Joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1975, and for other purposes.
PL 93-324 (H.J.Res.1062), enacted 06/30/1974

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Public Law 93-324 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
june 30, 1974 
Making continuing appropriations for tlie fiscal year 1975, and for other purposes. W. j . Res, i 6 , 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the following sums are 
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 1975, 
namely: 
SEC. 101. (a) (1) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing 
projects or activities (not otherwise specifically provided for in this 
joint resolution or other enacted Appropriation Acts for the fiscal 
year 1975) which were conducted in the fiscal year 1974 and for which 
appropriations, funds, or other authority would be available in the 
following Appropriation Acts for the fiscal year 1975: 
Agriculture-Environmental and Consumer Protection Appro-
priation Act; 
District of Columbia Appropriation Act; 
Department of Housing and Urban Development; Space, 
Science, Veterans, and Certain Other Independent Agencies 
Appropriation Act; 
Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare, 
and Related Agencies Appropriation Act; 
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act; 
Public Works for Water and Power Development and Atomic 
Energy Commission Appropriation Act; 
Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, 
and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, notwithstanding section 
701 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange 
Act of 1948, as amended; 
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appro-
priation Act; and 
Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropri-
ation Act including not to exceed one quarter of the "Payment to 
the Postal Service Fund". 
(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 as of July 1, 1974, is different from that 
which would be available or granted under such Act as passed by the 
Senate as of July 1, 1974, the pertinent project or activity shall be 
continued under the lesser amount or the more restrictive authority: 
Provided, That no provision in any Appropriation Act for the fiscal 
year 1975; 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 as of July 1, 1974, or where an item is included in 
only one version of an Act as passed by both Houses as of July 1,1974, 
the pertinent project or activity shall be continued under the appropria-
tion, 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 pro-
vision which is included in an Appropriation Act enumerated in this 
Continuing 
appropriations, 
1975. 
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South Vietnam-
ese military 
forces, fund for 
support. 
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87 Stat. 1071. 
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subsection but which was not included in the applicable appropriation 
Act for 1974, and which by its terms is applicable to more than 
one appropriation, fund, or authority shall be applicable to any appro-
priation, fund, or authority provided in this joint resolution unless 
such provision shall have been included in identical form in such bill 
as enacted by both the House and the Senate: Provided further^ That 
with respect to appropriations, including any activity, program, or 
project, contained in the Departments of Labor, and Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1974 
(Public Law 93-192), the current rate for operations shall be that 
permitted by the specific provisions set forth in the enacting clause 
of Public Law 93-192. 
(b) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing projects or 
activities (not otherwise provided for in this joint resolution or other 
enacted Appropriation Acts for the fiscal year 1975) which were con-
ducted in the fiscal year 1974 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 
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1974; 
activities for which provision was made in the Military Con-
.struction Appropriation Act, 1974; 
activities for which provision was made in the Department of 
Defense Appropriation Act, 1974: Provided, That the continua-
tion of support for South Vietnamese military forces shall be 
administered and accounted for from one fund, at an annual rate 
of $1,000,000,000, to be obligated only by the issuance of orders by 
the Secretary of Defense for such support: Provided 
further, 
That the fund for support of Vietnamese military forces shall bo 
deemed obligated at the time the Secretary of Defense issues 
orders authorizing support of any kind, which obligations shall 
in the case of non-excess materials and supplies to be famished 
from the inventory of Department of Defense be equal to the 
replacement costs thereof at the time such obligation is incurred 
and in the case of excess materials and supplies be equal to the 
actual value thereof at the time such obligation is incurred: 
Provided further, That none of the activities for support of South 
Vietnamese military forces contained in this paragraph should 
be funded at a rate exceeding one quarter of the annual rate as 
provided by this joint resolution; 
activities for which provision was made in tho Foreign Assist-
ance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1974, notwith-
standing section 10 of Public Law 91-672, and section 655(c) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended: Provided, That 
in computing the current rate of operations of military assistance 
there shall be included: (1) the amount of contract authority used 
during the fiscal year 1974 pursuant to section 506(a) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, for military assistance 
to Cambodia, and (2) the amount of obligations incurred in 
Department of Defense appropriations during the fiscal year 
1974 for military assistance to Laos; 
The following activities for which provision was made in the 
Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare 
Appropriation Act, 1974, the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
1974, or the Second Supplemental Appropriations x\ct, 1974: 
activities under sections 301(h), 304, 305, 310, 314 (d) and 
(e) and 329 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended; 
activities under title III, part J, and title X of the Public 
Health Service Act, as amended; 
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activities under title VII of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965, as amended; 
activities under the Education of the Handicapped Act; 
activities under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as 
amended; 
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activities under section 1113 of the Social Security Act, as 
amended; 
activities under the Developmental Disabilities Services 
and Facilities Construction Act; 
activities under the Youth Development and Delinquency 
Prevention Act; 
activities under title VII of the Older Americans Act; "°42"usc 3045. 
and 
activities for "Health resources" as set forth in the 1975 
budget; 
activities of the American Revolution Bicentennial Adminis-
tration ; 
activities of the Cabinet Committee on Opportunities for 
Spanish-Speaking People; 
activities under the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, 
as amended; 
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activities of the Federal Railroad Administration for Grants 
to National Railroad Passenger Corporation; 
activities of the Committee for Purchase of Products and Serv-
ices of the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped; and 
activities of the Council on International Economic Policy. 
