[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 122 Received in Senate (RDS)]
2d Session
H. J. RES. 122
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 10, 2002
Received
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JOINT RESOLUTION
Making further 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 Public Law 107-229 is
further amended by striking
the date specified in section 107(c) and inserting ``October 18,
2002''.
Sec. 2. Section 101(2) of Public Law 107-229 is amended by striking
``section 15'' and all that follows through ``(Public Law 103-236),
and''.
Sec. 3. Section 114 of Public Law 107-229 is amended by inserting
before the colon at the end of the first proviso the following: ``:
Provided further, That section 3001 of the 21st Century Department of
Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (H.R. 2215) is amended by
striking subsection (d), and such amendment shall take effect as if
included in such Act on the date of its enactment''.
Sec. 4. Section 117 of Public Law 107-229 is amended to read as
follows:
``Sec. 117. (a) The Congress finds that section 501 of title 44,
United States Code, and section 207(a) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1993 (44 U.S.C. 501 note) require that (except as
otherwise provided in such sections) all printing, binding, and
blankbook work for Congress, the Executive Office, the Judiciary, other
than the Supreme Court of the United States, and every executive
department, independent office, and establishment of the Government,
shall be done at the Government Printing Office.
``(b) No funds appropriated under this joint resolution or any
other Act may be used--
``(1) to implement or comply with the Office of Management
and Budget Memorandum M-02-07, `Procurement of Printing and
Duplicating through the Government Printing Office', issued May
3, 2002, or any other memorandum or similar opinion reaching
the same, or substantially the same, result as such memorandum;
or
``(2) to pay for the printing (other than by the Government
Printing Office) of the budget of the United States Government
submitted by the President of the United States under section
1105 of title 31, United States Code.''.
Sec. 5. Public Law 107-229 is amended by adding at the end the
following new sections:
``Sec. 120. For entitlements and other mandatory payments whose
budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for fiscal year
2002, and for activities under the Food Stamp Act of 1977, activities
shall be continued at a rate to maintain program levels under current
law, under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable
appropriations Act for fiscal year 2002, to be continued through the
date specified in section 107(c): Provided, That notwithstanding
section 107, funds shall be available and obligations for mandatory
payments due on or about November 1, and December 1, 2002, may continue
to be made.
``Sec. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint
resolution, the annual rate of operations for the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (CFTC) Salaries and Expenses Account shall not
exceed $71,960,000 and shall include the cost of lease of office space
for the CFTC's New York regional office at an annual rate not to exceed
$1,949,000.
``Sec. 122. In addition to funds made available in section 101, the
Department of Justice may transfer to the Immigration User Fee Account
established by section 286(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1356(h)) such sums as may be necessary from unobligated balances
from funds appropriated to the Immigration and Naturalization Service
by Public Law 107-77 and division B of Public Law 107-117, at a rate
not to exceed $90,000,000 for the first quarter, through the date
specified in section 107(c): Provided, That the sums transferred under
this section shall be reimbursed from the Immigration User Fee Account
by not later than April 1, 2003.
``Sec. 123. Notwithstanding section 105(a)(2), in addition to
amounts made available in section 101, and subject to sections 107(c)
and 108, for purposes of calculating the rate of operations of General
Legal Activities (GLA) in the Department of Justice, $7,300,000
available during fiscal year 2002 from the Executive Office of the
President shall be credited to GLA for purposes of administering the
Victims Compensation Program.
``Sec. 124. Activities authorized by the Parole Commission and
Reorganization Act, P.L. 94-233, as amended, may continue through the
date specified in section 107(c).
``Sec. 125. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint
resolution, in addition to amounts made available in section 101, and
subject to sections 107(c) and 108, such funds, from fee collections in
fiscal year 2003, shall be available for the Securities and Exchange
Commission to continue implementation of section 8 of Public Law 107-
123.
``Sec. 126. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint
resolution, except section 107, the District of Columbia may expend
local funds at a rate in excess of the rate under authority applicable
prior to October 1, 2002 to cover payments that would be funded under
the heading `Repayment of Loans and Interest'.
``Sec. 127. No funds appropriated in this joint resolution or any
other Act may be used to implement any restructuring of the Civil Works
Program of the US Army Corps of Engineers which would involve the
transfer of Civil Works missions, functions, or responsibilities from
the US Army Corps of Engineers to any other executive branch agency or
department without explicit congressional authorization.
