In the Senate of the United States, 

October 16, 2013. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 2775) entitled ‘‘An Act to condition the provision 

of premium and cost-sharing subsidies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act upon a certification that a 

program to verify household income and other qualifications 

for such subsidies is operational, and for other purposes.’’, do 

pass with the following 

AMENDMENTS: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 

following: 

1 The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any 

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out 

3 of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and 

4 funds, for the several departments, agencies, corporations, 

5 and other organizational units of Government for fiscal 

6 year 2014, and for other purposes, namely: 
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1 DIVISION A—CONTINUING 

2 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2014 

3 SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary, at 

4 a rate for operations as provided in the applicable appro5 priations Acts for fiscal year 2013 and under the authority 

6 and conditions provided in such Acts, for continuing 

7 projects or activities (including the costs of direct loans and 

8 loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically pro9 vided for in this joint resolution, that were conducted in 

10 fiscal year 2013, and for which appropriations, funds, or 

11 other authority were made available in the following appro12 priations Acts: 

13 (1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 

14 and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap15 propriations Act, 2013 (division A of Public Law 

16 113–6), except section 735. 

17 (2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 

18 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division B of 

19 Public Law 113–6). 

20 (3) The Department of Defense Appropriations 

21 Act, 2013 (division C of Public Law 113–6). 

22 (4) The Department of Homeland Security Ap23 propriations Act, 2013 (division D of Public Law 

24 113–6). 
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1 (5) The Military Construction and Veterans Af2 fairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 

3 (division E of Public Law 113–6). 

4 (6) The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations 

5 Act, 2013 (division F of Public Law 113–6). 

6 (b) The rate for operations provided by subsection (a) 

7 for each account shall be calculated to reflect the full 

8 amount of any reduction required in fiscal year 2013 pur9 suant to— 

10 (1) any provision of division G of the Consoli11 dated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

12 2013 (Public Law 113–6), including section 3004; 

13 and 

14 (2) the Presidential sequestration order dated 

15 March 1, 2013, except as attributable to budget au16 thority made available by— 

17 (A) sections 140(b) or 141(b) of the Con18 tinuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (Public 

19 Law 112–175); or 

20 (B) the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 

21 2013 (Public Law 113–2). 

22 SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made avail23 able or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the 

24 Department of Defense shall be used for: (1) the new produc25 tion of items not funded for production in fiscal year 2013 
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1 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates above 

2 those sustained with fiscal year 2013 funds; or (3) the initi3 ation, resumption, or continuation of any project, activity, 

4 operation, or organization (defined as any project, sub5 project, activity, budget activity, program element, and sub6 program within a program element, and for any investment 

7 items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity within 

8 an appropriation account and an R–1 line item that in9 cludes a program element and subprogram element within 

10 an appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, 

11 or other authority were not available during fiscal year 

12 2013. 

13 (b) No appropriation or funds made available or au14 thority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department 

15 of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements 

16 utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order 

17 quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated 

18 later. 

19 SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall 

20 be available to the extent and in the manner that would 

21 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 

22 SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, 

23 no appropriation or funds made available or authority 

24 granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate 

25 or resume any project or activity for which appropriations, 
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1 funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal 

2 year 2013. 

3 SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted 

4 pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obligations 

5 or expenditures incurred for any project or activity during 

6 the period for which funds or authority for such project or 

7 activity are available under this joint resolution. 

8 SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint 

9 resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal 

10 year 2014, appropriations and funds made available and 

11 authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be 

12 available until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) 

13 the enactment into law of an appropriation for any project 

14 or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2) the en15 actment into law of the applicable appropriations Act for 

16 fiscal year 2014 without any provision for such project or 

17 activity; or (3) January 15, 2014. 

18 SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint 

19 resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, 

20 fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli21 cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is 

22 enacted into law. 

23 SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made avail24 able by or authority granted pursuant to this joint resolu25 tion may be used without regard to the time limitations 
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1 for submission and approval of apportionments set forth in 

2 section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but nothing 

3 in this joint resolution may be construed to waive any other 

4 provision of law governing the apportionment of funds. 

5 SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

6 joint resolution, except section 106, for those programs that 

7 would otherwise have high initial rates of operation or com8 plete distribution of appropriations at the beginning of fis9 cal year 2014 because of distributions of funding to States, 

10 foreign countries, grantees, or others, such high initial rates 

11 of operation or complete distribution shall not be made, and 

12 no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded by 

13 this joint resolution that would impinge on final funding 

14 prerogatives. 

