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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. J. RES. 109

Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other

purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 25, 2000

Mr. YOUNG of Florida introduced the following joint resolution; which was

referred to the Committee on Appropriations

JOINT RESOLUTION

Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2001,

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 2001, 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 Act for the fiscal year 2000 for con2 tinuing projects or activities including the costs of direct

3 loans and loan guarantees (not otherwise specifically pro4 vided for in this joint resolution) which were conducted

5 in the fiscal year 2000 and for which appropriations,

6 funds, or other authority would be available in the fol7 lowing appropriations Acts:

8 (1) the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food

9 and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap10 propriations Act, 2001;

11 (2) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and

12 State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appro13 priations Act, 2001, notwithstanding section 15 of

14 the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956

15 and, section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authoriza16 tion Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law

17 103–236);

18 (3) the District of Columbia Appropriations

19 Act, 2001;

20 (4) the Energy and Water Development Appro21 priations Act, 2001;

22 (5) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing,

23 and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001,

24 notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672
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1 and section 15 of the State Department Basic Au2 thorities Act of 1956;

3 (6) the Department of the Interior and Related

4 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001;

5 (7) the Departments of Labor, Health and

6 Human Services, and Education, and Related Agen7 cies Appropriations Act, 2001;

8 (8) the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,

9 2001;

10 (9) the Department of Transportation and Re11 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001;

12 (10) the Treasury and General Government Ap13 propriations Act, 2001; and

14 (11) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and

15 Housing and Urban Development, and Independent

16 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001:

17 Provided, That whenever the amount which would be made

18 available or the authority which would be granted in these

19 Acts as passed by the House and Senate as of October

20 1, 2000, is different than that which would be available

21 or granted under current operations, the pertinent project

22 or activity shall be continued at a rate for operations not

23 exceeding the current rate: Provided further, That when24 ever there is no amount made available under any of these

25 appropriations Acts as passed by the House and Senate
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1 as of October 1, 2000, for a continuing project or activity

2 which was conducted in fiscal year 2000 and for which

3 there is fiscal year 2001 funding included in the budget

4 request, the pertinent project or activity shall be continued

5 at the rate for current operations under the authority and

6 conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act

7 for the fiscal year 2000.

8 (b) Whenever the amount which would be made avail9 able or the authority which would be granted under an

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

11 October 1, 2000, is different from that which would be

12 available or granted under such Act as passed by the Sen13 ate as of October 1, 2000, the pertinent project or activity

14 shall be continued at a rate for operations not exceeding

15 the current rate under the appropriation, fund, or author16 ity granted by the applicable appropriations Act for the

17 fiscal year 2001 and under the authority and conditions

18 provided in the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal

19 year 2000.

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

21 passed by only the House or only the Senate as of October

22 1, 2000, the pertinent project or activity shall be contin23 ued under the appropriation, fund, or authority granted

24 by the one House at a rate for operations not exceeding

25 the current rate and under the authority and conditions
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1 provided in the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal

2 year 2000: Provided, That whenever there is no amount

3 made available under any of these appropriations Acts as

4 passed by the House or the Senate as of October 1, 2000,

5 for a continuing project or activity which was conducted

6 in fiscal year 2000 and for which there is fiscal year 2001

7 funding included in the budget requested, the pertinent

8 project or activity shall be continued at the rate for cur9 rent operations under the authority and conditions pro10 vided in the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal

11 year 2000.

12 SEC. 102. Appropriations made by section 101 shall

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

14 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act.

15 SEC. 103. No appropriation or funds made available

16 or authority granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used

17 to initiate or resume any project or activity for which ap18 propriations, funds, or other authority were not available

19 during the fiscal year 2000.

20 SEC. 104. No provision which is included in an appro21 priations Act enumerated in section 101 but which was

22 not included in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal

23 year 2000 and which by its terms is applicable to more

24 than one appropriation, fund, or authority shall be appli-
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1 cable to any appropriation, fund, or authority provided in

2 this joint resolution.

3 SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority grant4 ed pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obliga5 tions or expenditures incurred for any program, project,

6 or activity during the period for which funds or authority

7 for such project or activity are available under this joint

8 resolution.

