In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

September 29 (legislative day, September 28), 2013. 

Resolved, That the House agree to the amendment of the 

Senate to the resolution (H.J. Res. 59) entitled ‘‘Joint Resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, 

and for other purposes.’’, with the following 

HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO SENATE AMENDMENT: 

Ω1æPage 4, line 21 of the Senate engrossed amendment, in 

the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment, 

strike section 105 and all that follows through section 129 

and insert the following (renumbering succeeding sections accordingly): 

1 SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted 

2 pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obligations 

3 or expenditures incurred for any project or activity during 

4 the period for which funds or authority for such project or 

5 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 be 

10 available until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) 

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1 the enactment into law of an appropriation for any project 

2 or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2) the en3 actment into law of the applicable appropriations Act for 

4 fiscal year 2014 without any provision for such project or 

5 activity; or (3) December 15, 2013. 

6 SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint 

7 resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, 

8 fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli9 cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is 

10 enacted into law. 

11 SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made avail12 able by or authority granted pursuant to this joint resolu13 tion may be used without regard to the time limitations 

14 for submission and approval of apportionments set forth in 

15 section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but nothing 

16 in this joint resolution may be construed to waive any other 

17 provision of law governing the apportionment of funds. 

18 SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

19 joint resolution, except section 106, for those programs that 

20 would otherwise have high initial rates of operation or com21 plete distribution of appropriations at the beginning of fis22 cal year 2014 because of distributions of funding to States, 

23 foreign countries, grantees, or others, such high initial rates 

24 of operation or complete distribution shall not be made, and 

25 no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded by 

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1 this joint resolution that would impinge on final funding 

2 prerogatives. 

3 SEC. 110. 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 pro6 vide for continuation of projects and activities. 

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

8 payments whose budget authority was provided in appro9 priations Acts for fiscal year 2013, and for activities under 

10 the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be con11 tinued at the rate to maintain program levels under current 

12 law, under the authority and conditions provided in the 

13 applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2013, to be 

14 continued through the date specified in section 106(3). 

15 (b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for man16 datory payments due on or about the first day of any month 

17 that begins after October 2013 but not later than 30 days 

18 after the date specified in section 106(3) may continue to 

19 be made, and funds shall be available for such payments. 

20 SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 

21 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each de22 partment and agency may be apportioned up to the rate 

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1 ity provided under this section shall not be used until after 

2 the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 

3 to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative ex4 penses. 

5 SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this joint resolution 

6 may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 

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

8 State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 

9 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 

10 Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and 

11 section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

12 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 

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

14 in this joint resolution that was previously designated by 

15 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

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

17 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

18 1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

19 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the Congress for 

20 Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

21 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or as being 

22 for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such 

23 Act, respectively. 

24 (b) Of the amounts made available by section 101 for 

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1 trative Expenses’’ for the cost associated with continuing 

2 disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social Se3 curity Act and for the cost associated with conducting rede4 terminations of eligibility under title XVI of the Social Se5 curity Act, $273,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of 

6 section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced Budget and 

7 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and 

8 $469,639,000 is additional new budget authority specified 

9 for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act. 

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

11 amounts designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contin12 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism. 

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

14 113–6 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this joint 

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

16 year 2013’’ each place it appears. 

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

18 U.S.C. 1736b) shall be applied by substituting the date spec19 ified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘December 

20 31, 2012’’. 

21 SEC. 117. Amounts made available under section 101 

22 for ‘‘Department of Commerce—National Oceanic and At23 mospheric Administration—Procurement, Acquisition and 

24 Construction’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper25 ations necessary to maintain the planned launch schedules 

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1 for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Geostationary 

2 Operational Environmental Satellite system. 

3 SEC. 118. The authority provided by sections 1205 and 

4 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

5 Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81) shall continue in effect, 

6 notwithstanding subsection (h) of section 1206, through the 

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

8 resolution or the date of the enactment of an Act author9 izing appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military ac10 tivities of the Department of Defense. 

