 - 1995), as amended; title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1471 - 1490h); the Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Trust Liquidation Act approved May 3, 1950 (40 U.S.C. 440 - 444), for administering the loan program authorized by title III A of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (Public Law 88 - 452 approved August 20, 1964), as amended, and such other programs for which Farmers Home Administration has the responsibility for administering, $289,288,000, together with not more than $5,000,000 of the charges collected in connection with the insurance of loans as authorized by section 309(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended, and section 517(i) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, or in connection with charges made on borrowers under section 502(a) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended: Provided, That, in addition, not to exceed $1,000,000 of the funds available for the various programs administered by this agency may be transferred to this appropriation for temporary field employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), to meet unusual or heavy workload increases: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 of this appropriation may be used for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That in addition to any other authority that the Secretary may have to defer principal and interest and forego foreclosure, the Secretary may permit, at the request of the borrower, the deferral of principal and interest on any outstanding loan made, insured, or held by the Secretary under this title, or under the provisions of any other law administered by the Farmers Home Administration, and may forego foreclosure of any such loan, for such period as the Secretary deems necessary upon a showing by the borrower that due to circumstances beyond the borrower's control, the borrower is temporarily unable to continue making payments of such principal and interest when due without unduly impairing the standard of living of the borrower. The Secretary may permit interest that accrues during the deferral period on any loan deferred under this section to bear no interest during or after such period: Provided further, That if the security instrument securing such loan is foreclosed such interest as is included in the purchase price at such foreclosure shall become part of the principal and draw interest from the date of foreclosure at the rate prescribed by law.

Rural Electrification Administration

To carry into effect the provisions of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, // 7 USC 901-950b. // as amended (7 U.S.C. 901 - 950(b)), as follows:

RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE REVOLVING FUND

LOAN

AUTHORIZATIONS

Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 935), shall be made as follows: rural electrification loans, not less than $850,000,000 nor more than $1,100,000,000, and rural telephone loans, not less than $250,000,000 nor more than $325,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act // 7 USC 936. // are in addition to these amounts but during 1983, total commitments to guarantee loans pursuant to section 306, shall be not less than $4,745,000,000, nor more than $5,950,000,000 of contingent liability for total loan principal: Provided further, That as a condition of approval of insured electric loans during fiscal year 1983, borrowers shall obtain concurrent supplemental financing in accordance with the applicable criteria and ratios in effect as of July 15, 1982.

RURAL TELEPHONE BANK

For the purchase of Class A stock of the Rural Telephone Bank, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 901 - 950( b)). // 7 USC 901 - 950b. //

The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to such corporation in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out its authorized programs for the current fiscal year. During 1983, and within the resources and authority available, gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans shall be not less than $185,000,000 nor more than $220,000,000.

RURAL COMMUNICATION DEVELOPMENT FUND

To reimburse the Rural Communication Development Fund for interest subsidies and losses sustained in prior years, but not previously reimbursed, in making Community Antenna Television loans and loan guarantees under sections 306 and 310 B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, // 7 USC 1926, 1932. // as amended, $91,000.

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For administrative expenses to carry out the provisions of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, // 7 USC 901 - 950b. // and to administer the loan and loan guarantee programs for Community Antenna Television facilities as authorized by the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 - 1995), and for which commitments were made prior to fiscal year 1983, including not to exceed $7,000 for financial and credit reports, funds for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $150,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $28,945,000.

Conservation Soil Conservation Service CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-590f) including preparation of conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve soil and water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and such special measures for soil and water management as may be necessary to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricultural related pollutants); operation of conservation plant material centers; classification and mapping of soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100; purchase and erection or alteration of permanent buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, $326,198,000, of which not less than $3,742,000 is for snow survey and water forecasting and not less than $3,757,000 is for operation of the plant materials centers: Provided, That the cost of any permanent building purchased, erected, or as improved, exclusive of the cost of constructing a water supply or sanitary system and connecting the same to any such building and with the exception of buildings acquired in conjunction with land being purchased for other purposes, shall not exceed $7,500, except for one building to be constructed at a cost not to exceed $75,000 and eight buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $45,000 per building and except that alterations or improvements to other existing permanent buildings costing $5,000 or more may be made in any fiscal year in an amount not to exceed $1,500 per building: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for the construction of any such building on land not owned by the Government: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation may be expended for soil and water conservation operations under the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-590f) in demonstration projects: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for field employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and not to exceed $25,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That qualified local engineers may be temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform the technical planning work of the Service.

RIVER BASIN SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS

For necessary expenses to conduct research, investigations, and surveys of the watersheds of rivers and other waterways, in accordance with section 6 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act // 16 USC 1006. // approved August 4, 1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1006 - 1009), $16,068,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for field employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $60,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

WATERSHED PLANNING

For necessary expenses for small watershed investigations and planning, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1001 - 1008), $8,675,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for field employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, including but not limited to research, engineering operations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, and changes in use of land, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1001 - 1005, 1007 - 1009), the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), // 16 USC 590a-590f. // and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the Department, $194,925,000 (of which $23,200,000 shall be available for the watersheds authorized under the Flood // 33 USC 701a. // Control Act approved June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701, 16 U.S.C 1006a), as amended and supplemented): Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for field employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U. S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be available for emergency measures as provided by sections 403 - 405 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203 - 2205), and not to exceed $200,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That $26,000,000 in loans may be insured, or made to be sold and insured, under the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund of the Farmers Home Administration (86 Stat. 663): // 7 USC 1931, 1932. // Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of this appropriation is available to carry out the purposes of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93 - 205), // 16 USC 1531 // as amended, including cooperative efforts as contemplated by that Act to relocate endangered or threatened species to other suitable habitats as may be necessary to expedite project construction.

RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out projects for resource conservation and development and for sound land use pursuant to the provisions of section 32(e) of title III of the Bank--, head-Jones Farm Tenant Act, // 7 USC 1011. // as amended (7 U.s.c. 1010 - 1011; 76 Stat. 607), and the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), // 16 USC 590a-590f. // and the provisions of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451 - 3461), // 95 Stat. 1337 - 1341. // $257,744,000: Provided, That $4,000,000 in loans may be insured, or made to be sold and insured, under the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund of the Farmers Home Administration (86 Stat. 663): // 7 USC 1931, 1932. // Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for field employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to carry into effect a program of conservation in the Great Plains area, pursuant to section 16(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as added by the Act of August 7, 1956, as amended (16 U.S.C. 590p(b)), $21,315,000, to remain available until expended.

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to carry into effect the program authorized in sections 7 to 15, 16(a), 16(f), and 17 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act approved February 29, 1936, as amended and supplemented (16 U.S.C. 590g-590o, 590p(a), 590p(f), and 590q), and sections 1001 - 1008, and 1010 of the Agricultural Act of 1970, as added by the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1501 - 1508, and 1510), and including not to exceed $15,000 for the preparation and display of exhibits, including such displays at State, interstate, and international fairs within the United States, $190,000,000, to remain available until expended for agreements, excluding administration but including technical assistance and related expenses, except that no participant in the Agricultural Conservation Program shall receive more than $3,500, except where the participants from two or more farms or ranches join to carry out approved practices designed to conserve or improve the agricultural resources of the community: Provided, That no portion of the funds for the current year's program may be utilized to provide financial or technical assistance for drainage on wetlands now designated as Wetlands Types 3 (III) through 20 (XX) in United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Circular 39, Wetlands of the United States, 1956: Provided further, that such amounts shall be available for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or any other conservation materials, or any soil-terracing services, and making grants thereof to agricultural producers to aid them in carrying out approved farming practices as authorized by the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, // 16 USC 590q. // as amended, as determined and recommended by the county committees, approved by the State committees and the Secretary, under programs provided for herein: Provided further, That such assistance will not be used for carrying out measures and practices that are primarily production-oriented or that have little or no conservation or pollution abatement benefits: Provided further, That not to exceed 5 per centum of the allocation for the current year's program for any county may, on the recommendation of such county committee and approval of the State committee, be withheld and allotted to the Soil Conservation Service for services of its technicians in formulating and carrying out the Agricultural Conservation program in the participating counties, and shall not be utilized by the Soil Conservation Service for any purpose other than technical and other assistance in such counties, and in addition, on the recommendation of such county committee and approval of the State committee, not to exceed 1 per centum may be made available to any other Federal, State, or local public agency for the same purpose and under the same conditions: Provided further, That for the current year's program $2,500,000 shall be available for technical assistance in formulating and carrying out rural environmental practices: Provided further, That no part of any funds available to the Department, or any bureau, office, corporation, or other agency constituting a part of such Department, shall be used in the current fiscal year for the payment of salary or travel expenses of any person who has been convicted of violating the Act entitled " An Act to prevent pernicious political activities" approved August 2, 1939, // 53 Stat. 1147. // as amended, or who has been found in accordance with the provisions of title 18 U. S.C. 1913, to have violated or attempted to violate such section which prohibits the use of Federal appropriations for the payment of personal services or other expenses designed to influence in any manner a Member of Congress to favor or oppose any legislation or appropriation by Congress except upon request of any Member or through the proper official channels.

