Volume 73 · 159
Public Law 86–76
Making temporary appropriations for the fiscal year 1960, and for other purposes.
Approved July 1, 1959
Statutory text
JOINT RESOLUTION
Making temporary appropriations for the fiscal year 1960, and for other purposes.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following stuns are 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 the Government, namely:
Sec. 101.
Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing projects or activities (not otherwise specifically provided for in this joint resolution) which were conducted in the fiscal year 1959 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority would be available in the following appropriation Acts for the fiscal year 1960: Legislative Branch Appropriation Act; General Government Matters Appropriation Act; Independent Offices Appropriation Act; Department of Agriculture and Farm Credit Administration Appropriation Act; Department of Defense Appropriation Act; Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriation Act; Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act; Departments of State and Justice, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act; District of Columbia Appropriation Act; and the Public Works Appropriation Act.
Appropriations made by this subsection shall be available to the extent and in the manner which would be provided for by the pertinent appropriation Act.
Whenever the amount which would be made available or the authority which would be granted under an Act listed in this subsection as passed by the House is different from that which would be made available or granted under such Act as passed by the Senate, the pertinent project or activity shall be continued under the lesser amount or the more restrictive authority.
Whenever an Act listed in this subsection has been passed by only one House or where an item is included in only one version of an Act as passed by both Houses, the pertinent project or activity shall be continued under the appropriation, funds, or authority granted by the one House, but at a rate for operations not exceeding the current rate or the rate permitted by the action of the one House, whichever is lower.
Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing projects or activities which were conducted in the fiscal year 1959 and listed in this subsection (1) at a rate for operations not in excess of the current rate or the rate provided for in the budget estimate, whichever is lower, or (2) if no budget estimate has been submitted prior to June 30, 1959, at the current rate, or (3) in the amount or at the rate specified herein: Atomic Energy Commission; Export-Import Bank; Administration, Ryukyu Islands; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; River Basin Study Commission for South Carolina-Georgia-Alabama-Florida; River Basin Study Commission for Texas; Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission; Boston National Historic Sites Commission; Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization (civil defense and defense mobilization functions performed by other Federal agencies);
Mutual security programs, $200,000,000, to be expended in accordance with provisions of law applicable to such programs during the fiscal year 1959 and at a rate for any individual program not in excess of the current rate therefor: Provided, that administrative expenses for such programs shall not exceed the current rate;
Department of Defense—military construction, Air National Guard; and
Transitional grants to Alaska, $1,000,000, to be expended in the manner which would be provided for in the budget estimate for the fiscal year 1960.
Sec. 102.
Appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall remain available until (a) enactment into law of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution, or (b) enactment of the applicable appropriation Act by both Houses without any provision for such project or activity, or (c) July 31, 1959, whichever first occurs.
Sec. 103.
Appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution may be used without regard
31 USC 665.
to the time limitations set forth in subsection (d)(2) of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, and expenditures therefrom 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. 104.
No appropriation or fund made available or authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be used to initiate or resume any project or activity which was not being conducted during the fiscal year 1959. 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 for which funds or authority for such project or activity are available under this joint resolution.
Approved July 1, 1959.