legislation: 98-sjres-356
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| 98-sjres-356 | 98 | sjres | 356 | An original joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1985, and for other purposes. | Economics and Public Finance | 1984-09-25 | 1984-09-25 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1227. | Senate | Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR] | OR | R | H000343 | 0 | Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1985 for programs, projects, or activities provided for in the: (1) Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1985 (H.R. 5743), as provided for in the conference report filed in the House of Representatives on September 25, 1984, as if such Act had been enacted into law; (2) District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1985, (H.R. 5899) as passed by the Senate on August 10, 1984; (3) Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1985, (H.R. 5973) as passed by the Senate on October 1, 1984; (4) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1985 (H.R. 6028), as passed by the Senate on September 25, 1984; and (5) the Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1985, (H.R. 5898) as reported or passed by the Senate as of October 1, 1984. Appropriates additional funds for Department of Defense - Civil, Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers - Civil, "Construction, general" for river and harbor, flood control, shore protection, and related projects authorized by law. Authorizes the Chief of Engineers to proceed with planning, design, engineering, and construction of specified projects. Appropriates an additional amount for the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, "Construction program", for the design and construction of the Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado and New Mexico; Buffalo Bill Dam Project, Wyoming, and the Headgate Rock Project, Arizona. Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1985 for activities under the purview of the Foreign Assistance Appropriations Act as provided for in certain sections of Public Laws 98-151 and 98-396, under the rate provided for in S. 2793 as reported to the Senate on June 26, 1984. Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1985 for projects or activities not otherwise specifically provided for in this joint resolution, as provided for in the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1985, as reported or passed by the Senate as of October 1, 1984. Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1985 for certain activities, not otherwise specifically provided for in this joint resolution, as provided in S. 2852, the Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1985, as reported to the Senate on July 17, 1984. Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1985 for programs, projects, or activities provided for in the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriation Act, 1985, (H.R. 5798), as provided for in the conference report filed in the House on September 6, 1984 (with the exception of specified amendments), as if such Act had been enacted into law. Appropriates such amounts as may be necessary for continuing the following activities, not otherwise provided for in this joint resolution, which were conducted in FY 1984, under the terms and conditions provided in applicable appropriation Acts for FY 1984, at the current rate: (1) activities under the Public Health Service Act; and (2) refugee and entrant assistance activities. Makes appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution available from October 1, 1984 until enactment into law of the appropriate appropriation, or enactment of the applicable appropriation Act by both Houses without any provision for such project or activity, or September 30, 1985, whichever first occurs. Declares that 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 of availability under this joint resolution. Charges expenditures made pursuant to this joint resolution to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which it is contained is enacted into law. Permits the apportionment of appropriations for FY 1985 to the extent necessary to permit increased pay to civilian officers and employees and to active and retired military personnel. Permits the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to take necessary action to remedy slope failures and erosion problems along: (1) the Coosa River, Alabama, in order to protect the Fort Toulouse National Historic Landmark and Taskigi Indian Mound in Elmore County, Alabama; and (2) the banks of the Black Warrior River, Alabama, in order to protect the Mound State Monument National Historic Landmark. Directs the Army Corps of Engineers to operate and maintain the McKinney Bayou Pumping Plant in accordance with the provisions of Public Law 678. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake structural and nonstructural measures to prevent flood damage to communities in the Pearl River Basin, Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana. Authorizes the project for mitigation, replacement of Trimble Wildlife Area, Smithville Lake, Little Platte River, Missouri-Plan. Appropriates funds for the Department of Defense - Civil, Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers - Civil, "Construction, general", to carry out such project. Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 to allow certain lands conveyed to the Mountrail County Park Commission, North Dakota, to be used for leasing of cabin sites. Requires the reimbursement to the Federal Government for lands so used at the fair market value. Provides that if any such lands used for public purposes are ever used for any other purpose, title shall revert to the United States. Prohibits the use of funds by the Comptroller General to review or decide any protest involving the nonappropriated fund procurement of property or services by the Tennessee Valley Authority. Makes funds available for the city of Akron, Ohio, to refinance the bond debt of its recycle energy system. Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1983, to extend the authority for contracts for State-aided rental housing projects which would otherwise become available at the time of cancellation as a result of a foreclosure action, or a transfer of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, for the balance of the term remaining at the time of such cancellation. