Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.
PL 107-240 (H.J.Res.122), enacted 10/11/2002

116 STAT. 1492 
PUBLIC LAW 107-240—OCT. 11, 2002 
Public Law 107-240 
107th Congress 
Joint Resolution 
Oct. 11, 2002 
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other 
[H.J. Res. 122] 
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 
Ante, p. 1482. 
107(c) and inserting "October 18, 2002". 
Arefe, p. 1465. 
SEC. 2. Section 101(2) of Pub 
he Law 107-229 is amended by 
striking "section 15" and all that follows through "(Public Law 
103-236), and". 
Ante, p. 1467. 
SEC. 3. Section 114 of Public Law 107-229 is amended by 
inserting before the colon at the end of the first proviso the fol-
Effective date. 
lowing: ": Provided further, That section 3001 of the 21st Century 
42 use 10601 
Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (H.R. 2215) 
and note. 
^g amended by striking subsection (d), and such amendment shall 
take effect as if included in such Act on the date of its enactment". 
Ante, p. 1468. 
SEC. 4. Section 117 of Public Law 107-229 is amended to 
read as follows: 
"SEC. 117. (a) The Congress finds that section 501 of title 
44, United States Code, and section 207(a) of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1993 (44 U.S.C. 501 note) require that (except 
as otherwise provided in such sections) all printing, binding, and 
blankbook work for Congress, the Executive Office, the Judiciary, 
other than the Supreme Court of the United States, and every 
executive department, independent office, and establishment of the 
Government, shall be done at the Government Printing Office. 
"(b) No funds appropriated under this joint resolution or any 
other Act may be used— 
"(1) to implement or comply with the Office of Management 
and Budget Memorandum M-02-07, 'Procurement of Printing 
and Duplicating through the Government Printing Office', 
issued May 3, 2002, or any other memorandum or similar 
opinion reaching the same, or substantially the same, result 
as such memorandum; or 
"(2) to pay for the printing (other than by the Government 
Printing Office) of the budget of the United States Government 
submitted by the President of the United States under section 
1105 of title 31, United States Code.". 
Ante, p. 1468. 
SEC. 5. Public Law 107-229 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new sections: 
"SEC. 120. For entitlements and other mandatory payments 
whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for 
fiscal year 2002, and for activities under the Food Stamp Act 
of 1977, activities shall be continued at a rate to maintain program 
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levels under current law, under the authority and conditions pro-
vided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2002, 
to be continued through the date specified in section 107(c): Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding section 107, funds shall be available 
and obligations for mandatory payments due on or about November 
1, and December 1, 2002, may continue to be made. 
"SEC. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, the annual rate of operations for the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission (CFTC) Salaries and Expenses Account shall 
not exceed $71,960,000 and shall include the cost of lease of office 
space for the CFTC's New York regional office at an annual rate 
not to exceed $1,949,000. 
"SEC. 122. In addition to funds made available in section 101, 
the Department of Justice may transfer to the Immigration User 
Fee Account established by section 286(h) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(h)) such sums as may be necessary 
from unobligated balances from funds appropriated to the Immigra-
tion and Naturalization Service by Public Law 107-77 and division 
B of PubUc Law 107-117, at a rate not to exceed $90,000,000 
for the first quarter, through the date specified in section 107(c): 
Provided, That the sums transferred under this section shall be Deadline, 
reimbursed from the Immigration User Fee Account by not later 
than April 1, 2003. 
"SEC. 123. Notwithstanding section 105(a)(2), in addition to 
amounts made available in section 101, and subject to sections 
107(c) and 108, for purposes of calculating the rate of operations 
of General Legal Activities (GLA) in the Department of Justice, 
$7,300,000 available during fiscal year 2002 from the Executive 
Office of the President shall be credited to GLA for purposes of 
administering the Victims Compensation Program. 
"SEC. 124. Activities authorized by the Parole Commission and 
Reorganization Act, P.L. 94-233, as amended, may continue through 
the date specified in section 107(c). 
"SEC. 125. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, in addition to amounts made available in section 101, 
and subject to sections 107(c) and 108, such funds, from fee collec-
tions in fiscal year 2003, shall be available for the Securities and 
Exchange Commission to continue implementation of section 8 of 
Public Law 107-123. 
"SEC. 126. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 107, the District of Columbia may expend 
local funds at a rate in excess of the rate under authority applicable 
prior to October 1, 2002 to cover payments that would be funded 
under the heading 'Repayment of Loans and Interest'. 
"SEC. 127. No funds appropriated in this joint resolution or 
any other Act may be used to implement any restructuring of 
the Civil Works Program of the US Army Corps of Engineers 
which would involve the transfer of Civil Works missions, functions, 
or responsibilities from the US Army Corps of Engineers to any 
other executive branch agency or department without explicit 
congressional authorization. 
