H. J. Res. 117 

One Hundred Twelfth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twelve 

Joint Resolution 

Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes. 

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

United States of America in Congress assembled, That 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 2013, and for other purposes, namely: 

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

for operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts 

for fiscal year 2012 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 2012, 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, 2012 

(division A of Public Law 112–55), except for the appropriations 

designated by the Congress as being for disaster relief in section 

735 of such Act. 

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

Appropriations Act, 2012 (division B of Public Law 112–55), 

except for the appropriation designated by the Congress as 

being for disaster relief in the second paragraph under the 

heading ‘‘Department of Commerce—Economic Development 

Administration—Economic Development Assistance Programs’’ 

in such Act. 

(3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012 

(division A of Public Law 112–74). 

(4) The Energy and Water Development Appropriations 

Act, 2012 (division B of Public Law 112–74). 

(5) The Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2012 (division C of Public Law 112–74). 

(6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 

Act, 2012 (division D of Public Law 112–74). 

(7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (division E of Public 

Law 112–74). 

(8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 

and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 

(division F of Public Law 112–74). 
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(9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2012 (division G of Public Law 112–74). 

(10) The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (division H of Public 

Law 112–74). 

(11) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 

Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 (division I of Public 

Law 112–74). 

(12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, 

and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (division C of 

Public Law 112–55), except for the appropriations designated 

by the Congress as being for disaster relief under the heading 

‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Highway Administration—Emergency Relief’’ and in the last proviso of section 239 

of such Act. 

(13) The Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public 

Law 112–77), except for appropriations under the heading 

‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil’’. 

(b) Whenever an amount designated 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 (in this section referred to as an ‘‘OCO/GWOT amount’’) 

in an Act described in paragraph (3) or (10) of subsection (a) 

that would be made available for a project or activity is different 

from the amount requested in the President’s fiscal year 2013 

budget request, the project or activity shall be continued at a 

rate for operations that would be permitted by, and such designation 

shall be applied to, the amount in the President’s fiscal year 2013 

budget request. 

(c) The rate for operations provided by subsection (a) is hereby 

increased by 0.612 percent. Such increase shall not apply to OCO/ 

GWOT amounts or to amounts incorporated in this joint resolution 

by reference to the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public 

Law 112–77). 

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 2012 or prior years; (2) the 

increase in production rates above those sustained with fiscal year 

2012 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 2012. 

(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. 
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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 2012. 

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 2013, 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 2013 without any provision for such project or activity; 

or (3) March 27, 2013. 

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. 

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 2013 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 2012, 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 

2012, 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 2012 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 
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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 2012, 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. 414(a)(1)). 

SEC. 114. (a) Section 147 of Public Law 111–242, as added 

by Public Law 111–322, shall be applied by substituting the date 

specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘December 

31, 2012’’ each place it appears. 

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any statutory 

pay adjustment (as defined in section 147(b)(2) of the Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2011 (Public Law 111–242)) otherwise scheduled to take effect during fiscal year 2013 but prior to the date 

specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution may take effect 

on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning after 

the date specified in section 106(3). 

SEC. 115. (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 amount made available by section 101 for ‘‘Social 

Security Administration—Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, 

$483,484,000 is additional new budget authority specified for purposes of subsection 251(b)(2)(B) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

(c) Section 5 of Public Law 112–74 shall apply to amounts 

designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

Global War on Terrorism. 

SEC. 116. (a) Not later than 30 days after the date of the 

enactment of this joint resolution, each department and agency 

in subsection (c) shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

of the House of Representatives and the Senate, for the period 

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

a spending, expenditure, or operating plan— 

(1) at the program, project, or activity level (or, for national 

intelligence programs funded in the Department of Defense 

Appropriations Act, at the expenditure center and project level); 

or 

(2) as applicable, at any greater level of detail required 

for funds covered by such a plan in an appropriations Act 

referred to in section 101, in the joint explanatory statement 

accompanying such Act, or in committee report language incorporated by reference in such joint explanatory statement. 
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(b) Not later than 30 days after the date on which any sequestration is ordered by the President under section 251A of the 

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, each 

department and agency in subsection (c) shall submit to the 

Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

the Senate the spending, expenditure, or operating plan required 

under subsection (a), updated to reflect any adjustments to funding 

as a result of the sequestration and any extension of the date 

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

(c) The departments and agencies to which this section applies 

are as follows: 

(1) The Department of Agriculture. 

(2) The Department of Commerce. 

(3) The Department of Defense. 

(4) The Department of Education. 

(5) The Department of Energy. 

(6) The Department of Health and Human Services. 

(7) The Department of Homeland Security. 

(8) The Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

(9) The Department of the Interior. 

(10) The Department of Justice. 

(11) The Department of Labor. 

(12) The Department of State and United States Agency 

for International Development. 

