Continuing Resolution for Govt. Funding

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113TH CONGRESS2D SESSION H. J. RES. 124

Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky introduced the following joint resolution; which was

referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Com-mittee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

JOINT RESOLUTION

Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2015, and

for other purposes.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives1

of the United States of America in Congress assembled,2

That the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of3

any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,4

and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts,5

and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corpora-6

tions, and other organizational units of Government for7

fiscal year 2015, and for other purposes, namely:8

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SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary,1

at a rate for operations as provided in the applicable ap-2

propriations Acts for fiscal year 2014 and under the au-3

thority and conditions provided in such Acts, for con-4

tinuing projects or activities (including the costs of direct5

loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifi-6

cally provided for in this joint resolution, that were con-7

ducted in fiscal year 2014, and for which appropriations,8

funds, or other authority were made available in the fol-9

lowing appropriations Acts:10

(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food11

and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap-12

propriations Act, 2014 (division A of Public Law13

11376).14

(2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Re-15

lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division B16

of Public Law 11376).17

(3) The Department of Defense Appropriations18

Act, 2014 (division C of Public Law 11376).19

(4) The Energy and Water Development and20

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division21

D of Public Law 11376).22

(5) The Financial Services and General Govern-23

ment Appropriations Act, 2014 (division E of Public24

Law 11376).25



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(6) The Department of Homeland Security Ap-1

propriations Act, 2014 (division F of Public Law2

11376).3

(7) The Department of the Interior, Environ-4

ment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,5

2014 (division G of Public Law 11376).6

(8) The Departments of Labor, Health and7

Human Services, and Education, and Related Agen-8

cies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division H of Public9

Law 11376).10

(9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,11

2014 (division I of Public Law 11376).12

(10) The Military Construction and Veterans13

Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,14

2014 (division J of Public Law 11376).15

(11) The Department of State, Foreign Oper-16

ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act,17

2014 (division K of Public Law 11376).18

(12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban19

Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations20

Act, 2014 (division L of Public Law 11376).21

(b) The rate for operations provided by subsection (a)22

is hereby reduced by 0.0554 percent.23

SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made avail-24

able or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the25



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Department of Defense shall be used for: (1) the new pro-1

duction of items not funded for production in fiscal year2

2014 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates3

above those sustained with fiscal year 2014 funds; or (3)4

the initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project,5

activity, operation, or organization (defined as any project,6

subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and7

subprogram within a program element, and for any invest-8

ment items defined as a P1 line item in a budget activity9

within an appropriation account and an R1 line item that10

includes a program element and subprogram element with-11

in an appropriation account) for which appropriations,12

funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal13

year 2014.14

(b) No appropriation or funds made available or au-15

thority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Depart-16

ment of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year pro-17

curements utilizing advance procurement funding for eco-18

nomic order quantity procurement unless specifically ap-19

propriated later.20

SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall21

be available to the extent and in the manner that would22

be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act.23

SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section24

102, no appropriation or funds made available or author-25



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ity granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to ini-1

tiate or resume any project or activity for which appro-2

priations, funds, or other authority were not available dur-3

ing fiscal year 2014.4

SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority grant-5

ed pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obliga-6

tions or expenditures incurred for any project or activity7

during the period for which funds or authority for such8

project or activity are available under this joint resolution.9

SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint10

resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal11

year 2015, appropriations and funds made available and12

authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall13

be available until whichever of the following first occurs:14

(1) the enactment into law of an appropriation for any15

project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2)16

the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations17

Act for fiscal year 2015 without any provision for such18

project or activity; or (3) December 11, 2014.19

SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint20

resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation,21

fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli-22

cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is23

enacted into law.24



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SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made1

available by or authority granted pursuant to this joint2

resolution may be used without regard to the time limita-3

tions for submission and approval of apportionments set4

forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but5

nothing in this joint resolution may be construed to waive6

any other provision of law governing the apportionment7

of funds.8

SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of9

this joint resolution, except section 106, for those pro-10

grams that would otherwise have high initial rates of oper-11

ation or complete distribution of appropriations at the be-12

ginning of fiscal year 2015 because of distributions of13

funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others,14

such high initial rates of operation or complete distribu-15

tion shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded16

for such programs funded by this joint resolution that17

would impinge on final funding prerogatives.18

SEC. 110. This joint resolution shall be implemented19

so that only the most limited funding action of that per-20

mitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to21

provide for continuation of projects and activities.22

SEC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory23

payments whose budget authority was provided in appro-24

priations Acts for fiscal year 2014, and for activities under25



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the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be1

continued at the rate to maintain program levels under2

current law, under the authority and conditions provided3

in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014,4

to be continued through the date specified in section5

106(3).6

(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for man-7

datory payments due on or about the first day of any8

month that begins after October 2014 but not later than9

30 days after the date specified in section 106(3) may con-10

tinue to be made, and funds shall be available for such11

payments.12

SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 10113

for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each14

department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate15

for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such de-16

partment or agency, consistent with the applicable appro-17

priations Act for fiscal year 2014, except that such author-18

ity provided under this section shall not be used until after19

the department or agency has taken all necessary actions20

to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative ex-21

penses.22

SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this joint resolution23

may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 1024

of Public Law 91672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of25



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the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (221

