IA 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 78 

Making continuing appropriations for national intelligence program operations 

for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 3, 2013 

Mr. YOUNG of Florida introduced the following joint resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

Making continuing appropriations for national intelligence 

program operations 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 for national intelligence program operations for fiscal year 

6 2014, and for other purposes, namely: 

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

8 at a rate for operations as provided for in the Department 

9 of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 (division C of Public 

10 Law 113–6), and under the authority and conditions proVerDate Mar 15 2010 00:14 Oct 04, 2013 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HJ78.IH HJ78

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1 vided in such Act, for continuing the following projects 

2 or activities, conducted in fiscal year 2013, for which ap3 propriations, funds, or other authority were made avail4 able under such Act, as set forth under the heading ‘‘Na5 tional Intelligence Program’’ in the classified annex ac6 companying such Act: 

7 (1) Payment of personnel compensation and 

8 benefits for civilian employees whom the Director of 

9 National Intelligence determines necessary to con10 tinue— 

11 (A) producing finished intelligence for the 

12 President or senior military or civilian officials 

13 of the Federal government; 

14 (B) collecting human, signals, or technical 

15 intelligence; 

16 (C) conducting a covert action (as defined 

17 in section 503(e) of the National Security Act 

18 of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093(e))), as directed by 

19 the President; 

20 (D) providing analytic support to critical 

21 ongoing intelligence operations and military 

22 combat operations; and 

23 (E) maintaining the capability to provide 

24 warnings of counterterrorism and international 


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1 terrorist threats to protect the life, safety, and 

2 security of the United States interests. 

3 (2) Payments under continuing contracts for 

4 compensation of a contract employee or employees 

5 whom the Director of National Intelligence deter6 mines necessary to support a function described in 

7 any subparagraph of paragraph (1). 

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

9 for each project or activity shall be calculated to reflect 

10 the full amount of any reduction required in fiscal year 

11 2013 pursuant to— 

12 (1) any provision of division G of the Consoli13 dated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

14 2013 (Public Law 113–6), including section 3004; 

15 and 

16 (2) the Presidential sequestration order dated 

17 March 1, 2013, except as attributable to budget au18 thority made available by the Disaster Relief Appro19 priations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113–2). 

20 SEC. 102. Appropriations made by section 101 shall 

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

22 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 

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

24 resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal 

25 year 2014, appropriations and funds made available and 


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1 authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall 

2 be available until whichever of the following first occurs: 

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

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

5 the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations 

6 Act for fiscal year 2014 without any provision for such 

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

8 SEC. 104. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint 

9 resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, 

10 fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli11 cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is 

12 enacted into law. 

13 SEC. 105. This joint resolution shall be implemented 

14 so that only the most limited funding action of that per15 mitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to 

16 provide for continuation of projects and activities. 

17 SEC. 106. It is the sense of Congress that this joint 

18 resolution may also be referred to as the ‘‘Preserving Our 

19 Intelligence Capabilities Act’’. 

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

21 Intelligence Program Operations Continuing Appropria22 tions Resolution, 2014’’. 

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