A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal 1984, and for other purposes.
PL 98-107 (H.J.Res.368), enacted 10/01/1983

PUBLIC LAW 98-107—OCT. 1, 1983 
97 STAT. 733 
Public Law 98-107 
98th Congress 
Joint Resolution 
Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1984, 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 the Government for 
the fiscal year 1984, and for other purposes, namely: 
SEC. 101. (a)(1) Such amounts as may be necessary for projects or 
activities not otherwise specifically provided for in this joint resolu-
tion and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority would 
be available in the following appropriations Acts: 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1984 (H. 
Rept. 98-357, S. Rept. 98-247) under the terms and conditions 
provided in such Act for fiscal year 1983; and 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, 
and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1984, notwithstanding 
section 15(a) of the State Department Bgisic Authorities Act of 
1956 and section 701 of the United States Information and 
Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as amended: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law or this joint resolu-
tion, authorities contained in Public Law 96-132, the "Depart-
ment of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 
1980", shall remain in effect until the termination date of this 
joint resolution or until the effective date of a general Depart-
ment of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, whichever is 
earlier. 
(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 
subsection as passed the House as of October 1, 1983, is different 
from that which would be available or granted under such Act as 
passed by the Senate as of October 1, 1983, the pertinent project or 
activity shall be continued under the lesser amount or the more 
restrictive authority: Provided, That where an item is included in 
only one version of an Act as passed by both Houses as of October 1, 
1983, 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 current rate or the rate 
permitted by the action of the one House, whichever is lower, and 
under the authority and conditions provided in applicable appropri-
ations Acts for the fiscal year 1983: Provided further. That for the 
purposes of this joint resolution, when an Act listed in this subsec-
tion has been reported to the Senate but not passed by the Senate as 
Oct. 1, 1983 
[H.J. Res. 368]" 
Continuing 
appropriations 
for fiscal year 
1984. 
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93 Stat. 1040. 
97 STAT. 734 
PUBLIC LAW 98-107—OCT. 1, 1983 
of Optober 1, 1983, it shall be deemed as having been passed by the 
Senate. 
(4) No provision which is included in an appropriation Act enu-
merated in this subsection but which was not included in the 
applicable appropriation Act of 1983, 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 
the joint resolution unless such provision shall have been included 
in identical form in such bill as enacted by both the House and the 
Senate. 
(b) Such amounts as may be necessary for projects or activities not 
otherwise specifically provided for in this joint resolution and for 
which appropriations, funds, or other authority would be available 
in the following appropriation Acts: 
Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Ap-
propriation Act, 1984 at a rate for operations and to the extent 
and in the manner provided for in the Act as passed the House 
of Representatives as of October 1, 1983: Provided, That appro-
priations or loan authorization for the following agencies or 
activities are available at not to exceed the following annual 
rates and the totals are adjusted accordingly: 
Agricultural Research Service: 
Salaries and Expenses 
$478,000,000 
Buildings and Facilities 
28,602,000 
Cooperative State Research Service: 
Special grants 
25,234,000 
Competitive grants 
17,000,000 
Animal health and disease grants 
5,760,000 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: 
Salaries and Expenses 
263,259,000 
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation: 
Administrative and operating expenses 
200,000,000 
FCIC Fund 
110,000,000 
Office of Rural Development Policy 
2,000,000 
Rural Housing Insurance Fund: 
Moderate income loans 
0 
Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund: 
Insured soil and water loans 
30,000,000 
Economic emergency loans 
0 
Rural Development Insurance Fund: 
Water and waste disposal loans 
270,000,000 
Rural Water and Waste Disposal Grants 
90,000,000 
Rural Electrification Administration: 
Guaranteed loans, not less than 
3,360,000,000 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission: 
Salaries and Expenses 
26,400,000 
ADP Limitation 
3,626,000 
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Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law or this joint resolution, section 184 of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 785), is amended by insert-
ing before the period at the end of paragraph (b) the following: 
", or for the first three months of the fiscal year ending Septem-
7 use 2012 note. 
ber 30, 1984": Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law or this joint resolution, the provisions of subsec-
tions (f) and (i) of section 3 and section 10 of the Food Stamp Act 
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of 1977, as amended, concerning private, nonprofit drug addic-
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97 STAT. 735 
tion or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation programs, shall 
also be applicable to publicly operated community health cen-
ters: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi- 7 use 2015 note. 
