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. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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TITLE I—FEDERAL WORKER PAY 
FAIRNESS ACT 
That the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of 
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, 
and funds, for the salaries and related expenses of certain 
Federal employees for fiscal year 2014, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
SEC. 101. Such amounts as may be necessary for 
paying salaries and related expenses of Federal employees 
excepted from the provisions of the Antideficiency Act (31 
U.S.C. 1341 et seq.) who work during the period begin-
ning October 1, 2013, and ending December 15, 2013, 
when there is otherwise no funding authority for such sal-
aries and related expenses: Provided, That not later than 
December 20, 2013, the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall provide to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate a report specifying the use of funds made available 
to the Executive Branch by this joint resolution. 
SEC. 102. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint 
resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, 
fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli-
cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is 
enacted into law.
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(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) The working group shall be comprised of 20 
members to be appointed as follows: 
(A) The Speaker shall appoint 10 Members 
of the House of Representatives, of which one 
shall be designated as House co-chair and 4 
shall be on the recommendation of the minority 
leader of the House of Representatives. 
(B) The majority leader of the Senate shall 
appoint 10 Senators, of which one shall be des-
ignated as Senate co-chair and 4 shall be on the 
recommendation of the minority leader of the 
Senate. 
(2) Any vacancy occurring in the membership 
of the working group shall be filled in the same 
manner as the original designation was made. 
(3) Each appointment under this subsection 
shall be made not later than one calendar day after 
enactment of this Act. 
(d) MEETINGS.—The members of the working group 
shall meet not later than one calendar day after their ap-
pointment pursuant to subsection (c) and shall meet on 
each calendar day thereafter unless both co-chairs jointly 
determine that there is good cause to dispense with such 
meeting.
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(e) ADOPTION OF RECOMMENDATIONS.—The work-
ing group may not report any recommendation unless it 
receives the support of a majority of the members ap-
pointed by both the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives and the majority leader of the Senate. 
(f) REPORT.— 
(1) The working group shall report its rec-
ommendations, including any legislative language re-
quired to implement those recommendations, to the 
House of Representatives and the Senate within 3 
calendar days after their adoption. 
(2) The report shall be referred in the House 
of Representatives by the Speaker in accordance 
with clause 2 of rule XIV. 
(3) The report shall include any supplemental, 
minority, or additional views submitted to the co- 
chairs prior to its transmission pursuant to para-
graph (1). 
(g) TERMINATION.—The working group shall termi-
nate immediately after transmission of the report under 
subsection (f). 
(h) RULEMAKING.—The provisions of this section are 
enacted by Congress— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, re-
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spectively, and as such they shall be considered as 
part of the rules of each House, respectively, or of 
that House to which they specifically apply, and 
such rules shall supercede other rules only to the ex-
tent that they are inconsistent therewith; and 
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of either House to change such rules (so far 
as relating to such House) at any time, in the same 
manner, and to the same extent as in the case of 
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 
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.