IA 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 67 

Requiring reaffirmation of the Affordable Care Act and making continuing 

appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 

Mr. CRAWFORD introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred 

to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee 

on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

Requiring reaffirmation of the Affordable Care Act and making continuing appropriations 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, 

3 That the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of 

4 any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

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

6 and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corpora7 tions, and other organizational units of Government for 

8 fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes, namely: 


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

2 at a rate for operations as provided in the applicable ap3 propriations Acts for fiscal year 2013 and under the au4 thority and conditions provided in such Acts, for con5 tinuing projects or activities (including the costs of direct 

6 loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifi7 cally provided for in this joint resolution, that were con8 ducted in fiscal year 2013, and for which appropriations, 

9 funds, or other authority were made available in the fol10 lowing appropriations Acts: 

11 (1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 

12 and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap13 propriations Act, 2013 (division A of Public Law 

14 113–6). 

15 (2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Re16 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division B 

17 of Public Law 113–6). 

18 (3) The Department of Defense Appropriations 

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

20 (4) The Department of Homeland Security Ap21 propriations Act, 2013 (division D of Public Law 

22 113–6). 

23 (5) The Military Construction and Veterans Af24 fairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

25 2013 (division E of Public Law 113–6). 


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1 (6) The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations 

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

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

4 for each account shall be calculated to reflect the full 

5 amount of any reduction required in fiscal year 2013 pur6 suant to— 

7 (1) any provision of division G of the Consoli8 dated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

9 2013 (Public Law 113–6), including section 3004; 

10 and 

11 (2) the Presidential sequestration order dated 

12 March 1, 2013, except as attributable to budget au13 thority made available by— 

14 (A) sections 140(b) or 141(b) of the Con15 tinuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (Public 

16 Law 112–175); or 

17 (B) the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 

18 2013 (Public Law 113–2). 

19 SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made avail20 able or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the 

21 Department of Defense shall be used for (1) the new pro22 duction of items not funded for production in fiscal year 

23 2013 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates 

24 above those sustained with fiscal year 2013 funds; or (3) 

25 the initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project, 


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

2 subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and 

3 subprogram within a program element, and for any invest4 ment items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity 

5 within an appropriation account and an R–1 line item that 

6 includes a program element and subprogram element with7 in an appropriation account) for which appropriations, 

8 funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal 

9 year 2013. 

10 (b) No appropriation or funds made available or au11 thority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Depart12 ment of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year pro13 curements utilizing advance procurement funding for eco14 nomic order quantity procurement unless specifically ap15 propriated later. 

16 SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall 

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

18 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 

19 SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 

20 102, no appropriation or funds made available or author21 ity granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to ini22 tiate or resume any project or activity for which appro23 priations, funds, or other authority were not available dur24 ing fiscal year 2013. 


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1 SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority grant2 ed pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obliga3 tions or expenditures incurred for any project or activity 

4 during the period for which funds or authority for such 

5 project or activity are available under this joint resolution. 

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

7 resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal 

8 year 2014, appropriations and funds made available and 

9 authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall 

10 be available until whichever of the following first occurs: 

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

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

13 the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations 

14 Act for fiscal year 2014 without any provision for such 

15 project or activity; or (3) October 7, 2013. 

16 SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint 

17 resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, 

18 fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli19 cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is 

20 enacted into law. 

21 SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made 

22 available by or authority granted pursuant to this joint 

23 resolution may be used without regard to the time limita24 tions for submission and approval of apportionments set 

25 forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but 


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1 nothing in this joint resolution may be construed to waive 

2 any other provision of law governing the apportionment 

3 of funds. 

4 SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 this joint resolution, except section 106, for those pro6 grams that would otherwise have high initial rates of oper7 ation or complete distribution of appropriations at the be8 ginning of fiscal year 2014 because of distributions of 

9 funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, 

10 such high initial rates of operation or complete distribu11 tion shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded 

12 for such programs funded by this joint resolution that 

13 would impinge on final funding prerogatives. 

14 SEC. 110. This joint resolution shall be implemented 

15 so that only the most limited funding action of that per16 mitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to 

17 provide for continuation of projects and activities. 

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

19 payments whose budget authority was provided in appro20 priations Acts for fiscal year 2013, and for activities under 

21 the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be 

22 continued at the rate to maintain program levels under 

23 current law, under the authority and conditions provided 

24 in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2013, 


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1 to be continued through the date specified in section 

2 106(3). 

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

5 month that begins after October 2013 but not later than 

6 30 days after the date specified in section 106(3) may con7 tinue to be made, and funds shall be available for such 

8 payments. 

9 SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 

10 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each 

11 department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate 

12 for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such de13 partment or agency, consistent with the applicable appro14 priations Act for fiscal year 2013, except that such author15 ity provided under this section shall not be used until after 

16 the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 

17 to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative ex18 penses. 

