DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Maritime Administration operating-differential subsidies (liquidation of contract authority) For the payment of obligations incurred for operating-differential subsidies as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, $272,210,000, to remain available until expended. operations and training For necessary expenses of operations and training activities authorized by law, $73,200,000, to remain available until expended, of which not less than $8,872,000 shall be available only for the State maritime academy programs, and of which $1,200,000 shall be available for payments to State maritime academies to acquire maritime training simulators: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation may use proceeds derived from the sale or disposal of National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels that are currently collected and retained by the Maritime Administration for facility and ship maintenance, modernization and repair, acquisition of equipment, and fuel costs necessary to maintain training at the United States Merchant Marine Academy and State maritime academies: Provided further, That reimbursements may be made to this appropriation from receipts to the “Federal Ship Financing Fund” for administrative expenses in support of that program in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated. ready reserve force For necessary expenses to acquire and maintain a surge shipping capability in the National Defense Reserve Fleet in an advanced state of readiness and related programs, $233,961,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That reimbursement may be made to the Operations and Training appropriation for expenses related to this program. administrative provisions—maritime administration Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and services and make necessary repairs in connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government property under control of the Maritime Administration, and payments received therefor shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: Provided, That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. No obligations shall be incurred during the current fiscal year from the construction fund established by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, or otherwise, in excess of the appropriations and limitations contained in this Act or in any prior appropriation Act, and all 105 STAT. 812receipts which otherwise would be deposited to the credit of said fund shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission salaries and expenses For the necessary expenses of the Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission as authorized by Public Law 98375, $220,000, to remain available until December 31, 1993, as authorized by section 11(b) of said Act, as amended by section 8 of Public Law 100–94. Commission on Agricultural Workers salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Commission on Agricultural Workers as authorized by section 304 of Public Law 99–603 (100 Stat. 3431–3434), $1,426,000, to remain available until expended. Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution as authorized by Public Law 98–101 (97 Stat. 719–723), $1,882,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That in carrying out the purposes of this Act, the Commission is authorized to enter into contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements as directed by the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977 (92 Stat. 3; 31 U.S.C. 6301). Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 94–304, $1,075,000, to remain available until expended as authorized by section 3 of Public Law 99–7. Competitiveness Policy Council salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Competitiveness Policy Council as authorized by section 5209 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, $750,000, to remain available until expended. Marine Mammal Commission salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission as authorized by title II of Public Law 92–522, as amended, $1,250,000. 105 STAT. 813 Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission, as authorized by Public Law 98–399, as amended, $300,000. Office of the United States Trade Representative salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States Trade Representative, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and consultants as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $20,400,000 of which $2,500,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $98,000 shall be available for official reception and representation expenses. 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, as amended, $350,000,000; of which $296,755,000 is for basic field programs; $7,848,000 is for Native American programs; $10,839,000 is for migrant programs; $488,000 is for special emergency funds; $1,229,000 is for law school clinics; $1,117,000 is for supplemental field programs; $697,000 is for regional training centers; $8,079,000 is for national support; $9,263,000 is for State support; $966,000 is for the Clearinghouse; $571,000 is for computer assisted legal research regional centers; $9,774,000 is for Corporation management and administration; $977,000 is for board initiatives; $97,000 is for special contingency funds; and $1,300,000, to remain available until expended, is for a grant for equipment, facilities, and other assets for a National Resource and Training Center suitable to accommodate National Trial Advocacy Institutes for Legal Services Corporation personnel: Provided, That the Corporation in awarding such a grant shall give preference to a university at which such Institutes have been held in at least four of the last five years. Small Business Administration salaries and expenses For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the Small Business Administration as authorized by Public Law 101–574, including hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, and not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $235,811,000 of which $60,500,000 is for grants for performance in fiscal year 1992 or fiscal year 1993 for Small Business Development Centers as authorized by section 21 of the Small Business Act, as amended; of which $16,000,000 shall be available to implement section 24 of the Small Business Act, as amended, including $1,000,000 to be made available only to County of Monroe, New York; of which $1,500,000 shall be available to implement section 25 of the Small Business Act, as amended; of 105 STAT. 814which $2,900,000 shall be available for the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE); of which $4,000,000 shall be made available for