[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 156 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
H. J. RES. 156

   Making further continuing appropriations for railroad retirement 
         benefits for fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1996

 Mr. Peterson of Minnesota introduced the following joint resolution; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
   Making further continuing appropriations for railroad retirement 
         benefits for fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR RAILROAD RETIREMENT BENEFITS.

    (a) In General.--There are 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 1996, and for other purposes, such amounts as may be 
necessary, under the authority and conditions provided in the 
applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 1995, for continuing the 
following projects or activities including the costs of direct loans 
and loan guarantees (not otherwise specifically provided for in this 
joint resolution) that were conducted in fiscal year 1995:
            All projects and activities funded under the account 
        heading ``Dual Benefits Payments Account'' under the Railroad 
        Retirement Board.
    (b) Applicable Rate of Operations.--
            (1) Whenever the amount that would be made available or the 
        authority that would be granted in subsection (a) is greater 
        than the amount or authority that 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.
            (2) Whenever the amount that would be made available or the 
        authority that would be granted under the applicable 
        appropriations Act for fiscal year 1996, as passed by the House 
        as of the date of the enactment of this joint resolution, is 
        different from the amount or authority that would be available 
        or granted under such Act as passed by the Senate as of the 
        date of the enactment of this joint resolution, the pertinent 
        project or activity shall be continued at a rate for operations 
        not exceeding the current rate or, if lower, the higher of the 
        rates permitted by the action of the House or the Senate, under 
        the authority and conditions provided in the applicable 
        appropriations Act for fiscal year 1995.
            (3) Whenever the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal 
        year 1996 has been passed by only the House or only the Senate 
        as of the date of the enactment of this joint resolution, the 
        pertinent project or activity shall be continued under the 
        appropriation, fund, or authority granted by the one House 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 the 
        applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995.

SEC. 2. PERIOD OF CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS.

    Unless otherwise provided for in this joint resolution or in the 
applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 1996, appropriations and 
funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this joint 
resolution shall be available until whichever of the following first 
occurs:
            (1) The enactment into law of an appropriation for any 
        project or activity provided for in this joint resolution.
            (2) The enactment into law of the applicable appropriations 
        Act for fiscal year 1996 without any provision for such project 
        or activity.
            (3) September 30, 1996.

SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS.

    (a) Extent and Manner of Appropriations.--Appropriations made by 
section 1 shall be available to the extent and in the manner that would 
be provided by the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 1996.
    (b) Prohibition on Certain Projects and Activities.--No 
appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to 
section 1 shall be used to initiate or resume any project or activity 
for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available 
during fiscal year 1995.
    (c) Inapplicability of Certain Provisions.--
            (1) No provision that is included in the applicable 
        appropriations Act for fiscal year 1996, but that was not 
        included in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 
        1995, and that 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.
            (2) No provision in the applicable appropriations Act for 
        fiscal year 1996 that makes the availability of any 
        appropriation provided therein dependent upon the enactment of 
        additional authorizing or other legislation shall be applicable 
        to any appropriation, fund, or authority provided in this joint 
        resolution.
    (d) Applicability to All Obligations and Expenditures.--
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.
    (e) Charge to Applicable Accounts.--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.
    (f) Apportionment.--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 in this paragraph shall be construed to waive any 
other provision of law governing the apportionment of funds.
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