Pub. L. 85-472, tit. I, sec. 101

Sec. 101. (a) (1) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing projects or activities (not otherwise specifically provided for in this joint resolution) which were conducted in the fiscal year 1958 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority would be made available in the following appropriation Acts for the fiscal year 1959: Legislative Branch Appropriation Act; Department of Defense Appropriation Act; Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare and related agencies Appropriation Act; Independent Offices Appropriation Act; District of Columbia Appropriation Act; and the Public Works Appropriation Act. (2) Appropriations made by this subsection shall be available to 72 Stat. 242the extent and in the manner which would be provided for by the pertinent appropriation Act. (3) Whenever the amount which would be made available or the authority which would be granted under an Act listed in this subsection as passed by the House is different from that which would be made available or granted under such Act as passed by the Senate, the pertinent project or activity shall be continued under the lesser amount or the more restrictive authority. (4) Whenever an Act listed in this subsection has been passed by only one House or where an item is included in only one version of an Act as passed by both Houses, the pertinent project or activity shall be continued under the appropriation, funds, or authority granted by the one House, but at a rate for operations not exceeding the current rate or the rate permitted by the action of the one House, whichever is lower. (b) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing projects or activities which were conducted in the fiscal year 1958 and listed in this subsection (1) at a rate for operations not in excess of the current rate or the rate provided for in the budget estimate, whichever is lower, or (2) if no budget estimate has been submitted prior to June 30, 1958, at the current rate, or (3) in the amount or at the rate specified herein: Atomic Energy Commission; Export-Import Bank; Administration, Ryukyu Islands; Small Business Administration; Export Control, Department of Commerce; Corregidor-Bataan Memorial Commission; Boston National Historic Sites Commission; Civil War Centennial Commission; Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission; and Mutual Security programs, $200,000,000, to be expended in accord with provisions of law applicable to such programs during the fiscal year 1958 and at a rate for any individual program not in excess of the current rate therefor: Provided, That administrative expenses for such programs shall not exceed the current rate. (c) Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing projects or activities of the Senate, and of the Senate items under the Architect of the Capitol, to the extent and in the manner which would be provided for in the budget estimates for the fiscal year 1959.