H. J. Res. 68
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and five 
Joint Resolution 
Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2006, 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, and out of applicable corporate or other 
revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, 
corporations, and other organizational units of Government for fiscal 
year 2006, and for other purposes, namely: 
SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary under the 
authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations 
Act for fiscal year 2005 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 2005, and for which appropriations, 
funds, or other authority would be available in the following appro-
priations Acts: 
(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006. 
(2) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006. 
(3) The Energy and Water Development Appropriations 
Act, 2006. 
(4) The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2006 (in the House of Represent-
atives), or the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2006 (in the Senate). 
(5) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 
Act, 2006. 
(6) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006. 
(7) The Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs Appro-
priations Act, 2006 (in the House of Representatives), or the 
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 2006 (in the Senate). 
(8) The Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (in the House of Representa-
tives), or the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (in the Senate). 
(9) The Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban 
Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Inde-
pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (in the House of 
Representatives), 
or 
the 
Transportation, 
Treasury, 
the
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Judiciary, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 2006 (in the Senate) and the District 
of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2006 (in the Senate). 
(b) Whenever the amount that would be made available or 
the authority that would be granted for a project or activity under 
an Act listed in subsection (a) as passed by the House of Representa-
tives as of October 1, 2005, is the same as the amount or authority 
that would be available or granted under the same or other perti-
nent Act as passed by the Senate as of October 1, 2005—
(1) the project or activity shall be continued at a rate 
for operations not exceeding the current rate or the rate per-
mitted by the actions of the House and the Senate, whichever 
is lower, and under the authority and conditions provided in 
applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2005; or 
(2) if no amount or authority is made available or granted 
for the project or activity by the actions of the House and 
the Senate, the project or activity shall not be continued. 
(c) Whenever the amount that would be made available or 
the authority that would be granted for a project or activity under 
an Act listed in subsection (a) as passed by the House of Representa-
tives as of October 1, 2005, is different from the amount or authority 
that would be available or granted under the same or other perti-
nent Act as passed by the Senate as of October 1, 2005—
(1) the project or activity shall be continued at a rate 
for operations not exceeding the current rate or the rate per-
mitted by the action of the House or the Senate, whichever 
is lowest, and under the authority and conditions provided 
in applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2005; or 
(2) if the project or activity is included in the pertinent 
Act of only one of the Houses, the project or activity shall 
be continued under the appropriation, fund, or authority 
granted by the one House, but at a rate for operations not 
exceeding the current rate or the rate permitted by the action 
of the one House, whichever is lower, and under the authority 
and conditions provided in applicable appropriations Acts for 
fiscal year 2005. 
(d) Whenever the pertinent Act covering a project or activity 
has been passed by only the House of Representatives as of October 
1, 2005—
(1) the project or activity shall be continued under the 
appropriation, fund, or authority granted by the House, at 
a rate for operations not exceeding the current rate or the 
rate permitted by the action of the House, whichever is lower, 
and under the authority and conditions provided in applicable 
appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2005; or 
(2) if the project or activity is funded in applicable appro-
priations Acts for fiscal year 2005 and not included in the 
pertinent Act of the House as of October 1, 2005, the project 
or activity shall be continued under the appropriation, fund, 
or authority granted by applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal 
year 2005 at a rate for operations not exceeding the current 
rate and under the authority and conditions provided in 
applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2005. 
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 2005 or prior years; (2) the