Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Title I: Department of Veterans Affairs

Title II: Department of Housing and Urban Development

Title III: Independent Agencies

Title IV: Corporations

Title V: General Provisions

Departments of Veterans Affairs, and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994 - Title I: Department of Veterans Affairs - Makes appropriations for FY 1994 to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Provides for the use of such appropriations.

Title II: Department of Housing and Urban Development - Makes appropriations for FY 1994 for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Title III: Independent Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1994 to the: (1) American Battle Monuments Commission; (2) Consumer Product Safety Commission; (3) Court of Veterans Appeals; (4) Department of Defense-Civil for cemeterial expenses, Army; (5) Environmental Protection Agency; (6) Executive Office of the President for the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Office of National Service; (7) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); (8) General Services Administration for the Consumer Information Center; (9) Department of Health and Human Services for the Office of Consumer Affairs; (10) National Aeronautics and Space Administration, including the redesigned space station; (11) National Credit Union Administration for the obligations of the Central Liquidity Facility; (12) National Science Foundation; (13) Corporation for National and Community Service; (14) Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; and (15) Selective Service System.

Title IV: Corporations - Authorizes certain corporations and agencies of HUD to make commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as necessary to carry out provisions under the Government Corporation Control Act. Allows any collections by such corporations and agencies to be used for new loan or mortgage purchase commitments to the extent provided under this Act, with specified exceptions.

Makes funds available to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of Inspector General of the Resolution Trust Corporation.

Title V: General Provisions - Specifies certain uses, limitations, and prohibitions on uses of funds appropriated by this Act.

Requires FY 1994 pay raises to be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.

Congress
103
Number
HR - 2491
Introduced on
1993-06-22
# Amendments
33
Sponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

10/21/1993
Text
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Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
House to Vote
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Title I: Department of Veterans Affairs

Title II: Department of Housing and Urban Development

Title III: Independent Agencies

Title IV: Corporations

Title V: General Provisions

Departments of Veterans Affairs, and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994 - Title I: Department of Veterans Affairs - Makes appropriations for FY 1994 to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Provides for the use of such appropriations.

Title II: Department of Housing and Urban Development - Makes appropriations for FY 1994 for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Title III: Independent Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1994 to the: (1) American Battle Monuments Commission; (2) Consumer Product Safety Commission; (3) Court of Veterans Appeals; (4) Department of Defense-Civil for cemeterial expenses, Army; (5) Environmental Protection Agency; (6) Executive Office of the President for the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Office of National Service; (7) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); (8) General Services Administration for the Consumer Information Center; (9) Department of Health and Human Services for the Office of Consumer Affairs; (10) National Aeronautics and Space Administration, including the redesigned space station; (11) National Credit Union Administration for the obligations of the Central Liquidity Facility; (12) National Science Foundation; (13) Corporation for National and Community Service; (14) Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; and (15) Selective Service System.

Title IV: Corporations - Authorizes certain corporations and agencies of HUD to make commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as necessary to carry out provisions under the Government Corporation Control Act. Allows any collections by such corporations and agencies to be used for new loan or mortgage purchase commitments to the extent provided under this Act, with specified exceptions.

Makes funds available to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of Inspector General of the Resolution Trust Corporation.

Title V: General Provisions - Specifies certain uses, limitations, and prohibitions on uses of funds appropriated by this Act.