FORESTRY INCENTIVES PROGRAM

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out the program of forestry incentives, as authorized in the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101), including technical assistance and related expenses, $12,500,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized by that Act.

WATER BANK PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of the Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301 - 1311), $8,800,000, to remain available until expended.

TITLE III-- DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS Food and Nutrition Service CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

For necessary expenses to carry out the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 - 1761, and 1766), and the applicable provisions other than section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 // 42 USC 1772. // (42 U.S.C. 1773 - 1785, and 1788); $3,178,000,000, of which $896,324,000 is hereby appropriated, and $2,281,676,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), including $80,000,000 for purchase and distribution of agricultural commodities and other foods pursuant to section 6 of the National School Lunch Act: // 7 USC 1755. // Provided, That funds provided herein shall remain available until September 30, 1984: Provided further, That funds appropriated for the purpose of section 7 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 // 42 USC 1776a. // shall be allocated among the States but the distribution of such funds to an individual State is contingent upon that State's agreement to participate in studies and surveys of programs authorized under the National School Lunch Act // 42 USC 1751 // and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, // 42 USC 1771 // when such studies and surveys have been directed by the Congress and requested by the Secretary of Agriculture: Provided further, That if the Secretary of Agriculture determines that a State's administration of any program under the National School Lunch Act or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 // 42 USC 1751, 1771. // (other than section 17), or the regulations issued pursuant to these Acts, is seriously deficient, and the State fails to correct the deficiency within a specified period of time, the Secretary may withhold from the State some or all of the funds allocated to the State under section 7 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 // 42 USC 1776. // and under section 13(k)(1) of the National School Lunch Act; // 42 USC 1761. // upon a subsequent determination by the Secretary that the programs are operated in an acceptable manner some or all of the funds withheld may be allocated: Provided further, That if the funds available for Nutrition Education and Training grants authorized under section 19 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, // 42 USC 1788. // as amended, require a ratable reduction in those grants, the minimum grant for each State shall be $50,000: Provided further, That only final reimbursement claims for service of meals, supplements, and milk submitted to State agencies by eligible schools, summer camps, institutions, and service institutions within sixty days following the claiming month shall be eligible for reimbursement from funds appropriated under this Act. States may receive program funds appropriated under this Act for meals, supplements, and milk served during any month only if the final program operations report for such month is submitted to the Department within ninety days following that month. Exceptions to these claims or reports submission requirements may be made at the discretion of the Secretary.

SPECIAL MILK PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to carry out the special milk program, as authorized by section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1772), $20,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 1984: Provided, That only claims for reimbursement for milk served during fiscal year 1983 submitted to State agencies prior to January 1, 1984, shall be eligible for reimbursement.

FEEDING PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN

(WIC)

For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental food program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $1,060,000,000: Provided, That funds provided herein shall remain available until September 30, 1984.

COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity supplemental food program as authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c (note)), including the pilot projects in Detroit, New Orleans, and Des Moines, $32,600,000: Provided, That funds provided herein shall remain available until September 30, 1984.

FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 - 2027, 2029), $10,565,657,000: Provided, That funds provided herein shall remain available until September 30, 1983, in accordance with section 18(a) of the Food Stamp Act: // 7 USC 2027. // Provided further, That up to 5 per centum of the foregoing amount may be placed in reserve to be apportioned pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, // 31 USC 665. // as amended, for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations: Provided further, That funds provided herein shall be expended in accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp Act: // 7 USC 2025. // Provided further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any work registration or workfare requirements as may be required by law.

For an additional amount to carry out the Food Stamp Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 - 2027, 2029), $250,000,000 should it become necessary after the Secretary has employed the regulatory and administrative methods available to him under the law to curtail fraud, waste and abuse in the program: Provided, That funds provided herein shall remain available until September 30, 1983: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any work registration or workfare requirements as may be required by law.

NUTRITION ASSISTANCE FOR PUERTO RICO

For monthly payments to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for nutrition assistance as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2028, $825,000,000.

FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS

For necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c (note)) and section 4(b) of the Food Stamp Act (7 U.S.C. 2013), $156,266,000.

FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

For necessary administrative expenses of the Domestic Food Programs funded under this Act, $82,146,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be available only for simplifying procedures, reducing overhead costs, tightening regulations, improving food stamp coupon handling, and assistance in the prevention, identification and prosecution of fraud and other violations of law: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

Human Nutrition Information Service

For necessary expenses to enable the Human Nutrition Information Service to perform applied research and demonstrations relating to human nutrition, consumer use and economies of food utilization, and for the collection and dissemination of information relating thereto, $8,096,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225).

TITLE IV-- INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS Foreign Agricultural Service

For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1761 - 1768), market development activities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordinate and integrate activities of the Department in connection with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed $110,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U. S.C. 1766), $74,454,000: Provided, That not less than $255,000 of the funds contained in this appropriation shall be available to obtain statistics and related facts on foreign production and full and complete information on methods used by other countries to move farm commodities in world trade on a competitive basis.

GENERAL SALES MANAGER (ALLOTMENT FROM COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION)

Not to exceed $5,599,000 may be transferred from the Commodity Credit Corporation funds to support the General Sales Manager who shall work to expand and strengthen sales of United States commodities (including those of the Corporation) in world markets pursuant to existing authority (including that contained in the Corporation's charter), and that such funds shall be used by the General Sales Manager to carry out the above activities. The General Sales Manager shall report directly to the Board of Directors of the Corporation of which the Secretary of Agriculture is a member. The General Sales Manager shall obtain, assimilate, and analyze all available information on developments related to private sales, as well as those funded by the Corporation, including grade and quality as sold and as delivered, including information relating to the effectiveness of greater reliance by the General Sales Manager upon loan guarantees as contrasted to direct loans for financing commercial export sales of agricultural commodities out of private stocks on credit terms, as provided in titles I and II of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, Public Law 95 - 501, and shall submit quarterly reports to the appropriate committees of Congress concerning such developments.

Public Law 480

For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1691, 1701 - 1715, 1721 - 1726, 1727 - 1727f, 1731 - 1736g), as follows: (1) financing the sale of agricultural commodities for convertible foreign currencies and for dollars on credit terms pursuant to titles I and III of said Act, not more than $859,000,000, of which $378,000,000 is hereby appropriated and the balance derived from proceeds from sales of foreign currencies and dollar loan repayments, repayments on long-term credit sales, and carryover balances; and (2) commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad, pursuant to title II of said Act, not more than $650,000,000, of which $650,000,000 is hereby appropriated: Provided, That not to exceed 10 percent of the funds made available to carry out any title of this paragraph may be used to carry out any other title of this paragraph.

Office of International Cooperation and Development

For necessary expenses of the Office of International Cooperation and Development to coordinate, plan, and direct activities involving international development, technical assistance and training, international scientific and technical cooperation in the Department of Agriculture, $3,578,000, including those authorized by the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3291), and the Office may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and institutions under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1736) and the foreign assistance programs of the International Development Cooperation Administration (22 U.S.C. 2392).

TITLE V--RELATED AGENCIES Food and Drug Administration SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Food and Drug Administration; for payment of salaries and expenses for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for GS-18; for rental of special purpose space in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, $330,188,000.

STANDARD LEVEL USER CHARGES

For payment of standard level user charges pursuant to Public Law 92 - 313 // 40 USC 601 // for programs and activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are included in this Act, $18,942,000.

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and not to exceed $25,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $22,892,000 to be available as authorized by law: Provided, That not to exceed $700 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.

Farm Credit Administration REVOLVING FUND FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

Not to exceed $17,954,000 (from assessments collected from farm credit agencies) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses including the hire of one passenger motor vehicle.

TITLE VI-- GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 601. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 U.S. C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

Sec. 602. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1983 under this Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided for, of not to exceed seven hundred thirteen (713) passenger motor vehicles of which six hundred sixty-two (662) shall be for replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles.

