H. J. Res. 124 
One Hundred Thirteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and fourteen 
Joint Resolution 
Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the fol-
lowing sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable cor-
porate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several depart-
ments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units of 
Government for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes, namely: 
SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate 
for operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts 
for fiscal year 2014 and under the authority and conditions provided 
in such Acts, for continuing projects or activities (including the 
costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise 
specifically provided for in this joint resolution, that were conducted 
in fiscal year 2014, and for which appropriations, funds, or other 
authority were made available in the following appropriations Acts: 
(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 
(division A of Public Law 113–76). 
(2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2014 (division B of Public Law 113–76). 
(3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014 
(division C of Public Law 113–76). 
(4) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division D of Public Law 113– 
76). 
(5) The Financial Services and General Government Appro-
priations Act, 2014 (division E of Public Law 113–76). 
(6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 
Act, 2014 (division F of Public Law 113–76). 
(7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division G of Public 
Law 113–76). 
(8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 
(division H of Public Law 113–76). 
(9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2014 (divi-
sion I of Public Law 113–76). 
(10) The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division J of Public 
Law 113–76).
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(11) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of Public 
Law 113–76). 
(12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division L of 
Public Law 113–76). 
(b) The rate for operations provided by subsection (a) is hereby 
reduced by 0.0554 percent. 
SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or 
authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of 
Defense shall be used for: (1) the new production of items not 
funded for production in fiscal year 2014 or prior years; (2) the 
increase in production rates above those sustained with fiscal year 
2014 funds; or (3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of 
any project, activity, operation, or organization (defined as any 
project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and 
subprogram within a program element, and for any investment 
items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity within an 
appropriation account and an R–1 line item that includes a program 
element and subprogram element within an appropriation account) 
for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not avail-
able during fiscal year 2014. 
(b) 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 that would be provided by the 
pertinent appropriations Act. 
SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no 
appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursu-
ant 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 fiscal year 2014. 
SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant 
to this joint resolution shall cover all obligations or expenditures 
incurred for any 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 joint resolution 
or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2015, appro-
priations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant 
to this joint resolution shall be available until whichever of the 
following first occurs: (1) the enactment into law of an appropriation 
for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; 
(2) the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act 
for fiscal year 2015 without any provision for such project or activity; 
or (3) December 11, 2014. 
SEC. 107. 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. 108. Appropriations made 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