H. J. Res. 267

One Hundred Third Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE FIRST SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,

the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three

Joint Resolution

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

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following

sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury

not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other

revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies,

corporations, and other organizational units of Government for the

fiscal year 1994, and for other purposes, namely:

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

authority and conditions provided in applicable appropriations Acts

for the fiscal year 1993 for continuing projects or activities including

the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees (not otherwise specifically provided for in this joint resolution) which were conducted

in the fiscal year 1993 and for which appropriations, funds, or

other authority would be available in the following appropriations

Acts:

The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug

Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994;

The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the

Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994,

notwithstanding section 15 of the State Department Basic

Authorities Act of 1956 and section 701 of the United States

Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948;

The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1994, notwithstanding section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act

of 1947;

The District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1994;

The Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act,

1994;

The Department of the Interior and Related Agencies

Appropriations Act, 1994;

The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,

and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994;

The Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1994;

The Department of Transportation and Related Agencies

Appropriations Act, 1994;

The Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government

Appropriations Act, 1994; and

The Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and

Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations

Act, 1994:

Provided, That whenever the amount which would be made available or the authority which would be granted in these Acts is

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greater than that which would be available or granted under current

operations, the pertinent project or activity shall be continued at

a rate for operations not exceeding the current rate.

(b) Whenever the amount which would be made available or

the authority which would be granted under an Act listed in this

section as passed by the House as of October 1, 1993, is different

from that which would be available or granted under such Act

as passed by the Senate as of October 1, 1993, the pertinent

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

exceeding the current rate or the rate permitted by the action

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

authority and conditions provided in applicable appropriations Acts

for the fiscal year 1993: Provided, That where an item is included

in only one version of an Act as passed by both Houses as of

October 1, 1993, the pertinent project or activity shall be continued

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

House, but at a rate for operations not exceeding the current

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

is lower, and under the authority and conditions provided in

applicable appropriations Acts for the fiscal year 1993.

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

by only the House as of October 1, 1993, the pertinent project

or activity shall be continued under the appropriation, fund, or

authority granted by the House, at a rate for operations not exceeding the current rate or the rate permitted by the action of the

House, whichever is lower, and under the authority and conditions

provided in applicable appropriations Acts for the fiscal year 1993:

Provided, That where an item is funded in applicable appropriations

Acts for the fiscal year 1993 and not included in the version passed

by the House as of October 1, 1993, the pertinent project or activity

shall be continued under the appropriation, fund, or authority

granted by applicable appropriations Acts for the fiscal year 1993

at a rate for operations not exceeding the current rate and under

the authority and conditions provided in applicable appropriations

Acts for the fiscal year 1993. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the

amount which would otherwise be made available or the authority

which would otherwise be granted under subsection (a), (b), or

(c) for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each department and agency shall be no higher than the amount or authority

necessary to support the personnel level resulting from an overall

fiscal year 1993 personnel reduction of 1 percent from each department or agency’s base level of full-time equivalent employment

consistent with 1993 enacted appropriations, pursuant to Executive

Order 12839, issued February 10, 1993.

SEC. 102. No appropriation or funds made available or authority

granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense

shall be used for new production of items not funded for production

in fiscal year 1993 or prior years, for the increase in production

rates above those sustained with fiscal year 1993 funds, or to

initiate, resume, or continue any project, activity, operation, or

organization which are defined as any project, subproject, activity,

budget activity, program element, and subprogram within a program element and for investment items are further defined as

a P–1 line item in a budget activity within an appropriation account

and an R–1 line item which includes a program element and

subprogram element within an appropriation account, for which

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appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during

the fiscal year 1993: Provided, That no appropriation or funds

made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for

the Department of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year

procurements utilizing advance procurement funding for economic

order quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated later.

SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available

to the extent and in the manner which would be provided by

the pertinent appropriations Act.

SEC. 104. No appropriation or funds made available or authority

granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume

any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other

authority were not available during the fiscal year 1993.

SEC. 105. No provision which is included in an appropriations

Act enumerated in section 101 but which was not included in

the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 1993 and which

by its terms is applicable to more than one appropriation, fund,

or authority shall be applicable to any appropriation, fund, or

authority provided in this joint resolution.

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

or in the applicable appropriations Act, appropriations and funds

made available and authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be available until (a) enactment into law of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution,

or (b) the enactment of the applicable appropriations Act by both

Houses without any provision for such project or activity, or (c)

October 21, 1993, whichever first occurs.

SEC. 107. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant

to this joint resolution shall cover all obligations or expenditures

incurred for any program, project, or activity during the period

for which funds or authority for such project or activity are available

under this joint resolution.

SEC. 108. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint resolution

shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund,

or authorization is contained is enacted into law.

SEC. 109. No provision in any appropriations Act for the fiscal

year 1994 referred to in section 101 of this joint resolution that

makes the availability of any appropriation provided therein

dependent upon the enactment of additional authorizing or other

legislation shall be effective before the date set forth in section

106(c) of this joint resolution.

SEC. 110. Appropriations and funds made available by or

authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution may be used

without regard to the time limitations for submission and approval

of apportionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United

States Code, but nothing herein shall be construed to waive any

other provision of law governing the apportionment of funds.

SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint

resolution, except section 106, activities funded in the Council on

Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality account

shall be maintained at the current rate of operations.

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SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint

resolution, except section 106, activities funded in the Selective

Service System, Salaries and expenses account shall be maintained

at the current rate of operations.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.

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