CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS, 1982

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97TH CONGRESS t HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I REPORT
1st Session S No. 97-223
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CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS, 1982
SEPTFMBr?.R 14, 1981.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WRITTEN, from the Committee on Appropriations,
submitted the following
REPORT
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[To accompany H.J. Res. 3251
The Committee on Appropriations, to whom was referred House
Joint' Resolution 325 making continuing appropriations until Novem-
ber 1,1981, and for other purposes, report the same to the House with-
out amendment and with the recommendation that the joint resolution
be passed.
STATUS OF APPROPRIATIONS BILLS
The Committee on Appropriations has now reported 9 of the 13
regular annual appropriation bills for the fiscal year beginning Octo-
ber 1. It is expected that three additional bills will be reported in the
near future and that only one bill will not be acted upon by the Com-
mittee before the beginning of the new fiscal year. The House had
passed five appropriation bills before the August recess. Two more
were passed last week and more are scheduled for House consideration.
While the majority of the bills will have been acted upon by the
House, the Senate has had only limited opportunity to consider bills
because of the lateness of the appropriations cycle this year due to
the submission of massive budget revisions by the Executive Branch.
Consequently, it is expected that only a relatively few bills will have
been sent to the President before the beginning of the new fiscal year.
NEED FOR CONTINUING RESOLUTION
In view of the unavoidable delays.in the appropriations process, it
is essential that interim financing authority be enacted in order to
rovide for the orderly continued operation of the government pending
he enactment of the regular appropriation bills. The accompanying
oint resolution provides continuing appropriations at restrictive rates
ased on the bills status in the legislative process on the last day of the
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current fiscal year. This continuing authority is effective for only one
month and its applicability to various federal programs ceases as the
individual appropriation bills are signed into law.
It is the objective of the Appropriations Committee of the House
and Senate to clear bills to be sent to the President as soon as possible.
The five bills passed by the House in July are under consideration at
some stage in the Senate or in conference and it is hoped that they
are finalized before the beginning of the new fiscal year. The contin-
uing resolution therefore includes interim financing for activities under
the remaining eight appropriation bills.
LEVELS OF FUNDING UNDER THE RESOLUTION
As stated above, the continuing resolution provides temporary
financing for federal programs at restrictive rates for one month or
until the regular appropriations bills are enacted. It is based upon the
status of the individual bills as of the last day of the current fiscal
year. In summary, the operating levels which obtain under the reso-
lution are as follows:
1. Section 101(a) provides continuing authority for five appropria-
tion bills. Under this section, where the particular appropriation bill
has passed both Houses as of October 1, 1981, and the amount as
passed by the House is different than that as passed by the Senate,
projects or activities are continued under the lesser amount or more
restrictive authority. Where the particular appropriation bill has
passed only the House as of October 1, 1981, the rate of operation
shall not exceed the rate provided by the House or the current rate,
whichever is lower. Where an item is provided in only 'one version of
an Act as passed by both Houses it continues at a rate not exceeding
the current rate or the rate permitted by the action of one House,
whichever is lower. The 5 bills provided for under this subsection
include: Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary; District of
Columbia; Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; Mili-
tary Construction; and Transportation.
2. Section 101(b) provides continuing authority for the Defense and
Foreign Assistance programs at the current rate or the rate of the
budget estimate, whichever is lower.
3. Section 101(c) provides continuing authority for the Legislative
Branch at the rate and under the provisions of the House-reported
bill.
4. Section 101(d) provides continuing authority at the current
level for certain activities not otherwise provided for.
5. The resolution does not augment appropriations contained in
the regular bills for fiscal year 1982. Section 105 provides that ex-
penditures made pursuant to the continuing resolution shall be
charged to the applicable appropriation or-fund when the regular
bill is enacted into law.
The resolution provides for the continuation of the existing pro-
visions of law regarding the prohibition of federally funded abortions,
and the prohibition against preventing the implementation of programs
of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools. These pro-
visions would remain effective during the one month period of the
continuing resolution.
