A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1981, and for other purposes.
PL 96-369 (H.J.Res.610), enacted 10/01/1980

PUBLIC LAW 96-369—OCT. 1, 1980 
94 STAT. 1351 
Public Law 96-369 
96th Congress 
Joint Resolution 
Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1981, and for other purposes. 
Oct. 1, 1980 
[H.J. Res. 610] 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled. That the following sums are Continuing 
appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise p^^^^"^*^"'^^' 
appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, 
receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corpora-
tions, and other organizational units of the Government for the fiscal 
year 1981, and for other purposes, namely: 
SEC. 101. (aXD Such amounts as may be necessary for projects or 
activities (not otherwise specifically provided for in this joint resolu-
tion) for which appropriations, funds, or other authority would be 
available in the following appropriation Acts: 
Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Appro-
priation Act, 1981; 
District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1981; 
Department of Housing and Urban Development—Independ-
ent Agencies Appropriation Act, 1981; 
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropri-
ation Act, 1981; 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1981; 
Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1981; 
Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, 
and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1981; 
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appro-
priation Act, 1981; and 
Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropri-
ation Act, 1981. 
(2) Appropriations made by this subsection shall be available to the 
extent and in the manner which would be provided by the pertinent 
appropriation Act. 
(3) Whenever the amount which would be made available or the 
authority which would be granted under an Act listed in this 
subsection as passed by the House as of October 1, 1980, is different 
from that which would be available or granted under such Act as 
passed by the Senate as of October 1, 1980, the pertinent project or 
activity shall be continued under the lesser amount or the more 
restrictive authority: Provided, That where an item is included in 
only one version of an Act as passed by both Houses as of October 1, 
1980, the pertinent project or activity shall be continued under the 
appropriation, fund, or authority granted by the one House, but at a 
rate for operations not exceeding the current rate or the rate 
permitted by the action of the one House, whichever is lower, and 
under the authority and conditions provided in applicable appropri-
ation Acts for the fiscal year 1980. 
(4) Whenever an Act listed in this subsection has been passed by 
only the House as of October 1, 1980, the pertinent project or activity 
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shall be continued under the appropriation, fund, or authority 
granted by the House, but at a rate for operations not exceeding the 
current rate or the rate permitted by the action of the House, 
whichever is lower, and under the authority and conditions provided 
in applicable appropriation Acts for the fiscal year 1980, except 
section 201 of title II of the Departments of Labor, and Health, 
Education, and Welfare and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1980 (H.R. 4389) as adopted by the House of Representatives on 
August 2, 1979, and except for title III of the Agriculture, Rural 
Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, the pro-
grams in which shall continue at the rate of operations as provided 
for in the House-passed appropriation bill for fiscal year 1981. 
(5) No provision which is included in an appropriation Act enumer-
ated in this subsection but which was not included in the applicable 
appropriation Act of 1980, and which by its terms is applicable to 
more than one appropriation, fund, or authority shall be applicable to 
any appropriation, fund, or authority provided in the joint resolution 
unless such provision shall have been included in identical form in 
such bill as enacted by both the House and the Senate. 
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(b) Notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91-672, and section 
15(a) of the Act entitled, "An Act to provide certain basic authority 
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for 
the Department of State", approved August 1,1956, as amended, 
such amounts as may be necessary for continuing projects or activi-
ties which were conducted in fiscal year 1980 and would be provided 
for in H.R. 7854, the Foreign Assistance and Related Programs 
Appropriation Act, 1981, £is reported July 29, 1980, at a rate of 
operations not in excess of the rate which would have been provided 
under the terms of the conference report (House Report 96-787), and 
in accordance with associated agreements stated in the Joint 
Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference, accompany-
ing H.R. 4473, except that for Operating Expenses of the Agency for 
International Development the rate for operations shall be at an 
annual rate of $280,000,000: Provided, 
That not more than 
$105,700,000 of this amount shall be for AID/Washington Operating 
Expenses. 
(c) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing projects and 
activities under all the conditions and to the extent and in the 
manner as provided in H.R. 7593, entitled the Legislative Branch 
Appropriation Act, 1981, as passed the House of Representatives, 
July 21,1980, except section 309 of H.R. 7593 shall be deemed not to 
be applicable to the General Accounting Office; and the provisions of 
section 306 of H.R. 7593 shall apply to any appropriation, fund or 
authority made available for the period October 1, 1980, through 
Abortions. 
