IIA 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 69
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2003
Received 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2004, 
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,
HJ 69 RDS 
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 
fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes, namely: 
SEC. 101. Such amounts as may be necessary under 
the authority and conditions provided in the applicable ap-
propriations Act for fiscal year 2003 for continuing 
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 fiscal year 
2003, at a rate for operations not exceeding the current 
rate, and for which appropriations, funds, or other author-
ity was made available in the following appropriations 
Acts: 
(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2003. 
(2) The Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2003, notwithstanding section 15 
of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
1956, section 313 of the Foreign Relations Author-
ization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public 
Law 103–236), and section 504(a)(1) of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)).
HJ 69 RDS 
(3) The District of Columbia Appropriations 
Act, 2003. 
(4) The Energy and Water Development Appro-
priations 
Act, 
2003, 
notwithstanding 
section 
504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 414(a)(1)). 
(5) The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2003, 
notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672 
and section 15 of the State Department Basic Au-
thorities Act of 1956. 
(6) The Department of the Interior and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003. 
(7) The Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 2003. 
(8) The Military Construction Appropriations 
Act, 2003. 
(9) The Department of Transportation and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003. 
(10) The Treasury and General Government 
Appropriations Act, 2003. 
(11) The Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003.
HJ 69 RDS 
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. The appropriations Acts listed in section 
101 shall be deemed to include supplemental appropriation 
laws enacted during fiscal year 2003. 
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 ap-
propriations, funds, or other authority were not available 
during fiscal year 2003. 
SEC. 105. 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. 106. (a) The matter under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Education—Education for the Disadvan-
taged’’ in division G of Public Law 108–7 is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$4,651,199,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$6,895,199,000’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘$9,027,301,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$6,783,301,000’’.
HJ 69 RDS 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 107. 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 into law of the applicable appropriations Act 
by both Houses without any provision for such project or 
activity, or (c) October 31, 2003, whichever first occurs. 
SEC. 108. 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. 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 
herein shall be construed to waive any other provision of 
law governing the apportionment of funds. 
SEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this joint resolution, except section 107, for those pro-
HJ 69 RDS 
grams that had high initial rates of operation or complete 
distribution of fiscal year 2003 appropriations at the be-
ginning of that fiscal year because of distributions of fund-
ing to States, foreign countries, grantees or others, similar 
distributions of funds for fiscal year 2004 shall not be 
made and no grants shall be awarded for such programs 
funded by this resolution that would impinge on final 
funding prerogatives. 
SEC. 111. This joint resolution shall be implemented 
so that only the most limited funding action of that per-
mitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to 
provide for continuation of projects and activities. 
SEC. 112. For entitlements and other mandatory pay-
ments whose budget authority was provided in appropria-
tions Acts for fiscal year 2003, and for activities under 
the Food Stamp Act of 1977, activities shall be continued 
at the rate to maintain program levels under current law, 
under the authority and conditions provided in the appli-
cable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2003, to be contin-
ued through the date specified in section 107(c): Provided, 
That notwithstanding section 107, funds shall be available 
and obligations for mandatory payments due on or about 
November 1 and December 1, 2003, may continue to be 
made.
HJ 69 RDS 
SEC. 113. Section 1316(c) of Public Law 108–11 
shall be applied by substituting the date specified in sec-
tion 107(c) of this joint resolution for ‘‘September 30, 
2003’’ each place it appears. 
SEC. 114. Activities authorized by section 403(f) of 
Public Law 103–356, as amended by section 634 of Public 
Law 107–67, and activities authorized under the heading 
‘‘Treasury Franchise Fund’’ in the Treasury Department 
Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–208), as 
amended by section 120 of the Treasury Department Ap-
propriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–554), may con-
tinue through the date specified in section 107(c) of this 
joint resolution. 
SEC. 115. Notwithstanding section 235(a)(2) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2195(a)(2)), 
the authority of subsections (a) through (c) of section 234 
of such Act, shall remain in effect through the date speci-
fied in section 107(c) of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 116. Section 503(f) of the Small Business In-
vestment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 697(f)) shall be applied 
by substituting the date specified in section 107(c) of this 
joint resolution for ‘‘October 1, 2003’’. 