sion of this joint resolution, no part of any of the funds appropri-
ated or otherwise made available by this or any other Act may 
be used to implement mandatory monthly reporting-retrospec-
tive budgeting for the food stamp program during the first three 
months of the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984: Provided 
further, That, hereafter, in order to restore and maintain United 
States share of world markets and to restore capital of the 
Corporation for its operations, any restrictions or limitations on 
the authorities and obligations of the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion to sell in world markets, as provided by its Charter, may be 
waived or suspended by the Secretary of Agriculture; and 
Department of Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1984 (H.R. 3363), notwithstanding any other provision of Post, p. 919. 
this joint resolution, except section 102, such sums as may be 
necessary for programs, projects, or activities provided for in 
such Act (H.R. 3363), to the extent and in the manner provided 
for in the conference report and joint explanatory statement of 
the Committee of Conference filed in the House of Representa-
tives, as if such Act had been enacted into law. 
(c) Pending enactment of the Department of Defense Appropri-
ation Act, 1984, such amounts as may be necessary for continuing 
activities, not otherwise specifically provided for elsewhere in this 
joint resolution, which were conducted in fiscal year 1983, for which 
provision was made in the Department of Defense Appropriation 
Act, 1983, but such activities shall be funded at not to exceed an 
annual rate for new obligational authority of $247,000,000,000, 
which is an increase above the current rate, and this level shall be 
distributed on a pro rata basis to each appropriation account utiliz-
ing the fiscal year 1984 amended budget request as the base for such 
distribution and shall be available under the terms and conditions 
provided for in the applicable appropriation Acts for fiscal year 
1983: Provided, That no appropriation or funds made available or 
authority granted pursuant to this subsection shall be used to 
initiate multiyear procurements utilizing advance procurement 
funding for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically 
appropriated later: Provided further. That none of the funds appro-
priated or made available pursuant to this subsection shall be 
available for the conversion of any full time positions in support of 
the Army Reserve, Air Reserve, Army National Guard, and Air 
National Guard by Active or Reserve Military Personnel, from 
civilian positions designated "military technicians" to military posi-
tions: Provided further. That no appropriation or funds made availa-
ble or authority granted pursuant to this subsection shall be used to 
initiate or resume any project, activity, operation or organization 
which is defined as any project, subproject, activity, budget activity, 
program element, and subprogram within a program element, and 
for investment items is 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 subprogram element 
within an appropriation account, for which appropriations, funds, or 
97 STAT. 736 
PUBLIC LAW 98-107—OCT. 1, 1983 
other authority were not available during the fiscal year 1983: 
Provided further. That notwithstanding any other provision of this 
joint resolution, $5,000,000 is appropriated for the XXIII Olympiad 
Ante, p. 628. 
as authorized by Section 304 of Public Law 98-94, and in addition 
the Department of Defense may provide support to the Los Angeles 
Olympic Organizing Committee on a reimbursable basis, with the 
proceeds to be credited to the current applicable appropriation 
accounts of the Department. 
(d) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing the activi-
ties, not otherwise specifically provided for in this joint resolution, 
which were conducted in the fiscal year 1983, and which are under 
the purview of the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Govern-
ment Appropriation Act, under the current terms and conditions 
and at a rate for operations not in excess of the current rate: 
Ante, p. 13. 
Provided, That funds appropriated by Public Law 98-8 for payment 
to the General Services Administration, Federal Buildings Fund, for 
alterations and repairs shall be excluded from the current rate 
established under this subsection. 
(e) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing the activities 
under the purview of the Foreign Assistance Appropriations Act as 
96 Stat. 1830. 
provided for in Public Law 97-377 and Public Law 98-63, under the 
Ante, p. 301. 
terms and conditions, and at the rate, provided for in those Acts or 
at the rate provided for in the budget estimates, whichever is lower, 
and under the more restrictive authority, notwithstanding section 
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10 of Public Law 91-672, and section 15(a) of the State Department 
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Basic Authorities Act of 1956, or any other provision of law: Pro-
vided, That amounts allocated to each country under this subsection 
shall not exceed those provided in fiscal year 1983 or those provided 
in the budget estimates for each country, whichever are lower, 
unless submitted through the regular reprograming procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations, or unless otherwise specified in 
this paragraph. 
