[House Report 104-447]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



104th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 2d Session                                                     104-447
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                 PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF
 
         H.R. 1643, MOST-FAVORED-NATION TREATMENT FOR BULGARIA

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  January 4, 1996.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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    Mr. Dreier, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 334]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 334, by a non-record vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

               brief summary of provisions of resolution

    The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 1643, 
the ``Most-Favored-Nation Treatment for Bulgaria'' under a 
rule, providing that it will be in order to take from the 
Speaker's table H.R. 1643, with the Senate amendment, and 
consider in the House the motion printed in this report.
    The rule provides that the Senate amendment and the motion 
shall be considered as read. It waives all points of order 
against the motion.
    The rule provides one hour of general debate on the motion, 
equally divided by the chairman and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Appropriations.
    Finally, the rule provides that the previous question is 
considered as ordered on the motion to final adoption without 
intervening motion or demand for division of the question.

                            committee votes

    Pursuant to clause 2(l)(2)(B) of House rule XI the results 
of each rollcall vote on an amendment or motion to report, 
together with the names of those voting for and against, are 
printed below:

Rules Committee Rollcall No. 280

    Date: January 4, 1996.
    Measure: Rule for consideration of a motion to dispose of 
the Senate amendment to H.R. 1643, MFN for Bulgaria.
    Motion By: Mr. Moakley.
    Summary of Motion: Strike House amendment to permit vote on 
Senate amendment instead.
    Results: Rejected, 3 to 8.
    Vote by Members: Dreier--Nay; Goss--Nay; Linder--Nay; 
Pryce--Nay; Diaz-Balart--Nay; McInnis--Nay; Waldholtz--Nay; 
Moakley--Yea; Beilenson--Yea; Frost--Yea; Solomon--Nay.

Rules Committee Rollcall No. 281

    Date: January 4, 1996.
    Measure: Rule for consideration of a motion to dispose of 
the Senate amendment to H.R. 1643, MFN for Bulgaria.
    Motion By: Mr. Frost.
    Summary of Motion: Strike House amendment and insert 
instead text of H.J. Res. 155, but changing effective date of 
continuing appropriations resolution from January 19, 1996 to 
March 15, 1996.
    Results: Rejected, 3 to 8.
    Vote by Members: Dreier--Nay; Goss--Nay; Linder--Nay; 
Pryce--Nay; Diaz-Balart--Nay; McInnis--Nay; Waldholtz--Nay; 
Moakley--Yea; Beilenson--Yea; Frost--Yea; Solomon--Nay.

                           summary of motion

    The motion would provide funding through September 30, 
1996, for the following activities:
          Nutrition programs for the elderly (Meals on Wheels);
          Child welfare programs including Federal Parent 
        Locator Service;
          Administration of unemployment insurance;
          General assistance payments and foster care payments 
        for native Americans;
          Aid to families with dependent children (expires 
        March 15);
          Foster care and adoption assistance to States 
        (expires March 15);
          Railroad Retirement payments;
          Visitor services in the National Park System and 
        other similar activities;
          Passport, visa and American citizen services abroad;
          Veterans compensation, pensions, and education 
        programs; and
          The operation of the District of Columbia with its 
        own revenues.
    The bill authorizes any furloughed Federal worker who 
returns to work to be declared an excepted employee and also 
provides salary funding for all excepted employees from 
December 16, 1995, to January 26, 1996.
    The bill authorizes payment of salaries of furloughed State 
employees whose salaries are reimbursed by the Federal 
government. The bill does not provide any appropriations for 
this authorization.
    The motion to dispose of the Senate amendment is as 
follows:
    Mr. Livingston (or his designee) moves that the House 
concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment, as follows:
    (1) In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, 
insert:

                                TITLE I

    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 the fiscal year 1996, 
and for other purposes, namely:
    Sec. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary under the 
authority and conditions provided in the applicable 
appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995 for continuing the 
following projects or activities including the costs of direct 
loans and loan guarantees (not otherwise specifically provided 
for in this Act) which were conducted in the fiscal year 1995:
    All nutrition services for the elderly under the account 
heading ``Aging services programs'' under the Administration on 
Aging in the Department of Health and Human Services;
    All grants to States for child welfare services, authorized 
by title IV, part B, subpart 1, of the Social Security Act, 
under the account heading ``Children and families services 
programs'' under the Administration for Children and Families 
in the Department of Health and Human Services;
    All Federal Parent Locator Service activities, as 
authorized by section 453 of the Social Security Act, under the 
account heading ``Children and families services programs'' 
under the Administration for Children and Families in the 
Department of Health and Human Services;
    All State unemployment insurance administration activities 
under the account heading ``State unemployment insurance and 
employment service operations'' under the Employment and 
Training Administration in the Department of Labor;
    All general welfare assistance payments and foster care 
payments, as authorized by law, funded under the account 
heading ``Operation of Indian programs'' under the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs in the Department of the Interior;
    All projects and activities funded under the account 
heading ``Family support payments to States'' under the 
Administration For Children and Families in the Department of 
Health and Human Services;
    All projects and activities funded under the account 
heading ``Payments to States for foster care and adoption 
assistance'' under the Administration For Children and Families 
in the Department of Health and Human Services;
    All administrative activities necessary to carry out the 
projects and activities in the preceeding two paragraphs;
    All projects and activities funded under the account 
headings ``Dual benefits payments account'', ``Limitation on 
administration'' and ``Limitation on railroad unemployment 
insurance administration fund'' under the Railroad Retirement 
Board;
    All projects and activities necessary to accommodate 
visitors and to provide for visitor services in the National 
Park System, the National Wildlife Refuges, the National 
Forests, the facilities operated by the Smithsonian 
Institution, the National Gallery of Art, the John F. Kennedy 
Center for the Performing Arts, and the United States Holocaust 
Memorial; and
    All projects and activities necessary to process visas and 
passports and to provide for American citizen services, 
notwithstanding section 15 of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956: Provided, That whenever the amount 
which would be made available or the authority which would be 
granted under an Act which included funding for fiscal year 
1996 for the projects and activities listed in this section is 
greater than that which would be available or granted under 
current operations, the pertinent project or 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 which 
included funding for fiscal year 1996 for the projects and 
activities listed in this section as passed by the House as of 
the date of enactment of this Act, 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 Act, the pertinent 
project or 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 
appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1995.
    (c) Whenever an Act which included funding for fiscal year 
1996 for the projects and activities listed in this section has 
been passed by only the House or only the Senate as of the date 
of enactment of this Act, the pertinent project or activity 
shall be continued under the appropriation, fund, or authority 
granted by the one House at 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 provide in the applicable appropriations Act for the 
fiscal year 1995.
    Sec. 102. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be 
available to the extent and in the manner which would be 
provided by the pertinent appropriations Act.
    Sec. 103. 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 the fiscal year 1995.
    Sec. 104. No provision which is included in the 
appropriations Act enumerated in section 101 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 Act.
    Sec. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted 
pursuant to this title of this Act shall cover all obligations 
or expenditures incurred for any program, project, or activity 
during the period for which funds or authority for such project 
or activity are available under this Act.
    Sec. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this title of 
this Act or in the applicable appropriations Act, 
appropriations and funds made available and authority granted 
pursuant to this title of this Act shall be available until (a) 
enactment into law of an appropriation for any project or 
activity provided for in this title of this Act, or (b) the 
enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act by both 
Houses without any provision for such project or activity, or 
(c) September 30, 1996, except for the projects and activities 
under the headings ``Family support payments to States'' and 
``Payments to States for foster care and adoption assistance'', 
for which date shall be March 15, 1996, whichever first occurs.
    Sec. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this title of this 
Act 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. No provision in the appropriations Act for the 
fiscal year 1996 referred to in section 101 of this Act that 
makes the availability of any appropriation provided therein 
dependent upon the enactment of additional authorization or 
other legislation shall be effective before the date set forth 
in section 106(c) of this Act.
    Sec. 109. Appropriations and funds made available by or 
authority granted pursuant to this title of this Act 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. 110. For the purposes of this title of this Act, the 
time covered by the title of this Act shall be considered to 
have begun on December 16, 1995.
    Sec. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
except section 106, funds appropriated under section 101 for 
the payment of vested dual benefits under the Railroad 
Retirement Act shall be made available so as to fully fund the 
payments made on January 1, 1996, and the payments to be made 
within the period covered by this Act including those payments 
to be made on the first day of each month within the period 
covered by this Act. In addition to the funds appropriated 
under section 101 of this Act, $12,800,000 is appropriated to 
restore full funding for payments made for the period prior to 
January 1, 1996.
    Sec. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
except section 106, the authorities provided under subsection 
(a) of section 140 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236) shall remain in 
effect during the period of this Act, notwithstanding paragraph 
(3) of said subsection.