Sec. 603. Funds in this Act available to the Department of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901 - 5902).

Sec. 604. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropriations of the Department of Agriculture in this Act for research and service work authorized by the Acts of August 14, 1946, July 28, 1954, and September 6, 1958 (7 U.S.C. 427, 1621 - 1629; 42 U.S.C. 1891 - 1893), shall be available for contracting in accordance with said Acts.

Sec. 605. No part of the funds contained in this Act may be used to make production or other payments to a person, persons, or corporations who harvest or knowingly permit to be harvested for illegal use, marihuana, or other such prohibited drug-producing plants on any part of lands owned or controlled by such persons or corporations.

Sec. 606. Advances of money from any appropriation in this Act for the Department of Agriculture may be made by authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to chiefs of field parties.

Sec. 607. The cumulative total of transfers to the Working Capital Fund for the purpose of accumulating growth capital for data services and National Finance Center operations shall not exceed $1,500,000: Provided, That no funds appropriated to an agency of the Department shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the approval of the agency administrator.

Sec. 608. New obligational authority provided for the following appropriation items in this Act shall remain available until expended: Scientific Activities Overseas (Foreign Currency Program); Public Law 480; Mutual and Self-Help Housing; Rural Housing for Domestic Farm Labor; Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations; Resource Conservation and Development; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Buildings and Facilities; Agricultural Research Service, Buildings and Facilities; and Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Salaries and Expenses funds made available to county committees.

Sec. 609. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

Sec. 610. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropriations available to the Department of Agriculture in this Act shall be available to provide appropriate orientation and language training pursuant to Public Law 94 - 449. // 7 USC 1762. //

Sec. 611. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, employees of the agencies of the Department of Agriculture, including employees of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committees, may be utilized to provide part-time and intermittent assistance to other agencies of the Department, without reimbursement, during periods when they are not otherwise fully utilized, and ceilings on full-time equivalent staff years established for or by the Department of Agriculture shall exclude overtime as well as staff years expended as a result of carrying out programs associated with natural disasters, such as forest fires, drought, floods, and other acts of God.

Sec. 612. Funds provided by this Act for personnel compensation and benefits shall be available for obligation for that purpose only.

Sec. 613. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be expended by any executive agency, as referred to in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), pursuant to any obligation for services by contract, unless such executive agency has awarded and entered into such contract as provided by law.

Sec. 614. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall be available to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which has been disapproved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the United States.

Sec. 615. Certificates of beneficial ownership sold by the Farmers Home Administration in connection with the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, the Rural Housing Insurance Fund, and the Rural Development Insurance Fund shall be not less than 75 per centum of the value of the loans closed during the fiscal year.

Sec. 616. No funds appropriated by this Act may be used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements or similar arrangements between the United States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 per centum of the total direct cost of the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest between the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are provided in this Act.

Sec. 617. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to carry out any activity related to phasing out the Resource Conservation and Development Program.

Sec. 618. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to prevent or interfere with the right and obligation of the Commodity Credit Corporation to sell surplus agricultural commodities in world trade at competitive prices as authorized by law.

Sec. 619. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, watershed projects under Public Law 83 - 566 // 42 USC 1962 // are hereby exempted from the requirements of Executive Orders 12113 and 12141.

Sec. 620. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, // 16 USC 1001 // commodities acquired by the Department in connection with Commodity Credit Corporation // 42 USC 1962 // and section 32 price support operations may be used, as authorized by law (15 U.S.C. 714c and 7 U.S.C. 612c), // 7 USC 612c // to provide commodities to individuals in cases of hardship as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture.

Sec. 621. Effective upon enactment of this Act and for the remainder of fiscal year 1983, notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds may be paid out of the Treasury of the United States or out of any fund of a Government corporation to any private individual or corporation in satisfaction of any assurance agreement or payment guarantee or other form of loan guarantee entered into by any agency or corporation of the United States Government with respect to loans made and credits extended to the Polish People's Republic, unless the Polish People's Republic has been declared to be in default of its debt to such individual or corporation or unless the President has provided a monthly written report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate explaining the manner in which the national interest of the United States has been served by any payments during the previous month under loan guarantee or credit assurance agreement with respect to loans made or credits extended to the Polish People's Republic in the absence of a declaration of default.

Sec. 622. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to reimburse the General Services Administration for payment of standard level user charges in excess of the fiscal year 1982 level.

Sec. 623. In fiscal year 1983, the Secretary of Agriculture shall initiate construction on not less than twenty new projects under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (Public Law 566) // 16 USC 1001 // and not less than five new projects under the Flood Control Act (Public Law 534). // 33 USC 701 - 1. //

Sec. 624. Funds provided by this Act may be used for translation of publications of the Department of Agriculture into foreign languages when determined by the Secretary to be in the public interest.

Sec. 625. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, appropriations under this Act to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, are $10,466,057,000, and, as authorized by law, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall carry out an Export Credit Sales direct loan program of not more than $500,000,000 in fiscal year 1983.

Approved December 18, 1982.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 7072 (S. 2911):

HOUSE REPORTS: No. 97 - 800 (Comm. on Appropriations) and 97 - 957 (Comm. of Conference).

SENATE REPORTS: No. 97 - 566 (Comm. on Appropriations), No. 97 - 545 accompanying S. 2911 (Comm. on Appropriations).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982):

Sept. 21, considered and passed House.

Sept. 28, considered and passed Senate, amended.

Dec. 15, House agreed to conference report; receded from its disagreement and concurred in certain Senate amendments, in others with amendments; Senate agreed to conference report, and concurred in House amendments.

PUBLIC LAW 97-369, 96 STAT. 1765, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1983.

97th CONGRESS, H.R. 7019 DECEMBER 18, 1982
An Act Making appropriations for the Department of

Transportation and related agencies

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, and for

other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, and for other purposes, namely:

TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Salaries and Expenses (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Transportation, including not to exceed $31,000 for allocation within the Department of official reception and representation expenses as the Secretary may determine, $40,000,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be transferred and made available to the Motor Carrier Ratemaking Study Commission and, of which not to exceed $3,220,000 shall remain available until expended and shall be available for the purposes of the Minority Business Resource Center under title IX of Public Law 94 - 210: // 90 Stat. 147. // Provided, That all of the unexpended balances available for the purposes of title IX of Public Law 94 - 210 under the heading " Rail service assistance" shall be transferred to this account and remain available until expended: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the execution of the sale or transference of any Government-owned securities of the Consolidated Rail Corporation without the prior consent of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.

Transportation Planning, Research, and Development

For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning, research, and development activities, including the collection of national transportation statistics, to remain available until expended, $4,900,000.

Limitation on Working Capital Fund

Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of the Department of Transportation Working Capital Fund not to exceed $70,909,000 shall be paid, in accordance with law, from appropriations made available by this Act and prior appropriation Acts to the Department of Transportation, together with advances and reimbursements received by the Department of Transportation.

COAST GUARD Headquarters Administration (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of providing administrative services at the headquarters location of the Coast Guard, including, but not limited to, executive direction; budget, planning and policy; command, control, communication, and operations; financial management; legal; engineering; civil rights; and personnel and health services for the Coast Guard, $72,440,000, of which $14,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from appropriations for Retired pay.

Operating Expenses

For necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only; and recreation and welfare, $1,518,963,000, of which $254,650 shall be applied to Capehart Housing debt reduction: Provided, That the number of aircraft on hand at any one time shall not exceed two hundred and ten exclusive of planes and parts stored to meet future attrition: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act shall be available for pay or administrative expenses in connection with shipping commissioners in the United States: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for expenses incurred for yacht documentation under 46 U.S.C. 103 except to the extent fees are collected from yacht owners and credited to this appropriation, and, notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary may prescribe fees to recover the expenses of yacht documentation.

Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related thereto; to remain available until September 30, 1987, $409,000,000, of which $9,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the unobligated balances of " Pollution Fund".

Alteration of Bridges

For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of obstructive bridges, $12,700,000, to remain available until expended.

Retired Pay

For retired pay including the payment of obligations therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this purpose, and payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection and Survivor Benefit Plans, and for payments for medical care of retired personnel and their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C., ch. 55), // 10 USC 1071 // $336,000,000.

Reserve Training

For all necessary expenses for the Coast Guard Reserve, as authorized by law; maintenance and operation of facilities; and supplies, equipment, and services, $50,000,000 together with an amount not to exceed $4,000,000 which shall be derived from appropriations for retired pay.

Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for basic and applied scientific research, development, test, and evaluation; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, as authorized by law, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation, funds received from State and local governments, other public authorities, private sources and foreign countries for expenses incurred for research, development, testing and evaluation.

Offshore Oil Pollution Compensation Fund

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of title III of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978 (Public Law 95 - 372), // 92 Stat. 670. // $1,000,000, to be derived from the Offshore Oil Pollution Compensation Fund and to remain available until expended. In addition, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury, to meet the obligations of the Fund, notes or other obligations pursuant to section 302 of the Amendments // 43 USC 1812. // in such amounts and at such times as may be necessary.

Deepwater Port Liability Fund

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 18 of the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (Public Law 93 - 627), // 33 USC 1517. // $1,000,000, to be derived from the Deepwater Port Liability Fund and to remain available until expended. In addition, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to purchase, without fiscal year limitation, notes or other obligations pursuant to section 18(f)(3) of the Act in such amounts and at such times as may be necessary to meet the obligations of the Fund.

National Recreational Boating Safety and Facilities Improvement Fund

For financial assistance for State recreational boating safety programs to be derived from the National Recreational Boating Safety and Facilities Improvement Fund, in accordance with the provisions of the Recreational Boating Safety and Facilities Improvement Act of 1980 (Public Law 96 - 451), // 46 USC 1451 // $5,000,000, to remain available until expended.

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Headquarters Administration

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of providing administrative services at the headquarters location of the Federal Aviation Administration, including but not limited to accounting, budgeting, personnel, legal, public affairs, and executive direction for the Federal Aviation Administration, $54,574,000.

Operations

For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, not otherwise provided for, including administrative expenses for research and development and for establishment of air navigation facilities, and carrying out the provisions of the Airport and Airway Development Act, // 49 USC 1701. // as amended, or other provisions of law authorizing obligation of funds for similar programs of airport and airway development or improvement; payments to lenders required as a consequence of any guaranty under Public Law 85 - 307, // 49 USC 1324 // as amended; purchase of four passenger motor vehicles for replacement only and purchase and repair of skis and snowshoes, $2,456,783,000, of which not to exceed $1,264,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Provided, That, in addition, not to exceed $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for reimbursement of expenses incurred by certificated air carriers in the security screening of passengers moving in foreign air transportation: Provided further, That there may be credited to this appropriation, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the maintenance and operation of air navigation facilities: Provided further, That none of these funds shall be available for new applicants for the second career training program: Provided further, That the Federal Aviation Administration shall not undertake any reorganization of its regional office structure without the prior approval of both House and Senate Appropriations Committees: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the total amount available for operation shall be obligated for a contract with the National Academy of Sciences and the Federal Aviation Administration Administrator shall enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to study the state of knowledge, alternative approaches and the consequences of wind shear alert and severe weather condition standards relating to take-off and landing clearances for commercial and general aviation aircraft: Provided further, That the Academy shall complete the study within six months after funding arrangements have been made: Provided further, That the Federal Aviation Administration Administrator shall report to Congress within thirty days regarding the status of the contractual arrangements and the conditions necessary to implement the agreement with the National Academy of Sciences: Provided further, That the Department of Transportation shall furnish to the National Academy of Sciences any information which the Academy determines to be necessary for the purpose of conducting the study: Provided further, That not to exceed $150,000 of the funds provided to the Federal Aviation Administration in this Act shall be available for doubling the number of wind shear sensors at Moisant Airport in Kenner, Louisiana.

Facilities, Engineering and Development

For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, not otherwise provided for, for acquisition and modernization of facilities and equipment and service testing in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Aviation Act (49 U.S.C. 1301 - 1542), including construction of experimental facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant and lease or purchase of four aircraft, $18,255,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred for engineering and development.

Facilities and Equipment (Airport and Airway Trust

Fund)

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for acquisition, establishment, and improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of air navigation and experimental facilities, including initial acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service testing including construction of test facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote localities where such accommodations are not available; and the lease or purchase of 21 aircraft; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 1987; $625,000,000, of which $7,450,000 shall be derived from the unobligated balances of " Grants-in-aid for airports": Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment and modernization of air navigation facilities.

Research, Engineering and Development (Airport and Airway Trust Fund)

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for research, engineering, and development, in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Aviation Act (49 U.S.C. 1301 - 1542), including construction of experimental facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, $103,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred for research, engineering and development.

Grants-in-Aid for Airports (Liquidation of Contract Authorization) (Airport and Airway Trust Fund)

For liquidation of obligations incurred for airport development under authority contained in section 14 of Public Law 91 - 258, // 49 USC 1714. // as amended, and for liquidation of obligations incurred for airport planning and development under other law authorizing such obligations, $234,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended.

Operation and Maintenance, Metropolitan Washington Airports

For expenses incident to the care, operation, maintenance, improvement, and protection of the federally owned civil airports in the vicinity of the District of Columbia, including purchase of ten passenger motor vehicles for police or ambulance type use, for replacement only; and purchase of two motor bikes for replacement only; purchase of one ambulance, for replacement only; purchase, cleaning, and repair of uniforms; and arms and ammunition, $31,955,000: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation, funds received from air carriers, concessionaires, and non-Federal tenants sufficient to cover utility and fuel costs which are in excess of $7,036,000: Provided further, That there may be credited to this appropriation, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, or private sources, for expenses incurred in the maintenance and operation of the federally owned civil airports.

Construction, Metropolitan Washington Airports

For necessary expenses for construction at the federally owned civil airports in the vicinity of the District of Columbia $11,080,000, to remain available until September 30,1985.

Aviation Insurance Revolving Fund

The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized to make such expenditures and investments, within the limits of funds available pursuant to section 1306 of the Act of August 23, 1958, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1536), and in accordance with section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 849), as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for aviation insurance activities under said Act.

Aircraft Purchase Loan Guarantee Program

In carrying out the program for guarantee of aircraft purchase loans under the Act of September 7, 1957, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1324 note), during fiscal year 1983 new commitments to guarantee loans shall be exclusively for the purchase of aircraft designed to have a maximum passenger capacity of sixty seats or less or a maximum cargo payload of eighteen thousand pounds or less, and when combined with the aggregate of all guarantees made during fiscal year 1982 shall not exceed in the aggregate $100,000,000 in principal amount.

FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION Limitation on General Operating Expenses

Necessary expenses for administration, operation, and research of the Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed $188,500,000, shall be paid, in accordance with law, from appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal Highway Administration together with advances and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Administration: Provided, That not to exceed $38,000,000 of the amount provided herein shall remain available until expended.

Motor Carrier Safety (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to carry out motor carrier safety functions of the Secretary, as authorized by the Department of Transportation Act (80 Stat. 939 - 940), $11,600,000, together with $1,000,000 to be derived by transfer from the unobligated balances of " Inter-American Highway", of which $520,000 of the amount appropriated herein shall remain available until expended and not to exceed $1,917,000 shall be available for " Limitation on general operating expenses".

Highway Safety Research and Development (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses in carrying out provisions of title 23, United States Code, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended, $7,700,000, together with $300,000 to be derived from the unobligated balances of " Baltimore--, Washington Parkway".

Highway Beautification

For necessary expenses in carrying out section 131 of title 23, U.S. C. and section 104(a)(11) of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978, // 92 Stat. 2690. // $500,000 to remain available until expended.

Highway-Related Safety Grants (Liquidation of

Contract

Authorization) (Trust Fund)

(INCLUDING RESCISSION)

For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, section 402, administered by the Federal Highway Administration, to remain available until expended, $22,998,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That not to exceed $833,000 of the amount appropriated herein shall be available for " Limitation on general operating expenses": Provided further, That $9,623,000 available for obligation is hereby rescinded.

Territorial Highways

For necessary expenses in carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, sections 152, 153, 215, and 402, $3,000,000, to remain available until expended.

Federal-Aid Highways (Liquidation of Contract Authorization) (Trust Fund)

For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, which are attributable to Federal-aid highways, including the National Scenic and Recreational Highway as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 148, not otherwise provided, including reimbursements for sums expended pursuant to the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 308, $8,200,000,000, or so much thereof as may be available in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.

NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION Operations and Research

For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary with respect to traffic and highway safety and functions under the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act (Public Law 92 - 513, as amended), // 86 Stat. 947. // $74,000,000, of which $21,685,000 shall be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That not to exceed $28,375,000 shall remain available until expended, of which $9,507,000 shall be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided further, That, of the funds appropriated under this heading $2,000,000 shall be available only for activities at the Transportation Systems Center.