15 SEC. 110. This joint resolution shall be implemented 

16 so that only the most limited funding action of that per17 mitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to pro18 vide for continuation of projects and activities. 

19 SEC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory 

20 payments whose budget authority was provided in appro21 priations Acts for fiscal year 2013, and for activities under 

22 the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be con23 tinued at the rate to maintain program levels under current 

24 law, under the authority and conditions provided in the 
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1 applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2013, to be 

2 continued through the date specified in section 106(3). 

3 (b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for man4 datory payments due on or about the first day of any month 

5 that begins after October 2013 but not later than 30 days 

6 after the date specified in section 106(3) may continue to 

7 be made, and funds shall be available for such payments. 

8 SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 

9 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each de10 partment and agency may be apportioned up to the rate 

11 for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such de12 partment or agency, consistent with the applicable appro13 priations Act for fiscal year 2013, except that such author14 ity provided under this section shall not be used until after 

15 the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 

16 to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative ex17 penses. 

18 SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this joint resolution 

19 may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 

20 of Public Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the 

21 State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 

22 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 

23 Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and 

24 section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

25 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 
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1 SEC. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference 

2 in this joint resolution that was previously designated by 

3 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

4 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 

5 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

6 1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

7 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the Congress for 

8 Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

9 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or as being 

10 for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such 

11 Act, respectively. 

12 (b) Of the amounts made available by section 101 for 

13 ‘‘Social Security Administration, Limitation on Adminis14 trative Expenses’’ for the cost associated with continuing 

15 disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social Se16 curity Act and for the cost associated with conducting rede17 terminations of eligibility under title XVI of the Social Se18 curity Act, $273,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of 

19 section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced Budget and 

20 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and 

21 $469,639,000 is additional new budget authority specified 

22 for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act. 

23 (c) Section 5 of Public Law 113–6 shall apply to 

24 amounts designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contin25 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism. 
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1 SEC. 115. (a) Employees furloughed as a result of any 

2 lapse in appropriations which begins on or about October 

3 1, 2013, shall be compensated at their standard rate of com4 pensation, for the period of such lapse in appropriations, 

5 as soon as practicable after such lapse in appropriations 

6 ends. 

7 (b) For purposes of this section, ‘‘employee’’ means: 

8 (1) a federal employee; 

9 (2) an employee of the District of Columbia 

10 Courts; 

11 (3) an employee of the Public Defender Service 

12 for the District of Columbia; or 

13 (4) a District of Columbia Government employee. 

14 (c) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the ap15 propriations made and authority granted by this joint reso16 lution for the purposes of maintaining the essential level 

17 of activity to protect life and property and bringing about 

18 orderly termination of Government functions, and for pur19 poses as otherwise authorized by law, are hereby ratified 

20 and approved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of 

21 this joint resolution. 

22 SEC. 116. (a) If a State (or another Federal grantee) 

23 used State funds (or the grantee’s non-Federal funds) to 

24 continue carrying out a Federal program or furloughed 

25 State employees (or the grantee’s employees) whose com-
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1 pensation is advanced or reimbursed in whole or in part 

2 by the Federal Government— 

3 (1) such furloughed employees shall be com4 pensated at their standard rate of compensation for 

5 such period; 

6 (2) the State (or such other grantee) shall be re7 imbursed for expenses that would have been paid by 

8 the Federal Government during such period had ap9 propriations been available, including the cost of com10 pensating such furloughed employees, together with 

11 interest thereon calculated under section 6503(d) of 

12 title 31, United States Code; and 

13 (3) the State (or such other grantee) may use 

14 funds available to the State (or the grantee) under 

15 such Federal program to reimburse such State (or the 

16 grantee), together with interest thereon calculated 

17 under section 6503(d) of title 31, United States Code. 

18 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘State’’ and 

19 the term ‘‘grantee’’ shall have the meaning as such term 

20 is defined under the applicable Federal program under sub21 section (a). In addition, ‘‘to continue carrying out a Fed22 eral program’’ means the continued performance by a State 

23 or other Federal grantee, during the period of a lapse in 

24 appropriations, of a Federal program that the State or such 
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1 other grantee had been carrying out prior to the period of 

2 the lapse in appropriations. 

