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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 133
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
DECEMBER 18 (legislative day, DECEMBER 15), 1995
Mr. WALSH introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to
the Committee on Appropriations
JOINT RESOLUTION
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year
1996, 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
the general fund and enterprise funds of the District of
Columbia for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year
1996, and for other purposes, namely:
SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary
under the authority and conditions provided in the appli-
cable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995 for con-
tinuing projects or activities including the costs of direct
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loans and loan guarantees (not otherwise specifically pro-
vided for in this joint resolution) which were conducted
in the fiscal year 1995 and for which appropriations,
funds, or other authority would be available in the follow-
ing appropriations Act:
The District of Columbia Appropriations Act,
1996:
Provided, That whenever the amount which would be made
available or the authority which would be granted in this
Act is greater than that which would be available or grant-
ed under current operations, the pertinent project or activ-
ity shall be continued at a rate for operations not exceed-
ing the current rate.
(b) Whenever the amount which would be made avail-
able or the authority which would be granted under the
Act listed in this section as passed by the House as of
the date of enactment of this joint resolution, is different
from that which would be available or granted under such
Act as passed by the Senate as of the date of enactment
of this joint resolution, the pertinent project or activity
shall be continued at a rate for operations not exceeding
the current rate or the rate permitted by the action of
the House or the Senate, whichever is lower, under the
authority and conditions provided in the applicable appro-
priations Act for the fiscal year 1995: Provided, That
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where an item is not included in either version or where
an item is included in only one version of the Act as passed
by both Houses as of the date of enactment of this joint
resolution, the pertinent project or activity shall not be
continued except as provided for in section 111 or 112
under the appropriation, fund, or authority granted by the
applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 1995 and
under the authority and conditions provided in the appli-
cable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995.
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. 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 the fiscal year 1995.
SEC. 104. No provisions which is included in the ap-
propriations Act enumerated in section 101 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 appli-
cable to any appropriation, fund, or authority provided in
this joint resolution.
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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. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint
resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act, appro-
priations and funds made available and authority granted
pursuant to this joint resolution shall be available until
(a) enactment into law of an appropriation 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
activity, or (c) December 27, 1995, whichever first occurs.
SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this joint resolution, except section 106, none of the funds
appropriated under 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. 108. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint
resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation,
fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli-
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cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is
enacted into law.
SEC. 109. No provision in the appropriations Act for
the fiscal year 1996 referred to in section 101 of this joint
resolution that makes the availability of any appropriation
provided therein dependent upon the enactment of addi-
tional authorizing or other legislation shall be effective be-
fore the date set forth in section 106(c) of this joint reso-
lution.
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. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this joint resolution, except section 106, whenever the Act
listed in section 101 as passed by both the House and
Senate as of the date of enactment of this joint resolution,
does not include funding for an ongoing project or activity
for which there is a budget request, or whenever the rate
for operations for an ongoing project or activity provided
by section 101 for which there is a budget request would
result in the project or activity being significantly reduced,
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SEC. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this joint resolution, except sections 106, 111, and 112,
for those programs that had high initial rates of operation
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 pro-
grams funded by this resolution that would impinge on
final funding prerogatives.
SEC. 114. This joint resolution shall be implemented
so that only the most limited funding action of that per-
mitted in the resolution shall be taken in order to provide
for continuation of projects and activities.
SEC. 115. The provisions of section 132 of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1988, Public Law
100–202, shall not apply for this joint resolution.
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this joint resolution, except section 106, none of the funds
appropriated under this joint resolution shall be used to
implement or enforce any system of registration of unmar-
ried, cohabiting couples whether they are homosexual, les-
bian, heterosexual, including but not limited to registra-
tion for the purpose of extending employment, health, or
governmental benefits to such couples on the same basis
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that such benefits are extended to legally married couples;
nor shall any funds made available pursuant to any provi-
sion 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.
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