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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 124

Making further continuing appropriations for the District of Columbia for

fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 17, 1995

Ms. NORTON introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to

the Committee on Appropriations

JOINT RESOLUTION

Making further continuing appropriations for the District

of Columbia for 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 SECTION 1. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DIS4 TRICT OF COLUMBIA.

5 (a) FEDERAL FUNDS.—The following sums are ap6 propriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other7 wise appropriated, for the District of Columbia for fiscal

8 year 1996, and for other purposes, namely:

9 (1) Such amounts as may be necessary under

10 the authority and conditions provided in the District
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1 of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1995, for continu2 ing the Federal Payment to the District of Columbia

3 and the Federal Contribution to Retirement Funds.

4 (2) An additional $15,000,000 above the

5 amount otherwise made available by paragraph (1),

6 to be included in the apportionment for the Federal

7 Payment to the District of Columbia, for purposes

8 of certain capital construction loan repayments pur9 suant to Public Law 85–451.

10 (b) DISTRICT FUNDS.—

11 (1) There are appropriated, out of the general

12 fund, enterprise funds, and other non-Federal funds

13 of the District of Columbia, for fiscal year 1996

14 such amounts as may be necessary under the au15 thority and conditions provided in the District of Co16 lumbia Appropriations Act, 1995, for continuing the

17 operations of the government of the District of Co18 lumbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in

19 part against the revenues of the District that were

20 conducted in fiscal year 1995 and for which appro21 priations, funds, or other authority would be avail22 able in the District of Columbia Appropriations Act,

23 1996.

24 (2) No obligations or expenditures may be made

25 pursuant to this subsection until the Mayor of the
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1 District of Columbia has provided to the District of

2 Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management

3 Assistance Authority prior written notification re4 garding such obligations and expenditures.

5 (3) Paragraph (3) of section 2 of this joint res6 olution shall not apply to this subsection.

7 (c) APPLICABLE RATE OF OPERATIONS.—

8 (1) Whenever the amount that would be made

9 available or the authority that would be granted in

10 subsection (a)(1) or (b) is greater than the amount

11 or authority that would be available or granted

12 under current operations, the pertinent project or

13 activity shall be continued at a rate for operations

14 not exceeding the current rate.

15 (2) Whenever the amount that would be made

16 available or the authority that would be granted

17 under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act,

18 1996, as passed by the House as of the date of the

19 enactment of this joint resolution, is different from

20 the amount or authority that would be available or

21 granted under such Act as passed by the Senate as

22 of the date of the enactment of this joint resolution,

23 the pertinent project or activity shall be continued at

24 a rate for operations not exceeding the current rate

25 or the rate permitted by the action of the House or
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1 the Senate, whichever is lower, under the authority

2 and conditions provided in the District of Columbia

3 Appropriations Act, 1995.

4 SEC. 2. PERIOD OF CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS.

5 Unless otherwise provided for in this joint resolution

6 or in the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1996,

7 appropriations and funds made available and authority

8 granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be available

9 until whichever of the following first occurs:

10 (1) The enactment into law of an appropriation

11 for any project or activity provided for in this joint

12 resolution.

13 (2) The enactment into law of the District of

14 Columbia Appropriations Act, 1996, without any

15 provision for such project or activity.

16 (3) December 15, 1995.

17 SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS.

18 (a) EXTENT AND MANNER OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

19 Appropriations made by section 1 shall be available to the

20 extent and in the manner that would be provided by the

21 District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1996.

22 (b) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN PROJECTS AND AC23 TIVITIES.—No appropriation or funds made available or

24 authority granted pursuant to section 1 shall be used to

25 initiate or resume any project or activity for which appro-
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1 priations, funds, or other authority were not available dur2 ing fiscal year 1995.

3 (c) INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.—

4 (1) No provision that is included in the District

5 of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1996, but that was

6 not included in the District of Columbia Appropria7 tions Act, 1995, and that by its terms is applicable

8 to more than one appropriation, fund, or authority

9 shall be applicable to any appropriation, fund, or au10 thority provided in this joint resolution.

11 (2) No provision in the District of Columbia

12 Appropriations Act, 1996, that makes the availabil13 ity of any appropriation provided in such Act de14 pendent upon the enactment of additional authoriz15 ing or other legislation shall be effective before the

16 date set forth in paragraph (3) of section 2 of this

17 joint resolution.

18 (d) APPLICABILITY TO ALL OBLIGATIONS AND EX19 PENDITURES.—Appropriations made and authority grant20 ed pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obliga21 tions or expenditures incurred for any program, project,

22 or activity during the period for which funds or authority

23 for such project or activity are available under this joint

24 resolution.
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1 (e) CHARGE TO APPLICABLE ACCOUNTS.—Expendi2 tures made pursuant to this joint resolution shall be

3 charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or author4 ization whenever a bill in which such applicable appropria5 tion, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted into

6 law.

7 (f) APPORTIONMENT.—

8 (1) Appropriations and funds made available by

9 or authority granted pursuant to this joint resolu10 tion may be used without regard to the time limita11 tions for submission and approval of apportionments

12 set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States

13 Code, but nothing in this paragraph shall be con14 strued to waive any other provision of law governing

15 the apportionment of funds.

16 (2) The provisions of section 132 of the District

17 of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1988 (Public Law

18 100–202; 101 Stat. 1329–101), shall not apply to

19 appropriations made available by this joint resolu20 tion.

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