A resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1979, and for other purposes.
PL 95-482 (H.J.Res.1139), enacted 10/18/1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-482—OCT. 18, 1978 
92 STAT. 1603 
Public Law 95-482 
95th Congress 
Joint Resolution 
Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1979, and for other purposes. 
Oct. 18, 1978 
[H.J. Res. 1139] 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums Continuing 
are appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriations, 
appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, ^ 1979. 
receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corpora-
tions, and other organizational units of the Government for the fiscal 
year 1979, namely: 
SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing the 
following activities, not otherwise provided for, which were conducted 
in fiscal year 1978, out at a rate for operations not in excess of the cur-
rent rate: 
activities under the Community Services Act; 
42 USC 2701 
activities under the Environmental Education Act; 
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activities under the Educational Television Broadcasting 20 USC 1531 
Facilities and Telecommunications Demonstration Act; 
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activities under the Social Security Act; 
47 USC 390 note, 
activities under the Older Americans Act including provision 42 USC 1305. 
of cash or commodities; 
42 USC 3001 
activities under the Kehabilitation Act; 
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activities under the International Health Eesearch Act; 
29 USC 701 note, 
activities under the Developmental Disabilities Services and 22 USC 2101 
Facilities Construction Act; 
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activities under the Public Health Service Act; 
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42 USC 2661 
activities under the Lead-based Paint Poisoning Prevention ^°^-
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42 USC 201 note. 
activities under the Community Mental Health Center Act; 
^^ USC 4801 
activities under the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education Act; 
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activities under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment ^^ ^^^ ^°^^ 
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21 USC 1001 
activities under the Runaway Youth Act; 
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activities under the Comprehensive Employment and Train- ^n use 5101 
ing Act, except that such activities shall be contmued at a rate for ^j^g 
operations not in excess of the lower of the current rate or the rate ^o nsr 5701 
authorized by S. 2570 as passfed the House of Representatives; 
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activities under the Domestic Volunteer Services Act; 
29 USC 801 note. 
activities under the Public Broadcasting Financing Act; 
42 usC 4951 
activities for support of Home Health Services under Public note 
Law 94—63; and 
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activities under the Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act. 
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(b) Such amounts as may be necessary, notwithstanding any other gi TJ 
provision of this joint resolution, for the fiscal year ending Septem- n^jg 
ber 30,1979, for programs, projects, and activities to the extent and in 
the manner provided for in the Energy and Water Development 
Appropriation Act, 1979 (H.R. 12928) as enacted by the Congress: 
Provided, That no funds shall be available for the Narrows Unit, 
Colorado; Bayou Bodcau and Tributaries, Louisiana; Yatesville 
Lake, Kentucky; Fruitland Mesa, Colorado; Savery-Pot Hook, 
Colorado and Wyoming; and Lukfata Lake, Oklahoma, projects: 
21 USC 1101 
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Provided further^ That no funds shall be available for construction of 
the Animas-La Plata, Colorado; McGee Creek, Oklahoma; Uintah 
Unit and Upalco Unit of the Central Utah Project, Utah; Kaskaskia 
Island Drainage and Levee District, Illinois; Units L611-614, Mis-
souri River Levee System, Iowa; Cedar River Harbor, Michigan; 
Milan, Illinois; Arcadia Lake, Oklahoma; Burlington Dam, North 
Dakota; and Big Pine Lake, Texas, projects; but funds shall be 
jnade available to continue planning of these projects: Provided 
further, That sections 201 and 305 of said Act are not applica-
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ble to the funds and authority made available by this subsection: 
Provided further, That the paragraph in said Act entitled "Office of 
the Secretary, water resources planning" is not applicable to the funds 
and authority made available by this subsection: Provided 
further, 
That there is hereby appropriated for the Water Resources Council for 
expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Water 
Resources Planning Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1962-1962d-3), as 
amended, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 42 
U.S.C. 1962a-4(5), and hire of passenger motor vehicles (42 U.S.C. 
1962a-4(6)), $12,681,900, to remain available until expended, includ-
ing $2,668,000, for expenses in administering the Act (42 U.S.C. 
