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States Code, but nothing in this joint resolution may be construed 
to waive any other provision of law governing the apportionment 
of funds. 
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 106, for those programs that would other-
wise have high initial rates of operation or complete distribution 
of appropriations at the beginning of fiscal year 2015 because of 
distributions of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or 
others, such high initial rates of operation or complete distribution 
shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such pro-
grams funded by this joint resolution that would impinge on final 
funding prerogatives. 
SEC. 110. This joint resolution shall be implemented so that 
only the most limited funding action of that permitted in the joint 
resolution shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of 
projects and activities. 
SEC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments 
whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for 
fiscal year 2014, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain 
program levels under current law, under the authority and condi-
tions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 
2014, to be continued through the date specified in section 106(3). 
(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory pay-
ments due on or about the first day of any month that begins 
after October 2014 but not later than 30 days after the date specified 
in section 106(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be 
available for such payments. 
SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian 
personnel compensation and benefits in each department and 
agency may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 
to avoid furloughs within such department or agency, consistent 
with the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014, except 
that such authority provided under this section shall not be used 
until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 
to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses. 
SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this joint resolution may 
be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public 
Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of 
the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 
1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 
SEC. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference in this 
joint resolution that was previously designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as being for disaster relief 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or as being 
for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, 
respectively. 
(b) The reduction in section 101(b) of this joint resolution shall 
not apply to— 
(1) amounts designated under subsection (a) of this section; 
or
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(2) amounts made available by section 101(a) by reference 
to the second paragraph under the heading ‘‘Social Security 
Administration—Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’ in 
division H of Public Law 113–76. 
(c) Section 6 of Public Law 113–76 shall apply to amounts 
designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism. 
SEC. 115. During the period covered by this joint resolution, 
discretionary amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2015 that were 
provided in advance by appropriations Acts shall be available in 
the amounts provided in such Acts, reduced by the percentage 
in section 101(b). 
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 
for ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Domestic Food Programs—Food 
and Nutrition Service—Commodity Assistance Program’’ at a rate 
for operations of $275,701,000, of which $208,682,000 shall be for 
the Commodity Supplemental Food Program. 
SEC. 117. For ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services— 
Food and Drug Administration—Salaries and Expenses’’, amounts 
shall be made available by this joint resolution as if ‘‘outsourcing 
facility fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–62,’’ were included after 
‘‘21 U.S.C. 381,’’ in the second paragraph under such heading in 
division A of Public Law 113–76. 
SEC. 118. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Commerce—National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion—Procurement, Acquisition and Construction’’ may be appor-
tioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain the 
planned launch schedules for the Joint Polar Satellite System and 
the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system. 
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except 
sections 106 and 107 of this joint resolution, for ‘‘Department of 
Defense—Overseas 
Contingency 
Operations—Operation 
and 
Maintenance—Operation 
and 
Maintenance, 
Army’’, 
up 
to 
$50,000,000, to be derived by reducing the amount otherwise made 
available by section 101 for such account, may be used to conduct 
surface and subsurface clearance of unexploded ordnance at closed 
training ranges used by the Armed Forces of the United States 
in Afghanistan: Provided, That such funds may only be used if 
the training ranges are not transferred to the Islamic Republic 
of Afghanistan for use by its armed forces: Provided further, That 
the authority provided by this section shall continue in effect 
through the earlier of the date specified in section 106(3) of this 
joint resolution or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing 
appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense: Provided further, That such amount is 
designated as provided under section 114 for such account. 
SEC. 120. The following authorities shall continue in effect 
through the earlier of the date specified in section 106(3) of this 
joint resolution or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing 
appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense: 
(1) Section 1004 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 374 
note). 
(2) Section 1215 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 10 U.S.C. 113 
note).
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(3) Section 127b of title 10, United States Code, notwith-
standing subsection (c)(3)(C) of such section. 
(4) Subsection (b) of section 572 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (20 U.S.C. 7703b(b)), 
notwithstanding paragraph (4) of such subsection. 
SEC. 121. (a) Funds made available by section 101 for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Energy—Energy Programs—Uranium Enrichment Decon-
tamination and Decommissioning Fund’’ may be apportioned up 
to the rate for operations necessary to avoid disruption of continuing 
projects or activities funded in this appropriation. 
