H. R. 2775 

One Hundred Thirteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE FIRST SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and thirteen 

An Act 

Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, 

and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, The following 

sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury 

not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other 

revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, 

corporations, and other organizational units of Government for fiscal 

year 2014, and for other purposes, namely: 

DIVISION A—CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2014 

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

for operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts 

for fiscal year 2013 and under the authority and conditions provided 

in such Acts, for continuing projects or activities (including the 

costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise 

specifically provided for in this joint resolution, that were conducted 

in fiscal year 2013, and for which appropriations, funds, or other 

authority were made available in the following appropriations Acts: 

(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 

(division A of Public Law 113–6), except section 735. 

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

Appropriations Act, 2013 (division B of Public Law 113–6). 

(3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 

(division C of Public Law 113–6). 

(4) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 

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

(5) The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division E of Public 

Law 113–6). 

(6) The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 

(division F of Public Law 113–6). 

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

account shall be calculated to reflect the full amount of any reduction required in fiscal year 2013 pursuant to— 

(1) any provision of division G of the Consolidated and 

Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113– 

6), including section 3004; and 

(2) the Presidential sequestration order dated March 1, 

2013, except as attributable to budget authority made available 

by— 
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(A) sections 140(b) or 141(b) of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (Public Law 112–175); or 

(B) the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public 

Law 113–2). 

SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or 

authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of 

Defense shall be used for: (1) the new production of items not 

funded for production in fiscal year 2013 or prior years; (2) the 

increase in production rates above those sustained with fiscal year 

2013 funds; or (3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of 

any project, activity, operation, or organization (defined as any 

project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and 

subprogram within a program element, and for any investment 

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

appropriation account and an R–1 line item that includes a program 

element and subprogram element within an appropriation account) 

for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal year 2013. 

(b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority 

granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense 

shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance 

procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement 

unless specifically appropriated later. 

SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available 

to the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the 

pertinent appropriations Act. 

SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no 

appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume any project 

or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were 

not available during fiscal year 2013. 

SEC. 105. 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. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint resolution 

or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014, appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant 

to this joint resolution shall be available until whichever of the 

following first occurs: (1) the enactment into law of an appropriation 

for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; 

(2) the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act 

for fiscal year 2014 without any provision for such project or activity; 

or (3) January 15, 2014. 

SEC. 107. 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. 108. Appropriations made and funds made available by 

or authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution may be used 

without regard to the time limitations for submission and approval 

of apportionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United 

States Code, but nothing in this joint resolution may be construed 

to waive any other provision of law governing the apportionment 

of funds. 
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SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 

resolution, except section 106, for those programs that would otherwise have high initial rates of operation or complete distribution 

of appropriations at the beginning of fiscal year 2014 because of 

distributions of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or 

others, such high initial rates of operation or complete distribution 

shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded by this joint resolution that would impinge on final 

funding prerogatives. 

SEC. 110. This joint resolution shall be implemented so that 

only the most limited funding action of that permitted in the joint 

resolution shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of 

projects and activities. 

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

whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for 

fiscal year 2013, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition 

Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain 

program levels under current law, under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 

2013, to be continued through the date specified in section 106(3). 

(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory payments due on or about the first day of any month that begins 

after October 2013 but not later than 30 days after the date specified 

in section 106(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be 

available for such payments. 

SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian 

personnel compensation and benefits in each department and 

agency may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 

to avoid furloughs within such department or agency, consistent 

with the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2013, except 

that such authority provided under this section shall not be used 

until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 

to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses. 

SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this joint resolution may 

be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public 

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

Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of 

the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 

1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security 

Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 

SEC. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference in this 

joint resolution that was previously designated by the Congress 

for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as being for disaster relief 

pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the 

Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or as being 

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

respectively. 

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

Security Administration, Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’ 

for the cost associated with continuing disability reviews under 

titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act and for the cost associated with conducting redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI 

of the Social Security Act, $273,000,000 is provided to meet the 

terms of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced Budget and 
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Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and 

$469,639,000 is additional new budget authority specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act. 

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

designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

Global War on Terrorism. 

SEC. 115. (a) Employees furloughed as a result of any lapse 

in appropriations which begins on or about October 1, 2013, shall 

be compensated at their standard rate of compensation, for the 

period of such lapse in appropriations, as soon as practicable after 

such lapse in appropriations ends. 