                                TITLE II

                            Veterans Affairs

    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 the fiscal year 1996, 
and for other purposes, namely:
    Sec. 201. Ensured Payment During Fiscal Year 1996 of 
Veterans' Benefits in Event of Lack of Appropriations.
          (a) Payments required.--In any case during fiscal 
        year 1996 in which appropriations are not otherwise 
        available for programs, projects, and activities of the 
        Department of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of 
        Veterans Affairs shall nevertheless ensure that--
                  (1) payments of existing veterans benefits 
                are made in accordance with regular procedures 
                and schedules and in accordance with 
                eligibility requirements for such benefits; and
                  (2) payments to contractors of the Veterans 
                Health Administration of the Department of 
                Veterans Affairs are made when due in the case 
                of services provided that directly relate to 
                patient health and safety.
          (b) Funding.--There is hereby appropriated such sums 
        as may be necessary for the payments pursuant to 
        subsection (a), including such amounts as may be 
        necessary for the costs of administration of such 
        payments.
          (c) Charging of accounts when appropriations made.--
        In any case in which the Secretary uses the authority 
        of subsection (a) to make payments, applicable accounts 
        shall be charged for amounts so paid, and for the costs 
        of administration of such payments, when regular 
        appropriations become available for those purposes.
          (d) Existing benefits specified.--For purposes of 
        this section, existing veterans benefits are benefits 
        under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans 
        Affairs that have been adjudicated and authorized for 
        payment as of--
                  (1) December 15, 1995; or
                  (2) if appropriations for such benefits are 
                available (other than pursuant to subsection 
                (b)) after December 15, 1995, the last day on 
                which appropriations for payment of such 
                benefits are available (other than pursuant to 
                subsection (b)).
    Sec. 202. Section 201 shall cease to be effective on 
September 30, 1996.
    Sec. 203. For the purposes of this title of this Act, the 
time covered by this title of this Act shall be considered to 
have begun on January 4, 1996.

