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for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such de-
partment or agency, consistent with the applicable appro-
priations Act for fiscal year 2012, except that such author-
ity provided under this section shall not be used until after 
the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 
to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative ex-
penses. 
SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this joint resolution 
may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 
of Public Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of 
the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 
U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 
6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)). 
SEC. 114. (a) Section 147 of Public Law 111–242, 
as added by Public Law 111–322, shall be applied by sub-
stituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint 
resolution for ‘‘December 31, 2012’’ each place it appears. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
statutory pay adjustment (as defined in section 147(b)(2) 
of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Public Law 
111–242)) otherwise scheduled to take effect during fiscal 
year 2013 but prior to the date specified in section 106(3) 
of this joint resolution may take effect on the first day
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of the first applicable pay period beginning after the date 
specified in section 106(3). 
SEC. 115. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference 
in this joint resolution that was previously designated by 
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or 
as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively. 
(b) Of the amount made available by section 101 for 
‘‘Social Security Administration—Limitation on Adminis-
trative Expenses’’, $483,484,000 is additional new budget 
authority 
specified 
for 
purposes 
of 
subsection 
251(b)(2)(B) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(c) Section 5 of Public Law 112–74 shall apply to 
amounts designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism. 
SEC. 116. (a) Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this joint resolution, each department 
and agency in subsection (c) shall submit to the Commit-
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tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate, for the period through the date specified 
in section 106(3) of this joint resolution, a spending, ex-
penditure, or operating plan— 
(1) at the program, project, or activity level (or, 
for national intelligence programs funded in the De-
partment of Defense Appropriations Act, at the ex-
penditure center and project level); or 
(2) as applicable, at any greater level of detail 
required for funds covered by such a plan in an ap-
propriations Act referred to in section 101, in the 
joint explanatory statement accompanying such Act, 
or in committee report language incorporated by ref-
erence in such joint explanatory statement. 
(b) Not later than 30 days after the date on which 
any sequestration is ordered by the President under sec-
tion 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, each department and agency in sub-
section (c) shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate the 
spending, expenditure, or operating plan required under 
subsection (a), updated to reflect any adjustments to fund-
ing as a result of the sequestration and any extension of 
the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution.
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(c) The departments and agencies to which this sec-
tion applies are as follows: 
(1) The Department of Agriculture. 
(2) The Department of Commerce. 
(3) The Department of Defense. 
(4) The Department of Education. 
(5) The Department of Energy. 
(6) The Department of Health and Human 
Services. 
(7) The Department of Homeland Security. 
(8) The Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment. 
(9) The Department of the Interior. 
(10) The Department of Justice. 
(11) The Department of Labor. 
(12) The Department of State and United 
States Agency for International Development. 
(13) The Department of Transportation. 
(14) The Department of the Treasury. 
(15) The Department of Veterans Affairs. 
(16) The National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration. 
(17) The National Science Foundation. 
(18) The Judiciary.
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(19) With respect to amounts made available 
under the heading ‘‘Executive Office of the Presi-
dent and Funds Appropriated to the President’’, 
agencies funded under such heading. 
(20) The Federal Communications Commission. 
(21) The General Services Administration. 
(22) The Office of Personnel Management. 
(23) The National Archives and Records Ad-
ministration. 
(24) The Securities and Exchange Commission. 
(25) The Small Business Administration. 
(26) The Environmental Protection Agency. 
(27) The Indian Health Service. 
(28) The Smithsonian Institution. 
(29) The Social Security Administration. 
(30) The Corporation for National and Commu-
nity Service. 
(31) The Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 
(32) The Food and Drug Administration. 
(33) The Commodity Futures Trading Commis-
sion. 
(34) The Central Intelligence Agency. 
(35) The National Security Agency. 
(36) The National Reconnaissance Office. 
(37) The Defense Intelligence Agency.
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(38) The National Geospatial Intelligence Agen-
cy. 
(39) The Office of the Director of National In-
telligence. 
SEC. 117. Not later than November 1, 2012, and 
each month thereafter through the month following the 
period covered by this joint resolution, the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate a report on all obligations incurred 
by each department and agency in the period covered by 
this joint resolution. Such report shall— 
(1) set forth obligations by account; 
(2) compare the obligations incurred in the pe-
riod covered by the report to the obligations incurred 
in the same period in fiscal year 2012; and 
(3) specify each executive branch account for 
which funds made available by this joint resolution 
are apportioned at a different rate for operations 
than the rate otherwise provided in section 101, with 
an estimate of the different rate otherwise provided 
in such section and the total obligations estimated to 
be incurred under this joint resolution for such ac-
count.
