Excerpt from, Report No. 97-834, Continuing Appropriations, 1983, relating to the Smithsonian Institution.

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97TH ^CoNGRESS

~dSession

CONTIN ... ING

APPROPRI. TIONS,

1983

REPORT

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97-834

SEPTE fBER 16, 1982. Committed to the . Committee of the \V·hole House on the tate of the Union and ordered to be printed

{r. '~riiiTTEN" _, from the Committee on Appropri·ations submitted the following

REPORT

[1"o accompany H .. J. Res. 599]

Tl1 accon1panying resolution provides interim financing at

restric-

ti'r rat s for tl1e ne"'

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al yea.r beginning October 1. It follows the

a111 g n ral for111at as })re,riotts yea.r a.nd coyer ^'r ^irtu~^aJlytl1e entire go' 1'11111 11t. Tl1e r solution becon1es effecti,re a.t midt1igl1t ... eptem-

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a11cl \vit,l1 one 111ajor exception expires Febrtlary

28 1983. The

pro'

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ions a})l)]ica.l)le to t,l1e indi,ricltla;l a1)propriations bills auto- Jllatica.lly ase as tl1ose bills become la,,r. Tin1ely enactment of tl1is joint r olution

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a.bsolutely necessary to provide for tl1e orderly con-

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i11t1a tio11 of gov rnmen·tal activities.

Tl1e bucl et and appropriations process of tl1e session l1as experiencecl r

l)eat

cl clela}¹^S and 11ncertainties beyo11d tl1e control of any particular

co1nn1i

^t of tl1e Cono-ress. 'Vl1ile l1earings on 11 of the 13 appropriations bilL . ' ere con11)leted in April and ^~iay,

it

was not possible to })roceed i111Inediately '' itl1 tl1eir 1narkup, reporting, and consideratio11

}) r l1e ^Holt~e. ·

· Tl1e budg ^t sttb111itted by tl1e Administration in February for tl1e

· . ·econ

l . r ear

in a ro\v called for furtl1er sl1ar1) sl1ifts in the direction of

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ral go,rernn1ent. After determined efforts to acl1ieve a consen- . us on tl1e bttd et re olution collapsed, the first budget resolution was

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ortecl ~1ay 1 o\rer a montl1late and e'ren after the deadline for final n optio11 of tl1 conference report as specifically set out in tl1e Budget

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Tl1e fir~ attetnpt to pass a budget e olution failed. On tl1e second att ^{n11)t a}^,^.t1bstitt1te \vas agreed to and the final House- enate confer-

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rsio11 'yas adopted on June 22, two da~rs before adjournment for tl1 . 011o-r s1onal Fot1rtl1-of-Jt1ly recess. The Committee on Appro-

])ria io11 l1a

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been unable to proceed with the fiscal year

1983

bills b cntl of l1 great nt1certainty as to the a.mounts that would be allo- ca

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to l1 on1n1ittee from tl1e budget resolution for further di,ri ion

b. ,

l1e Con1n1ittee to its 13 Subcommittees. This problem was magnified

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lo,Yer of tl1e ct1rrent rate~ or ti1e rate ^l)l'0,⁷iclecl lJ~V tl1e 1 ill of ^thP on~

llocl).

~ ectio11 ¹⁰¹^(b) })roYi<le~ contin1ting- n11ti1orit, · f r l)roo-ranl; llllcler ''""o aJ})rO})riatioJl. ~ilt

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l11terior ·. a11cl I_jabo}\ llealtl1 rt11cl linnu111

~' rYic . n11d I~ lucatiOJl. La11gunae 111 tl1e sect1011 ^refer~ to n rate to n1aintai11 urr, 11t O})Prntintr ]e,·eL ·". 1'lli. tern1inolog_v ~lOl tlll 1101" be

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to req1tire recllictions i11 on o-oi11g })roo-rnnl ncti,·it~· or . tafl1ng] ,-C'l. tl1nt the onQ"re .. hn H!)})l"OYPcl for tl1e l)re )e li11~r fi.

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· ar. Tl1 , on1111ittee 11ote. tl1at. '"'I1ere n })rogranl or acti' it} \Yn. a11- tl1oriz

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to .:1)ancl cluring tl1e prececli11g

fL

cal . ear.

it

i ~ lilt(~l.Y tl1nt tl1 ^('0.^t of 01 eratitl<Y for a fulJ. ear at the rate n l1iey· cl at tl1 ^01}l of

th 1

re

eding

fi

c~l

year would

ex?eecl

the total c?st for

tl~ e

p_rogram

i11 1)1, 1 r · lin~ _fl en 1 ~eat·. 1 he .. curre11t ^O} er~ t111p; l~YP ~, ^.of . ncl1 n ]lrog-rnn1 or a t1,·1t~ , l1oulcl lle eon truecl to n1n1nta111 IncliYi clnnl

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o-ranl an

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acti' it, l ^' ^re], 1111less tl1e. Congres. I1as eXl)res:ecl ⁿ ^\})ecifi

~011trnr' j11te11t. · in1ilnrl~r "ct1rre11t O})ernting ]e,~e l" 11111. ^t ^}⁾ itlter-

1 r

^t

d to nc

Oll1n1o

late

i11creases i11 tl1e co,. t ^of n11 acti' it)

rr . ..

nlting·

fron1 c11a11ge. requirecl ^b)r statt1te.

