H. J. Res. 68
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
Joint Resolution
Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2000, 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 the
fiscal year 2000, 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 the fiscal year 1999 for continuing projects or activities
including the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees (not other-
wise specifically provided for in this joint resolution) which were
conducted in the fiscal year 1999 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, 2000;
(2) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, not-
withstanding section 15 of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956, section 701 of the United States Information
and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, section 313 of the
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and
1995 (Public Law 103–236), and section 53 of the Arms Control
and Disarmament Act;
(3) the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000,
notwithstanding section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act
of 1947;
(4) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2000;
(5) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act,
2000;
(6) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related
Programs Appropriations Act, 2000, notwithstanding section
10 of Public Law 91–672 and section 15 of the State Department
Basic Authorities Act of 1956;
(7) the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2000;
(8) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000,
the House or Senate reported version of which, if such reported
version exists, shall be deemed to have passed the House or
Senate respectively as of October 1, 1999, for the purposes
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of this joint resolution, unless a reported version is passed
as of October 1, 1999, in which case the passed version shall
be used in place of the reported version for purposes of this
joint resolution;
(9) the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2000;
(10) the Department of Transportation and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 2000;
(11) the Treasury and General Government Appropriations
Act, 2000; and
(12) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2000:
Provided, That whenever the amount which would be made avail-
able or the authority which would be granted in these Acts as
passed by the House and Senate as of October 1, 1999, is different
than that which would be available or granted under current oper-
ations, the pertinent project or activity shall be continued at a
rate for operations not exceeding the current rate: 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, 1999, for a continuing project or activity which
was conducted in fiscal year 1999 and for which there is fiscal
year 2000 funding included in the budget request, the pertinent
project or activity shall be continued at the rate for current oper-
ations under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable
appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1999.
(b) Whenever the amount which would be made available or
the authority which would be granted under an Act listed in this
section as passed by the House as of October 1, 1999, is different
from that which would be available or granted under such Act
as passed by the Senate as of October 1, 1999, the pertinent
project or activity shall be continued at a rate for operations not
exceeding the current rate under the appropriation, fund, or
authority granted by the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal
year 2000 and under the authority and conditions provided in
the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1999.
(c) Whenever an Act listed in this section has been passed
by only the House or only the Senate as of October 1, 1999, the
pertinent project or activity shall be continued under the appropria-
tion, fund, or authority granted 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 1999: Provided, 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, 1999, for a continuing
project or activity which was conducted in fiscal year 1999 and
for which there is fiscal year 2000 funding included in the budget
request, the pertinent project or activity shall be continued at
the rate for current operations under the authority and conditions
provided in the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal year
1999.
(d) If the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000,
has not been reported in either the House or the Senate as of
October 1, 1999, continuing projects or activities that were con-
ducted in fiscal year 1999 shall be continued at the current rate
under the appropriation, fund or authority and terms and conditions
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provided in the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999.
SEC. 102. No appropriation or funds made available or authority
granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense
shall be used for new production of items not funded for production
in fiscal year 1999 or prior years, for the increase in production
rates above those sustained with fiscal year 1999 funds, or to
initiate, resume, or continue any project, activity, operation, or
organization which are defined as any project, subproject, activity,
budget activity, program element, and subprogram within a pro-
gram 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 subpro-
gram element within an appropriation account, for which appropria-
tions, funds, or other authority were not available during the fiscal
year 1999: 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 uti-
lizing advance procurement funding for economic order quantity
procurement 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 appropriations, funds, or other
authority were not available during the fiscal year 1999.
SEC. 105. No provision which is included in an appropriations
Act enumerated in section 101 but which was not included in
the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 1999 and which
by its terms is applicable to more than one appropriation, fund,
or authority shall be applicable 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, appropriations and funds
made available and authority granted pursuant to this joint resolu-
tion shall be available until: (a) enactment into law of an appropria-
tion for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution;
(b) the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act
by both Houses without any provision for such project or activity;
or (c) October 21, 1999, whichever first occurs.
SEC. 107. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant
to this joint resolution shall cover all obligations 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 authoriza-
tion whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund,
or authorization is contained is enacted into law.
SEC. 109. No provision in the appropriations Act for the fiscal
year 2000 referred to in section 101 of this Act that makes the
availability of any appropriation provided therein dependent upon
the enactment of additional authorizing or other legislation shall
be effective before the date set forth in section 106(c) of this joint
resolution.
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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 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 permitted 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 programs that had high
initial rates of operation or complete distribution of fiscal year
1999 appropriations at the beginning of that fiscal year because
of distributions of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees
or others, similar distributions of funds for fiscal year 2000 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 rate for operations for projects
and activities that would be funded under the heading ‘‘Inter-
national Organizations and Conferences, Contributions to Inter-
national Organizations’’ in the Departments of Commerce, Justice,
and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2000, 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 366.
SEC. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint
resolution, except section 106, the rate for operations for the fol-
lowing activities funded with Federal Funds for the District of
Columbia, shall be at a rate for operations not exceeding the current
rate, multiplied by the ratio of the number of days covered by
this joint resolution to 366: Corrections Trustee Operations, Public
Defender Services, Parole Revocation, Adult Probation, Offender
Supervision, Sex Offender Registration, Pretrial Services, District
of Columbia Courts, and Defender Services in District of Columbia
Courts.
SEC. 115. Activities authorized by sections 1309(a)(2), as
amended by Public Law 104–208, and 1376(c) of the National Flood
Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), may
continue through the date specified in section 106(c) of this joint
resolution.
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint
resolution, except section 106, the rate for operations for reimburse-
ment of past losses for the Commodity Credit Corporation Fund
shall be $11,500,000,000.
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding section 235(a)(2) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2195(a)(2)), the authority of
section 234(a) (b) and (c), of the same Act, shall remain in effect
during the period of this joint resolution.
SEC. 118. Notwithstanding sections 101, 104, and 106 of this
joint resolution, funds may be used to initiate or resume projects
or activities at a rate in excess of the current rate to the extent
necessary, consistent with existing agency plans, to achieve Year
2000 (Y2K) computer compliance and for implementation of business
continuity and contingency plans.
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SEC. 119. Notwithstanding sections 101 and 104 of this joint
resolution, not to exceed $189,524,382 shall be available for projects
and activities for decennial census programs for the period covered
by this joint resolution.
SEC. 120. Notwithstanding section 101 of this joint resolution,
the rate for operations for projects and activities funded by accounts
in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 as passed by the
House and Senate affected by the foreign affairs reorganization
shall be at the current rate for the accounts funding such projects
and activities in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State,
the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999,
distributed into the accounts established in the Departments of
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2000 as passed by the House and Senate.
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding section 309(g) of the United States
International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6208) and section
101 of this joint resolution, the rate for operation for Radio Free
Asia shall be at the current rate for operations and under the
terms provided for in the fiscal year 1999 grant from the Broad-
casting Board of Governors to RFA, Inc.
SEC. 122. Public Law 106–46 is amended by deleting ‘‘October
1, 1999’’ and inserting ‘‘November 1, 1999’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.