In the Senate of the United States, 
October 16, 2013. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2775) entitled ‘‘An Act to condition the provision 
of premium and cost-sharing subsidies under the Patient Pro-
tection and Affordable Care Act upon a certification that a 
program to verify household income and other qualifications 
for such subsidies is operational, and for other purposes.’’, do 
pass with the following 
AMENDMENTS: 
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following: 
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 several departments, agencies, corporations, 
and other organizational units of Government for fiscal 
year 2014, and for other purposes, namely:
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DIVISION A—CONTINUING 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2014 
SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary, at 
a rate for operations as provided in the applicable appro-
priations Acts for fiscal year 2013 and under the authority 
and conditions provided in such Acts, for continuing 
projects or activities (including the costs of direct loans and 
loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically pro-
vided for in this joint resolution, that were conducted in 
fiscal year 2013, and for which appropriations, funds, or 
other authority were made available in the following appro-
priations Acts: 
(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2013 (division A of Public Law 
113–6), except section 735. 
(2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division B of 
Public Law 113–6). 
(3) The Department of Defense Appropriations 
Act, 2013 (division C of Public Law 113–6). 
(4) The Department of Homeland Security Ap-
propriations Act, 2013 (division D of Public Law 
113–6).
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(5) The Military Construction and Veterans Af-
fairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 
(division E of Public Law 113–6). 
(6) The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations 
Act, 2013 (division F of Public Law 113–6). 
(b) The rate for operations provided by subsection (a) 
for each account shall be calculated to reflect the full 
amount of any reduction required in fiscal year 2013 pur-
suant to— 
(1) any provision of division G of the Consoli-
dated 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 au-
thority made available by— 
(A) sections 140(b) or 141(b) of the Con-
tinuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (Public 
Law 112–175); or 
(B) the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 
2013 (Public Law 113–2). 
SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made avail-
able or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the 
Department of Defense shall be used for: (1) the new produc-
tion of items not funded for production in fiscal year 2013
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or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates above 
those sustained with fiscal year 2013 funds; or (3) the initi-
ation, resumption, or continuation of any project, activity, 
operation, or organization (defined as any project, sub-
project, activity, budget activity, program element, and sub-
program within a program element, and for any investment 
items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity within 
an appropriation account and an R–1 line item that in-
cludes a program element and subprogram element within 
an appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, 
or other authority were not available during fiscal year 
2013. 
(b) No appropriation or funds made available or au-
thority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department 
of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements 
utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order 
quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated 
later. 
SEC. 103. 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. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, 
no appropriation or funds made available or authority 
granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate 
or resume any project or activity for which appropriations,
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funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal 
year 2013. 
SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted 
pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obligations 
or expenditures incurred for any project or activity during 
the period for which funds or authority for such project or 
activity are available under this joint resolution. 
SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint 
resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal 
year 2014, appropriations 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 en-
actment into law of the applicable appropriations Act for 
fiscal year 2014 without any provision for such project or 
activity; or (3) January 15, 2014. 
SEC. 107. 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. 
SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made avail-
able by or authority granted pursuant to this joint resolu-
tion may be used without regard to the time limitations
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for submission and approval of apportionments set forth in 
section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but nothing 
in this joint resolution may be construed to waive any other 
provision of law governing the apportionment of funds. 
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
joint resolution, except section 106, for those programs that 
would otherwise have high initial rates of operation or com-
plete distribution of appropriations at the beginning of fis-
cal year 2014 because of distributions of funding to States, 
foreign countries, grantees, or others, such high initial rates 
of operation or complete distribution shall not be made, and 
no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded by 
this joint resolution that would impinge on final funding 
prerogatives. 
SEC. 110. This joint resolution shall be implemented 
so that only the most limited funding action of that per-
mitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to pro-
vide for continuation of projects and activities. 
SEC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory 
payments whose budget authority was provided in appro-
priations Acts for fiscal year 2013, and for activities under 
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be con-
tinued at the rate to maintain program levels under current 
law, under the authority and conditions provided in the
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applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2013, to be 
continued through the date specified in section 106(3). 