(f) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing the following 
activities, not otherwise provided for in this joint resolution, which 
were conducted in the fiscal year 1983, under the terms and condi-
tions provided in applicable appropriation Acts for the fiscal year 
1983, at the current rate: 
Health planning activities authorized by title XV of the 
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Public Health Service Act; 
National Research Service Awards authorized by section 
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472(d) of the Public Health Service Act; 
National Arthritis Advisory Board, National Diabetes 
Advisory Board, and National Digestive Diseases Advisory 
Board authorized by section 437 of the Public Health Service 
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Act; 
Medical Library Assistance programs authorized by title III of 
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the Public Health Service Act; 
Refugee and entrant assistance activities under the provisions 
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of title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, title IV and 
8 use 1522 note; 
part B of title III of the Refugee Act of 1980, and sections 501 (a) 
94 ^t-110. 
and (b) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980: Pro-
8 use 1522 note. 
vided. That such funds may be expended for individuals who 
would meet the definition of "Cuban and Haitian entrant" 
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97 STAT. 737 
under section 501(e) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 
1980 but for the application of paragraph (2)(B) thereof; 
8 use 1522 note. 
Child abuse prevention and treatment and adoption opportu-
nities activities authorized by the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Act; 
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Activities as at present of the Professional Standards Review "ote. 
Organization program authorized by titles XI and XVIII of the 
Social Security Act, as amended; 
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Activities under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, 
^^JQQ 4951 
as amended; 
note. 
Emergency feeding activities as authorized by the Temporary 
Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended; and 
^"-te, p. 35. 
Activities of the Department of Defense, Army National 
Guard and Army Reserve operation and maintenance and 
National Guard and Reserve equipment procurement, 
(g) Such amounts as may be necessary for the following projects or • 
activities, which were provided for in H.R. 3222, the Departments of 
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 
Appropriation Act, 1984, as reported to the House of Representa-
tives on June 3, 1983, to the extent and in the manner provided for 
in such Act, and at a rate for operations, notwithstanding section 
15(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 and 22 use 2680. 
section 701 of the United States Information and Educational 
Exchange Act of 1948, as follows: 
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Department of Commerce: General Administration, "Special 
Foreign Currency Projgram", $693,000; 
Economic and Statistical Analysis, "Salaries and Expenses", 
$39,337,000; 
Economic Development Administration: "Economic Develop-
ment Assistance Programs", $250,000,000; "Salaries and 
Expenses", $30,141,000; 
International Trade Administration, "Operations and Admin-
istration", $169,893,000; 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: "Oper-
ations, Research, and Facilities", $942,871,000; "Fisheries Loan 
Fund", $5,000,000; 
Federal 
Communications 
Commission, 
"Salaries 
and 
Expenses", $86,383,000; 
Federal Trade Commission, "Salaries and Expenses", 
$63,500,000: Provided, That these funds are subject to the limita-
tions and provisions of sections 10(a) and 10(c) (notwithstanding 
section 10(e)), 11(b), 18, and 20 of the Federal Trade Commission 
Improvements Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-252; 94 Stat. 374), 15 use 57a and 
notwithstanding the previous provisions of this subsection; 
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International Trade Commission, "Salaries and Expenses", 
$20,737,000; 
Securities 
and 
Exchange 
Commission, 
"Salaries 
and 
Expenses", $92,500,000; 
Small Business Administration, "Salaries and Expenses", 
$236,000,000; 
Department of Justice: Immigration and Naturalization Serv-
ice, ''Salaries and Expenses", $527,257,000; 
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PUBLIC LAW 98-107—OCT. 1, 1983 
Legal assistance 
to aliens. 
8 u s e 1101 note. 
42 u s e 2996f. 
Grants or 
contracts. 
Notwithstanding the previous provisions of this subsection, 
Legal Services Corporation, "Payment to the Legal Services 
Corporation", $275,000,000: 
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act for the 
Legal Services Corporation shall be expended to provide l^al assist-
ance for or on behalf of any alien unless the alien is a resident of the 
United States and is— 
(1) an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence as an 
immigrant as defined by sections 101(a)(15) and 101(aX20) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15), (20)); 
(2) an alien who is either married to a United States citizen or 
is a parent or an unmarried child under the age of twenty-one 
years of such a citizen and who has filed an application for 
adjustment of status to permanent resident under the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act, and such application has not been 
rejected; 
(3) an alien who is lawfully present in the United States 
pursuant to an admission under section 207 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157, relating to refugee admis-
sions) or who has been granted asylum by the Attorney General 
under such Act; or 
(4) an alien who is lawfully present in the United States as a 
result of the Attorney General's withholding of deportation 
pursuant to section 243(h) of the Immigation and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1253(h)). 
