[Journal of the House of Representatives, 1994]
[Thursday, February 3, 1994 (5), Para 5.20 Recorded Vote]
[Pages 45-48]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
Para. 5.20 recorded vote
A recorded vote by electronic device was ordered in the Committee of
the Whole on the following amendment submitted by Mr. FAZIO:
At the end of the bill insert the following:
``TITLE II--RESCISSIONS OF BUDGET AUTHORITY
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Fiscal Year 1994
Rescission Act''.
Chapter 1--Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Research Service
(rescission and transfer of funds)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-111 and subsequently transferred to the Human
Nutrition Information Service pursuant to Secretary's
Memorandum No. 1020-39, dated September 30, 1993, $1,000,000
are rescinded and the remaining funds are transferred to the
Agricultural Research Service: Provided, That funds
appropriated by Public Law 103-111 for the functions of the
former Human Nutrition Information Service shall be made
available only to the Agricultural Research Service.
Cooperative State Research Service
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-111, $14,279,000 are rescinded, including $4,375,000
for contracts and grants for agricultural research under the
Act of August 4, 1965, as amended; $7,000,000 for competitive
research grants; and $2,904,000 for necessary expenses of the
Cooperative State Research Service.
building and facilities
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-111, $2,897,000 are rescinded.
Agricultural Marketing Service
marketing services
(rescission and transfer of funds)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-111 and subsequently transferred to the Agricultural
Cooperative Service pursuant to Secretary's Memorandum No.
1020-39, dated September 30, 1993, $100,000 are rescinded and
the remaining funds are transferred to the Rural Development
Administration.
payments to states and possessions
(transfer of funds)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-111 and subsequently transferred to the Agriculture
Cooperative Service pursuant to Secretary's Memorandum No.
1020-39, dated September 30, 1993, $435,000 are transferred
to the Rural Development Administration.
Farmers Home Administration
rural housing insurance fund program account
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-111 for the cost of direct section 502 loans,
$35,000,000 are rescinded.
rural development loan fund program account
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-111 for the cost of direct loans, $20,000,000 are
rescinded.
rural water and waste disposal grants
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-111, $25,000,000 are rescinded.
salaries and expenses
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-111, $12,167,000 are rescinded.
Food and Nutrition Service
commodity supplemental food program
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 102-341, $12,600,000 are rescinded.
food donations programs for selected groups
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 102-341, $6,000,000 are rescinded.
Public Law 480 Program Account
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-111 for commodities supplied in connection with title
III, $20,000,000 are rescinded.
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Chapter 2--Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary,
and Related Agencies
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic Development Administration
economic development revolving fund
(rescission)
Of the unobligated balances in the Economic Development
Revolving Fund, $29,000,000 are rescinded.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
construction
(rescission)
Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-121, $3,000,000 are rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Administrative Provision
For fiscal year 1994 only, the Director of the Bureau of
Justice Assistance, upon good cause shown, may waive the
provisions of section 504(f) of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 for projects located in communities
covered under a Presidentially declared disaster pursuant to
the Robert T. Safford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Administration of Foreign Affairs
buying power maintenance
(rescission)
Of the balances in the Buying Power Maintenance account,
$8,800,000 are rescinded
new diplomatic posts
(rescission)
Of the funds made available for the United States
Information Agency under this heading in Public Law 102-395,
$1,000,000 are rescinded.
Administrative Provision
Subject to enactment of legislation authorizing the
Secretary of State to charge a fee or surcharge for
processing machine readable non-immigrant visas and machine
readable combined border crossing identification cards and
no-immigrant visas, the Secretary of State may collect not to
exceed $20,000,000 in additional fees or surcharges during
fiscal year 1994 pursuant to such authority: Provided, That
such additional fees shall be deposited as an offsetting
collection to the Department of State, Administration of
Foreign Affairs, ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs''
appropriation account and such fees shall remain available
until expended: Provided further, That such collections shall
be available only to modernize, automate, and enhance
consular services and counterterrorism activities of the
Department of State, to include the development and
installation of automated visa and namecheck information
systems, secure travel documents, worldwide
telecommunications systems, and management systems to permit
sharing of critical information regarding visa applicants and
help secure America's borders.
THE JUDICIARY
Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services
defender services
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-121, $3,000,000 are rescinded.
RELATED AGENCIES
Board for International Broadcasting
israel relay station
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading, $1,700,000
are rescinded.
United States Information Agency
salaries and expenses
(including rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-121, $1,177,000 are rescinded.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other Act,
not to exceed $2,000,000 of the funds made available under
this heading in Public Law 103-121 may be used to carry out
projects involving security construction and related
improvements for Agency facilities not physically located
together with Department of State facilities abroad:
Provided, That such funds may remain available until
expended.
educational and cultural exchange programs
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-121, $850,000 are rescinded.
radio construction
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-121, $2,000,000 are rescinded.
