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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 122

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 29, 1995

Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered

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 Ω1æThat the following sums are hereby appropriated, out

4 of 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 TITLE I

10 CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS

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

12 under the authority and conditions provided in the appli13 cable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995 for con-
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1 tinuing projects or activities including the costs of direct

2 loans and loan guarantees (not otherwise specifically pro3 vided for in this joint resolution) which were conducted

4 in the fiscal year 1995 and for which appropriations,

5 funds, or other authority would be available in the follow6 ing appropriations Acts:

7 The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and

8 State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appro9 priations Act, 1996, notwithstanding section 15 of

10 the State Department Basic Authorities Act of

11 1956, section 701 of the United States Information

12 and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, section 313

13 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal

14 Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236), and

15 section 53 of the Arms Control and Disarmament

16 Act;

17 The Department of Defense Appropriations

18 Act, 1996, notwithstanding section 504(a)(1) of the

19 National Security Act of 1947;

20 The District of Columbia Appropriations Act,

21 1996;

22 The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and

23 Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996, not24 withstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672 and
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1 section 15(a) of the State Department Basic Au2 thorities Act of 1956;

3 The Department of the Interior and Related

4 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996;

5 The Departments of Labor, Health and Human

6 Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Ap7 propriations Act, 1996;

8 The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,

9 1996, H.R. 2492;

10 The Department of Transportation Appropria11 tions Act, 1996;

12 The Treasury, Postal Service, and General Gov13 ernment Appropriations Act, 1996;

14 The Departments of Veterans Affairs and

15 Housing and Urban Development, and Independent

16 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996:

17 Provided, That whenever the amount which would be made

18 available or the authority which would be granted in these

19 Acts is greater than that which would be available or

20 granted under current operations, the pertinent project or

21 activity shall be continued at a rate for operations not ex22 ceeding the current rate.

23 (b) Whenever the amount which would be made avail24 able or the authority which would be granted under an

25 Act listed in this section as passed by the House as of
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1 the date of enactment of this joint resolution, is different

2 from that which would be available or granted under such

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

4 of this joint resolution, the pertinent project or activity

5 shall be continued at a rate for operations not exceeding

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

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

8 authority and conditions provided in the applicable appro9 priations Act for the fiscal year 1995: Provided, That

10 where an item is not included in either version or where

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

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

13 resolution, the pertinent project or activity shall not be

14 continued except as provided for in section 111 or 112

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

16 applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995 and

17 under the authority and conditions provided in the appli18 cable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995.

19 (c) Whenever an Act listed in this section has been

20 passed by only the House or only the Senate as of the

21 date of enactment of this joint resolution, the pertinent

22 project or activity shall be continued under the appropria23 tion, fund, or authority granted by the one House at a

24 rate for operations not exceeding the current rate or the

25 rate permitted by the action of the one House, whichever
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1 is lower, and under the authority and conditions provided

2 in the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal year

3 1995: Provided, That where an item is funded in the appli4 cable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995 and not

5 included in the version passed by the one House as of the

6 date of enactment of this joint resolution, the pertinent

7 project or activity shall not be continued except as pro8 vided for in section 111 or 112 under the appropriation,

9 fund, or authority granted by the applicable appropria10 tions Act for the fiscal year 1995 and under the authority

11 and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations

12 Act for the fiscal year 1995.

13 SEC. 102. No appropriation or funds made available

14 or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the De15 partment of Defense shall be used for new production of

16 items not funded for production in fiscal year 1995 or

17 prior years, for the increase in production rates above

18 those sustained with fiscal year 1995 funds, or to initiate,

19 resume, or continue any project, activity, operation, or or20 ganization which are defined as any project, subproject,

21 activity, budget activity, program element, and

22 subprogram within a program element and for investment

23 items are further defined as a P–1 line item in a budget

24 activity within an appropriation account and an R–1 line

25 item which includes a program element and subprogram
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1 element within an appropriation account, for which appro2 priations, funds, or other authority were not available dur3 ing the fiscal year 1995: Provided, That no appropriation

4 or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to

5 section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used

6 to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance pro7 curement funding for economic order quantity procure8 ment unless specifically appropriated later.