1962d(b)), $2,480,900 for preparation of assessments and plans (42 
U.S.C. 1962d{c)), $1,047,000 for preparation of plans (33 U.S.C. 
1289), $2,886,000 for expenses of river basin commissions under title II 
42 use 1962b. 
of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1962d(a)), and $3,000,000 for grants to States 
under title III of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1962c(a)), and $600,000 for 
groundwater studies in the Delaware River Basin and Susquehanna 
River Basin. 
SEC. 102. Appropriations and funds made available and authority 
granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be available from 
October 1, 1978, 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) September 30,1979, 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 apportionments 
set forth in section 665(d)(2) 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 project 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. No appropriation or fund made available or authority 
granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be used to initiate or 
resume any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or 
other authority were not available during the fiscal year 1978. 
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SEC. 107. Any appropriation for the fiscal year 1979 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 other-
wise be subject to the requirements of section 665 of title 31, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 108. All obligations incurred in anticipation of the appropria-
tions and authority provided in this joint resolution are hereby ratified 
and confirmed if otherwise in accordance with the provisions of this 
joint resolution. 
SEC. 109. Section 406 of Public Law 95-426 is repealed. 
Repeal. 
SEC. 110. Title II of the Department of Transportation and Related -^n^. p- 979, 
Agencies Appropriation Act, 1979 (Public Law 95-335), is amended Ante, p. 445. 
by striking out under the heading "UNITED STATES RAILWAY 
ASSOCIATION" "PAYMENTS FOR PURCHASE OF CONRAIL SEcunrrrEs" 
all that follows after the last comma and inserting in lieu thereof a 
period. 
SEC. 111. For payment to the Rhode Island Indian Claims Settle-
ment Fund, as authorized by Public Law 95-395, $3,500,000, to remain Ante, p. 813. 
available until expended. 
SEC. 112. Section 105(e) (3) of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tion Act, 1968, as amended and modified (2 U.S.C. 61-1 (e)(3)), is 
amended— 
(1) by striking out "four" in subparagraph (A) and inserting 
in lieu thereof "two"; 
(2) by striking out "two such" in subparagraph (A) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "four such"; and 
(3) by striking out "three such" in subparagraph (B) and 
inserting in lieu thereof "five such". 
SEC. 113. (a) The Secretary of Commerce (hereinafter in this sec- 36 USC 384. 
tion referred to as the "Secretary") is authorized to award grants to 
the United States Olympic Committee (hereinafter in this section 
referred to as "the Corporation") to assist in the development of 
amateur athletics in the United States. The Corporation may apply 
to the Secretary for funds available under this section, and shall use 
such funds consistent with the provisions of the Amateur Sports Act 
of 1978. The Secretary may approve any application which meets the 
requirements of this section, and award grants to the Corporation in 
a total sum not exceeding $16,000,000 to finance the construction, 
improvement, and maintenance of facilities for programs of amateur 
athletic activity and to defray direct operating costs of programs of 
amateur athletic activity, consistent with section 104 of the Act 
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entitled "An Act to incorporate the United States Olympic Asso-
ciation", approved September 1, 1950 (36 U.S.C. 371 et seq.), as 
amended by the Amateur Sports Act of 1978. 
(b) The Corporation shall, on or before the first day of June of each 
Report to 
year, transmit to the Congress a report which shall include a detailed 
Congress, 
accounting of the funds made available to the Corporation by the Sec-
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retary pursuant to subsection (a) and a comprehensive description of 
those projects which the Corporation anticipates it will finance during 
the next fiscal year with funds authorized by this section. 
(c) Each application for funds available under this section shall be 
in such form as the Secretary shall provide and shall contain provisions 
to assure that such funds are disbursed in accordance with the provi-
sions of this section. For the purpose of review or audit, the Secretary 
shall have access to any boo^, documents, papers, and records which 
are relevant to any grant received under this section. 
(d) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary not 
to exceed $16,000,000 in fiscal year 1980, such sums to remain available 
until expended. 
Approved October 18, 1978. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1599 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-1317 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): 
Sept. 26, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 15, considered and passed Senate, amended; House agreed to Senate 
amendments.