[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
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[H.J. Res. 124 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. J. RES. 124
Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 9, 2014
Mr. Rogers of Kentucky introduced the following joint resolution; which
was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the
Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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JOINT RESOLUTION
Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, 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 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 2015, and for other purposes, namely:
Sec. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for
operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal
year 2014 and under the authority and conditions provided in such Acts,
for continuing projects or activities (including the costs of direct
loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically provided
for in this joint resolution, that were conducted in fiscal year 2014,
and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made
available in the following appropriations Acts:
(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014
(division A of Public Law 113-76).
(2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2014 (division B of Public Law 113-76).
(3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014
(division C of Public Law 113-76).
(4) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2014 (division D of Public Law 113-76).
(5) The Financial Services and General Government
Appropriations Act, 2014 (division E of Public Law 113-76).
(6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act,
2014 (division F of Public Law 113-76).
(7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division G of Public
Law 113-76).
(8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014
(division H of Public Law 113-76).
(9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2014
(division I of Public Law 113-76).
(10) The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division J of Public
Law 113-76).
(11) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of Public
Law 113-76).
(12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division L of Public
Law 113-76).
(b) The rate for operations provided by subsection (a) is hereby
reduced by 0.0554 percent.
Sec. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or authority
granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be
used for: (1) the new production of items not funded for production in
fiscal year 2014 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates
above those sustained with fiscal year 2014 funds; or (3) the
initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project, activity,
operation, or organization (defined as any project, subproject,
activity, budget activity, program element, and subprogram within a
program element, and for any investment items defined as a P-1 line
item in a budget activity within an appropriation account and an R-1
line item that includes a program element and subprogram element within
an appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, or other
authority were not available during fiscal year 2014.
(b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority granted
pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used to
initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance procurement funding
for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically
appropriated later.
Sec. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available to
the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the pertinent
appropriations Act.
Sec. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, 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 fiscal year 2014.
Sec. 105. 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.
Sec. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint resolution
or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2015,
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 2015 without any provision for such project or activity; or (3)
December 11, 2014.
Sec. 107. 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. 108. Appropriations made 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 joint resolution may be construed to waive
any other provision of law governing the apportionment of funds.
Sec. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint
resolution, except section 106, for those programs that would otherwise
have high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of
appropriations at the beginning of fiscal year 2015 because of
distributions of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or
others, such high initial rates of operation or complete distribution
shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such programs
funded by this joint resolution that would impinge on final funding
prerogatives.
Sec. 110. This joint resolution shall be implemented so that only
the most limited funding action of that permitted in the joint
resolution shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of
projects and activities.
Sec. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments whose
budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for fiscal year
2014, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008,
activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain program levels
under current law, under the authority and conditions provided in the
applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014, to be continued
through the date specified in section 106(3).
(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory payments
due on or about the first day of any month that begins after October
2014 but not later than 30 days after the date specified in section
106(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be available for such
payments.
Sec. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian
personnel compensation and benefits in each department and agency may
be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to avoid
furloughs within such department or agency, consistent with the
applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014, except that such
authority provided under this section shall not be used until after the
department or agency has taken all necessary actions to reduce or defer
non-personnel-related administrative expenses.
Sec. 113. Funds appropriated by this joint resolution may be
obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91-672
(22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and
section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
3094(a)(1)).
Sec. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference in this joint
resolution that was previously designated by the Congress for Overseas
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the Congress for Overseas
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or as being for disaster relief pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively.
(b) The reduction in section 101(b) of this joint resolution shall
not apply to--
(1) amounts designated under subsection (a) of this
section; or
(2) amounts made available by section 101(a) by reference
to the second paragraph under the heading ``Social Security
Administration--Limitation on Administrative Expenses'' in
division H of Public Law 113-76.
(c) Section 6 of Public Law 113-76 shall apply to amounts
designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global
War on Terrorism.
Sec. 115. During the period covered by this joint resolution,
discretionary amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2015 that were
provided in advance by appropriations Acts shall be available in the
amounts provided in such Acts, reduced by the percentage in section
101(b).
Sec. 116. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for
``Department of Agriculture--Domestic Food Programs--Food and Nutrition
Service--Commodity Assistance Program'' at a rate for operations of
$275,701,000, of which $208,682,000 shall be for the Commodity
Supplemental Food Program.
Sec. 117. For ``Department of Health and Human Services--Food and
Drug Administration--Salaries and Expenses'', amounts shall be made
available by this joint resolution as if ``outsourcing facility fees
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-62,'' were included after ``21 U.S.C.
381,'' in the second paragraph under such heading in division A of
Public Law 113-76.
Sec. 118. Amounts made available by section 101 for ``Department
of Commerce--National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--
Procurement, Acquisition and Construction'' may be apportioned up to
the rate for operations necessary to maintain the planned launch
schedules for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Geostationary
Operational Environmental Satellite system.