An alien who is lawfully present in the United States as a result 
of being granted conditional entry pursuant to section 203(a)(7) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(a)(7)) before 
April 1, 1980, because of persecution or fear of persecution on 
account of race, religion, or political opinion or because of being 
uprooted by catastrophic natural calamity shall be deemed, for 
purposes of section 1007 b)(ll) of the Legal Services Corporation Act, 
to be an alien described in subparagraph (C) of such section: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act for 
the Legal Services Corporation shall be used by the Corporation in 
making grants or entering into contracts for legal assistance unless 
the Corporation insures that the recipient is either (a) a private 
attorney or attorneys (for the sole purpose of furnishing legal assist-
ance to eligible clients) or (b) a qualified nonprofit organization 
chartered under the laws of one of the States for the primary 
purpose of furnishing legal assistance to eligible clients, the major-
ity of the board of directors or other governing body of which 
organization is comprised of attorneys who are admitted to practice 
in one of the States and who are appointed to terms of office on such 
board or body by the governing bodies of State, county, or municipal 
bar associations the membership of which represents a majority of 
the attorneys practicing law in the locality in which the organiza-
tion is to provide legal assistance: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated in this Act shall be expended by the Legal 
Services Corporation to participate in litigation unless the Corpora-
tion or a recipient of the Corporation is a party, or a recipient is 
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97 STAT. 739 
representing an eligible client in litigation in which the interpreta-
tion of this title or a regulation promulgated under this title is an 
issue, and shall not participate on behalf of any client other than 
itself: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall be available to any recipient to be used— 
(A) to pay for any personal service, advertisement, telegram, 
telephone communication, letter, printed or written matter, or 
other device, intended or designed to influence any decision by a 
Federal, State, or local agency, except where legal assistance is 
provided by an employee of a recipient to an eligible client on a 
particular application, claim, or case, which directly involves 
the client's legal rights and responsibilities, or 
(B) to influence any Member of Congress or any other 
Federal, State, or local elected official to favor or oppose any 
Acts, bills, resolutions, or similar legislation, or any referen-
dum, initiative, constitutional amendment, or any similar pro-
cedure of the Congress, any State legislature, any local council, 
or any similar governing body, except that this subsection shall 
not preclude such funds from being used in connection with 
communications made in response to any Federal, State, or 
local official, upon the formal request of such official: Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act for the 
Legal Services Corporation shall be used to bring a class action 
suit against the Federal government or any State or local 
government unless (1) the project director of a recipient has 
expressly approved the filing of such an action in accordance 
with policies established by the governing body of such recipi-
ent; (2) the class relief which is the subject of such an action is 
sought for the primary benefit of individuals who are eligible 
for legal assistance; and (3) that prior to filing such an action, 
the recipient project director has determined that the govern-
ment entity is not likely to change the policy or practice in 
question, that the policy or practice will continue to adversely 
affect eligible clients, that the recipient has given notice of its 
intention to seek class relief and that responsible efforts to 
resolve without litigation the adverse effects of the policy or 
practice have not been successful or would be adverse to the 
interest of the clients: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated in this Act for the Legal Services Corporation 
shall be expended for any purpose prohibited or limited by or 
contrary to section 11 of H.R. 3480, as passed the House of 
Representatives on June 18, 1981: Provided further. That not-
withstanding any regulation, guideline, or rule of the Corpora-
tion, the funds appropriated in this Act for the Legal Services 
Corporation shall be used by the Corporation in making grants 
or entering into contracts under section 1006(a) (1) and (3) so as 
to insure that funding for each such current grantee and con-
tractor is maintained in 1984 at the annualized level at which 
each such grantee and contractor was funded in 1983, or in the 
same proportion which total appropriations to the Corporation 
in fiscal year 1984 bear to the total appropriations to the 
Corporation in fiscal year 1983, until action is taken by direc-
tors of the Corporation who have been confirmed in accordance 
Prohibited 
funding to 
influence 
Federal, State, 
local agencies, 
Members of 
Congress or 
elected officials. 
Class action suit. 
42 u s e 2996e. 
97 STAT. 740 
PUBLIC LAW 98-107—OCT. 1, 1983 
42 u s e 2996c. 
