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107TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. J. RES. 120

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 9, 2002

Mr. YOUNG of Florida introduced the following joint resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 

2003, 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 Public Law 107–229 is further amended by striking 

4 the date specified in section 107(c) and inserting ‘‘Novem5 ber 22, 2002’’. 

6 SEC. 2. Section 101(2) of Public Law 107–229 is 

7 amended by striking ‘‘section 15’’ and all that follows 

8 through ‘‘(Public Law 103–236), and’’. 

9 SEC. 3. Section 114 of Public Law 107–229 is 

10 amended by inserting before the colon at the end of the 
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1 first proviso the following: ‘‘: Provided further, That sec2 tion 3001 of the 21st Century Department of Justice Ap3 propriations Authorization Act (H.R. 2215) is amended 

4 by striking subsection (d), and such amendment shall take 

5 effect as if included in such Act on the date of its enact6 ment’’. 

7 SEC. 4. Section 117 of Public Law 107–229 is 

8 amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 117. (a) The Congress finds that section 501 

10 of title 44, United States Code, and section 207(a) of the 

11 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (44 U.S.C. 

12 501 note) require that (except as otherwise provided in 

13 such sections) all printing, binding, and blankbook work 

14 for Congress, the Executive Office, the Judiciary, other 

15 than the Supreme Court of the United States, and every 

16 executive department, independent office, and establish17 ment of the Government, shall be done at the Government 

18 Printing Office. 

19 ‘‘(b) No funds appropriated under this joint resolu20 tion or any other Act may be used—

21 ‘‘(1) to implement or comply with the Office of 

22 Management and Budget Memorandum M–02–07, 

23 ‘Procurement of Printing and Duplicating through 

24 the Government Printing Office’, issued May 3, 

25 2002, or any other memorandum or similar opinion 
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1 reaching the same, or substantially the same, result 

2 as such memorandum; or 

3 ‘‘(2) to pay for the printing (other than by the 

4 Government Printing Office) of the budget of the 

5 United States Government submitted by the Presi6 dent of the United States under section 1105 of title 

7 31, United States Code.’’. 

8 SEC. 5. Public Law 107–229 is amended by adding 

9 at the end the following new sections: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 120. For entitlements and other mandatory 

11 payments whose budget authority was provided in appro12 priations Acts for fiscal year 2002, and for activities under 

13 the Food Stamp Act of 1977, activities shall be continued 

14 at a rate to maintain program levels under current law, 

15 under the authority and conditions provided in the appli16 cable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2002, to be contin17 ued through the date specified in section 107(c): Provided, 

18 That notwithstanding section 107, funds shall be available 

19 and obligations for mandatory payments due on or about 

20 November 1, and December 1, 2002, may continue to be 

21 made. 

22 ‘‘SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

23 this joint resolution, the annual rate of operations for the 

24 Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Sala25 ries and Expenses Account shall not exceed $71,960,000 
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1 and shall include the cost of lease of office space for the 

2 CFTC’s New York regional office at an annual rate not 

3 to exceed $1,949,000. 

4 ‘‘SEC. 122. In addition to funds made available in 

5 section 101, the Department of Justice may transfer to 

6 the Immigration User Fee Account established by section 

7 286(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

8 1356(h)) such sums as may be necessary from unobligated 

9 balances from funds appropriated to the Immigration and 

10 Naturalization Service by Public Law 107–77 and division 

11 B of Public Law 107–117, at a rate not to exceed 

12 $90,000,000 for the first quarter, through the date speci13 fied in section 107(c): Provided, That the sums trans14 ferred under this section shall be reimbursed from the Im15 migration User Fee Account by not later than April 1, 

16 2003. 

17 ‘‘SEC. 123. Notwithstanding section 105(a)(2), in ad18 dition to amounts made available in section 101, and sub19 ject to sections 107(c) and 108, for purposes of calculating 

20 the rate of operations of General Legal Activities (GLA) 

21 in the Department of Justice, $7,300,000 available during 

22 fiscal year 2002 from the Executive Office of the Presi23 dent shall be credited to GLA for purposes of admin24 istering the Victims Compensation Program. 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 124. Activities authorized by the Parole Com2 mission and Reorganization Act, P.L. 94–233, as amend3 ed, may continue through the date specified in section 

4 107(c). 

5 ‘‘SEC. 125. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

6 this joint resolution, in addition to amounts made avail7 able in section 101, and subject to sections 107(c) and 

8 108, such funds, from fee collections in fiscal year 2003, 

9 shall be available for the Securities and Exchange Com10 mission to continue implementation of section 8 of Public 

11 Law 107–123. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 126. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 this joint resolution, except section 107, the District of 

14 Columbia may expend local funds at a rate in excess of 

15 the rate under authority applicable prior to October 1, 

16 2002 to cover payments that would be funded under the 

17 heading ‘Repayment of Loans and Interest’. 