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

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

13 joint resolution by substituting the date specified in section 

14 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 1, 2012’’. 

15 SEC. 120. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

16 joint resolution, except section 106, the District of Columbia 

17 may expend local funds under the heading ‘‘District of Co18 lumbia Funds’’ for such programs and activities under title 

19 IV of H.R. 2786 (113th Congress), as reported by the Com20 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 

21 at the rate set forth under ‘‘District of Columbia Funds— 

22 Summary of Expenses’’ as included in the Fiscal Year 2014 

23 Budget Request Act of 2013 (D.C. Act 20–127), as modified 

24 as of the date of the enactment of this joint resolution. 

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1 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

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

3 Courts, and Other Judicial Services—Defender Services’’ at 

4 a rate for operations of $1,012,000,000. 

5 SEC. 122. For the period covered by this joint resolu6 tion, section 550(b) of Public Law 109–295 (6 U.S.C. 121 

7 note) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in 

8 section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 4, 2013’’. 

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

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

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

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

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

14 continue in effect through the date specified in section 

15 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

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

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

18 U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Salaries and Ex19 penses’’, ‘‘Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Cus20 toms and Border Protection—Border Security Fencing, In21 frastructure, and Technology’’, and ‘‘Department of Home22 land Security—U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce23 ment—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be obligated at a rate 

24 for operations as necessary to respectively— 

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

2 and Border Protection Officers, equivalent to the 

3 staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013, and 

4 comply with the last proviso under the heading ‘‘De5 partment of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs and 

6 Border Protection—Salaries and Expenses’’ in divi7 sion D of Public Law 113–6; 

8 (2) sustain border security operations, including 

9 sustaining the operation of Tethered Aerostat Radar 

10 Systems; and 

11 (3) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Immigra12 tion and Customs Enforcement agents, equivalent to 

13 the staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013, 

14 and comply with the sixth proviso under the heading 

15 ‘‘Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Immigra16 tion and Customs Enforcement—Salaries and Ex17 penses’’ in division D of Public Law 113–6. 

18 (b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify 

19 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep20 resentatives and the Senate on each use of the authority 

21 provided in this section. 

22 SEC. 126. In addition to the amount otherwise pro23 vided by section 101 for ‘‘Department of the Interior—De24 partment-wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management’’, 

25 there is appropriated $36,000,000 for an additional amount 

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

2 for urgent wildland fire suppression activities: Provided, 

3 That of the funds provided, $15,000,000 is for burned area 

4 rehabilitation: Provided further, That such funds shall only 

5 become available if funds previously provided for wildland 

6 fire suppression will be exhausted imminently and the Sec7 retary of the Interior notifies the Committees on Appropria8 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate in 

9 writing of the need for these additional funds: Provided fur10 ther, That such funds are also available for transfer to other 

11 appropriations accounts to repay amounts previously 

12 transferred for wildfire suppression. 

13 SEC. 127. In addition to the amount otherwise pro14 vided by section 101 for ‘‘Department of Agriculture—For15 est Service—Wildland Fire Management’’, there is appro16 priated $600,000,000 for an additional amount for fiscal 

17 year 2014, to remain available until expended, for urgent 

18 wildland fire suppression activities: Provided, That such 

19 funds shall only become available if funds previously pro20 vided for wildland fire suppression will be exhausted immi21 nently and the Secretary of Agriculture notifies the Com22 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

23 and the Senate in writing of the need for these additional 

24 funds: Provided further, That such funds are also available 

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1 for transfer to other appropriations accounts to repay 

2 amounts previously transferred for wildfire suppression. 