December 15, 1980, by this or any other Act. Notwithstanding any 
restrictfons 
Other provision of this joint resolution except section 102, and 
notwithstanding section 110 of this joint resolution, none of the funds 
made available by this joint resolution for programs and activities for 
which appropriations would be available in H.R. 7998, entitled the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1981, as passed the House of 
Representatives on August 27, 1980, shall be used to perform abor-
tions except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the 
fetus were carried to term; or except for such medical procedures 
necessary for the victims of rape or incest, when such rape has within 
seventy-two hours been reported to a law enforcement agency or 
public health service; nor are payments prohibited for drugs or 
devices to prevent implantation of the fertilized ovum, or for medical 
procedures necessary for the termination of an ectopic pregnancy: 
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94 STAT. 1353 
Provided, however. That the several States are and shall remain free 
not to fund abortions to the extent that they in their sole discretion 
deem appropriate. 
(d) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing the following 
activities not otherwise provided for, which were conducted in fiscal 
year 1980, but at a rate for operations not in excess of the current 
rate: Provided, That no appropriation or fund made available or 
authority granted pursuant to this subsection shall be used to initiate 
or resume any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or 
authority were not available during fiscal year 1980: 
activities of the Council on Wage and Price Stability; 
activities of the Attorney General in connection with assist-
ance for Joint State and Joint State and Local Law Enforcement 
Agencies; 
activities of 
the Economic Development Administration includ-
ing salaries and expenses; 
activities of 
the Regional Action Planning Commissions; 
activities of the United States Travel Service including the 
Assistant Secretary for Tourism; 
activities of the Judiciary under the heading "Pretrial Services 
Agencies"; 
activities of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment under the heading "Annual contributions for assisted 
housing"; 
activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion under the heading "Research and development"; 
activities for which disbursements are made by the Secretary 
of the Senate, and the Senate items under the Architect of the 
Capitol; 
activities for support of nursing research under section 301 of 
the Public Health Service Act; 
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activities for support of health professions education and nurse 
training under titles VII and VIII of the Public Health Service 
Act; 
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activities under the Community Mental Health Centers Act; 42 use 2689 
activities under title IV, part A, subparts 2 and 3, title III and "'^^^ 
title VII of the Comprehensive Emplojmtient and Training Act, o
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exceed an annual rate for new obligations of $200,000,000; and 
activities for support of State Medicaid Fraud Control Units at 
the matching rate specified in section 1903(a)(6) of the Social 
Security Act, notwithstanding the limitations on eligible quar- 42 use i396b. 
ters contained therein. 
(e) Such amounts as may be necessary to permit payments and 
assistance mandated by law for the following activities under the 
terms, conditions and limitations included in the applicable appropri-
ation Act for 1980: 
activities under title IV of the Federal Mine Health and Safety 
Act of 1977; 
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activities under the Social Security Act; 
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retirement pay and medical benefits for commissioned officers 
of 
the Public Health Service; 
activities under title IV, part B, of the Higher Education Act; 2
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notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution 
except section 102, activities of the Department of Labor, 
Employment and Training Administration for "Federal unem-
ployment benefits and allowances" and "Advances to the unem-
ployment trust fund and other funds"; 
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activities of the Department of Labor, Employment Standards 
Administration for "Special benefits" and "Black Lung Disabil-
ity Trust Fund"; 
Veterans Administration "Compensation and pensions"; and 
Veterans Administration "Readjustment benefits", 
(f) Such amounts as may be necessary for Department of Energy, 
Operating Expenses, Energy Supply, Research and Development 
Activities, to carry out the breeder reactor demonstration project or 
project alternative approved by Congress in authorizing legislation, 
and for no other purpose, at the current rate of operations notwith-
standing the provisions of section 102 (a) and (b) of this joint 
resolution. 
Cuban and 
(g) Notwithstanding section 15(a) of the Act entitled "An Act to 
enTrants 
provide Certain basic authority for the Department of State", 
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approved August 1, 1956, as amended, and section 10 of Public Law 
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91-672, activities of the Department of State to process, maintain, 
return or resettle Cuban and Haitian entrants shall be funded at not 
to exceed an annual rate provided in the budget estimate. 
(h) Notwithstanding section 101(a) of this joint resolution, 
$1,850,000,000 shall be available to continue the low income energy 
assistance program under the State allocations provided for in H.R. 
