Department of Defense—Civil

Department of Defense—Civil Cemeterial Expenses, Army salaries and expenses For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, for maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, including the purchase of three passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, and not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses; $13,033,000, to remain available until expended. Environmental Protection Agency research and development For research and development activities, including procurement of laboratory equipment, supplies, and other operating expenses in support of research and development, $323,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1994: Provided, That not more than $48,067,000 of these funds shall be available for procurement of laboratory equipment, supplies, and other operating expenses in support of research and development; and construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project. abatement, control, and compliance For abatement, control, and compliance activities, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library memberships in societies 106 STAT. 1597or associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members; construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; and not to exceed $6,000 for official reception and representation expenses; $1,318,965,000, to remain available until September 30, 1994: Provided, That not more than $274,000,000 of these funds shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this head shall be available to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration pursuant to section 118(h)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended: Provided further, That none of these funds may be expended for purposes of Resource Conservation and Recovery Panels established under section 2003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6913), or for support to State, regional, local, and interstate agencies in accordance with subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, other than section 4008(a)(2) or 4009 (42 U.S.C. 6948, 6949): Provided further, That from funds appropriated under this heading, the Administrator may make grants to federally recognized Indian governments for the development of multimedia environmental programs. abatement, control, and compliance loan 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 under the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act, as amended, $30,225,000: Provided, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $70,500,000. In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the implementation of the Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Act, $1,000,000. program and research operations For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel compensation and benefit costs and for travel expenses, including uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for GS–18; $823,607,000: Provided, That none of these funds may be expended for purposes of Resource Conservation and Recovery Panels established under section 2003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6913): Provided further, That if the agency determines that it would be more cost effective and less disruptive of accomplishing the agency’s mission in issuing a new research support contract, after the agency has notified the appropriate committees of the Congress, not more than $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated herein may be made available for personnel compensation and benefits and travel of additional personnel (on a temporary or permanent basis) needed to replace contract services at the agency’s environmental research laboratories. 106 STAT. 1598 office of inspector general (including transfers of funds) For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, $42,799,000, of which $15,770,000 shall be derived from the Hazardous Substance Superfund trust fund and $610,000 shall be derived from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank trust fund. buildings and facilities For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment for facilities of, or use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, $134,300,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That $10,000,000 of the foregoing amount shall be made available as a grant to Columbia University for construction of a facility to be used for environmental health science research, such facility to be constructed and owned by Columbia University: Provided further, That $12,500,000 shall be available as a grant to the Christopher Columbus Center Development, Inc. for planning, design and construction of the Christopher Columbus Center of Marine Research and Exploration in Baltimore, Maryland: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Environmental Protection Agency is authorized to plan, design, and acquire land to establish a consolidated laboratory facility to replace and house the Central Regional Laboratory, Annapolis, Maryland, and the Analytical Chemistry and Microbiology Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, including the authority to accept, by permit or no-cost transfer from Federal entities, or by donation from State and local entities, available real property: Provided further, That $1,000,000 of the amount provided herein shall be for a grant to the University of Maine for the construction of the Maine Quaternary Studies Institute: Provided further, That $5,000,000 of the amount provided herein shall be for a grant to the University of Utah for the design, construction, and equipping of an intermountain regional network and scientific computation center. oil spill response For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $20,000,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, and to remain available until expended. hazardous substance superfund For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including sections 111 (c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; $1,573,528,000, consisting of $1,323,528,000 as authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended by Public Law 101–508, and $250,000,000 as a payment from general revenues to the 106 STAT. 1599Hazardous Substance Superfund as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA amended by Public Law 101–508, plus sums recovered on behalf of the Hazardous Substance Superfund in excess of $201,120,000 during fiscal year 1993, with all of such funds, to remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such sums as may be necessary shall be available, from within available funds, for a