Chapter 3--Energy and Water Development
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Corps of Engineers--Civil
general investigations
(rescission)
Of the amounts made available this heading in Public Law
102-377 and prior years' Energy and Water Development
Appropriations Acts, $24,970,000 are rescinded.
construction, general
(rescission)
Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public
Law 102-377 and prior years' Energy and Water Development
Appropriations Acts, $97,319,000 are rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
construction program
(rescission)
Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public
Law 102-377 and prior years' Energy and Water Development
Appropriations Acts, $16,000,000 are rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Supply, Research and Development Activites
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-126, $97,300,000 are rescinded: Provided, That the
reduction shall be taken as a general reduction, applied to
each program equally, so as not to eliminate or
disproportionately reduce any program, project, or activity
in the Energy Supply, Research and Development Activities
account as included in the reports accompanying Public Law
103-126.
Uranium Supply and Enrichment Activities
(rescission)
Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public
Law 102-377 and prior years' Energy and Water Development
Appropriations Acts, $42,000,000 are rescinded.
Chapter 4--Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Agencies
MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
funds appropriated to the president
International Financial Institutions
internatonal bank for reconstruction and development
(rescission)
Of the unexpended or unobligated balances made available
for payment to the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development for the United States share of the paid-in share
portion of the increases in capital stock for the General
Capital Increase, $27,910,500 is rescinded.
limitation on callable capital subscriptions
Notwithstanding Public Law 103-87, the United States
Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development may subscribe without fiscal year limitation to
the callable capital portion of the United States share of
the increases in capital stock in an amount not to exceed
$902,439,500.
contribution to the inter-american development bank
(rescission)
Of the unexpended or unobligated balances made available
for payment to the Inter-American Development Bank by the
Secretary of the Treasury, for the paid-in share portion of
the United States share of the increase in capital stock
$16,063,134 is rescinded.
limitation on callable capital subscriptions
Notwithstanding Public Law 103-87, the United States
Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank may subscribe
without fiscal year limitation to the callable capital
portion of the United States share of the increases in
capital stock in an amount not to exceed $1,563,875,725.
contribution to the asian development bank
(rescission)
Of the unexpended or unobligated balances made available
for payment to the Asian Development Bank by the Secretary of
the Treasury, for the paid-in share portion of the United
States share of the increase in capital stock $13,026,366 is
rescinded.
limitation on callable capital subscriptions
Notwithstanding Public Law 103-87, the United States
Governor of the Asian Development Bank may not subscribe in
fiscal year 1994 to the callable capital portion of the
United States share of any increases in capital stock.
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
funds appropriated to the president
Agency for International Development
development assistance
(rescission)
Of the unexpended or unobligated balances (including
earmarked funds) made available for fiscal years 1987 through
1993 to carry out the provisions of sections 103 through 106
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended,
$160,000,000 is rescinded: Provided, That funds rescinded
under this paragraph are to be derived from the following
countries in the following amounts: Guatemala, $8,000,000;
Honduras, $5,000,000; India, $10,000,000; Indonesia,
$15,000,000; Morocco, $10,000,000; Pakistan, $15,000,000;
Peru, $5,000,000; Philippines, $10,000,000; Thailand,
$10,000,000; and Yemen, $5,000,000: Provided further, That
$10,000,000 of the funds rescinded under this paragraph are
to be derived from non- country specific, centrally funded
activities: Provided further, That $57,000,000 of the funds
rescinded under this paragraph are to be derived from prior
year deobligated funds.
economic support fund
(rescission)
Of the unexpended or unobligated balances of funds
(including earmarked funds) made available for fiscal years
1987 through 1993 to carry out the provisions of chapter 4 of
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as
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amended, $90,000,000 is rescinded: Provided, That funds
rescinded under this paragraph are to be derived from the
following countries in the following amounts: Kenya,
$2,000,000; Liberia, $797,000; Oman, $18,000,000; Peru,
$11,000,000; Philippines, $10,200,000; and Somalia,
$3,003,000: Provided further, That $45,000,000 of the funds
rescinded under this paragraph are to be derived from the
Private Sector Power Project (No. 391-0494) for Pakistan.