U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Au-2

thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C.3

6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act4

of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)).5

SEC. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference6

in this joint resolution that was previously designated by7

the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global8

War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the9

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of10

1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section11

251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the Congress12

for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-13

rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or14

as being for disaster relief pursuant to section15

251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively.16

(b) The reduction in section 101(b) of this joint reso-17

lution shall not apply to18

(1) amounts designated under subsection (a) of19

this section; or20

(2) amounts made available by section 101(a)21

by reference to the second paragraph under the22

heading Social Security AdministrationLimita-23

tion on Administrative Expenses in division H of24

Public Law 11376.25



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(c) Section 6 of Public Law 11376 shall apply to1

amounts designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contin-2

gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism.3

SEC. 115. During the period covered by this joint res-4

olution, discretionary amounts appropriated for fiscal year5

2015 that were provided in advance by appropriations6

Acts shall be available in the amounts provided in such7

Acts, reduced by the percentage in section 101(b).8

SEC. 116. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are9

provided for Department of AgricultureDomestic Food10

ProgramsFood and Nutrition ServiceCommodity As-11

sistance Program at a rate for operations of12

$275,701,000, of which $208,682,000 shall be for the13

Commodity Supplemental Food Program.14

SEC. 117. For Department of Health and Human15

ServicesFood and Drug AdministrationSalaries and16

Expenses, amounts shall be made available by this joint17

resolution as if outsourcing facility fees authorized by 2118

U.S.C. 379j62, were included after 21 U.S.C. 381,19

in the second paragraph under such heading in division20

A of Public Law 11376.21

SEC. 118. Amounts made available by section 101 for22

Department of CommerceNational Oceanic and At-23

mospheric AdministrationProcurement, Acquisition and24

Construction may be apportioned up to the rate for oper-25



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ations necessary to maintain the planned launch schedules1

for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Geostationary2

Operational Environmental Satellite system.3


law, except sections 106 and 107 of this joint resolution,5

for Department of DefenseOverseas Contingency Op-6

erationsOperation and MaintenanceOperation and7

Maintenance, Army, up to $50,000,000, to be derived by8

reducing the amount otherwise made available by section9

101 for such account, may be used to conduct surface and10

subsurface clearance of unexploded ordnance at closed11

training ranges used by the Armed Forces of the United12

States in Afghanistan: Provided, That such funds may13

only be used if the training ranges are not transferred to14

the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan for use by its armed15

forces: Provided further, That the authority provided by16

this section shall continue in effect through the earlier of17

the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution18

or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing appro-19

priations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the20

Department of Defense: Provided further, That such21

amount is designated as provided under section 114 for22

such account.23

SEC. 120. The following authorities shall continue in24

effect through the earlier of the date specified in section25



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106(3) of this joint resolution or the date of the enactment1

of an Act authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 20152

for military activities of the Department of Defense:3

(1) Section 1004 of the National Defense Au-4

thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law5

101510; 10 U.S.C. 374 note).6

(2) Section 1215 of the National Defense Au-7

thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law8

11281; 10 U.S.C. 113 note).9

(3) Section 127b of title 10, United States10

Code, notwithstanding subsection (c)(3)(C) of such11

section.12

(4) Subsection (b) of section 572 of the Na-13

tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year14

2006 (20 U.S.C. 7703b(b)), notwithstanding para-15

graph (4) of such subsection.16

SEC. 121. (a) Funds made available by section 10117

for Department of EnergyEnergy ProgramsUra-18

nium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning19

Fund may be apportioned up to the rate for operations20

necessary to avoid disruption of continuing projects or ac-21

tivities funded in this appropriation.22

(b) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit-23

tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives24



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and the Senate not later than 3 days after each use of1

the authority provided in subsection (a).2

SEC. 122. (a) Funds made available by section 1013

for Department of EnergyEnvironmental and Other4

Defense ActivitiesDefense Environmental Cleanup for5

the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant may be obligated at a rate6