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

4 the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appro5 priations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(e) of divi6 sion A of Public Law 105–277; 16 U.S.C. 2104 note) shall 

7 continue in effect through the date specified in section 

8 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

9 SEC. 129. (a) The authority provided by subsection 

10 (m)(3) of section 8162 of the Department of Defense Appro11 priations Act, 2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 106– 

12 79), as amended, shall continue in effect through the date 

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

14 (b) For the period covered by this joint resolution, the 

15 authority provided by the provisos under the heading 

16 ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission—Capital 

17 Construction’’ in division E of Public Law 112–74 shall 

18 not be in effect. 

19 SEC. 130. Section 1244(c)(3) of the National Defense 

20 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1157 

21 note) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(C) FISCAL YEAR 2014.— 

23 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 

24 in clauses (ii) and (iii), the total number of 

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1 cial immigrant status under this section in 

2 fiscal year 2014 during the period ending 

3 on December 15, 2013 shall be the sum of— 

4 ‘‘(I) the number of aliens de5 scribed in subsection (b) whose appli6 cation for special immigrant status 

7 under this section is pending on Sep8 tember 30, 2013; and 

9 ‘‘(II) 2,000. 

10 ‘‘(ii) EMPLOYMENT PERIOD.—The 1- 

11 year period during which the principal 

12 alien is required to have been employed by 

13 or on behalf of the United States Govern14 ment in Iraq under subsection (b)(1)(B) 

15 shall begin on or after March 20, 2003, and 

16 end on or before September 30, 2013. 

17 ‘‘(iii) APPLICATION DEADLINE.—The 

18 principal alien seeking special immigrant 

19 status under this subparagraph shall apply 

20 to the Chief of Mission in accordance with 

21 subsection (b)(4) not later than December 

22 15, 2013.’’. 

23 SEC. 131. (a) REPEAL OF MEDICAL DEVICE EXCISE

24 TAX.—Chapter 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

25 amended by striking subchapter E. 

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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Subsection (a) of 

2 section 4221 of such Code is amended by striking the last 

3 sentence. 

4 (2) Paragraph (2) of section 6416(b) of such Code is 

5 amended by striking the last sentence. 

6 (3) The table of subchapters for chapter 32 of such Code 

7 is amended by striking the item relating to subchapter E. 

8 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 

9 section shall apply to sales after the date of the enactment 

10 of this joint resolution. 

Ω2æPage 5, line 1 of the Senate engrossed amendment, in 

the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment, 

strike section 106 and all that follows through section 129 

and insert the following (renumbering succeeding sections accordingly): 

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

12 resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal 

13 year 2014, appropriations and funds made available and 

14 authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be 

15 available until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) 

16 the enactment into law of an appropriation for any project 

17 or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2) the en18 actment into law of the applicable appropriations Act for 

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1 fiscal year 2014 without any provision for such project or 

2 activity; or (3) December 15, 2013. 

3 SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint 

4 resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, 

5 fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli6 cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is 

7 enacted into law. 

8 SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made avail9 able by or authority granted pursuant to this joint resolu10 tion may be used without regard to the time limitations 

11 for submission and approval of apportionments set forth in 

12 section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but nothing 

13 in this joint resolution may be construed to waive any other 

14 provision of law governing the apportionment of funds. 

15 SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

16 joint resolution, except section 106, for those programs that 

17 would otherwise have high initial rates of operation or com18 plete distribution of appropriations at the beginning of fis19 cal year 2014 because of distributions of funding to States, 

20 foreign countries, grantees, or others, such high initial rates 

21 of operation or complete distribution shall not be made, and 

22 no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded by 

23 this joint resolution that would impinge on final funding 

24 prerogatives. 

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1 SEC. 110. This joint resolution shall be implemented 

2 so that only the most limited funding action of that per3 mitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to pro4 vide for continuation of projects and activities. 

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

6 payments whose budget authority was provided in appro7 priations Acts for fiscal year 2013, and for activities under 

8 the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be con9 tinued at the rate to maintain program levels under current 

10 law, under the authority and conditions provided in the 

11 applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2013, to be 

12 continued through the date specified in section 106(3). 

