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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 2 
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2003 
Mr. YOUNG of Florida introduced the following joint resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Appropriations 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 
2003, and for other purposes. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That Public Law 107–229 is further amended by striking 
the date specified in section 107(c) and inserting in lieu 
thereof ‘‘January 31, 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. Public Law 107–229, as amended, is further 
amended in section 120, by striking ‘‘and December 1, 
2002,’’ and inserting ‘‘December 1, 2002, January 1, 
2003, and February 1, 2003,’’.
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SEC. 3. Section 613 of the Treasury and General 
Government Appropriations Act, 2002, is amended (1) by 
striking ‘‘2001’’ and ‘‘2002’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘2002’’ and ‘‘2003’’, respectively; and (2) in 
subsection (a)(1), as so amended, by inserting ‘‘(as in ef-
fect on September 30, 2002)’’ after ‘‘Act, 2002’’ and after 
‘‘such section 613’’: Provided, That such section, as so 
amended, shall be effective through September 30, 2003, 
notwithstanding section 107 of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 4. Public Law 107–229, as amended, is further 
amended by striking section 137 and inserting the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 137. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of this joint resolution, in addition to amounts made avail-
able in section 101, and subject to sections 107(c) and 
108, such sums as may be necessary shall be available to 
the Securities and Exchange Commission for the Sec-
retary of the Treasury to advance start-up expenses to the 
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board pursuant to 
section 109(j) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 
(Pub. L. 107–204). 
‘‘(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, upon the collection of fees authorized in section 
109(d) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107– 
204), the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
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shall reimburse the Securities and Exchange Commission 
for any Commission appropriations advanced to the Board 
for start-up expenses pursuant to section 109(j) of such 
Act or subsection (a) of this section, so as to result in 
no net effect of such advances on appropriations available 
to the Commission in fiscal year 2003.’’. 
SEC. 5. Section 8005 of the Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2003 (Pub. L. 107–248) is amended 
by inserting before the period at the end the following: 
‘‘: Provided further, That in addition to the transfer au-
thority provided in this section, and subject to the terms 
and conditions of this section except the limitation in the 
fourth proviso, only to meet unforeseen requirements asso-
ciated with the global war on terrorism, the Secretary of 
Defense may transfer an additional $2,500,000,000 of 
working capital funds of the Department of Defense or 
funds made available in titles I through VII of this Act 
to the Department of Defense for military functions (ex-
cept military construction), including programs and activi-
ties of the National Foreign Intelligence Program (with 
the concurrence of the Director of Central Intelligence) 
and the United States Special Operations Command, be-
tween such appropriations or funds or any subdivision 
thereof, to be merged with and to be available for the same
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purposes, and for the same time period, as the appropria-
tion or fund to which transferred’’. 
SEC. 6. (a) APPROVAL OF PROSPECTUS.—For pur-
poses of section 3307(a) of title 40, United States Code, 
the prospectus of General Services Administration entitled 
‘‘Prospectus—Lease, Department of Homeland Security, 
Washington, DC Metropolitan Area’’, prospectus number 
PDC–08W03, as submitted on December 24, 2002, is 
deemed approved by the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON DELEGATION.—The authority 
of the General Services Administration to lease space 
under this section may not be delegated to any other de-
partment or agency. 
(c) MODIFICATIONS.—Any modification to the pro-
spectus referred to in subsection (a) that is subject to ap-
proval under section 3307 of title 40, United States Code, 
shall be approved in accordance with the requirements of 
such section. 
SEC. 7. Section 126 of Public Law 107–229, as 
added by Public Law 107–240, is amended to read as fol-
lows:
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‘‘SEC. 126. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this joint resolution, except section 107, the District of 
Columbia may expend local funds for programs and activi-
ties under the heading ‘District of Columbia Funds—Op-
erating Expenses’ at the rate set forth for such programs 
and activities in the revised financial plan and budget for 
the District Government for fiscal year 2003 submitted 
to Congress by the District of Columbia pursuant to sec-
tion 138 of H.R. 5521 of the 107th Congress, as reported 
by the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives.’’. 
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