In the Senate of the United States, 

September 27, 2013. 

Resolved, That the resolution from the House of Representatives (H.J. Res. 59) entitled ‘‘Joint resolution making 

continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other 

purposes.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike all after the first word and insert the following: 

1 the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any 

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out 

3 of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and 

4 funds, for the several departments, agencies, corporations, 

5 and other organizational units of Government for fiscal 

6 year 2014, and for other purposes, namely: 

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

8 a rate for operations as provided in the applicable appro9 priations Acts for fiscal year 2013 and under the authority 

10 and conditions provided in such Acts, for continuing 
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1 projects or activities (including the costs of direct loans and 

2 loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically pro3 vided for in this joint resolution, that were conducted in 

4 fiscal year 2013, and for which appropriations, funds, or 

5 other authority were made available in the following appro6 priations Acts: 

7 (1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 

8 and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap9 propriations Act, 2013 (division A of Public Law 

10 113–6), except section 735. 

11 (2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 

12 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division B of 

13 Public Law 113–6). 

14 (3) The Department of Defense Appropriations 

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

16 (4) The Department of Homeland Security Ap17 propriations Act, 2013 (division D of Public Law 

18 113–6). 

19 (5) The Military Construction and Veterans Af20 fairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 

21 (division E of Public Law 113–6). 

22 (6) The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations 

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

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

25 for each account shall be calculated to reflect the full 
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1 amount of any reduction required in fiscal year 2013 pur2 suant to— 

3 (1) any provision of division G of the Consoli4 dated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

5 2013 (Public Law 113–6), including section 3004; 

6 and 

7 (2) the Presidential sequestration order dated 

8 March 1, 2013, except as attributable to budget au9 thority made available by— 

10 (A) sections 140(b) or 141(b) of the Con11 tinuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (Public 

12 Law 112–175); or 

13 (B) the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 

14 2013 (Public Law 113–2). 

15 SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made avail16 able or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the 

17 Department of Defense shall be used for: (1) the new produc18 tion of items not funded for production in fiscal year 2013 

19 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates above 

20 those sustained with fiscal year 2013 funds; or (3) the initi21 ation, resumption, or continuation of any project, activity, 

22 operation, or organization (defined as any project, sub23 project, activity, budget activity, program element, and sub24 program within a program element, and for any investment 

25 items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity within 
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1 an appropriation account and an R–1 line item that in2 cludes a program element and subprogram element within 

3 an appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, 

4 or other authority were not available during fiscal year 

5 2013. 

6 (b) No appropriation or funds made available or au7 thority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department 

8 of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements 

9 utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order 

10 quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated 

11 later. 

12 SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall 

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

14 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 

15 SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, 

16 no appropriation or funds made available or authority 

17 granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate 

18 or resume any project or activity for which appropriations, 

19 funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal 

20 year 2013. 

21 SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted 

22 pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obligations 

23 or expenditures incurred for any project or activity during 

24 the period for which funds or authority for such project or 

25 activity are available under this joint resolution. 
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1 SEC. 106. 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 be 

5 available until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) 

6 the enactment into law of an appropriation for any project 

7 or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2) the en8 actment into law of the applicable appropriations Act for 

9 fiscal year 2014 without any provision for such project or 

10 activity; or (3) November 15, 2013. 

11 SEC. 107. 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. 108. Appropriations made and funds made avail17 able by or authority granted pursuant to this joint resolu18 tion may be used without regard to the time limitations 

19 for submission and approval of apportionments set forth in 

20 section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but nothing 

21 in this joint resolution may be construed to waive any other 

22 provision of law governing the apportionment of funds. 

23 SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

24 joint resolution, except section 106, for those programs that 

25 would otherwise have high initial rates of operation or com-
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1 plete distribution of appropriations at the beginning of fis2 cal year 2014 because of distributions of funding to States, 

3 foreign countries, grantees, or others, such high initial rates 

4 of operation or complete distribution shall not be made, and 

5 no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded by 

6 this joint resolution that would impinge on final funding 

7 prerogatives. 

8 SEC. 110. This joint resolution shall be implemented 

9 so that only the most limited funding action of that per10 mitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to pro11 vide for continuation of projects and activities. 

12 SEC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory 

13 payments whose budget authority was provided in appro14 priations Acts for fiscal year 2013, and for activities under 

15 the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be con16 tinued at the rate to maintain program levels under current 

17 law, under the authority and conditions provided in the 

18 applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2013, to be 

19 continued through the date specified in section 106(3). 

