Joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1968, and for other purposes
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"Court for the Midland-Odessa Division shall be held at Midland. 
Court may be held, in the discretion of the court, in Odessa, when court-
room facilities are made available at no expense to the Government." 
(4) by deleting the word "six" in the first sentence of subsection 
(d) and inserting in lieu thereof the word "seven". 
Approved December 18, 1967. 
December 18, 1967 
[H. R. 8376] 
Courts. 
New York, East-
ern District. 
62 Stat. 886. 
Public Law 90-217 
AN ACT 
To provide that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New 
York shall be held at Brooklyn, New York, and Mineola, New York. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Revresentatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second 
paragraph of- section 112(c) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
"Court for the Eastern District shall be held at Brooklyn and 
Mineola." 
Approved December 18, 1967. 
December 18, 1967 
[H. J. Res. 888] 
Continuing 
appropriations, 
1968. 
Ante, pp. 256, 
518. 
Public Law 90-218 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1968, and for other purposes. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the joint resolution of 
October 5,1967 (Public Law 90-102) is hereby amended by striking out 
"October 28, 1967" and inserting in lieu thereof "December 20, 1967". 
TITLE II—REDUCTIONS IN OBLIGATIONS AND 
E X P E N D I T U R E S 
SEC. 201. In view of developments which constitute a threat to the 
economy with resulting inflation, the Congress hereby finds and deter-
mines that, taking into account action on appropriation bills to date, 
Federal obligations and expenditures in controllable programs for the 
fiscal year 1968 should be reduced by no less than $9 billion and $4 
billion, respectively, below the President's budget requests. The limi-
tations hereafter required are necessary for that purpose. 
SEC. 202. (a) During the fiscal year 1968, no department or agency 
of the Executive Branch of the Government shall incur obligations in 
excess of the lesser of— 
(1) the aggregate amount available to each such department or 
agency as obligational authority in the fiscal year 1968 through ap-
propriation acts or other laws, or 
(2) an amount determined by reducing the aggregate budget 
estimate of obligations for such department or agency in the fiscal 
year 1968 by— 
(i) 2 percent of the amount included in such estimate for 
personnel compensation and benefits, plus 
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(ii) 10 percent of the amount included in such estimate 
for objects other than personnel compensation and benefits. 
(b) As used in this section, the terms "obligational authority'' and 
Definitions. 
"budget estimate of obligations" include authority derived from, and 
estimates of reservations to be made and obligations to be incurred 
pursuant to, appropriations and authority to enter into contracts in 
advance of appropriations. 
(c) The references in this section to budget estimates of obligations 
are to such estimates as contained in the Budget Appendix for the 
fiscal year 1968 (House Document No. 16, 90th Congress, 1st Session), 
as amended during the first session of the 90th Congress. 
SEC. 203. (a) This title shall not apply to obligations for (1) per- . Nonappucabii-
manent appropriations, (2) trust funds, (3) items included under the ' ^' 
heading "relatively uncontrollable" in the table appearing on page 14 
of the Budget for the fiscal year 1968 (House Document No. 15, Part 1, 
90th Congress, 1st Session), and other items required by law in the 
fiscal year 1968, or (4) programs, projects, or purposes, not exceeding 
$300,000,000 in the aggregate, determined by the President to be vital 
to the national interest or security, except that no program, project, or 
purpose shall be funded in excess of amounts approved therefor by 
Congress. 
(b) This title shall not be so applied as to require a reduction in fen^"°"bii.'^^' 
obligations for national defense exceeding 10 percent of the new gations. 
obligational authority (excluding special Vietnam costs) requested 
in the Budget for the fiscal year 1968 (House Documents Nos. 15, 
Part 1, and 16), as amended during the first session of the 90th Con-
gress : Provided^ That the President may exempt from the operation of 
this title any obligations for national defense which he deems to be 
essential for the purposes of national defense. 
SEC. 204. In the administration of any program as to which (1) the 
amount of obligations is limited by section 202(a) (2) of this title, and 
(2) the allocation, grant, apportionment, or other distribution of 
funds among recipients is required to be determined by application 
of a formula involving the amount appropriated or otherwise made 
available for distribution, the amount available for obligation as 
limited by that section or as determined by the head of the agency 
concerned pursuant to that section shall be substituted for the amount 
appropriated or otherwise made available in the application of the 
formula. 
SEC. 205. To the maximum extent practical, reductions in obliga- 
Personnel and 
tions for personnel compensation and benefits under this title shall be re°ductrons!"' 
accomplisned by not filling vacancies. Insofar as practical, reductions 
in obligations for construction under this title may be made by stretch-
ing out the time schedule of starting new projects and performing on 
contracts so as not to require the elimination of new construction 
starts. 
SEC. 206. The amount of any appropriation or authorization which 
(1) is unused because of the limitation on obligations imposed by sec-
tion 202(a) (2) of this title and (2) would not be available for use 
after June 30, 1968, shall be used only for such purposes and in such 
manner and amount as may be prescribed by law in the second session 
of the 90th Congress. 
Approved December 18, 1967.