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

(1) a federal employee; 

(2) an employee of the District of Columbia Courts; 

(3) an employee of the Public Defender Service for the 

District of Columbia; or 

(4) a District of Columbia Government employee. 

(c) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the appropriations 

made and authority granted by this joint resolution for the purposes 

of maintaining the essential level of activity to protect life and 

property and bringing about orderly termination of Government 

functions, and for purposes as otherwise authorized by law, are 

hereby ratified and approved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of this joint resolution. 

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

State funds (or the grantee’s non-Federal funds) to continue carrying 

out a Federal program or furloughed State employees (or the 

grantee’s employees) whose compensation is advanced or 

reimbursed in whole or in part by the Federal Government— 

(1) such furloughed employees shall be compensated at 

their standard rate of compensation for such period; 

(2) the State (or such other grantee) shall be reimbursed 

for expenses that would have been paid by the Federal Government during such period had appropriations been available, 

including the cost of compensating such furloughed employees, 

together with interest thereon calculated under section 6503(d) 

of title 31, United States Code; and 

(3) the State (or such other grantee) may use funds available to the State (or the grantee) under such Federal program 

to reimburse such State (or the grantee), together with interest 

thereon calculated under section 6503(d) of title 31, United 

States Code. 

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

term ‘‘grantee’’ shall have the meaning as such term is defined 

under the applicable Federal program under subsection (a). In 

addition, ‘‘to continue carrying out a Federal program’’ means the 

continued performance by a State or other Federal grantee, during 

the period of a lapse in appropriations, of a Federal program that 

the State or such other grantee had been carrying out prior to 

the period of the lapse in appropriations. 

(c) The authority under this section applies with respect to 

any period in fiscal year 2014 (not limited to periods beginning 

or ending after the date of the enactment of this joint resolution) 

during which there occurs a lapse in appropriations with respect 

to any department or agency of the Federal Government which, 

but for such lapse in appropriations, would have paid, or made 

reimbursement relating to, any of the expenses referred to in this 
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section with respect to the program involved. Payments and 

reimbursements under this authority shall be made only to the 

extent and in amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts. 

SEC. 117. Expenditures made pursuant to the Pay Our Military 

Act (Public Law 113–39) shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization provided in this joint resolution. 

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

covered by this joint resolution shall be considered to have begun 

on October 1, 2013. 

SEC. 119. Section 3003 of division G of Public Law 113–6 

shall be applied to funds appropriated by this joint resolution by 

substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2014’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2013’’ each place 

it appears. 

SEC. 120. Section 408 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 

1736b) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 

106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘December 31, 2012’’. 

SEC. 121. Amounts made available under section 101 for 

‘‘Department of Commerce—National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration—Procurement, Acquisition and Construction’’ may 

be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain 

the planned launch schedules for the Joint Polar Satellite System 

and the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system. 

SEC. 122. The authority provided by sections 1205 and 1206 

of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 

(Public Law 112–81) shall continue in effect, notwithstanding subsection (h) of section 1206, through the earlier of the date specified 

in section 106(3) of this joint resolution or the date of the enactment 

of an Act authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military 

activities of the Department of Defense. 

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

by striking both occurrences of ‘‘$775,000,000’’ and inserting in 

lieu thereof, ‘‘$2,918,000,000’’. 

SEC. 124. Section 14704 of title 40, United States Code, shall 

be applied to amounts made available by this joint resolution by 

substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 1, 2012’’. 

SEC. 125. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘‘The Judiciary—Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other 

Judicial Services—Salaries and Expenses’’ at a rate of operations 

of $4,820,181,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 302 of 

Division C, of Public Law 112–74 as continued by Public Law 

113–6, not to exceed $25,000,000 shall be available for transfer 

between accounts to maintain minimum operating levels. 

SEC. 126. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘‘The Judiciary—Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other 

Judicial Services—Defender Services’’ at a rate for operations of 

$1,012,000,000. 

SEC. 127. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 

resolution, the District of Columbia may expend local funds under 

the heading ‘‘District of Columbia Funds’’ for such programs and 

activities under title IV of H.R. 2786 (113th Congress), as reported 

by the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, at the rate set forth under ‘‘District of Columbia Funds— 

Summary of Expenses’’ as included in the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget 

Request Act of 2013 (D.C. Act 20–127), as modified as of the 

date of the enactment of this joint resolution. 
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SEC. 128. Section 302 of the Universal Service Anti-deficiency 

Temporary Suspension Act is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 

2013’’, each place it appears and inserting ‘‘January 15, 2014’’. 