3 (c) The authority under this section applies with re4 spect to any period in fiscal year 2014 (not limited to peri5 ods beginning or ending after the date of the enactment of 

6 this joint resolution) during which there occurs a lapse in 

7 appropriations with respect to any department or agency 

8 of the Federal Government which, but for such lapse in ap9 propriations, would have paid, or made reimbursement re10 lating to, any of the expenses referred to in this section with 

11 respect to the program involved. Payments and reimburse12 ments under this authority shall be made only to the extent 

13 and in amounts provided in advance in appropriations 

14 Acts. 

15 SEC. 117. Expenditures made pursuant to the Pay 

16 Our Military Act (Public Law 113–39) shall be charged to 

17 the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization pro18 vided in this joint resolution. 

19 SEC. 118. For the purposes of this joint resolution, the 

20 time covered by this joint resolution shall be considered to 

21 have begun on October 1, 2013. 

22 SEC. 119. Section 3003 of division G of Public Law 

23 113–6 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this joint 

24 resolution by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2014’’ for ‘‘fiscal 

25 year 2013’’ each place it appears. 
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1 SEC. 120. Section 408 of the Food for Peace Act (7 

2 U.S.C. 1736b) shall be applied by substituting the date spec3 ified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘December 

4 31, 2012’’. 

5 SEC. 121. Amounts made available under section 101 

6 for ‘‘Department of Commerce—National Oceanic and At7 mospheric Administration—Procurement, Acquisition and 

8 Construction’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper9 ations necessary to maintain the planned launch schedules 

10 for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Geostationary 

11 Operational Environmental Satellite system. 

12 SEC. 122. The authority provided by sections 1205 and 

13 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

14 Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81) shall continue in effect, 

15 notwithstanding subsection (h) of section 1206, through the 

16 earlier of the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint 

17 resolution or the date of the enactment of an Act author18 izing appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military ac19 tivities of the Department of Defense. 

20 SEC. 123. Section 3(a)(6) of Public Law 100–676 is 

21 amended by striking both occurrences of ‘‘$775,000,000’’ 

22 and inserting in lieu thereof, ‘‘$2,918,000,000’’. 

23 SEC. 124. Section 14704 of title 40, United States 

24 Code, shall be applied to amounts made available by this 
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1 joint resolution by substituting the date specified in section 

2 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 1, 2012’’. 

3 SEC. 125. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

4 provided for ‘‘The Judiciary—Courts of Appeals, District 

5 Courts, and Other Judicial Services—Salaries and Ex6 penses’’ at a rate of operations of $4,820,181,000: Provided, 

7 That notwithstanding section 302 of Division C, of Public 

8 Law 112–74 as continued by Public Law 113–6, not to ex9 ceed $25,000,000 shall be available for transfer between ac10 counts to maintain minimum operating levels. 

11 SEC. 126. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

12 provided for ‘‘The Judiciary—Courts of Appeals, District 

13 Courts, and Other Judicial Services—Defender Services’’ at 

14 a rate for operations of $1,012,000,000. 

15 SEC. 127. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

16 joint resolution, the District of Columbia may expend local 

17 funds under the heading ‘‘District of Columbia Funds’’ for 

18 such programs and activities under title IV of H.R. 2786 

19 (113th Congress), as reported by the Committee on Appro20 priations of the House of Representatives, at the rate set 

21 forth under ‘‘District of Columbia Funds—Summary of 

22 Expenses’’ as included in the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Re23 quest Act of 2013 (D.C. Act 20–127), as modified as of the 

24 date of the enactment of this joint resolution. 
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1 SEC. 128. Section 302 of the Universal Service Anti2 deficiency Temporary Suspension Act is amended by strik3 ing ‘‘December 31, 2013’’, each place it appears and insert4 ing ‘‘January 15, 2014’’. 

5 SEC. 129. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

6 provided for the ‘‘Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight 

7 Board’’ at a rate for operations of $3,100,000. 

8 SEC. 130. For the period covered by this joint resolu9 tion, section 550(b) of Public Law 109–295 (6 U.S.C. 121 

10 note) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in 

11 section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 4, 2013’’. 