MILITARY ASSISTANCE
funds appropriated to the president
foreign military financing program
(rescission)
Of the grant funds made available (including earmarked
funds) under this heading in Public Law 102-391 and prior
appropriations Acts, $66,000,000 is rescinded: Provided, That
funds rescinded under this paragraph are to be derived from
the following countries in the following amounts: Benin,
$3,000; Cameroon, $161,000; Central African Republic,
$59,000; Congo, $7,000; Cote D'Ivoire, $128,000; Equatorial
Guinea, $86,000; Gabon, $3,000; Ghana, $600,000; Guatemala,
$1,563,000; Guinea, $499,000; Kenya, $9,000,000; Liberia,
$15,000; Madagascar, $505,000; Mali, $3,000; Malawi,
$326,000; Mauritania, $300,000; Morocco, $8,000,000;
Organization of American States, $6,000; Oman, $3,100,000;
Pakistan, $8,108,000; Peru, $6,533,000; Philippines,
$5,000,000; Rwanda, $250,000; Sao Tome & Principe, $228,000;
Somalia, $4,349,000; Sudan, $8,609,000; Thailand, $1,384,000;
Togo, $19,000; Tunisia, $4,100,000; Uganda, $100,000; Yemen,
$2,241,000; Zambia, $100,000; Zaire, $455,000; and Zimbabwe,
$160,000.
Chapter 5--Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
construction and anadromous fish
(rescission)
Of the funds appropriated under this head in Public Law
100-466 and Public Law 102-154, $3,874,000 are rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
biomass energy development
(rescission)
Of the funds available under this head, $16,275,000 are
rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
administrative provisions, department of energy
Section 303 of Public Law 97-257, as amended, is repealed.
The seventh proviso under the head ``Clean Coal
Technology'' in Public Law 101-512, and the seventh proviso
under the head ``Clean Coal Technology'' in Public Law 102-
154, both concerning Federal employment, are repealed.
Chapter 6--Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education,
and Related Agencies
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
(rescission)
Of the amounts appropriated in Public Law 103-112 for
salaries and expenses and administrative costs of the
Department of Labor, $4,000,000 are rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
(rescission)
Of the amounts appropriated in Public Law 103-112 for
salaries and expenses and administrative costs of the
Department of Health and Human Services (except the Social
Security Administration), $37,500,000 are rescinded.
Social Security Administration
supplemental security income program
(rescission)
Of the amounts appropriated in the first paragraph under
this heading in Public Law 103-112, $10,909,000 are
rescinded.
limitation on administrative expenses
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-112 to invest in a state-of-the-art computing
network, $80,000,000 are rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Departmental Management
program administration
(rescission)
Of the amounts appropriated under this heading in Public
Law 103-112 for salaries and expenses and administrative
costs of the Department of Education, $8,500,000 are
rescinded.
Chapter 7--Legistlative Branch
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Salaries and Expenses
(rescission)
Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public
Law 101-520, $633,000 are rescinded in the amounts specified
for the following headings and accounts:
``Allowances and expenses'', $633,000, as follows:
``Official Expenses of Members'', $128,000; ``supplies,
materials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims'',
$125,000; ``net expenses of purchase, lease and maintenance
of office equipment'', $364,000; and ``Government
contributions to employees' life insurance fund, retirement
funds, Social Security fund, Medicare fund, health benefits
fund, and worker's and unemployment compensation'', $16,000.
Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public
Law 102-90 $2,352,000 are rescinded in the amounts specified
for the following headings and accounts:
``house leadership offices'', $253,000; ``committee on the
budget (studies)'', $4,000; ``standing committees, special
and select'', $378,000;
``allowances and expenses'', $943,000, as follows:
``Official Expenses of Members'', $876,000; and
``stenographic reporting of committee hearings'', $67,000;
``committee on appropriations (studies and investigations)'',
$595,000;
``salaries, officers and employees'', $179,000, as follows:
``Office of the Postmaster'', $19,000; ``for salaries and
expenses of the Office of the Historian'', $26,000; ``the
House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee and the
Democratic Caucus'', $73,000; and ``the House Republican
Conference'', $61,000.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Capitol Buildings and Grounds
capitol buildings
(rescission)
Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public
Law 102-392 and Public Law 103-69, $1,000,000 and $2,000,000,
respectively, both made available until expended, are
rescinded: Provided, That the Architect of the Capitol shall
be considered the agency for purposes of the election in
section 801(b)(2)(B) of the National Energy Conservation
Policy Act and the head of the agency for purposes of
subsection (b)(2)(C) of such section.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
(rescission)
Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-69 and Public Law 98-396, $900,000 are rescinded.
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Salaries and Expenses
(rescission)
Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-69, $1,300,000 are rescinded.
Chapter 8--Department of Defense-Military
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
(rescissions)
Of the funds appropriated under Public Law 103-110, the
following funds are hereby rescinded from the following
accounts in the specified amounts:
Military Construction, Army, $22,319,000;
Military Construction, Navy, $13,969,000;
Military Construction, Air Force, $24,787,000;
Military Construction, Defense-Wide, $13,663,000;
Military Construction, Army National Guard, $7,568,000;
Military Construction, Air National Guard, $6,187,000;
Military Construction, Army Reserve, $2,551,000;
Military Construction, Naval Reserve, $626,000;
Military Construction, Air Force Reserve, $1,862,000;
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Infrastructure,
$70,000,000; and
Base Realignment and Closure Account, Part III,
$437,692,000:
Provided, That, within funds available for ``Base Realignment
and Closure Account, Part III'' for fiscal year 1994, not
less than $200,000,000 shall be available solely for
environmental restoration.