9 SEC. 103. 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. 104. 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. 105. No provision which is included in an appro18 priations 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 joint resolution.

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

25 resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act, appro-
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1 priations and funds made available and authority granted

2 pursuant to this joint resolution shall be available until

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

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

5 enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act

6 by both Houses without any provision for such project or

7 activity, or (c) December 5, 1995, whichever first occurs.

8 SEC. 107. Appropriations made and authority grant9 ed pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obliga10 tions or expenditures incurred for any program, project,

11 or activity during the period for which funds or authority

12 for such project or activity are available under this joint

13 resolution.

14 SEC. 108. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint

15 resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation,

16 fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli17 cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is

18 enacted into law.

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

20 the fiscal year 1996 referred to in section 101 of this joint

21 resolution that makes the availability of any appropriation

22 provided therein dependent upon the enactment of addi23 tional authorizing or other legislation shall be effective be24 fore the date set forth in section 106(c) of this joint reso25 lution.
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1 SEC. 110. Appropriations and funds made available

2 by or authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution

3 may be used without regard to the time limitations for

4 submission and approval of apportionments set forth in

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

6 herein shall be construed to waive any other provision of

7 law governing the apportionment of funds.

8 SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of

9 this joint resolution, except section 106, whenever an Act

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

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

12 does not include funding for an ongoing project or activity

13 for which there is a budget request, or whenever an Act

14 listed in section 101 has been passed by only the House

15 or only the Senate as of the date of enactment of this

16 joint resolution, and an item funded in fiscal year 1995

17 is not included in the version passed by the one House,

18 or whenever the rate for operations for an ongoing project

19 or activity provided by section 101 for which there is a

20 budget request would result in the project or activity being

21 significantly reduced, the pertinent project or activity may

22 be continued under the authority and conditions provided

23 in the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal year

24 1995 by increasing the rate for operations provided by sec25 tion 101 to a rate for operations not to exceed one that
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1 provides the minimal level that would enable existing ac2 tivities to continue. No new contracts or grants shall be

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

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

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

6 For the purposes of the Act, the minimal level means a

7 rate for operations that is reduced from the current rate

8 by 40 percent.

9 SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of

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

11 for operations for any continuing project or activity pro12 vided by section 101 or section 111 for which there is a

13 budget request would result in a furlough of Government

14 employees, that rate for operations may be increased to

15 the minimum level that would enable the furlough to be

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

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

18 for operations provided by this section as the number of

19 days covered by this resolution bears to 366.

20 SEC. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of

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

22 for those programs that had high initial rates of operation

23 or complete distribution of funding at the beginning of the

24 fiscal year in fiscal year 1995 because of distributions of

25 funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others,
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1 similar distributions of funds for fiscal year 1996 shall

2 not be made and no grants shall be awarded for such pro3 grams funded by this resolution that would impinge on

4 final funding prerogatives.

5 SEC. 114. This joint resolution shall be implemented

6 so that only the most limited funding action of that per7 mitted in the resolution shall be taken in order to provide

8 for continuation of projects and activities.

9 SEC. 115. The provisions of section 132 of the Dis10 trict of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1988, Public Law

11 100–202, shall not apply for this joint resolution. Included

12 in the apportionment for the Federal Payment to the Dis13 trict of Columbia shall be an additional $15,000,000 above

14 the amount otherwise made available by this joint resolu15 tion, for purposes of certain capital construction loan re16 payments pursuant to Public Law 85–451, as amended.