19 SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this joint resolution 

20 may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 

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

22 the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 

23 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Au24 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 


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1 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act 

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

3 SEC. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference 

4 in this joint resolution that was previously designated by 

5 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

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

7 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

8 1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

9 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the Congress 

10 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter11 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or 

12 as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

13 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively. 

14 (b) Of the amount made available by section 101 for 

15 ‘‘Social Security Administration—Limitation on Adminis16 trative Expenses’’, $470,638,000 is additional new budget 

17 authority specified for purposes of subsection 

18 251(b)(2)(B) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

19 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

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

21 amounts designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contin22 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism. 

23 SEC. 115. Section 3003 of division G of Public Law 

24 113–6 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this joint 


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

2 year 2013’’ each place it appears. 

3 SEC. 116. Section 408 of the Food for Peace Act (7 

4 U.S.C. 1736b) shall be applied by substituting the date 

5 specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘De6 cember 31, 2012’’. 

7 SEC. 117. Amounts made available under section 101 

8 for ‘‘Department of Commerce—National Oceanic and At9 mospheric Administration—Procurement, Acquisition and 

10 Construction’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper11 ations necessary to maintain the planned launch schedules 

12 for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Geostationary 

13 Operational Environmental Satellite system. 

14 SEC. 118. The authority provided by section 1206 of 

15 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

16 2012 (Public Law 112–81) shall continue in effect, not17 withstanding subsection (h) of such section, through the 

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

19 resolution or the date of the enactment of an Act author20 izing appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military ac21 tivities of the Department of Defense. 

22 SEC. 119. Section 14704 of title 40, United States 

23 Code, shall be applied to amounts made available by this 

24 joint resolution by substituting the date specified in sec25 tion 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 1, 2012’’. 


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1 SEC. 120. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 this joint resolution, except section 106, the District of 

3 Columbia may expend local funds under the heading ‘‘Dis4 trict of Columbia Funds’’ for such programs and activities 

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

6 by the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep7 resentatives, at the rate set forth under ‘‘District of Co8 lumbia Funds—Summary of Expenses’’ as included in the 

9 Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request Act of 2013 (D.C. Act 

10 20–127), as modified as of the date of the enactment of 

11 this joint resolution. 

12 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

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

14 Courts, and Other Judicial Services—Defender Services’’ 

15 at a rate for operations of $1,012,000,000. 

16 SEC. 122. For the period covered by this joint resolu17 tion, section 550(b) of Public Law 109–295 (6 U.S.C. 121 

18 note) shall be applied by substituting the date specified 

19 in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 4, 

20 2013’’. 

21 SEC. 123. The authority provided by section 532 of 

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

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

24 SEC. 124. The authority provided by section 831 of 

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


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1 continue in effect through the date specified in section 

2 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

3 SEC. 125. (a) Any amounts made available pursuant 

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

5 U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Salaries and Ex6 penses’’, ‘‘Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Cus7 toms and Border Protection—Border Security Fencing, 

8 Infrastructure, and Technology’’, and ‘‘Department of 

9 Homeland Security—U.S. Immigration and Customs En10 forcement—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be obligated at 

11 a rate for operations as necessary to respectively— 

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

13 and Border Protection Officers, equivalent to the 

14 staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013, and 

15 comply with the last proviso under the heading ‘‘De16 partment of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs and 

17 Border Protection—Salaries and Expenses’’ in divi18 sion D of Public Law 113–6; 

19 (2) sustain border security operations, including 

20 sustaining the operation of Tethered Aerostat Radar 

21 Systems; and 

22 (3) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Immigra23 tion and Customs Enforcement agents, equivalent to 

24 the staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013, 

25 and comply with the sixth proviso under the heading 


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1 ‘‘Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Immigra2 tion and Customs Enforcement—Salaries and Ex3 penses’’ in division D of Public Law 113–6. 

4 (b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify 

5 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep6 resentatives and the Senate on each use of the authority 

7 provided in this section. 

8 SEC. 126. In addition to the amount otherwise pro9 vided by section 101 for ‘‘Department of the Interior— 

10 Department-wide Programs—Wildland Fire Manage11 ment’’, there is appropriated $36,000,000 for an addi12 tional amount for fiscal year 2014, to remain available 

13 until expended, for urgent wildland fire suppression activi14 ties: Provided, That of the funds provided, $15,000,000 

15 is for burned area rehabilitation: Provided further, That 

16 such funds shall only become available if funds previously 

17 provided for wildland fire suppression will be exhausted 

18 imminently and the Secretary of the Interior notifies the 

19 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent20 atives and the Senate in writing of the need for these addi21 tional funds: Provided further, That such funds are also 

22 available for transfer to other appropriations accounts to 

23 repay amounts previously transferred for wildfire suppres24 sion. 