Sec. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except
sections 106 and 107 of this joint resolution, for ``Department of
Defense--Overseas Contingency Operations--Operation and Maintenance--
Operation and Maintenance, Army'', up to $50,000,000, to be derived by
reducing the amount otherwise made available by section 101 for such
account, may be used to conduct surface and subsurface clearance of
unexploded ordnance at closed training ranges used by the Armed Forces
of the United States in Afghanistan: Provided, That such funds may only
be used if the training ranges are not transferred to the Islamic
Republic of Afghanistan for use by its armed forces: Provided further,
That the authority provided by this section shall continue in effect
through the earlier of the date specified in section 106(3) of this
joint resolution or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing
appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the
Department of Defense: Provided further, That such amount is designated
as provided under section 114 for such account.
Sec. 120. The following authorities shall continue in effect
through the earlier of the date specified in section 106(3) of this
joint resolution or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing
appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the
Department of Defense:
(1) Section 1004 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 374 note).
(2) Section 1215 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81; 10 U.S.C. 113 note).
(3) Section 127b of title 10, United States Code,
notwithstanding subsection (c)(3)(C) of such section.
(4) Subsection (b) of section 572 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (20 U.S.C. 7703b(b)),
notwithstanding paragraph (4) of such subsection.
Sec. 121. (a) Funds made available by section 101 for ``Department
of Energy--Energy Programs--Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and
Decommissioning Fund'' may be apportioned up to the rate for operations
necessary to avoid disruption of continuing projects or activities
funded in this appropriation.
(b) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later
than 3 days after each use of the authority provided in subsection (a).
Sec. 122. (a) Funds made available by section 101 for ``Department
of Energy--Environmental and Other Defense Activities--Defense
Environmental Cleanup'' for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant may be
obligated at a rate for operations necessary to assure timely execution
of activities necessary to restore and upgrade the repository.
(b) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on each
use of the spending rate authority provided in this section that
exceeds customary apportionment allocations.
Sec. 123. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint
resolution, except section 106, the District of Columbia may expend
local funds under the heading ``District of Columbia Funds'' for such
programs and activities under title IV of H.R. 5016 (113th Congress),
as passed by the House of Representatives on July 16, 2014, at the rate
set forth under ``District of Columbia Funds--Summary of Expenses'' as
included in the Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Request Act of 2014 (D.C. Act
20-370), as modified as of the date of the enactment of this joint
resolution.
Sec. 124. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for
``Office of Special Counsel--Salaries and Expenses'' at a rate for
operations of $22,939,000.
Sec. 125. The third proviso under the heading ``Small Business
Administration--Business Loans Program Account'' in division E of
Public Law 113-76 is amended by striking ``$17,500,000,000'' and
inserting ``$18,500,000,000'': Provided, That amounts made available by
section 101 for such proviso under such heading may be apportioned up
to the rate for operations necessary to accommodate increased demand
for commitments to general business loans under section 7(a) of the
Small Business Act: Provided further, That this section shall become
effective upon enactment of this joint resolution.
Sec. 126. Sections 1101(a) and 1104(a)(2)(A) of the Internet Tax
Freedom Act (title XI of division C of Public Law 105-277; 47 U.S.C.
151 note) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in
section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ``November 1, 2014''.
Sec. 127. Section 550(b) of Public Law 109-295 (6 U.S.C. 121 note)
shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3)
of this joint resolution for ``October 4, 2014''.
Sec. 128. The authority provided by section 831 of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) shall continue in effect through
the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution.
Sec. 129. (a) Amounts made available by section 101 for the
Department of Homeland Security for ``U.S. Customs and Border
Protection--Salaries and Expenses'', ``U.S. Customs and Border
Protection--Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology'',
``U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Air and Marine Operations'',
``U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Construction and Facilities
Management'', and ``U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement--Salaries
and Expenses'' shall be obligated at a rate for operations as necessary
to respectively--
(1) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection officers and Border Patrol agents in accordance with
the provisos under the heading ``U.S. Customs and Border
Protection--Salaries and Expenses'' in division F of Public Law
113-76;
(2) sustain border security and immigration enforcement
operations;
(3) sustain necessary Air and Marine operations; and
(4) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement agents, equivalent to the staffing levels
achieved on September 30, 2014, and comply with the fifth
proviso under the heading ``U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement--Salaries and Expenses'' in division F of Public
Law 113-76.
(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on
each use of the authority provided in this section.
Sec. 130. Notwithstanding section 810 of the Federal Lands
Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809), the authority described in
such section shall continue in effect through the date specified in
section 106(3) of this joint resolution.
Sec. 131. (a) The authority provided by subsection (m)(3) of
section 8162 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (40
U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 106-79) shall continue in effect through
the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution.
(b) For the period covered by this joint resolution, the authority
provided by the provisos under the heading ``Dwight D. Eisenhower
Memorial Commission--Capital Construction'' in division E of Public Law
112-74 shall not be in effect.