                               TITLE III

    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 the fiscal year 1996, 
and for other purposes, namely:
    Sec. 301. Such amounts as may be necessary under the 
authority and conditions provided in applicable appropriations 
Acts for the fiscal year 1995 for paying salaries of Federal 
employees excepted from the provisions of the Antideficiency 
Act (31 U.S.C. 1341 et seq.) who are continuing projects and 
activities conducted in fiscal year 1995 who work during 
periods when there is otherwise no funding authority for their 
salaries.
    Sec. 302. Appropriations made by section 301 shall be 
available to the extent and in the manner which would be 
provided by the pertinent appropriations Act.
    Sec. 303. No appropriation or funds made available or 
authority granted pursuant to section 301 shall be used to 
initiate or resume any project or activity for which 
appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available 
during the fiscal year 1995.
    Sec. 304. No provision which is included in the 
appropriations Act enumerated in section 301 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 Act.
    Sec. 305. Appropriations made and authority granted 
pursuant to this title of this Act shall cover all obligations 
or expenditures incurred for any program, project, or activity 
during the period for which funds or authority for such project 
or activity are available under this Act.
    Sec. 306. Unless otherwise provided for in this title of 
this Act or in the applicable appropriations Act, 
appropriations and funds made available and authority granted 
pursuant to this title of this Act shall be available until (a) 
enactment into law of an appropriation for any project or 
activity provided for in this title of this Act, or (b) the 
enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act by both 
Houses without any provision for such project or activity, or 
(c) January 26, 1996, whichever first occurs.
    Sec. 307. Expenditures made pursuant to this title of this 
Act 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. 308. No provision in the appropriations Act for the 
fiscal year 1996 referred to in section 301 of this Act that 
makes the availability of any appropriation provided therein 
dependent upon the enactment of additional authorizing or other 
legislation shall be effective before the date set forth in 
section 306(c) of this Act.
    Sec. 309. Appropriations and funds made available by or 
authority granted pursuant to this title of this Act 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. 310. All Federal Employees Deemed To Be Excepted 
Employees.
          (a) In general.--Section 1342 of title 31, United 
        States Code, is amended for the period December 15, 
        1995 through January 26, 1996--
                  (1) by inserting after the first sentence 
                ``All officers and employees of the United 
                States Government or the District of Columbia 
                government shall be deemed to be performing 
                services relating to emergencies involving the 
                safety of human life or the protection of 
                property.''; and
                  (2) by striking out the last sentence.
    Sec. 311. Excepted Employees Under Normal Leave Policy.--
Federal employees considered excepted from furlough during any 
period in which there is a lapse in appropriations with respect 
to the agency activity in which the employee is engaged shall 
not be considered to be furloughed when on leave and shall be 
subject to the same leave regulations as if no lapse in 
appropriations had occurred.
    Sec. 312. Eligibility for Unemployment Compensation.--
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, beginning on 
January 2, 1996, any Federal employee who is excepted from 
furlough and is not being paid due to a lapse in appropriations 
shall be deemed to be totally separated from Federal service 
and eligible for unemployment compensation benefits under 
subchapter I of chapter 85 of title 5 of the United States Code 
with no waiting period for such eligibility to accrue.
    Sec. 313. For the purposes of this title, Federal employees 
returning to work under the provisions of section 310 shall be 
deemed to have returned to work at the first regularly 
scheduled opportunity after December 15, 1995.
    Sec. 314. Appropriations made pursuant to section 301 are 
made notwithstanding section 15 of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956, section 701 of the United States 
Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, section 313 
of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 
and 1995 (Public Law 103-236), section 53 of the Arms Control 
and Disarmament Act, and section 10 of Public Law 91-672.

