IA 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. J. RES. 124 

Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014 

Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky introduced the following joint resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, 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 fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes, namely: 


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

2 at a rate for operations as provided in the applicable ap3 propriations Acts for fiscal year 2014 and under the au4 thority and conditions provided in such Acts, for con5 tinuing projects or activities (including the costs of direct 

6 loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifi7 cally provided for in this joint resolution, that were con8 ducted in fiscal year 2014, and for which appropriations, 

9 funds, or other authority were made available in the fol10 lowing appropriations Acts: 

11 (1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 

12 and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap13 propriations Act, 2014 (division A of Public Law 

14 113–76). 

15 (2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Re16 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division B 

17 of Public Law 113–76). 

18 (3) The Department of Defense Appropriations 

19 Act, 2014 (division C of Public Law 113–76). 

20 (4) The Energy and Water Development and 

21 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division 

22 D of Public Law 113–76). 

23 (5) The Financial Services and General Govern24 ment Appropriations Act, 2014 (division E of Public 

25 Law 113–76). 


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1 (6) The Department of Homeland Security Ap2 propriations Act, 2014 (division F of Public Law 

3 113–76). 

4 (7) The Department of the Interior, Environ5 ment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

6 2014 (division G of Public Law 113–76). 

7 (8) The Departments of Labor, Health and 

8 Human Services, and Education, and Related Agen9 cies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division H of Public 

10 Law 113–76). 

11 (9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

12 2014 (division I of Public Law 113–76). 

13 (10) The Military Construction and Veterans 

14 Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

15 2014 (division J of Public Law 113–76). 

16 (11) The Department of State, Foreign Oper17 ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 

18 2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76). 

19 (12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban 

20 Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

21 Act, 2014 (division L of Public Law 113–76). 

22 (b) The rate for operations provided by subsection (a) 

23 is hereby reduced by 0.0554 percent. 

24 SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made avail25 able or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the 


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1 Department of Defense shall be used for: (1) the new pro2 duction of items not funded for production in fiscal year 

3 2014 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates 

4 above those sustained with fiscal year 2014 funds; or (3) 

5 the initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project, 

6 activity, operation, or organization (defined as any project, 

7 subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and 

8 subprogram within a program element, and for any invest9 ment items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity 

10 within an appropriation account and an R–1 line item that 

11 includes a program element and subprogram element with12 in an appropriation account) for which appropriations, 

13 funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal 

14 year 2014. 

15 (b) No appropriation or funds made available or au16 thority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Depart17 ment of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year pro18 curements utilizing advance procurement funding for eco19 nomic order quantity procurement unless specifically ap20 propriated later. 

21 SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall 

22 be available to the extent and in the manner that would 

23 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 

24 SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 

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1 ity granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to ini2 tiate or resume any project or activity for which appro3 priations, funds, or other authority were not available dur4 ing fiscal year 2014. 

5 SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority grant6 ed pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obliga7 tions or expenditures incurred for any project or activity 

8 during the period for which funds or authority for such 

9 project or activity are available under this joint resolution. 

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

11 resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal 

12 year 2015, appropriations and funds made available and 

13 authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall 

14 be available until whichever of the following first occurs: 

15 (1) the enactment into law of an appropriation for any 

16 project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2) 

17 the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations 

18 Act for fiscal year 2015 without any provision for such 

19 project or activity; or (3) December 11, 2014. 

20 SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint 

21 resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, 

22 fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli23 cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is 

24 enacted into law. 


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1 SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made 

2 available by or authority granted pursuant to this joint 

3 resolution may be used without regard to the time limita4 tions for submission and approval of apportionments set 

5 forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but 

6 nothing in this joint resolution may be construed to waive 

7 any other provision of law governing the apportionment 

8 of funds. 

