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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 133

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

other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

DECEMBER 18 (legislative day, DECEMBER 15), 1995

Mr. WALSH introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to

the Committee on Appropriations

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
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1 loans and loan guarantees (not otherwise specifically pro2 vided for in this joint resolution) which were conducted

3 in the fiscal year 1995 and for which appropriations,

4 funds, or other authority would be available in the follow5 ing appropriations Act:

6 The District of Columbia Appropriations Act,

7 1996:

8 Provided, That whenever the amount which would be made

9 available or the authority which would be granted in this

10 Act is greater than that which would be available or grant11 ed under current operations, the pertinent project or activ12 ity shall be continued at a rate for operations not exceed13 ing the current rate.

14 (b) Whenever the amount which would be made avail15 able or the authority which would be granted under the

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

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

18 from that which would be available or granted under such

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

20 of this joint resolution, the pertinent project or activity

21 shall be continued at a rate for operations not exceeding

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

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

24 authority and conditions provided in the applicable appro25 priations Act for the fiscal year 1995: Provided, That
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1 where an item is not included in either version or where

2 an item is included in only one version of the Act as passed

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

4 resolution, the pertinent project or activity shall not be

5 continued except as provided for in section 111 or 112

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

7 applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 1995 and

8 under the authority and conditions provided in the appli9 cable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995.

10 SEC. 102. Appropriations made by section 101 shall

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

12 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act.

13 SEC. 103. No appropriation or funds made available

14 or authority granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used

15 to initiate or resume any project or activity for which ap16 propriations, funds, or other authority were not available

17 during the fiscal year 1995.

18 SEC. 104. No provisions which is included in the ap19 propriations Act enumerated in section 101 but which was

20 not included in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal

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

22 than one appropriation, fund, or authority shall be appli23 cable to any appropriation, fund, or authority provided in

24 this joint resolution.
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1 SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority grant2 ed pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obliga3 tions or expenditures incurred for any program, project,

4 or activity during the period for which funds or authority

5 for such project or activity are available under this joint

6 resolution.

7 SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint

8 resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act, appro9 priations and funds made available and authority granted

10 pursuant to this joint resolution shall be available until

11 (a) enactment into law of an appropriation for any project

12 or activity provided for in this joint resolution, or (b) the

13 enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act

14 by both Houses without any provision for such project or

15 activity, or (c) December 27, 1995, whichever first occurs.

16 SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of

17 this joint resolution, except section 106, none of the funds

18 appropriated under this joint resolution shall be expended

19 for any abortion except where the life of the mother would

20 be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or where

21 the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.

22 SEC. 108. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint

23 resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation,

24 fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli-
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1 cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is

2 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 joint

5 resolution that makes the availability of any appropriation

6 provided therein dependent upon the enactment of addi7 tional authorizing or other legislation shall be effective be8 fore the date set forth in section 106(c) of this joint reso9 lution.

10 SEC. 110. Appropriations and funds made available

11 by or authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution

12 may be used without regard to the time limitations for

13 submission and approval of apportionments set forth in

14 section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but nothing

15 herein shall be construed to waive any other provision of

16 law governing the apportionment of funds.

17 SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of

18 this joint resolution, except section 106, whenever the Act

19 listed in section 101 as passed by both the House and

20 Senate as of the date of enactment of this joint resolution,

21 does not include funding for an ongoing project or activity

22 for which there is a budget request, or whenever the rate

23 for operations for an ongoing project or activity provided

24 by section 101 for which there is a budget request would

25 result in the project or activity being significantly reduced,
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1 the pertinent project or activity may be continued under

2 the authority and conditions provided in the applicable ap3 propriations Act for the fiscal year 1995 by increasing the

4 rate for operations provided by section 101 to a rate for

5 operations not to exceed one that provides the minimal

6 level that would enable existing activities to continue. No

7 new contracts or grants shall be awarded in excess of an

8 amount that bears the same ratio to the rate for oper9 ations provided by this section as the number of days cov10 ered by this resolution bears to 366. For the purposes of

11 this joint resolution the minimal level means a rate for

12 operations that is reduced from the current rate by 25

13 percent.

14 SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of

15 this joint resolution, except section 106, whenever the rate

16 for operations for any continuing project or activity pro17 vided by section 101 or section 111 for which there is a

18 budget request would result in a furlough of Government

19 employees, that rate for operations may be increased to

20 the minimum level that would enable the furlough to be

21 avoided. No new contracts or grants shall be awarded in

22 excess of an amount that bears the same ratio to the rate

23 for operations provided by this section as the number of

24 days covered by this resolution bears to 366.
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1 SEC. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of

2 this joint resolution, except sections 106, 111, and 112,

3 for those programs that had high initial rates of operation

4 or complete distribution of funding at the beginning of the

5 fiscal year in fiscal year 1995 because of distributions of

6 funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others,

7 similar distributions of funds for fiscal year 1996 shall

8 not be made and no grants shall be awarded for such pro9 grams funded by this resolution that would impinge on

10 final funding prerogatives.

11 SEC. 114. This joint resolution shall be implemented

12 so that only the most limited funding action of that per13 mitted in the resolution shall be taken in order to provide

14 for continuation of projects and activities.

15 SEC. 115. The provisions of section 132 of the Dis16 trict of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1988, Public Law

17 100–202, shall not apply for this joint resolution.

18 SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of

19 this joint resolution, except section 106, none of the funds

20 appropriated under this joint resolution shall be used to

21 implement or enforce any system of registration of unmar22 ried, cohabiting couples whether they are homosexual, les23 bian, heterosexual, including but not limited to registra24 tion for the purpose of extending employment, health, or

25 governmental benefits to such couples on the same basis
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1 that such benefits are extended to legally married couples;

2 nor shall any funds made available pursuant to any provi3 sion of this joint resolution otherwise be used to implement

4 or enforce D.C. Act 9–188, signed by the Mayor of the

5 District of Columbia on April 15, 1992.

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