(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for man-
datory payments due on or about the first day of any month 
that begins after October 2013 but not later than 30 days 
after the date specified in section 106(3) may continue to 
be made, and funds shall be available for such payments. 
SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 
for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each de-
partment and agency may be apportioned up to the rate 
for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such de-
partment or agency, consistent with the applicable appro-
priations Act for fiscal year 2013, 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 Authorization 
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. 3094(a)(1)).
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SEC. 114. (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 Terrorism 
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 amounts made available by section 101 for 
‘‘Social Security Administration, Limitation on Adminis-
trative Expenses’’ for the cost associated with continuing 
disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social Se-
curity Act and for the cost associated with conducting rede-
terminations of eligibility under title XVI of the Social Se-
curity Act, $273,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of 
section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and 
$469,639,000 is additional new budget authority specified 
for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act. 
(c) Section 5 of Public Law 113–6 shall apply to 
amounts designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism.
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SEC. 115. (a) Employees furloughed as a result of any 
lapse in appropriations which begins on or about October 
1, 2013, shall be compensated at their standard rate of com-
pensation, for the period of such lapse in appropriations, 
as soon as practicable after such lapse in appropriations 
ends. 
(b) For purposes of this section, ‘‘employee’’ means: 
(1) a federal employee; 
(2) an employee of the District of Columbia 
Courts; 
(3) an employee of the Public Defender Service 
for the District of Columbia; or 
(4) a District of Columbia Government employee. 
(c) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the ap-
propriations made and authority granted by this joint reso-
lution for the purposes of maintaining the essential level 
of activity to protect life and property and bringing about 
orderly termination of Government functions, and for pur-
poses as otherwise authorized by law, are hereby ratified 
and approved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of 
this joint resolution. 
SEC. 116. (a) If a State (or another Federal grantee) 
used State funds (or the grantee’s non-Federal funds) to 
continue carrying out a Federal program or furloughed 
State employees (or the grantee’s employees) whose com-
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pensation is advanced or reimbursed in whole or in part 
by the Federal Government— 
(1) such furloughed employees shall be com-
pensated at their standard rate of compensation for 
such period; 
(2) the State (or such other grantee) shall be re-
imbursed for expenses that would have been paid by 
the Federal Government during such period had ap-
propriations been available, including the cost of com-
pensating such furloughed employees, together with 
interest thereon calculated under section 6503(d) of 
title 31, United States Code; and 
(3) the State (or such other grantee) may use 
funds available to the State (or the grantee) under 
such Federal program to reimburse such State (or the 
grantee), together with interest thereon calculated 
under section 6503(d) of title 31, United States Code. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘State’’ and 
the term ‘‘grantee’’ shall have the meaning as such term 
is defined under the applicable Federal program under sub-
section (a). In addition, ‘‘to continue carrying out a Fed-
eral program’’ means the continued performance by a State 
or other Federal grantee, during the period of a lapse in 
appropriations, of a Federal program that the State or such
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other grantee had been carrying out prior to the period of 
the lapse in appropriations. 
(c) The authority under this section applies with re-
spect to any period in fiscal year 2014 (not limited to peri-
ods beginning or ending after the date of the enactment of 
this joint resolution) during which there occurs a lapse in 
appropriations with respect to any department or agency 
of the Federal Government which, but for such lapse in ap-
propriations, would have paid, or made reimbursement re-
lating to, any of the expenses referred to in this section with 
respect to the program involved. Payments and reimburse-
ments under this authority shall be made only to the extent 
and in amounts provided in advance in appropriations 
Acts. 
SEC. 117. Expenditures made pursuant to the Pay 
Our Military Act (Public Law 113–39) shall be charged to 
the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization pro-
vided in this joint resolution. 
SEC. 118. For the purposes of this joint resolution, the 
time covered by this joint resolution shall be considered to 
have begun on October 1, 2013. 