State and Community Highway Safety (Liquidation of Contract Authorization) (Trust Fund)

For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402 and 406, to remain available until expended, $103,552,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund.

FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION Office of the Administrator

For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, not otherwise provided for, $13,000,000.

Railroad Safety

For necessary expenses in connection with railroad safety, not otherwise provided for, $28,000,000, of which $4,800,000 shall remain available until expended.

Railroad Research and Development

For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, $17,000,000, to remain available until expended.

Rail Service Assistance

For necessary expenses for rail service assistance authorized by section 5 of the Department of Transportation Act, // 49 USC 1654. // as amended, for Washington Union Station, as authorized by Public Law 97 - 125, // 95 Stat. 1667. // and for necessary administrative expenses in connection with Federal rail assistance programs not otherwise provided for, $31,675,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds provided under this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of a program making commitments to guarantee new loans under the Emergency Rail Services Act of 1970, // 45 USC 661 // as amended, and that no commitments to guarantee new loans, under section 211(a) of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, // 45 USC 721 // as amended, shall be made: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the sale or transference of Washington Union Station without the prior approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.

Conrail Labor Protection (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For labor protection as authorized by section 713 of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 // 95 Stat. 668 // as added by section 1143 of the Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981, // 45 USC 797 // $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $10,000,000 shall be derived from the unobligated balances of " Redeemable preference shares": Provided, That such sum shall be considered to have been appropriated to the Secretary under said section 713 for transfer to the Railroad Retirement Board for the payment of benefits under section 701 of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, // 95 Stat. 665, 45 USC 797 // as amended: Provided further, That, for purposes of section 710, of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, // 95 Stat. 665 // as added by section 1143 of the Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981, // 45 USC 797 // such sum shall be considered to have been appropriated under section 713 of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 and counted against the limitation on the total liability of the United States: Provided further, That such sums as may be necessary shall be made available for necessary expenses of administration of section 701 of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 by the Railroad Retirement Board.

Northeast Corridor Improvement Program

For necessary expenses related to Northeast Corridor improvements authorized by title VII of Public Law 94 - 210, // 45 USC 851 // as amended, $115,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the provisions of Public Law 85 - 804 // 45 USC 851 // shall apply to the Northeast Corridor Improvement Program: // 50 USC 143 // Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 322 (c) and (d) if he determines such action would serve a public purpose: Provided further, That all public at grade-level crossings remaining along the Northeast Corridor upon completion of the project shall be equipped with protective devices including gates and lights.

Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation

To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, $700,000,000, to remain available until expended, for operating losses incurred by the Corporation, capital improvements, and labor protection costs authorized by 45 U.S.C. 565: Provided, That none of the funds herein appropriated shall be used for lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles or for the hire of vehicle operators for any officer or employee, other than the president of the Corporation, excluding the lease of passenger motor vehicles for those officers or employees while in official travel status: Provided further, That the Secretary shall make no commitments to guarantee new loans or loans for new purposes under 45 U.S.C. 602 in fiscal year 1983: Provided further, That the incurring of any obligation or commitment by the Corporation for the purchase of capital improvements not expressly provided for in an appropriation Act or prohibited by this Act shall be deemed a violation of 31 U.S.C. 665: Provided further, That, of the funds available, $25,000,000 shall be held in reserve for 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act to be available for the rehabilitation, renewal, replacement, and other improvements on the line between Indianapolis, Indiana, Shelbyville, Indiana, and Cincinnati, Ohio: Provided further, That, of the funds available, $5,000,000 shall be made available only for the rehabilitation, renewal, replacement, and other improvements on the line between Attleboro, Massachusetts, and Hyannis, Massachusetts, to ensure that such track will meet a minimum of class III standards as prescribed by applicable Federal Railroad Administration regulations.

Commuter Rail Service (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to carry out the commuter rail activities authorized by section 601(d) of the Rail Passenger Service Act (45 U.S. C. 601), as amended, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended and to be derived from the unobligated balances of " Redeemable preference shares" and for necessary expenses to carry out section 1139(b) of Public Law 97 - 35, $75,000,000, to remain available until expended and to be derived from the unobligated balances of " Payments for purchase of Conrail securities".

Alaska Railroad Revolving Fund

The Alaska Railroad Revolving Fund shall continue available until expended for the work authorized by law, including operation and maintenance of oceangoing or coastwise vessels by ownership, charter, or arrangement with other branches of the Government service, for the purpose of providing additional facilities for transportation of freight, passengers, or mail, when deemed necessary for the benefit and development of industries or travel in the area served and payment of compensation and expenses as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8146, to be reimbursed as therein provided: Provided, That no employee shall be paid an annual salary out of said fund in excess of the salaries prescribed by the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, for grade GS-15, except the general manager of said railroad, one assistant general manager and five officers at not to exceed the salaries prescribed for members of the Senior Executive Service.

Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing

Funds

The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94 - 210), // 45 USC 832. // as amended, in such amounts and at such times as may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, // 45 USC 831 - 833. // such authority to exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is outstanding: Provided, That the aggregate principal amount of guarantees and commitments to guarantee obligations under section 511 of Public Law 94 - 210, as amended shall not exceed $600,000,000: Provided further, That the total commitments to guarantee new loans shall not exceed $100,000,000 of contingent liabilities for loan principal during fiscal year 1983.

Redeemable Preference Shares

The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized to expend proceeds from the sale of fund anticipation notes to the Secretary of the Treasury and any other moneys deposited in the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Fund pursuant to sections 502, 505 - 507, and 509 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94 - 210), // 45 USC 822, 825 - 827, 829. // as amended, and section 803 of Public Law 95 - 620, // 45 USC 821, 822, 825. // for uses authorized for the Fund, in amounts not to exceed $5,000,000.

Emergency Rail Facilities Restoration (Limitation on Direct Loans)

During fiscal year 1983, gross obligations for deferred interest shall not exceed $2,301,000.

URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATION Administrative Expenses

For necessary administrative expenses of the urban mass transportation program authorized by the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, // 23 USC 101 // as amended (49 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), 23 U.S. C. chapter 1, in connection with these activities, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $28,081,000.

Research, Development, and Demonstrations and

University

Research and Training

For necessary expenses for research and training, as authorized by the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), to remain available until expended, $58,250,000: Provided, That $55,050,000 shall be available for research, development, and demonstrations, $2,000,000 shall be available for university research and training and not to exceed $1,200,000 shall be available for managerial training as authorized under the authority of said Act.

Urban Discretionary Grants

For necessary expenses for urban discretionary grants as authorized by the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), to remain available until September 30, 1986, $1,606,000,000: Provided, That grants awarded for contracts for the acquisition of rolling stock, including buses, which will result in the expenditure of Federal financial assistance, shall only be awarded after an evaluation of performance, standardization, life-cycle costs, and other factors the Secretary may deem relevant, in addition to the consideration of initial capital costs. Where necessary, the Secretary shall assist grantees in making such evaluations.

Non-Urban Formula Grants

For necessary expenses for public transportation projects in areas other than urbanized areas as defined for the purposes of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), $68,500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be apportioned and allocated using data from the 1970 decennial census for one-quarter of the sums appropriated and the remainder shall be apportioned and allocated on the basis of data from the 1980 decennial census.

Urban Formula Grants

For necessary expenses for urban formula grants as authorized by the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), $1,200,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be apportioned and allocated using data from the 1970 decennial census for one-quarter of the sums appropriated and the remainder shall be apportioned and allocated on the basis of data from the 1980 decennial census: Provided further, That grants awarded for contracts for the acquisition of rolling stock, including buses, which will result in the expenditure of Federal financial assistance, shall only be awarded after an evaluation of performance, standardization, life-cycle costs, and other factors the Secretary may deem relevant, in addition to the consideration of initial capital costs: Provided further, That, where necessary, the Secretary shall assist grantees in making such evaluation.

Liquidation of Contract Authorization

For payment to the urban mass transportation fund, for liquidation of contractual obligations incurred under authority of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and 23 U.S.C. 142(c) and of obligations incurred for projects substituted for Interstate System segments withdrawn prior to enactment of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1976, $681,135,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That none of these funds shall be made available for the establishment of depreciation reserves or reserves for replacement accounts: Provided further, That amounts for highway projects substituted for Interstate System segments shall be transferred to the Federal Highway Administration.

Washington Metro

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 14 of Public Law 96 - 184, // 93 Stat. 1320. // $240,000,000, to remain available until expended.

SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to such Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, // 31 USC 849. // as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for the Corporation except as hereinafter provided.