18 ‘‘SEC. 127. No funds appropriated in this joint reso19 lution or any other Act may be used to implement any 

20 restructuring of the Civil Works Program of the US Army 

21 Corps of Engineers which would involve the transfer of 

22 Civil Works missions, functions, or responsibilities from 

23 the US Army Corps of Engineers to any other executive 

24 branch agency or department without explicit congres25 sional authorization. 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 128. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 this joint resolution, during fiscal year 2003, direct loans 

3 under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act may be 

4 made available for Poland, gross obligations for the prin5 cipal amounts of which shall not exceed $3,800,000,000: 

6 Provided, That such loans shall be repaid in not more than 

7 15 years, including a grace period of up to 8 years on 

8 repayment of principal: Provided further, That no funds 

9 are available for the subsidy costs of these loans: Provided 

10 further, That the Government of Poland shall pay the full 

11 cost, as defined in section 502 of the Federal Credit Re12 form Act of 1990, as amended, associated with the loans, 

13 including the cost of any defaults: Provided further, That 

14 any fees associated with these loans shall be paid by the 

15 Government of Poland prior to any disbursement of loan 

16 proceeds: Provided further, That no funds made available 

17 to Poland under this joint resolution or any other Act may 

18 be used for payment of any fees associated with these 

19 loans. 

20 ‘‘SEC. 129. Notwithstanding section 1(c) of Public 

21 Law 103–428, as amended, sections 1(a) and (b) of Public 

22 Law 103–428 shall remain in effect until the date speci23 fied in section 107(c). 

24 ‘‘SEC. 130. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

25 this joint resolution, there is hereby appropriated, out of 
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1 any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

2 for payment to John F. Mink, widower of Patsy Mink, 

3 late a Representative from the State of Hawaii, $150,000. 

4 ‘‘SEC. 131. Notwithstanding section 105(a)(2), in ad5 dition to amounts made available in section 101, and sub6 ject to sections 107(c) and 108, for purposes of calculating 

7 the rate of operations for the Transportation Security Ad8 ministration (TSA) and the Federal Emergency Manage9 ment Agency (FEMA), the amount transferred by Public 

10 Law 107–206 from TSA to FEMA shall be credited to 

11 TSA, and such amount shall be deducted from FEMA. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 132. Activities authorized by section 24 of the 

13 United States Housing Act of 1937 (24 U.S.C. 1437v) 

14 may continue through the date specified in section 107(c) 

15 of this joint resolution. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 133. (a) Each specified department or agency 

17 shall, by December 6, 2002, submit directly to the Com18 mittees on Appropriations a report containing an evalua19 tion of the effect on the specified management areas of 

20 operating through September 30, 2003, under joint reso21 lutions making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 

22 2003 that fund programs and activities at not exceeding 

23 the current rate of operations. 

24 ‘‘(b) For purposes of subsection (a): 
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1 ‘‘(1) The term ‘specified department or agency’ 

2 means a department or agency identified on page 49 

3 or 50 of the Budget of the United States Govern4 ment, Fiscal Year 2003 (H. Doc. 107–159, Vol. I), 

5 except for the Department of Defense. 

6 ‘‘(2) The term ‘specified management areas’ 

7 means the following management priorities described 

8 in the President’s Management Agenda (August 

9 2001): strategic management of human capital, com10 petitive sourcing, improved financial performance, 

11 expanded electronic government, and budget and 

12 performance integration. 

13 ‘‘SEC. 134. (a) The Director of the Office of Manage14 ment and Budget shall submit to the Committees on Ap15 propriations a monthly report on all departmental and 

16 agency obligations made since the beginning of fiscal year 

17 2003 while operating under joint resolutions making con18 tinuing appropriations for such fiscal year. 

19 ‘‘(b) Each report required by subsection (a) shall set 

20 forth obligations by account, and shall contain a compari21 son of such obligations to the obligations incurred during 

22 the same period for fiscal year 2002. 

23 ‘‘(c) Reports shall be submitted under subsection (a) 

24 beginning 1 month after the enactment of this section, and 

25 ending 1 month after the expiration of the period covered 
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1 by the final joint resolution making continuing appropria2 tions for fiscal year 2003. 

3 ‘‘(d)(1) Each report required by subsection (a) shall 

4 include a list of all executive branch accounts for which 

5 departments and agencies are operating under apportion6 ments that provide for a rate of operations that is lower 

7 than the current rate, within the meaning of sections 101 

8 and 105. For each such account, the report shall include 

9 an estimate of the current rate for the period covered by 

10 this joint resolution and the estimate of obligations during 

11 such period. 

12 ‘‘(2) By December 6, 2002, the Comptroller General 

13 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report 

14 identifying executive branch accounts for which apportion15 ments made from funds appropriated or authority granted 

16 by this joint resolution provide for a rate of operations 

17 that differs from the current rate, within the meaning of 

18 sections 101 and 105. 

19 ‘‘SEC. 135. Appropriations made by this joint resolu20 tion are hereby reduced, at an annual rate, by the amounts 

21 specified and in the accounts identified for one-time, non22 recurring projects and activities in Attachment C of Office 

23 of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 02–06, Supple24 ment No. 1, dated October 4, 2002. 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 136. Activities authorized for 2002 by sections 

2 1902(a)(10)(E)(iv) and 1933 of the Social Security Act, 

3 as amended, with respect to individuals described in sec4 tion 1902(a)(10)(E)(iv)(I) of such Act may continue 

5 through 60 days after the date specified in section 107(c) 

6 of Public Law 107–229, as amended.’’.

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