(c) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing the following 
activities, but at a rate for operations not in excess of the budget 
estimate— 
activities under title XVI of the Social Security Act, as 
amended; 
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activities related to terminating the economic stabilization 
program; 
activities of the Veterans' Administration's program to provide 
representatives on college campuses; 
activities necessary for studies related to oil and gas leasing on 
the Outer Continental Shelf; and 
activities necessary to respond to energy-related right-of-way 
requests across public lands including such features as oil and gas 
pipelines, power transmission lines, railroad, and tramroads. 
(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— 
The following activities for which provision was made in the 
Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare 
Appropriations Act, 1974, the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
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1974, or the Second Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1974: 
s^ stat. 1071. 
health planning activities under section 314 of the Public 
Health Service Act, as amended; 
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activities under titles VI and IX, and sections 306, 309, 
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720, 792-794, 801, 805(b), 806, 810(d), and 821(a) of the 293:295^1. ^' 
Public Health Service Act; 
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construction under section 201 of the Community Mental 296e, 2961,297. 
Health Centers Act; 
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activities under the Drug Abuse Education Act; 
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training under section 707 of the Social Security Act; 
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activities under part B of the Education of the Handi-
capped Act; 
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activities under the Adult Education Act; 
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activities under titles I, II, III, V, VIII, and I X of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 
amended: Provided^ That distribution of funds under title I 
shall be based upon the provisions contained in title I of 
H.R. 69 as passed by the Senate; 
activities under title I I I of the National Defense Educa-
tion Act of 1958; 
activities under the Emergency School Aid Act; 
school assistance in federally affected areas authorized by 
Public Law 81-815 and Public Law 81-874; 
all remaining activities except titles I and I I I (B) under the 
Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as amended; 
activities of the National Council on Indian Opportunity; 
activities under Part A of the Indian Education Act; and 
notwithstanding the fourth clause of subsection (b) of this sec-
tion, activities of the Department of Health, Education, and 
Welfare for assistance to refugees in the United States (Cuban 
program) shall be funded at not to exceed the annual rate for 
obligations of $100,000,000. 
(e) Applicable appropriations made by this joint resolution shall 
be available in such amounts as may be necessary for departments, 
agencies, corporations, and other organizational units of the Govern-
ment to pay not in excess of 90 per centum of the amount contained 
in the budget estimates for fiscal year 1975 of the first quarter standard 
level user charges pursuant to section 210(j), of the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 
490(j)). 
(f) 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 1975. 
(g) Such amount as may be necessary for continuing activities of 
the Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives for compiling 
the precedents of the House of Representatives to the extent and in 
the manner which would be provided for in the budget estimates for 
the fiscal year 1975. 
(h) Such amount as may be necessary for continuing activities of 
the Subcommittee on Fiscal Policy of the Joint Economic Committee 
to the extent and manner as provided in the Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 1975, as passed by the Senate. 
SEC. 102. Appropriations and funds made available and authority 
granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be available from 
July 1, 1974, 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 30,1974, 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 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 the period for which funds or 
authority for such project or activity are available under this joint 
resolution. 
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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. Except as provided in section 101(e) no appropriation or 
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fund made available or authority granted pursuant to this joint res-
olution 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 1974. 
SEC. 107. Any appropriation for the fiscal year 1975 required to be 
apportioned pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as ^^ use 665. 
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 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 3679 of the Revised 
Statutes, as amended. 
SEC. 108. All obligations incurred in anticipation of the appro-
priations 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. None of the funds herein made available shall be expended 
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to aid or assist in the reconstruction or the Democratic Republic oi funds, prohibi-
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SEC. 110. None of the funds herein made available shall be obligated 
southeast Asia, 
or expended to finance directly or indirectly combat activities by fu^s! p^ohiw-^^' 
United States military forces in or over or from off the shores of tion. 
North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos, or Cambodia. 
SEC. 111. Any provision of law which requires unexpended funds 
to return to the general fund of the Treasury at the end of the fiscal 
year shall not be held to affect the status of any lawsuit or right of 
action involving the right to those funds. 
Approved June 30, 1974. 
Public Law 93-325 
AN A C T 
June 30, 1974 
To provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asserribled., That during the 
Public debt 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending ^'Temporary 
on March 31, 1975, the public debt limit set forth in the first sentence increase. 
of section 21 of the Second Liberty Bond Act (31 U.S.C. 757b) shall 
be temporarily increased by $95,000,000,000. 
SEC. 2. Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, the first jife^^a^i: ^"^^' 
section of the Act of December 3, 1973, providing for a temporary 
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increase in the public debt limit for a period ending June 30, 1974 ''°*^-
(Public Law 93-173), is hereby repealed. 
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Approved June 30, 1974.