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 specifi-
cally 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, not-
withstanding 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 avail-
able 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 exceed-
ing 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 depart-
ment 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 depart-
ment 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 pro-
gram 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 resolu-
tion shall be available until (a) enactment into law of an appropria-
tion 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 authoriza-
tion 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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