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1 SEC. 127. In addition to the amount otherwise pro2 vided by section 101 for ‘‘Department of Agriculture— 

3 Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management’’, there is ap4 propriated $600,000,000 for an additional amount for fis5 cal year 2014, to remain available until expended, for ur6 gent wildland fire suppression activities: Provided, That 

7 such funds shall only become available if funds previously 

8 provided for wildland fire suppression will be exhausted 

9 imminently and the Secretary of Agriculture notifies the 

10 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent11 atives and the Senate in writing of the need for these addi12 tional funds: Provided further, That such funds are also 

13 available for transfer to other appropriations accounts to 

14 repay amounts previously transferred for wildfire suppres15 sion. 

16 SEC. 128. The authority provided by section 347 of 

17 the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Ap18 propriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(e) of 

19 division A of Public Law 105–277; 16 U.S.C. 2104 note) 

20 shall continue in effect through the date specified in sec21 tion 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

22 SEC. 129. Activities authorized under part A of title 

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

24 for activities authorized in sections 403(b) and 413(h)) 

25 shall continue through the date specified in section 106(3) 


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1 of this joint resolution in the manner authorized for fiscal 

2 year 2013, and out of any money in the Treasury of the 

3 United States not otherwise appropriated, there are here4 by appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such 

5 purpose. 

6 SEC. 130. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter 

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

8 and Health Administration—Salaries and Expenses’’ in 

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

10 appropriated by this joint resolution by substituting ‘‘is 

11 authorized to collect and retain up to $2,499,000’’ for 

12 ‘‘may retain up to $1,499,000’’. 

13 SEC. 131. The first proviso under the heading ‘‘De14 partment of Health and Human Services—Administration 

15 for Children and Families—Low Income Home Energy 

16 Assistance’’ in division F of Public Law 112–74 shall be 

17 applied to amounts made available by this joint resolution 

18 by substituting ‘‘2014’’ for ‘‘2012’’. 

19 SEC. 132. Amounts provided by section 101 for ‘‘De20 partment of Health and Human Services—Administration 

21 for Children and Families—Refugee and Entrant Assist22 ance’’ may be obligated up to a rate for operations nec23 essary to maintain program operations at the level pro24 vided in fiscal year 2013, as necessary to accommodate 

25 increased demand. 


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1 SEC. 133. (a) During the period covered by this joint 

2 resolution, any unobligated amounts available in the 

3 ‘‘Nonrecurring expenses fund’’ established in section 223 

4 of division G of Public Law 110–161 (42 U.S.C. 3514a) 

5 may be transferred to ‘‘Department of Health and Human 

6 Services—Office of the Secretary—Public Health and So7 cial Services Emergency Fund’’ for an additional amount 

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

9 for expenses necessary— 

10 (1) to support advanced research and develop11 ment pursuant to section 319L of the Public Health 

12 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7e), and other admin13 istrative expenses of the Biomedical Advanced Re14 search and Development Agency; 

15 (2) for procuring security countermeasures (as 

16 defined in section 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the Public 

17 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(c)(1)(B))); 

18 or 

19 (3) to prepare for and respond to an influenza 

20 pandemic and other emerging infectious diseases, in21 cluding activities such as the development and pur22 chase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical sup23 plies, diagnostics, and other surveillance tools. 

24 (b) Products purchased with amounts made available 

25 by this joint resolution for ‘‘Department of Health and 


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1 Human Services—Office of the Secretary—Public Health 

2 and Social Services Emergency Fund’’ may, at the discre3 tion of the Secretary, be deposited in the Strategic Na4 tional Stockpile pursuant to section 319F–2 of the Public 

5 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b). 

6 SEC. 134. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

7 provided for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Depart8 mental Administration—General Operating Expenses, 

9 Veterans Benefits Administration’’ at a rate for operations 

10 of $2,455,490,000. 

11 SEC. 135. The authority provided by the penultimate 

12 proviso under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and 

13 Urban Development—Rental Assistance Demonstration’’ 

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

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

16 resolution. 

17 SEC. 136. (a) Unless the House of Representatives 

18 and the Senate each vote on the passage of a concurrent 

19 resolution consistent with the requirements of subsection 

20 (b), the provisions of this joint resolution shall have no 

21 force or effect. 

22 (b) The matter after the resolving clause of the con23 current resolution described in this section shall state the 

24 following: ‘‘Congress affirms that it makes sense for the 

25 United States Government to rush ahead with 


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1 $1,300,000,000,000 in new entitlement spending under 

2 the Affordable Care Act even though our Nation is in the 

3 middle of a debt crisis and Social Security and Medicare 

4 are on the brink of bankruptcy.’’. 

5 This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing 

6 Appropriations Resolution, 2014’’. 

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