7998 as passed the House of Representatives August 27, 1980, and in 
House Report 96-1244, except that the sum of $50,000,000 shall be 
reserved for payments to any State which would receive under the 
above formula an amount less than 75 per centum of the amount it 
would have received under the State allocation formula for low-
income energy assistance as provided in the regulations published on 
May 30, 1980 in volume 45, No. 106, Federal Register, pages 
36810-36838, such payments to be the amount necessary for the 
allocations to those States to be equal to 75 per centum of their 
allocation under such regulations; the energy assistance program 
shall be continued under the terms and conditions of such regulations 
and any non-formula amendments thereto, except that an eligible 
household shall also include any single person household at or below 
125 per centum of poverty: Provided, That none of the funds appropri-
ated in this paragraph shall be used to provide assistance either in 
cash or in kind to any household during fiscal year 1981 which 
exceeds a value of $750, except this $750 limitation may be waived by 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services upon request of a State, 
(i) Such amounts as may be necessary for projects and activities 
provided for in the Energy and Water Development Appropriation 
Ante, p. 1331. 
Act, 1981 (H.R. 7590), at a rate of operations, and to the extent and in 
the manner provided for in such Act as adopted by the House of 
Representatives and the Senate on September 24,1980, notwithstand-
ing section 102(c) of this joint resolution: Provided, That appropri-
ations and funds made available to the Appalachian Regional Com-
mission, including the Appalachian Regional Development Pro-
grams, by this or any other Act shall be used by the Commission in 
accordance with the provisions of the applicable appropriation Act 
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and pursuant to the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, 
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(j) Funds available under the provisions of this section for child 
nutrition programs of the Department of Agriculture may be used to 
pay valid claims submitted in fiscal year 1981 for meals served in 
September, 1980. 
(k) Such amounts as may be necessary to continue activities of the 
National Health Service Corps under section 338(a) of the Public 
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94 STAT. 1355 
Health Service Act at a rate not to exceed the fiscal year 1981 budget 
estimate. 
(1) Such amounts as provided in H.R. 8105, entitled the Depart-
ment of Defense Appropriation Act, 1981, as passed the House of 
Representatives, September 16, 1980, and under the authority and 
conditions provided in the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 
1980. 
SEC. 102. Appropriations and funds made available and authority 
granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be available from 
October 1, 1980, and shall remain available until (a) enactment into 
law of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this 
joint resolution, or (b) enactment of the applicable appropriation Act 
by both Houses without any provision for such project or activity, or 
(c) December 15,1980, whichever first occurs. 
SEC. 103. Appropriations and funds made available or authority 
granted pursuant to this joint resolution may be used without regard 
to the time limitations for submission and approval of apportion-
ments set forth in section 665(dX2) 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. 104. 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 projects or activity are available under this joint 
resolution. 
SEC. 105. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint resolution shall 
be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization 
whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or 
authorization is contained is enacted into law. 
SEC. 106. Any appropriation for the fiscal year 1981 required to be 
apportioned pursuant to section 665 of title 31, United States Code, 
may be apportioned on a basis indicating the need (to the extent any 
such increases cannot be absorbed within available appropriations) 
for a supplemental or deficiency estimate of appropriation to the 
extent necessary to permit payment of such pay increases as may be 
granted pursuant to law to civilian officers and employees and to 
active and retired military personnel. Each such appropriation shall 
otherwise be subject to the requirements of section 665 of title 31, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 107. All obligations incurred in anticipation of the appropri-
ations and authority provided in this joint resolution for the purposes 
of maintaining the minimum level of essential activities necessary to 
protect life and property and bringing about orderly termination of 
other functions are hereby ratified and confirmed if otherwise in 
accordance with the provisions of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 108. No provision in any appropriation Act for the fiscal year 
1981 that makes the availability of any appropriation provided 
therein dependent upon the enactment of additional authorizing or 
other legislation shall be effective before the date set forth in section 
102(c) of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolu-
tion except section 102, none of the funds made available by this joint 
resolution for programs and activities for which appropriations 
would be available in H.R. 7998, entitled the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
Appropriation Act, 1981, as passed the House of Representatives on 
August 27, 1980, shall be used to prevent the implementation of 
programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools. 
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Appropriations, 
availability. 
Public school 
voluntary prayer 
and 
meditation. 
94 STAT. 1356 
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Abortions. 
Funding 
restrictions. 
Post, p. 1863. 
Mount St. 
Helens, Wash., 
emergency 
activities. 
Ante, p. 880. 
5 u s e 5343 note. 