17 SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of

18 this joint resolution, except section 106, the authority and

19 conditions for the application of appropriations for the Of20 fice of Technology Assessment as contained in the con21 ference report on the Legislative Branch Appropriations

22 Act, 1996, House Report 104–212, shall be followed when

23 applying the funding made available by this joint resolu24 tion.
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1 SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of

2 this joint resolution, except section 106, any distribution

3 of funding under the Rehabilitation Services and Disabil4 ity Research account in the Department of Education may

5 be made up to an amount that bears the same ratio to

6 the rate for operation for this account provided by this

7 joint resolution as the number of days covered by this res8 olution bears to 366.

9 SEC. 118. Notwithstanding any other provision of

10 this joint resolution, except section 106, the authorities

11 provided under subsection (a) of section 140 of the For12 eign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and

13 1995 (Public Law 103–236) shall remain in effect during

14 the period of this joint resolution, notwithstanding para15 graph (3) of said subsection.

16 SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of

17 this joint resolution, except section 106, the amount made

18 available to the Securities and Exchange Commission,

19 under the heading Salaries and Expenses, shall include,

20 in addition to direct appropriations, the amount it collects

21 under the fee rate and offsetting collection authority con22 tained in Public Law 103–352, which fee rate and offset23 ting collection authority shall remain in effect during the

24 period of this joint resolution.
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1 SEC. 120. Until enactment of legislation providing

2 funding for the entire fiscal year ending September 30,

3 1996, for the Department of the Interior and Related

4 Agencies, funds available for necessary expenses of the

5 Bureau of Mines are for continuing limited health and

6 safety and related research, materials partnerships, and

7 minerals information activities; for mineral assessments in

8 Alaska; and for terminating all other activities of the Bu9 reau of Mines.

10 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of

11 this joint resolution, except section 106, funds for the En12 vironmental Protection Agency shall be made available in

13 the appropriation accounts which are provided in H.R.

14 2099 as reported on September 13, 1995.

15 SEC. 122. Notwithstanding any other provision of

16 this joint resolution, except section 106, the rate for oper17 ations for projects and activities that would be funded

18 under the heading ‘‘International Organizations and Con19 ferences, Contributions to International Organizations’’ in

20 the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Ju21 diciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996,

22 shall be the amount provided by the provisions of sections

23 101, 111, and 112 multiplied by the ratio of the number

24 of days covered by this resolution to 366 and multiplied

25 further by 1.27.
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1 SEC. 123. Notwithstanding any other provision of

2 this joint resolution, except section 106, the rate for oper3 ations of the following projects or activities shall be only

4 the minimum necessary to accomplish orderly termination:

5 Administrative Conference of the United States;

6 Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Re7 lations (except that activities to carry out the provi8 sions of Public Law 104–4 may continue);

9 Interstate Commerce Commission;

10 Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation;

11 Land and Water Conservation Fund, State As12 sistance; and

13 Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and En14 forcement, Rural Abandoned Mine Program.

15 TITLE II

16 SEC. 201. WAIVER OF REQUIREMENT FOR PARCHMENT

17 PRINTING.

18 (a) WAIVER.—The provisions of sections 106 and

19 107 of title 1, United States Code, are waived with respect

20 to the printing (on parchment or otherwise) of the enroll21 ment of any of the following measures of the first session

22 of the One Hundred Fourth Congress presented to the

23 President after the enactment of this joint resolution:

24 (1) A continuing resolution.

25 (2) A debt limit extension measure.
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1 (3) A reconciliation bill.

2 (b) CERTIFICATION BY COMMITTEE ON HOUSE

3 OVERSIGHT.—The enrollment of a measure to which sub4 section (a) applies shall be in such form as the Committee

5 on House Oversight of the House of Representatives cer6 tifies to be a true enrollment.

7 SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS.

8 As used in this joint resolution:

9 (1) CONTINUING RESOLUTION.—The term

10 ‘‘continuing resolution’’ means a bill or joint resolu11 tion that includes provisions making further continu12 ing appropriations for fiscal year 1996.