5 u s e 5332 note. 
Post, p. 819. 
Post, p. 795. 
Effective date. 
with section 1004(a) of the Legal Services Corporation Act: 
Provided further. That no member of the Board of Directors of 
the Legal Services Corporation shall be compensated for his 
services to the Corporation except for the payment of an attend-
ance fee at meetings of the Board at a rate not to exceed the 
highest daily rate for grade fifteen (15) of the General Schedule 
and necessary travel expenses to attend Board meetings in 
accordance with the Standard Government Travel Regulations: 
Provided further, That no officer or employee of the Legal 
Services Corporation or a recipient program shall be reim-
bursed for membership in a private club, or be paid severance 
pay in excess of what would be paid a Federal employee for 
comparable service; 
Department of State: Administration of Foreign Affairs: "Sal-
aries and Expenses", $1,120,000,000; "Reopening Consulates", 
$2,500,000; "Representation Allowances", $4,148,000; "Acquisi-
tion, Operation, and Maintenance of Buildings Abroad", 
$202,889,000; "Acquisition, Operation, and Maintenance of 
Buildings 
Abroad 
(Special 
Foreign 
Currency 
Program)", 
$10,012,000; "Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan", 
$9,380,000; "Payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund'^', $102,753,000; 
International Organizations and Conferences: "Contributions 
to International Organizations", $520,515,000; 
International 
Commissions: International Boundary 
and 
Water Commission, United States and Mexico, "Construction", 
$672,000; "American Sections, International Commissions", 
$3,426,000; "International Fisheries Commissions", $8,876,000; 
Other: "Asia Foundation", $9,900,000; 
United States Information Agency: "Salaries and Expenses 
(Special Foreign Currency Program)", $10,450,000; "Center for 
Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West", 
$18,362,000; "Acquisition and Construction of Radio Facilities", 
$34,013,000. 
(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, 
except section 102, such sums as may be necessary for programs, 
projects, or activities provided for in the District of Columbia Appro-
priation Act, 1984 (H.R. 3415), to the extent and in the manner 
provided for in the conference report and joint explanatory state-
ment of the Committee of Conference (98-379), filed in the House of 
Representatives on September 22, 1983, as if such Act had been 
enacted into law. 
(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, 
except section 102, such sums as may be necessary for programs, 
projects, or activities provided for in the Military Construction 
Appropriation Act, 1984, (H.R. 3263), to the extent and in the 
manner provided for in the conference report and joint explanatory 
statement of the Committee of Conference (House Report Number 
98-378), filed in the House of Representatives on September 22, 
1983, as if such Act had been enacted into law. 
SEC. 102. Appropriations and funds made available and authority 
granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be available from 
October 1, 1983, 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 appropri-
ation Act by both Houses without any provision for such project or 
activity, or (c) November 10, 1983, whichever first occurs. 
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97 STAT. 741 
SEC. 103. 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. 104. 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. 105. Any appropriation for the fiscal year 1984 required to be 
apportioned pursuant to subchapter II of chapter 15 of title 31, 
United States Code, may be apportioned on a basis indicating the 
need (to the extent any such increases cannot be absorbed within 
available appropriations) 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 
subchapter II of chapter 15 of title 31, United States Code. 
SEC. 106. No part of any appropriation contained in, or funds 
made available by this or any other Act, shall be available for any 
agency to pay to the Administrator of the General Services Adminis-
tration a rate per square foot for rental of space and services 
(established pursuant to section 210(j) of the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended) which is in excess 
of 14 per centum higher than the rate per square foot established for 
the space and services by the General Services Administration for 
the fiscal year 1982. 
SEC. 107. No provision in any appropriation Act for the fiscal year 
1984 referred to in section 101 of this joint resolution 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 102(c) of this joint 
resolution. 
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolu-
tion except section 102, there are appropriated to the Postal Service 
Fund sufficient amounts so that postal rates for all preferred-rate 
mailers covered by section 3626 of title 39, United States Code, shall 
be continued at the rates in effect on September 1, 1983 (step 14): 
Provided, That mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind shall 
continue to be free: Provided further, That six-day delivery and 
rural delivery of mail shall continue at the 1983 level. 
SEC. 109. Funds shall be available for school assistance in federal-
ly affected areas authorized by title I of the Act of September 30, 
1950, and the Act of September 23, 1950, at an annual rate of 
$585,000,000, under the terms and conditions provided in the appli-
cable appropriation Act for fiscal year 1983; and funds shall be 
available for Departmental Management, "Salaries and Expenses" 
under the Department of Education at the current rate of 
operations. 
