[House Document 104-135]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]





        104th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House 
Document 104-135



               PROPOSED LEGISLATION: ``MAKING FURTHER 
 
CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1996, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES''

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

       A DRAFT OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION MAKING FURTHER CONTINUING 
    APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1996, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES




  November 16, 1996.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
 Committees on Appropriations and Government Reform and Oversight, and 
                ordered to be printed November 16, 1995.
To the Congress of the United States:
    In declaring my intention to disapprove House Joint 
Resolution 122, the further continuing resolution for fiscal 
year 1996, I stated my desire to approve promptly a clean 
extension of the continuing resolution that expired on November 
13. Accordingly, I am forwarding the enclosed legislation that 
would provide for such an extension. This legislation also 
provides that all Federal employees furloughed during the 
Government shutdown through no fault of their own will be 
compensated at their ordinary rate for the period of the 
furlough.
    I urge the Congress to act on this legislation promptly and 
to return it to me for signing.

                                                William J. Clinton.
    The White House, November 16, 1995.
   JOINT RESOLUTION Making further continuing appropriations for the 
                fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes

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

SEC. 1. EXTENSION OF CONTINUING AUTHORITY.

    Public Law No. 104-31 is amended in Section 106(c) by 
striking out ``November 13, 1995'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``December 15, 1995''.

SEC. 2. COMPENSATION AND RATIFICATION OF AUTHORITY.

    (a) Any Federal employees furloughed as a result of a lapse 
in appropriations, if any, after midnight November 13, 1995, 
until the enactment of this Act shall be compensated at their 
standard rate of compensation for the period during which there 
was a lapse in appropriations.
    (b) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the 
appropriations made and authority granted by this Act for the 
purposes of maintaining the essential level of activity to 
protect life and property and bring about orderly termination 
of government functions are hereby ratified and approved if 
otherwise in accord with the provisions of this Act.

                                
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