                                TITLE IV

    That the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of the 
general fund and enterprise funds of the District of Columbia 
for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year 1996, and for 
other purposes, namely:
    Sec. 401. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary under the 
authority and conditions provided in the applicable 
appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995 for continuing 
projects or activities including the costs of direct loans and 
loan guarantees (not otherwise specifically provided for in 
this title of this Act) which were conducted in the fiscal year 
1995 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority 
would be available in the following appropriations Act:
    The District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1996: 
Provided, That whenever the amount which would be made 
available or the authority which would be granted in this Act 
is greater than that which would be available or granted under 
current operations, the pertinent project or 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 Act, 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 Act, the pertinent project or 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 Act, the pertinent project or activity 
shall not be continued except as provided for in section 411 or 
412 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. 402. Appropriations made by section 401 shall be 
available to the extent and in the manner which would be 
provided by the pertinent appropriations Act.
    Sec. 403. No appropriation or funds made available or 
authority granted pursuant to section 401 shall be used to 
initiate or resume any project or activity for which 
appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available 
during the fiscal year 1995.
    Sec. 404. No provision which is included in the 
appropriations Act enumerated in section 401 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 title of 
this Act.
    Sec. 405. Appropriations made and authority granted 
pursuant to this title of this Act shall cover all obligations 
or expenditures incurred for any program, project, or activity 
during the period for which funds or authority for such project 
or activity are available under this title of this Act.
    Sec. 406. Unless otherwise provided for in this title of 
this Act or in the applicable appropriations Act, 
appropriations and funds made available and authority granted 
pursuant to this title of this Act shall be available until (a) 
enactment into law of an appropriation for any project or 
activity provided for in this title of this Act, or (b) the 
enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act by both 
Houses without any provision for such project or activity, or 
(c) September 30, 1996, whichever first occurs.
    Sec. 407. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title 
of this Act, except section 406, none of the funds appropriated 
under this title of this Act shall be expended for any abortion 
except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the 
fetus were carried to term or where the pregnancy is the result 
of an act of rape or incest.
    Sec. 408. Expenditures made pursuant to this title of this 
Act 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. 409. No provision in the appropriations Act for the 
fiscal year 1996 referred to in section 401 of this title of 
this Act that makes the availability of any appropriation 
provided therein dependent upon the enactment of additional 
authorizing or other legislation shall be effective before the 
date set forth in section 406(c) of this Act.
    Sec. 410. Appropriations and funds made available by or 
authority granted pursuant to this title of this Act may be 
used without regard to the time limitations of 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. 411. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title 
of this Act, except section 406, whenever the Act listed in 
section 401 as passed by both the House and Senate as of the 
date of enactment of this Act does not include funding for an 
ongoing project or activity for which there is a budget 
request, or whenever the rate for operations for an ongoing 
project or activity provided by section 401 for which there is 
a budget request would result in the project or activity being 
significantly reduced, the pertinent project or 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 401 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 Act bears 
to 366. For the purposes of this title of this Act the minimal 
level means a rate for operations that is reduced from the 
current rate by 25 percent.
    Sec. 412. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title 
of this Act, except section 406, whenever the rate for 
operations for any continuing project or activity provided by 
section 401 or section 411 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 Act bears to 366.
    Sec. 413. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title 
of this Act, except sections 406, 411, and 412, for those 
programs that had high initial rates of operation or complete 
distribution of funding at the beginning of the fiscal year in 
fiscal year 1995 because of distributions of funding to States, 
foreign countries, grantees, or others, similar distributions 
of funds for fiscal year 1996 shall not be made and no grants 
shall be awarded for such programs funded by this title of this 
Act that would impinge on final funding prerogatives.
    Sec. 414. This title of this Act shall be implemented so 
that only the most limited funding action of that permitted in 
this title of this Act shall be taken in order to provide for 
continuation of projects and activities.
    Sec. 415. The provisions of section 132 of the District of 
Columbia Appropriations Act, 1988, Public Law 100-202, shall 
not apply for this title of this Act.
    Sec. 416. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title 
of this Act, except section 406, none of the funds appropriated 
under this title of this Act shall be used to implement or 
enforce any system or registration of unmarried, cohabiting 
couples whether they are homosexual, lesbian, heterosexual, 
including but not limited to registration for the purpose of 
extending employment, health, or governmental benefits to such 
couples on the same basis that such benefits are extended to 
legally married couples; nor shall any funds made available 
pursuant to any provision of this title of this Act otherwise 
be used to implement or enforce D.C. Act 9-188, signed by the 
Mayor of the District of Columbia on April 15, 1992.

                                TITLE V

                Clarification of Certain Reimbursements

    Sec. 501. Clarification of Reimbursement to States for 
Federally Funded Employees.
          (a) If a State used State funds to continue carrying 
        out a Federal program or furloughed State employees 
        whose compensation is advanced or reimbursed in whole 
        or in part by the Federal Government--
                  (1) such furloughed employees shall be 
                compensated at their standard rate of 
                compensation for such period;
                  (2) the State shall be reimbursed for 
                expenses that would have been paid by the 
                Federal Government during such period had 
                appropriations been available, including the 
                cost of compensating such furloughed employees, 
                together with interest thereon due under 
                section 6503(d) of title 31, United States 
                Code; and
                  (3) the State may use funds available to the 
                State under such Federal program to reimburse 
                such State, together with interest thereon due 
                under section 6503(d) of title 31, United 
                States Code.
          (b) For purposes of this subsection, the term 
        ``State'' shall have the meaning as such term is 
        defined under the applicable Federal program under 
        subsection (a).
          (c) The authority under this section applies with 
        respect to any period in fiscal year 1996 (not limited 
        to periods beginning or ending after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act) during which there occurs a 
        lapse in appropriations with respect to any department 
        or agency of the Federal Government which, but for such 
        lapse in appropriations, would have paid, or made 
        reimbursement relating to, any of the expenses referred 
        to in subsection (a) with respect to the program 
        involved. Payments and reimbursements under this 
        authority shall be made only to the extent and in 
        amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
    (2) Amend the title so as to read: ``Making appropriations 
for certain activities for the fiscal year 1996, and for other 
purposes''.

                                
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