cooperative agreement to demonstrate the use of the latest gas-phase thermo-chemical technology for the remediation of a municipal landfill located on a river island: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading may be allocated to other Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 111(m) of CERCLA or any other provision of law, not to exceed $60,036,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to carry out activities described in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and 111(c)(14) of CERCLA and section 118(f) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 1993: Provided further, That no more than $260,000,000 of these funds shall be available for administrative expenses of the Environmental Protection Agency. leaking underground storage tank trust fund For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by section 205 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, $75,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no more than $7,200,000 shall be available for administrative expenses. state revolving funds/construction grants For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, and the Water Quality Act of 1987, $2,550,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $1,927,500,000 shall be for title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended; $16,500,000 shall be for making grants authorized under section 104(b)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended; $50,000,000 shall be for making grants authorized under section 319 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended; $32,500,000 shall be for section 510 of the Water Quality Act of 1987 and none of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act to the Environmental Protection Agency may be used for making grants authorized under such section that exceed a total of $239,400,000, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall take no action to obligate any funds under such section if the impact on the total program cost to the Environmental Protection Agency of such action would exceed $239,400,000; $305,500,000 shall be for making grants under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, to the appropriate instrumentality for the purpose of constructing secondary sewage treatment facilities to serve the following local-106 STAT. 1600ities, and in the amounts indicated: Boston, Massachusetts, $100,000,000; New York, New York, $70,000,000; Los Angeles, California, $55,000,000; San Diego, California, $45,500,000; and Seattle, Washington, $35,000,000; and notwithstanding any other provision of law, $82,000,000 shall be available for Rouge River National Wet Weather Demonstration Project grants, not to exceed 85 per centum of total project costs, to be awarded by the Administrator, who is authorized to make such grants to Wayne County, Michigan, such grants to be for the construction of sanitary sewers and retention basins, for the repair and maintenance of wastewater treatment plants and collection systems, and for the investigation of commercial and industrial facilities and storm sewer connections to implement the Rouge River National Demonstration Project for Wet Weather Flows; and notwithstanding any other provision of law, $40,000,000 shall be for making grants under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, to the appropriate instrumentality for the purpose of constructing advanced sewage treatment facilities to serve Baltimore, Maryland, in furtherance of the objectives of the Chesapeake Bay Agreement; and notwithstanding any other provision of law, $19,000,000 shall be for making a grant under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, to the Ocean County Utilities Authority, in the State of New Jersey for necessary modifications and replacements to the Carver-Greenfield sewage treatment plant; and notwithstanding any other provision of law, $7,000,000 shall be for making a grant under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, to the appropriate instrumentality for necessary work to remove and reroute the existing sewer lines at the Centennial Olympic Stadium site in the City of Atlanta, Georgia; $50,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of Texas, which is to be matched by an equal amount of State funds from State sources, for the purpose of improving wastewater treatment in colonias in that State, including $2,000,000 for planning and design; $10,000,000 shall be for a grant to the State of New Mexico for the purpose of improving wastewater treatment in colonias in that State; and $10,000,000 shall be for a grant to the State of Arizona for an interceptor/ collection system in the city of Avondale, Arizona; and notwithstanding any other provision of law, from sums previously appropriated under this heading for grants under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, and reserved by the South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the Administrator shall make a grant, not to exceed 55 per centum of total project costs, to the Town of Pollock, South Dakota for necessary reconstruction of Pollock’s wastewater treatment facility, consistent with the approved facility plan of October 1990; and sums heretofore, herein or hereafter appropriated under this heading for the District of Columbia, either allotted for title VI capitalization grants and pursuant to Public Law 101–144 as amended by Public Law 101–302 authorized to be used for title II construction grants, or title II construction grants, may be used for title II construction grants for any activities eligible under title VI, and the limitations contained in sections 201(g)(1) and 204(a)(5) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, do not apply to these grants: Provided, That of the funds appropriated for the State Revolving Fund under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, up to one-half of 1 percent may be made available by the Administrator for direct grants to Indian tribes106 STAT. 1601 for construction of wastewater treatment facilities for fiscal year 1993 and thereafter. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, or this Act, $80,000,000 of fiscal years 1992 and 1993 funds for San Diego allocation for coastal cities shall be available only for the construction of the San Diego wastewater treatment facilities included in the consent decree lodged in the United States and California v. City of San Diego, Civil Action #88–1101 (S.D. Cal.). The extension of the Point Loma outfall for which a certified EIR has been reviewed by EPA, and for which construction has begun, shall be eligible for funding. The Federal share for construction of these projects will be 55 per centum. Nothing in this provision shall be interpreted or is intended to modify commitments made by the City of San Diego in the above referenced consent decree. Notwithstanding any provision of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the City of San Diego shall be entitled to retain all funds received under EPA construction grant C–06–03014–110. Notwithstanding section 307(b)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the following limitation to the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority on applicability of pretreatment standards shall apply: (a) If the conditions of subsection (b) are met, the pretreatment standards promulgated pursuant to section 307(b)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act shall not apply with respect to any treatment works operated by Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority and industrial users of such works. (b) Subsection (a) shall only be in effect with respect to a treatment works if— (1) the mass removal of pollutants by such works is equivalent to the removal which would be achieved if the industrial users of such works discharged such pollutants into waters of the United States other than through a publicly owned treatment works and such discharges complied with applicable effluent limitations; and (2) the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority has, and is in compliance with, a permit issued under section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act containing sludge quality numerical limitations for each of the pollutants for which such limitations are established and which would otherwise be required to be treated under the pretreatment standards established under section 307(b) of such Act (or where numerical limitations are not available, a design, equipment, management practice, operational standard, or combination thereof for each such pollutant) developed in accordance with the applicable requirements of section 405(d) of such Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator shall make a grant of up to $2,500,000 under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, from funds deobligated by and available to the State of Florida under section 205 of the Act to Dixie County, Florida, for a publicly-owned treatment works for the community of Suwannee, Florida: Provided, That the geographic scope of the advanced water treatment project specified and supported from funds appropriated under this heading may be modified as deemed necessary and appropriate after advanced notification to the Appropriations Committees. 106 STAT. 1602 administrative provisions The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall, hereafter, to the fullest extent possible, ensure that at least 8 per centum of Federal funding for prime and subcontracts awarded in support of authorized programs, including grants, loans, and contracts for wastewater treatment and leaking underground storage tanks grants, be made available to business concerns or other organizations owned or controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (within the meaning of section 8(a) (5) and (6) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a) (5) and (6))), including historically black colleges and universities. For purposes of this section, economically and socially disadvantaged individuals shall be deemed to include women. During fiscal year 1993, notwithstanding any other provision of law, average employment in the headquarter’s offices of the Environmental Protection Agency shall not exceed: (1) 56 workyears for the Immediate Office of the Administrator, (2) 45 workyears for the Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs; (3) 78 workyears for the Office of Communications, Education, and Public Affairs; (4) 192 workyears for the Office of General Counsel; and (5) 1,477 workyears for the Office of Administration and Resources Management, of which 120 workyears shall be for contract management activities. marine science center The United States of America, acting through the Environmental Protection Agency, will donate its library facility located on the Marine Science Center, Oregon State University, Newport, Oregon to the University. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, within 60 days after the effective date of this legislation and without any further action by either party or future liability on the part of the Government, EPA will quitclaim the foresaid library together with the underlying land and related real and personal property to the University. No other portion of Government property is to be included in this donation. pollution prevention act implementation Notwithstanding the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 or any requirements thereunder the Environmental Protection Agency Toxic Chemical Release Inventory Form R and instructions, revised 1991 version issued May 19, 1992, and related requirements (OMB No. 2070–0093), shall be effective for reporting under section 6607 of the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–508) and section 313 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–499) until such time as revisions are promulgated pursuant to law. extending comment period for revisions to certain hazardous waste rules Funds appropriated or transferred to EPA may be used to develop revisions to 40 CFR 261.3, as reissued on March 3, 1992, published at 57 Fed. Reg. 7628 et seq. EPA shall promulgate revisions to paragraphs (a)(2)(iv) and (c)(2)(i) of 40 CFR 261.3, as reissued on March 3, 1992, by October 1, 1994, but any revisions to such paragraphs shall not be promulgated or become effective 106 STAT. 1603prior to October 1, 1993. Notwithstanding paragraph (e) of 40 CFR 261.3, as reissued on March 3, 1992, paragraphs (a)(2)(iv) and (c)(2)(i) of such regulations shall not be terminated or withdrawn until revisions are promulgated and become effective in accordance with the preceding sentence. The deadline of October 1, 1994 shall be enforceable under section 7002 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act. providing for a study of metals recovery Funds appropriated or transferred to the Environmental Protection Agency shall be used in part to conduct a study on the effect of existing regulations on efforts to recover metals from the Nation’s wastes, how such metals recovery can be best encouraged, and how the materials should be regulated in order to protect human health and the environment and to effectuate the resource conservation and recovery goals of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. In