(13) The Department of Transportation. 

(14) The Department of the Treasury. 

(15) The Department of Veterans Affairs. 

(16) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 

(17) The National Science Foundation. 

(18) The Judiciary. 

(19) With respect to amounts made available under the 

heading ‘‘Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President’’, agencies funded under such heading. 

(20) The Federal Communications Commission. 

(21) The General Services Administration. 

(22) The Office of Personnel Management. 

(23) The National Archives and Records Administration. 

(24) The Securities and Exchange Commission. 

(25) The Small Business Administration. 

(26) The Environmental Protection Agency. 

(27) The Indian Health Service. 

(28) The Smithsonian Institution. 

(29) The Social Security Administration. 

(30) The Corporation for National and Community Service. 

(31) The Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 

(32) The Food and Drug Administration. 

(33) The Commodity Futures Trading Commission. 

(34) The Central Intelligence Agency. 

(35) The National Security Agency. 

(36) The National Reconnaissance Office. 

(37) The Defense Intelligence Agency. 

(38) The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. 

(39) The Office of the Director of National Intelligence. 

SEC. 117. Not later than November 1, 2012, and each month 

thereafter through the month following the period covered by this 

joint resolution, the Director of the Office of Management and 

Budget shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
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House of Representatives and the Senate a report on all obligations 

incurred by each department and agency in the period covered 

by this joint resolution. Such report shall— 

(1) set forth obligations by account; 

(2) compare the obligations incurred in the period covered 

by the report to the obligations incurred in the same period 

in fiscal year 2012; and 

(3) specify each executive branch account for which funds 

made available by this joint resolution are apportioned at a 

different rate for operations than the rate otherwise provided 

in section 101, with an estimate of the different rate otherwise 

provided in such section and the total obligations estimated 

to be incurred under this joint resolution for such account. 

SEC. 118. Section 726(15) of division A of Public Law 112– 

55 shall be applied to amounts made available by this joint resolution without regard to the first proviso of such section. 

SEC. 119. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Domestic Food Programs—Food 

and Nutrition Service—Commodity Assistance Program’’, at a rate 

for operations of $253,952,000, of which $186,935,000 shall be for 

the Commodity Supplemental Food Program. 

SEC. 120. (a) 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. 

(b) Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of 

this joint resolution, the Director of the Office of Management 

and Budget shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

of the House of Representatives and the Senate a plan to maintain 

the launch schedules and life cycle cost estimates established in 

fiscal year 2012 for the satellite systems described in subsection 

(a) and options for reducing costs, including management costs. 

SEC. 121. 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 2013 for military 

activities of the Department of Defense, no appropriation or funds 

made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for 

the Department of Defense shall be used to— 

(1) retire, divest, realign, or transfer aircraft of the Air 

Force; 

(2) disestablish or convert any unit associated with aircraft 

described in paragraph (1) or any unit of the Air National 

Guard or Air Force Reserve; or 

(3) retire C–23 Sherpa aircraft. 

SEC. 122. The authority provided by section 801 of the National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111– 

84; 123 Stat. 2399) shall continue in effect, notwithstanding subsection (f) of such section, 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 2013 for military 

activities of the Department of Defense. 

SEC. 123. The authority provided by section 572(b)(4) of the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (20 U.S.C. 

7703b(b)(4)) shall continue in effect through the earlier of the date 

specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution or the date of 
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the enactment of an Act authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 

2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense. 

SEC. 124. In addition to any other transfer authority available 

to the Department of Defense, the Secretary of Defense may transfer 

an amount designated 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 made available 

by this joint resolution for the Department of Defense between 

such appropriations, to be merged with and to be available for 

the same purposes, and the same time period, as the appropriation 

or fund to which transferred. The Secretary of Defense shall notify 

the congressional defense committees not fewer than 15 days prior 

to any transfer made pursuant to this section. 

SEC. 125. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for ‘‘Department of Energy—National Nuclear Security 

Administration—Weapons Activities’’ at a rate for operations of 

$7,577,341,000. 

(b) Section 301(c) of title III of division B of Public Law 112– 

74 shall not apply to amounts made available by this section. 

SEC. 126. In addition to the amounts otherwise made available 

by section 101 for ‘‘Department of Energy—National Nuclear Security Administration—Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation’’, an additional amount is made available for domestic uranium enrichment 

research, development, and demonstration at a rate for operations 

of $100,000,000. 

SEC. 127. 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. 128. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 

resolution, except section 106, 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. 6020 (112th 

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 2013 Budget Request Act of 2012 (D.C. Act 19–381), 

as modified as of the date of the enactment of this joint resolution. 

SEC. 129. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘‘District of Columbia—Federal Funds—Federal Payment for 

Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the District of Columbia’’ 

at a rate for operations of $24,700,000, of which not less than 

$9,800,000 shall be used for costs associated with the Presidential 

Inauguration. 

