107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. J. RES. 111
JOINT RESOLUTION
Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003,
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,
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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 2003, 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 2002 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
2002, 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, 2002;
(2) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2002, 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));
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(3) the Department of Defense Appropriations
Act, 2002, notwithstanding section 504(a)(1) of the
National 
Security 
Act 
of 
1947 
(50 
U.S.C.
414(a)(1));
(4) the District of Columbia Appropriations
Act, 2002;
(5) the Energy and Water Development Appro-
priations 
Act, 
2002, 
notwithstanding 
section
504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50
U.S.C. 414(a)(1));
(6) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing,
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2002,
notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672
and section 15 of the State Department Basic Au-
thorities Act of 1956;
(7) the Department of the Interior and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002;
(8) the Departments of Labor, Health and
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 2002;
(9) the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
2002;
(10) the Military Construction Appropriations
Act, 2002;
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(11) the Department of Transportation and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002;
(12) the Treasury and General Government Ap-
propriations Act, 2002; and
(13) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002.
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 2002 or
prior years, for the increase in production rates above
those sustained with fiscal year 2002 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 fiscal year 2002: Provided, That no appropriation or
funds made available or authority granted pursuant to
section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used
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to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance pro-
curement funding for economic order quantity procure-
ment unless specifically appropriated later.
SEC. 103. 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. 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 2002.
SEC. 105. (a) For purposes of section 101, the term
‘‘rate for operations not exceeding the current rate’’—
(1) has the meaning given such term (including
supplemental appropriations and rescissions) in the
attachment to Office of Management and Budget
Bulletin No. 01–10 entitled ‘‘Apportionment of the
Continuing Resolution(s) for Fiscal Year 2002’’ and
dated September 27, 2001, applied by substituting
‘‘FY 2002’’ for ‘‘FY 2001’’ each place it appears;
but
(2) does not include any unobligated balance of
funds appropriated in Public Law 107–38 and car-
ried forward to fiscal year 2002, other than funds
transferred by division B of Public Law 107–117.
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(b) The appropriations Acts listed in section 101
shall be deemed to include supplemental appropriation
laws enacted during fiscal year 2002.
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. 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 4, 2002, 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
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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-
grams that had high initial rates of operation or complete
distribution of fiscal year 2002 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 2003 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 the Overseas Private Investment Cor-
poration Program account, for the cost of direct and guar-
anteed loans, at an annual rate not to exceed $19,000,000,
to be derived by transfer from the Overseas Private Invest-
ment Corporation non-credit account, subject to section
107(c).
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SEC. 113. 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 (Pub. L. 104–208), as amended
by section 120 of the Treasury Department Appropria-
tions Act, 2001 (Pub. L. 106–554), may continue through
the date specified in section 107(c) of this joint resolution.
SEC. 114. Activities authorized by Title IV–A of the
Social Security Act, and by sections 510, 1108(b), and
1925 of such Act, shall continue in the manner authorized
for fiscal year 2002 through December 31, 2002 (notwith-
standing section 1902(e)(1)(A) of such Act): Provided,
That grants and payments may be made pursuant to this
authority at the beginning of fiscal year 2003 for the first
quarter of such year, at the level provided for such activi-
ties for the first quarter of fiscal year 2002: Provided fur-
ther, That 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 this section
that would have been estimated by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget as changing direct spending or receipts
under section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 were they included in an Act