APPROPRIATIONS ACTS EXCERPTS FROM DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; SPACE, SCIENCE, VETERANS, AND CERTAIN OTHER INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATION ACT, 1975 [Public Law 93-414, 88 Stat. 1095] AN ACT Making appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development; for space, science, veterans, and certain other independent executive agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, 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 Housing and Urban Development; for space, science, veterans, and certain other independent executive agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and for other purposes, namely: TITLE I-DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT HOUSING PRODUCTION AND MORTGAGE CREDIT SALARIES AND EXPENSES, HOUSING PRODUCTION AND MORTGAGE CREDIT FROGRAMS For necessary administrative expenses of housing production and mortgage credit, not otherwise provided for $13,233,000: Provided, That none of these administrative funds may be used for the administration of the section 23 leasing program, or any replacement program, unless the available, unused balance of contract authority under the section 236 program, or any replacement program, is made available for commitment concurrent with the making available for commitment of any contract authority under the section 23 program, or any replacement program. GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION PAYMENT OF PARTICIPATION SALES INSUFFICIENCIES For the payment of such insufficiencies as may be required by the Government National Mortgage Association, as trustee, on account of outstanding beneficial interests or participations in assets of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (including the Gov 75 ernment National Mortgage Association) authorized by the Independent Offices and Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriation Act, 1968, to be issued pursuant to section 302(c) of the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, as amended, $22,883,000. HOUSING MANAGEMENT HOUSING PAYMENTS For the payment of annual contributions to public housing agencies in accordance with section 10 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1410); for payments authorized by title IV of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1749 et seq.); for rent supplement payments authorized by section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701s); and for homeownership and interest reduction payments as authorized by sections 235 and 236, of the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1715z, 1715z-1), $2,300,000,000, of which not less than $450,000,000 shall be used only for the payment of operating subsidies to local housing authorities. SALARIES AND EXPENSES, HOUSING MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS For necessary administrative expenses of programs of housing management, not otherwise provided for, $23,400,000: Provided, That administrative expenses in connection with the Revolving fund (liquidating programs) shall be exclusive of expenses necessary in the case of defaulted obligations to protect the interests of the Government. COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAMS For grants for urban renewal, fiscal year 1975, as an additional amount for urban renewal programs, as authorized by title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1450 et seq.), and section 314 of the Housing Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1452a), $197,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no part of any appropriation in this Act shall be used for administrative expenses in connection with commitments for grants aggregating more than the total of amounts available in the current year from the amounts authorized for making such commitments through June 30, 1967, plus the additional amounts appropriated therefor. MODEL CITIES PROGRAMS For financial assistance in connection with planning and carrying out comprehensive city demonstration programs pursuant to title I of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3301), $123,375,000, to remain available until June 30, 1976, of which $1,000,000 shall be available only for rehabilitation and redevelopment of the DeKalb County, Tennessee, model cities area devastated by recent tornado damage. COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING GRANTS For comprehensive planning grants as authorized by section 701 of the Housing Act of 1954, as amended (40 U.S.C. 461), $100,000,000, to remain available until expended. SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS For necessary administrative expenses of programs of community planning and development, not otherwise provided for, $39,000,000. FEDERAL INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION FLOOD INSURANCE For necessary administrative expenses, not otherwise provided for, in carrying out the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. Chap. 50), $50,000,000. POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY For contracts, grants and necessary expenses of programs of research and studies relating to housing and urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z-1 et seq.), including carrying out the functions of the Secretary under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, $65,000,000, to remain available until June 30, 1976. SALARIES AND EXPENSES, POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH For necessary administrative expenses of programs of policy development and research, not otherwise provided for, $6,130,000. FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of the Secretary pursuant to title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601), and other equal opportunity and fair housing programs authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, $11,543,000. DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT For necessary administrative expenses of the Secretary, not otherwise provided for, in overall program planning and direction in the Department, including not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $5,413,000. SALARIES AND EXPENSES, OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL For necessary expenses of the Office of General Counsel, not otherwise provided for, $3,425,000. SALARIES AND EXPENSES, OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, not otherwise provided for, $6,626,000. ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF SERVICES For administrative expenses necessary in providing general administration and staff services within the Department, not otherwise provided for $18,928,000. REGIONAL MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES For necessary administrative expenses, not otherwise provided for, of management and program coordination in the regional offices of the Department, $28,563,000. FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION DISASTER RELIEF For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of the Department of Housing and Urban Development under the Disaster Relief Act of 1970, as amended, the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1973, authorizing assistance to States and local governments in major disasters, $200,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 3 per centum of the foregoing amount shall be available for administrative expenses. TITLE II—SPACE, SCIENCE, VETERANS, AND CERTAIN OTHER INDEPENDENT AGENCIES PAYMENT OF PARTICIPATION SALES INSUFFICIENCIES For the payment of such insufficiencies as may be required by the Government National Mortgage Association, as trustee, on account of outstanding beneficial interests or participation in Direct loan revolving fund assets or Loan guaranty revolving fund assets, authorized by the Independent Offices, and Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriation Act, 1968, to be issued pursuant to section 302 (c) of the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1717 (c)), $1,828,000. TITLE III-CORPORATIONS The following corporations and agencies, respectively, 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, 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. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND NONADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION For administrative expenses in carrying out duties imposed by or pursuant to law, not to exceed $13,803,000 of the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration shall be available, in accordance with the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701): Provided, That funds shall be available for contract actuarial services (not to exceed $1,500): Provided further, That nonadministrative expenses classified by section 2 of Public Law 387, approved October 25, 1949, shall not exceed $190,500,000. LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, GOVERNMENT Not to exceed $8,080,000 shall be available for administrative expenses, which shall be on an accrual basis, and shall be exclusive of interest paid, expenses (including expenses for fiscal agency services performed on a contract or fee basis) in connection with the issuance and servicing of securities, depreciation, properly capitalized expenditures, fees for servicing mortgages, expenses (including services performed on a force account, contract or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in connection with the acquisition, protection, operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition of real or personal property belonging to said Association or in which it has an interest, cost of salaries, wages, travel, and other expenses of persons employed outside the continental United States, and all administrative expenses reimbursable from other Government agencies and from the Federal National Mortgage Association: Provided, That the distribution of administrative expenses to the accounts of the Association shall be made in accordance with generally recognized accounting principles and practices. * TITLE IV-GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 401. Where appropriations in titles I and II of this Act as expendable for travel expenses of employees and no specific limitation has been placed thereon, the expenditures for such travel expenses may not exceed the amounts set forth therefor in the budget estimates |