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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 68

Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2000, and for other

purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 27, 1999

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 2000,

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 2000, 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 1999 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 1999 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, 2000;

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

12 State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appro13 priations Act, 2000, notwithstanding section 15 of

14 the State Department Basic Authorities Act of

15 1956, section 701 of the United States Information

16 and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, section 313

17 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal

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

19 section 53 of the Arms Control and Disarmament

20 Act;

21 (3) the Department of Defense Appropriations

22 Act, 2000, notwithstanding section 504(a)(1) of the

23 National Security Act of 1947;

24 (4) the District of Columbia Appropriations

25 Act, 2000;
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1 (5) the Energy and Water Development Appro2 priations Act, 2000;

3 (6) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing,

4 and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2000,

5 notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672

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

8 (7) the Department of the Interior and Related

9 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000;

10 (8) the Departments of Labor, Health and

11 Human Services, and Education, and Related Agen12 cies Appropriations Act, 2000, the House or Senate

13 reported version of which, if such reported version

14 exists, shall be deemed to have passed the House or

15 Senate respectively as of October 1, 1999, for the

16 purposes of this joint resolution, unless a reported

17 version is passed as of October 1, 1999, in which

18 case the passed version shall be used in place of the

19 reported version for purposes of this joint resolution;

20 (9) the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,

21 2000;

22 (10) the Department of Transportation and Re23 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000;

24 (11) the Treasury and General Government Ap25 propriations Act, 2000; and
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1 (12) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and

2 Housing and Urban Development, and Independent

3 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000:

4 Provided, That whenever the amount which would be made

5 available or the authority which would be granted in

6 these Acts as passed by the House and Senate as of Octo7 ber 1, 1999, is different than that which would be avail8 able or granted under current operations, the pertinent

9 project or activity shall be continued at a rate for oper10 ations not exceeding the current rate: Provided further,

11 That whenever there is no amount made available under

12 any of these appropriations Acts as passed by the House

13 and Senate as of October 1, 1999, for a continuing project

14 or activity which was conducted in fiscal year 1999 and

15 for which there is fiscal year 2000 funding included in

16 the budget request, the pertinent project or activity shall

17 be continued at the rate for current operations under the

18 authority and conditions provided in the applicable appro19 priations Act for the fiscal year 1999.

20 (b) Whenever the amount which would be made avail21 able or the authority which would be granted under an

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

23 October 1, 1999, is different from that which would be

24 available or granted under such Act as passed by the Sen25 ate as of October 1, 1999, the pertinent project or activity
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1 shall be continued at a rate for operations not exceeding

2 the current rate under the appropriation, fund, or author3 ity granted by the applicable appropriations Act for the

4 fiscal year 2000 and under the authority and conditions

5 provided in the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal

6 year 1999.

7 (c) Whenever an Act listed in this section has

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

9 October 1, 1999, the pertinent project or activity shall be

10 continued under the appropriation, fund, or authority

11 granted by the one House at a rate for operations not ex12 ceeding the current rate and under the authority and con13 ditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for

14 the fiscal year 1999: Provided, That whenever there is no

15 amount made available under any of these appropriations

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

17 1, 1999, for a continuing project or activity which was

18 conducted in fiscal year 1999 and for which there is fiscal

19 year 2000 funding included in the budget request, the per20 tinent project or activity shall be continued at the rate

21 for current operations under the authority and conditions

22 provided in the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal

23 year 1999.

24 (d) If the Departments of Labor, Health and Human

25 Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropria-
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1 tions Act, 2000, has not been reported in either the House

2 or the Senate as of October 1, 1999, continuing projects

3 or activities that were conducted in fiscal year 1999 shall

4 be continued at the current rate under the appropriation,

5 fund or authority and terms and conditions provided in

6 the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,

7 and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,

8 1999.

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 1999 or

13 prior years, for the increase in production rates above

14 those sustained with fiscal year 1999 funds, or to initiate,

15 resume, or continue any project, activity, operation, or or16 ganization which are defined as any project, subproject,

17 activity, budget activity, program element, and subpro18 gram within a program element and for investment items

19 are further defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity

20 within an appropriation account and an R–1 line item

21 which includes a program element and subprogram ele22 ment within an appropriation account, for which appro23 priations, funds, or other authority were not available dur24 ing the fiscal year 1999: Provided, That no appropriation

25 or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to
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1 section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used

2 to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance pro3 curement funding for economic order quantity procure4 ment unless specifically 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 1999.

