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Calendar No. 216 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 91 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 9, 2013 

Received; read the first time 

OCTOBER 10, 2013 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

Making continuing appropriations for death gratuities and 

related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased military service members of the Department of Defense 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 for death gratuities and related benefits for survivors of 

6 deceased military service members of the Department of 

7 Defense for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes, 

8 namely: 


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

2 at a rate for operations as provided for fiscal year 2013 

3 in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 

4 (division C of Public Law 113–6) and under the authority 

5 and conditions provided in such Act, for ‘‘Operation and 

6 Maintenance’’ and ‘‘Military Personnel’’ accounts for con7 tinuing the following projects and activities that are not 

8 otherwise specifically provided for in this joint resolution 

9 or the Pay Our Military Act (Public Law 113–39), and 

10 for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were 

11 made available by the Department of Defense Appropria12 tions Act, 2013: 

13 (1) The payment of a death gratuity under sec14 tions 1475–1477 and 1489 of title 10, United States 

15 Code. 

16 (2) The payment or reimbursement for funeral 

17 and burial expenses authorized under sections 1481 

18 and 1482 of title 10, United States Code. 

19 (3) The payment or reimbursement of author20 ized funeral travel and travel related to the dignified 

21 transfer of remains and unit memorial services 

22 under section 481f of title 37, United States Code. 

23 (4) The temporary continuation of a basic al24 lowance of housing for dependents of members dying 


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1 on active duty, as authorized by section 403(l) of 

2 title 37, United States Code. 

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

4 for each program or activity shall be calculated to reflect 

5 the full amount of any reduction required in fiscal year 

6 2013 pursuant 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 the Disaster Relief Appro14 priations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113–2). 

15 SEC. 102. Appropriations made by section 101 shall 

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

17 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 

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

19 resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal 

20 year 2014, appropriations and funds made available and 

21 authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall 

22 be available until whichever of the following first occurs: 

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

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

25 the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations 


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1 Act for fiscal year 2014 without any provision for such 

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

3 SEC. 104. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint 

4 resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, 

5 fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli6 cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is 

7 enacted into law. 

8 SEC. 105. 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 

11 provide for continuation of projects and activities. 

12 SEC. 106. It is the sense of Congress that this joint 

13 resolution may also be referred to as the ‘‘Honoring the 

14 Families of Fallen Soldiers Act’’. 

15 This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Depart16 ment of Defense Survivor Benefits Continuing Appropria17 tions Resolution, 2014’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives October 9, 

2013. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 216 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 91 

JOINT RESOLUTION 

Making continuing appropriations for death gratuother purposes. ment of Defense for fiscal year 2014, and for deceased military service members of the Depart- ities and related survivor benefits for survivors of 

OCTOBER 10, 2013 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 


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