for operations necessary to assure timely execution of ac-7

tivities necessary to restore and upgrade the repository.8

(b) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit-9

tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives10

and the Senate on each use of the spending rate authority11

provided in this section that exceeds customary apportion-12

ment allocations.13


this joint resolution, except section 106, the District of15

Columbia may expend local funds under the heading Dis-16

trict of Columbia Funds for such programs and activities17

under title IV of H.R. 5016 (113th Congress), as passed18

by the House of Representatives on July 16, 2014, at the19

rate set forth under District of Columbia FundsSum-20

mary of Expenses as included in the Fiscal Year 201521

Budget Request Act of 2014 (D.C. Act 20370), as modi-22

fied as of the date of the enactment of this joint resolution.23



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provided for Office of Special CounselSalaries and Ex-2

penses at a rate for operations of $22,939,000.3

SEC. 125. The third proviso under the heading4

Small Business AdministrationBusiness Loans Pro-5

gram Account in division E of Public Law 11376 is6

amended by striking $17,500,000,000 and inserting7

$18,500,000,000: Provided, That amounts made avail-8

able by section 101 for such proviso under such heading9

may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary10

to accommodate increased demand for commitments to11

general business loans under section 7(a) of the Small12

Business Act: Provided further, That this section shall be-13

come effective upon enactment of this joint resolution.14

SEC. 126. Sections 1101(a) and 1104(a)(2)(A) of the15

Internet Tax Freedom Act (title XI of division C of Public16

Law 105277; 47 U.S.C. 151 note) shall be applied by17

substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this18

joint resolution for November 1, 2014.19

SEC. 127. Section 550(b) of Public Law 109295 (620

U.S.C. 121 note) shall be applied by substituting the date21

specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for Oc-22

tober 4, 2014.23

SEC. 128. The authority provided by section 831 of24

the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) shall25



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continue in effect through the date specified in section1

106(3) of this joint resolution.2

SEC. 129. (a) Amounts made available by section 1013

for the Department of Homeland Security for U.S. Cus-4

toms and Border ProtectionSalaries and Expenses,5

U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionBorder Security6

Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology, U.S. Customs7

and Border ProtectionAir and Marine Operations,8

U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionConstruction and9

Facilities Management, and U.S. Immigration and Cus-10

toms EnforcementSalaries and Expenses shall be obli-11

gated at a rate for operations as necessary to respec-12

tively13

(1) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Customs14

and Border Protection officers and Border Patrol15

agents in accordance with the provisos under the16

heading U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionSal-17

aries and Expenses in division F of Public Law18

11376;19

(2) sustain border security and immigration en-20

forcement operations;21

(3) sustain necessary Air and Marine oper-22

ations; and23

(4) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Immigra-24

tion and Customs Enforcement agents, equivalent to25



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the staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2014,1

and comply with the fifth proviso under the heading2

U.S. Immigration and Customs EnforcementSal-3

aries and Expenses in division F of Public Law4

11376.5

(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify6

the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-7

resentatives and the Senate on each use of the authority8

provided in this section.9

SEC. 130. Notwithstanding section 810 of the Fed-10

eral Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C.11

6809), the authority described in such section shall con-12

tinue in effect through the date specified in section 106(3)13

of this joint resolution.14

SEC. 131. (a) The authority provided by subsection15

(m)(3) of section 8162 of the Department of Defense Ap-16

propriations Act, 2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law17

10679) shall continue in effect through the date specified18

in section 106(3) of this joint resolution.19

(b) For the period covered by this joint resolution,20

the authority provided by the provisos under the heading21

Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial CommissionCapital22

Construction in division E of Public Law 11274 shall23

not be in effect.24



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SEC. 132. Activities authorized under part A of title1

IV and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act (other2

than under section 413(h) of such Act) shall continue3

through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint4

resolution, in the manner authorized for fiscal year 20145

(except that the amount appropriated for section 403(b)6

of such Act shall be $598,000,000, and the requirement7

to reserve funds provided for in section 403(b)(2) of such8

Act shall not apply with respect to this section), and out9

of any money in the Treasury of the United States not10

otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated11

such sums as may be necessary for such purpose. Grants12

and payments may be made pursuant to this authority13

through the applicable portion of the first quarter of fiscal14

year 2015 at the pro rata portion of the level provided15

for such activities through the first quarter of fiscal year16

2014.17

SEC. 133. Amounts allocated to Head Start grantees18

from amounts identified in the seventh proviso under the19

heading Department of Health and Human Services20

Administration for Children and FamiliesChildren and21

Families Services Programs in Public Law 11376 shall22

not be included in the calculation of the base grant in23

fiscal year 2015, as such term is used in section24



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640(a)(7)(A) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C.1

