PUBLIC LAW 98-151—NOV. 14, 1983 97 STAT. 975 Eligible private voluntary organizations should be nonprofit, have a voluntary board, have an accounting system, and practice nondis- crimination. Participation in the program should be based upon a private voluntary organization's ability to deliver emergency food and shel- ter to needy individuals and such other factors as are determined by the local boards. Total administrative costs shall not exceed 2 per centum of the total appropriation. As authorized by the Charter of the Commodity Credit Corpora- tion, the Corporation shall process and distribute surplus food owned or to be purchased by the Corporation under the food distri- bution and emergency shelter program in cooperation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. SEC. 102. Appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be available from November 10, 1983, 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 appropri- ation Act by both Houses without any provision for such project or activity, or (c) September 30, 1984, 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 project 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 authoriza- tion whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted into law. SEC. 105. No provision in any appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1984 referred to in section 101 of this joint resolution that makes the availability of any appropriation provided therein dependent upon the enactment of additional authorizing or other legislation shall be effective before the date set forth in section 102(c) of this joint resolution. SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolu- tion except section 102, there are appropriated to the Postal Service Fund sufficient amounts so that postal rates for all preferred-rate mailers covered by section 3626 of title 39, United States Code, shall be continued at the rates in effect on September 1, 1983 (step 14): Provided, That mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: Provided further, That six-day delivery and rural delivery of mail shall continue at the 1983 level. SEC. 107. All obligations incurred in anticipation of the appropri- ations and authority provided in this joint resolution for the purposes of maintaining the minimum level of essential activities necessary to protect life and property and bringing about orderly termination of other functions are hereby ratified and confirmed if otherwise in accordance with the provisions of this joint resolution. SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint reso- lution, funds available to the Federal Building Fund within the General Services Administration may be used to initiate new con- struction, purchase, advance design, and repairs and alteration line- items projects which are included in the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriation Act, 1984, as passed by the House or as reported to the Senate. Funding availability. Effective date. Postal rates. 39 USC 403 note. Ratification and confirmation of certain essentiail obligations.
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