IA 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 62 

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013 

Mr. GRAVES of Georgia (for himself, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. SOUTHERLAND, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. 

LABRADOR, Mr. GOWDY, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. OLSON, Mr. MARINO, 

Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. PITTS, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. SALMON, Mr. 

SENSENBRENNER, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. DESANTIS, Mr. 

WESTMORELAND, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. 

BRIDENSTINE, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. PERRY, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. 

HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. MESSER, Mr. FLORES, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. 

HUELSKAMP, Mr. DAINES, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, and Mr. STUTZMAN) 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 


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1 any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

2 and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, 

3 and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corpora4 tions, and other organizational units of Government for 

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

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

7 at a rate for operations as provided in the applicable ap8 propriations Acts for fiscal year 2013 and under the au9 thority and conditions provided in such Acts, for con10 tinuing projects or activities (including the costs of direct 

11 loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifi12 cally provided for in this joint resolution, that were con13 ducted in fiscal year 2013, and for which appropriations, 

14 funds, or other authority were made available in the fol15 lowing appropriations Acts: 

16 (1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 

17 and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap18 propriations Act, 2013 (division A of Public Law 

19 113–6). 

20 (2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Re21 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division B 

22 of Public Law 113–6). 

23 (3) The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations 

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


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

2 shall reflect the reductions made in fiscal year 2013 

3 under— 

4 (1) section 3004 of division G of the Consoli5 dated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

6 2013 (Public Law 113–6), if any; and 

7 (2) the sequestration order issued pursuant to 

8 section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emer9 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

10 SEC. 102. Appropriations made by section 101 shall 

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

12 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 

13 SEC. 103. Appropriations provided by this division 

14 that, in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 

15 2013, carried a multiple-year or no-year period of avail16 ability shall retain a comparable period of availability. 

17 SEC. 104. No appropriation or funds made available 

18 or authority granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used 

19 to initiate or resume any project or activity for which ap20 propriations, funds, or other authority were not available 

21 during fiscal year 2013. 

22 SEC. 105. Except as otherwise expressly provided in 

23 this division, the requirements, authorities, conditions, 

24 limitations, and other provisions of the appropriations 


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1 Acts referred to in section 101 shall continue in effect 

2 through the date specified in section 106. 

3 SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this divi4 sion or in the applicable appropriations Act, appropria5 tions and funds made available and authority granted pur6 suant to this division shall be available through September 

7 30, 2014. 

8 SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint 

9 resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, 

10 fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli11 cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is 

12 enacted into law. 

13 SEC. 108. Funds appropriated by this joint resolution 

14 may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 

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

16 the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 

17 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Au18 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 

19 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act 

20 of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)). 

21 SEC. 109. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory 

22 payments whose budget authority was provided in appro23 priations Acts for fiscal year 2013, and for activities under 

24 the Food Stamp Act of 1977, activities shall be continued 

25 at the rate to maintain program levels under current law, 


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1 under the authority and conditions provided in the appli2 cable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2013, to be contin3 ued through the date specified in section 106. 

4 (b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for man5 datory payments due on or about the first day of any 

6 month that begins after October 2014 but not later than 

7 30 days after the date specified in section 106 may con8 tinue to be made, and funds shall be available for such 

9 payments. 

10 SEC. 110. Each amount incorporated by reference in 

11 this joint resolution that was previously designated by the 

12 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

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

14 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

15 1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

16 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the Congress 

17 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter18 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or 

19 as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

20 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively. 

21 SEC. 111. (a) The provisions of the following bills are 

22 hereby enacted into law: 

23 (1) H.R. 2216 (Military Construction and Vet24 erans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations 


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1 Act, 2014), as engrossed by the House of Represent2 atives on June 4, 2013. 

3 (2) H.R. 2217 (Department of Homeland Secu4 rity Appropriations Act, 2014), as engrossed by the 

5 House of Representatives on June 6, 2013. 

6 (3) H.R. 2397 (Department of Defense Appro7 priations Act, 2014), as engrossed by the House of 

8 Representatives on July 24, 2013. 

9 (b) In publishing this Act in slip form and in the 

10 United States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 

11 of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of the United 

12 States shall include after the date of approval at the end 

13 appendixes setting forth the texts of the bills referred to 

14 in subsection (a) of this section and the text of any other 

15 bill enacted into law by reference by reason of the enact16 ment of this Act. 

