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 PUBLIC LAW 95-119—OCT. 4, 1977 SEC. 407. No funds appropriated by this Act may be expended— (1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or employee of the United States unless— (A) such certification is accompanied by, or is part of, a voucher or abstract which describes the payee or payees and the items or services for which such expenditure is being made, or (B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to such certification, and without such a voucher or abstract, is specifically authorized by law; and (2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit by the General Accounting Office or is specifically exempt by laAV from such an audit. SEC. 408. No contract or budget authority provided in this Act for Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing, and no funds appropriated in this Act for Housing Payments, shall be subject to the Federal regulation defining the conditions under which two or more persons shall be eligible for admission to public housing as a family, which was promulgated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development on May 9, 1977, at 24 CFR § 812.2 (d)(1). SEC. 409. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used, directly or through grants, to pay or to provide reimbursement for payment of a consultant (whether retained by the Federal Government or a grantee) at more than the daily equivalent of the maximum rate paid for GS-18, unless specifically authorized by law. SEC. 410. None of the funds provided in this Act to any department or agency may be expended for the transportation of any officer or employee of such department or agency between his domicile and his place of employment, with the exception of the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, who, under title 5, United States Code, section 101, is exempted from such limitations. This Act may be cited as the "Department of Housing and Urban Development—Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1978". Approved October 4, 1977.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 95-380 (Comm. on Appropriations) and No. 95-495 (Comm. of Conference). SENATE REPORT No. 95-280 (Comm. on Appropriations). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 123 (1977): June 15, considered and passed House. June 24, considered and passed Senate, amended. •i f July 19, House agreed to conference report; concurred in certain Senate amendments with amendments. July 22, Sept. 23, Senate agreed to conference report; concurred in certain House amendments with amendments; disagreed to Beard amendment. Sept. 28, House receded and concurred in Senate amendment.

91 STAT. 1089

Audit.

5 USC 5332 note. Certain government transportation, prohibition.

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