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to offer to execute new contracts. Makes certain low-income housing recaptured budget authority available for dwelling units in the Carmel Plaza North Project in the District of Columbia. Provides for the reimbursement of the owners of the Rocky River Wastewater Treatment Plan in Rocky River, Ohio, for the cost of plant construction. Requires the head of any department or agency of the Federal Government, in carrying out any loan guarantee or insurance program for FY 1985, to enter into commitments to guarantee or insure loans under such program in the full amount provided by law subject only to: (1) the availability of qualified applicants; and (2) limitations on such amount contained in appropriation Acts. Prohibits the use of funds by the Customs Service to propose or promulgate any rule or regulation relating to the subject matter of the Advanced Notice of Proposed Regulations published in the Federal Register on July 21, 1983. Declares that nothing shall prevent the expenditure of funds to propose any rule or regulation relating to duty-free stores which implements or conforms to statutory standards hereafter enacted by Congress. Amends the Small Business Investment Act to require that the guarantee of payment authorized in the case of pollution control facilities or property be issued when such property is acquired with proceeds from industrial revenue bonds which provide the holders tax-exempt interest. Prohibits the Small Business Administration from denying such a guarantee. Provides that annual fees for such guarantees shall not be less than one percent or more than three and one-half percent. Declares that of the funds appropriated to the Department of State in Public Law 97-257, a specified amount for "salaries and expenses" and "acquisition, operations and maintenance of buildings abroad" shall remain available until September 30, 1985. Directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration to provide additional funds from the Federal Buildings Fund for repairs and alterations of Blair House. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to pay specified individuals a certain amount in full settlement of all claims against the United States for damages arising in connection with flooding resulting from release of excess water from the Stockton Dam and Reservoir Missouri. Repeals the requirement for consent of the Senate to payment of travel and transportation expenses for new appointees, student trainees, and transferred employees of the Federal Government. Makes appropriations or other funds available to an agency for administrative expenses available for the reimbursement of substantially all of the Federal, State, and local income taxes incurred by an employee, or spouse, for any moving or storage expenses furnished in kind, or for which reimbursement or an allowance is provided. Authorizes each Federal agency to enter into contracts to provide relocation services to agencies and employees. Appropriates additional funds for military construction, Army, Navy, and Air Force, and for family housing construction, Army, and Air Force. Declares that the pay of an attorney in the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate shall not be reduced by more than 50 percent if such attorney has attained age 55 and has completed 30 years of service as an attorney in such office. Permits the Secretary of the Department of Transportation to grant an exemption for the January 1, 1985, deadline for compliance with Federal law regarding international operations at Miami International Airport, if an applicant for such exemption commits itself to compliance contracts prior to January 1, 1985. Makes any unexpended balances of funds appropriated by the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1984 for employee protection under the Rock Island Railroad Transition and Employee Assistance Act available until April 1985. Appropriates additional funds for the Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Appropriates additional funds for salaries and expenses of the Food and Drug Administration to carry out the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 and for activities related to acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Requires that funds appropriated to carry out the Food Stamp Act of 1977 be used in a manner to ensure that, under the food stamp program, households certified as eligible are issued an allotment that reflects the full cost of the thrifty food plan, adjusted to reflect the changes in cost of such plan for the 12 months ending June 30, 1984. Requires any of the funds provided for El Salvador by this joint resolution and placed in the Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador to be maintained in a separate account and not commingled with any other funds. Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of any of the funds made available by this joint resolution for the construction of a Regional Military Training Center in Honduras unless, and until 15 days after, the President provides the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations with a report containing specified information. Prohibits the extension of credits and the issuance of guarantees under the Arms Export Control Act for Turkey for FY 1985 if it would cause the sum of such credits and guarantees provided for Turkey for such fiscal year to exceed a specified amount. Declares that it is the policy of Congress and the intention of the United States that the funds provided in annual appropriations for the Economic Support Fund which are allocated to Israel during FY 1985 through 1989 shall not be less than the annual debt repayment from Israel to the United States in recognition that such a principle serves United States interests in the region. Prohibits the use of funds to lease the mineral interest of the United States with respect to a tract of land in Payne County, Oklahoma. Prohibits the use of funds (except on certain lands) for any aspect of the processing or issuance of permits or leases pertaining to exploration for or development of coal, oil, gas, oil shale, phosphate, potassium, sulphur, gilsonite, or geothermal resources on certain Federal lands. Makes certain funds available for obligation to projects with Letters of Intent authorized by the Board of Directors of the U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation on or before June 1, 1984. Amends the Synthetic Fuels Corporation Act of 1980 to subject officers and employees of the Synthetic Fuels Corporation to standards of ethical conduct and financial reporting. Prohibits the use of funds provided by this joint resolution to perform abortions except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term. | 2025-01-14T18:18:18Z |