9 SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 this joint resolution, except section 106, for those pro11 grams that would otherwise have high initial rates of oper12 ation or complete distribution of appropriations at the be13 ginning of fiscal year 2015 because of distributions of 

14 funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, 

15 such high initial rates of operation or complete distribu16 tion shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded 

17 for such programs funded by this joint resolution that 

18 would impinge on final funding prerogatives. 

19 SEC. 110. This joint resolution shall be implemented 

20 so that only the most limited funding action of that per21 mitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to 

22 provide for continuation of projects and activities. 

23 SEC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory 

24 payments whose budget authority was provided in appro25 priations Acts for fiscal year 2014, and for activities under 


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1 the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be 

2 continued at the rate to maintain program levels under 

3 current law, under the authority and conditions provided 

4 in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014, 

5 to be continued through the date specified in section 

6 106(3). 

7 (b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for man8 datory payments due on or about the first day of any 

9 month that begins after October 2014 but not later than 

10 30 days after the date specified in section 106(3) may con11 tinue to be made, and funds shall be available for such 

12 payments. 

13 SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 

14 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each 

15 department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate 

16 for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such de17 partment or agency, consistent with the applicable appro18 priations Act for fiscal year 2014, except that such author19 ity provided under this section shall not be used until after 

20 the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 

21 to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative ex22 penses. 

23 SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this joint resolution 

24 may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 

25 of Public Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of 


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1 the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 

2 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Au3 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 

4 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act 

5 of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 

6 SEC. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference 

7 in this joint resolution that was previously designated by 

8 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

9 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 

10 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

11 1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

12 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the Congress 

13 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter14 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or 

15 as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

16 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively. 

17 (b) The reduction in section 101(b) of this joint reso18 lution shall not apply to— 

19 (1) amounts designated under subsection (a) of 

20 this section; or 

21 (2) amounts made available by section 101(a) 

22 by reference to the second paragraph under the 

23 heading ‘‘Social Security Administration—Limita24 tion on Administrative Expenses’’ in division H of 

25 Public Law 113–76. 


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1 (c) Section 6 of Public Law 113–76 shall apply to 

2 amounts designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contin3 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism. 

4 SEC. 115. During the period covered by this joint res5 olution, discretionary amounts appropriated for fiscal year 

6 2015 that were provided in advance by appropriations 

7 Acts shall be available in the amounts provided in such 

8 Acts, reduced by the percentage in section 101(b). 

9 SEC. 116. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

10 provided for ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Domestic Food 

11 Programs—Food and Nutrition Service—Commodity As12 sistance Program’’ at a rate for operations of 

13 $275,701,000, of which $208,682,000 shall be for the 

14 Commodity Supplemental Food Program. 

15 SEC. 117. For ‘‘Department of Health and Human 

16 Services—Food and Drug Administration—Salaries and 

17 Expenses’’, amounts shall be made available by this joint 

18 resolution as if ‘‘outsourcing facility fees authorized by 21 

19 U.S.C. 379j–62,’’ were included after ‘‘21 U.S.C. 381,’’ 

20 in the second paragraph under such heading in division 

21 A of Public Law 113–76. 

22 SEC. 118. Amounts made available by section 101 for 

23 ‘‘Department of Commerce—National Oceanic and At24 mospheric Administration—Procurement, Acquisition and 

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1 ations necessary to maintain the planned launch schedules 

2 for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Geostationary 

3 Operational Environmental Satellite system. 

4 SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 law, except sections 106 and 107 of this joint resolution, 

6 for ‘‘Department of Defense—Overseas Contingency Op7 erations—Operation and Maintenance—Operation and 

8 Maintenance, Army’’, up to $50,000,000, to be derived by 

9 reducing the amount otherwise made available by section 

10 101 for such account, may be used to conduct surface and 

11 subsurface clearance of unexploded ordnance at closed 

12 training ranges used by the Armed Forces of the United 

13 States in Afghanistan: Provided, That such funds may 

14 only be used if the training ranges are not transferred to 

15 the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan for use by its armed 

16 forces: Provided further, That the authority provided by 

17 this section shall continue in effect through the earlier of 

18 the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution 

19 or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing appro20 priations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the 

21 Department of Defense: Provided further, That such 

22 amount is designated as provided under section 114 for 

23 such account. 