SEC. 129. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for the ‘‘Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board’’ at a rate 

for operations of $3,100,000. 

SEC. 130. For the period covered by this joint resolution, section 

550(b) of Public Law 109–295 (6 U.S.C. 121 note) shall be applied 

by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint 

resolution for ‘‘October 4, 2013’’. 

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

Law 109–295 shall continue in effect through the date specified 

in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

SEC. 132. The authority provided by section 831 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) shall continue in effect 

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

SEC. 133. (a) Any amounts made available pursuant to section 

101 for ‘‘Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology’’, ‘‘Department of 

Homeland Security—U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Air and 

Marine Operations’’, and ‘‘Department of Homeland Security—U.S. 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Salaries and Expenses’’ 

shall be obligated at a rate for operations as necessary to respectively— 

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

Protection Officers, equivalent to the staffing levels achieved 

on September 30, 2013, and comply with the last proviso under 

the heading ‘‘Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection—Salaries and Expenses’’ in division D 

of Public Law 113–6; 

(2) sustain border security operations, including sustaining 

the operation of Tethered Aerostat Radar Systems; 

(3) sustain necessary Air and Marine operations; and 

(4) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Immigration and 

Customs Enforcement agents, equivalent to the staffing levels 

achieved on September 30, 2013, and comply with the sixth 

proviso under the heading ‘‘Department of Homeland Security— 

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Salaries and 

Expenses’’ in division D of Public Law 113–6. 

(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify the 

Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

the Senate on each use of the authority provided in this section. 

SEC. 134. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘11 

years’’ for ‘‘10 years’’. 

SEC. 135. In addition to the amount otherwise provided by 

section 101 for ‘‘Department of the Interior—Department-wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management’’, there is appropriated 

$36,000,000 for an additional amount for fiscal year 2014, to remain 

available until expended, for urgent wildland fire suppression activities: Provided, That of the funds provided, $15,000,000 is for burned 

area rehabilitation: Provided further, That such funds shall only 

become available if funds previously provided for wildland fire 

suppression will be exhausted imminently and the Secretary of 

the Interior notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
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of Representatives and the Senate in writing of the need for these 

additional funds: Provided further, That such funds are also available for transfer to other appropriations accounts to repay amounts 

previously transferred for wildfire suppression. 

SEC. 136. In addition to the amount otherwise provided by 

section 101 for ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service— 

Wildland Fire Management’’, there is appropriated $600,000,000 

for an additional amount for fiscal year 2014, to remain available 

until expended, for urgent wildland fire suppression activities: Provided, That such funds shall only become available if funds previously provided for wildland fire suppression will be exhausted 

imminently and the Secretary of Agriculture notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

Senate in writing of the need for these additional funds: Provided 

further, That such funds are also available for transfer to other 

appropriations accounts to repay amounts previously transferred 

for wildfire suppression. 

SEC. 137. The authority provided by section 347 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

1999 (as contained in section 101(e) of division A of Public Law 

105–277; 16 U.S.C. 2104 note) shall continue in effect through 

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

SEC. 138. (a) The authority provided by subsection (m)(3) of 

section 8162 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 

2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 106–79), as amended, shall 

continue in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) of 

this joint resolution. 

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

provided by the provisos under the heading ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower 

Memorial Commission—Capital Construction’’ in division E of 

Public Law 112–74 shall not be in effect. 

SEC. 139. Activities authorized under part A of title IV and 

section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act (except for activities 

authorized in section 403(b)) shall continue through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2013, and out of any money in the Treasury 

of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are hereby 

appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purpose. 

SEC. 140. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter under the 

heading ‘‘Department of Labor—Mine Safety and Health Administration—Salaries and Expenses’’ in division F of Public Law 112– 

74 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this joint resolution 

by substituting ‘‘is authorized to collect and retain up to $2,499,000’’ 

for ‘‘may retain up to $1,499,000’’. 

SEC. 141. The first proviso under the heading ‘‘Department 

of Health and Human Services—Administration for Children and 

Families—Low Income Home Energy Assistance’’ in division F of 

Public Law 112–74 shall be applied to amounts made available 

by this joint resolution by substituting ‘‘2014’’ for ‘‘2012’’. 

SEC. 142. Amounts provided by section 101 for ‘‘Department 

of Health and Human Services—Administration for Children and 

Families—Refugee and Entrant Assistance’’ may be obligated up 

to a rate for operations necessary to maintain program operations 

at the level provided in fiscal year 2013, as necessary to accommodate increased demand. 

