Management and Administration

Management and Administration salaries and expenses (including transfers of funds) For necessary administrative and non-administrative expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed $7,000 for official reception and representation expenses, $1,005,733,000, of which $518,000,000 shall be provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration, $9,383,000 shall be provided from funds of the Government National Mortgage Association, $1,000,000 shall be provided from the “Community development block grants program” account, $150,000 shall be provided by transfer from the “Title VI indian federal guarantees program” account, and $200,000 shall be provided by transfer from the “Indian housing loan guarantee fund program” account: Provided, That the Secretary is prohibited from using any funds under this heading or any other heading in this Act from employing more than 77 schedule C and 20 noncareer Senior Executive Service employees: Provided further, That the Secretary is prohibited from using funds under 113 STAT. 1068this heading or any other heading in this Act to employ more than 9,300 employees: Provided further, That the Secretary is prohibited from using funds under this heading or any other heading in this Act to convert any external community builders to career employees, and after September 1, 2000 to employ any external community builders: Provided further, That the Secretary is prohibited from using funds under this heading or any other heading in this Act to employ more than 14 employees in the Office of Public Affairs: Provided further, That of the amount made available under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be for the Millennial Housing Commission as established under section 206. office of inspector general (including transfer of funds) For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $83,000,000, of which $22,343,000 shall be provided from the various funds of the Federal Housing Administration and $10,000,000 shall be provided from the amount earmarked for Operation Safe Home in the appropriation for “Drug elimination grants for low-income housing”: Provided, That the Inspector General shall have independent authority over all personnel issues within the Office of Inspector General.