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[H.J. Res. 153 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.J. Res.153
One Hundred Fourth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six
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, 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:

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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 joint resolution) 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 joint
resolution, 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 joint resolution, 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 joint resolution, the pertinent project or activity
shall not be continued except as provided for in section 111 or 112
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.

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the extent and in the manner which would be provided by the pertinent
appropriations Act.

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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.

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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
title of this joint resolution.

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this title of 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 title of this joint resolution.

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resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act, appropriations and
funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this title of
this joint resolution shall be available until (a) enactment into law
of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this
title of 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) January 25, 1996, whichever first
occurs.

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joint resolution, except section 106, none of the funds appropriated
under this title of this joint resolution 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.

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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.

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year 1996 referred to in section 101 of this title of this joint
resolution 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.

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granted pursuant to this title of 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.

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joint resolution, except section 106, whenever the Act listed in
section 101 as passed by both the House and Senate as of the date of
enactment of this joint resolution, 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 101 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 101
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 resolution bears to 366. For the
purposes of this title of this joint resolution the minimal level means
a rate for operations that is reduced from the current rate by 25
percent.

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joint resolution, except section 106, whenever the rate for operations
for any continuing project or activity provided by section 101 or
section 111 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 resolution bears to
366.

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joint resolution, except sections 106, 111, and 112, 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 resolution that would impinge on final funding
prerogatives.

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so that only the most limited funding action of that permitted in this
title of this resolution shall be taken in order to provide for
continuation of projects and activities.

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Appropriations Act, 1988, Public Law 100-202, shall not apply for this
title of this joint resolution.

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joint resolution, except section 106, none of the funds appropriated
under this title of this joint resolution shall be used to implement or
enforce any system of 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
joint resolution 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.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.

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