104TH CONGRESS

2ND SESSION H. J. RES. 153

JOINT RESOLUTION

Making further continuing appropriations for the

fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes.
104TH CONGRESS

2ND SESSION H. J. RES. 153

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

2 under the authority and conditions provided in the appli3 cable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995 for con4 tinuing projects or activities including the costs of direct

5 loans and loan guarantees (not otherwise specifically pro6 vided for in this title of this joint resolution) which were

7 conducted in the fiscal year 1995 and for which appropria8 tions, funds, or other authority would be available in the

9 following appropriations Act:

10 The District of Columbia Appropriations Act,

11 1996:

12 Provided, That whenever the amount which would be made

13 available or the authority which would be granted in this

14 Act is greater than that which would be available or grant15 ed under current operations, the pertinent project or activ16 ity shall be continued at a rate for operations not exceed17 ing the current rate.

18 (b) Whenever the amount which would be made avail19 able or the authority which would be granted under the

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

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

22 from that which would be available or granted under such

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

24 of this joint resolution, the pertinent project or activity

25 shall be continued at a rate for operations not exceeding
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1 the current rate or the rate permitted by the action of

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

3 authority and conditions provided in the applicable appro4 priations Act for the fiscal year 1995: Provided, That

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

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

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

8 resolution, the pertinent project or activity shall not be

9 continued except as provided for in section 111 or 112

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

11 applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995 and

12 under the authority and conditions provided in the appli13 cable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995.

14 SEC. 102. Appropriations made by section 101 shall

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

16 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act.

17 SEC. 103. No appropriation or funds made available

18 or authority granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used

19 to initiate or resume any project or activity for which ap20 propriations, funds, or other authority were not available

21 during the fiscal year 1995.

22 SEC. 104. No provision which is included in the ap23 propriations Act enumerated in section 101 but which was

24 not included in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal

25 year 1995 and which by its terms is applicable to more
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1 than one appropriation, fund, or authority shall be appli2 cable to any appropriation, fund, or authority provided in

3 this title of this joint resolution.

4 SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority grant5 ed pursuant to this title of this joint resolution shall cover

6 all obligations or expenditures incurred for any program,

7 project, or activity during the period for which funds or

8 authority for such project or activity are available under

9 this title of this joint resolution.

10 SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this title

11 of this joint resolution or in the applicable appropriations

12 Act, appropriations and funds made available and author13 ity granted pursuant to this title of this joint resolution

14 shall be available until (a) enactment into law of an appro15 priation for any project or activity provided for in this title

16 of this joint resolution, or (b) the enactment into law of

17 the applicable appropriations Act by both Houses without

18 any provision for such project or activity, or (c) January

19 25, 1996, whichever first occurs.

20 SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of

21 this title of this joint resolution, except section 106, none

22 of the funds appropriated under this title of this joint reso23 lution shall be expended for any abortion except where the

24 life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were
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1 carried to term or where the pregnancy is the result of

2 an act of rape or incest.

3 SEC. 108. Expenditures made pursuant to this title

4 of this joint resolution shall be charged to the applicable

5 appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill in

6 which such applicable appropriation, fund, or authoriza7 tion is contained is enacted into law.

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

9 the fiscal year 1996 referred to in section 101 of this title

10 of this joint resolution that makes the availability of any

11 appropriation provided therein dependent upon the enact12 ment of additional authorizing or other legislation shall

13 be effective before the date set forth in section 106(c) of

14 this joint resolution.

15 SEC. 110. Appropriations and funds made available

16 by or authority granted pursuant to this title of this joint

17 resolution may be used without regard to the time limita18 tions for submission and approval of apportionments set

19 forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but

20 nothing herein shall be construed to waive any other provi21 sion of law governing the apportionment of funds.

22 SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of

23 this title of this joint resolution, except section 106, when24 ever the Act listed in section 101 as passed by both the

25 House and Senate as of the date of enactment of this joint
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1 resolution, does not include funding for an ongoing project

2 or activity for which there is a budget request, or whenever

3 the rate for operations for an ongoing project or activity

4 provided by section 101 for which there is a budget re5 quest would result in the project or activity being signifi6 cantly reduced, the pertinent project or activity may be

7 continued under the authority and conditions provided in

8 the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995

9 by increasing the rate for operations provided by section

10 101 to a rate for operations not to exceed one that pro11 vides the minimal level that would enable existing activi12 ties to continue. No new contracts or grants shall be

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

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

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

16 For the purposes of this title of this joint resolution the

17 minimal level means a rate for operations that is reduced

18 from the current rate by 25 percent.

19 SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of

20 this title of this joint resolution, except section 106, when21 ever the rate for operations for any continuing project or

22 activity provided by section 101 or section 111 for which

23 there is a budget request would result in a furlough of

24 Government employees, that rate for operations may be

25 increased to the minimum level that would enable the fur-
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1 lough to be avoided. No new contracts or grants shall be

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

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

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

5 SEC. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of

6 this title of this joint resolution, except sections 106, 111,

7 and 112, for those programs that had high initial rates

8 of operation or complete distribution of funding at the be9 ginning of the fiscal year in fiscal year 1995 because of

10 distributions of funding to States, foreign countries,

11 grantees, or others, similar distributions of funds for fiscal

12 year 1996 shall not be made and no grants shall be award13 ed for such programs funded by this title of this resolution

14 that would impinge on final funding prerogatives.

15 SEC. 114. This title of this joint resolution shall be

16 implemented so that only the most limited funding action

17 of that permitted in this title of this resolution shall be

18 taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and

19 activities.

20 SEC. 115. The provisions of section 132 of the Dis21 trict of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1988, Public Law

22 100–202, shall not apply for this title of this joint resolu23 tion.

24 SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of

25 this title of this joint resolution, except section 106, none
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1 of the funds appropriated under this title of this joint reso2 lution shall be used to implement or enforce any system

3 of registration of unmarried, cohabiting couples whether

4 they are homosexual, lesbian, heterosexual, including but

5 not limited to registration for the purpose of extending

6 employment, health, or governmental benefits to such cou7 ples on the same basis that such benefits are extended to

8 legally married couples; nor shall any funds made available

9 pursuant to any provision of this title of this joint resolu10 tion otherwise be used to implement or enforce D.C. Act

11 9–188, signed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia

12 on April 15, 1992.

Passed the House of Representatives January 3,

1996.

Attest:

Clerk.