SEC. 119. Section 3003 of division G of Public Law 
113–6 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this joint 
resolution by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2014’’ for ‘‘fiscal 
year 2013’’ each place it appears.
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SEC. 120. Section 408 of the Food for Peace Act (7 
U.S.C. 1736b) shall be applied by substituting the date spec-
ified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘December 
31, 2012’’. 
SEC. 121. Amounts made available under section 101 
for ‘‘Department of Commerce—National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration—Procurement, Acquisition and 
Construction’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper-
ations necessary to maintain the planned launch schedules 
for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Geostationary 
Operational Environmental Satellite system. 
SEC. 122. The authority provided by sections 1205 and 
1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81) shall continue in effect, 
notwithstanding subsection (h) of section 1206, through the 
earlier of the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint 
resolution or the date of the enactment of an Act author-
izing appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military ac-
tivities of the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 123. Section 3(a)(6) of Public Law 100–676 is 
amended by striking both occurrences of ‘‘$775,000,000’’ 
and inserting in lieu thereof, ‘‘$2,918,000,000’’. 
SEC. 124. Section 14704 of title 40, United States 
Code, shall be applied to amounts made available by this
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joint resolution by substituting the date specified in section 
106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 1, 2012’’. 
SEC. 125. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
provided for ‘‘The Judiciary—Courts of Appeals, District 
Courts, and Other Judicial Services—Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ at a rate of operations of $4,820,181,000: Provided, 
That notwithstanding section 302 of Division C, of Public 
Law 112–74 as continued by Public Law 113–6, not to ex-
ceed $25,000,000 shall be available for transfer between ac-
counts to maintain minimum operating levels. 
SEC. 126. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
provided for ‘‘The Judiciary—Courts of Appeals, District 
Courts, and Other Judicial Services—Defender Services’’ at 
a rate for operations of $1,012,000,000. 
SEC. 127. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
joint resolution, the District of Columbia may expend local 
funds under the heading ‘‘District of Columbia Funds’’ for 
such programs and activities under title IV of H.R. 2786 
(113th Congress), as reported by the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives, at the rate set 
forth under ‘‘District of Columbia Funds—Summary of 
Expenses’’ as included in the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Re-
quest Act of 2013 (D.C. Act 20–127), as modified as of the 
date of the enactment of this joint resolution.
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resentatives and the Senate on each use of the authority 
provided in this section. 
SEC. 134. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recreation 
Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘11 years’’ for ‘‘10 years’’. 
SEC. 135. In addition to the amount otherwise pro-
vided by section 101 for ‘‘Department of the Interior—De-
partment-wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management’’, 
there is appropriated $36,000,000 for an additional amount 
for fiscal year 2014, to remain available until expended, 
for urgent wildland fire suppression activities: Provided, 
That of the funds provided, $15,000,000 is for burned area 
rehabilitation: Provided further, That such funds shall only 
become available if funds previously provided for wildland 
fire suppression will be exhausted imminently and the Sec-
retary of the Interior notifies the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate in 
writing of the need for these additional funds: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds are also available for transfer to other 
appropriations accounts to repay amounts previously 
transferred for wildfire suppression. 
SEC. 136. In addition to the amount otherwise pro-
vided by section 101 for ‘‘Department of Agriculture—For-
est Service—Wildland Fire Management’’, there is appro-
priated $600,000,000 for an additional amount for fiscal
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year 2014, to remain available until expended, for urgent 
wildland fire suppression activities: Provided, That such 
funds shall only become available if funds previously pro-
vided for wildland fire suppression will be exhausted immi-
nently and the Secretary of Agriculture notifies the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate in writing of the need for these additional 
funds: Provided further, That such funds are also available 
for transfer to other appropriations accounts to repay 
amounts previously transferred for wildfire suppression. 
