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 96 STAT. 1190

95 Stat. 1135.

Funding availability.

Ante, p. 928.

PUBLIC LAW 97-276—OCT. 2, 1982

a rate for operations and to the extent and in the manner provided for in such Act: Provided, That notwithstanding the foregoing provision of this pargigraph and notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, such amounts as may be necessary for projects or activities provided for in the Military Construction Act, 1983 (H.R. 6968), at a rate for operations and to the extent and in the manner provided for in the conference report and joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference as filed in the House of Representatives on September 30, 1982, as if such Act had been enacted into law. (g) Such amounts as m£^ be necessary for continuing activities which were conducted in fiscal year 1982, for which provision was made in the Energy and Water Development Act, 1982, at the current rate of operations: Provided, That no appropriation, fund or authority made available by this joint resolution or any other Act may be used directly or indirectly to significantly alter, modify, dismantle, or otherwise change the normal operation and maintenance required for any civil works project under Department of Defense-Civil, Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers-Civil, Operation and Maintenance, General, and the operation and maintenance activities funded in Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries: Provided further. That no appropriation or fund made available or authority granted pursuant to this paragraph shall be used to initiate or resume any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during the fiscal year 1982 without prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further. That no appropriation, fund or authority made available to the Department of Energy by this joint resolution or any other Act, shall be used for any action which would result in a significant reduction of the employment levels for any program or activity below the employment levels in effect on September 30, 1982. SEC. 102. Appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be available from October 1, 1982, and shall remain available until (a) enactment into law of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution, or (b) enactment of the applicable appropriation Act by both Houses without any provision for such project or activity, or (c) December 17, 1982, whichever first occurs. SEC. 103. 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 for which funds or authority for such projects or activity are available under this joint resolution. SEC. 104. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted into law. SEC. 105. Any appropriation for the fiscal year 1983 required to be apportioned pursuant to subchapter II of chapter 15 of title 31, United States Code, may be apportioned on a basis indicating the need (to the extent any such increases cannot be absorbed within available appropriations) for a supplemental or deficiency estimate of appropriation to the extent necessary to permit pa3niient of such pay increeises as may be granted pursuant to law to civilian officers and employees and to active and retired military personnel. Each

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