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

enactedUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

17 September 1984

Last action

12 October 1984 · President

Status

Became Public Law No: 98-473.

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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Timeline

17 September 1984
Calendars
Placed on Union Calendar No: 581.
Source: Calendars
17 September 1984
Reported
House Committee on Appropriations Reported an Original Measure. Report No: 98-1030.
Source: Committee
17 September 1984
Reported
House Committee on Appropriations Reported an Original Measure. Report No: 98-1030.
Source: Committee
17 September 1984
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
20 September 1984
Failed
Rule Failed of Passage in House.
Source: Floor
20 September 1984
Reported
Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.586 Reported to House.
Source: Floor
20 September 1984
Floor
Committee on Rules Granted a Rule Providing for Consideration in the House; Waiving all Points of Order Against Consideration of the Joint Resolution for Failure to Comply with the Provisions of Section 303(a) of the Budget Act;.
Source: Floor
21 September 1984
Floor
Committee on Rules Granted a Modified Open Rule providing One Hour of General Debate; Waiving Section 303(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; Making in Order Amendments, if Offered, Printed in the Congressional Record of September 19 and 24, 1984.
Source: Floor
24 September 1984
Reported
Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.588 Reported to House.
Source: Floor
25 September 1984
Floor
House Incorporated H.R.5963 in This Measure as an Amendment.
Source: Floor
25 September 1984
Vote
Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 316 - 91 (Record Vote No: 421).
Source: Floor
25 September 1984
Vote
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 316 - 91 (Record Vote No: 421).
Source: Floor
25 September 1984
Reported
Reported to House by House Committee on Appropriations with the Amendment (Text of H.R.5963).
Source: Committee
25 September 1984
Floor
Recommitted by House to House Committee on Appropriations with Instructions to Report Back Forthwith with an Amendment inserting the Text of H.R.5963 (Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984).
Source: Floor
25 September 1984
Floor
Separate Vote Demanded on Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
Source: Floor
25 September 1984
Passed
House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
Source: Floor
25 September 1984
Floor
Called up by House by Rule.
Source: Floor
25 September 1984
Passed
Rule Passed House.
Source: Floor
26 September 1984
Introduced
Received in the Senate, read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1231.
Source: Calendars
27 September 1984
Floor
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Source: Floor
28 September 1984
Floor
Considered by Senate.
Source: Floor
29 September 1984
Floor
Considered by Senate.
Source: Floor
1 October 1984
Floor
Considered by Senate.
Source: Floor
2 October 1984
Floor
Considered by Senate.
Source: Floor
3 October 1984
Floor
Considered by Senate.
Source: Floor
4 October 1984
ResolvingDifferences
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
4 October 1984
Passed
House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Whitten, Boland, Natcher, Smith (IA), Addabbo, Long (MD), Yates, Roybal, Bevill, Lehman (FL), Dixon, Fazio, Hefner, Conte, McDade, Edwards (AL), Myers, Robinson, Coughlin, Kemp.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
4 October 1984
Passed
House Disagreed to Senate Amendments.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
4 October 1984
Passed
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Disagreed to Senate Amendments.
Source: NotUsed
4 October 1984
ResolvingDifferences
Senate insists on its amendments, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Hatfield; Stevens; Weicker; McClure; Garn; Cochran; Abdnor; Andrews; Kasten; D'Amato; Mattingly; Rudman; Specter; Domenici; Stennis; Byrd; Inouye; Hollings; Eagleton; Chiles; Johnston; Huddleston; Burdick; Leahy; DeConcini; Bumpers.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
4 October 1984
Passed
Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
4 October 1984
Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote.
Source: Floor
5 October 1984
ResolvingDifferences
Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
5 October 1984
ResolvingDifferences
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
9 October 1984
ResolvingDifferences
Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
9 October 1984
ResolvingDifferences
Conference committee actions: Conference held.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
10 October 1984
ResolvingDifferences
House Receded and Concurred in Senate Amendment 014.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
10 October 1984
NotUsed
Resolving differences -- House actions: House Receded and Concurred in Senate Amendment 014.
Source: NotUsed
10 October 1984
Passed
House Agreed to Conference Report by Division Vote: 252 - 60.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
10 October 1984
Passed
Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Division Vote: 252 - 60.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
10 October 1984
ResolvingDifferences
Conference Report 98-1159 Filed in House.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
10 October 1984
ResolvingDifferences
Conference report filed: Conference Report 98-1159 Filed in House.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
10 October 1984
Passed
Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
10 October 1984
Passed
Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
11 October 1984
Floor
Presented to President.
Source: Floor
11 October 1984
President
Presented to President.
Source: President
11 October 1984
Floor
Measure Signed in Senate.
Source: Floor
11 October 1984
ResolvingDifferences
Conference report considered in Senate.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
11 October 1984
Vote
Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 78-11. Record Vote No: 287.
Source: ResolvingDifferences
12 October 1984
Became law
Became Public Law No: 98-473.
Source: President
12 October 1984
Became law
Signed by President.
Source: BecameLaw
12 October 1984
President
Signed by President.
Source: President

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