Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2000, and for other purposes.
PL 106-62 (H.J.Res.68), enacted 09/30/1999

PUBLIC LAW 106-62—SEPT. 30, 1999 
113 STAT. 505 
Public Law 106-62 
106th Congress 
Joint Resolution 
Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2000, and for other purposes. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following 
sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other 
revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, 
corporations, and other organizational units of Government for the 
fiscal year 2000, £ind for other purposes, namely: 
SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary under the 
authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations 
Act for the fiscal year 1999 for continuing projects or activities 
including the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees (not other-
wise specifically provided for in this joint resolution) which were 
conducted in the fiscal year 1999 and for which appropriations, 
funds, or other authority would be available in the following appro-
priations Acts: 
(1) the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000; 
(2) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, not-
withstanding section 15 of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956, section 701 of the United States Information 
and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, section 313 of the 
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 
1995 (PubHc Law 103-236), and section 53 of the Arms Control 
and Disarmament Act; 
(3) the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000, 
notwithstanding section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act 
of 1947; 
(4) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2000; 
(5) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 
2000; 
(6) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2000, notwithstanding section 
10 of Public Law 91-672 and section 15 of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act of 1956; 
(7) the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2000; 
(8) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, 
the House or Senate reported version of which, if such reported 
version exists, shall be deemed to have passed the House or 
Senate respectively as of October 1, 1999, for the purposes 
Sept. 30, 1999 
[H.J. Res. 68] 
113 STAT. 506 
PUBLIC LAW 106-62—SEPT. 30, 1999 
of this joint resolution, unless a reported version is passed 
as of October 1, 1999, in which case the passed version shall 
be used in place of the reported version for purposes of this 
joint resolution; 
(9) the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2000; 
(10) the Department of Transportation and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 2000; 
(11) the Treasury and General Government Appropriations 
Act, 2000; and 
(12) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing £ind 
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2000: 
Provided, That whenever the amount which would be made avail-
able or the authority which would be granted in these Acts as 
passed by the House and Senate as of October 1, 1999, is different 
than that which would be available or granted under current oper-
ations, the pertinent project or activity shall be continued at a 
rate for operations not exceeding the current rate: Provided 
further, 
That whenever there is no amount made available under any of 
these appropriations Acts as passed by the House and Senate 
as of October 1, 1999, for a continuing project or activity which 
was conducted in fiscal year 1999 and for which there is fiscal 
year 2000 funding included in the budget request, the pertinent 
project or activity shall be continued at the rate for current oper-
ations under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable 
appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1999. 
(b) Whenever the amount which would be made available or 
the authority which would be granted under an Act listed in this 
section as passed by the House as of October 1, 1999, is different 
from that which would be available or granted under such Act 
as passed by the Senate as of October 1, 1999, the pertinent 
project or activity shall be continued at a rate for operations not 
exceeding the current rate under the appropriation, fund, or 
authority granted by the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal 
year 2000 and under the authority and conditions provided in 
the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1999. 
(c) Whenever an Act listed in this section has been passed 
by only the House or only the Senate as of October 1, 1999, the 
pertinent project or activity shall be continued under the appropria-
tion, fund, or authority granted by the one House at a rate for 
operations not exceeding the current rate and under the authority 
and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for 
the fiscal year 1999: Provided, That .whenever there is no amount 
made available under any of these appropriations Acts as passed 
by the House or the Senate as of October 1, 1999, for a continuing 
project or activity which was conducted in fiscal year 1999 and 
for which there is fiscal year 2000 funding included in the budget 
request, the pertinent project or activity shall be continued at 
the rate for current operations under the authority and conditions 
provided in the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 
1999. 
(d) If the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, 
has not been reported in either the House or the Senate as of 
October 1, 1999, continuing projects or activities that were con-
ducted in fiscal year 1999 shall be continued at the current rate 
under the appropriation, fund or authority and terms and conditions 
PUBLIC LAW 106-62—SEPT. 30, 1999 
113 STAT. 507 
provided in the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
£ind Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999. 
SEC. 102. No appropriation or funds made available or authority 
granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense 
shall be used for new production of items not funded for production 
in fiscal year 1999 or prior years, for the increase in production 
rates above those sustained with fiscal year 1999 funds, or to 
initiate, resume, or continue any project, activity, operation, or 
organization which are defined as any project, subproject, activity, 
budget activity, program element, and subprogram within a pro-
gram element and for investment items are further defined as 
a P-1 line item in a budget activity within an appropriation account 
and an R-1 line item which includes a program element and subpro-
gram element within an appropriation account, for which appropria-
tions, funds, or other authority were not available during the fiscal 
year 1999: Provided, That no appropriation or funds made available 
or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department 
of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements uti-
lizing advance procurement funding for economic order quantity 
procurement unless specifically appropriated later. 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available 
to the extent and in the manner which would be provided by 
the pertinent appropriations Act. 