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SEC. 118. Section 726(15) of division A of Public 
Law 112–55 shall be applied to amounts made available 
by this joint resolution without regard to the first proviso 
of such section. 
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
provided for ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Domestic Food 
Programs—Food and Nutrition Service—Commodity As-
sistance Program’’, at a rate for operations of 
$253,952,000, of which $186,935,000 shall be for the 
Commodity Supplemental Food Program. 
SEC. 120. (a) Amounts made available under section 
101 for ‘‘Department of Commerce—National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration—Procurement, Acquisi-
tion and Construction’’ may be apportioned up to the rate 
for operations necessary to maintain the planned launch 
schedules for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the 
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite sys-
tem. 
(b) Not later than 30 days after the date of enact-
ment of this joint resolution, the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate a plan to maintain the launch schedules 
and life cycle cost estimates established in fiscal year 2012
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for the satellite systems described in subsection (a) and 
options for reducing costs, including management costs. 
SEC. 121. Through the earlier of the date specified 
in section 106(3) of this joint resolution or the date of 
the enactment of an Act authorizing appropriations for 
fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department 
of Defense, no appropriation or funds made available or 
authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Depart-
ment of Defense shall be used to— 
(1) retire, divest, realign, or transfer aircraft of 
the Air Force; 
(2) disestablish or convert any unit associated 
with aircraft described in paragraph (1) or any unit 
of the Air National Guard or Air Force Reserve; or 
(3) retire C–23 Sherpa aircraft. 
SEC. 122. The authority provided by section 801 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2399) shall continue 
in effect, notwithstanding subsection (f) of such section, 
through the earlier of the date specified in section 106(3) 
of this joint resolution or the date of the enactment of 
an Act authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 123. The authority provided by section 
572(b)(4) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
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Fiscal Year 2006 (20 U.S.C. 7703b(b)(4)) shall continue 
in effect through the earlier of the date specified in section 
106(3) of this joint resolution or the date of the enactment 
of an Act authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2013 
for military activities of the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 124. In addition to any other transfer authority 
available to the Department of Defense, the Secretary of 
Defense may transfer an amount designated for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 made available by 
this joint resolution for the Department of Defense be-
tween such appropriations, to be merged with and to be 
available for the same purposes, and the same time period, 
as the appropriation or fund to which transferred. The 
Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense 
committees not fewer than 15 days prior to any transfer 
made pursuant to this section. 
SEC. 125. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 
are provided for ‘‘Department of Energy—National Nu-
clear Security Administration—Weapons Activities’’ at a 
rate for operations of $7,577,341,000. 
(b) Section 301(c) of title III of division B of Public 
Law 112–74 shall not apply to amounts made available 
by this section.
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SEC. 126. In addition to the amounts otherwise made 
available by section 101 for ‘‘Department of Energy—Na-
tional Nuclear Security Administration—Defense Nuclear 
Nonproliferation’’, an additional amount is made available 
for domestic uranium enrichment research, development, 
and 
demonstration 
at 
a 
rate 
for 
operations 
of 
$100,000,000. 
SEC. 127. Section 14704 of title 40, United States 
Code, shall be applied to amounts made available by this 
joint resolution by substituting the date specified in sec-
tion 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 1, 2012’’. 
SEC. 128. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this joint resolution, except section 106, the District of 
Columbia may expend local funds under the heading ‘‘Dis-
trict of Columbia Funds’’ for such programs and activities 
under title IV of H.R. 6020 (112th Congress), as reported 
by the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives, at the rate set forth under ‘‘District of Co-
lumbia Funds—Summary of Expenses’’ as included in the 
Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Request Act of 2012 (D.C. Act 
19–381), as modified as of the date of the enactment of 
this joint resolution. 
SEC. 129. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
provided for ‘‘District of Columbia—Federal Funds— 
Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security
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Costs in the District of Columbia’’ at a rate for operations 
of $24,700,000, of which not less than $9,800,000 shall 
be used for costs associated with the Presidential Inau-
guration. 
SEC. 130. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
provided for ‘‘General Services Administration—Ex-
penses, Presidential Transition’’ for necessary expenses to 
carry out the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 (3 
U.S.C. 102 note), at a rate for operations of $8,947,000, 
of which not to exceed $1,000,000 is for activities author-
ized by sections 3(a)(8) and (9) of such Act. 