SEC. 143. During the period covered by this joint resolution, 

amounts provided under section 101 for ‘‘Department of Health 
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and Human Services—Office of the Secretary—Public Health and 

Social Services Emergency Fund’’ may be obligated at a rate necessary to assure timely execution of planned advanced research 

and development contracts pursuant to section 319L of the Public 

Health Service Act, to remain available until expended, for expenses 

necessary to support advanced research and development pursuant 

to section 319L of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d– 

7e) and other administrative expenses of the Biomedical Advanced 

Research and Development Authority. 

SEC. 144. Subsection (b) of section 163 of Public Law 111– 

242, as amended, is further amended by striking ‘‘2013–2014’’ and 

inserting ‘‘2015–2016’’. 

SEC. 145. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 

resolution, there is appropriated for payment to Bonnie Englebardt 

Lautenberg, widow of Frank R. Lautenberg, late a Senator from 

New Jersey, $174,000. 

SEC. 146. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 

adjustment shall be made under section 610(a) of the Legislative 

Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) (relating to cost of living 

adjustments for Members of Congress) during fiscal year 2014. 

SEC. 147. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Departmental Administration—General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’ at a rate for operations of $2,455,490,000. 

SEC. 148. The authority provided by the penultimate proviso 

under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Rental Assistance Demonstration’’ in division C of Public 

Law 112–55 shall continue in effect through the date specified 

in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

SEC. 149. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Aviation Administration—Operations’’, at a rate for operations of $9,248,418,000. 

SEC. 150. Section 601(e)(1)(B) of division B of Public Law 110– 

432 shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 

106(3) for ‘‘4 years after such date’’. 

SEC. 151. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘‘Maritime Administration—Maritime Security Program’’, at a 

rate for operations of $186,000,000. 

SEC. 152. Section 44302 of title 49, United States Code, is 

amended in paragraph (f) by deleting ‘‘September 30, 2013, and 

may extend through December 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘the date 

specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 

2014’’ in lieu thereof. 

SEC. 153. Section 44303 of title 49, United States Code, is 

amended in paragraph (b) by deleting ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and 

inserting ‘‘the date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2014’’ in lieu thereof. 

SEC. 154. Section 44310 of title 49, United States Code, is 

amended by deleting ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘the date 

specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 

2014’’ in lieu thereof. 

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

Secretary of Transportation may obligate not more than 

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

125 of title 23, United States Code, under chapter 9 of title X 

of division A of the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public 

Law 113–2; 127 Stat. 34) under the heading ‘‘EMERGENCY RELIEF
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PROGRAM’’ under the heading ‘‘FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS’’ under the 

heading ‘‘FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION’’ for emergency relief 

projects in the State of Colorado arising from damage caused by 

flooding events in that State in calendar year 2013: Provided, 

That such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency 

requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

SEC. 156. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, 

any reference in this division to ‘‘this joint resolution’’ shall be 

deemed a reference to ‘‘this Act’’. 

SEC. 157. Fourteen days after the Department of Homeland 

Security submits a report or expenditure plan required under this 

division to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

House of Representatives, the Secretary shall submit a copy of 

that report to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland 

Security of the House of Representatives. 

DIVISION B—OTHER MATTERS 

VERIFICATION OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND OTHER QUALIFICATIONS

FOR THE PROVISION OF ACA PREMIUM AND COST-SHARING SUBSIDIES

SEC. 1001. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred 

to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall ensure that American 

Health Benefit Exchanges verify that individuals applying for premium tax credits under section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986 and reductions in cost-sharing under section 1402 of the 

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18071) are 

eligible for such credits and cost sharing reductions consistent with 

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

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

Secretary shall certify to the Congress that the Exchanges verify 

such eligibility consistent with the requirements of such Act. 

(b) REPORT BY SECRETARY.—Not later than January 1, 2014, 

the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress that details 

the procedures employed by American Health Benefit Exchanges 

to verify eligibility for credits and cost-sharing reductions described 

in subsection (a). 

(c) REPORT BY INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Not later than July 1, 

2014, the Inspector General of the Department of Health and 

Human Services shall submit to the Congress a report regarding 

the effectiveness of the procedures and safeguards provided under 

the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for preventing the 

submission of inaccurate or fraudulent information by applicants 

for enrollment in a qualified health plan offered through an American Health Benefit Exchange. 

DEFAULT PREVENTION

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

the ‘‘Default Prevention Act of 2013’’. 