17 SEC. 112. (a) The Balanced Budget and Emergency 

18 Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by striking section 

19 251(c)(3) and inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(3) with respect to fiscal year 2014, for the 

21 discretionary category, $967,473,000 in new budget 

22 authority;’’. 

23 (b) If, for fiscal year 2014, the amount of new budget 

24 authority provided by this joint resolution exceeds the dis25 cretionary spending limit set forth in section 251(c)(3) of 


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1 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

2 (as amended by subsection (a) of this section), the Direc3 tor of the Office of Management and Budget shall increase 

4 the applicable percentage in subsection (d) by such 

5 amount as is necessary to eliminate the amount of the ex6 cess of such limit. 

7 (c) Subject to subsection (b), there is rescinded the 

8 applicable percentage (as specified in subsection (c)) of— 

9 (1) the budget authority provided (or obligation 

10 limit imposed) for fiscal year 2014 for any discre11 tionary account in section 101 of this joint resolu12 tion; 

13 (2) the budget authority provided in any ad14 vance appropriation for fiscal year 2014 for any dis15 cretionary account (excluding any account funded 

16 under section 111 of this joint resolution) in any 

17 prior fiscal year appropriation Act; and 

18 (3) the contract authority provided in fiscal 

19 year 2014 for any program subject to limitation in20 corporated or otherwise contained in section 101 of 

21 this joint resolution. 

22 (d) For purposes of subsection (b), the applicable per23 centage shall be 0 percent. 

24 (e) Any rescission made by subsection (c) shall be ap25 plied proportionately— 


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1 (1) to each discretionary account and each item 

2 of budget authority described in such subsection; 

3 and 

4 (2) within each such account and item, to each 

5 program, project, and activity (with programs, 

6 projects, and activities as delineated in the applica7 ble appropriation Act or accompanying reports cov8 ering such account or item). 

9 (f) This section shall not apply to— 

10 (1) amounts designated by the Congress for 

11 Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

12 Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 

13 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

14 Act of 1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant 

15 to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act; or 

16 (2) the amount made available by section 113 

17 of this joint resolution for ‘‘Social Security Adminis18 tration, Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’ for 

19 continuing disability reviews under titles II and XVI 

20 of the Social Security Act and for the cost associated 

21 with conducting redeterminations of eligibility under 

22 title XVI of the Social Security Act. 

23 SEC. 113. Of the funds made available by section 101 

24 for ‘‘Social Security Administration, Limitation on Admin25 istrative Expenses’’ for the cost associated with continuing 


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1 disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social 

2 Security Act and for the cost associated with conducting 

3 redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI of the Social 

4 Security Act, $273,000,000 is provided to meet the terms 

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

6 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and 

7 $483,052,000 is additional new budget authority specified 

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

9 SEC. 114. (a) LIMITATION ON FUNDING THE AF10 FORDABLE CARE ACT.—Notwithstanding any other provi11 sion of law— 

12 (1) none of the funds made available by this 

13 joint resolution or any other Act may be used to 

14 carry out Public Law 111–148 or title I or subtitle 

15 B of title II of Public Law 111–152 (including any 

16 amendment made by such Act, title, or subtitle, re17 spectively) during any fiscal year; 

18 (2) any funds provided by such Act, title, or 

19 subtitle for fiscal year 2014 are rescinded; and 

20 (3) any funds so provided for fiscal year 2015 

21 shall not be available for obligation until January 1, 

22 2015. 

23 (b) DELAY IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AFFORD24 ABLE CARE ACT.—No provision of the Patient Protection 

25 and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148) or title 


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1 I and subtitle B of title II of the Health Care and Edu2 cation Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–152), 

3 or of the amendments made by either such Act, shall have 

4 effect until December 31, 2014. 

5 This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Stability, 

6 Security, and Fairness Resolution of 2013’’. 

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