SEC. 137. The authority provided by section 347 of 
the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(e) of divi-
sion A of Public Law 105–277; 16 U.S.C. 2104 note) shall 
continue in effect through the date specified in section 
106(3) of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 138. (a) The authority provided by subsection 
(m)(3) of section 8162 of the Department of Defense Appro-
priations Act, 2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 106– 
79), as amended, shall continue in effect through the date 
specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 
(b) For the period covered by this joint resolution, the 
authority provided by the provisos under the heading 
‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission—Capital
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Construction’’ in division E of Public Law 112–74 shall 
not be in effect. 
SEC. 139. Activities authorized under part A of title 
IV and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act (except 
for activities authorized in section 403(b)) shall continue 
through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint res-
olution in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2013, and 
out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not 
otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary for such purpose. 
SEC. 140. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter 
under the heading ‘‘Department of Labor—Mine Safety 
and Health Administration—Salaries and Expenses’’ in 
division F of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied to funds 
appropriated by this joint resolution by substituting ‘‘is au-
thorized to collect and retain up to $2,499,000’’ for ‘‘may 
retain up to $1,499,000’’. 
SEC. 141. The first proviso under the heading ‘‘Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services—Administration for 
Children and Families—Low Income Home Energy Assist-
ance’’ in division F of Public Law 112–74 shall be applied 
to amounts made available by this joint resolution by sub-
stituting ‘‘2014’’ for ‘‘2012’’. 
SEC. 142. Amounts provided by section 101 for ‘‘De-
partment of Health and Human Services—Administration
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for Children and Families—Refugee and Entrant Assist-
ance’’ may be obligated up to a rate for operations nec-
essary to maintain program operations at the level provided 
in fiscal year 2013, as necessary to accommodate increased 
demand. 
SEC. 143. During the period covered by this joint reso-
lution, amounts provided under section 101 for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services—Office of the Sec-
retary—Public Health and Social Services Emergency 
Fund’’ may be obligated at a rate necessary to assure timely 
execution of planned advanced research and development 
contracts pursuant to section 319L of the Public Health 
Service Act, to remain available until expended, for ex-
penses necessary to support advanced research and develop-
ment pursuant to section 319L of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7e) and other administrative expenses 
of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Au-
thority. 
SEC. 144. Subsection (b) of section 163 of Public Law 
111–242, as amended, is further amended by striking 
‘‘2013–2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2015–2016’’. 
SEC. 145. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
joint resolution, there is appropriated for payment to 
Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg, widow of Frank R. Lauten-
berg, late a Senator from New Jersey, $174,000.
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SEC. 146. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no adjustment shall be made under section 610(a) of the 
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) (relat-
ing to cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress) 
during fiscal year 2014. 
SEC. 147. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
provided for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Depart-
mental Administration—General Operating Expenses, Vet-
erans Benefits Administration’’ at a rate for operations of 
$2,455,490,000. 
SEC. 148. The authority provided by the penultimate 
proviso under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and 
Urban Development—Rental Assistance Demonstration’’ in 
division C of Public Law 112–55 shall continue in effect 
through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint res-
olution. 
SEC. 149. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
provided for ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal 
Aviation Administration—Operations’’, at a rate for oper-
ations of $9,248,418,000. 
SEC. 150. Section 601(e)(1)(B) of division B of Public 
Law 110–432 shall be applied by substituting the date spec-
ified in section 106(3) for ‘‘4 years after such date’’.
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SEC. 151. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
provided for ‘‘Maritime Administration—Maritime Secu-
rity Program’’, at a rate for operations of $186,000,000. 
SEC. 152. Section 44302 of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended in paragraph (f) by deleting ‘‘September 
30, 2013, and may extend through December 31, 2013’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the date specified in section 106(3) of the Con-
tinuing Appropriations Act, 2014’’ in lieu thereof. 
SEC. 153. Section 44303 of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended in paragraph (b) by deleting ‘‘December 
31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘the date specified in section 
106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014’’ in lieu 
thereof. 
SEC. 154. Section 44310 of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by deleting ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the date specified in section 106(3) of the Con-
tinuing Appropriations Act, 2014’’ in lieu thereof. 