Requires FY 1994 pay raises to be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedMaking appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other purposes.
Policy Areas
Economics and Public Finance
Potential Impact
AIDS (Disease)•
Administrative procedure•
Aeronautics•
Affordable housing•
Air pollution control•
Aircraft•
American Battle Monuments Commission•
Apartment houses•
Appellate courts•
Appropriations•
Archives•
Arctic and polar regions•
Arizona•
Armed forces abroad•
Asbestos•
Asbestos abatement•
Astronautics•
Auditing•
Awards, medals, prizes•
Bank failures•
Block grants•
Budget deficits•
Building construction•
Buy American•
Carbon monoxide•
Cemeteries and funerals•
Collection of accounts•
Communication in science•
Communication satellites•
Compulsory military service•
Congregate housing•
Congressional oversight•
Congressional reporting requirements•
Construction costs•
Consumer Product Safety Commission•
Consumer education•
Consumer protection•
Counseling•
Credit unions•
Crime prevention•
Data banks•
Defense budgets•
Department of Defense•
Department of Health and Human Services•
Department of Housing and Urban Development•
Department of Veterans Affairs•
Deposit insurance•
Disaster relief•
Drug abuse•
Drug law enforcement•
Earth sciences•
Education•
Emergency Management•
Energy efficiency•
Energy policy•
Engineering•
Engines•
Environmental Protection•
Environmental Protection Agency•
Environmental research•
Executive Office of the President•
Executive impoundment of appropriated funds•
Extended care facilities•
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation•
Federal Emergency Management Agency•
Federal advisory bodies•
Federal aid to Indians•
Federal aid to community development•
Federal aid to health facilities•
Federal aid to higher education•
Federal aid to housing•
Federal aid to medical education•
Federal aid to medical research•
Federal aid to research•
Federal aid to water pollution control•
Federal aid to water resources development•
Federal budgets•
Federal employees•
Federal installations•
Federally-guaranteed loans•
Fees•
Finance and Financial Sector•
Flood insurance•
Florida•
Food relief•
Foreign Trade and International Finance•
Gasoline•
General Services Administration•
Gifts•
Government National Mortgage Association•
Government Operations and Politics•
Government consultants•
Government contractors•
Government corporations•
Government lending•
Government liability•
Government life insurance•
Government paperwork•
Government procurement•
Government service contracts•
Government spending reductions•
Government trust funds•
Government vehicles•
Guam•
Hawaii•
Hazardous waste disposal•
Health•
Health insurance•
Home ownership•
Homeless•
Housing and Community Development•
Housing discrimination•
Housing finance•
Housing for the aged•
Housing for the handicapped•
Housing subsidies•
Hurricanes•
Indemnity•
Indian housing•
Information services•
Inspectors general•
Insurance•
Intellectual property•
Interagency Council on the Homeless•
Korean War, 1950-1953•
Laboratories•
Lead•
Lead poisoning•
Leases•
Liability for toxic substances pollution damages•
Louisiana•
Low-income housing•
Maintenance and repair•
Management information systems•
Medical education•
Mexico•
Microwaves•
Military personnel•
Monuments and memorials•
Mortgage guaranty insurance•
Mortgage loans•
Motor vehicle pollution control•
Narcotic traffic•
National Aeronautics and Space Administration•
National Credit Union Administration•
National Science Foundation•
National service•
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation•
New Mexico•
Nursing homes•
Oceanographic research ships•
Officer personnel•
Oil pollution control•
Paints and varnishes•
Parking facilities•
Philippines•
Potable water•
Product safety•
Prosthesis•
Public assistance programs•
Public housing•
Radiation•
Radioactive pollution of water•
Radioisotopes•
Radon•
Real property•
Reformulated gasoline•
Relocation of federal installations•
Rent•
Rent subsidies•
Rental housing•
Reprogramming of appropriated funds•
Research and development•
Research centers•
Residential rehabilitation•
Resolution Trust Corporation•
Revolving funds•
Rockets (Aeronautics)•
Rural housing•
Salaries•
Savings and loan associations•
Scholarships•
Schools•
Scientific education•
Secondary mortgage market•
Selective Service System•
Sewage treatment•
Shelters for the homeless•
Shipbuilding•
Soldiers' homes•
Space biology•
Space flight•
Space sciences•
Space stations•
Standards•
Storms•
Student loan funds•
Texas•
Transboundary pollution•
Travel costs•
Underground petroleum tanks•
Underground storage•
Urban affairs research•
Urban economic development•
Veterans' benefits•
Veterans' education•
Veterans' hospitals•
Veterans' loans•
Veterans' medical care•
Veterans' pensions•
Veterans' rehabilitation•
Vocational and technical education•
Waste water treatment•
Water conservation•
Water quality•
Youth employment•
Youth services

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Title I: Department of Veterans Affairs

Title II: Department of Housing and Urban Development

Title III: Independent Agencies

Title IV: Corporations

Title V: General Provisions

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Became Public Law No: 103-124.