SEC. 110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no part 
of any of the funds appropriated for the fiscal year ending Septem-
ber 30, 1984, by this Act or any other Act, may be used to pay any 
prevailing rate employee described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, 
United States Code, or any employee covered by section 5348 of that 
title, in an amount— 
31 u s e 1511. 
Rental payment 
for space and 
services to GSA. 
40 u s e 490. 
Postal rates for 
preferred-rate 
mailers. 
Postal delivery. 
39 u s e 403 note. 
5 u s e 5343 note. 
5 u s e 5348. 
97 STAT. 742 
PUBLIC LAW 98-107—OCT. 1, 1983 
5 u s e 5343 note. 
5 u s e 5332 note. 
5 u s e 5343 note. 
Regulations. 
Supervisory pay 
plan. 
5 CFR Part 532. 
Transfer from 
available funds. 
(1) during the period from October 1, 1983, until the next 
applicable wage survey adjustment becomes effective, which 
exceeds the rate which was payable for the applicable grade and 
step of the applicable wage schedule on September 30, 1983, in 
accordance with section 107(a) of Public Law 97-377; and 
(2) during the period consisting of the remainder of the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1984, which exceeds, as a result of a 
wage survey adjustment, the rate payable under paragraph (1) 
of this subsection by more than the overall average percentage 
of the adjustment in the General Schedule during the fiscal 
year ending September 30,1984. 
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 9(b) of Public Law 
92-392 or section 704(b) of Public Law 95-454, the provisions of 
subsection (a) of this section shall apply (in such manner as the 
Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe) to any prevailing 
rate employee to whom such section 9(b) applies, except that the 
provisions of subsection (a) may not apply to any increase in a wage 
schedule or rate which is required by the terms of a contract entered 
into before the date of enactment of this Act. 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no prevailing rate 
employee described in paragraph (B) or (C) of section 5342(a)(2) of 
title 5, United States Code, may be paid during the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1984, at a rate which exceeds the rate which 
was payable for the applicable grade and step of the applicable wage 
schedule on September 30, 1983, except to the extent a higher rate 
would be payable under subsection (a) of this section were subsection 
(a) applicable to wage schedules and rates for prevailing rate 
employees described in such paragraphs (B) and (C) of section 
5342(a)(2). 
(d) For the purpose of this section, the rate payable to any 
employee who is covered by this section and who is paid from a 
schedule which was not in existence on September 30, 1983, shall be 
determined under regulations prescribed by the President. 
(e) The provisions of this section shall apply only with respect to 
pay for services performed by any affected employee after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(f) For the purpose of administering any provision of law, rule, or 
regulation which provides premium pay, retirement, life insurance, 
or any other employee benefit, which requires any deduction or 
contribution, or which imposes any requirement or limitation, on 
the basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary or basic 
pay payable after the application of this section shall be treated as 
the rate of salary or basic pay. 
(g) Notwithstanding the limitations imposed on prevailing rate 
pay pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, such limitations may 
not apply to wage adjustments for prevailing rate supervisors pro-
vided by the supervisory pay plan published in the Federal Register 
on March 30,1983. 
SEC. 111. There is hereby appropriated $20,000,000 to be derived 
by transfer from funds available for obligation in fiscal year 1983 in 
the appropriation for "Guaranteed Student Loans", to remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 1984, to enable the Secretary 
of Education to comply v/ith the consent decree entered in United 
States district court in the case of the United States of America 
against the Board of Education for the City of Chicago (80 C 5124) on 
September 24, 1980. 
PUBLIC LAW 98-107—OCT. 1, 1983 
97 STAT. 743 
SEC. 112. All obligations incurred in anticipation of the appropri-
ations and authority provided in this joint resolution for the 
purposes of maintaining the minimum level of essential activities 
necessary to protect life and property and bringing about orderly 
termination of other functions are hereby ratified and confirmed if 
otherwise in accordance with the provisions of this joint resolution. 
Approved October 1, 1983. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.J. Res. 368: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 98-397 (Comm. of Conference). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 129 (1983): 
Sept. 28, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 29, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Sept. 30, House agreed to conference report; concurred in Senate amendments 
with amendments. Senate agreed to conference report; concurred in House 
amendments.