Limitation on Administrative Expenses

Not to exceed $1,716,000 shall be available for administrative expenses which shall be computed on an accrual basis, including not to exceed $3,000 for official entertainment expenses to be expended upon the approval or authority of the Secretary of Transportation: Provided, That Corporation funds shall be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft, operation and maintenance of aircraft, uniforms or allowances therefor for operation and maintenance personnel, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901 - 5902), and $15,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.

RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION Research and Special Programs

For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Research and Special Programs Administration, for expenses for conducting research and development and for grants-in-aid to carry out a pipeline safety program, as authorized by section 5 of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 (49 U.S.C. 1674), $20,022,000, of which $9,550,000 shall remain available until expended.

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL Salaries and Expenses

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, // 5 USC app. // $24,946,000.

TITLE II-- RELATED AGENCIES ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD Salaries and Expenses

For expenses necessary for the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, // 29 USC 792. // as amended, $2,020,000.

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD Salaries and Expenses

For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; service as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS-18; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901 - 5902), $19,970,000, of which not to exceed $300 may be used for official reception and representation expenses.

CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD Salaries and Expenses

For necessary expenses of the Civil Aeronautics Board, including hire of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901 - 5902); and not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation expenses, $23,125,000: Provided, That of the foregoing amount, not to exceed $10,625,000 shall be made available for the period between April 1, 1983, and September 30, 1983.

Payments to Air Carriers

For payments to air carriers of so much of the compensation fixed and determined by the Civil Aeronautics Board under section 419 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended, (49 U.S.C. 1389), as is payable by the Board, $48,400,000, to remain available until expended and such amounts as may be necessary to liquidate obligations incurred prior to September 30, 1982, under 49 U.S.C. 1376 and 1389: // 49 USC 1376a. // Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds hereafter appropriated by this or any other Act shall be expended under section 406 (49 U.S.C. 1376) for services provided after Septeember 30, 1982: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law or of the previous provision of this paragraph, payments shall be made from funds appropriated herein and in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph to carriers providing, as of September 30, 1982, services covered by rates fixed under section 406 of the Federal Aviation Act (excluding services covered by payments under section 419(a)(7) and services in the State of Alaska): Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such payments shall be based upon rate orders applicable to such carriers as of July 1, 1982, but shall not exceed $13,500,000 in the aggregate: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to the extent necessary to meet this limitation, such payments shall be reduced by a percentage which is the same for all carriers eligible for such payments: Provided further, That nothing in this Act shall be deemed to prevent the Board from granting an application under section 419(a)(11)(A) (49 U.S.C. 1389) pertaining to a carrier receiving compensation under this Act, in which event the standards and procedures set forth in section 419(a)(11)(A) shall apply.

INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION Salaries and Expenses

For necessary expenses of the Interstate Commerce Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $1,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $65,600,000: Provided, That joint board members and coperating State commissioners may use Government transportation requests when traveling in connection with their official duties as such.

Payments for Directed Rail Service

None of the funds provided under this Act shall be available for the execution of programs the obligations for which can reasonably be expected to be in excess of $10,000,000 for directed rail service under 49 U.S.C. 11125 or any other legislation.

PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION Operating Expenses

For operating expenses necessary for the Panama Canal Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901 - 5902); not to exceed $8,000 for official reception and representation expenses of the Board; operation of guide services; residence for the administrator; contingencies of the administrator; not to exceed $25,000 for official reception and representation expenses of the Administrator, and to employ services as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 3109); maintaining, improving, and altering facilities of other United States Government agencies in the Republic of Panama and facilities of the Government of the Republic of Panama for Panama Canal Commission use; and for payment of liabilities of the Panama Canal Company and Canal Zone Government that were pending on September 30, 1979, or that have accrued thereafter, including accounts payable for capital projects, $405,000,000, to be derived from the Panama Canal Commission Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation, funds received from the Panama Canal Commission's capital outlays account for expenses incurred for supplies and services provided for capital projects and funds received from officers and employees of the Commission and/or commercial insurors of Commission employees for payment to other United States Government agencies for expenditures made for services provided to Commission employees and their dependents by such other agencies: Provided further, That, to the extent that the resources of the Fund are not adequate to provide the amount of budget authority provided above, the Commission may incur obligations in advance of adequate receipts in the Fund.

Capital Outlay

For acquisition, construction, and replacement of improvements, facilities, structures, and equipment required by the Panama Canal Commission, including the purchase of not to exceed forty-two passenger motor vehicles of which nineteen are for replacement only; to employ services authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 3109); for payment of liabilities of the Panama Canal Company and Canal Zone Government that were pending on September 30, 1979, or that have accrued thereafter; to improve facilities of other United States Government agencies in the Republic of Panama and facilities of the Government of the Republic of Panama for Panama Canal Commission use, $29,024,000: Provided, That funds appropriated are to be derived from the Panama Canal Commission Fund and to remain available until expended.

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Secretary INVESTMENT IN FUND ANTICIPATION NOTES

For the acquisition, in accordance with section 509 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, // 45 USC 829. // as amended, and section 803 of Public Law 95 - 620, // 45 USC 821, 822 note, 825. // of fund anticipation notes, $5,000,000.

UNITED STATES RAILWAY ASSOCIATION Administrative Expenses

For necessary administrative expenses to enable the United States Railway Association to carry out its functions under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, // 45 USC 701 // as amended, $2,950,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $500 may be available for official reception and representation expenses.

WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY Interest Payments

For necessary expenses for interest payments, to remain available until expended, $51,663,569: Provided, That these funds shall be disbursed pursuant to terms and conditions established by Public Law 96 - 184 // 93 Stat. 1320. // and the Initial Bond Repayment Participation Agreement.

TITLE III-- GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign countries on official departmental business; and uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901 - 5902).

Sec. 302. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of programs the commitments for which are in excess of $600,000,000 in fiscal year 1983 for grants-in--, aid for airport planning, noise compatibility planning and programs, and development.

Sec. 303. None of the funds provided under this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of programs, the obligations for which are in excess of $10,000,000 in fiscal year 1983 for " Highway-related safety grants".

Sec. 304. None of the funds provided under this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of programs, the total obligations for which are in excess of $95,000,000 in fiscal year 1983 for " State and community highway safety": Provided, That none of the funds under " State and community highway safety" shall be used for construction, rehabilitation or remodeling costs or for office furnishings and fixtures for State, local, or private buildings or structures.

Sec. 305. Funds appropriated for the Panama Canal Commission may be apportioned notwithstanding section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 665), to the extent necessary to permit payment of such pay increases for officers or employees as may be authorized by administrative action pursuant to law which are not in excess of statutory increases granted for the same period in corresponding rates of compensation for other employees of the Government in comparable positions.

Sec. 306. Funds appropriated under this Act for expenditures by the Federal Aviation Administration shall be available (1) except as otherwise // 20 USC 241 // authorized by the Act of September 30, 1950 (20 U.S.C. 236 - 244), for expenses of primary and secondary schooling for dependents of Federal Aviation Administration personnel stationed outside the continental United States at costs for any given area not in excess of those of the Department of Defense for the same area, when it is determined by the Secretary that the schools, if any, available in the locality are unable to provide adequately for the education of such dependents and (2) for transportation of said dependents between schools serving the area which they attend and their places of residence when the Secretary, under such regulations as may be prescribed, determines that such schools are not accessible by public means of transportation on a regular basis.

Sec. 307. Appropriations contained in this Act for the Department of Transportation shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U. S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS-18.

Sec. 308. None of the funds provided under this Act for Urban formula grants shall be made available to support mass transit facilities, equipment, or operating expenses unless the applicant for such assistance has given satisfactory assurances in such manner and forms as the Secretary may require, and in accordance with such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, that the rates charged elderly and handicapped persons during nonpeak hours shall not exceed one-half of the rates generally applicable to other persons at peak hours: Provided, That the Secretary, in prescribing the terms and conditions for the provision of such assistance shall (1) permit applicants to continue the use of preferential fare systems for elderly or handicapped persons where those systems were in effect on or prior to November 26, 1974, (2) allow applicants a reasonable time to expand the coverage of operating preferential fare systems as appropriate, (3) allow applicants to continue to use preferential fare systems incorporating the offering of a free return ride upon payment of the generally applicable full fare where any such applicant's existing fare collection system does not reasonably permit the collection of half fares, and (4) allow applicants to define the eligibility of "handicapped persons" for the purposes of preferential fares in conformity with other Federal laws and regulations governing eligibility for benefits for disabled persons.