SEC. 131. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 
are provided for ‘‘Executive Office of the President—Of-
fice of Administration—Presidential Transition Adminis-
trative Support’’ to carry out the Presidential Transition 
Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note) at a rate for operations 
of $8,000,000. 
(b) Such funds may be transferred to other accounts 
in this joint resolution or any other Act that provide fund-
ing for offices within the Executive Office of the President 
and the Office of the Vice President to carry out the Presi-
dential Transition Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note). 
SEC. 132. Notwithstanding section 101, the fifth pro-
viso under the heading ‘‘Federal Communications Com-
mission—Salaries and Expenses’’ in division C of Public
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Law 
112–74 
shall 
be 
applied 
by 
substituting 
‘‘$98,739,000’’ for ‘‘$85,000,000’’. 
SEC. 133. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this joint resolution, amounts made available by section 
101 for ‘‘Department of the Treasury—Departmental Of-
fices—Salaries and Expenses’’ and ‘‘Department of the 
Treasury—Office of Inspector General—Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ may be used for activities in connection with sec-
tion 1602(e) of the Resources and Ecosystems Sustain-
ability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of 
the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (subtitle F of title I 
of division A of Public Law 112–141). 
SEC. 134. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
provided for ‘‘Office of Government Ethics—Salaries and 
Expenses’’ at a rate for operations of $18,664,000, of 
which $5,000,000 shall be for development and deploy-
ment of the centralized, publicly accessible database re-
quired in section 11(b) of the STOCK Act (Public Law 
112–105). 
SEC. 135. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
provided for ‘‘Small Business Administration—Business 
Loans Program Account’’ for the cost of guaranteed loans 
as authorized by section 7(a) of the Small Business Act 
and section 503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 
1958 at a rate for operations of $333,600,000.
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SEC. 136. (a) Amounts made available by this joint 
resolution for ‘‘Department of Homeland Security—U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection—Salaries and Expenses’’ 
shall be obligated at the rate for operations necessary to 
maintain the staffing levels (including by backfilling va-
cant positions) of Border Patrol agents, Customs and Bor-
der Protection officers, and Air and Marine interdiction 
agents in effect at the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal 
year 2012, or, with respect to Border Patrol agents, at 
such greater levels as may otherwise be required in the 
second proviso under the heading ‘‘U.S. Customs and Bor-
der Protection—Salaries and Expenses’’ in division D of 
Public Law 112–74. Any increase of the rate for oper-
ations for such purpose under this subsection shall be de-
rived by adjusting amounts otherwise made available with-
in such account by this joint resolution, without regard 
to the restrictions on reprogramming in section 503 of di-
vision D of Public Law 112–74. 
(b) Not later than 15 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this joint resolution, the Commissioner of U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate a detailed expenditure plan for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection—Salaries and Expenses’’ at the program,
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project, and activity level that specifies how the Commis-
sioner will maintain staffing levels as required under sub-
section (a) through the date specified in section 106(3) 
of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 137. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 
are provided for ‘‘Department of Homeland Security—Na-
tional Protection and Programs Directorate—Infrastruc-
ture Protection and Information Security’’ at a rate for 
operations of $1,170,243,000, of which $328,000,000 is 
for Network Security Deployment, and $218,000,000 is 
for Federal Network Security that may be obligated at a 
rate for operations necessary to establish and sustain es-
sential cybersecurity activities, including procurement and 
operations of continuous monitoring and diagnostics sys-
tems and intrusion detection systems for civilian Federal 
computer networks. 
(b) Not later than 15 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this joint resolution, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate an 
expenditure plan for essential cybersecurity activities de-
scribed in subsection (a) of this section for the period 
through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint 
resolution.
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ditional amount for fiscal year 2013 for ‘‘Department of 
Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Manage-
ment’’, to remain available until expended, for repayment 
to other appropriations accounts from which funds were 
transferred in fiscal year 2012 for wildfire suppression. 
SEC. 142. Section 411(h)(4)(A) of the Surface Min-
ing Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 
1240a(h)(4)(A)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The annual amount 
allocated under subparagraph (A) or (B) of sec-
tion 402(g)(1) to any State or Indian tribe that 
makes a certification under subsection (a) of 
this section in which the Secretary concurs shall 
be reallocated and available for grants under 
section 402(g)(5).’’. 