13 (b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for man14 datory payments due on or about the first day of any month 

15 that begins after October 2013 but not later than 30 days 

16 after the date specified in section 106(3) may continue to 

17 be made, and funds shall be available for such payments. 

18 SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 

19 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each de20 partment and agency may be apportioned up to the rate 

21 for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such de22 partment or agency, consistent with the applicable appro23 priations Act for fiscal year 2013, except that such author24 ity provided under this section shall not be used until after 

25 the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 

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1 to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative ex2 penses. 

3 SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this joint resolution 

4 may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 

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

6 State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 

7 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 

8 Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and 

9 section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

10 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 

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

12 in this joint resolution that was previously designated by 

13 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

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

15 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

16 1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

17 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the Congress for 

18 Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

19 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or as being 

20 for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such 

21 Act, respectively. 

22 (b) Of the amounts made available by section 101 for 

23 ‘‘Social Security Administration, Limitation on Adminis24 trative Expenses’’ for the cost associated with continuing 

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1 curity Act and for the cost associated with conducting rede2 terminations of eligibility under title XVI of the Social Se3 curity Act, $273,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of 

4 section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced Budget and 

5 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and 

6 $469,639,000 is additional new budget authority specified 

7 for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act. 

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

9 amounts designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contin10 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism. 

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

12 113–6 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this joint 

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

14 year 2013’’ each place it appears. 

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

16 U.S.C. 1736b) shall be applied by substituting the date spec17 ified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘December 

18 31, 2012’’. 

19 SEC. 117. Amounts made available under section 101 

20 for ‘‘Department of Commerce—National Oceanic and At21 mospheric Administration—Procurement, Acquisition and 

22 Construction’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper23 ations necessary to maintain the planned launch schedules 

24 for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Geostationary 

25 Operational Environmental Satellite system. 

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1 SEC. 118. The authority provided by sections 1205 and 

2 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

3 Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81) shall continue in effect, 

4 notwithstanding subsection (h) of section 1206, through the 

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

6 resolution or the date of the enactment of an Act author7 izing appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military ac8 tivities of the Department of Defense. 

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

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

11 joint resolution by substituting the date specified in section 

12 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 1, 2012’’. 

13 SEC. 120. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

14 joint resolution, except section 106, the District of Columbia 

15 may expend local funds under the heading ‘‘District of Co16 lumbia Funds’’ for such programs and activities under title 

17 IV of H.R. 2786 (113th Congress), as reported by the Com18 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 

19 at the rate set forth under ‘‘District of Columbia Funds— 

20 Summary of Expenses’’ as included in the Fiscal Year 2014 

21 Budget Request Act of 2013 (D.C. Act 20–127), as modified 

22 as of the date of the enactment of this joint resolution. 

23 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

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

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1 Courts, and Other Judicial Services—Defender Services’’ at 

2 a rate for operations of $1,012,000,000. 

3 SEC. 122. For the period covered by this joint resolu4 tion, section 550(b) of Public Law 109–295 (6 U.S.C. 121 

5 note) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in 

6 section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 4, 2013’’. 

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

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

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

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

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

12 continue in effect through the date specified in section 

13 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

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

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

16 U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Salaries and Ex17 penses’’, ‘‘Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Cus18 toms and Border Protection—Border Security Fencing, In19 frastructure, and Technology’’, and ‘‘Department of Home20 land Security—U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce21 ment—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be obligated at a rate 

22 for operations as necessary to respectively— 

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

24 and Border Protection Officers, equivalent to the 

25 staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013, and 

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1 comply with the last proviso under the heading ‘‘De2 partment of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs and 

3 Border Protection—Salaries and Expenses’’ in divi4 sion D of Public Law 113–6; 

5 (2) sustain border security operations, including 

6 sustaining the operation of Tethered Aerostat Radar 

7 Systems; and 

8 (3) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Immigra9 tion and Customs Enforcement agents, equivalent to 

10 the staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013, 

11 and comply with the sixth proviso under the heading 

12 ‘‘Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Immigra13 tion and Customs Enforcement—Salaries and Ex14 penses’’ in division D of Public Law 113–6. 

