104 STAT. 2102 PUBLIC LAW 101-515—NOV. 5, 1990 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS For grants under the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program, as authorized by 19 U.S.C. 2024, and for economic development assistance as provided by the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended, and Public Law 91-304, and such laws that were in effect immediately before September 30, 1982, $209,000,000: Provided, That during fiscal year 1991 total commitments to guarantee loans shall not exceed $150,000,000 of contingent liability for loan principal: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading may be used directly or indirectly for attorneys' or consultants' fees in connection with securing grants and contracts made by the Economic Development Administration: iVouidec?/i/r^^er. That the Economic Development Administration shall not implement the funding policy for the university center program as stated in the Federal Register notice of May 24, 1990 to reduce the grant of each university center from the Fiscal Year 1990 level and that any changes in individual grant amounts be made on the basis of failing to conform to the EDA grant agreements in place in fiscal year 1990, other than the funding policy for the university center program as stated in the Federal Register notice of May 24, 1990: Provided further. That any reduction in an individual grant amount to a university center from the Fiscal Year 1990 level shall be subject to the reprogramming procedures stated in section 606 of this Act. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING FUND (RESCISSION) Of the unobligated balances in the Economic Development Revolving Fund, $35,000,000 are rescinded. SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of administering the economic development assistance programs as provided for by law, $27,018,000: Provided, That these funds may be used to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment Act of 1976, as amended, title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any other law, funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to fill and maintain forty-nine permanent positions designated as Economic Development Representatives out of the total number of permanent positions funded in the Salaries and Expenses account of the Economic Development Administration for fiscal year 1991, of which no more than two positions shall be designated as National Economic Development Representatives: Provided further. That such positions shall be maintained within an organizational structure that provides at least one full-time EDR in each State to which a full-time EDR was assigned as of December 31, 1987.
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