IA 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 66 

Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013 

Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. GRAVES of Georgia, Mr. STUTZMAN, and Mr. 

SOUTHERLAND) introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

Making continuing appropriations 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 several departments, agencies, corpora7 tions, and other organizational units of Government for 

8 fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes, namely: 


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

2 at a rate for operations as provided in the applicable ap3 propriations Acts for fiscal year 2013 and under the au4 thority and conditions provided in such Acts, for con5 tinuing projects or activities (including the costs of direct 

6 loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifi7 cally provided for in this joint resolution, that were con8 ducted in fiscal year 2013, and for which appropriations, 

9 funds, or other authority were made available in the fol10 lowing appropriations Acts: 

11 (1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 

12 and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap13 propriations Act, 2013 (division A of Public Law 

14 113–6). 

15 (2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Re16 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division B 

17 of Public Law 113–6). 

18 (3) The Department of Defense Appropriations 

19 Act, 2013 (division C of Public Law 113–6). 

20 (4) The Department of Homeland Security Ap21 propriations Act, 2013 (division D of Public Law 

22 113–6). 

23 (5) The Military Construction and Veterans Af24 fairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

25 2013 (division E of Public Law 113–6). 


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1 (6) The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations 

2 Act, 2013 (division F of Public Law 113–6). 

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

4 for each account shall be calculated to reflect the full 

5 amount of any reduction required in fiscal year 2013 pur6 suant to— 

7 (1) any provision of division G of the Consoli8 dated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

9 2013 (Public Law 113–6), including section 3004; 

10 and 

11 (2) the Presidential sequestration order dated 

12 March 1, 2013, except as attributable to budget au13 thority made available by— 

14 (A) sections 140(b) or 141(b) of the Con15 tinuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (Public 

16 Law 112–175); or 

17 (B) the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 

18 2013 (Public Law 113–2). 

19 SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made avail20 able or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the 

21 Department of Defense shall be used for (1) the new pro22 duction of items not funded for production in fiscal year 

23 2013 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates 

24 above those sustained with fiscal year 2013 funds; or (3) 

25 the initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project, 


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1 activity, operation, or organization (defined as any project, 

2 subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and 

3 subprogram within a program element, and for any invest4 ment items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity 

5 within an appropriation account and an R–1 line item that 

6 includes a program element and subprogram element with7 in an appropriation account) for which appropriations, 

8 funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal 

9 year 2013. 

10 (b) No appropriation or funds made available or au11 thority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Depart12 ment of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year pro13 curements utilizing advance procurement funding for eco14 nomic order quantity procurement unless specifically ap15 propriated later. 

16 SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall 

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

18 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 

19 SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 

20 102, no appropriation or funds made available or author21 ity granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to ini22 tiate or resume any project or activity for which appro23 priations, funds, or other authority were not available dur24 ing fiscal year 2013. 


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1 SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority grant2 ed pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obliga3 tions or expenditures incurred for any project or activity 

4 during the period for which funds or authority for such 

5 project or 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 

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. 107. 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. 108. Appropriations made and funds made 

22 available by or authority granted pursuant to this joint 

23 resolution may be used without regard to the time limita24 tions for submission and approval of apportionments set 

25 forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but 


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1 nothing in this joint resolution may be construed to waive 

2 any other provision of law governing the apportionment 

3 of funds. 

4 SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 this joint resolution, except section 106, for those pro6 grams that would otherwise have high initial rates of oper7 ation or complete distribution of appropriations at the be8 ginning of fiscal year 2014 because of distributions of 

9 funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, 

10 such high initial rates of operation or complete distribu11 tion shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded 

12 for such programs funded by this joint resolution that 

13 would impinge on final funding prerogatives. 

14 SEC. 110. 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. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory 

19 payments whose budget authority was provided in appro20 priations Acts for fiscal year 2013, and for activities under 

21 the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be 

22 continued at the rate to maintain program levels under 

23 current law, under the authority and conditions provided 

24 in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2013, 


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1 to be continued through the date specified in section 

2 106(3). 

3 (b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for man4 datory payments due on or about the first day of any 

5 month that begins after October 2013 but not later than 

6 30 days after the date specified in section 106(3) may con7 tinue to be made, and funds shall be available for such 

8 payments. 