24 SEC. 120. The following authorities shall continue in 

25 effect through the earlier of the date specified in section 


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1 106(3) of this joint resolution or the date of the enactment 

2 of an Act authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2015 

3 for military activities of the Department of Defense: 

4 (1) Section 1004 of the National Defense Au5 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 

6 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 374 note). 

7 (2) Section 1215 of the National Defense Au8 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 

9 112–81; 10 U.S.C. 113 note). 

10 (3) Section 127b of title 10, United States 

11 Code, notwithstanding subsection (c)(3)(C) of such 

12 section. 

13 (4) Subsection (b) of section 572 of the Na14 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

15 2006 (20 U.S.C. 7703b(b)), notwithstanding para16 graph (4) of such subsection. 

17 SEC. 121. (a) Funds made available by section 101 

18 for ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Ura19 nium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning 

20 Fund’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations 

21 necessary to avoid disruption of continuing projects or ac22 tivities funded in this appropriation. 

23 (b) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit24 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 


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1 and the Senate not later than 3 days after each use of 

2 the authority provided in subsection (a). 

3 SEC. 122. (a) Funds made available by section 101 

4 for ‘‘Department of Energy—Environmental and Other 

5 Defense Activities—Defense Environmental Cleanup’’ for 

6 the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant may be obligated at a rate 

7 for operations necessary to assure timely execution of ac8 tivities necessary to restore and upgrade the repository. 

9 (b) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit10 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

11 and the Senate on each use of the spending rate authority 

12 provided in this section that exceeds customary apportion13 ment allocations. 

14 SEC. 123. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

15 this joint resolution, except section 106, the District of 

16 Columbia may expend local funds under the heading ‘‘Dis17 trict of Columbia Funds’’ for such programs and activities 

18 under title IV of H.R. 5016 (113th Congress), as passed 

19 by the House of Representatives on July 16, 2014, at the 

20 rate set forth under ‘‘District of Columbia Funds—Sum21 mary of Expenses’’ as included in the Fiscal Year 2015 

22 Budget Request Act of 2014 (D.C. Act 20–370), as modi23 fied as of the date of the enactment of this joint resolution. 


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1 SEC. 124. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

2 provided for ‘‘Office of Special Counsel—Salaries and Ex3 penses’’ at a rate for operations of $22,939,000. 

4 SEC. 125. The third proviso under the heading 

5 ‘‘Small Business Administration—Business Loans Pro6 gram Account’’ in division E of Public Law 113–76 is 

7 amended by striking ‘‘$17,500,000,000’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘$18,500,000,000’’: Provided, That amounts made avail9 able by section 101 for such proviso under such heading 

10 may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 

11 to accommodate increased demand for commitments to 

12 general business loans under section 7(a) of the Small 

13 Business Act: Provided further, That this section shall be14 come effective upon enactment of this joint resolution. 

15 SEC. 126. Sections 1101(a) and 1104(a)(2)(A) of the 

16 Internet Tax Freedom Act (title XI of division C of Public 

17 Law 105–277; 47 U.S.C. 151 note) shall be applied by 

18 substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this 

19 joint resolution for ‘‘November 1, 2014’’. 

20 SEC. 127. Section 550(b) of Public Law 109–295 (6 

21 U.S.C. 121 note) shall be applied by substituting the date 

22 specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘Oc23 tober 4, 2014’’. 