13 (2) DEBT LIMIT EXTENSION MEASURE.—The

14 term ‘‘debt limit extension measure’’ means a bill or

15 joint resolution that includes provisions increasing or

16 waiving (for a temporary period or otherwise) the

17 public debt limit under section 3101(b) of title 31,

18 United States Code.

19 (3) RECONCILIATION BILL.—The term ‘‘rec20 onciliation bill’’ means a bill that is a reconciliation

21 bill within the meaning of section 310 of the Con22 gressional Budget Act of 1974.
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1 TITLE III

2 COMMITMENT TO A SEVEN-YEAR BALANCED

3 BUDGET

4 SEC. 301. (a) The President and the Congress shall

5 enact legislation in the 104th Congress to achieve a uni6 fied balanced budget not later than the fiscal year 2002

7 as scored by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Of8 fice.

9 (b) The unified balanced budget in subsection (a)

10 shall be based on the most current economic and technical

11 assumptions of the Congressional Budget Office.

12 That the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of

13 any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,

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

15 and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corpora16 tions, and other organizational units of Government for the

17 fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes, namely:

18 TITLE I

19 CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS

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

21 under the authority and conditions provided in the applica22 ble appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995 for continu23 ing projects or activities including the costs of direct loans

24 and loan guarantees (not otherwise specifically provided for

25 in this joint resolution) which were conducted in the fiscal
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1 year 1995 and for which appropriations, funds, or other

2 authority would be available in the following appropria3 tions Acts:

4 The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and

5 State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appro6 priations Act, 1996, notwithstanding section 15 of the

7 State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, sec8 tion 701 of the United States Information and Edu9 cational Exchange Act of 1948, section 313 of the

10 Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years

11 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236), and section 53

12 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act;

13 The Department of Defense Appropriations Act,

14 1996, notwithstanding section 504(a)(1) of the Na15 tional Security Act of 1947;

16 The District of Columbia Appropriations Act,

17 1996;

18 The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and

19 Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996, notwith20 standing section 10 of Public Law 91–672 and section

21 15(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act

22 of 1956;

23 The Department of the Interior and Related

24 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996;
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1 The Departments of Labor, Health and Human

2 Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Ap3 propriations Act, 1996;

4 The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,

5 1996, H.R. 2492;

6 The Department of Transportation Appropria7 tions Act, 1996;

8 The Treasury, Postal Service, and General Gov9 ernment Appropriations Act, 1996;

10 The Departments of Veterans Affairs and Hous11 ing and Urban Development, and Independent Agen12 cies Appropriations Act, 1996:

13 Provided, That whenever the amount which would be made

14 available or the authority which would be granted in these

15 Acts is greater than that which would be available or grant16 ed under current operations, the pertinent project or activ17 ity shall be continued at a rate for operations not exceeding

18 the current rate.

19 (b) Whenever the amount which would be made avail20 able or the authority which would be granted under an Act

21 listed in this section as passed by the House as of the date

22 of enactment of this joint resolution, is different from that

23 which would be available or granted under such Act as

24 passed by the Senate as of the date of enactment of this

25 joint resolution, the pertinent project or activity shall be
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1 continued at a rate for operations not exceeding the current

2 rate or the rate permitted by the action of the House or

3 the Senate, whichever is lower, under the authority and con4 ditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for

5 the fiscal year 1995: Provided, That where an item is not

6 included in either version or where an item is included in

7 only one version of the Act as passed by both Houses as

8 of the date of enactment of this joint resolution, the perti9 nent project or activity shall not be continued except as pro10 vided for in section 111 or 112 under the appropriation,

11 fund, or authority granted by the applicable appropriations

12 Act for the fiscal year 1995 and under the authority and

13 conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act

14 for the fiscal year 1995.