SEC. 130. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘‘General Services Administration—Expenses, Presidential 

Transition’’ for necessary expenses to carry out the Presidential 

Transition Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), at a rate for operations 

of $8,947,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 is for activities 

authorized by sections 3(a)(8) and (9) of such Act. 

SEC. 131. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for ‘‘Executive Office of the President—Office of Administration—Presidential Transition Administrative Support’’ to carry out 

the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note) at 

a rate for operations of $8,000,000. 

(b) Such funds may be transferred to other accounts in this 

joint resolution or any other Act that provide funding for offices 
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within the Executive Office of the President and the Office of 

the Vice President to carry out the Presidential Transition Act 

of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note). 

SEC. 132. Notwithstanding section 101, the fifth proviso under 

the heading ‘‘Federal Communications Commission—Salaries and 

Expenses’’ in division C of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied 

by substituting ‘‘$98,739,000’’ for ‘‘$85,000,000’’. 

SEC. 133. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 

resolution, amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Department 

of the Treasury—Departmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’ 

and ‘‘Department of the Treasury—Office of Inspector General— 

Salaries and Expenses’’ may be used for activities in connection 

with section 1602(e) of the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf 

Coast States Act of 2012 (subtitle F of title I of division A of 

Public Law 112–141). 

SEC. 134. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘‘Office of Government Ethics—Salaries and Expenses’’ at a 

rate for operations of $18,664,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be 

for development and deployment of the centralized, publicly accessible database required in section 11(b) of the STOCK Act (Public 

Law 112–105). 

SEC. 135. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘‘Small Business Administration—Business Loans Program 

Account’’ for the cost of guaranteed loans as authorized by section 

7(a) of the Small Business Act and section 503 of the Small Business 

Investment Act of 1958 at a rate for operations of $333,600,000. 

SEC. 136. (a) Amounts made available by this joint resolution 

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

Protection—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be obligated at the rate 

for operations necessary to maintain the staffing levels (including 

by backfilling vacant positions) of Border Patrol agents, Customs 

and Border Protection officers, and Air and Marine interdiction 

agents in effect at the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 

2012, or, with respect to Border Patrol agents, at such greater 

levels as may otherwise be required in the second proviso under 

the heading ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Salaries and 

Expenses’’ in division D of Public Law 112–74. Any increase of 

the rate for operations for such purpose under this subsection 

shall be derived by adjusting amounts otherwise made available 

within such account by this joint resolution, without regard to 

the restrictions on reprogramming in section 503 of division D 

of Public Law 112–74. 

(b) Not later than 15 days after the date of the enactment 

of this joint resolution, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

of the House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed expenditure plan for ‘‘Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection—Salaries and Expenses’’ at the program, 

project, and activity level that specifies how the Commissioner 

will maintain staffing levels as required under subsection (a) 

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

SEC. 137. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for ‘‘Department of Homeland Security—National Protection 

and Programs Directorate—Infrastructure Protection and Information Security’’ at a rate for operations of $1,170,243,000, of which 

$328,000,000 is for Network Security Deployment, and $218,000,000 
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is for Federal Network Security that may be obligated at a rate 

for operations necessary to establish and sustain essential cybersecurity activities, including procurement and operations of continuous monitoring and diagnostics systems and intrusion detection 

systems for civilian Federal computer networks. 

(b) Not later than 15 days after the date of the enactment 

of this joint resolution, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 

submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate an expenditure plan for essential cybersecurity activities described in subsection (a) of this section for 

the period through the date specified in section 106(3) of this 

joint resolution. 

SEC. 138. 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. 139. 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, 2012’’. 

SEC. 140. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for ‘‘Department of the Interior—Department-wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management’’ at a rate for operations of 

$726,473,000. 

(b) In addition to the amounts provided under subsection (a), 

there is appropriated $23,000,000 for an additional amount for 

fiscal year 2013 for ‘‘Department of the Interior—Department-wide 

Programs—Wildland Fire Management’’, to remain available until 

expended, for repayment to other appropriations accounts from 

which funds were transferred in fiscal year 2012 for wildfire 

suppression. 

SEC. 141. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland 

Fire Management’’ at a rate for operations of $1,971,390,000. 

(b) In addition to the amounts provided under subsection (a), there is appropriated $400,000,000 for an additional amount for 

fiscal year 2013 for ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service— 

Wildland Fire Management’’, to remain available until expended, 

for repayment to other appropriations accounts from which funds 

were transferred in fiscal year 2012 for wildfire suppression. 

SEC. 142. Section 411(h)(4)(A) of the Surface Mining Control 

and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1240a(h)(4)(A)) is amended 

to read as follows: 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The annual amount allocated under 

subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 402(g)(1) to any State 

or Indian tribe that makes a certification under subsection 

(a) of this section in which the Secretary concurs shall 

be reallocated and available for grants under section 

402(g)(5).’’. 