SEC. 143. The authority provided by section 331 of 
the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2000 (enacted by reference in section 
1000(a)(3) of Public Law 106–113; 16 U.S.C. 497 note) 
shall continue in effect through the date specified in sec-
tion 106(3) of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 144. (a) The following sections of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act shall continue 
in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) of 
this joint resolution—
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(1) Subparagraphs (C) through (E) of section 
4(i)(5) (7 U.S.C. 136a–1(i)(5)(C)–(E)); 
(2) Section 4(k)(3) (7 U.S.C. 136a–1(k)(3)); 
and 
(3) Section 33(c)(3)(B) (7 U.S.C. 136w– 
8(c)(3)(B)). 
(b)(1) Section 4(i)(5)(H) of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a– 
1(i)(5)(H)) shall be applied by substituting the date speci-
fied in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2012’’. 
(2) Notwithstanding section 33(m)(2) of the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 
136w–8(m)(2)), section 33(m)(1) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
136w–8(m)(1)) shall be applied by substituting the date 
specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for 
‘‘September 30, 2012’’. 
(c) Section 408(m)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 346a(m)(3)) shall be applied 
by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this 
joint resolution for ‘‘September 30, 2012’’. 
SEC. 145. Section 163 of Public Law 111–242, as 
amended by Public Law 111–322, is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘2012–2013’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2013–2014’’; and
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(2) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) Not later than December 31, 2013, the Sec-
retary of Education shall submit a report to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations and Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate and the Committees on Appropria-
tions and Education and the Workforce of the House of 
Representatives, using data required under existing law 
(section 1111(h)(6)(A) of Public Law 107–110) by State 
and each local educational agency, regarding the extent 
to which students in the following categories are taught 
by teachers who are deemed highly qualified pursuant to 
34 CFR 200.56(a)(2)(ii) as published in the Federal Reg-
ister on December 2, 2002: 
‘‘(1) Students with disabilities. 
‘‘(2) English Learners. 
‘‘(3) Students in rural areas. 
‘‘(4) Students from low-income families.’’. 
SEC. 146. The first proviso under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Health and Human Services—Administration 
for Children and Families—Low Income Home Energy 
Assistance’’ in division F of Public Law 112–74 shall be 
applied to amounts made available by this joint resolution 
by substituting ‘‘2013’’ for ‘‘2012’’. 
SEC. 147. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
provided for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv-
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ices—Administration for Children and Families—Refugee 
and Entrant Assistance’’ at a rate for operations of 
$900,000,000. Amounts made available by this section 
may be obligated up to a rate for operations necessary 
to maintain program operations at the level provided in 
fiscal year 2012, as necessary to accommodate increased 
demand. 
SEC. 148. Activities authorized by part A of title IV 
and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act shall con-
tinue through the date specified in section 106(3) of this 
joint resolution, in the manner authorized for fiscal year 
2012, and out of any money in the Treasury of the United 
States not otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appro-
priated such sums as may be necessary for such purpose. 
Grants and payments may be made pursuant to this au-
thority on a quarterly basis through the second quarter 
of fiscal year 2013 at the level provided for such activities 
for the corresponding quarter of fiscal year 2012. 
SEC. 149. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this joint resolution, there is appropriated for payment to 
the heirs at law of Donald M. Payne, late a Representative 
from the State of New Jersey, $174,000. 
SEC. 150. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
provided for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Depart-
mental Administration—General Operating Expenses,
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Veterans Benefits Administration’’ at a rate for operations 
of $2,164,074,000. 
SEC. 151. The authority provided by section 315(b) 
of title 38, United States Code, shall continue in effect 
through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint 
resolution. 
SEC. 152. (a) Section 120 of division C of Public Law 
112–55 shall not apply to amounts made available by this 
joint resolution. 
(b) During the period covered by this joint resolution, 
section 1102 of Public Law 112–141 shall be applied— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by substituting 
‘‘$39,143,582,670’’ for ‘‘$39,699,000,000’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(10), as if the limitation 
applicable through fiscal year 2011 applied through 
fiscal year 2012; and 
(3) in subsection (c)(5), by treating the ref-
erence to section 204 of title 23, United States 
Code, as a reference to sections 202 and 204 of such 
title. 
SEC. 153. The matter under the heading ‘‘Depart-
ment of Transportation—National Highway Traffic Safe-
ty Administration—Highway Traffic Safety Grants’’ in di-
vision C of Public Law 112–55 shall be applied to amounts 
made available by this joint resolution by treating each
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2D SESSION 
H. J. RES. 117 
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Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 
2013, and for other purposes.