113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 84 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

Making continuing appropriations for Head Start 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, 
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1 receipts, and funds, for Head Start for fiscal year 2014, 

2 and for other purposes, namely: 

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

4 at a rate for operations as provided in the Full-Year Con5 tinuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (division F of Public 

6 Law 113–6) and under the authority and conditions pro7 vided in such Act, for continuing all projects or activities 

8 under the Head Start Act (including the costs of direct 

9 loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifi10 cally provided for in this joint resolution, that were con11 ducted in fiscal year 2013, and for which appropriations, 

12 funds, or other authority were made available by such Act 

13 under the heading ‘‘Department of Health and Human 

14 Services—Administration for Children and Families, Chil15 dren and Families Services Programs’’. 

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

17 for each project or activity shall be calculated to reflect 

18 the full amount of any reduction required in fiscal year 

19 2013 pursuant to— 

20 (1) any provision of division G of the Consoli21 dated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

22 2013 (Public Law 113–6), including section 3004; 

23 and 

24 (2) the Presidential sequestration order dated 

25 March 1, 2013, except as attributable to budget au-
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1 thority made available by the Disaster Relief Appro2 priations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113–2). 

3 SEC. 102. Appropriations made by section 101 shall 

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

5 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 

6 SEC. 103. 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) December 15, 2013. 

16 SEC. 104. 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. 105. This joint resolution shall be implemented 

22 so that only the most limited funding action of that per23 mitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to 

24 provide for continuation of projects and activities. 
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1 SEC. 106. Amounts made available under section 101 

2 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each 

3 department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate 

4 for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such de5 partment or agency, consistent with the applicable appro6 priations Act for fiscal year 2013, except that such author7 ity provided under this section shall not be used until after 

8 the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 

9 to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative ex10 penses. 

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

12 resolution may also be referred to as the ‘‘Head Start for 

13 Low-Income Children Act’’. 

14 This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Head Start 

15 Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives October 8, 

2013. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 84 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

Making continuing appropriations for Head Start 

for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes.