H. J. Res. 69
One Hundred Eighth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the seventh day of January, two thousand and three
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, 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 2004, and for other purposes, namely:
SEC. 101. Such amounts as may be necessary under the
authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations
Act for fiscal year 2003 for continuing projects or activities including
the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees (not otherwise specifi-
cally 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 authority
was made available in the following appropriations Acts:
(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003.
(2) The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003, not-
withstanding section 15 of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956, section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236),
and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947
(50 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)).
(3) The District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2003.
(4) The Energy and Water Development Appropriations
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 Authorities 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 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003.
(8) The Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2003.
(9) The Department of Transportation and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2003.
(10) The Treasury and General Government Appropriations
Act, 2003.
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(11) The Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing
and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2003.
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 appropriations, funds, or other
authority were not available during fiscal year 2003.
SEC. 105. 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. 106. (a) The matter under the heading ‘‘Department of
Education—Education for the Disadvantaged’’ 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’’.
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect
on the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 107. 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,
or (b) the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations
Act by both Houses without any provision for such project or activ-
ity, or (c) October 31, 2003, whichever first occurs.
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. 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. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint
resolution, except section 107, for those programs that had high
initial rates of operation or complete distribution of fiscal year
2003 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 2004 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 permitted in the joint
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resolution shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of
projects and activities.
SEC. 112. For entitlements and other mandatory payments
whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for
fiscal year 2003, and for activities under the Food Stamp Act
of 1977, activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain pro-
gram levels under current law, under the authority and conditions
provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2003,
to be continued through the date specified in section 107(c): Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding section 107, funds shall be available
and obligations for mandatory payments due on or about November
1 and December 1, 2003, may continue to be made.
SEC. 113. Section 1316(c) of Public Law 108–11 shall be applied
by substituting the date specified in section 107(c) of this joint
resolution for ‘‘September 30, 2003’’ each place it appears.
SEC. 114. 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 (Public Law
104–208), as amended by section 120 of the Treasury Department
Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–554), may continue
through the date specified in section 107(c) of this joint resolution.
SEC. 115. Notwithstanding section 235(a)(2) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2195(a)(2)), the authority of
subsections (a) through (c) of section 234 of such Act, shall remain
in effect through the date specified in section 107(c) of this joint
resolution.
SEC. 116. Section 503(f) of the Small Business Investment
Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 697(f)) shall be applied by substituting
the date specified in section 107(c) of this joint resolution for
‘‘October 1, 2003’’.
SEC. 117. Section 303(g)(2) of the Small Business Investment
Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 683(g)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘1.38
percent’’ in the last sentence and inserting ‘‘1.46 percent’’.
SEC. 118. Collection and use of maintenance fees as authorized
by section 4(i) and 4(k) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. Sec. 136a–1(i) and (k)) may continue
through the date specified in section 107(c) of this joint resolution.
Prohibitions against collecting ‘‘other fees’’ as described in section
4(i)(6) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(7 U.S.C. 136a–1(i)(6)) shall continue in effect through the date
specified in section 107(c) of this joint resolution.
SEC. 119. The full amount provided under this joint resolution
for necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
(CERCLA), section 118(f) of the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act of 1986, and section 3019 of the Solid Waste
Disposal Act, shall be derived from the general fund.
SEC. 120. National Aeronautics and Space Administration is
authorized to implement full cost accounting as of October 1, 2003,
in the account structure that is consistent with the President’s
request for fiscal year 2004.
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint
resolution, except section 107(c), the limitation on new loan guar-
antee commitments of the Federal Housing Administration, General
and Special Risk Insurance Fund, shall be $3,800,000,000 for the
period of applicability of this joint resolution to continue projects