93 Stat. 576. 
5 u s e 5332 note. 
SEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolu-
tion except section 102, none of the funds made available by this joint 
resolution for programs and activities for which appropriations 
would be available in H.R. 7998, entitled the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
Appropriation Act, 1981, as passed the House of Representatives on 
August 27,1980, shall be used to perform abortions except where the 
life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to 
term; or except for such medical procedures necessary for the victims 
of rape or incest, when such rape or incest has been reported within 
forty-eight hours to a law enforcement agency or public health 
service; nor are payments prohibited for drugs or devices to prevent 
implantation of the fertilized ovum, or for medical procedures neces-
sary for the termination of an ectopic pregnancy: Provided, however. 
That the several States are and shall remain free not to fund 
abortions to the extent that they in their sole discretion deem 
appropriate. 
SEC. 111. Such amounts as may be necessary for projects or 
activities provided for in the Military Construction Appropriation 
Act, 1981 (H.R. 7592), at a rate of operations and to the extent and in 
the manner provided for in the conference report (H. Rept. No. 
96-1433) filed in the House of Representatives on September 29,1980, 
notwithstanding section 102(c) of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 112. Of the additional amount appropriated under Public Law 
96-304, to the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service for "Forest 
Management, Protection and Utilization", $15,000,000 for emergency 
activities caused by the eruption of Mount St. Helens in Weishington 
State shall remain available for obligation until expended. 
SEC. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Secretary of Education shall be used to adopt or 
enforce any final regulations which replace the current "Lau reme-
dies" for use as a guideline concerning the scope or adequacy of 
services to be provided to students of limited English-language 
proficiency, or for defining entry and exit criteria for such services, 
before June 1,1981. 
SEC. 114. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no part of 
any of the funds appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 1981, by this Act or any other Act, may be used to pay any 
prevailing rate employee described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, 
United States Code, or an employee covered by section 5348 of that 
title, in an amount which exceeds— 
(1) for the period from October 1, 1980, until the next applica-
ble wage survey adjustment becomes effective, rate which was 
payable for the applicable grade and step to such employee under 
the applicable wage schedule that was in effect and payable on 
September 30, 1980, plus 75 percent of the difference between 
that rate and the rate which would be payable were it not for the 
limitation contained in section 613 of Public Law 96-74; and 
(2) for the period consisting of the remainder of the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1981, a rate which exceeds as a result of a 
wage survey adjustment the rate payable on September 30,1980, 
by more than the overall average percentage of the adjustment 
in the General Schedule during the fiscal year ending September 
30,1981. 
O
b
) For the purpose of subsection (a) of this section, the rate payable 
to any employee, who is covered by this section and who is paid from a 
schedule which was not in existence on September 30, 1980, shall be 
determined under regulations prescribed by the President. 
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94 STAT. 1357 
(c) The provisions of this section shall apply only with respect to 
pay for services performed by affected employees after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
(d) For the purpose of administering any provision of law, rule, or 
regulation which provides premium pay, retirement, life insurance, 
or any other employee benefit, which requires any deduction or 
contribution, or which imposes any requirement or limitation, on the 
basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or beisic pay 
payable after the application of this section sheill be treated as the 
rate of salary or basic pay. 
SEC. 115. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 101, activities of 
the Department of Energy to initiate preimplementation of standby 
gasoline rationing plans, as authorized by the Emergency Energy 
Conservation Act of 1979, shall be funded at not to exceed an annual 
rate for obligations of $42,677,000. 
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolu-
tion there is appropriated $1,383,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for strategic petroleum reserve petroleum acquisition as 
authorized by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (Public 
Law 94-163) and the Energy Security Act (Public Law 96-294). 
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolu-
tion, the amount available for the Postal Service shall not exceed 
$1,250,000,000. 
SEC. 118. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when the 
President determines that a State, county, or local unit of general 
purpose government is significantly affected by a major population 
change due to a large number of legal immigrants within six months 
of a regular decennial census date, he may order a special census, 
pursuant to section 196 of title XIII of the United States Code, or 
other method of obtaining a revised estimate of the population, of 
such jurisdiction or subsections of that jurisdiction in which the 
immigrants are concentrated. If the President decides to conduct a 
special census, it may be conducted solely at Federal expense. 