12 SEC. 131. The authority provided by section 532 of 

13 Public Law 109–295 shall continue in effect through the 

14 date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

15 SEC. 132. The authority provided by section 831 of 

16 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) shall 

17 continue in effect through the date specified in section 

18 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

19 SEC. 133. (a) Any amounts made available pursuant 

20 to section 101 for ‘‘Department of Homeland Security— 

21 U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Salaries and Ex22 penses’’, ‘‘Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Cus23 toms and Border Protection—Border Security Fencing, In24 frastructure, and Technology’’, ‘‘Department of Homeland 

25 Security—U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Air and 
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1 Marine Operations’’, and ‘‘Department of Homeland Secu2 rity—U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Sala3 ries and Expenses’’ shall be obligated at a rate for oper4 ations as necessary to respectively— 

5 (1) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Customs 

6 and Border Protection Officers, equivalent to the 

7 staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013, and 

8 comply with the last proviso under the heading ‘‘De9 partment of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs and 

10 Border Protection—Salaries and Expenses’’ in divi11 sion D of Public Law 113–6; 

12 (2) sustain border security operations, including 

13 sustaining the operation of Tethered Aerostat Radar 

14 Systems; 

15 (3) sustain necessary Air and Marine operations; 

16 and 

17 (4) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Immigra18 tion and Customs Enforcement agents, equivalent to 

19 the staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013, 

20 and comply with the sixth proviso under the heading 

21 ‘‘Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Immigra22 tion and Customs Enforcement—Salaries and Ex23 penses’’ in division D of Public Law 113–6. 

24 (b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify 

25 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
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1 resentatives and the Senate on each use of the authority 

2 provided in this section. 

3 SEC. 134. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recreation 

4 Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied by sub5 stituting ‘‘11 years’’ for ‘‘10 years’’. 

6 SEC. 135. In addition to the amount otherwise pro7 vided by section 101 for ‘‘Department of the Interior—De8 partment-wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management’’, 

9 there is appropriated $36,000,000 for an additional amount 

10 for fiscal year 2014, to remain available until expended, 

11 for urgent wildland fire suppression activities: Provided, 

12 That of the funds provided, $15,000,000 is for burned area 

13 rehabilitation: Provided further, That such funds shall only 

14 become available if funds previously provided for wildland 

15 fire suppression will be exhausted imminently and the Sec16 retary of the Interior notifies the Committees on Appropria17 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate in 

18 writing of the need for these additional funds: Provided fur19 ther, That such funds are also available for transfer to other 

20 appropriations accounts to repay amounts previously 

21 transferred for wildfire suppression. 

22 SEC. 136. In addition to the amount otherwise pro23 vided by section 101 for ‘‘Department of Agriculture—For24 est Service—Wildland Fire Management’’, there is appro25 priated $600,000,000 for an additional amount for fiscal 
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1 year 2014, to remain available until expended, for urgent 

2 wildland fire suppression activities: Provided, That such 

3 funds shall only become available if funds previously pro4 vided for wildland fire suppression will be exhausted immi5 nently and the Secretary of Agriculture notifies the Com6 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

7 and the Senate in writing of the need for these additional 

8 funds: Provided further, That such funds are also available 

9 for transfer to other appropriations accounts to repay 

10 amounts previously transferred for wildfire suppression. 

11 SEC. 137. The authority provided by section 347 of 

12 the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appro13 priations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(e) of divi14 sion A of Public Law 105–277; 16 U.S.C. 2104 note) shall 

15 continue in effect through the date specified in section 

16 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

17 SEC. 138. (a) The authority provided by subsection 

18 (m)(3) of section 8162 of the Department of Defense Appro19 priations Act, 2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 106– 

20 79), as amended, shall continue in effect through the date 

21 specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

22 (b) For the period covered by this joint resolution, the 

23 authority provided by the provisos under the heading 

24 ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission—Capital 
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1 Construction’’ in division E of Public Law 112–74 shall 

2 not be in effect. 

3 SEC. 139. Activities authorized under part A of title 

4 IV and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act (except 

5 for activities authorized in section 403(b)) shall continue 

6 through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint res7 olution in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2013, and 

8 out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not 

9 otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such 

10 sums as may be necessary for such purpose. 

11 SEC. 140. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter 

12 under the heading ‘‘Department of Labor—Mine Safety 

13 and Health Administration—Salaries and Expenses’’ in 

14 division F of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds 

15 appropriated by this joint resolution by substituting ‘‘is au16 thorized to collect and retain up to $2,499,000’’ for ‘‘may 

17 retain up to $1,499,000’’. 