Sec. 132. Activities authorized under part A of title IV and
section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act (other than under section
413(h) of such Act) shall continue through the date specified in
section 106(3) of this joint resolution, in the manner authorized for
fiscal year 2014 (except that the amount appropriated for section
403(b) of such Act shall be $598,000,000, and the requirement to
reserve funds provided for in section 403(b)(2) of such Act shall not
apply with respect to this section), and out of any money in the
Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are
hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purpose.
Grants and payments may be made pursuant to this authority through the
applicable portion of the first quarter of fiscal year 2015 at the pro
rata portion of the level provided for such activities through the
first quarter of fiscal year 2014.
Sec. 133. Amounts allocated to Head Start grantees from amounts
identified in the seventh proviso under the heading ``Department of
Health and Human Services--Administration for Children and Families--
Children and Families Services Programs'' in Public Law 113-76 shall
not be included in the calculation of the ``base grant'' in fiscal year
2015, as such term is used in section 640(a)(7)(A) of the Head Start
Act (42 U.S.C. 9835(a)(7)(A)).
Sec. 134. The first proviso under the heading ``Department of
Health and Human Services--Administration for Children and Families--
Low Income Home Energy Assistance'' in division F of Public Law 113-76
shall be applied to amounts made available by this joint resolution by
substituting ``2015'' for ``2014''.
Sec. 135. Amounts provided by this joint resolution for
``Department of Health and Human Services--Administration for Children
and Families--Refugee and Entrant Assistance'' may be apportioned up to
the rate for operations necessary to maintain program operations at the
level provided in fiscal year 2014.
Sec. 136. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for
``Department of Health and Human Services--Office of the Secretary--
Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund'' at a rate for
operations of $1,301,430,000, of which $58,000,000 may be apportioned
up to the rate for operations necessary for expenses to support
acceleration of countermeasure and product advanced research and
development pursuant to section 319L of the Public Health Service Act
for addressing Ebola therapies.
Sec. 137. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for
``Department of Health and Human Services--Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention--Global Health'' at a rate for operations of
$413,000,000, of which $30,000,000 may be apportioned up to the rate
for operations necessary to support the responses of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this section as the
``CDC'') to the outbreak of Ebola virus in Africa: Provided, That such
funds made available for responses to the outbreak of Ebola virus in
Africa shall be available for transfer by the Director of the CDC to
other accounts of the CDC for such support: Provided further, That the
Director of the CDC shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate not later than 30 days
after the date of any transfer under the preceding proviso.
Sec. 138. Amounts made available by this joint resolution for
``Department of Education--Rehabilitation Services and Disability
Research'', ``Department of Education--Departmental Management--Program
Administration'', and ``Department of Health and Human Services--
Administration for Community Living--Aging and Disability Services
Programs'' may be obligated in the account and budget structure set
forth in section 491 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
(42 U.S.C. 3515e).
Sec. 139. Of the unobligated balance of amounts provided by
section 108 of Public Law 111-3, $4,549,000,000 is rescinded.
Sec. 140. Section 113 of division H of Public Law 113-76 shall be
applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) for
``September 30, 2014''.
Sec. 141. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are made
available for accounts in title I of division J of Public Law 113-76 at
an aggregate rate for operations of $6,558,223,500.
(b) Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this
joint resolution, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate a report delineating the allocation of budget authority in
subsection (a) by account and project.
Sec. 142. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for
``Department of Veterans Affairs--Departmental Administration--General
Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration'' at a rate for
operations of $2,524,254,000.
Sec. 143. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for
``Department of Veterans Affairs--Departmental Administration--Office
of Inspector General'' at a rate for operations of $126,411,000.
Sec. 144. Section 209 of the International Religious Freedom Act
of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6436) shall be applied by substituting the date
specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ``September
30, 2014''.
Sec. 145. Amounts made available by section 101 for ``Broadcasting
Board of Governors--International Broadcasting Operations'',
``Bilateral Economic Assistance--Funds Appropriated to the President--
Economic Support Fund'', ``International Security Assistance--
Department of State--International Narcotics Control and Law
Enforcement'', ``International Security Assistance--Department of
State--Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related
Programs'', and ``International Security Assistance--Funds Appropriated
to the President--Foreign Military Financing Program'' shall be
obligated at a rate for operations as necessary to sustain assistance
for Ukraine and independent states of the Former Soviet Union and
Central and Eastern Europe to counter external, regional aggression and
influence.
Sec. 146. Section 7081(4) of division K of Public Law 113-76 shall
be applied to amounts made available by this joint resolution by
substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint
resolution for ``September 30, 2014''.
Sec. 147. The Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635 et
seq.) shall be applied through June 30, 2015, by substituting such date
for ``September 30, 2014'' in section 7 of such Act.
Sec. 148. (a) Section 44302(f) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``September 30, 2014'' and inserting ``the date
specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations
Resolution, 2015''.
(b) Section 44303(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``September 30, 2014'' and inserting ``the date specified in
section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015''.
(c) Section 44310(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``September 30, 2014'' and inserting ``the date specified in
section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015''.
This joint resolution may be cited as the ``Continuing
Appropriations Resolution, 2015''.
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