15 (b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify 

16 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep17 resentatives and the Senate on each use of the authority 

18 provided in this section. 

19 SEC. 126. In addition to the amount otherwise pro20 vided by section 101 for ‘‘Department of the Interior—De21 partment-wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management’’, 

22 there is appropriated $36,000,000 for an additional amount 

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

24 for urgent wildland fire suppression activities: Provided, 

25 That of the funds provided, $15,000,000 is for burned area 

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1 rehabilitation: Provided further, That such funds shall only 

2 become available if funds previously provided for wildland 

3 fire suppression will be exhausted imminently and the Sec4 retary of the Interior notifies the Committees on Appropria5 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate in 

6 writing of the need for these additional funds: Provided fur7 ther, That such funds are also available for transfer to other 

8 appropriations accounts to repay amounts previously 

9 transferred for wildfire suppression. 

10 SEC. 127. In addition to the amount otherwise pro11 vided by section 101 for ‘‘Department of Agriculture—For12 est Service—Wildland Fire Management’’, there is appro13 priated $600,000,000 for an additional amount for fiscal 

14 year 2014, to remain available until expended, for urgent 

15 wildland fire suppression activities: Provided, That such 

16 funds shall only become available if funds previously pro17 vided for wildland fire suppression will be exhausted immi18 nently and the Secretary of Agriculture notifies the Com19 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

20 and the Senate in writing of the need for these additional 

21 funds: Provided further, That such funds are also available 

22 for transfer to other appropriations accounts to repay 

23 amounts previously transferred for wildfire suppression. 

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

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1 priations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(e) of divi2 sion A of Public Law 105–277; 16 U.S.C. 2104 note) shall 

3 continue in effect through the date specified in section 

4 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

5 SEC. 129. (a) The authority provided by subsection 

6 (m)(3) of section 8162 of the Department of Defense Appro7 priations Act, 2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 106– 

8 79), as amended, shall continue in effect through the date 

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

10 (b) For the period covered by this joint resolution, the 

11 authority provided by the provisos under the heading 

12 ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission—Capital 

13 Construction’’ in division E of Public Law 112–74 shall 

14 not be in effect. 

15 SEC. 130. Section 1244(c)(3) of the National Defense 

16 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1157 

17 note) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(C) FISCAL YEAR 2014.— 

19 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 

20 in clauses (ii) and (iii), the total number of 

21 principal aliens who may be provided spe22 cial immigrant status under this section in 

23 fiscal year 2014 during the period ending 

24 on December 15, 2013 shall be the sum of— 

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1 ‘‘(I) the number of aliens de2 scribed in subsection (b) whose appli3 cation for special immigrant status 

4 under this section is pending on Sep5 tember 30, 2013; and 

6 ‘‘(II) 2,000. 

7 ‘‘(ii) EMPLOYMENT PERIOD.—The 1- 

8 year period during which the principal 

9 alien is required to have been employed by 

10 or on behalf of the United States Govern11 ment in Iraq under subsection (b)(1)(B) 

12 shall begin on or after March 20, 2003, and 

13 end on or before September 30, 2013. 

14 ‘‘(iii) APPLICATION DEADLINE.—The 

15 principal alien seeking special immigrant 

16 status under this subparagraph shall apply 

17 to the Chief of Mission in accordance with 

18 subsection (b)(4) not later than December 

19 15, 2013.’’. 