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

enactment of this Act, the President may submit to Congress a 

written certification that absent a suspension of the limit under 

section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary of 
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the Treasury would be unable to issue debt to meet existing commitments. 

(c) SUSPENSION.— 

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

Code, shall not apply for the period beginning on the date 

on which the President submits to Congress a certification 

under subsection (b) and ending on February 7, 2014. 

(2) SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO OBLIGATIONS ISSUED DURING

SUSPENSION PERIOD.—Effective February 8, 2014, the limitation 

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

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

No Pay Act of 2013 (31 U.S.C. 3101 note), is increased to 

the extent that— 

(A) the face amount of obligations issued under chapter 

31 of such title and the face amount of obligations whose 

principal and interest are guaranteed by the United States 

Government (except guaranteed obligations held by the 

Secretary of the Treasury) outstanding on February 8, 

2014, exceeds 

(B) the face amount of such obligations outstanding 

on the date of enactment of this Act. 

An obligation shall not be taken into account under subparagraph (A) unless the issuance of such obligation was necessary 

to fund a commitment incurred by the Federal Government 

that required payment before February 8, 2014. 

(d) DISAPPROVAL.—If there is enacted into law within 22 calendar days after Congress receives a written certification by the 

President under subsection (b) a joint resolution disapproving the 

President’s exercise of authority to suspend the debt ceiling under 

subsection (e), effective on the date of enactment of the joint resolution, subsection (c) is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(c) SUSPENSION.— 

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

Code, shall not apply for the period beginning on the date 

on which the President submits to Congress a certification 

under subsection (b) and ending on the date of enactment 

of the joint resolution pursuant to section 1002(e) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014. 

‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO OBLIGATIONS ISSUED DURING

SUSPENSION PERIOD.—Effective on the day after the date of 

enactment of the joint resolution pursuant to section 1002(e) 

of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014, the limitation in 

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

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

No Pay Act of 2013 (31 U.S.C. 3101 note), is increased to 

the extent that— 

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

chapter 31 of such title and the face amount of obligations 

whose principal and interest are guaranteed by the United 

States Government (except guaranteed obligations held by 

the Secretary of the Treasury) outstanding on the day 

after the date of enactment of the joint resolution pursuant 

to section 1002(e) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 

2014, exceeds 

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

on the date of enactment of this Act. 
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An obligation shall not be taken into account under subparagraph (A) unless the issuance of such obligation was necessary 

to fund a commitment incurred by the Federal Government 

that required payment before the day after the date of enactment of the joint resolution pursuant to section 1002(e) of 

the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014.’’. 

(e) DISAPPROVAL PROCESS.— 

(1) CONTENTS OF JOINT RESOLUTION.—For the purpose of 

this subsection, the term ‘‘joint resolution’’ means only a joint 

resolution— 

(A) disapproving the President’s exercise of authority 

to suspend the debt limit that is introduced within 14 

calendar days after the date on which the President submits to Congress the certification under subsection (b); 

(B) which does not have a preamble; 

(C) the title of which is only as follows: ‘‘Joint resolution 

relating to the disapproval of the President’s exercise of 

authority to suspend the debt limit, as submitted under 

section 1002(b) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014 

on lllll’’ (with the blank containing the date of such 

submission); and 

(D) the matter after the resolving clause of which 

is only as follows: ‘‘That Congress disapproves of the President’s exercise of authority to suspend the debt limit, as 

exercised pursuant to the certification under section 

1002(b) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014.’’. 

(2) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- TIVES.— (A) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—Any committee of the 

House of Representatives to which a joint resolution is 

referred shall report it to the House of Representatives 

without amendment not later than 5 calendar days after 

the date of introduction of a joint resolution described 

in paragraph (1). If a committee fails to report the joint 

resolution within that period, the committee shall be discharged from further consideration of the joint resolution 

and the joint resolution shall be referred to the appropriate 

calendar. 

(B) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—After each committee authorized to consider a joint resolution reports 

it to the House of Representatives or has been discharged 

from its consideration, it shall be in order, not later than 

the sixth day after introduction of a joint resolution under 

paragraph (1), to move to proceed to consider the joint 

resolution in the House of Representatives. All points of 

order against the motion are waived. Such a motion shall 

not be in order after the House of Representatives has 

disposed of a motion to proceed on a joint resolution. The 

previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 

motion to its adoption without intervening motion. The 

motion shall not be debatable. A motion to reconsider the 

vote by which the motion is disposed of shall not be in 

order. 