Chapter 9--Department of Transportation and Related Agencies
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Payments to Air Carriers
(airport and airway trust fund)
(rescission)
The funds provided for ``Small community air service''
under section 419 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as
amended, in excess of the funds made available for obligation
in Public Law 103-122 are rescinded.
COAST GUARD
Operating Expenses
(rescission)
Of the funds provided under this heading in Public Law 102-
368, $5,000,000 are rescinded.
Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements
(rescission)
Of the funds provided under this heading in Public Law 102-
368, $2,000,000 are rescinded.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
Operations
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-122, $750,000 are rescinded.
Facilities and Equipment
(airport and airway trust fund)
(rescission)
Of the available balances (including earmarked funds) under
this heading, $29,451,111 are rescinded.
Grants-In-Aid for Airports
(airport and airway trust fund)
(rescission)
Of the funds provided under the Airport and Airway
Improvement Act of 1982, as amended, for grants-in-aid for
airport planning and development and noise compatibility
planning and programs, $488,200,000 of the
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amount in excess of the funds made available for obligation
in Public Law 103-122 are rescinded.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
(rescission)
Of the funds made available for specific highway projects
that are not yet under construction, $85,774,222 are
rescinded: Provided, That no funds shall be rescinded from
any emergency relief project funded under section 125 of
title 23, United States Code: Provided further, That for the
purposes of this paragraph, a project shall be deemed to be
not under construction unless a construction contract for
physical construction has been awarded by the State,
municipality, or other contracting authority.
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Operations and Research
(rescission)
Of the amounts provided under this heading in Public Law
102-388, $3,476,000 are rescinded.
Of the amounts provided under this heading in Public Law
101-516, $1,075,000 are rescinded.
Of the amounts provided under this heading in Public Law
101-164, $2,505,000 are rescinded.
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
Discretionary Grants
(highway trust fund)
(rescission)
Any unobligated balances of funds made available for fiscal
year 1991 and prior fiscal years under section 3 of the
Federal Transit Act, as amended, and allocated to specific
projects for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of
buses and related equipment, for construction of bus-related
facilities, and for new fixed guideway systems are rescinded:
Provided, That no funds provided for the Miami Metromover
project shall be rescinded: Provided further, That of the
funds provided under this heading in Public Law 103-122,
$2,500,000 are rescinded.
Chapter 10--Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
federal buildings fund
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-123, $126,022,000, are rescinded and are not
available in fiscal year 1994: Provided, That no individual
prospectus-level new construction project may be reduced by
more than 5 percent.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
Section 630 of the Treasury, Postal Service, and General
Government Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102-393), and
the amendment made by that section, are repealed.
Chapter 11--Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban
Development, and Independent Agencies
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Departmental Administration
construction, major projects
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-124, $26,000,000 are rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Housing Programs
homeownership and opportunity for people everywhere grants (hope
grants)
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 102-389 and Public Law 102-139, $66,000,000 are
rescinded: Provided, That of the foregoing amount,
$34,000,000 shall be deducted from the amounts earmarked for
the HOPE for Public and Indian Housing Homeownership Program
and $32,000,000 shall be deducted from the amounts earmarked
for the HOPE for Homeownership of Multifamily Units Program.
annual contributions for assisted housing
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 102-389 and prior years, and earmarked for amendments to
section 8 contracts other than contracts for projects
developed under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959,
$25,000,000 are rescinded.
assistance for the renewal of expiring section 8 subsidy contracts
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 102-389 and prior years, $20,000,000 are rescinded.
administrative provision
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the City of
Slidell, Louisiana, is authorized to submit not later than 10
days following the enactment of this Act, and the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development shall consider, the final
statement of community development objectives and projected
use of funds required by section 104(a)(1) of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5304(a)(1)) in
connection with a grant to the City of Slidell under title I
of such Act for fiscal year 1994.
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Environmental Protection Agency
water infrastructure/state revolving funds
(including rescission of funds)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-124, $22,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That the
$500,000,000 earmarked under this heading in Public Law 103-
124 to not become available until May 31, 1994, shall instead
not become available until September 30, 1994.
Federal Emergency Management Agency
emergency management planning and assistance
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-124, $2,000,000 are rescinded.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
research and development
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-124, $25,000,000 are rescinded.
construction of facilities
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-124, $25,000,000 are rescinded.
National Science Foundation
academic research infrastructure
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-124, $10,000,000 are rescinded.
National Service Initiative
corporation for national community service
(rescission)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-124, $5,000,000 are rescinded.
Executive Office of the President
office of science and technology policy
The proviso under this heading in Public Law 103-124 is
repealed.''.
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