Volume 86 · 402
Public Law 92–334
Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1973 and for other purposes.
Approved July 1, 1972
Statutory text
JOINT RESOLUTION
Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1973 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 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 for the fiscal year 1973, 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 1972 and for which appropriations, fluids, or other authority would be available in the following Appropriation Acts for the fiscal year 1973:
District of Columbia Appropriation Act;
Department of Housing and Urban Development; Space, Science, Veterans, and Certain Other Independent Agencies Appropriation Act;
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act;
Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act;
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act;
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act;
Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act;
Public Works for Water, Pollution Control, and Power Development and Atomic Energy Commission Appropriation Act;
Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriation Act; and
Agriculture-Environmental and Consumer Protection Appropriation Act.
Appropriations made by this subsection shall be available to the extent and in the manner which would be provided 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 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: Provided, That no provision in any Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1973, which 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 102(c) of this joint resolution.
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, fund, 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: Provided, That no provision which is included in an Appropriation Act enumerated in this subsection but which was not included in the applicable appropriation Act for 1972, 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 unless such provision shall have been included in identical form in such bill as enacted by both the House and the Senate.
Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing projects or activities (not otherwise provided for in this joint resolution) which were conducted in the fiscal year 1972 and are listed in this subsection at a rate for operations not in excess of the current rate or the rate provided for in the budget estimate, whichever is lower, and under the more restrictive authority—
activities for which provision was made in the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1972: Provided, That none of the
funds made available by this joint resolution shall be used for Exercise Reforger or Exercise Crested Cap or similar dual base exercises:
activities for which provision was made in the Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1972;
activities for which provision was made in the Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriation Act, 1972, notwithstanding
Ante, p. 48.
Ante, p. 29.
section 10 of Public Law 91–672, and section 655(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended;
activities for which provision was made in the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, as amended:
activities for continuation of high-speed ground transportation research and development;
activities under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, as amended, for which provision was made in the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1972; the Office of Education and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1972: and the Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1972;
activities for higher education, library resources and educational renewal, for which provision was made in the Office of Education and Related Agencies Appropriation Act. 1972;
activities for social and rehabilitation services, the Office of Child Development, and maternal and child health project grants, for which provision was made in the Department, of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1972, and the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1972;
activities for work incentives for which provision was made in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriation Act, 1972;
activities of the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission;
activities of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting;
activities in support of Free Europe, Incorporated, and Radio Liberty, Incorporated, pursuant to authority contained in the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1477), notwithstanding Section 703
Ante, p. 114.
of that Act; and
activities for which provision was made in the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriation Act, 1972, for the National Industrial Reserve established by the
National Industrial Reserve Act of 1948 (50 U.S.C. 451–462).
Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing projects or activities for which disbursements are made by the Secretary of the Senate, and the Senate items under the Architect of the Capitol, to the extent and in the manner which would be provided for in the budget estimates for fiscal year 1973.
Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing the following activities, but at a rate for operations not in excess of the current rate—
activities for (1) civil lights education, for which provision was made in the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1972; (2)
emergency school assistance activities for which provision was made in the Joint Resolution of July 1, 1971 (Public Law 92–38); (3) youth development and delinquency prevention for which provision was made in the Department or Health, Education, and
Welfare Appropriation Act, 1972; (4) aid to land-grant colleges, grants for construction of undergraduate facilities, undergraduate instructional equipment, equipment and minor remodeling, and research and development for which provision was made in
the Office of Education Appropriation Act, 1972; and (5) functions transferred to the Action agency by Reorganization Plan
Numbered 1 of 1971 and Executive Order 11603 approved July 1, 1971.
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) August 18, 1972, whichever first occurs.
Sec. 103.
Appropriations and funds made available 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 subsection (d)(2) of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes,
as amended, but nothing herein shall be construed to waive any other provision of law governing the apportionment of funds.
Sec. 104.
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.
Sec. 105.
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. 106.
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 1972.
Sec. 107.
Any appropriation for the fiscal year 1973 required to be apportioned pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, may be apportioned on a basis indicating the need (to the extent any such increases cannot be absorbed within available appropriations) for a supplemental or deficiency estimate of appropriation to the extent necessary to permit payment of such pay increases as may be granted pursuant to law to civilian officers and employees and to active and retired military personnel. Each such appropriation shall otherwise be subject to the requirements of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended.
Approved July 1, 1972.