Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other purposes.
PL 106-275 (H.J.Res.109), enacted 09/29/2000

114 STAT. 808 
PUBLIC LAW 106-275—SEPT. 29, 2000 
Sept. 29, 2000 
[H.J. Res. 109] 
Public Law 106-275 
106th Congress 
Joint Resolution 
Making continiiing appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, 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 any money in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other 
revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, 
corporations, and other organizational units of Government for the 
fiscal year 2001, and for other purposes, namely: 
SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary under the 
authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations 
Act for the fiscal year 2000 for continuing projects or activities 
including the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees (not other-
wise specifically provided for in this joint resolution) which were 
conducted in the fiscal year 2000 and for which appropriations, 
funds, or other authority would be available in the following appro-
priations Acts: 
(1) the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001; 
(2) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, not-
withstanding section 15 of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956 and, section 313 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 
103-236); 
(3) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2001; 
(4) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 
2001; 
(5) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2001, notwithstanding section 
10 of Public Law 91-672 and section 15 of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act of 1956; 
(6) the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2001; 
(7) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001; 
(8) the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001; 
(9) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2001; 
(10) the Treasury and CJeneral Government Appropriations 
Act, 2001; and 
(11) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2001: 
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Provided, That whenever the amount which would be made avail-
able or the authority which would be granted in these Acts as 
passed by the House and Senate as of October 1, 2000, is different 
than that which would be available or granted under current oper-
ations, the pertinent project or activity shall be continued at a 
rate for operations not exceeding the current rate: Provided further. 
That whenever there is no amount made available under any of 
these appropriations Acts as passed by the House and Senate 
as of October 1, 2000, for a continuing project or activity which 
was conducted in fiscal year 2000 and for which there is fiscal 
year 2001 funding included in the budget request, the pertinent 
project or activity shall be continued at the rate for current oper-
ations under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable 
appropriations Act for the fiscal year 2000. 
(b) Whenever the amount which would be made available or 
the authority which would be granted under an Act listed in this 
section as passed by the House as of October 1, 2000, is different 
from that which would be available or granted under such Act 
as passed by the Senate as of October 1, 2000, the pertinent 
project or activity shall be continued at a rate for operations not 
exceeding the current rate under the appropriation, fund, or 
authority granted by the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal 
year 2001 and under the authority and conditions provided in 
the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 2000. 
(c) Whenever an Act listed in this section has been passed 
by only the House or only the Senate as of October 1, 2000, the 
pertinent project or activity shall be continued under the appropria-
tion, fund, or authority granted by the one House at a rate for 
operations not exceeding the current rate and under the authority 
and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for 
the fiscal year 2000: Provided, That whenever there is no amount 
made available under any of these appropriations Acts as passed 
by the House or the Senate as of October 1, 2000, for a continuing 
project or activity which was conducted in fiscal year 2000 and 
for which there is fiscal year 2001 funding included in the budget 
request, the pertinent project or activity shall be continued at 
the rate for current operations under the authority and conditions 
provided in the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 
2000. 
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 appropriations, funds, or other 
authority were not available during the fiscal year 2000. 
SEC. 104. No provision which is included in an appropriations 
Act enumerated in section 101 but which was not included in 
the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2000 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 this joint resolution. 
SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant 
to this joint resolution shall cover all obligations 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. 
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PUBLIC LAW 106-275—SEPT. 29, 2000 
Expiration date. 
SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint resolution 
or in the applicable appropriations Act, appropriations and funds 
made available and authority granted pursuant to this joint resolu-
tion shall be available until (a) enactment into law of an appropria-
tion 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) October 6, 2000, whichever first occurs. 
SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint resolution 
shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authoriza-
tion whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, 
or authorization is contained is enacted into law. 
SEC. 108. No provision in the appropriations Act for the fiscal 
year 2001 referred to in section 101 of this Act 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 106(c) of this joint 
resolution. 
SEC. 109. 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. 110. This joint resolution shall be implemented so that 
only the most limited funding action of that permitted in the joint 
resolution shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of 
projects and activities. 
SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 106, for those programs that had high 
initial rates of operation or complete distribution of fiscal year 
2000 appropriations at the beginning of that fiscal year because 
of distributions of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees 
or others, similar distributions of funds for fiscal year 2001 shall 
not be made and no grants shall be awarded for such programs 
funded by this resolution that would impinge on final funding 
prerogatives. 
SEC. 112. Amounts provided by section 101 of this joint resolu-
tion, for projects and activities in the Departments of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2001, affected by the termination of the Violent Crime 
Reduction Trust Fund, shall be distributed into the accounts estab-
lished in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, as passed 
by the House. 
SEC. 113. 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 "Inter-
national Organizations and Conferences, Contributions to Inter-
national Organizations" in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2001, shall be the amount provided by the provisions of section 
101 multiplied by the ratio of the number of days covered by 
this resolution to 365. 
SEC. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 106, only the following activities funded 
with Federal Funds for the District of Columbia, may be continued 
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under this joint resolution at a rate for operations not exceeding 
the current rate, multiplied by the ratio of the number of days 
covered by this joint resolution to 365: Resident Tuition Support, 
Corrections Trustee Operations, Court Services and Offender Super-
vision, District of Columbia Courts, and Defender Services in Dis-
trict of Columbia Courts. 
SEC. 115. Activities authorized by sections 1309(a)(2), as 
amended by Public Law 104-208, and 1376(c) of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), may 
continue through the date specified in section 106(c) of this joint 
resolution. 
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding subsections (a)(2) and (h)(1)(B) of 
section 3011 of Public Law 106-31, activities authorized for fiscal 
year 2000 by such section may continue during the period covered 
by this joint resolution. 
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, the rate for operations for projects and activities for 
decennial census programs that would be funded under the heading 
"Bureau of the Census, Periodic Censuses and Programs" in the 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, shall be the budget 
request. 
SEC. 118. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution except section 106, the United States Geological Survey 
may sign a contract to maintain Lgindsat-7 flight operations con-
sistent with the President's Budget proposal to transfer Landsat-
7 flight operations responsibility from the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration to the United States Geological Survey 
beginning in fiscal year 2001. 
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, funds previously appropriated to the American Section 
of the International Joint Commission in Public Law 106-246 may 
be obligated and expended in fiscal year 2001 without regard to 
section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, 
as amended. 
Approved September 29, 2000. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.J. Res. 109: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 146 (2000): 
Sept. 26, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 28, considered and passed Senate. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, VoL 36 (2000): 
Sept. 29, Presidential statement.