9 SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 

10 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each 

11 department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate 

12 for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such de13 partment or agency, consistent with the applicable appro14 priations Act for fiscal year 2013, except that such author15 ity provided under this section shall not be used until after 

16 the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 

17 to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative ex18 penses. 

19 SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this joint resolution 

20 may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 

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

22 the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 

23 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Au24 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 


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1 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act 

2 of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 

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

4 in this joint resolution that was previously designated by 

5 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

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

7 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

8 1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

9 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the Congress 

10 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter11 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or 

12 as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

13 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively. 

14 (b) Of the amount made available by section 101 for 

15 ‘‘Social Security Administration—Limitation on Adminis16 trative Expenses’’, $470,638,000 is additional new budget 

17 authority specified for purposes of subsection 

18 251(b)(2)(B) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

19 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

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

21 amounts designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contin22 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism. 

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

24 113–6 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this joint 


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

2 year 2013’’ each place it appears. 

3 SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, the following shall not be effective for any period be5 fore January 1, 2015: 

6 (1) Section 1331 of the Patient Protection and 

7 Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18051), relating to 

8 basic health programs for low-income individuals not 

9 eligible for Medicaid. 

10 (2) Any regulation issued pursuant to section 

11 1311(b)(1)(B) of the Patient Protection and Afford12 able Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18031(b)(1)(B)) or section 

13 1321(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 18041(a)(1)), in14 sofar as such regulation requires a SHOP Exchange 

15 (as described in such section 1311(b)(1)(B)) to allow 

16 a qualified employer to select a level of coverage (as 

17 described in section 1302(d)(1) of such Act) in 

18 which all qualified health plans within that level are 

19 made available to the qualified employees of the em20 ployer. 

21 (3) Section 2707(b) of the Public Health Serv22 ice Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–6(b)), insofar as such sec23 tion applies to a group health plan or group health 

24 insurance issuer that utilizes more than one service 


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1 provider to administer benefits that would otherwise 

2 be subject to the limitation under such section. 

3 SEC. 117. Section 408 of the Food for Peace Act (7 

4 U.S.C. 1736b) shall be applied by substituting the date 

5 specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘De6 cember 31, 2012’’. 

7 SEC. 118. Amounts made available under section 101 

8 for ‘‘Department of Commerce—National Oceanic and At9 mospheric Administration—Procurement, Acquisition and 

10 Construction’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper11 ations necessary to maintain the planned launch schedules 

12 for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Geostationary 

13 Operational Environmental Satellite system. 

14 SEC. 119. The authority provided by section 1206 of 

15 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

16 2012 (Public Law 112–81) shall continue in effect, not17 withstanding subsection (h) of such section, through the 

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

19 resolution or the date of the enactment of an Act author20 izing appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military ac21 tivities of the Department of Defense. 

22 SEC. 120. (a) Subject to subsection (b), no provision 

23 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public 

24 Law 111–148) or title I and subtitle B of title II of the 

25 Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 


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1 (Public Law 111–152), or of the amendments made by 

2 any such provision, shall have effect until December 31, 

3 2014. 

4 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to the 

5 following provisions: 

6 (1) Section 10203 of the Patient Protection and 

7 Affordable Care Act and the amendments made by 

8 such section (relating to the children’s health insur9 ance program under title XXI of the Social Security 

10 Act). 

11 (2) Section 2704 of the Public Health Service 

12 Act (relating to pre-existing conditions exclusions), 

13 as inserted and amended by section 1201 of the Pa14 tient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 

15 (3) Section 2714 of the Public Health Service 

16 Act (relating to dependent coverage for individuals 

17 up to 26 years of age), as inserted by section 

18 1001(5) of the Patient Protection and Affordable 

19 Care Act (Public Law 111–148) and as amended by 

20 section 2301(b) of the Health Care and Education 

21 Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–152). 

22 SEC. 121. Section 14704 of title 40, United States 

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

24 joint resolution by substituting the date specified in sec25 tion 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 1, 2012’’. 