15 (c) Whenever an Act listed in this section has been

16 passed by only the House or only the Senate as of the date

17 of enactment of this joint resolution, the pertinent project

18 or activity shall be continued under the appropriation,

19 fund, or authority granted by the one House at a rate for

20 operations not exceeding the current rate or the rate per21 mitted by the action of the one House, whichever is lower,

22 and under the authority and conditions provided in the ap23 plicable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995: Pro24 vided, That where an item is funded in the applicable ap25 propriations Act for the fiscal year 1995 and not included
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1 in the version passed by the one House as of the date of

2 enactment of this joint resolution, the pertinent project or

3 activity shall not be continued except as provided for in

4 section 111 or 112 under the appropriation, fund, or au5 thority granted by the applicable appropriations Act for the

6 fiscal year 1995 and under the authority and conditions

7 provided in the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal

8 year 1995.

9 SEC. 102. No appropriation or funds made available

10 or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the De11 partment of Defense shall be used for new production of

12 items not funded for production in fiscal year 1995 or prior

13 years, for the increase in production rates above those sus14 tained with fiscal year 1995 funds, or to initiate, resume,

15 or continue any project, activity, operation, or organization

16 which are defined as any project, subproject, activity, budg17 et activity, program element, and subprogram within a

18 program element and for investment items are further de19 fined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity within an

20 appropriation account and an R–1 line item which in21 cludes a program element and subprogram element within

22 an appropriation account, for which appropriations, funds,

23 or other authority were not available during the fiscal year

24 1995: Provided, That no appropriation or funds made

25 available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for
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1 the Department of Defense shall be used to initiate multi2 year procurements utilizing advance procurement funding

3 for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically

4 appropriated later.

5 SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall

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

7 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act.

8 SEC. 104. No appropriation or funds made available

9 or authority granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used

10 to initiate or resume any project or activity for which ap11 propriations, funds, or other authority were not available

12 during the fiscal year 1995.

13 SEC. 105. No provision which is included in an appro14 priations Act enumerated in section 101 but which was not

15 included in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal

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

17 than one appropriation, fund, or authority shall be applica18 ble to any appropriation, fund, or authority provided in

19 this joint resolution.

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

21 resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act, appro22 priations and funds made available and authority granted

23 pursuant to this joint resolution shall be available until (a)

24 enactment into law of an appropriation for any project or

25 activity provided for in this joint resolution, or (b) the en-
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1 actment into law of the applicable appropriations Act by

2 both Houses without any provision for such project or activ3 ity, or (c) December 15, 1995, whichever first occurs.

4 SEC. 107. Appropriations made and authority granted

5 pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obligations

6 or expenditures incurred for any program, project, or activ7 ity during the period for which funds or authority for such

8 project or activity are available under this joint resolution.

9 SEC. 108. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint

10 resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation,

11 fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli12 cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is

13 enacted into law.

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

15 the fiscal year 1996 referred to in section 101 of this joint

16 resolution that makes the availability of any appropriation

17 provided therein dependent upon the enactment of addi18 tional authorizing or other legislation shall be effective be19 fore the date set forth in section 106(c) of this joint resolu20 tion.

21 SEC. 110. Appropriations and funds made available

22 by or authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution

23 may be used without regard to the time limitations for sub24 mission and approval of apportionments set forth in section

25 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but nothing herein
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1 shall be construed to waive any other provision of law gov2 erning the apportionment of funds.

3 SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of this

4 joint resolution, except section 106, whenever an Act listed

5 in section 101 as passed by both the House and Senate as

6 of the date of enactment of this joint resolution, does not

7 include funding for an ongoing project or activity for which

8 there is a budget request, or whenever an Act listed in sec9 tion 101 has been passed by only the House or only the

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

11 and an item funded in fiscal year 1995 is not included in

12 the version passed by the one House, or whenever the rate

13 for operations for an ongoing project or activity provided

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

15 result in the project or activity being significantly reduced,

16 the pertinent project or activity may be continued under

17 the authority and conditions provided in the applicable ap18 propriations Act for the fiscal year 1995 by increasing the

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

20 operations not to exceed one that provides the minimal level

21 that would enable existing activities to continue. No new

22 contracts or grants shall be awarded in excess of an amount

23 that bears the same ratio to the rate for operations provided

24 by this section as the number of days covered by this resolu25 tion bears to 366. For the purposes of the Act, the minimal
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1 level means a rate for operations that is reduced from the

2 current rate by 25 percent.

