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 100 STAT. 1783-345

PUBLIC LAW 99-500—OCT. 18, 1986

CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR

SEC. 832. Section 101 of Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 751) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "(f) The Administrator shall have authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act.". EFFECTIVE DATE

SEC. 833. This title and the amendments made by this title shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act, except as provided in section 813(b) and except that the provisions of section 821 and the amendments made by such section shall take effect on January 1, 1987. (n) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing the following activities, not otherwise provided for in this joint resolution, which were conducted in the fiscal year 1986, under the terms and conditions provided in applicable appropriations Acts for the fiscal year 1986, at the current rate or as otherwise provided herein: Provided, That no appropriation or fund made available or authority granted pursuant to this subsection shall be used to initiate or resume any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or authority were not available during fiscal year 1986 unless otherwise provided for herein: Refugee and entrant assistance activities authorized by title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, part B of title III of the Refugee Act of 1980, and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, except that the amount necessary for continuing such activities at the current rate shall be reduced, on an activity by activity basis, by the total of amounts of prior appropriations remaining available to the States for conducting any such activities, other than education assistance for children and social services, in fiscal year 1987 or thereafter, and shall not be available for conducting any such activities other than education assistance for children and social services in any fiscal year after 1987; ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED BY THE FOLLOW THROUGH ACT;

Economic Development Administration, notwithstanding any other provision of this Joint Resolution, for additional amounts for "Economic development assistance programs", $1,000,000, to remain available until expended, for a grant to the City of Portland, Oregon, for preliminary engineering, design and other related activities associated with expansion of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry; and $1,000,000, to remain available until expended, for a grant to improve the existing county road in Sumter County, Alabama, from the Mississippi State line to Alabama Highway # 17 (also known as Scooba Road); and $7,500,000, to remain available until expended, for a grant to continue economic development facilities and related infrastructure activities of the Fort Worth Stockyards Project at full Federal expense: Provided, That in addition, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, using any funds heretofore, herein, and hereafter available to the Corps of Engineers, is authorized and directed to develop at full Federal

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