SEC. 119. From sums appropriated to the Bureau of Prisons, the 
Bureau is directed to protect and maintain McNeil Island, Washing-
ton, pending disposal of the island by the General Services Adminis-
tration, and the Bureau is thereby directed (a) to immediately cease 
dismantling the island's physical facilities, and (b) to develop and 
implement a plan, which shall be coordinated with the General 
Services Administration and the Fish and Wildlife Service, to protect 
and maintedn the island's physical facilities, natural resources, and 
wildlife. 
SEC. 120. Should it be necessary, such amounts as may be required 
for Expenses, Presidential Transition, notwithstemding any other 
provision of this joint resolution, but at a rate of operations not in 
excess of the amount contained in H.R. 7583 as passed by the House of 
Representatives. 
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolu-
tion, for the purposes of Public Law 96-304 and Public Law 96-126 
relating only to cooperative agreements and feasibility studies, the 
term "alternative fuels" as defined in Public Law 96-126, includes 
gaseous, liquid, or solid fuels and chemical feedstocks derived from 
heavy oil resources which cannot technically or economically be 
produced under applicable price and tax policy using conventional 
crude oil recovery and refining techniques, and innovative systems 
for the direct combustion of minerals and organic materials other 
than petroleum and natural gas for energy production: Provided, 
That obligations for energy feasibility studies and cooperative agree-
Standby gasoline 
rationing plans. 
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note. 
42 u s e 6201 
note. 
Ante, p. 611. 
Special census. 
13 u s e 196 note. 
13 u s e 196. 
Presidential 
transition. 
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note. 
Ante, p. 857. 
93 Stat. 954. 
94 STAT. 1358 
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ments for direct combustion, except for direct combustion of urban 
waste, shall not exceed $30,000,000, to be derived from the 
$300,000,000 appropriated for energy feasibility studies and coopera-
Ante, p. 857. 
tive agreements in Public Law 96-304: Provided further. That fund-
ing made available in the Energy Security Reserve account in Public 
Law 96-304 shall not exceed $17,522,000,000 when used for the 
purposes authorized under title I of the Energy Security Act (Public 
Ante, p. 611. 
Law 96-294) and shall not exceed $1,270,000,000 when used for the 
Ante, p. 683. 
purposes authorized under title II of such Act: Provided further, That 
funds obligated for biomass energy feasibility studies and cooperative 
agreements under the Alternative Fuels Production account in 
Public Law 96-304 shall apply to the title II limitation, and all other 
funds obligated for such studies and agreements shall apply to the 
title I limitation: Provided further. That of the $1,500,000,000 made 
93 Stat. 954. 
available for "alternative fuels production" in Public Law 96-126 for 
purchase commitments and price guarantees, up to $500,000,000 shall 
be available instead to supplement the default reserve for loan 
guarantees established by such law: Provided further, That the 
indebtedness guaranteed or committed to be guaranteed under the 
supplemented reserve shall not exceed the aggregate of up to 
$3,000,000,000. 
SEC. 122. Notwithstanding any other provision of this resolution: 
For temporary employment assistance under title VI of the Compre-
hensive Employment and Training Act, no more than $1,229,000,000 
of new obligations shall be available. 
SEC. 123. No funds appropriated by this Act may be used to 
implement or enforce provisions of any regulation or ruling with 
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respect to section 280A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 which 
relate to— 
(1) the rental of a dwelling unit to a member of the family of a 
taxpayer, 
(2) the determination of the principal place of business of the 
taxpayer, or 
(3) the circumstances under which use of the dwelling unit for 
repairs and maintenance constitutes personal use by the tax-
payer. 
SEC. 124. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolu-
tion, none of the funds contained herein may be made available for 
implementing requirements imposed by section 2002(a)(9) of the 
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Social Security Act or by any regulations promulgated by the depart-
ment to carry out this section, to the extent that such requirements 
would not otherwise be applicable under State or local law. 
SEC. 125. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this joint resolu-
tion, funding for emergency energy conservation services under the 
Community Services Administration shall be continued at a level not 
lower than that provided in fiscal year 1980. 
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94 STAT. 1359 
SEC. 126. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolu-
tion, the activities of the Solar Energy and Energy Conservation 
Bank shall be funded at a rate not to exceed the annual rate provided 
for in H.R. 7681 as passed by the Senate. 
^os^' P ^044. 
Approved October 1, 1980. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 96-1327 (Comm. on Appropriations) and No. 96-1443 (Comm. 
of Conference). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 126 (1980): 
Sept. 18, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 26, 29, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 1, House and Senate agreed to conference report and resolved amendments 
in disagreement. 
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