DEFENSE

I11 'j '' of tl1e nntici1)ated increase in Defe11se ap1 rOJ)riatioil. in tlt fc rt l1 on1in ^0" fi

cal

year sectio11 ¹⁰¹(c) ^l)l'0,⁷icles tl1a ^t ^{lefeiL e}

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^ro-

grnJJ'l, operate ^atti1e curre11t rate of or)erations tlntil , 11cl1 tin1c ⁿ^. tl1e regular ^H}J rot riation. l>ilJ

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ret>ortr<l. ^'I'll(\ rate. 'Youl<l tl1en l>e n

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jll, ted to rt•fte

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tlte JTou. e r l)Ol't(:\(1 l>ill ntl<l. nl). eque11t ^IIo11~·enct io11.

T11 taltiJlO" tl1i. action tl1e Committee notes tl1at tl1e De1)artn1

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{' nt of

])p f ¹¹^.e . tin1ntP.· tl1nt n. of .. 'e])tPnll)er ^!30, ¹⁹ ^~"it\Yill l1nYc llllol>li- g-nte ll)alance. of ^$33. l)illion al1Clltnext)enclecl bala11ce. ^of·^~^142.⁰ bil- l i _o¹¹ _a'·_ni 1 a b

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'Ih OJ11n1ittec l1as included ^a pro,rision tl1at prol1ibit, tlte Dt'- 1 n1·fn1 11t of J)efetl~c fron1 f1Ill<li11g 11e'v })roject. or actir·itie. 'Yl1i cl1

'' r ^110t fu11cl cl in fi cal }'ear ^1982. Tl1is pro,rL ion 'YOlll cl becon1 e ill-

O] ern ti' c ^\Yl1et1 tl1 reQ1Ilar Defense A Pl)ropriations Bill for fL ca 1 ~⁷en r

19 , i. re] ortecl in or. 11b. ^cqnc11tl~¹ ^l)a ^.~sec^{l b~v}tl1e I-Io11Se of Re1)rcse11t- atiYe . .

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r tl1i. ^l)l'O\yi.io11, it

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tl1e Con1n1ittee . i11te11t tl1at 110 f1111d . . l1ou

ll be

n1acle a'railnble for ne'v projects ne",. activitie. ^~ lle\Y

l)u I

^~et

n

ti'

itj . ^~ 11e'' 1 rogran1 e] n1ent .. 11e''T . ul)})roject. \Yitl1i11 tl1 l)ro-

gt·nn1 1en1 11t . 11ew proclt1ctio11 of ite111s 11ot f1111clecl for })rocln ct ion i11 fi ~ a] . ear 1982. or for tl1e increase i11 prodl1ctio11 rates aboy·e tl1o. c . u. tni11e

l

_witl1 ft cal . ar ¹⁹⁸² fund,. Congres . 11011lcl 11ot ^l^)e 1111t ⁱ¹¹

a ] o. itio11 of b · in~ for ·eel to fut1Cl})rograll1 . 011 ""llicll

it

l1a. 11ot ^~.,et

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l n ¹¹ opJ ortn11it,, to e" l)ress its will a11d tl1erefore in11)j11 ere ⁰¹¹

it.

fiP.

· ibilit.

i11 nrrivi11g at tl1e. e

final

f11ncling decision,.

] eo-ulnr Jnilitnt·) conl]>Cn. ntio11 is con1])1'1Secl of basic ^pa~y,basic allo\\"flll tor . ul). ^j ^.t'Pnce. nncl bn. ic nl]o,Yrttlce for <]llarter s. Eacl1 of tl1e

eonq)one nt~ of ^re~r11lar 111ilitar. con1})Cl1. atio11 is affectecl ^b)^r cost-of- Ji,·in<)-] n. rait·t n lju. tn1e11t:.. ;\ccorclillg"ly, tl1is ~·ear tl1e cletei'111i11ation

to lin1it· tl1 1 ^a.Y rai. e to beco n1e efl'cctive 0 tobet 1~ 1982 to fotlr per cen t n ^~ea ¹¹^. ^that" et" l1 of tl1e con1})0llellt. 'Yonld tbe recl1Icecl ^b~yfo11r perce11t fr·on1 tl1e 1)11 lgete<l io-l1t, ^})f\1' ent ^j)fi} rni. e. For tl1o. c ser\rice n1 ember s i·ec ^jyi11g ])n .. ^j ^,^' nllo,,·nnre for qunrter ^~ l1ow ^,^~e ^r. tl1 ' rariable llOllSitl<r n J]o,,·nJlce 11titl ^nH?Jr ^· I ro ^·rnn1 aHtomaticnll. n1alre. llp tl1at f o11r per-

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