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110 STAT. 1321-257 PUBLIC LAW 104-134—APR. 26, 1996 20 USC 5900. Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996. (d) PROGRESS REPORTS. —The matter preceding paragraph (1) of section 312(a) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 5892(a)) is amended by striking "Each" and inserting "Except in the case of a State educational agency submitting the information described in section 306(n)(4), each". SEC. 706. LIMITATIONS. Title III of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act (20 U.S.C. 5881 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end the following new section: "SEC. 320. LIMITATIONS. "(a) PROHIBITED CONDITIONS.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require a State, a local educational agency, or a school, as a condition of receiving assistance under this title— "(1) to provide outcomes-based education; or "(2) to provide school-based health clinics or any other health or social service. "(b) LIMITATION ON GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.— Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require or permit any Federal or State official to inspect a home, judge how parents raise their children, or remove children from their parents, as a result of the participation of a State, local educational agency, or school in any program or activity carried out under this Act.". This Act may be cited as the "Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996". (e) For programs, projects or activities in the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996, provided as follows, to be effective as if it had been enacted into law as the regular appropriations Act: AN ACT Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. TITLE I DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For the pa3anent of compensation benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. 107, chapters 11, 13, 51, 53, 55, and 61); pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by law (38 U.S.C. chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61; 92 Stat. 2508); and burial benefits, emergency and other officers' retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and certificates, payment of premiums due on commercial life insurance policies guaranteed under the provisions of Article FV of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended, and for other benefits as