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1 SEC. 122. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 this joint resolution, except section 106, the District of 

3 Columbia may expend local funds under the heading ‘‘Dis4 trict of Columbia Funds’’ for such programs and activities 

5 under title IV of H.R. 2786 (113th Congress), as reported 

6 by the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep7 resentatives, at the rate set forth under ‘‘District of Co8 lumbia Funds—Summary of Expenses’’ as included in the 

9 Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request Act of 2013 (D.C. Act 

10 20–127), as modified as of the date of the enactment of 

11 this joint resolution. 

12 SEC. 123. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

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

14 Courts, and Other Judicial Services—Defender Services’’ 

15 at a rate for operations of $1,012,000,000. 

16 SEC. 124. For the period covered by this joint resolu17 tion, section 550(b) of Public Law 109–295 (6 U.S.C. 121 

18 note) shall be applied by substituting the date specified 

19 in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 4, 

20 2013’’. 

21 SEC. 125. The authority provided by section 532 of 

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

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

24 SEC. 126. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1513(d) of the 

25 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is amended 


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1 by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘Decem2 ber 31, 2014’’. 

3 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

4 (1) REPORTING BY EMPLOYERS.—Section 

5 1514(d) of the Patient Protection and Affordable 

6 Care Act is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 

7 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. 

8 (2) REPORTING BY INSURANCE PROVIDERS.— 

9 Section 1502(e) of the Patient Protection and Af10 fordable Care Act is amended by striking ‘‘2013’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 

12 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

13 this section shall take effect as if included in the provision 

14 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to 

15 which they relate. 

16 SEC. 127. The authority provided by section 831 of 

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

18 continue in effect through the date specified in section 

19 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

20 SEC. 128. (a) Any amounts made available pursuant 

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

22 U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Salaries and Ex23 penses’’, ‘‘Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Cus24 toms and Border Protection—Border Security Fencing, 

25 Infrastructure, and Technology’’, and ‘‘Department of 


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1 Homeland Security—U.S. Immigration and Customs En2 forcement—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be obligated at 

3 a rate for operations as necessary to respectively— 

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

5 and Border Protection Officers, equivalent to the 

6 staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013, and 

7 comply with the last proviso under the heading ‘‘De8 partment of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs and 

9 Border Protection—Salaries and Expenses’’ in divi10 sion D of Public Law 113–6; 

11 (2) sustain border security operations, including 

12 sustaining the operation of Tethered Aerostat Radar 

13 Systems; and 

14 (3) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Immigra15 tion and Customs Enforcement agents, equivalent to 

16 the staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013, 

17 and comply with the sixth proviso under the heading 

18 ‘‘Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Immigra19 tion and Customs Enforcement—Salaries and Ex20 penses’’ in division D of Public Law 113–6. 

21 (b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify 

22 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep23 resentatives and the Senate on each use of the authority 

24 provided in this section. 


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1 SEC. 129. In addition to the amount otherwise pro2 vided by section 101 for ‘‘Department of the Interior— 

3 Department-wide Programs—Wildland Fire Manage4 ment’’, there is appropriated $36,000,000 for an addi5 tional amount for fiscal year 2014, to remain available 

6 until expended, for urgent wildland fire suppression activi7 ties: Provided, That of the funds provided, $15,000,000 

8 is for burned area rehabilitation: Provided further, That 

9 such funds shall only become available if funds previously 

10 provided for wildland fire suppression will be exhausted 

11 imminently and the Secretary of the Interior notifies the 

12 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent13 atives and the Senate in writing of the need for these addi14 tional funds: Provided further, That such funds are also 

15 available for transfer to other appropriations accounts to 

16 repay amounts previously transferred for wildfire suppres17 sion. 

18 SEC. 130. In addition to the amount otherwise pro19 vided by section 101 for ‘‘Department of Agriculture— 

20 Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management’’, there is ap21 propriated $600,000,000 for an additional amount for fis22 cal year 2014, to remain available until expended, for ur23 gent wildland fire suppression activities: Provided, That 

24 such funds shall only become available if funds previously 

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1 imminently and the Secretary of Agriculture notifies the 

2 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent3 atives and the Senate in writing of the need for these addi4 tional funds: Provided further, That such funds are also 

5 available for transfer to other appropriations accounts to 

6 repay amounts previously transferred for wildfire suppres7 sion. 

8 SEC. 131. The authority provided by section 347 of 

9 the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Ap10 propriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(e) of 

11 division A of Public Law 105–277; 16 U.S.C. 2104 note) 

12 shall continue in effect through the date specified in sec13 tion 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

14 SEC. 132. Activities authorized under part A of title 

15 IV and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act (except 

16 for activities authorized in sections 403(b) and 413(h)) 

17 shall continue through the date specified in section 106(3) 

18 of this joint resolution in the manner authorized for fiscal 

19 year 2013, and out of any money in the Treasury of the 

20 United States not otherwise appropriated, there are here21 by appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such 

22 purpose. 

23 SEC. 133. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter 

24 under the heading ‘‘Department of Labor—Mine Safety 

25 and Health Administration—Salaries and Expenses’’ in 


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1 division F of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds 

2 appropriated by this joint resolution by substituting ‘‘is 

3 authorized to collect and retain up to $2,499,000’’ for 

4 ‘‘may retain up to $1,499,000’’. 

5 SEC. 134. The first proviso under the heading ‘‘De6 partment of Health and Human Services—Administration 

7 for Children and Families—Low Income Home Energy 

8 Assistance’’ in division F of Public Law 112–74 shall be 

9 applied to amounts made available by this joint resolution 

10 by substituting ‘‘2014’’ for ‘‘2012’’. 

11 SEC. 135. Amounts provided by section 101 for ‘‘De12 partment of Health and Human Services—Administration 

13 for Children and Families—Refugee and Entrant Assist14 ance’’ may be obligated up to a rate for operations nec15 essary to maintain program operations at the level pro16 vided in fiscal year 2013, as necessary to accommodate 

17 increased demand. 

18 SEC. 136. (a) During the period covered by this joint 

19 resolution, any unobligated amounts available in the 

20 ‘‘Nonrecurring expenses fund’’ established in section 223 

21 of division G of Public Law 110–161 (42 U.S.C. 3514a) 

22 may be transferred to ‘‘Department of Health and Human 

23 Services—Office of the Secretary—Public Health and So24 cial Services Emergency Fund’’ for an additional amount 


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

2 for expenses necessary— 

3 (1) to support advanced research and develop4 ment pursuant to section 319L of the Public Health 

5 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7e), and other admin6 istrative expenses of the Biomedical Advanced Re7 search and Development Agency; 

8 (2) for procuring security countermeasures (as 

9 defined in section 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the Public 

10 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(c)(1)(B))); 

11 or 

12 (3) to prepare for and respond to an influenza 

13 pandemic and other emerging infectious diseases, in14 cluding activities such as the development and pur15 chase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical sup16 plies, diagnostics, and other surveillance tools. 

17 (b) Products purchased with amounts made available 

18 by this joint resolution for ‘‘Department of Health and 

19 Human Services—Office of the Secretary—Public Health 

20 and Social Services Emergency Fund’’ may, at the discre21 tion of the Secretary, be deposited in the Strategic Na22 tional Stockpile pursuant to section 319F–2 of the Public 

23 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b). 

24 SEC. 137. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

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1 mental Administration—General Operating Expenses, 

2 Veterans Benefits Administration’’ at a rate for operations 

3 of $2,455,490,000. 

4 HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN CONGRES5 SIONAL STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE

6 BRANCH

7 SEC. 138. Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Patient Pro8 tection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 

9 18032(d)(3)(D)) is amended— 

10 (1) by striking the subparagraph heading and 

11 inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(D) MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, CONGRES13 SIONAL STAFF, AND POLITICAL APPOINTEES IN

14 THE EXCHANGE.—’’; 

15 (2) in clause (i), in the matter preceding sub16 clause (I)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘and congressional staff 

18 with’’ and inserting ‘‘, congressional staff, the 

19 President, the Vice President, and political ap20 pointees with’’; and 

21 (B) by striking ‘‘or congressional staff 

22 shall’’ and inserting ‘‘, congressional staff, the 

23 President, the Vice President, or a political ap24 pointee shall’’; 

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1 (A) in subclause (II), by inserting after 

2 ‘‘Congress,’’ the following: ‘‘of a committee of 

3 Congress, or of a leadership office of Con4 gress,’’; and 

5 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(III) POLITICAL APPOINTEE.— 

7 In this subparagraph, the term ‘polit8 ical appointee’ means any individual 

9 who— 

10 ‘‘(aa) is employed in a posi11 tion described under sections 

12 5312 through 5316 of title 5, 

13 United States Code, (relating to 

14 the Executive Schedule); 

15 ‘‘(bb) is a limited term ap16 pointee, limited emergency ap17 pointee, or noncareer appointee 

18 in the Senior Executive Service, 

19 as defined under paragraphs (5), 

20 (6), and (7), respectively, of sec21 tion 3132(a) of title 5, United 

22 States Code; or 

23 ‘‘(cc) is employed in a posi24 tion in the executive branch of 

25 the Government of a confidential 


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1 or policy-determining character 

2 under schedule C of subpart C of 

3 part 213 of title 5 of the Code of 

4 Federal Regulations.’’; and 

5 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(iii) GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION.— 

7 No Government contribution under section 

8 8906 of title 5, United States Code, shall 

9 be provided on behalf of an individual who 

10 is a Member of Congress, a congressional 

11 staff member, the President, the Vice 

12 President, or a political appointee for cov13 erage under this paragraph. 

14 ‘‘(iv) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF TAX

15 CREDIT OR COST-SHARING.—An individual 

16 enrolling in health insurance coverage pur17 suant to this paragraph shall not be eligi18 ble to receive a tax credit under section 

19 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

20 or reduced cost sharing under section 1402 

21 of this Act in an amount that exceeds the 

22 total amount for which a similarly situated 

23 individual (who is not so enrolled) would be 

24 entitled to receive under such sections. 


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1 ‘‘(v) LIMITATION ON DISCRETION FOR

2 DESIGNATION OF STAFF.—Notwith3 standing any other provision of law, a 

4 Member of Congress shall not have discre5 tion in determinations with respect to 

6 which employees employed by the office of 

7 such Member are eligible to enroll for cov8 erage through an Exchange.’’. 

9 SEC. 139. The authority provided by the penultimate 

10 proviso under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and 

11 Urban Development—Rental Assistance Demonstration’’ 

12 in division C of Public Law 112–55 shall continue in effect 

13 through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint 

14 resolution. 

15 SEC. 140. (a) IN GENERAL.—Until December 15, 

16 2014, in the event that the debt of the United States Gov17 ernment, as defined in section 3101 of title 31, United 

18 States Code, reaches the statutory limit, the Secretary of 

19 the Treasury shall, in addition to any other authority pro20 vided by law, issue obligations under chapter 31 of title 

21 31, United States Code, to pay with legal tender, and sole22 ly for the purpose of paying, the principal and interest 

23 on obligations of the United States described in subsection 

24 (b) after the date of the enactment of this joint resolution. 


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1 (b) OBLIGATIONS DESCRIBED.—For purposes of this 

2 subsection, obligations described in this subsection are ob3 ligations which are— 

4 (1) held by the public, or 

5 (2) held by the Old-Age and Survivors Insur6 ance Trust Fund and Disability Insurance Trust 

7 Fund. 

8 (c) PROHIBITION ON COMPENSATION FOR MEMBERS

9 OF CONGRESS.—None of the obligations issued under sub10 section (a) may be used to pay compensation for Members 

11 of Congress. 

12 (d) OBLIGATIONS EXEMPT FROM PUBLIC DEBT

13 LIMIT.—Obligations issued under subsection (a) shall not 

14 be taken into account in applying the limitation in section 

15 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, to the extent that 

16 such obligation would otherwise cause the limitation in 

17 section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, to be ex18 ceeded. 

19 (e) REPORT ON CERTAIN ACTIONS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—If, after the date of the en21 actment of this joint resolution, the Secretary of the 

22 Treasury exercises his authority under subsection 

23 (a), the Secretary shall thereafter submit a report 

24 each week the authority is in use providing an ac25 counting relating to— 


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1 (A) the principal on mature obligations 

2 and interest that is due or accrued of the 

3 United States, and 

4 (B) any obligations issued pursuant to 

5 subsection (a). 

6 (2) SUBMISSION.—The report required by para7 graph (1) shall be submitted to the Committee on 

8 Ways and Means of the House of Representatives 

9 and the Committee on Finance of the Senate. 

10 This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing 

11 Appropriations Resolution, 2014’’. 

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