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of Mines are for continuing limited health and safety and
related research, materials partnerships, and minerals in-
formation activities; for mineral assessments in Alaska; and
for terminating all other activities of the Bureau of Mines.
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
joint resolution, except section 106, funds for the Environ-
mental Protection Agency shall be made available in the
appropriation accounts which are provided in H.R. 2099
as reported on September 13, 1995.
SEC. 122. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
joint resolution, except section 106, the rate for operations
for projects and activities that would be funded under the
heading ‘‘International Organizations and Conferences,
Contributions to International Organizations’’ in the De-
partments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996, shall be the
amount provided by the provisions of sections 101, 111, and
112 multiplied by the ratio of the number of days covered
by this resolution to 366.
SEC. 123. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
joint resolution, except section 106, the rate for operations
of the following projects or activities shall be only the mini-
mum necessary to accomplish orderly termination:
Administrative Conference of the United States;
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Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Re-
lations (except that activities to carry out the provi-
sions of Public Law 104–4 may continue);
Interstate Commerce Commission;
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation;
Land and Water Conservation Fund, State As-
sistance; and
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and En-
forcement, Rural Abandoned Mine Program.
SEC. 124. COMPENSATION AND RATIFICATION OF AU-
THORITY.—(a) Any Federal employees furloughed as a re-
sult of a lapse in appropriations, if any, after midnight
November 13, 1995, until the enactment of this Act shall
be compensated at their standard rate of compensation for
the period during which there was a lapse in appropria-
tions.
(b) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the ap-
propriations made and authority granted by this Act for
the purposes of maintaining the essential level of activity
to protect life and property and bring about orderly termi-
nation of Government functions are hereby ratified and ap-
proved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of this
Act.
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TITLE II
SEC. 201. WAIVER OF REQUIREMENT FOR PARCHMENT
PRINTING.
(a) WAIVER.—The provisions of sections 106 and 107
of title 1, United States Code, are waived with respect to
the printing (on parchment or otherwise) of the enrollment
of any of the following measures of the first session of the
One Hundred Fourth Congress presented to the President
after the enactment of this joint resolution:
(1) A continuing resolution.
(2) A debt limit extension measure.
(3) A reconciliation bill.
(b) CERTIFICATION BY COMMITTEE ON HOUSE OVER-
SIGHT.—The enrollment of a measure to which subsection
(a) applies shall be in such form as the Committee on House
Oversight of the House of Representatives certifies to be a
true enrollment.
SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this joint resolution:
(1) CONTINUING RESOLUTION.—The term ‘‘con-
tinuing resolution’’ means a bill or joint resolution
that includes provisions making further continuing
appropriations for fiscal year 1996.
(2) DEBT
LIMIT
EXTENSION
MEASURE.—The
term ‘‘debt limit extension measure’’ means a bill or
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joint resolution that includes provisions increasing or
waiving (for a temporary period or otherwise) the
public debt limit under section 3101(b) of title 31,
United States Code.
(3) RECONCILIATION BILL.—The term ‘‘reconcili-
ation bill’’ means a bill that is a reconciliation bill
within the meaning of section 310 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974.
SEC. 203. COMMITMENT TO A SEVEN YEAR BALANCED
BUDGET.
(a) The President and the Congress shall enact legisla-
tion in the first session of the One Hundred Fourth Con-
gress to achieve a balanced budget not later than fiscal year
2002 as estimated by the Congressional Budget Office, and
the President and the Congress agree that the balanced
budget must protect future generations, ensure Medicare sol-
vency, reform welfare, and provide adequate funding for
Medicaid, education, agriculture, national defense, veter-
ans, and the environment. Further, the balanced budget
shall adopt tax policies to help working families and to
stimulate future economic growth.
(b) The balanced budget agreement shall be estimated
by the Congressional Budget Office based on its most recent
current economic and technical assumptions, following a
thorough consultation and review with the Office of Man-
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agement and Budget, and other Government and private
experts.
Attest:
Secretary.