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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 267

Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1994, and for other

purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 27, 1993

Mr. NATCHER introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to

the Committee on Appropriations

JOINT RESOLUTION

Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1994,

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 1994, 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 applicable

3 appropriations Acts for the fiscal year 1993 for continuing

4 projects or activities including the costs of direct loans and

5 loan guarantees (not otherwise specifically provided for in

6 this joint resolution) which were conducted in the fiscal

7 year 1993 and for which appropriations, funds, or other

8 authority would be available in the following appropria9 tions Acts:

10 The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and

11 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appro12 priations Act, 1994;

13 The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and

14 State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appro15 priations Act, 1994, notwithstanding section 15 of

16 the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956

17 and section 701 of the United States Information

18 and Educational Exchange Act of 1948;

19 The Department of Defense Appropriations

20 Act, 1994, notwithstanding section 504(a)(1) of the

21 National Security Act of 1947;

22 The District of Columbia Appropriations Act,

23 1994;

24 The Energy and Water Development Appro25 priations Act, 1994;
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1 The Department of the Interior and Related

2 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994;

3 The Departments of Labor, Health and Human

4 Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Ap5 propriations Act, 1994;

6 The Military Construction Appropriations Act,

7 1994;

8 The Department of Transportation and Related

9 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994;

10 The Treasury, Postal Service, and General Gov11 ernment Appropriations Act, 1994; and

12 The Departments of Veterans Affairs and

13 Housing and Urban Development, and Independent

14 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994:

15 Provided, That whenever the amount which would be made

16 available or the authority which would be granted in these

17 Acts is greater than that which would be available or

18 granted under current operations, the pertinent project or

19 activity shall be continued at a rate for operations not ex20 ceeding the current rate.

21 (b) Whenever the amount which would be made avail22 able or the authority which would be granted under an

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

24 October 1, 1993, is different from that which would be

25 available or granted under such Act as passed by the Sen-
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1 ate as of October 1, 1993, the pertinent project or activity

2 shall be continued at a rate for operations not exceeding

3 the current rate or the rate permitted by the action of

4 the House or the Senate, whichever is lower, and under

5 the authority and conditions provided in applicable appro6 priations Acts for the fiscal year 1993: Provided, That

7 where an item is included in only one version of an Act

8 as passed by both Houses as of October 1, 1993, the perti9 nent project or activity shall be continued under the ap10 propriation, fund, or authority granted by the one House,

11 but at a rate for operations not exceeding the current rate

12 or the rate permitted by the action of the one House,

13 whichever is lower, and under the authority and conditions

14 provided in applicable appropriations Acts for the fiscal

15 year 1993.

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

17 passed by only the House as of October 1, 1993, the perti18 nent project or activity shall be continued under the ap19 propriation, fund, or authority granted by the House, at

20 a rate for operations not exceeding the current rate or the

21 rate permitted by the action of the House, whichever is

22 lower, and under the authority and conditions provided in

23 applicable appropriations Acts for the fiscal year 1993:

24 Provided, That where an item is funded in applicable ap25 propriations Acts for the fiscal year 1993 and not included
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1 in the version passed by the House as of October 1, 1993,

2 the pertinent project or activity shall be continued under

3 the appropriation, fund, or authority granted by applicable

4 appropriations Acts for the fiscal year 1993 at a rate for

5 operations not exceeding the current rate and under the

6 authority and conditions provided in applicable appropria7 tions Acts for the fiscal year 1993.

8 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec9 tion, the amount which would otherwise be made available

10 or the authority which would otherwise be granted under

11 subsection (a), (b), or (c) for civilian personnel compensa12 tion and benefits in each department and agency shall be

13 no higher than the amount or authority necessary to sup14 port the personnel level resulting from an overall fiscal

15 year 1993 personnel reduction of 1 percent from each de16 partment or agency’s base level of full-time equivalent em17 ployment consistent with 1993 enacted appropriations,

18 pursuant to Executive Order 12839, issued February 10,

19 1993.

20 SEC. 102. No appropriation or funds made available

21 or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the De22 partment of Defense shall be used for new production of

23 items not funded for production in fiscal year 1993 or

24 prior years, for the increase in production rates above

25 those sustained with fiscal year 1993 funds, or to initiate,
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1 resume, or continue any project, activity, operation, or or2 ganization which are defined as any project, subproject,

3 activity, budget activity, program element, and

4 subprogram within a program element and for investment

5 items are further defined as a P–1 line item in a budget

6 activity within an appropriation account and an R–1 line

7 item which includes a program element and subprogram

8 element within an appropriation account, for which appro9 priations, funds, or other authority were not available dur10 ing the fiscal year 1993: Provided, That no appropriation

11 or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to

12 section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used

13 to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance pro14 curement funding for economic order quantity procure15 ment unless specifically appropriated later.

16 SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall

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

18 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act.

19 SEC. 104. No appropriation or funds made available

20 or authority granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used

21 to initiate or resume any project or activity for which ap22 propriations, funds, or other authority were not available

23 during the fiscal year 1993.

24 SEC. 105. No provision which is included in an appro25 priations Act enumerated in section 101 but which was
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1 not included in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal

2 year 1993 and which by its terms is applicable to more

3 than one appropriation, fund, or authority shall be appli4 cable to any appropriation, fund, or authority provided in

5 this joint resolution.

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

7 resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act, appro8 priations and funds made available and authority granted

9 pursuant to this joint resolution shall be available until

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

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

12 enactment of the applicable appropriations Act by both

13 Houses without any provision for such project or activity,

14 or (c) October 21, 1993, whichever first occurs.

15 SEC. 107. Appropriations made and authority grant16 ed pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obliga17 tions or expenditures incurred for any program, project,

18 or activity during the period for which funds or authority

19 for such project or activity are available under this joint

20 resolution.

21 SEC. 108. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint

22 resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation,

23 fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli24 cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is

25 enacted into law.
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1 SEC. 109. No provision in any appropriations Act for

2 the fiscal year 1994 referred to in section 101 of this joint

3 resolution that makes the availability of any appropriation

4 provided therein dependent upon the enactment of addi5 tional authorizing or other legislation shall be effective be6 fore the date set forth in section 106(c) of this joint

7 resolution.

8 SEC. 110. Appropriations and funds made available

9 by or authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution

10 may be used without regard to the time limitations for

11 submission and approval of apportionments set forth in

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

13 herein shall be construed to waive any other provision of

14 law governing the apportionment of funds.

15 SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of

16 this joint resolution, except section 106, activities funded

17 in the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of En18 vironmental Quality account shall be maintained at the

19 current rate of operations.

20 SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of

21 this joint resolution, except section 106, activities funded

22 in the Selective Service System, Salaries and expenses

23 account shall be maintained at the current rate of

24 operations.

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