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TITLE I
AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHIL-
DREN AND FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION
ASSISTANCE
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, corpora-
tions, and other organizational units of Government for
the fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes, namely:
SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary
under the authority and conditions provided in the appli-
cable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995 for con-
tinuing the following 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 1995:
All projects and activities funded under the ac-
count heading ‘‘Family support payments to States’’
under the Administration For Children and Families
in the Department of Health and Human Services;
All projects and activities funded under the ac-
count heading ‘‘Payments to States for foster care
and adoption assistance’’ under the Administration
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For Children and Families in the Department of
Health and Human Services; and
All administrative activities necessary to carry
out the projects and activities in the preceeding two
paragraphs:
Provided, That whenever the amount which would be made
available or the authority which would be granted under
an Act which included funding for fiscal year 1996 for
the projects and activities listed in this section is greater
than that which would be available or granted under cur-
rent operations, the pertinent project or activity shall be
continued at a rate for operations not exceeding the cur-
rent rate.
(b) Whenever the amount which would be made avail-
able or the authority which would be granted under the
Act which included funding for fiscal year 1996 for the
projects and activities listed in this section as passed by
the House as of the date of enactment of this joint resolu-
tion, is different from that which would be available or
granted under such Act as passed by the Senate as of the
date of enactment of this joint resolution, the pertinent
project or activity shall be continued at a rate for oper-
ations not exceeding the current rate or the rate permitted
by the action of the House or the Senate, whichever is
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lower, under the authority and conditions provided in the
applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995.
(c) Whenever an Act which included funding for fiscal
year 1996 for the projects and activities listed in this sec-
tion has been passed by only the House or only the Senate
as of the date of enactment of this joint resolution, the
pertinent project or activity shall be continued under the
appropriation, fund, or authority granted by the one
House 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 the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal
year 1995.
SEC. 102. 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. 103. 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 ap-
propriations, funds, or other authority were not available
during the fiscal year 1995.
SEC. 104. No provision which is included in the ap-
propriations Act enumerated in section 101 but which was
not included in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal
year 1995 and which by its terms is applicable to more
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than one appropriation, fund, or authority shall be appli-
cable to any appropriation, fund, or authority provided in
this joint resolution.
SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority grant-
ed pursuant to this title of 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. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this title
of this joint resolution or in the applicable appropriations
Act, appropriations and funds made available and author-
ity granted pursuant to this title of this joint resolution
shall be available until (a) enactment into law of an appro-
priation for any project or activity provided for in this title
of this joint resolution, or (b) the enactment into law of
the applicable appropriations Act by both Houses without
any provision for such project or activity, or (c) January
3, 1996, whichever first occurs.
SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this title
of this joint resolution shall be charged to the applicable
appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill in
which such applicable appropriation, fund, or authoriza-
tion is contained is enacted into law.
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SEC. 108. No provision in the appropriations Act for
the fiscal year 1996 referred to in section 101 of this joint
resolution that makes the availability of any appropriation
provided therein dependent upon the enactment of addi-
tional authorizing or other legislation shall be effective be-
fore the date set forth in section 106(c) of this joint reso-
lution.
SEC. 109. Appropriations and funds made available
by or authority granted pursuant to this title of this joint
resolution may be used without regard to the time limita-
tions 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 provi-
sion of law governing the apportionment of funds.
TITLE II
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of
the general fund and enterprise funds of the District of
Columbia for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year
1996, and for other purposes, namely:
SEC. 201. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary
under the authority and conditions provided in the appli-
cable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995 for con-
tinuing projects or activities including the costs of direct
loans and loan guarantees (not otherwise specifically pro-