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i ito law. In accordance with the traditional intent of continuing
onse to the budget requests submitted by the Executive Branch or
anges included in revised basic authorizing legislation now enacted
r~fiect revised account structures. In many instances this is in re-
CONTINUATION OF ACTIVITIES UNDER MERGED ACCOUNTS
In a number of instances, the fiscal year 1982 Appropriation bills
solutions, the Committee expects that rates for funding activities
ided for in a single merged account in the 1982 bill, the level of
nder an appropriation bill which had passed only the House of
sime measures applicable to the activities as if they were not merged.
f r under a merged account in fiscal year 1982 be subjected to the
rderly operations under the continuing resolution.
pport and cooperation of the financial officials in administering the
gular annual appropriation bills. The Committee has attempted
terim, stop-gap financing devices and are not intended to replace
dget and appropriation process, that continuing resolutions are
funding which would obtain would be the current rate (adding each
separate account to arrive at the total) or the rate provided for each
a tivity in the merged account, whichever is. lower. The Committee
expects officials of the various departments nd agencies, the Office
o Management and Budget, the Department of the Treasury, and
the General Accounting Office to observe this principle in requesting,
approving, and reviewing warrants under the continuing resolution.
COMPLIANCE WITH THE RESOLUTION
funds made available by this joint resolution may not be expended
-it a rate in excess of that incurred during the prior fiscal year. With
re pect to the military personnel appropriations of the Department
of Defense, the Committee intends that this limitation also apply
individually to the rates for all pay, allowances (including travel
allowances), bonuses, or comparable monetary payments (other
ill carefully avoid the obligation of funds, for specific budget line
it ms or program allocations on which congressional committees may
h ve expressed strong criticism, at rates which would impinge upon
discretionary decisions otherwise available to the Congress.
t e resolution are to be interpreted as ceilings and not as mandatory
s ending levels. This is necessary in order to preserve congressional
p erogatives in the course of the regular authorization and appropria-
r sponsible for administering programs during the period covered
by the resolution take only the limited action necessary for orderly
continuation of projects and activities, preserving to the maximum
e -tent,possible the flexibility of Congress in arriving at, final decisions.
The Committee continues to feel that it is essential that officials
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than basic pay, and allowances for subsistence and quarters) in effect
for such payments on September 30, 1981 unless an increase in such
rates is required by law.
PROTECTION FROM INSECT EMERGENCIES
The Committee recognizes that the Secretary of Agriculture has
a need for it funding mechanism which would allow immediate response
to the depredations of animal and plant diseases and infestations such
as the Medfly in California. The reason for this need is simply that
these problems fluctuate from year to year. Permitting the Secretary
to borrow from other USDA accounts in order to cope with such
emergencies is a prudent way of being prepared for emergencies.
It is important to note that animal and plant diseases and infesta-
tions do not know anything about state lines, or about the distinction
between rural and urban areas. One example is the gypsy moth, which
is now known to be in at least 19 states and spreading rapidly. In 1980
the gypsy moth defoliated 5 million acres of forests in the six New Eng-
land States, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, an eight-fold
increase over 1979. Defoliation has also occurred for the first time
in Maryland and Michigan. In addition, new infestations have been
found in California, Washington, Oregon, Nebraska, Ohio, Illinois,
Virginia, and Wisconsin. More acres were defoliated in 1980 than
had been defoliated cumulatively in the preceding ' five
have been denuded of leaves resulting in loss of recreationaland and
timber production, and soil erosion as well. This, in turn, creates
water pollution problems for cities. One thing leads to another. The
same sequence applies to numerous insect pests which devastate
large areas of the country, such as the fruit flies, the Southern pine
beetle, the fire ant and the spruce budworm. These pests represent
enormous costs to our economy, costs which we all must ultimately
bear.
Authority to meet such emergencies was included in H.R. 4119,
the Agriculture Appropriations Bill for 1982, which passed the House
on July 27, and is also included in the appropriations bill as it now
stands in the other body. The purpose of providing this authority in
this resolution is to make our intent quite clear, and to permit the
Secretary to be fully and immediately responsive to any emergency
which may arise.
INFLATIONARY IMPACT STATEMENT
_.-Clause 2(l) (4)_of rule XI of the House of Representatives requires
that each Committee report on a bill or resolution shall contain a
statement as to whether enactment of such bill or resolution may
have an inflationary impact on prices and costs in the operation of
the national economy.
The accompanying resolution simply extends the availability of
funds and authorities for ongoing programs of the Federal Government
for which fiscal year 1982 appropriations will not be enacted by
October 1. The philosophy of the continuing resolution is to provide
funding for the orderly continuation of existing programs for the
interim period until regular appropriation bills are enacted. By
definition, such programs have previously been authorized and funded
by the Congress and signed into law.
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In view of the fact that this resolution merely represents a temporary
extension of existing and previously approved programs, and consider-
ing the restrictive levels of funding which obtain under the mechanics
of the resolution, it is the judgment of the Committee that its enact-
ment will not have an additional inflationary impact on prices and
costs in the operation of the national economy.
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