113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 73 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

Making continuing appropriations for the National Institutes 

of Health 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, 
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1 and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, 

2 and funds, for the National Institutes of Health 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 heading ‘‘Department of 

14 Health and Human Services—National Institutes of 

15 Health’’. 

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

17 for each account shall be calculated to reflect the full 

18 amount of any reduction required in fiscal year 2013 pur19 suant 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 ‘‘Research for 

13 Lifesaving Cures Act’’. 

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

15 Institutes of Health Continuing Appropriations Resolu16 tion, 2014’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives October 2, 

2013. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 73 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

Making continuing appropriations for the National 

other purposes. Institutes of Health for fiscal year 2014, and for