[106th Congress Public Law 275]
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CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001
Public Law 106-275
106th Congress
Joint Resolution
Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2001, and for other
purposes. <<NOTE: Sept. 29, 2000 - [H.J. Res. 109]>>
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 the
fiscal year 2001, 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 2000 for continuing projects or activities including the
costs of direct loans and loan guarantees (not otherwise specifically
provided for in this joint resolution) which were conducted in the
fiscal year 2000 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority
would be available in the following appropriations Acts:
(1) the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001;
(2) the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001,
notwithstanding section 15 of the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956 and, section 313 of the Foreign
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public
Law 103-236);
(3) the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2001;
(4) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act,
2001;
(5) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related
Programs Appropriations Act, 2001, notwithstanding section 10 of
Public Law 91-672 and section 15 of the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956;
(6) the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2001;
(7) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001;
(8) the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001;
(9) the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2001;
(10) the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act,
2001; and
(11) the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act,
2001:
Provided, That whenever the amount which would be made available or the
authority which would be granted in these Acts as passed by the House
and Senate as of October 1, 2000, is different 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: Provided further, That whenever there is no amount made
available under any of these appropriations Acts as passed by the House
and Senate as of October 1, 2000, for a continuing project or activity
which was conducted in fiscal year 2000 and for which there is fiscal
year 2001 funding included in the budget request, the pertinent project
or activity shall be continued at the rate for current operations under
the authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations
Act for the fiscal year 2000.
(b) Whenever the amount which would be made available or the
authority which would be granted under an Act listed in this section as
passed by the House as of October 1, 2000, is different from that which
would be available or granted under such Act as passed by the Senate as
of October 1, 2000, the pertinent project or activity shall be continued
at a rate for operations not exceeding the current rate under the
appropriation, fund, or authority granted by the applicable
appropriations Act for the fiscal year 2001 and under the authority and
conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal
year 2000.
(c) Whenever an Act listed in this section has been passed by only
the House or only the Senate as of October 1, 2000, the pertinent
project or activity shall be continued under the appropriation, fund, or
authority granted by the one House at a rate for operations not
exceeding the current rate and under the authority and conditions
provided in the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 2000:
Provided, That whenever there is no amount made available under any of
these appropriations Acts as passed by the House or the Senate as of
October 1, 2000, for a continuing project or activity which was
conducted in fiscal year 2000 and for which there is fiscal year 2001
funding included in the budget request, the pertinent project or
activity shall be continued at the rate for current operations under the
authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act
for the fiscal year 2000.
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 2000.
Sec. 104. No provision which is included in an appropriations Act
enumerated in section 101 but which was not included in the applicable
appropriations Act for fiscal year 2000 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
joint resolution.
Sec. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant to this
joint resolution 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 joint
resolution.
Sec. 106. <<NOTE: Expiration date.>> Unless otherwise provided for
in this joint resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act,
appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant
to this joint resolution shall be available until (a) enactment into law
of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this
joint resolution, or (b) the enactment into law of the applicable
appropriations Act by both Houses without any provision for such project
or activity, or (c) October 6, 2000, whichever first occurs.
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. No provision in the appropriations Act for the fiscal year
2001 referred to in section 101 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 106(c) of this joint resolution.
Sec. 109. Appropriations 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
herein shall be construed to waive any other provision of law governing
the apportionment of funds.
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. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint
resolution, except section 106, for those programs that had high initial
rates of operation or complete distribution of fiscal year 2000
appropriations at the beginning of that fiscal year because of
distributions of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees or
others, similar distributions of funds for fiscal year 2001 shall not be
made and no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded by this
resolution that would impinge on final funding prerogatives.
Sec. 112. Amounts provided by section 101 of this joint resolution,
for projects and activities in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and
State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001,
affected by the termination of the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund,
shall be distributed into the accounts established in the Departments of
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2001, as passed by the House.
Sec. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint
resolution, except section 106, the rate for operations for projects and
activities that would be funded under the heading ``International
Organizations and Conferences, Contributions to International
Organizations'' in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, shall be the
amount provided by the provisions of section 101 multiplied by the ratio
of the number of days covered by this resolution to 365.
Sec. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint
resolution, except section 106, only the following activities funded
with Federal Funds for the District of Columbia, may be continued under
this joint resolution at a rate for operations not exceeding the current
rate, multiplied by the ratio of the number of days covered by this
joint resolution to 365: Resident Tuition Support, Corrections Trustee
Operations, Court Services and Offender Supervision, District of
Columbia Courts, and Defender Services in District of Columbia Courts.
Sec. 115. Activities authorized by sections 1309(a)(2), as amended
by Public Law 104-208, and 1376(c) of the National Flood Insurance Act
of 1968, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), may continue through the
date specified in section 106(c) of this joint resolution.
Sec. 116. Notwithstanding subsections (a)(2) and (h)(1)(B) of
section 3011 of Public Law 106-31, activities authorized for fiscal year
2000 by such section may continue during the period covered by this
joint resolution.
Sec. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint
resolution, the rate for operations for projects and activities for
decennial census programs that would be funded under the heading
``Bureau of the Census, Periodic Censuses and Programs'' in the
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, shall be the budget request.
Sec. 118. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint
resolution except section 106, the United States Geological Survey may
sign a contract to maintain Landsat-7 flight operations consistent with
the President's Budget proposal to transfer Landsat-7 flight operations
responsibility from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to
the United States Geological Survey beginning in fiscal year 2001.
Sec. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint
resolution, funds previously appropriated to the American Section of the
International Joint Commission in Public Law 106-246 may be obligated
and expended in fiscal year 2001 without regard to section 15 of the
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as amended.
Approved September 29, 2000.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.J. Res. 109:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 146 (2000):
Sept. 26, considered and passed House.
Sept. 28, considered and passed Senate.
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 36 (2000):
Sept. 29, Presidential statement.
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