Home > 105th Congressional Bills > H.J.Res. 107 (ih) Expressing the sense of the Congress that the award of attorneys' fees, costs, and sanctions of $285,864.78 ordered by United States District Judge Royce C. Lamberth on December 18, 1997, should not be paid with taxpayer funds. %%Filenam...H.J.Res. 107 (ih) Expressing the sense of the Congress that the award of attorneys' fees, costs, and sanctions of $285,864.78 ordered by United States District Judge Royce C. Lamberth on December 18, 1997, should not be paid with taxpayer funds. %%Filenam...
and Urban Development shall make $14,610,000 from amounts appropriated
under such heading in fiscal year 2004 available for amendments to
existing tenant-based assistance contracts entered into prior to fiscal
year 2004 pursuant to section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act (with only one amendment authorized for any such
contract).
Sec. 125. Section 402(b) of the Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1232(b)) shall be applied by
substituting the date specified in section 107(c) of this joint
resolution for ``September 30, 2004''.
Sec. 126. For entitlements and other mandatory payments whose
budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for fiscal year
2004, and for activities under the Food Stamp Act of 1977, activities
shall be continued at the rate to maintain program levels under current
law, under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable
appropriations Act for fiscal year 2004, to be continued through the
date specified in section 107(c): Provided, That notwithstanding
section 107, funds shall be available and obligations for mandatory
payments due on or about November 1 and December 1, 2004, may continue
to be made.
Sec. 127. Notwithstanding section 101 of this joint resolution,
amounts are provided for ``Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for
Women, Infants and Children (WIC),'' at a rate for operations not to
exceed $5,087,000,000.
Sec. 128. Notwithstanding section 101 of this joint resolution,
amounts are provided for ``Election Assistance Commission--Salaries and
Expenses'', at a rate for operations not to exceed $7,800,000:
Provided, That such amounts may be apportioned to reflect the agency
activities associated with a Federal election.
Sec. 129. Funds available under this joint resolution for ``Bureau
of Indian Affairs--Indian Land and Water Claims Settlements and
Miscellaneous Payments to Indians'' shall be available for payments by
the United States pursuant to the settlement of Seneca Nation of
Indians v. State of New York.
Sec. 130. Amounts available under this joint resolution to carry
out subtitle D of title XXXVI of Public Law 106-398 shall be deemed to
include transfers of funds from other accounts made during fiscal year
2004 to carry out the purposes of the subtitle and the amounts
available under this joint resolution for the accounts from which funds
were transferred shall be adjusted for the transfer.
Sec. 131. For the purposes of the Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund
Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-369), the term ``expended'' in section
101(d) of such Act and the term ``payment'' in section 103 of such Act
shall mean ``delivered orders-obligations unpaid'' as defined in the
United States Standard General Ledger Accounts and Definitions.
Sec. 132. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint
resolution, except section 108, for expenses necessary to carry out the
Presidential Transition Act of 1963, $2,500,000.
Sec. 133. Title II of Public Law 108-106 is amended under the
heading ``Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund'' by--
(1) striking ``$3,243,000,000'' and inserting
``$5,090,000,000'' for security and law enforcement;
(2) striking ``$1,318,000,000'' and inserting
``$1,960,000,000'' for justice, public safety infrastructure,
and civil society;
(3) striking ``$5,560,000,000'' and inserting
``$4,455,000,000'' for the electric sector;
(4) striking ``$1,890,000,000'' and inserting
``$1,723,000,000'' for oil infrastructure;
(5) striking ``$4,332,000,000'' and inserting
``$2,361,000,000'' for water resources and sanitation;
(6) striking ``$153,000,000'' and inserting
``$845,000,000'' for private sector development; and
(7) striking ``$280,000,000'' and inserting
``$342,000,000'' for education, refugees, human rights and
governance.
Sec. 134. Title II of Public Law 108-106 is amended under the
heading ``Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund''--
(1) in the sixth proviso, by striking ``$29,000,000'' and
inserting ``$119,000,000''; and
(2) in the seventh proviso by--
(A) striking ``Coalition Provisional Authority''
and inserting ``United States Agency for International
Development''; and
(B) striking ``to fully pay for its'' and inserting
``for''.
Sec. 135. Sections 569 and 574 of H.R. 4818, as passed by the House
of Representatives on July 15, 2004, are hereby enacted into law:
Provided, That not to exceed $360,000,000 of the funds made available
by Public Law 108-106 under the heading ``Iraq Relief and
Reconstruction Fund'' may be made available for the purposes of such
section 569.
Sec. 136. During the portion of fiscal year 2005 covered by this
joint resolution, the Corps of Engineers shall continue work on all
uncompleted projects underway in fiscal year 2004, notwithstanding
budget proposals to withhold funding for shore protection and certain
construction projects, and shall not divert funds into any reserve fund
not specifically authorized by an Act of Congress.
Passed the House of Representatives September 29, 2004.
Attest:
Clerk.
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. J. RES. 107
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JOINT RESOLUTION
Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2005, and for
other purposes.
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