(b) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
not later than 3 days after each use of the authority provided 
in subsection (a). 
SEC. 122. (a) Funds made available by section 101 for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Energy—Environmental and Other Defense Activities— 
Defense Environmental Cleanup’’ for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant 
may be obligated at a rate for operations necessary to assure 
timely execution of activities necessary to restore and upgrade 
the repository. 
(b) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
on each use of the spending rate authority provided in this section 
that exceeds customary apportionment allocations. 
SEC. 123. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 106, the District of Columbia may expend 
local funds under the heading ‘‘District of Columbia Funds’’ for 
such programs and activities under title IV of H.R. 5016 (113th 
Congress), as passed by the House of Representatives on July 
16, 2014, at the rate set forth under ‘‘District of Columbia Funds— 
Summary of Expenses’’ as included in the Fiscal Year 2015 Budget 
Request Act of 2014 (D.C. Act 20–370), as modified as of the 
date of the enactment of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 124. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 
for ‘‘Office of Special Counsel—Salaries and Expenses’’ at a rate 
for operations of $22,939,000. 
SEC. 125. The third proviso under the heading ‘‘Small Business 
Administration—Business Loans Program Account’’ in division E 
of Public Law 113–76 is amended by striking ‘‘$17,500,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$18,500,000,000’’: Provided, That amounts made 
available by section 101 for such proviso under such heading may 
be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to accommo-
date increased demand for commitments to general business loans 
under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act: Provided further, 
That this section shall become effective upon enactment of this 
joint resolution. 
SEC. 126. Sections 1101(a) and 1104(a)(2)(A) of the Internet 
Tax Freedom Act (title XI of division C of Public Law 105–277; 
47 U.S.C. 151 note) shall be applied by substituting the date speci-
fied in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘November 1, 
2014’’. 
SEC. 127. Section 550(b) of Public Law 109–295 (6 U.S.C. 121 
note) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 
106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 4, 2014’’. 
SEC. 128. The authority provided by section 831 of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) shall continue in effect 
through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution.
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SEC. 129. (a) Amounts made available by section 101 for the 
Department of Homeland Security for ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection—Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Tech-
nology’’, ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Air and Marine 
Operations’’, ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Construction 
and Facilities Management’’, and ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be obligated at a rate 
for operations as necessary to respectively— 
(1) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection officers and Border Patrol agents in accordance with 
the provisos under the heading ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection—Salaries and Expenses’’ in division F of Public Law 
113–76; 
(2) sustain border security and immigration enforcement 
operations; 
(3) sustain necessary Air and Marine operations; and 
(4) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement agents, equivalent to the staffing levels 
achieved on September 30, 2014, and comply with the fifth 
proviso under the heading ‘‘U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement—Salaries and Expenses’’ in division F of Public 
Law 113–76. 
(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate on each use of the authority provided in this section. 
SEC. 130. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhance-
ment Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘on 
the date that is 1 year after the date specified in section 106(3) 
of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015’’ for ‘‘10 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act’’. 
SEC. 131. (a) The authority provided by subsection (m)(3) of 
section 8162 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 
2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 106–79) shall continue 
in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint 
resolution. 
(b) For the period covered by this joint resolution, the authority 
provided by the provisos under the heading ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower 
Memorial Commission—Capital Construction’’ in division E of 
Public Law 112–74 shall not be in effect. 
SEC. 132. Activities authorized under part A of title IV and 
section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act (other than under section 
413(h) of such Act) shall continue through the date specified in 
section 106(3) of this joint resolution, in the manner authorized 
for fiscal year 2014 (except that the amount appropriated for section 
403(b) of such Act shall be $598,000,000, and the requirement 
to reserve funds provided for in section 403(b)(2) of such Act shall 
not apply with respect to this section), and out of any money 
in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, 
there are hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
for such purpose. Grants and payments may be made pursuant 
to this authority through the applicable portion of the first quarter 
of fiscal year 2015 at the pro rata portion of the level provided 
for such activities through the first quarter of fiscal year 2014. 
SEC. 133. Amounts allocated to Head Start grantees from 
amounts identified in the seventh proviso under the heading 
‘‘Department of Health and Human Services—Administration for