In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

September 30, 2013. 

Resolved, That the House recede from its amendments to 

the amendment of the Senate to the resolution (H.J. Res. 59) 

entitled ‘‘Joint Resolution making continuing appropriations 

for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes.’’, and concur 

therein with the following 

HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENT: 

In the matter proposed to be added by the Senate 

amendment, insert at the end (before the short title) the 

following: 

1 SEC. 138. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

2 joint resolution, the date referred to in section 106(3) shall 

3 be December 15, 2013. 

4 SEC. 139. For the period covered by this joint resolu5 tion, the authority provided by the provisos under the head6 ing ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission—Cap7 ital Construction’’ in division E of Public Law 112–74 

8 shall not be in effect. 

9 SEC. 140. Section 1244(c)(3) of the National Defense 

10 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1157 

11 note) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(C) FISCAL YEAR 2014.— 
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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 

2 in clauses (ii) and (iii), the total number of 

3 principal aliens who may be provided spe4 cial immigrant status under this section in 

5 fiscal year 2014 during the period ending 

6 on December 15, 2013 shall be the sum of— 

7 ‘‘(I) the number of aliens de8 scribed in subsection (b) whose appli9 cation for special immigrant status 

10 under this section is pending on Sep11 tember 30, 2013; and 

12 ‘‘(II) 2,000. 

13 ‘‘(ii) EMPLOYMENT PERIOD.—The 1- 

14 year period during which the principal 

15 alien is required to have been employed by 

16 or on behalf of the United States Govern17 ment in Iraq under subsection (b)(1)(B) 

18 shall begin on or after March 20, 2003, and 

19 end on or before September 30, 2013. 

20 ‘‘(iii) APPLICATION DEADLINE.—The 

21 principal alien seeking special immigrant 

22 status under this subparagraph shall apply 

23 to the Chief of Mission in accordance with 

24 subsection (b)(4) not later than December 

25 15, 2013.’’. 
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1 SEC. 141. (a) DELAY IN APPLICATION OF INDIVIDUAL

2 HEALTH INSURANCE MANDATE.—Section 5000A(a) of the 

3 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 

4 ‘‘2013’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 

5 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 

6 5000A(c)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

7 amended— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘2014’’ in clause (i) and insert9 ing ‘‘2015’’, and 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘2015’’ in clauses (ii) and (iii) 

11 and inserting ‘‘2016’’. 

12 (2) Section 5000A(c)(3)(B) of such Code is amended— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2015’’, 

14 and 

15 (B) by striking ‘‘2015’’ (prior to amendment by 

16 subparagraph (A)) and inserting ‘‘2016’’. 

17 (3) Section 5000A(c)(3)(D) of such Code is amended— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘2016’’ and inserting ‘‘2017’’, 

19 and 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2016’’. 

21 (4) Section 5000A(e)(1)(D) of such Code is amended— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2015’’, 

23 and 

24 (B) by striking ‘‘2013’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 
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1 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 

2 section shall take effect as if included in section 1501 of 

3 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 

4 SEC. 142. Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Patient Protec5 tion and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)(D)) 

6 is amended— 

7 (1) by striking the subparagraph heading and 

8 inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(D) MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, CONGRES10 SIONAL STAFF, THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESI11 DENT, AND POLITICAL APPOINTEES.—’’; 

12 (2) in clause (i), in the matter preceding sub13 clause (I)— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘and congressional staff’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘, congressional staff, the Presi16 dent, the Vice President, and political ap17 pointees’’; and 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘or congressional staff’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘, congressional staff, the President, the 

20 Vice President, or a political appointee’’; 

21 (3) in clause (ii)— 

22 (A) in subclause (I), by inserting before the 

23 period at the end the following: ‘‘, and includes 

24 a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Con25 gress’’; 
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1 (B) in subclause (II), by inserting after 

2 ‘‘Congress,’’ the following: ‘‘of a standing, select, 

3 or joint committee of Congress (or a sub4 committee thereof), of an office of the House of 

5 Representatives for which the appropriation for 

6 salaries and expenses of the office for the year in7 volved is provided under the heading ‘House 

8 Leadership Offices’ in the act making appropria9 tions for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal 

10 year involved, or a leadership office of the Senate 

11 (consisting of the offices of the President pro 

12 Tempore, Majority and Minority Leaders, Ma13 jority and Minority Whips, Conferences of the 

14 Majority and of the Minority, and Majority and 

15 Minority Policy Committees of the Senate),’’; 

16 and 

17 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(III) POLITICAL APPOINTEE.— 

19 The term ‘political appointee’ means 

20 an individual who— 

21 ‘‘(aa) is employed in a posi22 tion described under sections 5312 

23 through 5316 of title 5, United 

24 States Code (relating to the Exec25 utive Schedule); 
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1 ‘‘(bb) is a limited term ap2 pointee, limited emergency ap3 pointee, or noncareer appointee in 

4 the Senior Executive Service, as 

5 defined under paragraphs (5), (6), 

6 and (7), respectively, of section 

7 3132(a) of title 5, United States 

8 Code; 

9 ‘‘(cc) is employed in a posi10 tion in the executive branch of the 

11 Government of a confidential or 

12 policy-determining character 

13 under schedule C of subpart D of 

14 part 213 of title 5 of the Code of 

15 Federal Regulations; or 

16 ‘‘(dd) is employed in or 

17 under the Executive Office of the 

18 President in a position that is ex19 cluded from the competitive serv20 ice by reason of its confidential, 

21 policy-determining, policy-mak22 ing, or policy-advocating char23 acter.’’; and 

24 (4) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(iii) GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION.— 

2 No Government contribution under section 

3 8906 of title 5, United States Code, shall be 

4 provided on behalf of an individual who is 

5 a Member of Congress, congressional staff, 

6 the President, the Vice President, or a polit7 ical appointee for coverage under this sub8 paragraph. 

9 ‘‘(iv) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF TAX

10 CREDIT OR COST-SHARING.—An individual 

11 enrolling in health insurance coverage pur12 suant to this paragraph shall not be eligible 

13 to receive a tax credit under section 36B of 

14 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or re15 duced cost sharing under section 1402 of 

16 this Act in an amount that exceeds the total 

17 amount which a similarly situated indi18 vidual (who is not so enrolled) would be en19 titled to receive under such sections. 

20 ‘‘(v) LIMITATION ON DISCRETION FOR

21 DESIGNATION OF STAFF.—Notwithstanding 

22 any other provision of law, a Member of 

23 Congress shall not have discretion in deter24 minations with respect to which employees 

25 employed by the office of such Member are 
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1 eligible to enroll for coverage through an 

2 Exchange.’’. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 59 

HOUSE AMENDMENT TO 

SENATE AMENDMENT