Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.
PL 107-229 (H.J.Res.111), enacted 09/30/2002

PUBLIC LAW 107-229—SEPT. 30, 2002 
116 STAT. 1465 
Public Law 107-229 
107th Congress 
Joint Resolution 
Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, 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 fiscal 
year 2003, and for other purposes, namely: 
SEC. 101. Such amounts as may be necessary under the 
authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations 
Act for fiscal year 2002 for continuing projects or activities including 
the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees (not otherwise specifi-
cally provided for in this joint resolution) which were conducted 
in fiscal year 2002, at a rate for operations not exceeding the 
current rate, and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority 
was made available in the following appropriations Acts: 
(1) the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002; 
(2) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002, not-
withstanding section 15 of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956, section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236), 
and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)); 
(3) the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2002, 
notwithstanding section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)); 
(4) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2002; 
(5) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 
2002, notwithstanding section 504(a)(1) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)); 
(6) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2002, 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, 2002; 
(8) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002; 
(9) the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002; 
(10) the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2002; 
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(11) the Department of Transportation and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 2002; 
(12) the Treasury and General Government Appropriations 
Act, 2002; and 
(13) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2002. 
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 2002 or prior years, for the increase in production 
rates above those sustained with fiscal year 2002 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 fiscal 
year 2002: 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 fiscal year 2002. 
SEC. 105. (a) For purposes of section 101, the term "rate for 
operations not exceeding the current rate"— 
(1) has the meaning given such term (including supple-
mental appropriations and rescissions) in the attachment to 
Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 01-10 entitled 
"Apportionment of the Continuing Resolution(s) for Fiscal Year 
2002" and dated September 27, 2001, applied by substituting 
"FY 2002" for "FY 2001" each place it appears; but 
(2) does not include any unobligated balance of funds appro-
priated in Public Law 107-38 and carried forward to fiscal 
year 2002, other than funds transferred by division B of Public 
Law 107-117. 
(b) The appropriations Acts listed in section 101 shall be deemed 
to include supplemental appropriation laws enacted during fiscal 
year 2002. 
SEC. 106. 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. 
Expiration date. 
SEC. 107. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint resolution 
or in the applicable appropriations Act, appropriations and funds 
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, 
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or (b) the enactment into law of the appHcable appropriations 
Act by both Houses without any provision for such project or 
activity, or (c) October 4, 2002, whichever first occurs. 
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. 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 funds. 
SEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 107, for those programs that had high 
initial rates of operation or complete distribution of fiscal year 
2002 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 2003 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. 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. For the Overseas Private Investment Corporation 
Program account, for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, at 
an annual rate not to exceed $19,000,000, to be derived by transfer 
from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation non-credit 
account, subject to section 107(c). 
SEC. 113. Activities authorized by section 403(f) of Public Law 
103-356, as amended by section 634 of PubHc Law 107-67, and 
activities authorized under the heading "Treasury Franchise Fund" 
in the Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1997 (Pub. L. 
104-208), as amended by section 120 of the Treasury Department 
Appropriations Act, 2001 (Pub. L. 106-554), may continue through 
the date specified in section 107(c) of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 114. Activities authorized by Title IV-A of the Social 
Security Act, and by sections 510, 1108(b), and 1925 of such Act, 
shall continue in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2002 through 
December 31, 2002 (notwithstanding section 1902(e)(1)(A) of such 
Act): Provided, That grants and payments may be made pursuant 
to this authority at the beginning of fiscal year 2003 for the first 
quarter of such year, at the level provided for such activities for 
the first quarter of fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That notwith-
standing Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth 
in the joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference 
accompanjang Conference Report 105-217, the provisions of this 
section that would have been estimated by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget as changing direct spending or receipts under 
section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 were they included in an Act other than an appropria-
tions Act shall be treated as direct spending or receipts legislation, 
as appropriate, under section 252 of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and by the Chairmen of 
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the House and Senate Budget Committees, as appropriate, under 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
SEC. 115. Activities authorized by section 1722A of title 38, 
United States Code may continue through the date specified in 
section 107(c) of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 116. In addition to amounts made available in section 
101 and subject to sections 107(c) and 108 of this joint resolution, 
such sums as may be necessary for contributions authorized by 
10 U.S.C. 1111 for the Uniformed Services of the Department 
of Defense, the Coast Guard, the Public Health Service, and the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are made avail-
able to accounts for the pay of members of such participating 
uniformed services, to be paid from such accounts into the Fund 
established under 10 U.S.C. 1111, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1116(c). 
SEC. 117. None of the funds made available under this Act, 
or any other Act, shall be used by an Executive agency to implement 
any activity in violation of section 501 of title 44, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 118. Collection and use of maintenance fees as authorized 
by section 4(i) and 4(k) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. Sec. 136a-l(i) and (k)) may continue 
through the date specified in section 107(c) of this joint resolution. 
Prohibitions against collecting "other fees" as described in section 
4(i)(6) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 
(7 U.S.C. 136a-l(i)(6)) shall continue in effect through the date 
specified in section 107(c) of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 119. Security service fees authorized under 49 U.S.C. 
44940 shall be credited as offsetting collections and the maximum 
amount collected shall be used for providing security services 
authorized by that section: Provided, That the sum available from 
the General Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections 
are received during fiscal year 2003. 
Approved September 30, 2002. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.J. Res. I l l : 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 148 (2002): 
Sept. 26, considered and passed House and Senate. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 38 (2002): 
Sept. 30, Presidential statement.