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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. J. RES. 153

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for

other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 3, 1996

Mr. WALSH introduced the following joint resolution; considered and passed

JOINT RESOLUTION

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year

1996, and for other purposes.

1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives

2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 That the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of

4 the general fund and enterprise funds of the District of

5 Columbia for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year

6 1996, and for other purposes, namely:

7 SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary

8 under the authority and conditions provided in the appli9 cable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995 for con10 tinuing projects or activities including the costs of direct

11 loans and loan guarantees (not otherwise specifically pro-
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1 vided for in this title of this joint resolution) which were

2 conducted in the fiscal year 1995 and for which appropria3 tions, funds, or other authority would be available in the

4 following appropriations Act:

5 The District of Columbia Appropriations Act,

6 1996:

7 Provided, That whenever the amount which would be made

8 available or the authority which would be granted in this

9 Act is greater than that which would be available or grant10 ed under current operations, the pertinent project or activ11 ity shall be continued at a rate for operations not exceed12 ing the current rate.

13 (b) Whenever the amount which would be made avail14 able or the authority which would be granted under the

15 Act listed in this section as passed by the House as of

16 the date of enactment of this joint resolution, is different

17 from that which would be available or granted under such

18 Act as passed by the Senate as of the date of enactment

19 of this joint resolution, the pertinent project or activity

20 shall be continued at a rate for operations not exceeding

21 the current rate or the rate permitted by the action of

22 the House or the Senate, whichever is lower, under the

23 authority and conditions provided in the applicable appro24 priations Act for the fiscal year 1995: Provided, That

25 where an item is not included in either version or where
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1 an item is included in only one version of the Act as passed

2 by both Houses as of the date of enactment of this joint

3 resolution, the pertinent project or activity shall not be

4 continued except as provided for in section 101 or 112

5 under the appropriation, fund, or authority granted by the

6 applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995 and

7 under the authority and conditions provided in the appli8 cable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995.

9 SEC. 102. Appropriations made by section 101 shall

10 be available to the extent and in the manner which would

11 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act.

12 SEC. 103. No appropriation or funds made available

13 or authority granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used

14 to initiate or resume any project or activity for which ap15 propriations, funds, or other authority were not available

16 during the fiscal year 1995.

17 SEC. 104. No provision which is included in the ap18 propriations Act enumerated in section 101 but which was

19 not included in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal

20 year 1995 and which by its terms is applicable to more

21 than one appropriation, fund, or authority shall be appli22 cable to any appropriation, fund, or authority provided in

23 this title of this joint resolution.

24 SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority grant25 ed pursuant to this title of this joint resolution shall cover
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1 all obligations or expenditures incurred for any program,

2 project, or activity during the period for which funds or

3 authority for such project or activity are available under

4 this title of this joint resolution.

5 SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this title

6 of this joint resolution or in the applicable appropriations

7 Act, appropriations and funds made available and author8 ity granted pursuant to this title of this joint resolution

9 shall be available until (a) enactment into law of an appro10 priation for any project or activity provided for in this title

11 of this joint resolution, or (b) the enactment into law of

12 the applicable appropriations Act by both Houses without

13 any provision for such project or activity, or (c) January

14 25, 1996, whichever first occurs.

15 SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of

16 this title of this joint resolution, except section 106, none

17 of the funds appropriated under this title of this joint reso18 lution shall be expended for any abortion except where the

19 life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were

20 carried to term or where the pregnancy is the result of

21 an act of rape or incest.

22 SEC. 108. Expenditures made pursuant to this title

23 of this joint resolution shall be charged to the applicable

24 appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill in
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1 which such applicable appropriation, fund, or authoriza2 tion is contained is enacted into law.

3 SEC. 109. No provision in the appropriations Act for

4 the fiscal year 1996 referred to in section 101 of this title

5 of this joint resolution that makes the availability of any

6 appropriation provided therein dependent upon the enact7 ment of additional authorizing or other legislation shall

8 be effective before the date set forth in section 106(c) of

9 this joint resolution.

10 SEC. 110. Appropriations and funds made available

11 by or authority granted pursuant to this title of this joint

12 resolution may be used without regard to the time limita13 tions for submission and approval of apportionments set

14 forth in section 1513 of title 3, United States Code, but

15 nothing herein shall be construed to waive any other provi16 sion of law governing the apportionment of funds.

17 SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of

18 this title of this joint resolution, except section 106, when19 ever the Act listed in section 101 as passed by both the

20 House and Senate as of the date of enactment of this joint

21 resolution, does not include funding for an ongoing project

22 or activity for which there is a budget request, or whenever

23 the rate for operations for an ongoing project or activity

24 provided by section 101 for which there is a budget re25 quest would result in the project or activity being signifi-
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1 cantly reduced, the pertinent project or activity may be

2 the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995

3 by increasing the rate for operations provided by section

4 101 to a rate for operations not to exceed one that pro5 vides the minimal level that would enable existing activi6 ties to continue. No new contracts or grants shall be

7 awarded in excess of an amount that bears the same ratio

8 to the rate for operations provided by this section as the

9 number of days covered by this resolution bears to 366.

10 For the purposes of this title of this joint resolution the

11 minimal level means a rate for operations that is reduced

12 from the current rate by 25 percent.

13 SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of

14 this title of this joint resolution, except section 106, when15 ever the rate of operations for any continuing project or

16 activity provided by section 101 or section 111 for which

17 there is a budget request would result in a furlough of

18 Government employees, that rate for operations may be

19 increased to the minimum level that would enable the fur20 lough to be avoided. No new contracts or grants shall be

21 awarded in excess of an amount that bears the same ratio

22 to the rate for operations provided by this section as the

23 number of days covered by this resolution bears to 366.

24 SEC. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of

25 this title of this joint resolution, except sections 106, 111,
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1 and 112, for those programs that had high initial rates

2 of operation or complete distribution of funding at the be3 ginning of the fiscal year in fiscal year 1995 because of

4 distributions of funding to States, foreign countries,

5 grantees, or others, similar distributions of funds for fiscal

6 year 1996 shall not be made and no grants shall be award7 ed for such programs funded by this title of this resolution

8 that would impinge on final funding prerogatives.

9 SEC. 114. This title of this joint resolution shall be

10 implemented so that only the most limited funding action

11 of that permitted in this title of this resolution shall be

12 taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and

13 activities.

14 SEC. 115. The provisions of section 132 of the Dis15 trict of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1988, Public Law

16 100–202, shall not apply for this title of this joint resolu17 tion.

18 SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of

19 this title of this joint resolution, except section 106, none

20 of the funds appropriated under this title of this joint reso21 lution shall be used to implement or enforce any system

22 or registration of unmarried, cohabiting couples whether

23 they are homosexual, lesbian, heterosexual, including but

24 not limited to registration for the purpose of extending

25 employment, health, or governmental benefits to such cou-
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1 ples on the same basis that such benefits are extended to

2 legally married couples; nor shall any funds made available

3 pursuant to any provision of this title of this joint resolu4 tion otherwise be used to implement or enforce D.C. Act

5 9–188, signed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia

6 on April 15, 1992.

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