doing so, EPA shall consult with the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Interior, the metals recovery industry, and other interested parties. The Administrator shall complete the study not later than April 28, 1993. Upon completion of the study, the Administrator shall prepare a summary of the findings of the study and any recommendations resulting from such study, to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the United States Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the United States House of Representatives. solid waste disposal act No funds appropriated to the Environmental Protection Agency for fiscal year 1993 may be expended for the promulgation, implementation, or enforcement of any regulation under the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) concerning process wastewater from phosphoric acid production and phosphogypsum from phosphoric acid production. The preceding sentence shall not apply to the regulation of those wastes under sections 3007, 3013, and 7003 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 6927, 6934, and 6973, respectively). exxon valdez settlement fund Such sums provided for the Environmental Protection Agency under the Exxon Valdez settlement shall be credited during fiscal year 1993 and thereafter to the Exxon Valdez Settlement Fund established by this heading and shall remain available until expended for environmental restoration activities by the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended by the Oil Pollution Control Act of 1990, and other appropriate authorities of the Administrator. Executive Office of the President council on environmental quality and office of environmental quality For necessary expenses of the Council on Environmental Quality and the Office of Environmental Quality, in carrying out their 106 STAT. 1604functions under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Public Law 91–190), the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970 (Public Law 91–224), and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977, including not to exceed $875 for official reception and representation expenses, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $2,560,000: Provided, That the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality shall reimburse other agencies for not less than one-half of the personnel compensation costs of individuals detailed to it. national space council salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the National Space Council, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $1,591,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 may be for official reception and representation expenses: Provided, That the National Space Council shall reimburse other agencies for not less than one-half of the personnel compensation costs of individuals detailed to it. office of science and technology policy For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 and 6671), hire of passenger motor vehicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses, and rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, $6,225,000: Provided, That the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall reimburse other agencies for not less than one-half of the personnel compensation costs of individuals detailed to it: Provided further, That the Office of Science and Technology Policy may award grants and enter into cooperative agreements with qualified recipients to further science, technology development, education, and other purposes. the points of light foundation For necessary expenses for carrying out title III of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–610), relating to The Points of Light Foundation’s promotion of social problem-solving through voluntary community service, $5,000,000. Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster relief (including transfer of funds) For necessary expenses in carrying out the functions of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $292,095,000, of which not to exceed $95,000 may be transferred to the disaster assistance direct loan program account for administrative expenses and subsidies for direct loans provided under section 319 of such Act, to remain available until expended. Chapter X of title XI of the Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1992, Including Disaster Assistance to Meet 106 STAT. 1605the Present Emergencies Arising from the Consequences of Hurricane Andrew, Typhoon Omar, Hurricane Iniki, and Other Natural Disasters, and Additional Assistance to Distressed Communities (H.R. 5620) is amended by (1) striking the matter under the heading “Disaster relief” and inserting in lieu thereof: “For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended, $2,893,000,000, of which not to exceed $50,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program’ account for administrative expenses and subsidies for direct loans provided under section 417 of such Act, and of which $143,000,000 shall be available only to the extent an official budget request, for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, is transmitted by the President to the Congress, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.” and (2) striking the matter under the heading “Disaster assistance direct loan program account” and inserting in lieu thereof: “The limitation on direct loans for the ‘Disaster assistance direct loan program account’ is increased, within existing funds, by $230,000,000 to not to exceed $258,000,000: Provided further, That not to exceed $58,000,000 is available for direct loan obligations provided to eligible applicants or to States under section 319 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Assistance and Emergency Relief Act, as amended: Provided further, That not to exceed $200,000,000 is available for community disaster loans to local governments under section 417 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Assistance and Emergency Relief Act, as amended: Provided further, That any unused portion of the direct loan limitation shall be available until September 30, 1993: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.”