13 SEC. 105. No provision which is included in an appro14 priations Act enumerated in section 101 but which was

15 not included in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal

16 year 1999 and which by its terms is applicable to more

17 than one appropriation, fund, or authority shall be appli18 cable 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

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

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

2 by both Houses without any provision for such project or

3 activity, or (c) October 21, 1999, whichever first occurs.

4 SEC. 107. Appropriations made and authority grant5 ed pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obliga6 tions or expenditures incurred for any program, project,

7 or activity during the period for which funds or authority

8 for such project or activity are available under this joint

9 resolution.

10 SEC. 108. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint

11 resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation,

12 fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli13 cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is

14 enacted into law.

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

16 the fiscal year 2000 referred to in section 101 of this Act

17 that makes the availability of any appropriation provided

18 therein dependent upon the enactment of additional au19 thorizing or other legislation shall be effective before the

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

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

24 submission and approval of apportionments set forth in

25 section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but nothing
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1 herein shall be construed to waive any other provision of

2 law governing the apportionment of funds.

3 SEC. 111. This joint resolution shall be implemented

4 so that only the most limited funding action of that per5 mitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to

6 provide for continuation of projects and activities.

7 SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of

8 this joint resolution, except section 106, for those pro9 grams that had high initial rates of operation or complete

10 distribution of fiscal year 1999 appropriations at the be11 ginning of that fiscal year because of distributions of fund12 ing to States, foreign countries, grantees or others, similar

13 distributions of funds for fiscal year 2000 shall not be

14 made and no grants shall be awarded for such programs

15 funded by this resolution that would impinge on final

16 funding prerogatives.

17 SEC. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of

18 this joint resolution, except section 106, the rate for oper19 ations for projects and activities that would be funded

20 under the heading ‘‘International Organizations and Con21 ferences, Contributions to International Organizations’’ in

22 the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Ju23 diciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000,

24 shall be the amount provided by the provisions of section
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1 101 multiplied by the ratio of the number of days covered

2 by this resolution to 366.

3 SEC. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of

4 this joint resolution, except section 106, the rate for oper5 ations for the following activities funded with Federal

6 Funds for the District of Columbia, shall be at a rate for

7 operations not exceeding the current rate, multiplied by

8 the ratio of the number of days covered by this joint reso9 lution to 366: Corrections Trustee Operations, Public De10 fender Services, Parole Revocation, Adult Probation, Of11 fender Supervision, Sex Offender Registration, Pretrial

12 Services, District of Columbia Courts, and Defender Serv13 ices in District of Columbia Courts.

14 SEC. 115. Activities authorized by sections

15 1309(a)(2), as amended by Public Law 104–208, and

16 1376(c) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as

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

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

19 SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of

20 this joint resolution, except section 106, the rate for oper21 ations for reimbursement of past losses for the Commodity

22 Credit Corporation Fund shall be $11,500,000,000.

23 SEC. 117. Notwithstanding section 235(a)(2) of the

24 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2195(a)(2)),

25 the authority of section 234(a) (b) and (c), of the same
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1 Act, shall remain in effect during the period of this joint

2 resolution.

3 SEC. 118. Notwithstanding sections 101, 104, and

4 106 of this joint resolution, funds may be used to initiate

5 or resume projects or activities at a rate in excess of the

6 current rate to the extent necessary, consistent with exist7 ing agency plans, to achieve Year 2000 (Y2K) computer

8 compliance and for implementation of business continuity

9 and contingency plans.

10 SEC. 119. Notwithstanding sections 101 and 104 of

11 this joint resolution, not to exceed $189,524,382 shall be

12 available for projects and activities for decennial census

13 programs for the period covered by this joint resolution.

14 SEC. 120. Notwithstanding section 101 of this joint

15 resolution, the rate for operations for projects and activi16 ties funded by accounts in the Departments of Commerce,

17 Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies

18 Appropriations Act, 2000 as passed by the House and

19 Senate affected by the foreign affairs reorganization shall

20 be at the current rate for the accounts funding such

21 projects and activities in the Departments of Commerce,

22 Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies

23 Appropriations Act, 1999, distributed into the accounts

24 established in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and
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1 State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations

2 Act, 2000 as passed by the House and Senate.

3 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding section 309(g) of the

4 United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22

5 U.S.C. 6208) and section 101 of this joint resolution, the

6 rate for operation for Radio Free Asia shall be at the cur7 rent rate for operations and under the terms provided for

8 in the fiscal year 1999 grant from the Broadcasting Board

9 of Governors to RFA, Inc.

10 SEC. 122. Public Law 106–46 is amended by deleting

11 ‘‘October 1, 1999’’ and inserting ‘‘November 1, 1999’’.

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