IA 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 85 

Making continuing appropriations for the Federal Emergency Management 

Agency for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 3, 2013 

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

the Committee on Appropriations 

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 

10 of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 (division 


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1 D of Public Law 113–6) and under the authority and con2 ditions provided in such Act, for continuing projects or 

3 activities that are not otherwise specifically provided for 

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

5 2013, and for which appropriations, funds, or other au6 thority were made available by such Act under the heading 

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

8 Federal Emergency Management Agency’’. 

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

10 for each account shall be calculated to reflect the full 

11 amount of any reduction required in fiscal year 2013 pur12 suant to— 

13 (1) any provision of division G of the Consoli14 dated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

15 2013 (Public Law 113–6), including section 3004; 

16 and 

17 (2) the Presidential sequestration order dated 

18 March 1, 2013, except as attributable to budget au19 thority made available by the Disaster Relief Appro20 priations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113–2). 

21 SEC. 102. Appropriations made by section 101 shall 

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

23 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 

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

25 resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal 


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1 year 2014, appropriations and funds made available and 

2 authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall 

3 be available until whichever of the following first occurs: 

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

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

6 the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations 

7 Act for fiscal year 2014 without any provision for such 

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

9 SEC. 104. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint 

10 resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, 

11 fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli12 cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is 

13 enacted into law. 

14 SEC. 105. This joint resolution shall be implemented 

15 so that only the most limited funding action of that per16 mitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to 

17 provide for continuation of projects and activities. 

18 SEC. 106. Amounts made available under section 101 

19 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each 

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

4 resolution may also be referred to as the ‘‘National Emer5 gency and Disaster Recovery Act’’. 

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

7 Emergency Management Agency Continuing Appropria8 tions Resolution, 2014’’. 

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