SEC. 117. Section 303(g)(2) of the Small Business 
Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 683(g)(2)) is amended
HJ 69 RDS 
by striking ‘‘1.38 percent’’ in the last sentence and insert-
ing ‘‘1.46 percent’’. 
SEC. 118. Collection and use of maintenance fees as 
authorized by section 4(i) and 4(k) of the Federal Insecti-
cide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. Sec. 136a–
1(i) and (k)) may continue through the date specified in 
section 107(c) of this joint resolution. Prohibitions against 
collecting ‘‘other fees’’ as described in section 4(i)(6) of 
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
(7 U.S.C. 136a–1(i)(6)) shall continue in effect through 
the date specified in section 107(c) of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 119. The full amount provided under this joint 
resolution for necessary expenses to carry out the Com-
prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), section 118(f) of the 
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 
and section 3019 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, shall 
be derived from the general fund. 
SEC. 120. National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration is authorized to implement full cost accounting as 
of October 1, 2003, in the account structure that is con-
sistent with the President’s request for fiscal year 2004. 
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this joint resolution, except section 107(c), the limitation 
on new loan guarantee commitments of the Federal Hous-
HJ 69 RDS 
ing Administration, General and Special Risk Insurance 
Fund, shall be $3,800,000,000 for the period of applica-
bility of this joint resolution to continue projects and ac-
tivities under that account: Provided, That the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development shall submit daily re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate on the total amount of
new loan guarantee commitments issued during the period 
of applicability of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 122. For the period covered by this joint resolu-
tion, there shall be available, at the current rate of oper-
ations for fiscal year 2003, such funds as may be nec-
essary for grants and necessary expenses as provided for, 
in accordance with, and subject to the requirements set 
forth in the Compacts of Free Association, as amended, 
and their related agreements, (sections 211, 212, 213, 
214, 215, and 217) as between the Government of the 
United States of America and the Government of the Re-
public of the Marshall Islands (signed April 30, 2003), 
and (sections 211, 212, 213, 214, and 216) as between 
the Government of the United States of America and the 
Federated States of Micronesia (signed May 14, 2003); 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That if H.J. 
Res. 63 of the 108th Congress, or similar legislation to 
approve the Compacts of Free Association, is enacted, any
HJ 69 RDS 
funding made available in this appropriation shall be con-
sidered to have been made available and expended for the 
purposes of funding for fiscal year 2004 as provided for 
in such enacted legislation. 
SEC. 123. From amounts available to the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs under this joint resolution, $123,500 shall 
be available to satisfy the requirements specified in sec-
tions 10(f), 11(b)(2), and 11(c) of Public Law 106–263. 
SEC. 124. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this joint resolution, except section 107(c), the District of 
Columbia may expend local funds for programs and activi-
ties under the heading ‘‘District of Columbia Funds-Oper-
ating Expenses’’ at the rate set forth for such programs 
and activities under title II of H.R. 2765, 108th Congress, 
as passed by the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 125. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or of this joint resolution, except section 107, amounts 
provided in this joint resolution and in prior Appropria-
tions Acts from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund shall 
be available for fiscal year 2004, at a rate for operations 
not exceeding the current rate and for which authority was 
made available under the Department of Transportation 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003, for ex-
penditures to meet obligations, heretofore and hereafter
HJ 69 RDS 
incurred, as paid from the Airport and Airway Trust fund 
in fiscal year 2003. 
SEC. 126. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or of this joint resolution, except section 107, such 
amounts as may be necessary for administrative expenses 
of the Federal Highway Administration, for purposes de-
scribed in 23 U.S.C. 104(a)(1)(A), shall continue to be 
transferred and credited to the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account), to be available to 
the Secretary of Transportation, at a rate for operations 
not exceeding the current rate and for which authority was 
made available under the Department of Transportation 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003: Provided, 
That funds authorized under this section shall be available 
for obligation in the same manner as if the funds were 
apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 
Code, and shall be subject to any limitation on obligations 
for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction 
programs. 
