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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 70 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 1, 2013 

Mr. SIMPSON introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to 

the Committee on Appropriations 

OCTOBER 1, 2013 

Considered under suspension of the rules and failed of passage 

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, 

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 National Park Service operations, the 


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1 Smithsonian Institution, the National Gallery of Art, and 

2 the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for fiscal 

3 year 2014, and for other purposes, namely: 

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

5 at a rate for operations as provided in the Full-Year Con6 tinuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (division F of Public 

7 Law 113–6) and under the authority and conditions pro8 vided in such Act, for continuing projects or activities (in9 cluding the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that 

10 are not otherwise specifically provided for in this joint res11 olution, that were conducted in fiscal year 2013, and for 

12 which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made 

13 available by such Act under the following headings: 

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

15 Park Service—Operation of the National Park Sys16 tem’’. 

17 (2) ‘‘United States Holocaust Memorial Mu18 seum—Holocaust Memorial Museum’’. 

19 (3) ‘‘Smithsonian Institution’’. 

20 (4) ‘‘National Gallery of Art’’. 

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

22 for each account shall be calculated to reflect the full 

23 amount of any reduction required in fiscal year 2013 pur24 suant to— 


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1 (1) any provision of division G of the Consoli2 dated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

3 2013 (Public Law 113–6), including section 3004; 

4 and 

5 (2) the Presidential sequestration order dated 

6 March 1, 2013, except as attributable to budget au7 thority made available by the Disaster Relief Appro8 priations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113–2). 

9 SEC. 102. Appropriations made by section 101 shall 

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

11 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 

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

13 resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal 

14 year 2014, appropriations and funds made available and 

15 authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall 

16 be available until whichever of the following first occurs: 

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

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

19 the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations 

20 Act for fiscal year 2014 without any provision for such 

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

22 SEC. 104. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint 

23 resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, 

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1 cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is 

2 enacted into law. 

3 SEC. 105. This joint resolution shall be implemented 

4 so that only the most limited funding action of that per5 mitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to 

6 provide for continuation of projects and activities. 

7 SEC. 106. Amounts made available under section 101 

8 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each 

9 department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate 

10 for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such de11 partment or agency, consistent with the applicable appro12 priations Act for fiscal year 2013, except that such author13 ity provided under this section shall not be used until after 

14 the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 

15 to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative ex16 penses. 

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

18 resolution may also be referred to as the ‘‘Open Our Na19 tional Parks and Museums Act’’. 

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

21 Park Service Operations, Smithsonian Institution, Na22 tional Gallery of Art, and United States Holocaust Memo23 rial Museum Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 

24 2014’’. 

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