"SEC. 128. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, during fiscal year 2003, direct loans under section 23 
of the Arms Export Control Act may be made available for Poland, 
gross obligations for the principal amounts of which shall not exceed 
$3,800,000,000: Provided, That such loans shall be repaid in not 
more than 15 years, including a grace period of up to 8 years 
116 STAT. 1494 
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Expiration date. 
12 u s e 635 note. 
John F. Mink. 
Deadline. 
Reports. 
Reports. 
on repayment of principal: Provided further. That no funds are 
available for the subsidy costs of these loans: Provided 
further. 
That the Government of Poland shall pay the full cost, as defined 
in section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, as amended, 
associated with the loans, including the cost of any defaults: Pro-
vided further. That any fees associated with these loans shall be 
paid by the Government of Poland prior to any disbursement of 
loan proceeds: Provided further. That no fiinds made available 
to Poland under this joint resolution or any other Act may be 
used for payment of any fees associated with these loans. 
"SEC. 129. Notwithstanding section 1(c) of Public Law 103-
428, as amended, sections 1(a) and (b) of Public Law 103-428 
shall remain in effect until the date specified in section 107(c). 
"SEC. 130. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for pa^nment to John F. Mink, 
widower of Patsy Mink, late a Representative from the State of 
Hawaii, $150,000. 
"SEC. 131. Notwithstanding section 105(a)(2), in addition to 
amounts made available in section 101, and subject to sections 
107(c) and 108, for purposes of calculating the rate of operations 
for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the amount trans-
ferred by Public Law 107-206 from TSA to FEMA shall be credited 
to TSA, and such amount shall be deducted from FEMA. 
"SEC. 132. Activities authorized by section 24 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) may continue through 
the date specified in section 107(c) of this joint resolution. 
"SEC. 133. (a) Each specified department or agency shall, by 
December 6, 2002, submit directly to the Committees on Appropria-
tions a report containing an evaluation of the effect on the specified 
management areas of operating through September 30, 2003, under 
joint resolutions making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 
2003 that fund programs and activities at not exceeding the current 
rate of operations. 
"(b) For purposes of subsection (a): 
"(1) The term 'specified department or agency' means a 
department or agency identified on page 49 or 50 of the Budget 
of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2003 (H. Doc. 
107-159, Vol. I), except for the Department of Defense. 
"(2) The term 'specified management areas' means the fol-
lowing management priorities described in the President's 
Management Agenda (August 2001): strategic management of 
human 
capital, 
competitive 
sourcing, improved 
financial 
performance, expanded electronic government, and budget and 
performance integration. 
"SEC. 134. (a) The Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a monthly 
report on all departmental and agency obligations made since the 
beginning of fiscal year 2003 while operating under joint resolutions 
making continuing appropriations for such fiscal year. 
"(b) Each report required by subsection (a) shall set forth obliga-
tions by account, and shall contain a comparison of such obligations 
to the obligations incurred during the same period for fiscal year 
2002. 
"(c) Reports shall be submitted under subsection (a) beginning 
1 month after the enactment of this section, and ending 1 month 
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after the expiration of the period covered by the final joint resolution 
making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2003. 
"(d)(1) Each report required by subsection (a) shall include Records. 
a list of all executive branch accounts for which departments and 
agencies are operating under apportionments that provide for a 
rate of operations that is lower than the current rate, within the 
meaning of sections 101 and 105. For each such account, the report 
shall include an estimate of the current rate for the period covered 
by this joint resolution and the estimate of obligations during such 
period. 
"(2) By December 6, 2002, the Comptroller General shall submit Deadline, 
to the Committees on Appropriations a report identifying executive 
branch accounts for which apportionments made from funds appro-
priated or authority granted by this joint resolution provide for 
a rate of operations that differs from the current rate, within 
the meaning of sections 101 and 105. 
"SEC. 135. Appropriations made by this joint resolution are 
hereby reduced, at an annual rate, by the amounts specified and 
in the accounts identified for one-time, non-recurring projects and 
activities in Attachment C of Office of Management and Budget 
Bulletin No. 02-06, Supplement No. 1, dated October 4, 2002. 
"SEC. 
136. Activities 
authorized 
for 
2002 
by 
sections 
1902(a)(10)(E)(iv) and 1933 of the Social Security Act, as amended, 
with respect to individuals described in section 1902(a)(10)(E)(iv)(I) 
of such Act may continue through 60 days after the date specified 
in section 107(c) of Public Law 107-229, as amended. 
"SEC. 137. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except sections 107(c) and 108, during fiscal year 2003, 
the annual rate of operations for the Federal-aid highways program 
for fiscal year 2003 shall be $31,799,104,000: Provided, That total 
obligations for this program while operating under joint resolutions 
making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2003 shall not 
exceed $27,700,000,000, unless otherwise specified in a subsequent 
appropriations Act. This section shall not affect the availability 
of unobligated balances carried forward into fiscal year 2003 that 
would otherwise be available for obligation.". 
Approved October 11, 2002. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.J. Res. 122: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 148 (2002): 
Oct. 10, considered and passed House and Senate.