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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 123

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

other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 17, 1995

Mr. LIVINGSTON 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 any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,

5 and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts,

6 and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corpora7 tions, and other organizational units of Government for

8 the fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes, namely:

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

10 under the authority and conditions provided in the appli-
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1 cable appropriations Acts for the fiscal year 1995 for con2 tinuing the following projects or activities including the

3 costs of direct loans and loan guarantees (not otherwise

4 specifically provided for in this joint resolution) which

5 were conducted in the fiscal year 1995:

6 (1) All projects and activities necessary to pro7 vide for the expenses of Medicare contractors under

8 title XVIII of the Social Security Act under the ac9 count heading ‘‘Program management’’ under the

10 Health Care Financing Administration in the De11 partment of Health and Human Services.

12 (2) All projects and activities funded under the

13 account heading ‘‘Limitation on administrative ex14 penses’’ under the Social Security Administration.

15 (3) All projects and activities necessary to proc16 ess and provide for veterans compensation, pension

17 payments, dependency and indemnity compensation

18 (DIC) payments, and to provide for veterans medical

19 care under the Department of Veterans Affairs.

20 (b) Whenever the amount which would be made avail21 able or the authority which would be granted under an

22 Act which included funding for fiscal year 1996 for the

23 projects and activities listed in this section as passed by

24 the House as of October 1, 1995, is different from that

25 which would be available or granted under such Act as
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1 passed by the Senate as of October 1, 1995, the pertinent

2 project or activity shall be continued at a rate for oper3 ations not exceeding the average of the rates permitted

4 by the action of the House or the Senate under the author5 ity and conditions provided in the applicable appropria6 tions Act for the fiscal year 1995.

7 (c) Whenever an Act which included funding for fiscal

8 year 1996 for the projects and activities listed in this sec9 tion has been passed by only the House or only the Senate

10 as of October 1, 1995, the pertinent project or activity

11 shall be continued under the appropriation, fund, or au12 thority granted by the one House at a rate for operations

13 not exceeding the current rate or the rate permitted by

14 the action of the one House, whichever is lower, and under

15 the authority and conditions provided in the applicable ap16 propriations Act for the fiscal year 1995.

17 SEC. 102. Appropriations made by section 101 shall

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

19 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act.

20 SEC. 103. No appropriations or funds made available

21 or authority granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used

22 to initiate or resume any project or activity for which ap23 propriations, funds, or other authority were not available

24 during the fiscal year 1995.
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1 SEC. 104. No provision which is included in an appro2 priations Act enumerated in section 101 but which was

3 not included in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal

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

5 than one appropriation, fund, or authority shall be appli6 cable to any appropriation, fund, or authority provided in

7 this joint resolution.

8 SEC. 105. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint

9 resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act, appro10 priations and funds made available and authority granted

11 pursuant to this joint resolution shall be available until

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

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

14 enactment of the applicable appropriations Act by both

15 Houses without any provision for such project or activity,

16 or (c) September 30, 1996, whichever first occurs.

17 SEC. 106. Appropriations made and authority grant18 ed pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obliga19 tions or expenditures incurred for any program, project,

20 or activity during the period for which funds or authority

21 for such project or activity are available under this joint

22 resolution.

23 SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint

24 resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation,

25 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. 108. 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 105(c) of this joint reso9 lution.

10 SEC. 109. 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.

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