24 SEC. 128. The authority provided by section 831 of 

25 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) shall 


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1 continue in effect through the date specified in section 

2 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

3 SEC. 129. (a) Amounts made available by section 101 

4 for the Department of Homeland Security for ‘‘U.S. Cus5 toms and Border Protection—Salaries and Expenses’’, 

6 ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Border Security 

7 Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology’’, ‘‘U.S. Customs 

8 and Border Protection—Air and Marine Operations’’, 

9 ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Construction and 

10 Facilities Management’’, and ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Cus11 toms Enforcement—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be obli12 gated at a rate for operations as necessary to respec13 tively— 

14 (1) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Customs 

15 and Border Protection officers and Border Patrol 

16 agents in accordance with the provisos under the 

17 heading ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Sal18 aries and Expenses’’ in division F of Public Law 

19 113–76; 

20 (2) sustain border security and immigration en21 forcement operations; 

22 (3) sustain necessary Air and Marine oper23 ations; and 

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1 the staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2014, 

2 and comply with the fifth proviso under the heading 

3 ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Sal4 aries and Expenses’’ in division F of Public Law 

5 113–76. 

6 (b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify 

7 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep8 resentatives and the Senate on each use of the authority 

9 provided in this section. 

10 SEC. 130. Notwithstanding section 810 of the Fed11 eral Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 

12 6809), the authority described in such section shall con13 tinue in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) 

14 of this joint resolution. 

15 SEC. 131. (a) The authority provided by subsection 

16 (m)(3) of section 8162 of the Department of Defense Ap17 propriations Act, 2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 

18 106–79) shall continue in effect through the date specified 

19 in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

20 (b) For the period covered by this joint resolution, 

21 the authority provided by the provisos under the heading 

22 ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission—Capital 

23 Construction’’ in division E of Public Law 112–74 shall 

24 not be in effect. 


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1 SEC. 132. Activities authorized under part A of title 

2 IV and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act (other 

3 than under section 413(h) of such Act) shall continue 

4 through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint 

5 resolution, in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2014 

6 (except that the amount appropriated for section 403(b) 

7 of such Act shall be $598,000,000, and the requirement 

8 to reserve funds provided for in section 403(b)(2) of such 

9 Act shall not apply with respect to this section), and out 

10 of any money in the Treasury of the United States not 

11 otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated 

12 such sums as may be necessary for such purpose. Grants 

13 and payments may be made pursuant to this authority 

14 through the applicable portion of the first quarter of fiscal 

15 year 2015 at the pro rata portion of the level provided 

16 for such activities through the first quarter of fiscal year 

17 2014. 

18 SEC. 133. Amounts allocated to Head Start grantees 

19 from amounts identified in the seventh proviso under the 

20 heading ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services— 

21 Administration for Children and Families—Children and 

22 Families Services Programs’’ in Public Law 113–76 shall 

23 not be included in the calculation of the ‘‘base grant’’ in 

24 fiscal year 2015, as such term is used in section 


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1 640(a)(7)(A) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 

2 9835(a)(7)(A)). 

3 SEC. 134. The first proviso under the heading ‘‘De4 partment of Health and Human Services—Administration 

5 for Children and Families—Low Income Home Energy 

6 Assistance’’ in division F of Public Law 113–76 shall be 

7 applied to amounts made available by this joint resolution 

8 by substituting ‘‘2015’’ for ‘‘2014’’. 

9 SEC. 135. Amounts provided by this joint resolution 

10 for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services—Admin11 istration for Children and Families—Refugee and Entrant 

12 Assistance’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper13 ations necessary to maintain program operations at the 

14 level provided in fiscal year 2014. 

15 SEC. 136. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

16 provided for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv17 ices—Office of the Secretary—Public Health and Social 

18 Services Emergency Fund’’ at a rate for operations of 

19 $1,301,430,000, of which $58,000,000 may be appor20 tioned up to the rate for operations necessary for expenses 

21 to support acceleration of countermeasure and product ad22 vanced research and development pursuant to section 

23 319L of the Public Health Service Act for addressing 

24 Ebola therapies. 


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1 SEC. 137. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

2 provided for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv3 ices—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Global 

4 Health’’ at a rate for operations of $413,000,000, of 

5 which $30,000,000 may be apportioned up to the rate for 

6 operations necessary to support the responses of the Cen7 ters for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in 

8 this section as the ‘‘CDC’’) to the outbreak of Ebola virus 

9 in Africa: Provided, That such funds made available for 

10 responses to the outbreak of Ebola virus in Africa shall 

11 be available for transfer by the Director of the CDC to 

12 other accounts of the CDC for such support: Provided fur13 ther, That the Director of the CDC shall notify the Com14 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

15 and the Senate not later than 30 days after the date of 

16 any transfer under the preceding proviso. 

