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Calendar No. 210 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 85 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 5, 2013 

Received; read the first time 

OCTOBER 7, 2013 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

Making continuing appropriations for the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency 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 the Federal Emergency Management Agen7 cy for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes, namely: 

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

9 at a rate for operations as provided in the Department 


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1 of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 (division 

2 D of Public Law 113–6) and under the authority and con3 ditions provided in such Act, for continuing projects or 

4 activities that are not otherwise specifically provided for 

5 in this joint resolution, that were conducted in fiscal year 

6 2013, and for which appropriations, funds, or other au7 thority were made available by such Act under the heading 

8 ‘‘Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery— 

9 Federal Emergency Management Agency’’. 

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

11 for each account shall be calculated to reflect the full 

12 amount of any reduction required in fiscal year 2013 pur13 suant to— 

14 (1) any provision of division G of the Consoli15 dated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

16 2013 (Public Law 113–6), including section 3004; 

17 and 

18 (2) the Presidential sequestration order dated 

19 March 1, 2013, except as attributable to budget au20 thority made available by the Disaster Relief Appro21 priations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113–2). 

22 SEC. 102. Appropriations made by section 101 shall 

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

24 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 


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

2 resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal 

3 year 2014, appropriations and funds made available and 

4 authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall 

5 be available until whichever of the following first occurs: 

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

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

8 the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations 

9 Act for fiscal year 2014 without any provision for such 

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

11 SEC. 104. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint 

12 resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, 

13 fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli14 cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is 

15 enacted into law. 

16 SEC. 105. This joint resolution shall be implemented 

17 so that only the most limited funding action of that per18 mitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to 

19 provide for continuation of projects and activities. 

20 SEC. 106. Amounts made available under section 101 

21 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each 

22 department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate 

23 for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such de24 partment or agency, consistent with the applicable appro25 priations Act for fiscal year 2013, except that such authorVerDate Mar 15 2010 22:51 Oct 07, 2013 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HJ85.PCS HJ85

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

6 resolution may also be referred to as the ‘‘National Emer7 gency and Disaster Recovery Act’’. 

8 This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Federal 

9 Emergency Management Agency Continuing Appropria10 tions Resolution, 2014’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives October 4, 

2013. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 210 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 85 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

Making continuing appropriations for the Federal 

2014, and for other purposes. Emergency Management Agency for fiscal year 

OCTOBER 7, 2013 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 


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