20 (b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for man21 datory payments due on or about the first day of any month 

22 that begins after October 2013 but not later than 30 days 

23 after the date specified in section 106(3) may continue to 

24 be made, and funds shall be available for such payments. 
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1 SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 

2 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each de3 partment 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. 113. Funds appropriated by this joint resolution 

12 may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 

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

14 State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 

15 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 

16 Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and 

17 section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

18 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 

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

20 in this joint resolution that was previously designated by 

21 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

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

23 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

24 1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

25 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the Congress for 
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1 Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

2 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or as being 

3 for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such 

4 Act, respectively. 

5 (b) Of the amounts made available by section 101 for 

6 ‘‘Social Security Administration, Limitation on Adminis7 trative Expenses’’ for the cost associated with continuing 

8 disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social Se9 curity Act and for the cost associated with conducting rede10 terminations of eligibility under title XVI of the Social Se11 curity Act, $273,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of 

12 section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced Budget and 

13 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and 

14 $469,639,000 is additional new budget authority specified 

15 for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act. 

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

17 amounts designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contin18 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism. 

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

20 113–6 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this joint 

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

22 year 2013’’ each place it appears. 

23 SEC. 116. Section 408 of the Food for Peace Act (7 

24 U.S.C. 1736b) shall be applied by substituting the date spec-
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1 ified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘December 

2 31, 2012’’. 

3 SEC. 117. Amounts made available under section 101 

4 for ‘‘Department of Commerce—National Oceanic and At5 mospheric Administration—Procurement, Acquisition and 

6 Construction’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper7 ations necessary to maintain the planned launch schedules 

8 for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Geostationary 

9 Operational Environmental Satellite system. 

10 SEC. 118. The authority provided by sections 1205 and 

11 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

12 Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81) shall continue in effect, 

13 notwithstanding subsection (h) of section 1206, through the 

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

15 resolution or the date of the enactment of an Act author16 izing appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military ac17 tivities of the Department of Defense. 

18 SEC. 119. Section 14704 of title 40, United States 

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

20 joint resolution by substituting the date specified in section 

21 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 1, 2012’’. 

22 SEC. 120. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

23 joint resolution, except section 106, the District of Columbia 

24 may expend local funds under the heading ‘‘District of Co25 lumbia Funds’’ for such programs and activities under title 
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1 IV of H.R. 2786 (113th Congress), as reported by the Com2 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 

3 at the rate set forth under ‘‘District of Columbia Funds— 

4 Summary of Expenses’’ as included in the Fiscal Year 2014 

5 Budget Request Act of 2013 (D.C. Act 20–127), as modified 

6 as of the date of the enactment of this joint resolution. 

7 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

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

9 Courts, and Other Judicial Services—Defender Services’’ at 

10 a rate for operations of $1,012,000,000. 

11 SEC. 122. For the period covered by this joint resolu12 tion, section 550(b) of Public Law 109–295 (6 U.S.C. 121 

13 note) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in 

14 section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 4, 2013’’. 

15 SEC. 123. The authority provided by section 532 of 

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

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

18 SEC. 124. The authority provided by section 831 of 

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

20 continue in effect through the date specified in section 

21 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

22 SEC. 125. (a) Any amounts made available pursuant 

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

24 U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Salaries and Ex25 penses’’, ‘‘Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Cus-
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1 toms and Border Protection—Border Security Fencing, In2 frastructure, and Technology’’, and ‘‘Department of Home3 land Security—U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce4 ment—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be obligated at a rate 

5 for operations as necessary to respectively— 

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

7 and Border Protection Officers, equivalent to the 

8 staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013, and 

9 comply with the last proviso under the heading ‘‘De10 partment of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs and 

11 Border Protection—Salaries and Expenses’’ in divi12 sion D of Public Law 113–6; 

13 (2) sustain border security operations, including 

14 sustaining the operation of Tethered Aerostat Radar 

15 Systems; and 

16 (3) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Immigra17 tion and Customs Enforcement agents, equivalent to 

18 the staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013, 

19 and comply with the sixth proviso under the heading 

20 ‘‘Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Immigra21 tion and Customs Enforcement—Salaries and Ex22 penses’’ in division D of Public Law 113–6. 

23 (b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify 

24 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
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1 resentatives and the Senate on each use of the authority 

2 provided in this section. 

