Pub. L. 104-99, tit. II, sec. 201

Sec. 201. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995 for projects or activities, except for those projects and activities provided for in Public Law 104–91 and Public Law 104–92, including the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees (not otherwise specifically provided for in this 110 STAT. 35Act) at a rate for operations provided for in the conference report and joint explanatory statement of the Committee of Conference, House Report 104–378, on the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (H.R. 2076), as passed the House of Representatives on December 6, 1995, notwithstanding section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, section 701 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236), and section 53 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of this title of this Act, the rate for operations only for program administration and the continuation of grants awarded in fiscal year 1995 and prior years of the Advanced Technology Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the rate for operations for the Ounce of Prevention Council, Drug Courts, Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment, and for the Cops on the Beat Program may be increased up to a level of 75 per centum of the final fiscal year 1995 appropriated amount: Provided further, That, under the previous proviso, no contracts or grants shall be awarded in excess of an amount that bears the same ratio to the rate for operations provided by the previous proviso as the number of days covered by this Act bears to 366: Provided further, That any costs incurred by a Department or agency funded under this subsection resulting from personnel actions taken in response to funding reductions resulting from this Act shall be absorbed within the total budgetary resources available to such Department or agency: Provided further, That the authority to transfer funds between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to carry out the preceding proviso is provided in addition to authorities provided elsewhere in this subsection: Provided further, That funds to carry out the preceding two provisos shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with established reprogramming procedures: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of this title of this Act, the amount of funds obligated or expended by the Legal Services Corporation shall not exceed an amount that bears the same ratio to the rate for operations available to the Legal Services Corporation as the number of days covered by this Act bears to 366: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of this title of this Act, funding provided for Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth in Sentencing Incentive Grants, with the exception of funds available to States for incarceration of criminal aliens and the Cooperative Agreement Program, shall be withheld, pending enactment of revisions to subtitle A of title II of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, so as not to impinge upon final funding prerogatives: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of this title of this Act, sufficient funds shall be provided to continue the Office of Inspector General of the United States Information Agency, to be derived from funds otherwise available to the Office of Inspector General of the Department of State. 110 STAT. 36 DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS (b) Such amounts as may be necessary under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995 for continuing projects or activities, except for those projects and activities provided for in Public Law 104–91 and Public Law 104–92, including the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees (not otherwise specifically provided for in this Act) at a rate for operations provided for in the conference report and joint explanatory statement of the Committee of Conference, House Report 104–384, on the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (H.R. 2099), as passed the House of Representatives on December 7, 1995: Provided, That Senate amendment 63 shall be disposed of in the manner passed by the House on December 7, 1995, as if enacted into law: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of this title of this Act, the rate for operations for the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, and the Office of Consumer Affairs may be increased up to a level of 75 per centum of the fiscal year 1995 level: Provided further, That, under the previous proviso, no new contracts or grants shall be awarded in excess of an amount that bears the same ratio to the rate for operations provided by the previous proviso as the number of days covered by this Act bears to 366: Provided further, That the penultimate proviso under the heading “General Operating Expenses” and sections 107 and 109 under the heading “Administrative Provisions” in the Department of Veterans Affairs are effective to the extent and in the manner, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, provided for in the conference report and joint explanatory statement of the Committee of Conference (House Report 104–384) on the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (H.R. 2099), as passed by the House of Representatives on December 7, 1995.