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 PUBLIC LAW 99-177—DEC. 12, 1985

99 STAT. 1083

the Social Security Act, or in benefits payable under section 3(a), 3(f)(3), 4(a), or 4(f) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, shall not be considered "automatic spending increases" for purposes of this title; and no reduction in any such increase or in any of the benefits involved shall be made under any order issued under this part. (b) VETERANS PROGRAMS.—The following programs shall be exempt from reduction under any order issued under this part: Veterans' compensation (36-0153-0-1-701); and Veterans' pensions (36-0154-0-1-701). (c) NET INTEREST.—No reduction of payments for net interest (all of major functional category 900) shall be made under any order issued under this part. (d) EARNED INCOME TAX CREDFT.—Pajmients to individuals made pursuant to section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 shall be exempt from reduction under any order issued under this part.

42 USC 401. 45 USC 231b, 231c.

26 USC 32.

(e) OFFSETTING RECEIPTS AND COLLECTIONS.—Offsetting receipts

and collections shall not be reduced under any order issued under this part. (f) CERTAIN PROGRAM BASES.—Outlays for programs specified in

paragraph (1) of section 257 shall be subject to reduction only in Post, p. 1092. accordance with the procedures established in section 251(a)(3)(C) Ante, p. 1063. Post, p. 1086. and 256(b). (g) OTHER PROGRAMS AND AcnvmES.—

(1) The following budget accounts and activities shall be eiaims. exempt from reduction under any order issued under this part: Activities resulting from private donations, bequests, or voluntary contributions to the Government; Alaska Power Administration, Operations and maintenance (89-0304-0-1-271); Appropriations for the District of Columbia (to the extent they are appropriations of locally raised funds); Bonneville Power Administration fund and borrowing authority established pursuant to section 13 of Public Law 93-454 (1974), as amended (89-4045-0-3-271); 16 USC 838k. Bureau of Indian Affairs miscellaneous trust funds, tribal trust funds (14-9973-0-7-999); Claims, defense (97-0102-0-1-051); Claims, judgments, and relief acts (20-1895-0-1-806); Coinage profit fund (20-5811-0-2-803); Compensation of the President (11-0001-0-1-802); President of U.S. Eastern Indian land claims settlement fund (14-2202-01-806); Exchange stabilization fund (20-4444-0-3-155); Federal payment to the railroad retirement account (600113-0-1-601); Foreign military sales trust fund (11-8242-0-7-155); Health professions graduate student loan insurance fund (Health Education Assistance Loan Program) (75-4305-0-3553); Intragovernmental funds, including those from which the outlays are derived primarily from resources paid in from other government accounts, except to the extent such funds are augmented by direct appropriations for the fiscal year during which an order is in effect; Payment of Vietnam and USS Pueblo prisoner-of-war claims (15-0104-0-1-153);

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