SEC. 127. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or of this joint resolution, except section 107, such 
amounts as may be necessary for administrative expenses 
of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, in accordance 
with 49 U.S.C. 111, shall continue to be transferred and 
credited to the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass
HJ 69 RDS 
Transit Account), to be available to the Secretary of 
Transportation, at a rate for operations not exceeding the 
current rate and for which authority was made available 
under the Department of Transportation and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003: Provided, That funds 
authorized under this section shall be available for obliga-
tion in the same manner as if the funds were apportioned 
under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, and shall 
be subject to any limitation on obligations for Federal-aid 
highways and highway safety construction programs. 
SEC. 128. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or of this joint resolution, except section 107, such 
amounts as may be necessary for administrative expenses 
of the Federal Transit Administration, in accordance with 
the Federal Transit Administration’s programs authorized 
by chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, shall con-
tinue to be transferred and credited to the Mass Transit 
Account of the Highway Trust Fund, to be available to 
the Secretary of Transportation, at a rate for operations 
not exceeding the current rate and for which authority was 
made available under the Department of Transportation 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003: Provided, 
That funds authorized under this section shall be available 
for obligation in the same manner provided under section 
5338(g) of title 49, United States Code.
HJ 69 RDS 
SEC. 129. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or of this joint resolution, except section 107, such 
amounts as may be necessary for administrative expenses 
of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
in accordance with 23 U.S.C. 402, 403, 405, 410 and 
chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, shall continue 
to be transferred and credited to the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account), to be available to 
the Secretary of Transportation, at a rate for operations 
not exceeding the current rate and for which authority was 
made available under the Department of Transportation 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003: Provided, 
That funds authorized under this section shall be available 
for obligation in the same manner as if the funds were 
apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 130. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or of this joint resolution, except section 107, such 
amounts as may be necessary for administrative expenses 
of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, for 
purposes described in 23 U.S.C. 104(a)(1)(B), shall con-
tinue to be transferred and credited to the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), to be avail-
able to the Secretary of Transportation, at a rate for oper-
ations not exceeding the current rate and for which au-
HJ 69 RDS 
thority was made available under the Department of 
Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2003: Provided, That funds authorized under this section 
shall be available for obligation in the same manner as 
if the funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 131. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, amounts shall continue to be appropriated or credited 
to the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and the Highway 
Trust Fund after the date of any expenditure pursuant 
to this Act. 
SEC. 132. Notwithstanding rule 3 of the Budget 
Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory 
statement of the committee of conference accompanying 
Conference Report 105–217, the provisions of sections 
125 through 130, and section 134, of this joint resolution 
that would change direct spending or receipts under sec-
tion 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 were they included in an Act other 
than an appropriations Act shall be treated as direct 
spending or receipts legislation, as appropriate, under sec-
tion 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, and by the Chairmen of the House 
and Senate Budget Committees, as appropriate, under the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
HJ 69 RDS 
SEC. 133. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this joint resolution, during fiscal year 2004, direct loans 
under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act may be 
made available for the Czech Republic, gross obligations 
for the principal amounts of which shall not exceed 
$550,000,000: Provided, That such loans shall be repaid 
in not more than twelve years, including a grace period 
of up to five years on repayment of principal: Provided 
further, That no funds are available for the subsidy costs 
for these loans: Provided further, That the Government of 
the Czech Republic shall pay the full cost, as defined in 
section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, 
associated with these loans, including the cost of any de-
faults: Provided further, That any fees associated with 
these loans shall be paid by the Government of the Czech 
Republic prior to any disbursement of any loan proceeds: 
Provided further, That no funds made available to the 
Czech Republic under this joint resolution or any other 
Act may be used for payment of any fees associated with 
these loans. 
SEC. 134. The following provisions of law shall con-
tinue in effect through the date specified in section 107(c) 
of this joint resolution: 
(1) Sections 9(b)(7), 14(a), 17(a)(2)(B)(i), and 
18(f)(2) of the Richard B. Russell National School
HJ 69 RDS 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(7), 1762a(a), 
1766(a)(2)(B)(i), and 1769(f)(2)). 
(2) Section 15 of the Commodity Distribution 
Reform Act and WIC Amendments of 1987
(7 U.S.C. 612c note; Public Law 100–237). 
SEC. 135. Section 8144(b) of the Department of De-
fense Appropriations Act, 2003, Public Law 107–248, is 
amended by striking ‘‘on September 30, 2003’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘October 31, 2003’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 25, 
2003. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.