A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1985, and for other purposes.

Summary

Makes continuing appropriations for FY 1985 for projects or activities, not otherwise specifically provided for in this joint resolution, at a rate for operations and to the extent and in the manner provided for in the following appropriation Acts as passed by the House of Representatives as of October 1, 1984: (1) the Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1985; (2) the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1985; (3) the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1985; (4) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1985; (5) the Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1985; and (6) the Water Resource Development Appropriation Act, 1984. Makes continuing appropriations for projects or activities at the rate for operations and to the extent and in the manner provided for in H.R. 6237, the Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1985, as reported to the House of Representatives on September 13, 1984. Sets forth the funds for continuing activities of the Department of Defense, pending enactment of the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1985. Provides such funding under the current terms and conditions and at the current rate for operations, or the rate provided for in the budget estimates, whichever is lower. Makes continuing appropriations for activities which were conducted in FY 1984 pursuant to the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1984, under the current terms and conditions and at the current rate for operations, or the rate provided for in the budget estimates, whichever is lower. Makes continuing appropriations for programs, projects, or activities provided for in the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1985 (H.R. 5798) to the extent and in the manner provided for in the conference report as passed by the House of Representatives on September 12, 1984, as if enacted into law. Requires the Department of the Treasury to consolidate the operations of the Bureau of Government Financial Operations in accordance with the language concerning amendment number nine in the joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference (H. Rept. 98-993). Makes continuing appropriations for specified 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. Declares that appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall remain available from October 1, 1984, until: (1) enactment into law of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2) enactment of the applicable appropriations Act by both Houses without any provision for such project or activity; or (3) September 30, 1985, whichever occurs first. 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. Authorizes the apportionment of appropriations to the extent necessary to permit pay increases to civilian officers and employees and to active and retired military personnel. Appropriates additional funds for correction of the design deficiency of the navigation project for Barnegat Inlet. Appropriates additional funds for flood control projects on the Mississippi River and tributaries in Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. Appropriates additional funds to carry out the programs authorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as amended. Directs 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 banks of the Coosa River, Alabama, in order to protect the Fort Toulouse National Historic Landmark and Taskigi Indian Mound; and (2) the banks of the Black Warrior River, Alabama, in order to project the Mound State Monument National Historic Landmark. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to: (1) perform necessary channel and associated work in connection with the Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, local protection project; (2) take necessary action to remove accumulated snags and other debris blocking the channel of the Hatchie River in Mississippi; and (3) perform necessary channel and associated work in connection with the Glencoe, Alabama, flood control project. Directs the Corps of Engineers to operate and maintain the McKinney Bayou Pumping Plant. Amends the authorization for the Sardis Lake Project, Oklahoma, to authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to plan, design, and construct access road improvements to the existing road from the west end of the Sardis Lake to Daisy, Oklahoma. Requires State or political subdivisions to agree to operate and maintain said facilities at their own expense. Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to utilize funds previously appropriated for the Meramec River Basin flood control study to establish a demonstration project for flood forecasting/warning on the Lower Meramec River. Grants to the University of Alabama at Huntsville the funds appropriated to the Secretary of the Army for the design and construction of a Corps of Engineers learning facility. Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to remove the Berkeley Pier, San Francisco Bay, California. 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, Lousiana. Directs the Secretary of the Army , acting through the Chief of Engineers, after consultation with the advisory committee established by this joint resolution, to carry out a demonstration project for the development, operation, and maintenance of a recreation and greenbelt area on and along the Des Moines River, Iowa. Establishes such advisory committee. Authorizes appropriation for such demonstration project. Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to prosecute the project for navigation, Tampa Harbor, East Bay Channel, Florida. Modifies the project for navigation, Newport News Creek, Virginia, to authorize the relocation and reconstruction by the Commonwealth of Virginia of the project upon plan approval by the Secretary of the Army. Requires that rates for the sale of electric power generated at facilities constructed pursuant to certain Federal law be based upon the costs of generating and transmitting such power, and be approved by the Secretary of the Interior. 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 additional appropriations for the Tennessee Valley Authority for a demonstration project constructing a main water transmission line for the city of Bristol, Tennessee. Amends the National Housing Act to authorize appropriations for low-income housing through FY 1986. Provides that upon the completion of each contract on behalf of qualified tenants on a State-aided, noninsured rental housing project, the balance of the contract authority provided in appropriation Acts for such contract shall be rescinded. Makes any amounts of authority for rent supplement contracts under the National Housing Act, or for low-income rental and cooperative housing under the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, which would otherwise become available at the time of cancellation as a result of a foreclosure action, or a transfer of a deed, of a State-aided, noninsured rental housing project, available for such project for the balance of the term remaining at the time of cancellation. Makes certain funds available to provide assistance under the new construction program of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 for the Carmel Plaza North Project, District of Columbia. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make a grant from construction grant funds allotted to the State of Ohio for FY 1985 to the owners of the Rocky River Wastewater Treatment Plant in Rocky River, Ohio, for reimbursement of such owners for the cost of plant construction. Requires the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, with respect to small business concerns involved in the fishing industry and with respect to agricultural enterprises, to treat the recent drought and El Nino-related ocean conditions as disasters. Prohibits the use of any funds by the U.S. Customs Service to propose any rule or regulation relating to the subject matter of the Advance 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.

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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 13 October 1984

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• Conference report filed in House

  summary · EN · 10 October 1984

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 4 October 1984

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 25 September 1984

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 17 September 1984

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