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PUBLIC LAW 94-000—MMMM. DD, 1976

90 STAT. 1110

PUBLIC LAW 94-378—AUG. 9, 1976

SEC. 407. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be used to deny or fail to act upon, on the basis of noise contours set forth in an Air Installation Compatible Use Zone Map, an otherwise acceptable application for Federal Housing Administration mortgage insurance in connection with contruction in an area zoned for residential use in Merced County, California. SEC. 408. 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 ss<?u. ';wv ' > made, or (B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to such certification, and without such a voucher or abstract, is specifically authorized by law; and Audit (2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit by the General Accounting Office or is specifically exempt by law from such an audit. Short title. This Act may be cited as the "Department of Plousing and Urban Development—Independent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1977". Approved August 9, 1976.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 94-1220 (Comm. on Appropriations) and No. 94-1362 (Comm. of Conference). SENATE REPORT No. 94-974 (Comm. on Appropriations). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, VoL 122 (1976): June 22, considered and passed House. June 26, considered and passed Senate, amended. July 27, House and Senate agreed to conference report; resolved amendments in disagreement.