17 SEC. 138. Amounts made available by this joint reso18 lution for ‘‘Department of Education—Rehabilitation 

19 Services and Disability Research’’, ‘‘Department of Edu20 cation—Departmental Management—Program Adminis21 tration’’, and ‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv22 ices—Administration for Community Living—Aging and 

23 Disability Services Programs’’ may be obligated in the ac24 count and budget structure set forth in section 491 of the 


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1 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

2 3515e). 

3 SEC. 139. Of the unobligated balance of amounts pro4 vided by section 108 of Public Law 111–3, 

5 $4,549,000,000 is rescinded. 

6 SEC. 140. Section 113 of division H of Public Law 

7 113–76 shall be applied by substituting the date specified 

8 in section 106(3) for ‘‘September 30, 2014’’. 

9 SEC. 141. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

10 are made available for accounts in title I of division J of 

11 Public Law 113–76 at an aggregate rate for operations 

12 of $6,558,223,500. 

13 (b) Not later than 30 days after the date of enact14 ment of this joint resolution, the Secretary of Defense 

15 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

16 House of Representatives and the Senate a report delin17 eating the allocation of budget authority in subsection (a) 

18 by account and project. 

19 SEC. 142. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

20 provided for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Depart21 mental Administration—General Operating Expenses, 

22 Veterans Benefits Administration’’ at a rate for operations 

23 of $2,524,254,000. 

24 SEC. 143. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

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1 mental Administration—Office of Inspector General’’ at 

2 a rate for operations of $126,411,000. 

3 SEC. 144. Section 209 of the International Religious 

4 Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6436) shall be applied 

5 by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this 

6 joint resolution for ‘‘September 30, 2014’’. 

7 SEC. 145. Amounts made available by section 101 for 

8 ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors—International Broad9 casting Operations’’, ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assistance— 

10 Funds Appropriated to the President—Economic Support 

11 Fund’’, ‘‘International Security Assistance—Department 

12 of State—International Narcotics Control and Law En13 forcement’’, ‘‘International Security Assistance—Depart14 ment of State—Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 

15 Demining and Related Programs’’, and ‘‘International Se16 curity Assistance—Funds Appropriated to the Presi17 dent—Foreign Military Financing Program’’ shall be obli18 gated at a rate for operations as necessary to sustain as19 sistance for Ukraine and independent states of the Former 

20 Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe to counter 

21 external, regional aggression and influence. 

22 SEC. 146. Section 7081(4) of division K of Public 

23 Law 113–76 shall be applied to amounts made available 

24 by this joint resolution by substituting the date specified 


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1 in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘September 

2 30, 2014’’. 

3 SEC. 147. The Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 

4 U.S.C. 635 et seq.) shall be applied through June 30, 

5 2015, by substituting such date for ‘‘September 30, 2014’’ 

6 in section 7 of such Act. 

7 SEC. 148. (a) Section 44302(f) of title 49, United 

8 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 

9 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘the date specified in section 106(3) 

10 of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015’’. 

11 (b) Section 44303(b) of title 49, United States Code, 

12 is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2014’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘the date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing 

14 Appropriations Resolution, 2015’’. 

15 (c) Section 44310(a) of title 49, United States Code, 

16 is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2014’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘the date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing 

18 Appropriations Resolution, 2015’’. 

19 This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing 

20 Appropriations Resolution, 2015’’. 

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