Sec. 309. None of the funds contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

Sec. 310. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law except Public Laws 97 - 125 and 97 - 216, the total of all obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs for fiscal year 1983 shall not exceed $8,100,000,000. This limitation shall not apply to obligations for emergency relief under section 125 of title 23, United States Code, projects covered under section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978, or section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981. No obligation constraints shall be placed upon any ongoing emergency project carried out under section 125 of title 23, United States Code, or section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978. // 23 USC 144 //

(b) For fiscal year 1983, the Secretary of Transportation shall distribute the limitation imposed by subsection (a) by allocation in the ratio which sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction which are apportioned to each State for such fiscal year bears to the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction which are apportioned to all the States for such fiscal year.

(c) During the period October 1 through December 31, 1982, no State shall obligate more than 35 per centum of the amount distributed to such State under subsection (b), and the total of all State obligations during such period shall not exceed 25 per centum of the total amount distributed to all States under such subsection.

(d) Notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary shall--,

(1) provide all States with authority sufficient to prevent lapses of sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction which have been apportioned to a State, except in those instances in which a State indicates its intention to lapse sums apportioned under section 104(b)(5)(A) of title 23, United States Code;

(2) after August 1, 1983, revise a distribution of the funds made available under subsection (b) if a State will not obligate the amount distributed during that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed during that fiscal year; and

(3) not distribute amounts authorized for administrative expenses and forest highways.

Sec. 311. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any bond issued under section 5 of the Act of May 13, 1954 (68 Stat. 94; 33 U. S.C. 985), // 33 USC 985a. // is hereby canceled together with the obligation to pay such bond and section 12(b)(5) of such Act // 33 USC 988. // is hereby repealed: Provided, That paragraphs (10), (11), and (12) of section 4 of the Act of May 13, 1954, // 33 USC 984. // are hereby redesignated as paragraphs (11), (12), and (13) respectively and a new paragraph (10) is enacted to read as follows:

"(10) may retain toll revenues for purposes of eventual reinvestment in the Seaway.".

Sec. 312. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for the implementation or execution of programs the obligations for which are in excess of $60,000,000 in fiscal year 1983 for the " Off-shore Oil Pollution Compensation Fund".

Sec. 313. None of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Panama Canal Commission may be expended unless in conformance with the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977 and any law implementing those treaties.

Sec. 314. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used for planning or construction of rail-highway crossings under section 322(a) of title 23, United States Code, or under section 701(a)(5) or section 703(1)(A) of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 // 45 USC 851,854 // at the--,

(1) School Street crossing in Groton, Connecticut; and

(2) Broadway Extension crossing in Stonington, Connecticut.

Sec. 315. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.

Sec. 316. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to assist, directly or indirectly, any State in imposing mandatory State inspection fees or sticker requirements on vehicles which are lawfully registered in another State, including vehicles engaged in interstate commercial transportation which are in compliance with Part 396--, Inspection and Maintenance of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations of the U.S. Department of Transportation. // 49 CFR Part 39 //

Sec. 317. Except as otherwise provided under existing law or under 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 24 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.

Sec. 318. For fiscal year 1982 and thereafter, the Inspector General of such department or establishment, or comparable official, or if there is no Inspector General or comparable official, the agency head or the agency head's designee, shall submit to the Congress along with the budget justification an evaluation of the agency's progress to institute effective management controls and improve the accuracy and completeness of the data provided to the Federal Procurement Data System regarding consultant service contractual arrangements.

Sec. 319. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which has been disapproved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the United States.

Sec. 320. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for the implementation or execution of programs, the obligations for which are in excess of $50,000,000 in fiscal year 1983 for the " Deep--, water Port Liability Fund".

Sec. 321. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds authorized to be appropriated for any fiscal year under provisions of // 70 Stat. 374. // the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 shall hereafter be apportioned to any State which imposes a vehicle width limitation of more or less than 102 inches on any segment of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, or any other qualifying Federal--, aid highways as designated by the Secretary of Transportation, with traffic lanes designed to be a width of twelve feet or more: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, certain safety devices which the Secretary of Transportation determines as necessary for safe and efficient operation of motor vehicles shall not be included in the calculation of width: Provided further, That, not--, withstanding any other provision of law or of this paragraph, a State may grant special use permits to motor vehicles that exceed 102 inches: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, no withholding of apportionment shall be imposed upon a State by virtue of the provisions of this paragraph prior to October 1, 1983.

Sec. 322. (a) Any air carrier having a claim for compensation under section 406 or 419(a)(7)(B) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, // 49 USC 1376b. 49 USC 1376, 1389. // decided by the Civil Aeronautics Board (hereinafter referred to as the " Board") may bring an action directly on the claim in the United States Claims Court as provided in section 10(a) of the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 // 41 USC 609. // with respect to claims which have been decided by a contracting officer. Failure by the Board to issue a final decision on a final claim within one year after it was filed with the Board, or by the date of enactment of this section, whichever is later, shall be deemed to be a decision by the Board denying the claim, and will authorize an action on the claim as provided in this section. This section shall apply to any claim decided, or deemed to have been decided, by the Board after January 1, 1981, including any claim remanded to the Board by a United States court of appeals, irrespective of when the claim was filed with the Board. Any action under this section shall be filed within one hundred and twenty days after the claim has been decided or is deemed to have been decided by the Board, or within one hundred and twenty days after the date of enactment of this section, whichever is later. Any petition for review of a decision of the Board with respect to any such claim pending in a United States court of appeals on the date of enactment of this section shall be dismissed without prejudice upon motion of the petitioner.

(b) Except as provided herein, the following provisions of the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 // 41 USC 601 // shall apply with respect to any claim to which this section applies as if such claim were a claim with respect to a decision of a contracting officer under section 10(a) of such Act // 41 USC 609. // and as if the Board were a contracting officer:

(1) Section 12, // 41 USC 611. // relating to interest, which shall be payable by decision of the Board or the Court of Claims at the rates provided in such section, not to precede the date of enactment of the Contract Disputes Act of 1978.

(2) Section 13, // 41 USC 612. // relating to the payment of claims and judgments.

(3) Section 14(i), // 28 USC 1491. // relating to the jurisdiction of the United States Claims Court.

(c) If an administrative law judge has issued an initial decision after a hearing on the record in the case before the Board, the court may, in its discretion, rely upon the evidence adduced at such hearing and may give such initial decision such weight as it deems appropriate.

Sec. 323. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be used by the Civil Aeronautics Board to substitute aircraft of lesser seating capacity or lesser than necessary pressurized altitude capability, for the type of aircraft now prescribed for essential air transportation to any point in Alaska as set forth in Civil Aeronautics Board Order 80 - 1 - 167 without the prior concurrence of the applicable State agency of the State of Alaska.

Sec. 324. No funds appropriated under this Act shall be expended to pay for any travel initiated after January 1, 1983, by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration as passenger or crew member aboard any Department of Transportation aircraft to any destination served by a regularly scheduled air carrier: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply if no regularly scheduled carriers' flight arrives at the destination of the Administrator within 6 hours local time of the desired time of arrival: Provided further, That this limitation shall not apply to costs incurred by any flight which is essentially for the purpose of inspecting, investigating, or testing the operations of any aspect of the Federal Aviation Administration system designed to aid and control air traffic, or to maintain or improve aviation safety: Provided further, That this limitation shall not apply to costs incurred by any flight in Department of Transportation aircraft which is necessary in times of emergency or disaster, or for security reasons, or to fulfill official diplomatic representation responsibilities in foreign countries: Provided further, That written certifications shall be issued quarterly on all flights initiated in the previous quarter subject to this limitation and shall be made readily available to Congress and the general public.

Sec. 325. (a) Neither the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating nor any other officer or employee of the United States shall approve any project or take any action which would interfere with the reasonable needs of navigation on the Columbia Slough, Oregon.

(b) For purposes of subsection (a) of this section, any bridge which is to be constructed across the Columbia Slough, Oregon, after the date of enactment of this section shall be deemed to provide for the reasonable needs of navigation on the Columbia Slough, Oregon, if such bridge provides at least thirty feet of vertical clearance Columbia River datum and at least eighty feet of horizontal clearance, as determined by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating.

Sec. 326. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall approve, upon request of the State of Indiana, $300,000 to be made available from funds available for redistribution under 23 U.S.C. 118(b) for a project to relocate and encase certain water line facilities crossing under I-80 and I-94 in Hammond, Indiana. Such sums shall remain available until expended and shall be subject to any obligation limitations for Federal-aid highway programs.