``Sec. 128. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint
resolution, during fiscal year 2003, direct loans under section 23 of
the Arms Export Control Act may be made available for Poland, gross
obligations for the principal amounts of which shall not exceed
$3,800,000,000: Provided, That such loans shall be repaid in not more
than 15 years, including a grace period of up to 8 years on repayment
of principal: Provided further, That no funds are available for the
subsidy costs of these loans: Provided further, That the Government of
Poland shall pay the full cost, as defined in section 502 of the
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, as amended, associated with the
loans, including the cost of any defaults: Provided further, That any
fees associated with these loans shall be paid by the Government of
Poland prior to any disbursement of loan proceeds: Provided further,
That no funds made available to Poland under this joint resolution or
any other Act may be used for payment of any fees associated with these
loans.
``Sec. 129. Notwithstanding section 1(c) of Public Law 103-428, as
amended, sections 1(a) and (b) of Public Law 103-428 shall remain in
effect until the date specified in section 107(c).
``Sec. 130. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint
resolution, there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for payment to John F. Mink,
widower of Patsy Mink, late a Representative from the State of Hawaii,
$150,000.
``Sec. 131. Notwithstanding section 105(a)(2), in addition to
amounts made available in section 101, and subject to sections 107(c)
and 108, for purposes of calculating the rate of operations for the
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA), the amount transferred by Public Law 107-206
from TSA to FEMA shall be credited to TSA, and such amount shall be
deducted from FEMA.
``Sec. 132. Activities authorized by section 24 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) may continue through the
date specified in section 107(c) of this joint resolution.
``Sec. 133. (a) Each specified department or agency shall, by
December 6, 2002, submit directly to the Committees on Appropriations a
report containing an evaluation of the effect on the specified
management areas of operating through September 30, 2003, under joint
resolutions making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2003 that
fund programs and activities at not exceeding the current rate of
operations.
``(b) For purposes of subsection (a):
``(1) The term `specified department or agency' means a
department or agency identified on page 49 or 50 of the Budget
of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2003 (H. Doc. 107-
159, Vol. I), except for the Department of Defense.
``(2) The term `specified management areas' means the
following management priorities described in the President's
Management Agenda (August 2001): strategic management of human
capital, competitive sourcing, improved financial performance,
expanded electronic government, and budget and performance
integration.
``Sec. 134. (a) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a monthly report on
all departmental and agency obligations made since the beginning of
fiscal year 2003 while operating under joint resolutions making
continuing appropriations for such fiscal year.
``(b) Each report required by subsection (a) shall set forth
obligations by account, and shall contain a comparison of such
obligations to the obligations incurred during the same period for
fiscal year 2002.
``(c) Reports shall be submitted under subsection (a) beginning 1
month after the enactment of this section, and ending 1 month after the
expiration of the period covered by the final joint resolution making
continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2003.
``(d)(1) Each report required by subsection (a) shall include a
list of all executive branch accounts for which departments and
agencies are operating under apportionments that provide for a rate of
operations that is lower than the current rate, within the meaning of
sections 101 and 105. For each such account, the report shall include
an estimate of the current rate for the period covered by this joint
resolution and the estimate of obligations during such period.
``(2) By December 6, 2002, the Comptroller General shall submit to
the Committees on Appropriations a report identifying executive branch
accounts for which apportionments made from funds appropriated or
authority granted by this joint resolution provide for a rate of
operations that differs from the current rate, within the meaning of
sections 101 and 105.
``Sec. 135. Appropriations made by this joint resolution are hereby
reduced, at an annual rate, by the amounts specified and in the
accounts identified for one-time, non-recurring projects and activities
in Attachment C of Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 02-06,
Supplement No. 1, dated October 4, 2002.
``Sec. 136. Activities authorized for 2002 by sections
1902(a)(10)(E)(iv) and 1933 of the Social Security Act, as amended,
with respect to individuals described in section 1902(a)(10)(E)(iv)(I)
of such Act may continue through 60 days after the date specified in
section 107(c) of Public Law 107-229, as amended.
``Sec. 137. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint
resolution, except sections 107(c) and 108, during fiscal year 2003,
the annual rate of operations for the Federal-aid highways program for
fiscal year 2003 shall be $31,799,104,000: Provided, That total
obligations for this program while operating under joint resolutions
making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2003 shall not exceed
$27,700,000,000, unless otherwise specified in a subsequent
appropriations Act. This section shall not affect the availability of
unobligated balances carried forward into fiscal year 2003 that would
otherwise be available for obligation.''.
Passed the House of Representatives October 10, 2002.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.