3 SEC. 126. In addition to the amount otherwise pro4 vided by section 101 for ‘‘Department of the Interior—De5 partment-wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management’’, 

6 there is appropriated $36,000,000 for an additional amount 

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

8 for urgent wildland fire suppression activities: Provided, 

9 That of the funds provided, $15,000,000 is for burned area 

10 rehabilitation: Provided further, That such funds shall only 

11 become available if funds previously provided for wildland 

12 fire suppression will be exhausted imminently and the Sec13 retary of the Interior notifies the Committees on Appropria14 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate in 

15 writing of the need for these additional funds: Provided fur16 ther, That such funds are also available for transfer to other 

17 appropriations accounts to repay amounts previously 

18 transferred for wildfire suppression. 

19 SEC. 127. In addition to the amount otherwise pro20 vided by section 101 for ‘‘Department of Agriculture—For21 est Service—Wildland Fire Management’’, there is appro22 priated $600,000,000 for an additional amount for fiscal 

23 year 2014, to remain available until expended, for urgent 

24 wildland fire suppression activities: Provided, That such 

25 funds shall only become available if funds previously pro-
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1 vided for wildland fire suppression will be exhausted immi2 nently and the Secretary of Agriculture notifies the Com3 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

4 and the Senate in writing of the need for these additional 

5 funds: Provided further, That such funds are also available 

6 for transfer to other appropriations accounts to repay 

7 amounts previously transferred for wildfire suppression. 

8 SEC. 128. The authority provided by section 347 of 

9 the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appro10 priations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(e) of divi11 sion A of Public Law 105–277; 16 U.S.C. 2104 note) shall 

12 continue in effect through the date specified in section 

13 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

14 SEC. 129. The authority provided by subsection (m)(3) 

15 of section 8162 of the Department of Defense Appropria16 tions Act, 2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 106–79), 

17 as amended, shall continue in effect through the date speci18 fied in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 

19 SEC. 130. Activities authorized under part A of title 

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

21 for activities authorized in section 403(b)) shall continue 

22 through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint res23 olution in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2013, and 

24 out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not 
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1 otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such 

2 sums as may be necessary for such purpose. 

3 SEC. 131. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter 

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

5 and Health Administration—Salaries and Expenses’’ in 

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

7 appropriated by this joint resolution by substituting ‘‘is au8 thorized to collect and retain up to $2,499,000’’ for ‘‘may 

9 retain up to $1,499,000’’. 

10 SEC. 132. The first proviso under the heading ‘‘Depart11 ment of Health and Human Services—Administration for 

12 Children and Families—Low Income Home Energy Assist13 ance’’ in division F of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied 

14 to amounts made available by this joint resolution by sub15 stituting ‘‘2014’’ for ‘‘2012’’. 

16 SEC. 133. Amounts provided by section 101 for ‘‘De17 partment of Health and Human Services—Administration 

18 for Children and Families—Refugee and Entrant Assist19 ance’’ may be obligated up to a rate for operations nec20 essary to maintain program operations at the level provided 

21 in fiscal year 2013, as necessary to accommodate increased 

22 demand. 

23 SEC. 134. During the period covered by this joint reso24 lution, amounts provided under section 101 for ‘‘Depart25 ment of Health and Human Services—Office of the Sec-
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1 retary—Public Health and Social Services Emergency 

2 Fund’’ may be obligated at a rate necessary to assure timely 

3 execution of planned advanced research and development 

4 contracts pursuant to section 319L of the Public Health 

5 Service Act, to remain available until expended, for ex6 penses necessary to support advanced research and develop7 ment pursuant to section 319L of the Public Health Service 

8 Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7e) and other administrative expenses 

9 of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Au10 thority. 

11 SEC. 135. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

12 joint resolution, there is appropriated for payment to 

13 Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg, widow of Frank R. Lauten14 berg, late a Senator from New Jersey, $174,000. 

15 SEC. 136. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

16 provided for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Depart17 mental Administration—General Operating Expenses, Vet18 erans Benefits Administration’’ at a rate for operations of 

19 $2,455,490,000. 

20 SEC. 137. The authority provided by the penultimate 

21 proviso under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and 

22 Urban Development—Rental Assistance Demonstration’’ in 

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

24 through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint res25 olution. 
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1 This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing 

2 Appropriations Resolution, 2014’’. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 59 

AMENDMENT