113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 70 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

Making continuing appropriations for National Park Service 

operations, the Smithsonian Institution, the National 

Gallery of Art, and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes. 

1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives

2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 That the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of 

2 any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

3 and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, 

4 and funds, for National Park Service operations, the 

5 Smithsonian Institution, the National Gallery of Art, and 

6 the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for fiscal 

7 year 2014, and for other purposes, namely: 

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

9 at a rate for operations as provided in the Full-Year Con10 tinuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (division F of Public 

11 Law 113–6) and under the authority and conditions pro12 vided in such Act, for continuing projects or activities (in13 cluding the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that 

14 are not otherwise specifically provided for in this joint res15 olution, that were conducted in fiscal year 2013, and for 

16 which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made 

17 available by such Act under the following headings: 

18 (1) ‘‘Department of the Interior—National 

19 Park Service—Operation of the National Park Sys20 tem’’. 

21 (2) ‘‘United States Holocaust Memorial Mu22 seum—Holocaust Memorial Museum’’. 

23 (3) ‘‘Smithsonian Institution’’. 

24 (4) ‘‘National Gallery of Art’’. 
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1 (b) The rate for operations provided by subsection (a) 

2 for each account shall be calculated to reflect the full 

3 amount of any reduction required in fiscal year 2013 pur4 suant to— 

5 (1) any provision of division G of the Consoli6 dated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

7 2013 (Public Law 113–6), including section 3004; 

8 and 

9 (2) the Presidential sequestration order dated 

10 March 1, 2013, except as attributable to budget au11 thority made available by the Disaster Relief Appro12 priations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113–2). 

13 SEC. 102. Appropriations made by section 101 shall 

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

15 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 

16 SEC. 103. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint 

17 resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal 

18 year 2014, appropriations and funds made available and 

19 authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall 

20 be available until whichever of the following first occurs: 

21 (1) the enactment into law of an appropriation for any 

22 project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2) 

23 the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations 

24 Act for fiscal year 2014 without any provision for such 

25 project or activity; or (3) December 15, 2013. 
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1 SEC. 104. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint 

2 resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, 

3 fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli4 cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is 

5 enacted into law. 

6 SEC. 105. This joint resolution shall be implemented 

7 so that only the most limited funding action of that per8 mitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to 

9 provide for continuation of projects and activities. 

10 SEC. 106. Amounts made available under section 101 

11 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each 

12 department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate 

13 for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such de14 partment or agency, consistent with the applicable appro15 priations Act for fiscal year 2013, except that such author16 ity provided under this section shall not be used until after 

17 the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 

18 to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative ex19 penses. 

20 SEC. 107. It is the sense of Congress that this joint 

21 resolution may also be referred to as the ‘‘Open Our Na22 tional Parks and Museums Act’’. 

23 This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘National 

24 Park Service Operations, Smithsonian Institution, Na25 tional Gallery of Art, and United States Holocaust Memo-
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1 rial Museum Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 

2 2014’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives October 2, 

2013. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 70 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

Making continuing appropriations for National 

year 2014, and for other purposes. States Holocaust Memorial Museum for fiscal tion, the National Gallery of Art, and the United Park Service operations, the Smithsonian Institu-