Joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1973, and for other purposes
PL 92-334 (H.J.Res.1234), enacted 07/01/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92-334-JULY 1, 1972 
[86 STAT. 
Public Law 92-334 
, , , , „„ 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
July 1, 1972 
[H. J, Res. 1234] 
Making coiitiiming appropriations for the fiscal year 1973, and for other piiri>t)ses. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
Continuing ap- 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following sums are 
propr at ons, 
appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and 
funds, for the several departments, agencies, corporations, and other 
organizational units of the Government for the fiscal year 1973, 
namely: 
SEC. 101. (a,)(l) Such amounts as may be necessary for continu-
ing projects or activities (not otherwise specifically provided for in 
this joint resolution) which were conducted in the fiscal year 1972 and 
for which appropriations, funds, or other authority would be available 
in the follow^ing Appropriation Acts for the fiscal year 1973: 
District of Columbia Appropriation Act; 
Department of Housing and Urban Development; Space, Sci-
ence, Veterans, and Certain Other Independent Agencies Appro-
priation Act; 
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act; 
Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, 
and Related Agencies Appropriation Act; 
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appro-
priation Act; 
Department of the Interior and' Related Agencies Appropria-
tion Act; 
Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare, 
and Related Agencies Appropriation Act; 
Public Works for Water, Pollution Control, and Power Devel-
opment and Atomic Energy Commission Appropriation Act; 
Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropria-
tion Act; and 
Agriculture-Environmental and Consumer Protection Appro-
priation Act. 
(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 subsec-
tion as passed by the House is different from that which would be avail-
able or granted under such Act as passed by the Senate, the pertinent 
project or activity shall be continued under the lesser amount or the 
more restrictive authority: Provided^ That no provision in any Appro-
priation Act for the fiscal year 1973, which 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. 
(4) Whenever an Act listed in this subsection has been passed by 
only one House or where an item is included in only one version of an 
Act as passed by both Houses, 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: Provided, That no provision which is included in an Appropria-
tion Act enumerated in this subsection but which was not included in 
the applicable appropriation Act for 1972, and which by its terms is 
applicable to more than one appropriation, fund, or authority shall' be 
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applicable to any appropriation, fund, or authority provided in this 
joint resolution unless such provision shall have been included in iden-
tical form in such bill as enacted by both the House and the Senate, 
(b) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing projects or 
activities (not otherwise provided for in this joint resolution) which 
were conducted in the fiscal year 1972 and are listed in this subsection 
at a rate for operations not in excess of the current rate or the rate 
provided for in the budget estimate, whichever is lower, and under the 
more restrictive authority— 
activities for which provision was made in the Department of 
Defense Appropriation Act, 1972: Provided^ That none of the 
funds made available by this joint resolution shall be used for 
Exercise Reforger or Exercise Crested Cap or similar dual base 
exercises; 
activities for which provision was made in the Military Con-
struction Appropriation Act, 1972; 
activities for which provision was made in the Foreign Assist-
ance and Related Programs Appropriation Act, 1972, notwith-
standing section 10 of Public Law 91-672, and section 655(c) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended; 
activities for which provision was made in the National Traffic 
and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, as amended; 
activities for continuation of high-speed ground transportation 
research and development; 
activities under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as 
amended, for which provision was made in the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1972; the Office of Education and Related 
Agencies Appropriation Act, 1972; and the Departments of Labor, 
and Health, Education, and Welfare, and Related Agencies 
Appropriation Act, 1972; 
activities for higher education, library resources and educa-
tional renewal, for which provision was made in the Office of Edu-
cation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1972; 
activities for social and rehabilitation services, the Office of 
Child Development, and maternal and child health project grants, 
for which provision was made in the Department of Health, Edu-
cation, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1972, and the Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 1972; 
activities for work incentives for which provision was made 
in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropri-
ation Act, 1972; 
activities of the American Revolution Bicentennial Commis-
sion; 
activities of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; 
activities in support of Free Europe, Incorporated, and Radio 
Liberty, Incorporated, pursuant to authority contained in the 
United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 
1948, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1477), notwithstanding Section 708 
of that Act; and 
activities for which provision was made in the 
Treasury, 
Postal Service, and General Government Appropriation Act, 
1972, for the National Industrial Reserve established by the 
National Industrial Reserve Act of 1948 (50 I\S.C. 451-462). 
85 Stat. 716. 
85 Stat. 482, 
Ante, 
p. 48. 
84 Stat, 2055. 
22 u s e 2412. 
Ante, 
p. 2 9. 
80 Stat. 718, 
15 u s e 1381 
note. 
42 u s e 2 701 
note, 
85 Stat. 62 7, 
85 Stat. 103. 
85 Stat, 285, 
85 Stat, 289, 
62 Stat, 6, 
22 u s e 1431 
note. 
Ante, 
p, 114, 
85 Stat, 108, 
62 Stat, 1225, 
85 Stat. 89. 
85 Stat. 289. 
85 Stat. 103. 
22 u s e 2501 
note 
31 u s e 665. 
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(c) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing projects or 
activities for which disbursements are made by the Secretary of the 
Senate, and the Senate items under the Architect of the Capitol, to 
the extent and in the manner which would be provided for in the 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1973. 
(d) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing the following 
activities, but at a rate for operations not in excess of the current 
rate— 
activities for (1) civil rights education, for which provision 
85 Stat. 6
2 7. 
^as made in the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1972; (2) 
emergency school assistance activities for which provision was 
made in the Joint Resolution of July 1,1971 (Public Law 92-38); 
(3) youth development and delinquency prevention for which 
provision was made in the Department of Health, Education, and 
Welfare Appropriation Act, 1972; (4) aid to land-grant colleges, 
grants for construction of undergraduate facilities, undergradu-
ate instructional equipment, equipment and minor remodeling, 
and research and development for which provision was made in 
the Office of Education Appropriation Act, 1972; and (5) func-
tions transferred to the Action agency by Reorganization Plan 
42 tree 2"92 
Numbered 1 of 1971 and Executive Order 11603 approved July 1, 
note. 
1971. 
SEC. 102. Appropriations and funds made available and authority 
granted pursuant to this joint resolution 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) August 18, 1972, whichever first occurs. 
SEC. 103. ApJ)ropriations 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 subsection (d) (2) of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, 
as amended, 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 thd 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 authori;?;ation 
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 which was not being conducted during 
the fiscal year 1972. 
SEC. 107. Any appropriation for the fiscal year 1973 required to be 
apportioned pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as 
amended, may be apportioned on a basis indicating the need (to the 
extent any such increases cannot be absorbed within available appro-
priations) for a supplemental or deficiency estimate of appropriation 
to the extent necessary to permit pajment 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 3679 of the Revised 
Statutes, as amended. 
Approved July 1, 1972.