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Calendar No. 246
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 123
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
NOVEMBER 18 (legislative day, NOVEMBER 16), 1995
Received; read twice and ordered placed on the calendar
JOINT RESOLUTION
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year
1996, and for other purposes.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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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, 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 Acts 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:
(1) All projects and activities necessary to pro-
vide for the expenses of Medicare contractors under
title XVIII of the Social Security Act under the ac-
count heading ‘‘Program management’’ under the
Health Care Financing Administration in the De-
partment of Health and Human Services.
(2) All projects and activities funded under the
account heading ‘‘Limitation on administrative ex-
penses’’ under the Social Security Administration.
(3) All projects and activities necessary to proc-
ess and provide for veterans compensation, pension
payments, dependency and indemnity compensation
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(DIC) payments, and to provide for veterans medical
care under the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(b) Whenever the amount which would be made avail-
able 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 as passed by
the House as of October 1, 1995, is different from that
which would be available or granted under such Act as
passed by the Senate as of October 1, 1995, the pertinent
project or activity shall be continued at a rate for oper-
ations not exceeding the average of the rates permitted
by the action of the House or the Senate under the author-
ity and conditions provided in the applicable appropria-
tions 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 October 1, 1995, the pertinent project or activity
shall be continued under the appropriation, fund, or au-
thority 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 ap-
propriations Act for the fiscal year 1995.
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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 appropriations 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 an appro-
priations 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
than one appropriation, fund, or authority shall be appli-
cable to any appropriation, fund, or authority provided in
this joint resolution.
SEC. 105. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint
resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act, appro-
priations 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) September 30, 1996, whichever first occurs.
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SEC. 106. Appropriations made and authority grant-
ed pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obliga-
tions 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. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint
resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation,
fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli-
cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is
enacted into law.
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 105(c) of this joint reso-
lution.
SEC. 109. 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
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herein shall be construed to waive any other provision of
law governing the apportionment of funds.
Passed the House of Representatives November 18,
1995.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.