. disaster assistance direct loan program account Funds provided to this account are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $40,000,000. salaries and expenses For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, including hire and purchase of motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343); uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for GS–18; expenses of attendance of cooperating officials and individuals at meetings concerned with the work of emergency preparedness; transportation in connection with the continuity of Government programs to the same extent and in the same manner as permitted the Secretary of a Military Department under 10 U.S.C. 2632; and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $160,409,000: Provided, That up to $1,000,000 of the 106 STAT. 1606funds appropriated under this heading may be transferred to and merged with sums appropriated for “Office of Inspector General”. 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, $3,000,000. emergency management planning and assistance For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2251 et seq.), the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2061 et seq.), section 103 of the National Security Act (50 U.S.C. 404), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, $253,243,000. emergency food and shelter program There is hereby appropriated $129,000,000 to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to carry out an emergency food and shelter program pursuant to title III of Public Law 100–77, as amended: Provided, That total administrative costs shall not exceed three and one-half per centum of the total appropriation. national flood insurance fund (transfers of funds) Of the funds available from the National Flood Insurance Fund for activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, $13,978,000 shall be transferred as needed to the “Salaries and expenses” appropriation for administrative costs of the insurance and flood plain management programs and $48,092,000 shall be transferred as needed to the “Emergency management planning and assistance” appropriation for flood plain management activities, including $4,720,000 for expenses under section 1362 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4103, 4127), which amount shall be available until September 30, 1994. In fiscal year 1993, no funds in excess of (1) $32,000,000 for operating expenses, (2) $221,000,000 for agents’ commissions and taxes, and (3) $3,500,000 for interest on Treasury borrowings shall be available from the National Flood Insurance Fund without prior notice to the Committees on Appropriations. administrative provisions The Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall promulgate through rulemaking a schedule of fees applicable to persons subject to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Radiological Emergency Preparedness regulations. The aggregate charges assessed pursuant to this section during fiscal year 1993 106 STAT. 1607shall approximate, but not be less than, 100 per centum of the amounts anticipated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be obligated for its Radiological Emergency Preparedness program. The schedule of fees shall be fair and equitable, and shall reflect the full amount of direct and indirect costs incurred through the provision of regulatory services. Such fees will be assessed in a manner that reflects the use of agency resources for classes of regulated persons and the administrative costs of collecting such fees. Fees received pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts. Assessment and collection of such fees are only authorized during fiscal year 1993. The Federal Emergency Management Agency may store, stockpile, or access stocks of Meals, Ready-to-Eat (MREs) declared surplus by the Department of Defense, or otherwise made available, for the purpose of providing assistance in situations of disaster or emergency. In addition, the Federal Emergency Management Agency may make available, at the discretion of the Director, MRE stocks to the Interagency Council on the Homeless for purposes of domestic, civilian assistance. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds provided in this Act or in any other Act for the Federal Emergency Management Agency may be used for the purpose of chauffeuring employees. By the end of fiscal year 1993, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the number of individuals employed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in other than “career appointee” positions shall not exceed 22. During fiscal year 1993, notwithstanding any other provision of law, average employment in the headquarter’s offices of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall not exceed: (1) 6 workyears for the Office of the Director, (2) 22 workyears for the Office of General Counsel, (3) 192 workyears for the Office of the Executive Director, (4) 90 workyears for Financial Management, (5) 25 workyears for Information Services, (6) 5 workyears for Regional Liaison, (7) 105 workyears for Regional Executive Direction, and (8) 20 workyears for External Affairs. Notwithstanding any other law, nonsupervisory employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may not be excluded from coverage under chapter 71 of title 5, and such employees shall be eligible to participate in collective bargaining under such chapter. Notwithstanding any other provision of this or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year, the Hazardous Materials Branch of the Office of Technological Hazards, and all funds and staff years provided to it by this Act, shall be transferred from the State and Local Programs and Support Directorate to the United States Fire Administration within 90 days of the enactment of this Act. The Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall undertake a review of the agency’s organizational structure and, within 180 days of enactment of this Act, submit to the appropriate committees of the Congress a reorganization plan which reflects changing mission requirements and priorities. The review shall include an assessment of the National Preparedness Directorate and examine potential alternatives to meet that directorate’s principal objectives while increasing overall agency efficiency. 106 STAT. 1608 General Services Administration consumer information center For necessary expenses of the Consumer Information Center, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $2,026,000, to be deposited into the Consumer Information Center Fund: Provided, That the appropriations, revenues and collections deposited into the fund shall be available for necessary expenses of Consumer Information Center activities in the aggregate amount of $6,500,000. Administrative expenses of the Consumer Information Center in fiscal year 1993 shall not exceed $2,367,000. Appropriations, revenues, and collections accruing to this fund during fiscal year 1993 in excess of $6,500,000 shall remain in the fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts.