113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 89 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

Making appropriations for the salaries and related expenses 

of certain Federal employees during a lapse in funding 

authority for fiscal year 2014, to establish a bicameral 

working group on deficit reduction and economic growth, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives

2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 TITLE I—FEDERAL WORKER PAY 

2 FAIRNESS ACT 

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 salaries and related expenses of certain 

7 Federal employees for fiscal year 2014, and for other pur8 poses, namely: 

9 SEC. 101. Such amounts as may be necessary for 

10 paying salaries and related expenses of Federal employees 

11 excepted from the provisions of the Antideficiency Act (31 

12 U.S.C. 1341 et seq.) who work during the period begin13 ning October 1, 2013, and ending December 15, 2013, 

14 when there is otherwise no funding authority for such sal15 aries and related expenses: Provided, That not later than 

16 December 20, 2013, the Director of the Office of Manage17 ment and Budget shall provide to the Committees on Ap18 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen19 ate a report specifying the use of funds made available 

20 to the Executive Branch by this joint resolution. 

21 SEC. 102. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint 

22 resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, 

23 fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli24 cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is 

25 enacted into law. 
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1 SEC. 103. It is the sense of Congress that this joint 

2 resolution may also be referred to as the ‘‘Federal Worker 

3 Pay Fairness Act’’. 

4 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Excepted Employees’ 

5 Pay Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014’’. 

6 TITLE II—DEFICIT REDUCTION 

7 AND ECONOMIC GROWTH 

8 WORKING GROUP ACT 

9 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 

10 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Deficit Reduction and 

11 Economic Growth Working Group Act of 2013’’. 

12 SEC. 202. BICAMERAL WORKING GROUP ON DEFICIT RE13 DUCTION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. 

14 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established a 

15 bicameral working group to be known as the ‘‘Bicameral 

16 Working Group on Deficit Reduction and Economic 

17 Growth’’ (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘working group’’). 

18 (b) PURPOSE.—The working group shall recommend 

19 to the House of Representatives and the Senate— 

20 (1) overall levels of discretionary spending, in21 cluding for the fiscal year ending on September 30, 

22 2014; 

23 (2) changes in the statutory limit on the public 

24 debt; and 

25 (3) reforms in direct spending programs. 
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1 (c) MEMBERSHIP.— 

2 (1) The working group shall be comprised of 20 

3 members to be appointed as follows: 

4 (A) The Speaker shall appoint 10 Members 

5 of the House of Representatives, of which one 

6 shall be designated as House co-chair and 4 

7 shall be on the recommendation of the minority 

8 leader of the House of Representatives. 

9 (B) The majority leader of the Senate shall 

10 appoint 10 Senators, of which one shall be des11 ignated as Senate co-chair and 4 shall be on the 

12 recommendation of the minority leader of the 

13 Senate. 

14 (2) Any vacancy occurring in the membership 

15 of the working group shall be filled in the same 

16 manner as the original designation was made. 

17 (3) Each appointment under this subsection 

18 shall be made not later than one calendar day after 

19 enactment of this Act. 

20 (d) MEETINGS.—The members of the working group 

21 shall meet not later than one calendar day after their ap22 pointment pursuant to subsection (c) and shall meet on 

23 each calendar day thereafter unless both co-chairs jointly 

24 determine that there is good cause to dispense with such 

25 meeting. 
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1 (e) ADOPTION OF RECOMMENDATIONS.—The work2 ing group may not report any recommendation unless it 

3 receives the support of a majority of the members ap4 pointed by both the Speaker of the House of Representa5 tives and the majority leader of the Senate. 

6 (f) REPORT.— 

7 (1) The working group shall report its rec8 ommendations, including any legislative language re9 quired to implement those recommendations, to the 

10 House of Representatives and the Senate within 3 

11 calendar days after their adoption. 

12 (2) The report shall be referred in the House 

13 of Representatives by the Speaker in accordance 

14 with clause 2 of rule XIV. 

15 (3) The report shall include any supplemental, 

16 minority, or additional views submitted to the co17 chairs prior to its transmission pursuant to para18 graph (1). 

19 (g) TERMINATION.—The working group shall termi20 nate immediately after transmission of the report under 

21 subsection (f). 

22 (h) RULEMAKING.—The provisions of this section are 

23 enacted by Congress— 

24 (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 

25 the House of Representatives and the Senate, re-
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1 spectively, and as such they shall be considered as 

2 part of the rules of each House, respectively, or of 

3 that House to which they specifically apply, and 

4 such rules shall supercede other rules only to the ex5 tent that they are inconsistent therewith; and 

6 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

7 right of either House to change such rules (so far 

8 as relating to such House) at any time, in the same 

9 manner, and to the same extent as in the case of 

10 any other rule of such House. 

Passed the House of Representatives October 8, 

2013. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 89 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

Making appropriations for the salaries and related 

purposes. reduction and economic growth, and for other to establish a bicameral working group on deficit lapse in funding authority for fiscal year 2014, expenses of certain Federal employees during a