Joint resolution making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year 1969, and for other purposes
PL 90-366 (H.J.Res.1368), enacted 06/29/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-366-JUNE 29, 1968 
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Public Law 90-366 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
J"n« 29, I968 
Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1969, and for other 
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purposes. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums prop°rfauoS fgeg. 
are appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, re-
ceipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corporations, 
and other organizational units of the Government for the fiscal year 
1969, 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) which were conducted in the fiscal year 1968 and 
for which appropriations, funds, or other authority would be available 
in the following appropriation Acts for the fiscal year 1969: 
Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropria-
tion Act; 
Independent Offices and Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Appropriation Act; 
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropria-
tion Act; 
Public Works for Water and Power Resources Development 
and Atomic Energy Commission Appropriation Act; 
Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, 
and Related Agencies Appropriation Act; 
Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare 
Appropriation Act; and 
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act. 
(2) Appropriations made by this subsection shall be available to 
the extent and in the manner which would be provided by the perti-
nent appropriation Act. 
(3) Whenever the amount which would be made available or the 
authority w^hich would be granted under an Act listed in this sub-
section as passed by the House is different from that which would be 
available 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. 
(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 cur-
rent rate or the rate permitted by the action of the one House, which-
ever is lower: Provided, That no provision which is included in an 
appropriation Act enumerated in this subsection but which was not 
included in the applicable appropriation Act for 1968, 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 unless such provision shall have 
been included in identical form in such bill as passed by both the 
House and Senate. 
(b) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing projects or 
activities which were conducted in the fiscal year 1968 and are listed 
in this subsection at a rate for operations not in excess of the cur-
rent rate or the rate provided for in the budget estimate, whichever 
is lower, and under the more restrictive authority: 
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81 Stat. 231. 
81 Stat. 435. 
81 Stat. 936. 
81 Stat. 550. 
81 Stat. 311. 
79 Stat. 1219. 
20 use 1001 
note. 
72 Stat. 1580. 
20 use 401 
note. 
75 Stat. 527. 
22 use 2451 
note. 
42 u s e 2751. 
74 Stat. 525; 
Ante, p. 241. 
77 Stat. 363. 
20 use 701 
note. 
68 Stat. 652. 
29 use 31 note. 
79 Stat. 845. 
20 use 951 
note. 
79 Stat. 75; 
80 Stat. 1434. 
42 use 2572b, 
2572c. 
31 u s e 665. 
Ante, p. 270. 
Activities for which provision was made in the Department of 
Defense Appropriation Act, 1968; 
Activities for which provision was made in the District of 
Columbia Appropriation Act, 1968; 
Activities for which provision was made in the Foreign Assist-
ance and Eelated Agencies Appropriation Act, 1968; 
Activities for which provision was made in the Military Con-
struction Appropriation Act, 1968; 
Activities for which provision was made in the Department of 
Transportation Appropriation Act, 1968; 
Activities under the Higher Education Act of 1965; 
Activities under the National Defense Education Act of 1958, 
as amended; 
Activities of the Department of Health, Education, and Wel-
fare under the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act 
of 1961; 
Activities (grants for college work-study program) under part 
C, title I of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as amended; 
Activities (grants for land-grant colleges) under section 22 of 
the Act of June 29,1935, as amended (7 U.S.C. 329); 
Activities under the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963, 
as amended; 
Activities, other than grants, of the domestic agricultural mi-
gratory workers health program of the Public Health Service, 
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; 
Activities, other than grants, related to regional medical pro-
grams of the Public Health Service, Department of Health, 
Education, and Welfare; 
Activities under sections 3, 4, 7, 12, and 13 of the Vocational 
Rehabilitation Act, as amended; 
Activities under the National Foundation on the Arts and the 
Humanities Act of 1965; and 
Activities under the appropriations for "Ship construction" 
and "Research and development", Maritime Administration, De-
partment of Commerce. 
(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 the fiscal year 1969. 
(d) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing activities 
under sections 104 and 105 of the Manpower Development and Train-
ing Act, but at a rate for operations not in excess of the current rate. 
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 appli-
cable appropriation Act by both Houses without any provision for 
such project or activity, or (c) July 31,1968, 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 or to permit 
the use, including the expenditure, of appropriations, funds or 
authority in any manner which would contravene the provisions of 
title I I of the Revenue and Expenditure Control Act of 1968. 
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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. 
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. 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 1968. 
Approved June 29, 1968. 
Public Law 90-367 
AN ACT 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to extend certain benefits to former em-
ployees of county committees established pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil 
Conservation and Domes.tic Allotment Act, and for other purposes. 
June 29, 1968 
[S.1028] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America In Congress assembled. That section 5334 
of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following new subsection: 
"'(f) An employee of a county committee established pursuant to 
section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act 
(16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) may upon appointment to a position under the 
Department of Agriculture, subject to this subchapter, have his initial 
rate of basic pay fixed at the minimum rate of the appropriate grade, 
or at any step of such ^rade that does not exceed the highest previous 
rate of basic pay received by him during service with such county 
committee." 
SEC. 2. (a) Subchapter I of chapter 63 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
section: 
"§ 6312. Accrual and accumulation for former ASCS county office 
employees 
"Service rendered as an employee of a county committee established 
pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allot-
ment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)), or of a committee or an association of 
producers described in section 10(b) of the Agricultural Adjustment 
Act of May 12, 1933 (48 Stat. 37), shall be included in determining 
years of service for the purpose of section 6303(a) of this title in the 
case of any officer or employee in or under the Department of Agri-
culture. The provisions of section 6308 of this title for transfer of 
annual and sick leave between leave systems shall apply to the leave 
system established for such employees." 
(b) The analysis of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding the following new item immediately after item 
6311: 
"6312. Accrual and accumulation for former ASCS county oflSce employees." 
Former ASCS 
employees. 
Extension of 
benefits. 
80 Stat. 468. 
52 Stat. 31,; 
81 Stat. 633. 
Leave. 
80 Stat. 517. 
5 u s e 6301-
6311. 
49 Stat. 767; 
61 Stat. 709. 
7 u s e 610.