18 SEC. 141. The first proviso under the heading ‘‘Depart19 ment of Health and Human Services—Administration for 

20 Children and Families—Low Income Home Energy Assist21 ance’’ in division F of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied 

22 to amounts made available by this joint resolution by sub23 stituting ‘‘2014’’ for ‘‘2012’’. 

24 SEC. 142. Amounts provided by section 101 for ‘‘De25 partment of Health and Human Services—Administration 
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1 for Children and Families—Refugee and Entrant Assist2 ance’’ may be obligated up to a rate for operations nec3 essary to maintain program operations at the level provided 

4 in fiscal year 2013, as necessary to accommodate increased 

5 demand. 

6 SEC. 143. During the period covered by this joint reso7 lution, amounts provided under section 101 for ‘‘Depart8 ment of Health and Human Services—Office of the Sec9 retary—Public Health and Social Services Emergency 

10 Fund’’ may be obligated at a rate necessary to assure timely 

11 execution of planned advanced research and development 

12 contracts pursuant to section 319L of the Public Health 

13 Service Act, to remain available until expended, for ex14 penses necessary to support advanced research and develop15 ment pursuant to section 319L of the Public Health Service 

16 Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7e) and other administrative expenses 

17 of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Au18 thority. 

19 SEC. 144. Subsection (b) of section 163 of Public Law 

20 111–242, as amended, is further amended by striking 

21 ‘‘2013–2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2015–2016’’. 

22 SEC. 145. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

23 joint resolution, there is appropriated for payment to 

24 Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg, widow of Frank R. Lauten25 berg, late a Senator from New Jersey, $174,000. 
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1 SEC. 146. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

2 no adjustment shall be made under section 610(a) of the 

3 Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) (relat4 ing to cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress) 

5 during fiscal year 2014. 

6 SEC. 147. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

7 provided for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Depart8 mental Administration—General Operating Expenses, Vet9 erans Benefits Administration’’ at a rate for operations of 

10 $2,455,490,000. 

11 SEC. 148. The authority provided by the penultimate 

12 proviso under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and 

13 Urban Development—Rental Assistance Demonstration’’ in 

14 division C of Public Law 112–55 shall continue in effect 

15 through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint res16 olution. 

17 SEC. 149. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

18 provided for ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal 

19 Aviation Administration—Operations’’, at a rate for oper20 ations of $9,248,418,000. 

21 SEC. 150. Section 601(e)(1)(B) of division B of Public 

22 Law 110–432 shall be applied by substituting the date spec23 ified in section 106(3) for ‘‘4 years after such date’’. 
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1 SEC. 151. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

2 provided for ‘‘Maritime Administration—Maritime Secu3 rity Program’’, at a rate for operations of $186,000,000. 

4 SEC. 152. Section 44302 of title 49, United States 

5 Code, is amended in paragraph (f) by deleting ‘‘September 

6 30, 2013, and may extend through December 31, 2013’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘the date specified in section 106(3) of the Con8 tinuing Appropriations Act, 2014’’ in lieu thereof. 

9 SEC. 153. Section 44303 of title 49, United States 

10 Code, is amended in paragraph (b) by deleting ‘‘December 

11 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘the date specified in section 

12 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014’’ in lieu 

13 thereof. 

14 SEC. 154. Section 44310 of title 49, United States 

15 Code, is amended by deleting ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and in16 serting ‘‘the date specified in section 106(3) of the Con17 tinuing Appropriations Act, 2014’’ in lieu thereof. 

18 SEC. 155. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

19 the Secretary of Transportation may obligate not more than 

20 $450,000,000 of the amounts made available to carry out 

21 section 125 of title 23, United States Code, under chapter 

22 9 of title X of division A of the Disaster Relief Appropria23 tions Act, 2013 (Public Law 113–2; 127 Stat. 34) under 

24 the heading ‘‘EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM’’ under the 

25 heading ‘‘FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS’’ under the heading 
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1 ‘‘FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION’’ for emergency re2 lief projects in the State of Colorado arising from damage 

3 caused by flooding events in that State in calendar year 

4 2013: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

5 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

6 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

7 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

8 SEC. 156. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

9 division, any reference in this division to ‘‘this joint resolu10 tion’’ shall be deemed a reference to ‘‘this Act’’. 

