H. J. Res. 91 
One Hundred Thirteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and thirteen 
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. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the fol-
lowing sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for death gratuities and 
related benefits for survivors of deceased military service members 
of the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2014, and for other 
purposes, namely: 
SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate 
for operations as provided for fiscal year 2013 in the Department 
of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 (division C of Public Law 
113–6) and under the authority and conditions provided in such 
Act, for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ and ‘‘Military Personnel’’ 
accounts for continuing the following projects and activities that 
are not otherwise specifically provided for in this joint resolution 
or the Pay Our Military Act (Public Law 113–39), and for which 
appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available by 
the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013: 
(1) The payment of a death gratuity under sections 1475– 
1477 and 1489 of title 10, United States Code. 
(2) The payment or reimbursement for funeral and burial 
expenses authorized under sections 1481 and 1482 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(3) The payment or reimbursement of authorized funeral 
travel and travel related to the dignified transfer of remains 
and unit memorial services under section 481f of title 37, United 
States Code. 
(4) The temporary continuation of a basic allowance of 
housing for dependents of members dying on active duty, as 
authorized by section 403(l) of title 37, United States Code. 
(b) The rate for operations provided by subsection (a) for each 
program or activity shall be calculated to reflect the full amount 
of any reduction required in fiscal year 2013 pursuant to— 
(1) any provision of division G of the Consolidated and 
Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113– 
6), including section 3004; and 
(2) the Presidential sequestration order dated March 1, 
2013, except as attributable to budget authority made available 
by the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 
113–2).
H. J. Res. 91—2 
SEC. 102. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available 
to the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the 
pertinent appropriations Act. 
SEC. 103. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint resolution 
or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014, appro-
priations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant 
to this joint resolution shall be available until whichever of the 
following first occurs: (1) the enactment into law of an appropriation 
for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; 
(2) the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act 
for fiscal year 2014 without any provision for such project or activity; 
or (3) December 15, 2013. 
SEC. 104. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint resolution 
shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authoriza-
tion whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, 
or authorization is contained is enacted into law. 
SEC. 105. This joint resolution shall be implemented so that 
only the most limited funding action of that permitted in the joint 
resolution shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of 
projects and activities. 
SEC. 106. It is the sense of Congress that this joint resolution 
may also be referred to as the ‘‘Honoring the Families of Fallen 
Soldiers Act’’. 
This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Department of 
Defense Survivor Benefits Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 
2014’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.