SEC. 143. The authority provided by section 331 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

2000 (enacted by reference in section 1000(a)(3) of Public Law 

106–113; 16 U.S.C. 497 note) shall continue in effect through the 

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

SEC. 144. (a) The following sections of the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act shall continue in effect through 

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

(1) Subparagraphs (C) through (E) of section 4(i)(5) (7 

U.S.C. 136a–1(i)(5)(C)–(E)); 
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(2) Section 4(k)(3) (7 U.S.C. 136a–1(k)(3)); and 

(3) Section 33(c)(3)(B) (7 U.S.C. 136w–8(c)(3)(B)). 

(b)(1) Section 4(i)(5)(H) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 

and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a–1(i)(5)(H)) shall be applied 

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

resolution for ‘‘September 30, 2012’’. 

(2) Notwithstanding section 33(m)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136w–8(m)(2)), section 

33(m)(1) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 136w–8(m)(1)) shall be applied by 

substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘September 30, 2012’’. 

(c) Section 408(m)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 

Act (21 U.S.C. 346a(m)(3)) shall be applied by substituting the 

date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘September 30, 2012’’. 

SEC. 145. Section 163 of Public Law 111–242, as amended 

by Public Law 111–322, is further amended— 

(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘2012–2013’’ and inserting 

‘‘2013–2014’’; and 

(2) by inserting at the end the following: 

‘‘(c) Not later than December 31, 2013, the Secretary of Education shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 

and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and 

the Committees on Appropriations and Education and the Workforce 

of the House of Representatives, using data required under existing 

law (section 1111(h)(6)(A) of Public Law 107–110) by State and 

each local educational agency, regarding the extent to which students in the following categories are taught by teachers who are 

deemed highly qualified pursuant to 34 CFR 200.56(a)(2)(ii) as 

published in the Federal Register on December 2, 2002: 

‘‘(1) Students with disabilities. 

‘‘(2) English Learners. 

‘‘(3) Students in rural areas. 

‘‘(4) Students from low-income families.’’. 

SEC. 146. 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 ‘‘2013’’ for ‘‘2012’’. 

SEC. 147. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services—Administration 

for Children and Families—Refugee and Entrant Assistance’’ at 

a rate for operations of $900,000,000. Amounts made available 

by this section may be obligated up to a rate for operations necessary to maintain program operations at the level provided in 

fiscal year 2012, as necessary to accommodate increased demand. 

SEC. 148. Activities authorized by part A of title IV and section 

1108(b) of the Social Security Act shall continue through the date 

specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution, in the manner 

authorized for fiscal year 2012, 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. Grants and payments may be made pursuant to this 

authority on a quarterly basis through the second quarter of fiscal 

year 2013 at the level provided for such activities for the corresponding quarter of fiscal year 2012. 
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SEC. 149. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 

resolution, there is appropriated for payment to the heirs at law 

of Donald M. Payne, late a Representative from the State of New 

Jersey, $174,000. 

SEC. 150. 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 $2,164,074,000. 

SEC. 151. The authority provided by section 315(b) of title 

38, United States Code, shall continue in effect through the date 

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

SEC. 152. (a) Section 120 of division C of Public Law 112– 

55 shall not apply to amounts made available by this joint resolution. 

(b) During the period covered by this joint resolution, section 

1102 of Public Law 112–141 shall be applied— 

(1) in subsection (a)(1), by substituting ‘‘$39,143,582,670’’ 

for ‘‘$39,699,000,000’’; 

(2) in subsection (b)(10), as if the limitation applicable 

through fiscal year 2011 applied through fiscal year 2012; and 

(3) in subsection (c)(5), by treating the reference to section 

204 of title 23, United States Code, as a reference to sections 

202 and 204 of such title. 

SEC. 153. The matter under the heading ‘‘Department of 

Transportation—National Highway Traffic Safety Administration— 

Highway Traffic Safety Grants’’ in division C of Public Law 112– 

55 shall be applied to amounts made available by this joint resolution by treating each reference to section 2001(a)(11) of Public 

Law 109–59 under such heading as a reference to section 

31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112–141. 

SEC. 154. The matter under the heading ‘‘Department of 

Transportation—Federal Transit Administration—Formula and Bus 

Grants’’ in division C of Public Law 112–55 shall be applied to 

amounts made available by this joint resolution by substituting 

‘‘49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5318, 5322(d), 5335, 5337, 5339, 

and 5340’’ for ‘‘49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 5311, 5316, 

5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 and section 3038 of Public Law 

105–178, as amended’’ each place it appears. 

SEC. 155. 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) of this joint resolution for ‘‘4 years after such date’’. 
H. J. Res. 117—12 

This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013’’. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.