3 SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of this

4 joint resolution, except section 106, whenever the rate for

5 operations for any continuing project or activity provided

6 by section 101 or section 111 for which there is a budget

7 request would result in a furlough of Government employees,

8 that rate for operations may be increased to the minimum

9 level that would enable the furlough to be avoided. No new

10 contracts or grants shall be awarded in excess of an amount

11 that bears the same ratio to the rate for operations provided

12 by this section as the number of days covered by this resolu13 tion bears to 366.

14 SEC. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of this

15 joint resolution, except sections 106, 111, and 112, for those

16 programs that had high initial rates of operation or com17 plete distribution of funding at the beginning of the fiscal

18 year in fiscal year 1995 because of distributions of funding

19 to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, similar dis20 tributions of funds for fiscal year 1996 shall not be made

21 and no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded

22 by this resolution that would impinge on final funding pre23 rogatives.

24 SEC. 114. This joint resolution shall be implemented

25 so that only the most limited funding action of that per-
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1 mitted in the resolution shall be taken in order to provide

2 for continuation of projects and activities.

3 SEC. 115. The provisions of section 132 of the District

4 of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1988, Public Law 100–

5 202, shall not apply for this joint resolution. Included in

6 the apportionment for the Federal Payment to the District

7 of Columbia shall be an additional $16,575,016 above the

8 amount otherwise made available by this joint resolution,

9 for reimbursement to the United States of funds loaned for

10 certain capital improvement projects pursuant to Public

11 Law 81–533, as amended; Public Law 83–364, as amended;

12 Public Law 85–451, as amended; and Public Law 86–515,

13 as amended, including interest as required thereby.

14 SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of this

15 joint resolution, except section 106, the authority and condi16 tions for the application of appropriations for the Office

17 of Technology Assessment as contained in the conference re18 port on the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996,

19 House Report 104–212, shall be followed when applying the

20 funding made available by this joint resolution.

21 SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of this

22 joint resolution, except section 106, any distribution of

23 funding under the Rehabilitation Services and Disability

24 Research account in the Department of Education may be

25 made up to an amount that bears the same ratio to the
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1 rate for operation for this account provided by this joint

2 resolution as the number of days covered by this resolution

3 bears to 366.

4 SEC. 118. Notwithstanding any other provision of this

5 joint resolution, except section 106, the authorities provided

6 under subsection (a) of section 140 of the Foreign Relations

7 Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public

8 Law 103–236) shall remain in effect during the period of

9 this joint resolution, notwithstanding paragraph (3) of said

10 subsection.

11 SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of this

12 joint resolution, except section 106, the amount made avail13 able to the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the

14 heading Salaries and Expenses, shall include, in addition

15 to direct appropriations, the amount it collects under the

16 fee rate and offsetting collection authority contained in

17 Public Law 103–352, which fee rate and offsetting collection

18 authority shall remain in effect during the period of this

19 joint resolution.

20 SEC. 120. Until enactment of legislation providing

21 funding for the entire fiscal year ending September 30,

22 1996, for the Department of the Interior and Related Agen23 cies, funds available for necessary expenses of the Bureau

24 of Mines are for continuing limited health and safety and

25 related research, materials partnerships, and minerals in-
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1 formation activities; for mineral assessments in Alaska; and

2 for terminating all other activities of the Bureau of Mines.

3 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of this

4 joint resolution, except section 106, funds for the Environ5 mental Protection Agency shall be made available in the

6 appropriation accounts which are provided in H.R. 2099

7 as reported on September 13, 1995.

8 SEC. 122. Notwithstanding any other provision of this

9 joint resolution, except section 106, the rate for operations

10 for projects and activities that would be funded under the

11 heading ‘‘International Organizations and Conferences,

12 Contributions to International Organizations’’ in the De13 partments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary,

14 and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996, shall be the

15 amount provided by the provisions of sections 101, 111, and

16 112 multiplied by the ratio of the number of days covered

17 by this resolution to 366.

