H. J. Res. 117 
One Hundred Twelfth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twelve 
Joint Resolution 
Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the fol-
lowing sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable cor-
porate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several depart-
ments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units of 
Government for fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes, namely: 
SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate 
for operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts 
for fiscal year 2012 and under the authority and conditions provided 
in such Acts, for continuing projects or activities (including the 
costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise 
specifically provided for in this joint resolution, that were conducted 
in fiscal year 2012, and for which appropriations, funds, or other 
authority were made available in the following appropriations Acts: 
(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 
(division A of Public Law 112–55), except for the appropriations 
designated by the Congress as being for disaster relief in section 
735 of such Act. 
(2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2012 (division B of Public Law 112–55), 
except for the appropriation designated by the Congress as 
being for disaster relief in the second paragraph under the 
heading ‘‘Department of Commerce—Economic Development 
Administration—Economic Development Assistance Programs’’ 
in such Act. 
(3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012 
(division A of Public Law 112–74). 
(4) The Energy and Water Development Appropriations 
Act, 2012 (division B of Public Law 112–74). 
(5) The Financial Services and General Government Appro-
priations Act, 2012 (division C of Public Law 112–74). 
(6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 
Act, 2012 (division D of Public Law 112–74). 
(7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (division E of Public 
Law 112–74). 
(8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 
(division F of Public Law 112–74).
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(9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2012 (divi-
sion G of Public Law 112–74). 
(10) The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (division H of Public 
Law 112–74). 
(11) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 (division I of Public 
Law 112–74). 
(12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (division C of 
Public Law 112–55), except for the appropriations designated 
by the Congress as being for disaster relief under the heading 
‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Highway Administra-
tion—Emergency Relief’’ and in the last proviso of section 239 
of such Act. 
(13) The Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public 
Law 112–77), except for appropriations under the heading 
‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil’’. 
(b) Whenever an amount designated for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global 
War 
on 
Terrorism 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 (in this section referred to as an ‘‘OCO/GWOT amount’’) 
in an Act described in paragraph (3) or (10) of subsection (a) 
that would be made available for a project or activity is different 
from the amount requested in the President’s fiscal year 2013 
budget request, the project or activity shall be continued at a 
rate for operations that would be permitted by, and such designation 
shall be applied to, the amount in the President’s fiscal year 2013 
budget request. 
(c) The rate for operations provided by subsection (a) is hereby 
increased by 0.612 percent. Such increase shall not apply to OCO/ 
GWOT amounts or to amounts incorporated in this joint resolution 
by reference to the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public 
Law 112–77). 
SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or 
authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of 
Defense shall be used for: (1) the new production of items not 
funded for production in fiscal year 2012 or prior years; (2) the 
increase in production rates above those sustained with fiscal year 
2012 funds; or (3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of 
any project, activity, operation, or organization (defined as any 
project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and 
subprogram within a program element, and for any investment 
items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity within an 
appropriation account and an R–1 line item that includes a program 
element and subprogram element within an appropriation account) 
for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not avail-
able during fiscal year 2012. 
(b) 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 utilizing 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 that would be provided by the 
pertinent appropriations Act.
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SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no 
appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursu-
ant 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 2012. 
SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant 
to this joint resolution shall cover all obligations or expenditures 
incurred for any project or activity during the period for which 
funds or authority for such project or activity are available under 
this joint resolution. 
SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint resolution 
or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2013, appro-
priations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant 
to this joint resolution shall be available until whichever of the 
following first occurs: (1) the enactment into law of an appropriation 
for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; 
(2) the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act 
for fiscal year 2013 without any provision for such project or activity; 
or (3) March 27, 2013. 
SEC. 107. 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. 108. Appropriations made 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 in this joint resolution may be construed 
to waive any other provision of law governing the apportionment 
of funds. 
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 106, for those programs that would other-
wise have high initial rates of operation or complete distribution 
of appropriations at the beginning of fiscal year 2013 because of 
distributions of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or 
others, such high initial rates of operation or complete distribution 
shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such pro-
grams funded by this joint resolution that would impinge on final 
funding prerogatives. 
SEC. 110. 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. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments 
whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for 
fiscal year 2012, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain 
program levels under current law, under the authority and condi-
tions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 
2012, to be continued through the date specified in section 106(3). 
(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory pay-
ments due on or about the first day of any month that begins 
after October 2012 but not later than 30 days after the date specified 
in section 106(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be 
available for such payments. 
SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian 
personnel compensation and benefits in each department and