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SEC. 203. No appropriation or funds made available
or authority granted pursuant to section 201 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 1995.
SEC. 204. No provision which is included in the appro-
priations Act enumerated in section 201 but which was not
included in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal
year 1995 and which by its terms is applicable to more
than one appropriation, fund, or authority shall be applica-
ble to any appropriation, fund, or authority provided in
this title of this joint resolution.
SEC. 205. Appropriations made and authority granted
pursuant to this title of 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 title of this joint resolution.
SEC. 206. Unless otherwise provided for in this title
of this joint resolution or in the applicable appropriations
Act, appropriations and funds made available and author-
ity granted pursuant to this title of this joint resolution
shall be available until (a) enactment into law of an appro-
priation for any project or activity provided for in this title
of this joint resolution, or (b) the enactment into law of
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the applicable appropriations Act by both Houses without
any provision for such project or activity, or (c) January
3, 1996, whichever first occurs.
SEC. 207. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
title of this joint resolution, except section 206, none of the
funds appropriated under this title of this joint resolution
shall be expended for any abortion except where the life of
the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried
to term or where the pregnancy is the result of an act of
rape or incest.
SEC. 208. Expenditures made pursuant to this title of
this joint resolution shall be charged to the applicable ap-
propriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill in
which such applicable appropriation, fund, or authoriza-
tion is contained is enacted into law.
SEC. 209. No provision in the appropriations Act for
the fiscal year 1996 referred to in section 201 of this title
of this joint resolution that makes the availability of any
appropriation provided therein dependent upon the enact-
ment of additional authorizing or other legislation shall be
effective before the date set forth in section 206(c) of this
joint resolution.
SEC. 210. Appropriations and funds made available
by or authority granted pursuant to this title of this joint
resolution may be used without regard to the time limita-
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tions 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 provi-
sion of law governing the apportionment of funds.
SEC. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
title of this joint resolution, except section 206, whenever
the Act listed in section 201 as passed by both the House
and Senate as of the date of enactment of this joint resolu-
tion, does not include funding for an ongoing project or ac-
tivity for which there is a budget request, or whenever the
rate for operations for an ongoing project or activity pro-
vided by section 201 for which there is a budget request
would result in the project or activity being significantly
reduced, the pertinent project or activity may be continued
under the authority and conditions provided in the applica-
ble appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995 by increas-
ing the rate for operations provided by section 201 to a
rate for operations not to exceed one that provides the mini-
mal level that would enable existing activities to continue.
No new contracts or grants shall be awarded in excess of
an amount that bears the same ratio to the rate for oper-
ations provided by this section as the number of days cov-
ered by this resolution bears to 366. For the purposes of
this title of this joint resolution, the minimal level means
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a rate for operations that is reduced from the current rate
by 25 percent.
SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
title of this joint resolution, except section 206, whenever
the rate for operations for any continuing project or activ-
ity provided by section 201 or section 211 for which there
is a budget request would result in a furlough of Govern-
ment employees, that rate for operations may be increased
to the minimum level that would enable the furlough to be
avoided. No new contracts or grants shall be awarded in
excess of an amount that bears the same ratio to the rate
for operations provided by this section as the number of
days covered by this resolution bears to 366.
SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
title of this joint resolution, except sections 206, 211, and
212, for those programs that had high initial rates of oper-
ation or complete distribution of funding at the beginning
of the fiscal year in fiscal year 1995 because of distributions
of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others,
similar distributions of funds for fiscal year 1996 shall not
be made and no grants shall be awarded for such programs
funded by this title of this resolution that would impinge
on final funding prerogatives.
SEC. 214. This title of this joint resolution shall be
implemented so that only the most limited funding action
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of that permitted in this title of this resolution shall be
taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and
activities.
SEC. 215. The provisions of section 132 of the District
of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1988, Public Law 100–
202, shall not apply for this title of this joint resolution.
SEC. 216. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
title of this joint resolution, except section 206, none of the
funds appropriated under this title of this joint resolution
shall be used to implement or enforce any system of reg-
istration of unmarried, cohabiting couples whether they are
homosexual, lesbian, heterosexual, including but not limited
to registration for the purpose of extending employment,
health, or governmental benefits to such couples on the same
basis that such benefits are extended to legally married cou-
ples; nor shall any funds made available pursuant to any
provision of this title of this joint resolution otherwise be
used to implement or enforce D.C. Act 9–188, signed by the
Mayor of the District of Columbia on April 15, 1992.
TITLE III
VETERANS’ BENEFITS
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, corpora-
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tions, and other organizational units of Government for the
fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes, namely:
SEC. 301. ENSURED PAYMENT DURING FISCAL YEAR 1996 OF
VETERANS’ BENEFITS IN EVENT OF LACK OF
APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) PAYMENTS REQUIRED.—In any case during fiscal
year 1996 in which appropriations are not otherwise avail-
able for programs, projects, and activities of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
shall nevertheless ensure that—
(1) payments of existing veterans benefits are
made in accordance with regular procedures and
schedules and in accordance with eligibility require-
ments for such benefits; and
(2) payments to contractors of the Veterans
Health Administration of the Department of Veterans
Affairs are made when due in the case of services pro-
vided that directly relate to patient health and safety.
(b) FUNDING.—There is hereby appropriated such
sums as may be necessary for the payments pursuant to
subsection (a), including such amounts as may be necessary
for the costs of administration of such payments.
(c) CHARGING OF ACCOUNTS WHEN APPROPRIATIONS
MADE.—In any case in which the Secretary uses the au-
thority of subsection (a) to make payments, applicable ac-
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counts shall be charged for amounts so paid, and for the
costs of administration of such payments, when regular ap-
propriations become available for those purposes.
(d) EXISTING BENEFITS SPECIFIED.—For purposes of
this section, existing veterans benefits are benefits under
laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs that
have been adjudicated and authorized for payment as of—
(1) December 15, 1995; or
(2) if appropriations for such benefits are avail-
able (other than pursuant to subsection (b)) after De-
cember 15, 1995, the last day on which appropria-
tions for payment of such benefits are available (other
than pursuant to subsection (b)).
SEC. 302. EXPIRATION DATE.
Section 301 shall expire on January 3, 1996.
Attest:
Secretary.