11 SEC. 157. Fourteen days after the Department of 

12 Homeland Security submits a report or expenditure plan 

13 required under this division to the Committees on Appro14 priations of the Senate and House of Representatives, the 

15 Secretary shall submit a copy of that report to the Com16 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 

17 the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

18 House of Representatives. 

19 DIVISION B—OTHER MATTERS 

20 VERIFICATION OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND OTHER QUALI21 FICATIONS FOR THE PROVISION OF ACA PREMIUM AND

22 COST-SHARING SUBSIDIES

23 SEC. 1001. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 

24 other provision of law, the Secretary of Health and Human 

25 Services (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall 
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1 ensure that American Health Benefit Exchanges verify that 

2 individuals applying for premium tax credits under section 

3 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and reductions 

4 in cost-sharing under section 1402 of the Patient Protection 

5 and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18071) are eligible for 

6 such credits and cost sharing reductions consistent with the 

7 requirements of section 1411 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 18081), 

8 and, prior to making such credits and reductions available, 

9 the Secretary shall certify to the Congress that the Ex10 changes verify such eligibility consistent with the require11 ments of such Act. 

12 (b) REPORT BY SECRETARY.—Not later than January 

13 1, 2014, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress 

14 that details the procedures employed by American Health 

15 Benefit Exchanges to verify eligibility for credits and cost16 sharing reductions described in subsection (a). 

17 (c) REPORT BY INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Not later than 

18 July 1, 2014, the Inspector General of the Department of 

19 Health and Human Services shall submit to the Congress 

20 a report regarding the effectiveness of the procedures and 

21 safeguards provided under the Patient Protection and Af22 fordable Care Act for preventing the submission of inac23 curate or fraudulent information by applicants for enroll24 ment in a qualified health plan offered through an Amer25 ican Health Benefit Exchange. 
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1 DEFAULT PREVENTION

2 SEC. 1002. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be 

3 cited as the ‘‘Default Prevention Act of 2013’’. 

4 (b) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 3 days after the 

5 date of enactment of this Act, the President may submit 

6 to Congress a written certification that absent a suspension 

7 of the limit under section 3101(b) of title 31, United States 

8 Code, the Secretary of the Treasury would be unable to issue 

9 debt to meet existing commitments. 

10 (c) SUSPENSION.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3101(b) of title 31, 

12 United States Code, shall not apply for the period be13 ginning on the date on which the President submits 

14 to Congress a certification under subsection (b) and 

15 ending on February 7, 2014. 

16 (2) SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO OBLIGATIONS

17 ISSUED DURING SUSPENSION PERIOD.—Effective Feb18 ruary 8, 2014, the limitation in section 3101(b) of 

19 title 31, United States Code, as increased by section 

20 3101A of such title and section 2 of the No Budget, 

21 No Pay Act of 2013 (31 U.S.C. 3101 note), is in22 creased to the extent that— 

23 (A) the face amount of obligations issued 

24 under chapter 31 of such title and the face 

25 amount of obligations whose principal and inter-
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1 est are guaranteed by the United States Govern2 ment (except guaranteed obligations held by the 

3 Secretary of the Treasury) outstanding on Feb4 ruary 8, 2014, exceeds 

5 (B) the face amount of such obligations out6 standing on the date of enactment of this Act. 

7 An obligation shall not be taken into account under 

8 subparagraph (A) unless the issuance of such obliga9 tion was necessary to fund a commitment incurred by 

10 the Federal Government that required payment before 

11 February 8, 2014. 

12 (d) DISAPPROVAL.—If there is enacted into law within 

13 22 calendar days after Congress receives a written certifi14 cation by the President under subsection (b) a joint resolu15 tion disapproving the President’s exercise of authority to 

16 suspend the debt ceiling under subsection (e), effective on 

17 the date of enactment of the joint resolution, subsection (c) 

18 is amended to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘(c) SUSPENSION.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3101(b) of title 31, 

21 United States Code, shall not apply for the period be22 ginning on the date on which the President submits 

23 to Congress a certification under subsection (b) and 

24 ending on the date of enactment of the joint resolution 
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1 pursuant to section 1002(e) of the Continuing Appro2 priations Act, 2014. 