20 SEC. 131. (a) ONE-YEAR DELAY IN IMPLEMENTATION

21 OF ACA.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law (in22 cluding section 106 of this joint resolution), to the extent 

23 that a provision of ACA (or a change in law attributable 

24 to such a provision) is scheduled to and would otherwise 

25 take effect on a date during the period beginning on October 

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1 1, 2013, and ending on December 31, 2014, such provision 

2 (or change) shall not be effective during the 1-year period 

3 beginning on such date. During such 1-year period, the pre4 vious sentence shall be implemented in a manner as to con5 tinue the law as in effect as of the day before such date 

6 and shall take into account changes that would otherwise 

7 be made without regard to any such provision. Upon the 

8 expiration of such 1-year period, except as may otherwise 

9 be provided, the provisions of ACA (including the changes 

10 in law attributable to such provisions) shall be implemented 

11 as if the previous provisions of this subsection had not ap12 plied. Section 2713(a)(4) of the Public Health Service Act 

13 (42 U.S.C. 300gg–13(a)(4)) shall not be effective for any 

14 period before January 1, 2015, with respect to the require15 ment for specific coverage for any sponsor of a group health 

16 plan (or, in the case of student health plans, the institution 

17 of higher education offering such plans), health insurance 

18 issuer, or individual opposing such requirement for cov19 erage based on religious or moral objections. 

20 (b)(1) INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986.—In the 

21 case of any amendment made by ACA to the Internal Rev22 enue Code of 1986, such amendment shall not apply to— 

23 (A) except as otherwise provided in this para24 graph, taxable years or plan years, as the case may 

25 be, beginning during 2014, 

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1 (B) in the case of sections 36B and 4980H of 

2 such Code, months beginning during 2014, 

3 (C) in the case of section 4191 of such Code, sales 

4 during 2014, 

5 (D) in the case of subchapter B of chapter 34 of 

6 such Code, policy and plan years beginning during 

7 2014, 

8 (E) in the case of section 5000B of such Code, 

9 services performed during 2014, 

10 (F) in the case of sections 6055 and 6056 of such 

11 Code, calendar year 2014, 

12 (G) in the case of any amendment made by ACA 

13 to section 6103 of such Code, disclosures during 2014, 

14 (H) in the case of any amendment made by sec15 tion 9004 of the Patient Protection and Affordable 

16 Care Act, distributions made during 2014, and 

17 (I) in the case of any amendment made by sec18 tion 1409 of the Health Care and Education Rec19 onciliation Act of 2010, transactions entered into dur20 ing 2014. 

21 (2)(A) ANNUAL FEES.—Sections 9008 and 9010 of the 

22 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act shall not apply 

23 to annual payment dates (within the meaning of such sec24 tions) during 2014. 

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1 (B) PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES RESEARCH

2 TRUST FUND.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

3 law, during 2014, no amount may be— 

4 (i) appropriated, credited, or otherwise trans5 ferred to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research 

6 Trust Fund, or 

7 (ii) transferred from such Fund. 

8 Subsections (a) and (b)(1) shall not apply to section 9511 

9 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

10 (3)(A) COORDINATION WITH PROVISIONS SUSPENDED

11 UNDER THIS SUBSECTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply 

12 with respect to any provision of ACA to which this sub13 section applies. 

14 (B) COORDINATION WITH PROVISIONS NOT SUS15 PENDED UNDER SUBSECTION (a).—Paragraph (1) shall 

16 not apply to— 

17 (i) section 9815 of the Internal Revenue Code of 

18 1986, 

19 (ii) the amendments made by section 1322(h) of 

20 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and 

21 (iii) the amendments made by section 1004(d) of 

22 the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 

23 2010. 

24 (c) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretaries of Health and 

25 Human Services and the Treasury shall take such steps as 

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1 may be required to implement the provisions of this section 

2 on a timely basis. 

3 (d) ACA DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘ACA’’ 

4 means— 

5 (1) the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 

6 Act (Public Law 111–148), including any amendment 

7 made by such Act; and 

8 (2) title I and subtitle B of title II of the Health 

9 Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub10 lic Law 111–152), including any amendment made 

11 by such title or subtitle. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. J. Res. 59 

HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO 

SENATE AMENDMENT