[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[S.J. Res. 46 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. J. RES. 46

 Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996 for 
   the operations of the Passport Office of the Department of State.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

              January 4 (legislative day, January 3), 1996

Mr. Moynihan introduced the following joint resolution; which was read 
         twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
 Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996 for 
   the operations of the Passport Office of the Department of State.

    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, for the Passport Office of the Bureau of Consular 
Affairs, Department of State, for the fiscal year 1996:
    Section 1. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary under the authority 
and conditions provided in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996, as 
passed by the Congress, notwithstanding section 15 of the State 
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, for continuing activities of 
the Passport Office which were conducted in the fiscal year 1995 and 
for which appropriations, funds, or other authority would be available 
in that appropriations Act: Provided, That whenever the amount which 
would be made available or the authority which would be granted in that 
Act is greater than that which would be available or granted under 
current operations, the pertinent 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 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 activity shall not be 
continued except as provided for in this section or section 2 under the 
appropriation, fund, or authority granted by the applicable 
appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995 and under the authority and 
conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal 
year 1995.
    (c) Whenever the Act listed in this section has been passed by only 
the House or only the Senate as of the date of enactment of this joint 
resolution, the pertinent 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: Provided, That where an item is funded in the 
applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995 and not included 
in the version passed by the one House as of the date of enactment of 
this joint resolution, the pertinent activity shall not be continued 
except as provided for in section 1 or 2 under the appropriation, fund, 
or authority granted by the applicable appropriations Act for the 
fiscal year 1995 and under the authority and conditions provided in the 
applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995.
    Sec. 2. Appropriations made by section 1 shall be available to the 
extent and in the manner which would be provided by the pertinent 
appropriations Act.
    Sec. 3. No appropriation or funds made available or authority 
granted pursuant to section 1 shall be used to initiate or resume any 
activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not 
available during the fiscal year 1995.
    Sec. 4. No provision which is included in an appropriations Act 
enumerated in section 1 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. 5. 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 
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 activity, whichever first occurs.
    Sec. 6. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant to this 
joint resolution shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred 
for any activity during the period for which funds or authority for 
such activity are available under this joint resolution.
    Sec. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 5, whenever the Act listed in section 1 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 activity for 
which there is a budget request, or whenever an Act listed in section 1 
has been passed by only the House or only the Senate as of the date of 
enactment of this joint resolution, and an item funded in fiscal year 
1995 is not included in the version passed by the one House, or 
whenever the rate for operations for an ongoing activity provided by 
section 1 for which there is a budget request would result in the 
activity being significantly reduced, the pertinent 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 1 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 the Act, the minimal 
level means a rate for operations that is reduced from the current rate 
by 25 percent.
    Sec. 10. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 5, whenever the rate for operations for any 
continuing activity provided by section 1 or section 9 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. 11. 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 the continuation of activities 
of the Passport Office.
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