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House and Senate as of October 1, 1997, is less than the
amount for current operations, then the pertinent project
or activity shall be continued at a rate for operations not
exceeding the greater of the rates that would be provided
by the amount of the budget request or the amount which
would be made available or the authority which would be
granted in these appropriations Acts: Provided further,
That whenever there is no amount made available under
any of these appropriations Acts as passed by the House
and Senate as of October 1, 1997, for a continuing project
or activity which was conducted in fiscal year 1997 and
for which there is fiscal year 1998 funding included in
the budget request, the pertinent project or activity shall
be continued at a rate for operations not exceeding the
lesser of the rates that would be provided by the amount
of the budget request or the rate for current operations
under the authority and conditions provided in the appli-
cable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1997.
(b) Whenever the amount which would be made avail-
able or the authority which would be granted under an
Act listed in this section as passed by the House as of
October 1, 1997, is different from that which would be
available or granted under such Act as passed by the Sen-
ate as of October 1, 1997, the pertinent project or activity
shall be continued at a rate for operations not exceeding
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the current rate under the appropriation, fund, or author-
ity granted by the applicable appropriations Act for the
fiscal year 1998 and under the authority and conditions
provided in the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal
year 1997: Provided, That whenever the amount of the
budget request is less than the amount for current oper-
ations and the amounts which would be made available
or the authority which would be granted in these appro-
priations Acts as passed by the House and the Senate as
of October 1, 1997, are both less than the amount for
current operations, then the pertinent project or activity
shall be continued at a rate for operations not exceeding
the greater of the rates that would be provided by the
amount of the budget request or the amount which would
be made available or the authority which would be granted
in the applicable appropriations Act as passed by the
House or as passed by the Senate under the appropriation,
fund, or authority provided in the applicable appropria-
tions Act for the fiscal year 1998 and under the authority
and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations
Act for the fiscal year 1997.
(c) Whenever an Act listed in this section has been
passed by only the House or only the Senate as of October
1, 1997, the pertinent project or activity shall be contin-
ued under the appropriation, fund, or authority granted
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by the one House at a rate for operations not exceeding
the current rate and under the authority and conditions
provided in the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal
year 1997: Provided, That whenever the amount of the
budget request is less than the amount for current oper-
ations and the amounts which would be made available
or the authority which would be granted in the appropria-
tions Act as passed by the one House as of October 1,
1997, is less than the amount for current operations, then
the pertinent project or activity shall be continued at a
rate for operations not exceeding the greater of the rates
that would be provided by the amount of the budget re-
quest or the amount which would be made available or
the authority which would be granted in the applicable ap-
propriations Act as passed by the one House under the
appropriation, fund, or authority provided in the applica-
ble appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1998 and under
the authority and conditions provided in the applicable ap-
propriations Act for the fiscal year 1997: Provided further,
That whenever there is no amount made available under
any of these appropriations Acts as passed by the House
or the Senate as of October 1, 1997, for a continuing
project or activity which was conducted in fiscal year 1997
and for which there is fiscal year 1998 funding included
in the budget request, the pertinent project or activity
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shall be continued at a rate for operations not exceeding
the lesser of the rates that would be provided by the
amount of the budget request or the rate for current oper-
ations under the authority and conditions provided in the
applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1997.
SEC. 102. No appropriation or funds made available
or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the De-
partment of Defense shall be used for new production of
items not funded for production in fiscal year 1997 or
prior years, for the increase in production rates above
those sustained with fiscal year 1997 funds, or to initiate,
resume, or continue any project, activity, operation, or or-
ganization which are defined as any project, subproject,
activity, budget activity, program element, and subpro-
gram within a program 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 ele-
ment within an appropriation account, for which appro-
priations, funds, or other authority were not available dur-
ing the fiscal year 1997: 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 pro-