IA

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. J. RES. 156

Making further continuing appropriations for railroad retirement benefits

for fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 4, 1996

Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota introduced the following joint resolution; which

was referred to the Committee on Appropriations

JOINT RESOLUTION

Making further continuing appropriations for railroad retirement benefits 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 RAILROAD

4 RETIREMENT BENEFITS.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are appropriated, out of

6 any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,

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

8 and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corpora9 tions, and other organizational units of Government for

10 fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes, such amounts
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1 as may be necessary, under the authority and conditions

2 provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal

3 year 1995, for continuing the following projects or activi4 ties including the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees

5 (not otherwise specifically provided for in this joint resolu6 tion) that were conducted in fiscal year 1995:

7 All projects and activities funded under the ac8 count heading ‘‘Dual Benefits Payments Account’’

9 under the Railroad Retirement Board.

10 (b) APPLICABLE RATE OF OPERATIONS.—

11 (1) Whenever the amount that would be made

12 available or the authority that would be granted in

13 subsection (a) is greater than the amount or author14 ity that would be available or granted under current

15 operations, the pertinent project or activity shall be

16 continued at a rate for operations not exceeding the

17 current rate.

18 (2) Whenever the amount that would be made

19 available or the authority that would be granted

20 under the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal

21 year 1996, as passed by the House as of the date

22 of the enactment of this joint resolution, is different

23 from the amount or authority that would be avail24 able or granted under such Act as passed by the

25 Senate as of the date of the enactment of this joint
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1 resolution, the pertinent project or activity shall be

2 continued at a rate for operations not exceeding the

3 current rate or, if lower, the higher of the rates per4 mitted by the action of the House or the Senate,

5 under the authority and conditions provided in the

6 applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 1995.

7 (3) Whenever the applicable appropriations Act

8 for fiscal year 1996 has been passed by only the

9 House or only the Senate as of the date of the en10 actment of this joint resolution, the pertinent project

11 or activity shall be continued under the appropria12 tion, fund, or authority granted by the one House at

13 a rate for operations not exceeding the current rate

14 or the rate permitted by the action of the one

15 House, whichever is lower, and under the authority

16 and conditions provided in the applicable appropria17 tions Act for the fiscal year 1995.

18 SEC. 2. PERIOD OF CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS.

19 Unless otherwise provided for in this joint resolution

20 or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year

21 1996, appropriations and funds made available and au22 thority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be

23 available until whichever of the following first occurs:
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1 (1) The enactment into law of an appropriation

2 for any project or activity provided for in this joint

3 resolution.

4 (2) The enactment into law of the applicable

5 appropriations Act for fiscal year 1996 without any

6 provision for such project or activity.

7 (3) September 30, 1996.

8 SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS.

9 (a) EXTENT AND MANNER OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

10 Appropriations made by section 1 shall be available to the

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

12 applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 1996.

13 (b) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN PROJECTS AND AC14 TIVITIES.—No appropriation or funds made available or

15 authority granted pursuant to section 1 shall be used to

16 initiate or resume any project or activity for which appro17 priations, funds, or other authority were not available dur18 ing fiscal year 1995.

19 (c) INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.—

20 (1) No provision that is included in the applica21 ble appropriations Act for fiscal year 1996, but that

22 was not included in the applicable appropriations

23 Act for fiscal year 1995, and that by its terms is ap24 plicable to more than one appropriation, fund, or au-
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1 thority shall be applicable to any appropriation,

2 fund, or authority provided in this joint resolution.

3 (2) No provision in the applicable appropria4 tions Act for fiscal year 1996 that makes the avail5 ability of any appropriation provided therein depend6 ent upon the enactment of additional authorizing or

7 other legislation shall be applicable to any appropria8 tion, fund, or authority provided in this joint resolu9 tion.

10 (d) APPLICABILITY TO ALL OBLIGATIONS AND EX11 PENDITURES.—Appropriations made and authority grant12 ed pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obliga13 tions or expenditures incurred for any project or activity

14 during the period for which funds or authority for such

15 project or activity are available under this joint resolution.

16 (e) CHARGE TO APPLICABLE ACCOUNTS.—Expendi17 tures made pursuant to this joint resolution shall be

18 charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or author19 ization whenever a bill in which such applicable appropria20 tion, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted into

21 law.

22 (f) APPORTIONMENT.—Appropriations and funds

23 made available by or authority granted pursuant to this

24 joint resolution may be used without regard to the time

25 limitations for submission and approval of apportionments
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1 set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code,

2 but nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to waive

3 any other provision of law governing the apportionment

4 of funds.

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