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H.R. 2916 (101st)

Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990

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17 July 1989

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Became Public Law No: 101-144.

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Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990 - Title I: Department of Veterans Affairs - Makes appropriations for FY 1990 to the Department of Veterans Affairs for: (1) the payment of compensation benefits and readjustment benefits, veterans insurance and indemnities, the loan guaranty and insurance operations, and direct loans for specially adapted housing; (2) medical care facilities, medical and prosthetic research, medical administration, miscellaneous operating expenses, and grants to the Republic of the Philippines for a medical center; and (3) general operating expenses, the Office of the Inspector General, construction projects, the parking garage revolving fund, grants for the construction of State extended care facilities, and grants for the construction of State veterans cemeteries. Authorizes the transfer of funds among specified appropriations. Authorizes the use of appropriations to procure consultant services. Specifies the appropriations available for the construction of any new hospital or home. Prohibits the use of appropriations to hospitalize or examine non-beneficiaries, unless reimbursement is made at rates determined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Authorizes the use of certain appropriations to pay prior year accrued obligations for certain benefits. Requires compensation and benefit payments for the pay period ending September 23, 1989, to be made by September 29, 1989, for the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as a result of a significant policy change. Title II: Department of Housing and Urban Development - Makes appropriations for FY 1990 for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for: (1) housing programs, including contributions for assisted housing, rental rehabilitation grants, congregate services, low-income housing projects, housing counseling assistance, multi-family housing project subsidies, the emergency shelter grants program, the transitional supportive housing demonstration program, grants for supplemental assistance for facilities to assist the homeless, expenses of the Interagency Council on the Homeless, and housing administration funds; (2) community development grants program; (3) the urban homesteading program; (4) research and technology; (5) fair housing activities; and (6) management and administration, including the Office of the Inspector General. Limits the amounts of specified loan obligations, including guarantee commitments of the Government National Mortgage Association. Authorizes the city of College Park, Maryland, to retain any categorical settlement grant funds, urban renewal grant funds, and land disposition proceeds that remain after the financial closeout of the Lakeland Urban Renewal Project and to use such funds and proceeds for the community development block grant program. Authorizes the city of Hartford, Connecticut, to retain any land disposition proceeds from the financially closed-out Sheldon-Charter Oak Urban Renewal Project and to use such proceeds for a community development block grant program. Forgives certain accrued interest and requires return of interest paid by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in connection with certain public housing project funds. Amends the Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and Transfers, Urgent Supplementals, and Correcting Enrollment Errors Act of 1989 to repeal the requirement that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development review and report to the Congress on drug-related eviction procedures. Title III: Independent Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1990 to the: (1) American Battle Monuments Commission; (2) Consumer Product Safety Commission; (3) Court of Veterans Appeals; (4) Department of Defense-Civil for cemeterial expenses, Army; (5) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for salaries and expenses, Office of Inspector General, research and development, abatement, control and compliance, buildings and facilities, Hazardous Substance Superfund Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund, and construction grants; (6) Executive Office of the President for the Council on Environmental Quality and the Office of Environmental Quality, the National Space Council, and the Office of Science and Technology Policy; (7) Federal Emergency Management Agency for disaster relief, salaries and expenses, the Office of Inspector General, emergency management planning and assistance, the National Flood Insurance Fund, and the emergency food and shelter program; (8) General Services Administration for the Consumer Information Center; (9) Department of Health and Human Services for the Office of Consumer Affairs; (10) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for research and development, space flight, control and data communications, construction of facilities, research and program management and the Office of Inspector General; (11) National Credit Union Administration for the obligations of the Central Liquidity Facility; (12) National Institute of Building Sciences; (13) National Science Foundation for research and related activities, the U.S. Antarctic Program, and science education activities; (14) Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; and (15) Selective Service System. Makes amounts deposited in the EPA Licensing and Other Services Fund from fees and charges assessed and collected by the Administrator available to carry out the programs for which the fees and charges were made. Authorizes the Administrator to lease a portion of the Environmental Technology and Engineering Center in Edison, New Jersey, to the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Requires the NASA Administrator to ensure that at least ten percent of Federal funding for the development, construction and operation of the space station be available to business concerns or other organizations owned or controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, including historically Black colleges and universities and minority educational institutions, and economically disadvantaged women. Title IV: Corporations - Authorizes certain corporations and agencies of HUD to make commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations, with specified exceptions. Limits, with specified exceptions, new loan or mortgage purchase commitments to the extent expressly provided in this Act. Requires the Federal Home Loan Bank Board and the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, until they are abolished under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, to take action as necessary to minimize losses at insured institutions. Title V: General Provisions - Limits travel expenditures for the agencies listed in this Act to the amounts set forth in the budget estimate, with specified exceptions. Permits the use of HUD and Selective Service System appropriations for: (1) uniforms; (2) the hiring of passenger vehicles; and (3) the employment of experts and consultants. Allows the use of HUD funds to pay for legal services and facilities provided by specified agencies. Prohibits, with specified exceptions, the use of appropriated funds: (1) beyond the current fiscal year; (2) without a voucher describing the payees and services or specific statutory authorization; (3) for transportation between the domicile and place of employment of any officer or employee; (4) for payments to recipients that do not share in the cost of conducting research not specifically solicited by the Government; (5) for consultants paid in excess of the GS-18 rate; and (6) for compensation of non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated for personnel compensation and benefits for other object classifications in the budget estimates. Limits expenditures for consulting services to contracts which are a matter of public record and included in a publicly available list of: (1) contracts entered into within the past two years; and (2) contracts on which performance has not been completed. Prohibits any executive agency from expending appropriations under this Act for a contract for services unless the agency: (1) complies with the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act; and (2) requires reports prepared pursuant to such contract to disclose information about the contract and the contractor. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated by this Act to: (1) provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal servant to any officer or employee of any agency or department; or (2) procure automobiles with an EPA estimated miles per gallon average of less than 22 miles per gallon. Requires FY 1990 pay raises to be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act. Prohibits the use of funds to appoint noncareer staff to the positions of deputy assistant secretary, deputy assistant administrator, deputy assistant director, or deputy general counsel.

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