Sec. 327. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation shall approve, upon request of the State of Indiana, not to exceed $4,000,000, to be made available from funds available for redistribution under 23 U.S.C. 118(b) for the construction of an interchange to appropriate standards at I-94 and County Line Road at the Porter-La Porte County Line near Michigan City, Indiana. Such amount shall be subject to the obligation limitation enacted for fiscal year 1983 or any fiscal year thereafter on obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs.

Sec. 328. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer appropriated funds between the Coast Guard Operating expenses appropriation and the Coast Guard Headquarters administration appropriation and between the Federal Aviation Administration appropriation for Operations and the Federal Aviation Administration appropriation for Headquarters administration: Provided, That the Coast Guard and Federal Aviation Administration Headquarters administration appropriations shall be neither increased nor decreased by more than 7.5 per centum by any such transfers: Provided further, That any such transfers shall be reported promptly to the Committees on Appropriations and the appropriate authorizing committees in the House and the Senate.

This Act may be cited as the " Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1983".

Approved December 18, 1982.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY-- H.R. 7019 (S. 2914):

HOUSE REPORTS: No. 97 - 783 (Comm. on Appropriations), No. 97 - 960 (Comm. of Conference).

SENATE REPORTS: No. 97 - 546 accompanying S. 2914 (Comm. on Appropriations), No. 97 - 67 (Comm. on Appropriations).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982):

Sept. 16, 21, considered and passed House.

Dec. 2, considered and passed Senate, amended.

Dec. 16, House agreed to conference report; concurred in certain Senate amendments, in others with amendments; Senate agreed to conference report; concurred in House amendments.

PUBLIC LAW 97-368, 96 STAT. 1764

97th CONGRESS, H.J. RES. 595 DECEMBER 17, 1982
Joint Resolution Designating December 11, 1982, as " Fiorello H. La

Guardia Memorial Day".

Whereas December 11, 1982, is the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Fiorello H. La Guardia (" The Little Flower"), who served with great distinction for twelve years in the United States House of Representatives and for ten years as mayor of New York City; and

Whereas his vast energy, fiery leadership, and considerable wisdom contributed greatly to the betterment of our Nation and the city of New York; and

Whereas his public service career serves as a benchmark from which others are judged; and

Whereas his many accomplishments and the honesty and fairness which characterized his work continue to serve as an inspiration to all Americans, particularly those who share his Italian heritage: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That December 11, 1982, is designated as " Fiorello H. La Guardia Memorial Day" and the President is requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to observe such day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

Approved December 17, 1982.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY-- H.J. Res. 595:

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982):

Sept. 30, considered and passed House.

Dec. 10, considered and passed Senate.

PUBLIC LAW 97-367, 96 STAT. 1761, WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON PRODUCTIVITY ACT

97th CONGRESS, H.R. 7292 OCTOBER 25, 1982
An Act To establish a White House Conference on Productivity.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SHORT TITLE

Sec. 101. This Act // 15 USC 2401. // may be cited as the " White House Conference on Productivity Act".

FINDINGS

Sec. 102. The Congress finds that--,

(1) the United States traditional annual productivity improvement rate of approximately 3 per centum has fallen drastically in recent years to a negative one-half of 1 per centum;

(2) if our traditional productivity improvement rate has been maintained, the average household would have received nearly $5,500 in additional real income each year;

(3) the decline in productivity has inflated the cost of goods and services produced in the United States relative to the goods and services of nations with higher productivity rates;

(4) improved productivity will enhance our international competitiveness, which will expand foreign market opportunities and jobs;

(5) productivity improvement can be restored in the United States through the application of policies and management techniques which have brought substantial productivity gains on a broad scale in other countries and in some businesses within the United States;

(6) when adequate protections are provided, productivity improvement techniques can bring great benefits to labor as well as management; and

(7) the United States must act immediately to reverse our productivity decline and to restore our annual productivity improvement.

DEFINITIONS

Sec. 103. For purposes of this Act--,

(1) the term " Conference" means the White House Conference on Productivity;

(2) the term " Director" means a Director of the White House Conference on Productivity who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Commerce and who shall be paid at the rate of basic pay provided for level V of the Executive Schedule pursuant to section 5316 of title 5, United States Code;

(3) the term "productivity" means output per paid employee hour of all employees in the private sector; and

(4) the term " State" includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and

the Northern Mariana Islands. ESTABLISHMENT AND DUTIES OF THE WHITE HOUSE

CONFERENCE ON

PRODUCTIVITY

Sec. 104. (a) The President shall conduct a White House Conference on Productivity (hereinafter referred to as the " Conference") not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act in order to develop recommendations to stimulate the Nation's productivity improvement rate.

(b) For the purpose of ascertaining facts and developing recommendations concerning the improvement of productivity, the Conference shall bring together individuals who are experts in the field of productivity, employees, and representatives of business, associations, labor organizations, academic institutions, and Federal, State, and local government.

(c) The Conference shall consider the following policy options with regard to their role in improving national productivity:

(1) reorganization of the Federal Government so that it can best promote productivity improvement in the private and public sectors;

(2) bringing to the attention of American businesses, labor organizations, and Government officials the benefits which result from implementing productivity improvement techniques;

(3) improving the general training and skill level of American labor;

(4) redirecting Government efforts to inform American businesses of foreign technological developments;

(5) encouraging Government agencies to share with industry new discoveries and processes that improve productivity;

(6) establishing annual Presidential awards of recognition for those businesses and industries which accomplish outstanding improvement in productivity and establishing similar awards at the State and district levels;

(7) revising the tax laws to encourage companies to take actions to improve productivity;

(8) reviewing the effect of the antitrust laws on efforts to improve productivity;

(9) reviewing the patent laws to determine if changes are needed to encourage more productive use of American patents;

(10) improving the accuracy and reliability of data gathered by the Bureau of the Census and other Government statistical collection centers which measure American productivity; and

(11) revising Federal civil service laws to improve the productivity of Government workers and encouraging similar action at State and local levels.

REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE

Sec. 105. A final report of the Conference on Productivity shall be submitted to the President not later than one hundred and twenty days following the date on which the Conference is called and the findings and recommendations included therein shall be immediately made available to the public. The President shall, within one hundred and twenty days after submission of such final report, transmit to the Congress his recommendations for the administrative action and legislation necessary to implement recommendations contained in such report with which he concurs.

ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 106. (a) In administering this Act, the Director shall--,

(1) request the cooperation and assistance of the Office of Management and Budget and the Departments of Labor and the Treasury and such other Federal departments and agencies as may be appropriate in carrying out the provisions of this Act;

(2) render all reasonable assistance, including financial assistance to groups and organizations which are conducting district, State, or regional productivity conferences in preparation for the Conference;

(3) prepare and make available background materials for the use of delegates to the Conference which are deemed necessary, and prepare and distribute any report of the Conference as may be necessary and appropriate;

(4) engage such additional personnel as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title

// 5 USC 5101. //

relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates; and

(5) enter into contracts only to such extent and in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts, with organizations with particular expertise in productivity to conduct preparatory and followup work for the Conference.

(b) Personnel engaged under subsection (a)(4) shall be compensated at a rate not to exceed the rate equal to the maximum rate for GS-15 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code.

Approved October 25, 1982.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY-H.R. 7292:

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982):

Oct. 1, considered and passed House and Senate.

WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 18, No. 43 (1982):

Oct. 25, Presidential statement.

PUBLIC LAW 97-366, 96 STAT. 1759

97th CONGRESS, H.R. 4441 OCTOBER 25, 1982
An Act To amend title 17 of the United States Code with

respect to the fees of the Copyright

Office, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Section 1. Section 708 of chapter 7 of title 17 of the United States Code is amended--,

(1) by striking out subparagraphs (1) and (2) of paragraph (a) in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"(1) on filing each application for registration of a copyright claim or a supplementary registration under section 408, including the issuance of a certificate of registration if registration is made, $10;

"(2) on filing each application for registration of a claim to renewal of a subsisting copyright in its first term under section 304(a), including the issuance of a certificate of registration if registration is made, $6;" and

(2) in paragraph (c), by striking out everything in the last sentence following the word "section" the first time it appears therein and inserting a period in lieu thereof.

Sec. 2. This Act // 17 USC 708. // shall take effect thirty days after its enactment and shall apply to claims to original, supplementary, and renewal copyright received for registration in the Copyright Office on or after the effective date. Claims to original, supplementary, and renewal copyright received for registration in acceptable form in the Copyright Office before the effective date shall