3 ‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO OBLIGATIONS

4 ISSUED DURING SUSPENSION PERIOD.—Effective on 

5 the day after the date of enactment of the joint resolu6 tion pursuant to section 1002(e) of the Continuing 

7 Appropriations Act, 2014, the limitation in section 

8 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, as increased 

9 by section 3101A of such title and section 2 of the No 

10 Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 (31 U.S.C. 3101 note), 

11 is increased to the extent that— 

12 ‘‘(A) the face amount of obligations issued 

13 under chapter 31 of such title and the face 

14 amount of obligations whose principal and inter15 est are guaranteed by the United States Govern16 ment (except guaranteed obligations held by the 

17 Secretary of the Treasury) outstanding on the 

18 day after the date of enactment of the joint reso19 lution pursuant to section 1002(e) of the Con20 tinuing Appropriations Act, 2014, exceeds 

21 ‘‘(B) the face amount of such obligations 

22 outstanding on the date of enactment of this Act. 

23 An obligation shall not be taken into account under 

24 subparagraph (A) unless the issuance of such obliga25 tion was necessary to fund a commitment incurred by 
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1 the Federal Government that required payment before 

2 the day after the date of enactment of the joint resolu3 tion pursuant to section 1002(e) of the Continuing 

4 Appropriations Act, 2014.’’. 

5 (e) DISAPPROVAL PROCESS.— 

6 (1) CONTENTS OF JOINT RESOLUTION.—For the 

7 purpose of this subsection, the term ‘‘joint resolution’’ 

8 means only a joint resolution— 

9 (A) disapproving the President’s exercise of 

10 authority to suspend the debt limit that is intro11 duced within 14 calendar days after the date on 

12 which the President submits to Congress the cer13 tification under subsection (b); 

14 (B) which does not have a preamble; 

15 (C) the title of which is only as follows: 

16 ‘‘Joint resolution relating to the disapproval of 

17 the President’s exercise of authority to suspend 

18 the debt limit, as submitted under section 

19 1002(b) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 

20 2014 on lllll’’ (with the blank con21 taining the date of such submission); and 

22 (D) the matter after the resolving clause of 

23 which is only as follows: ‘‘That Congress dis24 approves of the President’s exercise of authority 

25 to suspend the debt limit, as exercised pursuant 
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1 to the certification under section 1002(b) of the 

2 Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014.’’. 

3 (2) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF

4 REPRESENTATIVES.— 

5 (A) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—Any 

6 committee of the House of Representatives to 

7 which a joint resolution is referred shall report 

8 it to the House of Representatives without 

9 amendment not later than 5 calendar days after 

10 the date of introduction of a joint resolution de11 scribed in paragraph (1). If a committee fails to 

12 report the joint resolution within that period, the 

13 committee shall be discharged from further con14 sideration of the joint resolution and the joint 

15 resolution shall be referred to the appropriate 

16 calendar. 

17 (B) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 

18 After each committee authorized to consider a 

19 joint resolution reports it to the House of Rep20 resentatives or has been discharged from its con21 sideration, it shall be in order, not later than the 

22 sixth day after introduction of a joint resolution 

23 under paragraph (1), to move to proceed to con24 sider the joint resolution in the House of Rep25 resentatives. All points of order against the mo-
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1 tion are waived. Such a motion shall not be in 

2 order after the House of Representatives has dis3 posed of a motion to proceed on a joint resolu4 tion. The previous question shall be considered as 

5 ordered on the motion to its adoption without 

6 intervening motion. The motion shall not be de7 batable. A motion to reconsider the vote by which 

8 the motion is disposed of shall not be in order. 

9 (C) CONSIDERATION.—The joint resolution 

10 shall be considered as read. All points of order 

11 against the joint resolution and against its con12 sideration are waived. The previous question 

13 shall be considered as ordered on the joint resolu14 tion to its passage without intervening motion 

15 except 2 hours of debate equally divided and con16 trolled by the proponent and an opponent. A mo17 tion to reconsider the vote on passage of the joint 

18 resolution shall not be in order. 

19 (3) EXPEDITED PROCEDURE IN SENATE.— 

20 (A) RECONVENING.—Upon receipt of a cer21 tification under subsection (b), if the Senate 

22 would otherwise be adjourned, the majority lead23 er of the Senate, after consultation with the mi24 nority leader of the Senate, shall notify the Mem25 bers of the Senate that, pursuant to this sub-
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1 section, the Senate shall convene not later than 

2 the thirteenth calendar day after receipt of such 

3 certification. 

4 (B) PLACEMENT ON CALENDAR.—Upon in5 troduction in the Senate, the joint resolution 

6 shall be immediately placed on the calendar. 

