Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991

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Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991 - Title I: Department of Veterans Affairs - Makes appropriations for FY 1991 to the Department of Veterans Affairs for: (1) the Veterans Benefits Administration; (2) the Veterans Health Services and Research Administration; and (3) departmental administration, including the Office of the Inspector General. Authorizes the transfer of funds among specified appropriations. Authorizes the use of appropriations to procure consultant services. Authorizes the use of certain appropriations to pay prior year accrued obligations for certain benefits. Title II: Department of Housing and Urban Development - Makes appropriations for FY 1991 for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for: (1) housing programs; (2) community planning and development; (3) research and technology; (4) fair housing activities; and (5) 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. Makes funds available for the renewal of expiring low-income subsidy contracts. Makes funds available for grants to public housing agencies for use in eliminating drug-related crime in public housing projects. Makes funds available for the low-income moderate rehabilitation program to be used to assist homeless individuals. Withdraws funds previously appropriated for solar and conservation improvements. Allows the following municipalities to retain land disposition proceeds from certain financially closed-out projects not paid to HUD: (1) the City of Lebanon, Pennsylvania; (2) the City of Nanticoke, the Boroughs of Plymouth and Forty Fort, all in Pennsylvania; (3) Pittsfield, Massachusetts; and (4) the Borough of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Requires the municipalities to use such proceeds in accordance with the community development block grant program. Cancels the indebtedness of Fairmount Heights, Maryland, relating to a public facilities loan. Authorizes the Housing Authority of the City of Seattle, Washington, to use excess residual reserve receipts from specified projects for any purpose which benefits the low-income tenants of projects owned by the Authority. Restores previously appropriated funds for the construction of low-income housing in Santa Cruz, California. Amends the National Housing Act to extend the current maximum Federal Housing Administration loan limitation for mortgage insurance from FY 1990 to 1991. Sets forth limitations on average employment in HUD headquarter offices. Title III: Independent Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1991 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 and the 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); (11) National Credit Union Administration for the obligations of the Central Liquidity Facility; (12) National Institute of Building Sciences; (13) National Science Foundation; (14) Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; and (15) Selective Service System. Requires the NASA Administrator and the EPA Administrator to ensure that at least eight 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. Sets forth limitations on average employment in EPA headquarters. Makes funds available to the Interagency Council on the Homeless as authorized under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act. Title IV: Corporations - Authorizes certain corporations and agencies of HUD to make commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as necessary to carry out provisions under the Government Corporation Control Act. Allows any collections by such corporations and agencies to be used for new loan or mortgage purchase commitments to the extent provided under this Act, with specified exceptions. Makes funds available for payment of expenditures of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) Resolution Fund and for the Office of Inspector General of the Resolution Trust Corporation. Requires the Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to report quarterly to the Committees on Appropriations on the FSLIC Resolution Fund. Title V: General Provisions - Specifies certain uses, limitations, and prohibitions on uses of funds appropriated by this Act. Requires FY 1991 pay raises to be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act. Prohibits the obligation of community planning funds to any municipality that fails to adopt and enforce a policy prohibiting the use of excessive force by law enforcement agencies against individuals engaged in nonviolent civil rights demonstrations.

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• Reported to Senate (text)

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• Reported in House (text)

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• Referred in Senate (text)

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• Public Print (text)

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• Enrolled Bill (text)

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• Engrossed in House (text)

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• Engrossed Amendment Senate (text)

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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 6 November 1990

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• Senate agreed to House amendment with amendment

  summary · EN · 25 October 1990

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 28 June 1990

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 26 June 1990

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