(C) CONSIDERATION.—The joint resolution shall be 

considered as read. All points of order against the joint 

resolution and against its consideration are waived. The 

previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
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joint resolution to its passage without intervening motion 

except 2 hours of debate equally divided and controlled 

by the proponent and an opponent. A motion to reconsider 

the vote on passage of the joint resolution shall not be 

in order. 

(3) EXPEDITED PROCEDURE IN SENATE.— 

(A) RECONVENING.—Upon receipt of a certification 

under subsection (b), if the Senate would otherwise be 

adjourned, the majority leader of the Senate, after consultation with the minority leader of the Senate, shall notify 

the Members of the Senate that, pursuant to this subsection, the Senate shall convene not later than the thirteenth calendar day after receipt of such certification. 

(B) PLACEMENT ON CALENDAR.—Upon introduction in 

the Senate, the joint resolution shall be immediately placed 

on the calendar. 

(C) FLOOR CONSIDERATION.— 

(i) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding rule XXII of the 

Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in order at any 

time during the period beginning on the day after 

the date on which Congress receives a certification 

under subsection (b) and ending on the 6th day after 

the date of introduction of a joint resolution under 

paragraph (1) (even if a previous motion to the same 

effect has been disagreed to) to move to proceed to 

the consideration of the joint resolution, and all points 

of order against the joint resolution (and against 

consideration of the joint resolution) are waived. The 

motion to proceed is not debatable. The motion is not 

subject to a motion to postpone. A motion to reconsider 

the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed 

to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to 

the consideration of the joint resolution is agreed to, 

the joint resolution shall remain the unfinished business until disposed of. 

(ii) CONSIDERATION.—Consideration of the joint 

resolution, and on all debatable motions and appeals 

in connection therewith, shall be limited to not more 

than 10 hours, which shall be divided equally between 

the majority and minority leaders or their designees. 

A motion further to limit debate is in order and not 

debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to postpone, 

or a motion to proceed to the consideration of other 

business, or a motion to recommit the joint resolution 

is not in order. 

(iii) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—If the Senate has voted 

to proceed to a joint resolution, the vote on passage 

of the joint resolution shall occur immediately following 

the conclusion of consideration of the joint resolution, 

and a single quorum call at the conclusion of the 

debate if requested in accordance with the rules of 

the Senate. 

(iv) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.— 

Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to 

the application of the rules of the Senate, as the case 

may be, to the procedure relating to a joint resolution 

shall be decided without debate. 
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(4) AMENDMENT NOT IN ORDER.—A joint resolution of disapproval considered pursuant to this subsection shall not be 

subject to amendment in either the House of Representatives 

or the Senate. 

(5) COORDINATION WITH ACTION BY OTHER HOUSE.— 

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

one House receives from the other a joint resolution— 

(i) the joint resolution of the other House shall 

not be referred to a committee; and 

(ii) the procedure in the receiving House shall 

be the same as if no joint resolution had been received 

from the other House, except that the vote on passage 

shall be on the joint resolution of the other House. 

(B) TREATMENT OF JOINT RESOLUTION OF OTHER

HOUSE.—If the Senate fails to introduce or consider a joint 

resolution under this subsection, the joint resolution of 

the House of Representatives shall be entitled to expedited 

floor procedures under this subsection. 

(C) TREATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURES.—If, following passage of the joint resolution in the Senate, the 

Senate then receives the companion measure from the 

House of Representatives, the companion measure shall 

not be debatable. 

(D) CONSIDERATION AFTER PASSAGE.— 

(i) IN GENERAL.—If Congress passes a joint resolution, the period beginning on the date the President 

is presented with the joint resolution and ending on 

the date the President signs, allows to become law 

without his signature, or vetoes and returns the joint 

resolution (but excluding days when either House is 

not in session) shall be disregarded in computing the 

calendar day period described in subsection (d). 

(ii) DEBATE ON A VETO MESSAGE.—Debate on a 

veto message in the Senate under this subsection shall 

be 1 hour equally divided between the majority and 

minority leaders or their designees. 

(6) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE.— 

This subsection is enacted by Congress— 

(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the 

Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, and 

as such it is deemed a part of the rules of each House, 

respectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in that House in the case of a joint 

resolution, and it supersedes other rules only to the extent 

that it is inconsistent with such rules; and 

(B) with full recognition of the constitutional right 

of either House to change the rules (so far as relating 

to the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same 

manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any 

other rule of that House. 
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appropriations Act, 

2014’’. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.