SEC. 104. No appropriation or funds made available or authority 
granted pursuant to section 101 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 1999. 
SEC. 105. No provision which is included in an appropriations 
Act enumerated in section 101 but which was not included in 
the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 1999 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. 
SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint resolution Termination 
or in the applicable appropriations Act, appropriations and funds 
date. 
made available and authority granted pursuant to this joint resolu-
tion shall be available until: (a) enactment into law of an appropria-
tion for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; 
(b) the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act 
by both Houses without any provision for such project or activity; 
or (c) October 21,1999, whichever first occurs. 
SEC. 107. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant 
to this joint resolution shall cover all obligations or expenditures 
incurred for any program, project, or activity during the period 
for which funds or authority for such project or activity are available 
under this joint resolution. 
SEC. 108. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint resolution 
shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authoriza-
tion whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, 
or authorization is contained is enacted into law. 
SEC. 109. No provision in the appropriations Act for the fiscal 
year 2000 referred to in section 101 of this Act that 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 106(c) of this joint 
resolution. 
113 STAT. 508 
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SEC. 110. Appropriations and funds made available by 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 section 1513 of title 31, United 
States Code, but nothing herein shall be construed to waive any 
other provision of law governing the apportionment of fluids. 
SEC. 111. This joint resolution shall be implemented so that 
only the most limited funding action of that permitted in the joint 
resolution shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of 
projects and activities. 
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 106, for those programs that had high 
initial rates of operation or complete distribution of fiscal year 
1999 appropriations at the beginning of that fiscal year because 
of distributions of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees 
or others, similar distributions of funds for fiscal year 2000 shall 
not be made and no grants shall be awarded for such programs 
funded by this resolution that would impinge on final funding 
prerogatives. 
SEC. 113. Notwithst£inding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 106, the rate for operations for projects 
£uid activities that would be funded under the heading "Inter-
national Organizations and Conferences, Contributions to Inter-
national Organizations" in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2000, shall be the amount provided by the provisions of section 
101 multiplied by the ratio of the number of days covered by 
this resolution to 366. 
SEC. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 106, the rate for operations for the fol-
lowing activities funded with Federal Funds for the District of 
Columbia, shall be at a rate for operations not exceeding the current 
rate, multiplied by the ratio of the number of days covered by 
this joint resolution to 366: Corrections Trustee Operations, Public 
Defender Services, Parole Revocation, Adult Probation, Offender 
Supervision, Sex Offender Registration, Pretrial Services, District 
of Columbia Courts, and Defender Services in District of Columbia 
Courts. 
SEC. 115. Activities authorized by sections 1309(a)(2), as 
amended by Pubhc Law 104-208, and 1376(c) of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), may 
continue through the date specified in section 106(c) of this joint 
resolution. 
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 106, the rate for operations for reimburse-
ment of past losses for the Commodity Credit Corporation Fund 
shall be $11,500,000,000. 
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding section 235(a)(2) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2195(a)(2)), the authority of 
section 234(a) (b) and (c), of the same Act, shall remain in effect 
during the period of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 118. Notwithstanding sections 101, 104, and 106 of this 
joint resolution, funds may be used to initiate or resume projects 
or activities at a rate in excess of the current rate to the extent 
necessary, consistent with existing agency plans, to achieve Year 
2000 (Y2K) computer compliance and for implementation of business 
continuity and contingency plans. 
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113 STAT. 509 
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding sections 101 and 104 of this joint 
resolution, not to exceed $189,524,382 shall be available for projects 
and activities for decennial census programs for the period covered 
by this joint resolution. 
SEC. 120. Notwithstanding section 101 of this joint resolution, 
the rate for operations for projects and activities funded by accounts 
in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 as passed by the 
House and Senate affected by the foreign affairs reorganization 
shall be at the current rate for the accounts funding such projects 
and activities in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, 
the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, 
distributed into the accounts established in the Departments of 
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2000 as passed by the House and Senate. 
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding section 309(g) of the United States 
International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6208) and section 
101 of this joint resolution, the rate for operation for Radio Free 
Asia shall be at the current rate for operations and under the 
terms provided for in the fiscal year 1999 grant from the Broad-
casting Board of Governors to RFA, Inc. 
SEC. 122. Public Law 106-46 is amended by deleting "October Ante, p. 227. 
1, 1999" and inserting "November 1, 1999". 
Approved September 30, 1999. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.J. Res. 68: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 145 (1999): 
Sept. 28, considered and passed House and Senate. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 35 (1999): 
Sept. 30, Presidential remarks.