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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 the fiscal year 1997.
SEC. 105. No provision which is included in an appro-
priations Act enumerated in section 101 but which was
not included in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal
year 1997 and which by its terms is applicable to more
than one appropriation, fund, or authority shall be appli-
cable to any appropriation, fund, or authority provided in
this joint resolution.
SEC. 106. 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:
(1) enactment into law of an appropriation for any project
or activity provided for in this joint resolution; or (2) the
enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act
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by both Houses without any provision for such project or
activity; or (3) October 23, 1997, whichever first occurs.
SEC. 107. 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. 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. No provision in the appropriations Act for
the fiscal year 1998 referred to in section 101 of this Act
that makes the availability of any appropriation provided
therein dependent upon the enactment of additional au-
thorizing or other legislation shall be effective before the
date set forth in section 106(3) of this joint resolution.
SEC. 110. 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
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herein shall be construed to waive any other provision of
law governing the apportionment of funds.
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. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this joint resolution, except section 106, for those pro-
grams that had high initial rates of operation or complete
distribution of fiscal year 1997 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 1998 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. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this joint resolution, except section 106, the amount made
available to the Securities and Exchange Commission,
under the heading Salaries and Expenses, shall include,
in addition to direct appropriations, the amount it collects
under the fee rate and offsetting collection authority con-
tained in Public Law 104–208, which fee rate and offset-
ting collection authority shall remain in effect during the
period of this joint resolution.
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SEC. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this joint resolution, except section 106, the rate for oper-
ations for projects and activities that would be funded
under the heading ‘‘International Organizations and Con-
ferences, Contributions to International Organizations’’ in
the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Ju-
diciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998,
shall be the amount provided by the provisions of section
101 multiplied by the ratio of the number of days covered
by this resolution to 365.
SEC. 115. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this joint resolution, except section 106, the amounts
made available for the following new programs authorized
by the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Govern-
ment Act of 1997, Public Law 105–33, shall be the higher
of the amounts in the budget request or the House or Sen-
ate District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1998, passed
as of October 1, 1997, multiplied by the ratio of the num-
ber of days covered by this joint resolution to 365: Federal
Contribution to the Operations of the Nation’s Capital;
Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Corrections
Trustee Operations; Payment to the District of Columbia
Corrections Trustee for Correctional Facilities, Construc-
tion and Repair, and Federal Payment to the District of
Columbia Criminal Justice System: Provided, That the
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amounts made available for the last item shall be made
available to the Joint Committee on Judicial Administra-
tion in the District of Columbia; the District of Columbia
Truth in Sentencing Commission; the Pretrial Services,
Defense Services, Parole, Adult Probation, and Offender
Supervision Trustee; and the United States Parole Com-
mission, as appropriate.
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this joint resolution, except section 106, the authorities
provided under subsection (a) of section 140 of the For-
eign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and
1995 (Public Law 103–236) shall remain in effect during
the period of this Act, notwithstanding paragraphs (3) and
(5) of said subsection.
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this joint resolution, except section 106, the authorities
provided under 217 of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1187) shall remain in effect during the pe-
riod of this joint resolution, notwithstanding subsection (f)
of said section.
SEC. 118. The National Flood Insurance Act of 1968
(42 U.S.C. 4026) is amended in section 1319 by striking
‘‘September 30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘October 23, 1997’’
and in section 1336 by striking ‘‘September 30, 1996’’
and inserting ‘‘October 23, 1997’’.
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SEC. 119. Notwithstanding section 204 of the Finan-
cial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of
1995 related to the latest maturity date for the short-term
Treasury advances, the District of Columbia government
may delay repayment of the 1997 Treasury advances be-
yond October 1, 1997 until it receives the full year Federal
contribution, as authorized by section 11601 of the Na-
tional Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Im-
provement Act of 1997, Public Law 105–33. Any interest
or penalties that would generally apply to such late pay-
ments are hereby waived under this provision.
SEC. 120. In addition to the amounts made available
for the Veterans Health Administration, Medical Care ac-
count pursuant to section 101 of this joint resolution, this
account is also available for necessary administrative and
legal expenses of the Department for collecting and recov-
ering amounts owed the Department as authorized under
38 U.S.C. chapter 17, and the Federal Medical Care Re-
covery Act, 42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding section 235(a)(3) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2195(a)(3)),
the authority of section 235(a)(1) and (2), of the same
Act, shall remain in effect during the period of this joint
resolution.