18 SEC. 123. Notwithstanding any other provision of this

19 joint resolution, except section 106, the rate for operations

20 of the following projects or activities shall be only the mini21 mum necessary to accomplish orderly termination:

22 Administrative Conference of the United States;

23 Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Re24 lations (except that activities to carry out the provi25 sions of Public Law 104–4 may continue);
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1 Interstate Commerce Commission;

2 Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation;

3 Land and Water Conservation Fund, State As4 sistance; and

5 Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and En6 forcement, Rural Abandoned Mine Program.

7 SEC. 124. COMPENSATION AND RATIFICATION OF AU8 THORITY.—(a) Any Federal employees furloughed as a re9 sult of a lapse in appropriations, if any, after midnight

10 November 13, 1995, until the enactment of this Act shall

11 be compensated at their standard rate of compensation for

12 the period during which there was a lapse in appropria13 tions.

14 (b) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the ap15 propriations made and authority granted by this Act for

16 the purposes of maintaining the essential level of activity

17 to protect life and property and bring about orderly termi18 nation of Government functions are hereby ratified and ap19 proved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of this

20 Act.

21 TITLE II

22 SEC. 201. WAIVER OF REQUIREMENT FOR PARCHMENT

23 PRINTING.

24 (a) WAIVER.—The provisions of sections 106 and 107

25 of title 1, United States Code, are waived with respect to
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1 the printing (on parchment or otherwise) of the enrollment

2 of any of the following measures of the first session of the

3 One Hundred Fourth Congress presented to the President

4 after the enactment of this joint resolution:

5 (1) A continuing resolution.

6 (2) A debt limit extension measure.

7 (3) A reconciliation bill.

8 (b) CERTIFICATION BY COMMITTEE ON HOUSE OVER9 SIGHT.—The enrollment of a measure to which subsection

10 (a) applies shall be in such form as the Committee on House

11 Oversight of the House of Representatives certifies to be a

12 true enrollment.

13 SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS.

14 As used in this joint resolution:

15 (1) CONTINUING RESOLUTION.—The term ‘‘con16 tinuing resolution’’ means a bill or joint resolution

17 that includes provisions making further continuing

18 appropriations for fiscal year 1996.

19 (2) DEBT LIMIT EXTENSION MEASURE.—The

20 term ‘‘debt limit extension measure’’ means a bill or

21 joint resolution that includes provisions increasing or

22 waiving (for a temporary period or otherwise) the

23 public debt limit under section 3101(b) of title 31,

24 United States Code.
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1 (3) RECONCILIATION BILL.—The term ‘‘reconcili2 ation bill’’ means a bill that is a reconciliation bill

3 within the meaning of section 310 of the Congres4 sional Budget Act of 1974.

5 SEC. 203. COMMITMENT TO A SEVEN YEAR BALANCED

6 BUDGET.

7 (a) The President and the Congress shall enact legisla8 tion in the first session of the One Hundred Fourth Con9 gress to achieve a balanced budget not later than fiscal year

10 2002 as estimated by the Congressional Budget Office, and

11 the President and the Congress agree that the balanced

12 budget must protect future generations, ensure Medicare sol13 vency, reform welfare, and provide adequate funding for

14 Medicaid, education, agriculture, national defense, veter15 ans, and the environment. Further, the balanced budget

16 shall adopt tax policies to help working families and to

17 stimulate future economic growth.

18 (b) The balanced budget agreement shall be estimated

19 by the Congressional Budget Office based on its most recent

20 current economic and technical assumptions, following a

21 thorough consultation and review with the Office of Man-
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1 agement and Budget, and other Government and private

2 experts.

Passed the House of Representatives November 16

(legislative day, November 15), 1995.

Attest: ROBIN H. CARLE,

Clerk.

Passed the Senate November 19, 1995.

Attest: KELLY D. JOHNSTON,

Secretary.

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