7 (C) FLOOR CONSIDERATION.— 

8 (i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 

9 rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Sen10 ate, it is in order at any time during the 

11 period beginning on the day after the date 

12 on which Congress receives a certification 

13 under subsection (b) and ending on the 6th 

14 day after the date of introduction of a joint 

15 resolution under paragraph (1) (even if a 

16 previous motion to the same effect has been 

17 disagreed to) to move to proceed to the con18 sideration of the joint resolution, and all 

19 points of order against the joint resolution 

20 (and against consideration of the joint reso21 lution) are waived. The motion to proceed is 

22 not debatable. The motion is not subject to 

23 a motion to postpone. A motion to recon24 sider the vote by which the motion is agreed 

25 to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If 
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1 a motion to proceed to the consideration of 

2 the joint resolution is agreed to, the joint 

3 resolution shall remain the unfinished busi4 ness until disposed of. 

5 (ii) CONSIDERATION.—Consideration 

6 of the joint resolution, and on all debatable 

7 motions and appeals in connection there8 with, shall be limited to not more than 10 

9 hours, which shall be divided equally be10 tween the majority and minority leaders or 

11 their designees. A motion further to limit 

12 debate is in order and not debatable. An 

13 amendment to, or a motion to postpone, or 

14 a motion to proceed to the consideration of 

15 other business, or a motion to recommit the 

16 joint resolution is not in order. 

17 (iii) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—If the Senate 

18 has voted to proceed to a joint resolution, 

19 the vote on passage of the joint resolution 

20 shall occur immediately following the con21 clusion of consideration of the joint resolu22 tion, and a single quorum call at the con23 clusion of the debate if requested in accord24 ance with the rules of the Senate. 
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1 (iv) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PRO2 CEDURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the 

3 Chair relating to the application of the 

4 rules of the Senate, as the case may be, to 

5 the procedure relating to a joint resolution 

6 shall be decided without debate. 

7 (4) AMENDMENT NOT IN ORDER.—A joint resolu8 tion of disapproval considered pursuant to this sub9 section shall not be subject to amendment in either the 

10 House of Representatives or the Senate. 

11 (5) COORDINATION WITH ACTION BY OTHER

12 HOUSE.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—If, before passing the 

14 joint resolution, one House receives from the 

15 other a joint resolution— 

16 (i) the joint resolution of the other 

17 House shall not be referred to a committee; 

18 and 

19 (ii) the procedure in the receiving 

20 House shall be the same as if no joint reso21 lution had been received from the other 

22 House, except that the vote on passage shall 

23 be on the joint resolution of the other House. 

24 (B) TREATMENT OF JOINT RESOLUTION OF

25 OTHER HOUSE.—If the Senate fails to introduce 
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1 or consider a joint resolution under this sub2 section, the joint resolution of the House of Rep3 resentatives shall be entitled to expedited floor 

4 procedures under this subsection. 

5 (C) TREATMENT OF COMPANION MEAS6 URES.—If, following passage of the joint resolu7 tion in the Senate, the Senate then receives the 

8 companion measure from the House of Rep9 resentatives, the companion measure shall not be 

10 debatable. 

11 (D) CONSIDERATION AFTER PASSAGE.— 

12 (i) IN GENERAL.—If Congress passes a 

13 joint resolution, the period beginning on the 

14 date the President is presented with the 

15 joint resolution and ending on the date the 

16 President signs, allows to become law with17 out his signature, or vetoes and returns the 

18 joint resolution (but excluding days when 

19 either House is not in session) shall be dis20 regarded in computing the calendar day pe21 riod described in subsection (d). 

22 (ii) DEBATE ON A VETO MESSAGE.— 

23 Debate on a veto message in the Senate 

24 under this subsection shall be 1 hour equally 
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1 divided between the majority and minority 

2 leaders or their designees. 

3 (6) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND

4 SENATE.—This subsection is enacted by Congress— 

5 (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power 

6 of the Senate and House of Representatives, re7 spectively, and as such it is deemed a part of the 

8 rules of each House, respectively, but applicable 

9 only with respect to the procedure to be followed 

10 in that House in the case of a joint resolution, 

11 and it supersedes other rules only to the extent 

12 that it is inconsistent with such rules; and 

13 (B) with full recognition of the constitu14 tional right of either House to change the rules 

15 (so far as relating to the procedure of that 

16 House) at any time, in the same manner, and 

17 to the same extent as in the case of any other 

18 rule of that House. 

19 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appropria20 tions Act, 2014’’. 
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Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes.’’. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H.R. 2775 

AMENDMENTS