[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 2 Engrossed in House (EH)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 2

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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 in lieu thereof ``January 31, 2003''.
    Sec. 2. Public Law 107-229, as amended, is further amended in 
section 120, by striking ``and December 1, 2002,'' and inserting 
``December 1, 2002, January 1, 2003, and February 1, 2003,''.
    Sec. 3. Section 613 of the Treasury and General Government 
Appropriations Act, 2002, is amended (1) by striking ``2001'' and 
``2002'' each place it appears and inserting ``2002'' and ``2003'', 
respectively; and (2) in subsection (a)(1), as so amended, by inserting 
``(as in effect on September 30, 2002)'' after ``Act, 2002'' and after 
``such section 613'': Provided, That such section, as so amended, shall 
be effective through September 30, 2003, notwithstanding section 107 of 
this joint resolution.
    Sec. 4. Public Law 107-229, as amended, is further amended by 
striking section 137 and inserting the following new section:
    ``Sec. 137. (a) 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 sums as may be necessary shall 
be available to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the 
Secretary of the Treasury to advance start-up expenses to the Public 
Company Accounting Oversight Board pursuant to section 109(j) of the 
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
(Pub. L. 107-204).
    ``(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, 
upon the collection of fees authorized in section 109(d) of the 
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-204), the Public Company 
Accounting Oversight Board shall reimburse the Securities and Exchange 
Commission for any Commission appropriations advanced to the Board for 
start-up expenses pursuant to section 109(j) of such Act or subsection 
(a) of this section, so as to result in no net effect of such advances 
on appropriations available to the Commission in fiscal year 2003.''.
    Sec. 5. Section 8005 of the Department of Defense Appropriations 
Act, 2003 (Pub. L. 107-248) is amended by inserting before the period 
at the end the following: ``: Provided further, That in addition to the 
transfer authority provided in this section, and subject to the terms 
and conditions of this section except the limitation in the fourth 
proviso, only to meet unforeseen requirements associated with the 
global war on terrorism, the Secretary of Defense may transfer an 
additional $2,500,000,000 of working capital funds of the Department of 
Defense or funds made available in titles I through VII of this Act to 
the Department of Defense for military functions (except military 
construction), including programs and activities of the National 
Foreign Intelligence Program (with the concurrence of the Director of 
Central Intelligence) and the United States Special Operations Command, 
between such appropriations or funds or any subdivision thereof, to be 
merged with and to be available for the same purposes, and for the same 
time period, as the appropriation or fund to which transferred''.
    Sec. 6. (a) Approval of Prospectus.--For purposes of section 
3307(a) of title 40, United States Code, the prospectus of General 
Services Administration entitled ``Prospectus--Lease, Department of 
Homeland Security, Washington, DC Metropolitan Area'', prospectus 
number PDC-08W03, as submitted on December 24, 2002, is deemed approved 
by the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives on the date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Prohibition on Delegation.--The authority of the General 
Services Administration to lease space under this section may not be 
delegated to any other department or agency.
    (c) Modifications.--Any modification to the prospectus referred to 
in subsection (a) that is subject to approval under section 3307 of 
title 40, United States Code, shall be approved in accordance with the 
requirements of such section.
    Sec. 7. Section 126 of Public Law 107-229, as added by Public Law 
107-240, is amended to read as follows:
    ``Sec. 126. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, except section 107, the District of Columbia may expend 
local funds for programs and activities under the heading `District of 
Columbia Funds--Operating Expenses' at the rate set forth for such 
programs and activities in the revised financial plan and budget for 
the District Government for fiscal year 2003 submitted to Congress by 
the District of Columbia pursuant to section 138 of H.R. 5521 of the 
107th Congress, as reported by the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives January 8, 2003.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
108th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                              H. J. RES. 2

_______________________________________________________________________

                            JOINT RESOLUTION

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and 
                          for other purposes.