106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. J. RES. 109

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

2 and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corpora3 tions, and other organizational units of Government for

4 the fiscal year 2001, and for other purposes, namely:

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

6 under the authority and conditions provided in the appli7 cable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 2000 for con8 tinuing projects or activities including the costs of direct

9 loans and loan guarantees (not otherwise specifically pro10 vided for in this joint resolution) which were conducted

11 in the fiscal year 2000 and for which appropriations,

12 funds, or other authority would be available in the fol13 lowing appropriations Acts:

14 (1) the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food

15 and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap16 propriations Act, 2001;

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

18 State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appro19 priations Act, 2001, notwithstanding section 15 of

20 the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956

21 and, section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authoriza22 tion Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law

23 103–236);

24 (3) the District of Columbia Appropriations

25 Act, 2001;
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1 (4) the Energy and Water Development Appro2 priations Act, 2001;

3 (5) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing,

4 and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001,

5 notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672

6 and section 15 of the State Department Basic Au7 thorities Act of 1956;

8 (6) the Department of the Interior and Related

9 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001;

10 (7) the Departments of Labor, Health and

11 Human Services, and Education, and Related Agen12 cies Appropriations Act, 2001;

13 (8) the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,

14 2001;

15 (9) the Department of Transportation and Re16 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001;

17 (10) the Treasury and General Government Ap18 propriations Act, 2001; and

19 (11) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and

20 Housing and Urban Development, and Independent

21 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001:

22 Provided, That whenever the amount which would be made

23 available or the authority which would be granted in

24 these Acts as passed by the House and Senate as of Octo25 ber 1, 2000, is different than that which would be avail-
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1 able or granted under current operations, the pertinent

2 project or activity shall be continued at a rate for oper3 ations not exceeding the current rate: Provided further,

4 That whenever there is no amount made available under

5 any of these appropriations Acts as passed by the House

6 and Senate as of October 1, 2000, for a continuing project

7 or activity which was conducted in fiscal year 2000 and

8 for which there is fiscal year 2001 funding included in

9 the budget request, the pertinent project or activity shall

10 be continued at the rate for current operations under the

11 authority and conditions provided in the applicable appro12 priations Act for the fiscal year 2000.

13 (b) Whenever the amount which would be made avail14 able or the authority which would be granted under an

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

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

17 available or granted under such Act as passed by the Sen18 ate as of October 1, 2000, the pertinent project or activity

19 shall be continued at a rate for operations not exceeding

20 the current rate under the appropriation, fund, or author21 ity granted by the applicable appropriations Act for the

22 fiscal year 2001 and under the authority and conditions

23 provided in the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal

24 year 2000.
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1 (c) Whenever an Act listed in this section has

2 been passed by only the House or only the Senate as of

3 October 1, 2000, the pertinent project or activity shall be

4 continued under the appropriation, fund, or authority

5 granted by the one House at a rate for operations not ex6 ceeding the current rate and under the authority and con7 ditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for

8 the fiscal year 2000: Provided, That whenever there is no

9 amount made available under any of these appropriations

10 Acts as passed by the House or the Senate as of October

11 1, 2000, for a continuing project or activity which was

12 conducted in fiscal year 2000 and for which there is fiscal

13 year 2001 funding included in the budget request, the per14 tinent project or activity shall be continued at the rate

15 for current operations under the authority and conditions

16 provided in the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal

17 year 2000.

18 SEC. 102. Appropriations made by section 101 shall

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

20 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act.

21 SEC. 103. No appropriation or funds made available

22 or authority granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used

23 to initiate or resume any project or activity for which ap24 propriations, funds, or other authority were not available

25 during the fiscal year 2000.
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1 SEC. 104. No provision which is included in an appro2 priations Act enumerated in section 101 but which was

3 not included in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal

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

5 than one appropriation, fund, or authority shall be appli6 cable to any appropriation, fund, or authority provided in

7 this joint resolution.

8 SEC. 105. 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. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint

15 resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act, appro16 priations and funds made available and authority granted

17 pursuant to this joint resolution shall be available until

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

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

20 enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act

21 by both Houses without any provision for such project or

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

23 SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint

24 resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation,

25 fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli-
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1 cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is

2 enacted into law.

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

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

5 that makes the availability of any appropriation provided

6 therein dependent upon the enactment of additional au7 thorizing or other legislation shall be effective before the

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

9 SEC. 109. Appropriations and funds made available

10 by or authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution

11 may be used without regard to the time limitations for

12 submission and approval of apportionments set forth in

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

14 herein shall be construed to waive any other provision of

15 law governing the apportionment of funds.

16 SEC. 110. This joint resolution shall be implemented

17 so that only the most limited funding action of that per18 mitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to

19 provide for continuation of projects and activities.

20 SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of

21 this joint resolution, except section 106, for those pro22 grams that had high initial rates of operation or complete

23 distribution of fiscal year 2000 appropriations at the be24 ginning of that fiscal year because of distributions of fund25 ing to States, foreign countries, grantees or others, similar
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1 distributions of funds for fiscal year 2001 shall not be

2 made and no grants shall be awarded for such programs

3 funded by this resolution that would impinge on final

4 funding prerogatives.

5 SEC. 112. Amounts provided by section 101 of this

6 joint resolution, for projects and activities in the Depart7 ments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary and

8 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, affected by

9 the termination of the Violent Crime Reduction Trust

10 Fund, shall be distributed into the accounts established

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

12 Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,

13 2001, as passed by the House.

14 SEC. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of

15 this joint resolution, except section 106, the rate for oper16 ations for projects and activities that would be funded

17 under the heading ‘‘International Organizations and Con18 ferences, Contributions to International Organizations’’ in

19 the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Ju20 diciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001,

21 shall be the amount provided by the provisions of section

22 101 multiplied by the ratio of the number of days covered

23 by this resolution to 365.

24 SEC. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of

25 this joint resolution, except section 106, only the following
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1 activities funded with Federal Funds for the District of

2 Columbia, may be continued under this joint resolution at

3 a rate for operations not exceeding the current rate, multi4 plied by the ratio of the number of days covered by this

5 joint resolution to 365: Resident Tuition Support, Correc6 tions Trustee Operations, Court Services and Offender

7 Supervision, District of Columbia Courts, and Defender

8 Services in District of Columbia Courts.

9 SEC. 115. Activities authorized by sections

10 1309(a)(2), as amended by Public Law 104–208, and

11 1376(c) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as

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

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

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

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

16 authorized for fiscal year 2000 by such section may con17 tinue during the period covered by this joint resolution.

18 SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of

19 this joint resolution, the rate for operations for projects

20 and activities for decennial census programs that would

21 be funded under the heading ‘‘Bureau of the Census, Peri22 odic Censuses and Programs’’ in the Departments of Com23 merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related

24 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, shall be the budget

25 request.
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1 SEC. 118. Notwithstanding any other provision of

2 this joint resolution except section 106, the United States

3 Geological Survey may sign a contract to maintain

4 Landsat–7 flight operations consistent with the Presi5 dent’s Budget proposal to transfer Landsat–7 flight oper6 ations responsibility from the National Aeronautics and

7 Space Administration to the United States Geological Sur8 vey beginning in fiscal year 2001.

9 SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of

10 this joint resolution, funds previously appropriated to the

11 American Section of the International Joint Commission

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

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

14 State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as

15 amended.

Passed the House of Representatives September 26,

2000.

Attest:

Clerk.
106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. J. RES. 109

JOINT RESOLUTION

Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal

year 2001, and for other purposes.