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

10 resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act, appro11 priations and funds made available and authority granted

12 pursuant to this joint resolution shall be available until

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

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

15 enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act

16 by both Houses without any provision for such project or

17 activity, or (c) October 6, 2000, whichever first occurs.

18 SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint

19 resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation,

20 fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli21 cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is

22 enacted into law.

23 SEC. 108. No provision in the appropriations Act for

24 the fiscal year 2001 referred to in section 101 of this Act

25 that makes the availability of any appropriation provided
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1 therein dependent upon the enactment of additional au2 thorizing or other legislation shall be effective before the

3 date set forth in section 106(c) of this joint resolution.

4 SEC. 109. Appropriations and funds made available

5 by or authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution

6 may be used without regard to the time limitations for

7 submission and approval of apportionments set forth in

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

9 herein shall be construed to waive any other provision of

10 law governing the apportionment of funds.

11 SEC. 110. This joint resolution shall be implemented

12 so that only the most limited funding action of that per13 mitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to

14 provide for continuation of projects and activities.

15 SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of

16 this joint resolution, except section 106, for those pro17 grams that had high initial rates of operation or complete

18 distribution of fiscal year 2000 appropriations at the be19 ginning of that fiscal year because of distributions of fund20 ing to States, foreign countries, grantees or others, similar

21 distributions of funds for fiscal year 2001 shall not be

22 made and no grants shall be awarded for such programs

23 funded by this resolution that would impinge on final

24 funding prerogatives.
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1 SEC. 112. Amounts provided by section 101 of this

2 joint resolution, for projects and activities in the Depart3 ments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and

4 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, affected by

5 the termination of the Violent Crime Reduction Trust

6 Fund, shall be distributed into the accounts established

7 in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the

8 Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,

9 2001, as passed by the House.

10 SEC. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of

11 this joint resolution, except section 106, the rate for oper12 ations for projects and activities that would be funded

13 under the heading ‘‘International Organizations and Con14 ferences, Contributions to International Organizations’’ in

15 the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Ju16 diciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001,

17 shall be the amount provided by the provisions of section

18 101 multiplied by the ratio of the number of days covered

19 by this resolution to 365.

20 SEC. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of

21 this joint resolution, except section 106, only the following

22 activities funded with Federal Funds for the District of

23 Columbia, may be continued under this joint resolution at

24 a rate for operations not exceeding the current rate, multi25 plied by the ratio of the number of days covered by this
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1 joint resolution to 365: Resident Tuition Support, Correc2 tions Trustee Operations, Court Services and Offender

3 Supervision, District of Columbia Courts, and Defender

4 Services in District of Columbia Courts.

5 SEC. 115. Activities authorized by sections

6 1309(a)(2), as amended by Public Law 104–208, and

7 1376(c) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as

8 amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), may continue through

9 the date specified in section 106(c) of this joint resolution.

10 SEC. 116. Notwithstanding subsections (a)(2) and

11 (h)(1)(B) of section 3011 of Public Law 106–31, activities

12 authorized for fiscal year 2000 by such section may con13 tinue during the period covered by this joint resolution.

14 SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of

15 this joint resolution, the rate for operations for projects

16 and activities for decennial census programs that would

17 be funded under the heading ‘‘Bureau of the Census, Peri18 odic Censuses and Programs’’ in the Departments of Com19 merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related

20 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, shall be the budget

21 request.

22 SEC. 118. Notwithstanding any other provision of

23 this joint resolution except section 106, the United States

24 Geological Survey may sign a contract to maintain

25 Landsat-7 flight operations consistent with the President’s
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1 Budget proposal to transfer Landsat-7 flight operations

2 responsibility from the National Aeronautics and Space

3 Administration to the United States Geological Survey be4 ginning in fiscal year 2001.

5 SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of

6 this joint resolution, funds previously appropriated to the

7 American Section of the International Joint Commission

8 in Public Law 106–246 may be obligated and expended

9 in fiscal year 2001 without regard to section 15 of the

10 State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as

11 amended.

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