108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 69
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,
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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 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)).
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(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.
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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’’.
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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
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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
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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
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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:
Clerk.
108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 69
JOINT RESOLUTION
Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal
year 2004, and for other purposes.