a grant to St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin, for a regional center for rural economic development; of which $1,000,000 shall be made available for a grant to the New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development; of which $1,000,000 shall be made available for a grant to the New York City Public Library for equipment, supplies and materials for the new Science, Industry, and Business Library; of which $500,000 shall be available for a grant to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for a program to provide basic and high technology technical assistance to small and medium sized manufacturers located in rural areas; of which $150,000 shall be available for a grant to the University of Central Arkansas for the Small Business Institute program’s National Data Center; of which $4,500,000 shall be available for a grant to the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky, to assist in construction of the Advanced Science and Technology Commercialization Center; of which $1,000,000 shall be made available for a grant to Seton Hill College in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, for a Center for Entrepreneurial Opportunity; of which $1,500,000 shall be available for a grant to the Massachusetts Biotechnology Research Institute to establish and operate a shared incubator facility and a science and business center; of which $1,500,000 shall be available for a grant for a New England Regional Biotechnology Transfer Center to be located at a university in the region that has accredited schools of Medicine, Dental Medicine, Human Nutrition and Veterinary Medicine; of which $1,500,000 shall be available for a grant to Indiana State University for the Center for Interdisciplinary Science Research and Education; of which $1,000,000 shall be available for a grant to the Michigan Biotechnology Institute for an advanced program of technology transfer in the field of industrial biotechnology to support evaluation, validation and scale-up of early-stage technology and technical assistance to small businesses; of which $800,000 shall be available for a grant for the development and implementation of an integrated small business data base for the Appalachian Region to be provided to a nonprofit organization based in Towanda, Pennsylvania; of which $340,000 shall be available for a grant to the City of San Francisco, California, for a trade office to provide support, assistance, and research into bilateral trade opportunities between the United States and Asia; of which $55,000 is for a grant to the City of San Francisco, California, for the publication of a small business export promotion guide; of which $375,000 is for a grant to the City of Espanola, New Mexico, and $375,000 is for a grant to County of Rio Arriba, New Mexico for the development of the Espanola Plaza center for cultural enhancement and economic development; of which $550,000 is for a grant to County of Rio Arriba, New Mexico, for the development of the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad rural economic development project; and of which $500,000 shall be available for a demonstration program to assist small businesses in complying with the Clean Air Act: Provided, That not more than $500,000 of this amount shall be available to pay the expenses of the National Small Business Development Center Advisory Board and to reimburse centers for participating in evaluations as provided in section 20(a) of such Act, and to maintain a clearinghouse as provided in section 21(g)(2) of such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated or made available by this Act to the Small Business Administration shall be 105 STAT. 815used to adopt, implement, or enforce any rule or regulation with respect to the Small Business Development Center program authorized by section 21 of the Small Business Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 648), nor may any of such funds be used to impose any restrictions, conditions or limitations on such program whether by standard operating procedure, audit guidelines or otherwise, unless such restrictions, conditions or limitations were in effect on October 1, 1987: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated for the Small Business Administration under this Act may be used to impose any new or increased loan guaranty fee or debenture guaranty fee, except as otherwise provided in this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated for the Small Business Administration under this Act may be used to impose any new or increased user fee or management assistance fee. In addition, nothing herein shall preclude the Small Business Administration from preparing or formulating, but not publishing in the Federal Register, proposed rules, nor shall anything herein apply to uniform common rules applicable to multiple Federal departments and agencies, including the Small Business Administration; nor may any of the funds provided in this paragraph restrict in any way the right of association of participants in such program. office of inspector general For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 1–11 as amended by Public Law 100–504), $10,000,000. business loans program account For the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by 15 U.S.C. 631 note as follows: cost of direct loans, $24,563,000, and cost of guarantees, $245,786,000: Provided, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans of $69,935,000: Provided further, That, in addition, $2,600,000 are available until expended for the subsidy cost of $15,000,000 in direct loans for the Small Business Administration Micro-Loan program. In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $104,410,000, of which not to exceed $104,410,000 may be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses to cover the common overhead expenses associated with implementing the Credit Reform Act of 1990. disaster loans program account For the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct loans authorized by 15 U.S.C. 631 note, $121,555,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans of $365,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct loan program, $78,000,000, of which not to exceed $78,000,000 may be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for 105 STAT. 816Salaries and Expenses to cover the common overhead expenses associated with implementing the Credit Reform Act of 1990. surety bond guarantees revolving fund For additional capital for the “Surety Bond Guarantees Revolving Fund”, authorized by the Small Business Investment Act, as amended, $14,600,000, to remain available without fiscal year limitation as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 631 note.