[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 133 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 133

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and 
                          for other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

            December 18 (legislative day, December 15), 1995

Mr. Walsh introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on Appropriations

_______________________________________________________________________

                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, 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 the general fund and enterprise funds of 
the District of Columbia for the District of Columbia for the fiscal 
year 1996, and 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 1995 for continuing projects or activities including the 
costs of direct loans and loan guarantees (not otherwise specifically 
provided for in this joint resolution) which were conducted in the 
fiscal year 1995 and for which appropriations, funds, or other 
authority would be available in the following appropriations Act:
            The District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1996:
Provided, That whenever the amount which would be made available or the 
authority which would be granted in this Act is greater than that which 
would be available or granted under current operations, the pertinent 
project or activity shall be continued at a rate for operations not 
exceeding the current rate.
    (b) Whenever the amount which would be made available or the 
authority which would be granted under the Act listed in this section 
as passed by the House as of the date of enactment of this joint 
resolution, is different from that which would be available or granted 
under such Act as passed by the Senate as of the date of enactment of 
this joint resolution, the pertinent project or activity shall be 
continued at a rate for operations not exceeding the current rate or 
the rate permitted by the action of the House or the Senate, whichever 
is lower, under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable 
appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995: Provided, That where an 
item is not included in either version or where an item is included in 
only one version of the Act as passed by both Houses as of the date of 
enactment of this joint resolution, the pertinent project or activity 
shall not be continued except as provided for in section 111 or 112 
under the appropriation, fund, or authority granted by the applicable 
appropriations Act for fiscal year 1995 and under the authority and 
conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal 
year 1995.
    Sec. 102. 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. 103. 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 1995.
    Sec. 104. No provisions which is included in the appropriations Act 
enumerated in section 101 but which was not included in the applicable 
appropriations Act for fiscal year 1995 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. 105. 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. 106. 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 resolution shall 
be available until (a) enactment into law of an appropriation for any 
project or activity provided for in this joint resolution, or (b) the 
enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act by both Houses 
without any provision for such project or activity, or (c) December 27, 
1995, whichever first occurs.
    Sec. 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 106, none of the funds appropriated under 
this joint resolution shall be expended for any abortion except where 
the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to 
term or where the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.
    Sec. 108. 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. 109. No provision in the appropriations Act for the fiscal 
year 1996 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 106(c) of this joint 
resolution.
    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 funds.
    Sec. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 106, whenever the Act listed in section 101 
as passed by both the House and Senate as of the date of enactment of 
this joint resolution, does not include funding for an ongoing project 
or activity for which there is a budget request, or whenever the rate 
for operations for an ongoing project or activity provided by section 
101 for which there is a budget request would result in the project or 
activity being significantly reduced, the pertinent project or activity 
may be continued under the authority and conditions provided in the 
applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995 by increasing 
the rate for operations provided by section 101 to a rate for 
operations not to exceed one that provides the minimal level that would 
enable existing activities to continue. No new contracts or grants 
shall be awarded in excess of an amount that bears the same ratio to 
the rate for operations provided by this section as the number of days 
covered by this resolution bears to 366. For the purposes of this joint 
resolution the minimal level means a rate for operations that is 
reduced from the current rate by 25 percent.
    Sec. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 106, whenever the rate for operations for 
any continuing project or activity provided by section 101 or section 
111 for which there is a budget request would result in a furlough of 
Government employees, that rate for operations may be increased to the 
minimum level that would enable the furlough to be avoided. No new 
contracts or grants shall be awarded in excess of an amount that bears 
the same ratio to the rate for operations provided by this section as 
the number of days covered by this resolution bears to 366.
    Sec. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except sections 106, 111, and 112, for those programs that 
had high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of funding 
at the beginning of the fiscal year in fiscal year 1995 because of 
distributions of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or 
others, similar distributions of funds for fiscal year 1996 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. 114. This joint resolution shall be implemented so that only 
the most limited funding action of that permitted in the resolution 
shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and 
activities.
    Sec. 115. The provisions of section 132 of the District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act, 1988, Public Law 100-202, shall not apply for this 
joint resolution.
    Sec. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 106, none of the funds appropriated under 
this joint resolution shall be used to implement or enforce any system 
of registration of unmarried, cohabiting couples whether they are 
homosexual, lesbian, heterosexual, including but not limited to 
registration for the purpose of extending employment, health, or 
governmental benefits to such couples on the same basis that such 
benefits are extended to legally married couples; nor shall any funds 
made available pursuant to any provision of this joint resolution 
otherwise be used to implement or enforce D.C. Act 9-188, signed by the 
Mayor of the District of Columbia on April 15, 1992.
                                 <all>