9835(a)(7)(A)).2

SEC. 134. The first proviso under the heading De-3

partment of Health and Human ServicesAdministration4

for Children and FamiliesLow Income Home Energy5

Assistance in division F of Public Law 11376 shall be6

applied to amounts made available by this joint resolution7

by substituting 2015 for 2014.8

SEC. 135. Amounts provided by this joint resolution9

for Department of Health and Human ServicesAdmin-10

istration for Children and FamiliesRefugee and Entrant11

Assistance may be apportioned up to the rate for oper-12

ations necessary to maintain program operations at the13

level provided in fiscal year 2014.14


provided for Department of Health and Human Serv-16

icesOffice of the SecretaryPublic Health and Social17

Services Emergency Fund at a rate for operations of18

$1,301,430,000, of which $58,000,000 may be appor-19

tioned up to the rate for operations necessary for expenses20

to support acceleration of countermeasure and product ad-21

vanced research and development pursuant to section22

319L of the Public Health Service Act for addressing23

Ebola therapies.24



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provided for Department of Health and Human Serv-2

icesCenters for Disease Control and PreventionGlobal3

Health at a rate for operations of $413,000,000, of4

which $30,000,000 may be apportioned up to the rate for5

operations necessary to support the responses of the Cen-6

ters for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in7

this section as the CDC) to the outbreak of Ebola virus8

in Africa: Provided, That such funds made available for9

responses to the outbreak of Ebola virus in Africa shall10

be available for transfer by the Director of the CDC to11

other accounts of the CDC for such support: Provided fur-12

ther, That the Director of the CDC shall notify the Com-13

mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives14

and the Senate not later than 30 days after the date of15

any transfer under the preceding proviso.16

SEC. 138. Amounts made available by this joint reso-17

lution for Department of EducationRehabilitation18

Services and Disability Research, Department of Edu-19

cationDepartmental ManagementProgram Adminis-20

tration, and Department of Health and Human Serv-21

icesAdministration for Community LivingAging and22

Disability Services Programs may be obligated in the ac-23

count and budget structure set forth in section 491 of the24



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Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C.1

3515e).2

SEC. 139. Of the unobligated balance of amounts pro-3

vided by section 108 of Public Law 1113,4

$4,549,000,000 is rescinded.5

SEC. 140. Section 113 of division H of Public Law6

11376 shall be applied by substituting the date specified7

in section 106(3) for September 30, 2014.8

SEC. 141. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts9

are made available for accounts in title I of division J of10

Public Law 11376 at an aggregate rate for operations11

of $6,558,223,500.12

(b) Not later than 30 days after the date of enact-13

ment of this joint resolution, the Secretary of Defense14

shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the15

House of Representatives and the Senate a report delin-16

eating the allocation of budget authority in subsection (a)17

by account and project.18


provided for Department of Veterans AffairsDepart-20

mental AdministrationGeneral Operating Expenses,21

Veterans Benefits Administration at a rate for operations22

of $2,524,254,000.23


provided for Department of Veterans AffairsDepart-25



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mental AdministrationOffice of Inspector General at1

a rate for operations of $126,411,000.2

SEC. 144. Section 209 of the International Religious3

Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6436) shall be applied4

by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this5

joint resolution for September 30, 2014.6

SEC. 145. Amounts made available by section 101 for7

Broadcasting Board of GovernorsInternational Broad-8

casting Operations, Bilateral Economic Assistance9

Funds Appropriated to the PresidentEconomic Support10

Fund, International Security AssistanceDepartment11

of StateInternational Narcotics Control and Law En-12

forcement, International Security AssistanceDepart-13

ment of StateNonproliferation, Anti-terrorism,14

Demining and Related Programs, and International Se-15

curity AssistanceFunds Appropriated to the Presi-16

dentForeign Military Financing Program shall be obli-17

gated at a rate for operations as necessary to sustain as-18

sistance for Ukraine and independent states of the Former19

Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe to counter20

external, regional aggression and influence.21

SEC. 146. Section 7081(4) of division K of Public22

Law 11376 shall be applied to amounts made available23

by this joint resolution by substituting the date specified24



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in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for September1

30, 2014.2

SEC. 147. The Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (123

U.S.C. 635 et seq.) shall be applied through June 30,4

2015, by substituting such date for September 30, 20145

in section 7 of such Act.6

SEC. 148. (a) Section 44302(f) of title 49, United7

States Code, is amended by striking September 30,8

2014 and inserting the date specified in section 106(3)9

of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015.10

(b) Section 44303(b) of title 49, United States Code,11

is amended by striking September 30, 2014 and insert-12

ing the date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing13

Appropriations Resolution, 2015.14

(c) Section 44310(a) of title 49, United States Code,15

is amended by striking September 30, 2014 and insert-16

ing the date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing17


This joint resolution may be cited as the Continuing19


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