SEC. 155. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Transportation may obligate not more than 
$450,000,000 of the amounts made available to carry out 
section 125 of title 23, United States Code, under chapter 
9 of title X of division A of the Disaster Relief Appropria-
tions Act, 2013 (Public Law 113–2; 127 Stat. 34) under 
the heading ‘‘EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM’’ under the 
heading ‘‘FEDERAL-AID
HIGHWAYS’’ under the heading
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‘‘FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION’’ for emergency re-
lief projects in the State of Colorado arising from damage 
caused by flooding events in that State in calendar year 
2013: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 156. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
division, any reference in this division to ‘‘this joint resolu-
tion’’ shall be deemed a reference to ‘‘this Act’’. 
SEC. 157. Fourteen days after the Department of 
Homeland Security submits a report or expenditure plan 
required under this division to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and House of Representatives, the 
Secretary shall submit a copy of that report to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 
the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives. 
DIVISION B—OTHER MATTERS 
VERIFICATION OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND OTHER QUALI-
FICATIONS FOR THE PROVISION OF ACA PREMIUM AND 
COST-SHARING SUBSIDIES 
SEC. 1001. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall
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ensure that American Health Benefit Exchanges verify that 
individuals applying for premium tax credits under section 
36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and reductions 
in cost-sharing under section 1402 of the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18071) are eligible for 
such credits and cost sharing reductions consistent with the 
requirements of section 1411 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 18081), 
and, prior to making such credits and reductions available, 
the Secretary shall certify to the Congress that the Ex-
changes verify such eligibility consistent with the require-
ments of such Act. 
(b) REPORT BY SECRETARY.—Not later than January 
1, 2014, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress 
that details the procedures employed by American Health 
Benefit Exchanges to verify eligibility for credits and cost- 
sharing reductions described in subsection (a). 
(c) REPORT BY INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Not later than 
July 1, 2014, the Inspector General of the Department of 
Health and Human Services shall submit to the Congress 
a report regarding the effectiveness of the procedures and 
safeguards provided under the Patient Protection and Af-
fordable Care Act for preventing the submission of inac-
curate or fraudulent information by applicants for enroll-
ment in a qualified health plan offered through an Amer-
ican Health Benefit Exchange.
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DEFAULT PREVENTION 
SEC. 1002. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be 
cited as the ‘‘Default Prevention Act of 2013’’. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 3 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the President may submit 
to Congress a written certification that absent a suspension 
of the limit under section 3101(b) of title 31, United States 
Code, the Secretary of the Treasury would be unable to issue 
debt to meet existing commitments. 
(c) SUSPENSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3101(b) of title 31, 
United States Code, shall not apply for the period be-
ginning on the date on which the President submits 
to Congress a certification under subsection (b) and 
ending on February 7, 2014. 
(2) SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO OBLIGATIONS 
ISSUED DURING SUSPENSION PERIOD.—Effective Feb-
ruary 8, 2014, the limitation in section 3101(b) of 
title 31, United States Code, as increased by section 
3101A of such title and section 2 of the No Budget, 
No Pay Act of 2013 (31 U.S.C. 3101 note), is in-
creased to the extent that— 
(A) the face amount of obligations issued 
under chapter 31 of such title and the face 
amount of obligations whose principal and inter-
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est are guaranteed by the United States Govern-
ment (except guaranteed obligations held by the 
Secretary of the Treasury) outstanding on Feb-
ruary 8, 2014, exceeds 
(B) the face amount of such obligations out-
standing on the date of enactment of this Act. 
An obligation shall not be taken into account under 
subparagraph (A) unless the issuance of such obliga-
tion was necessary to fund a commitment incurred by 
the Federal Government that required payment before 
February 8, 2014. 
(d) DISAPPROVAL.—If there is enacted into law within 
22 calendar days after Congress receives a written certifi-
cation by the President under subsection (b) a joint resolu-
tion disapproving the President’s exercise of authority to 
suspend the debt ceiling under subsection (e), effective on 
the date of enactment of the joint resolution, subsection (c) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) SUSPENSION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3101(b) of title 31, 
United States Code, shall not apply for the period be-
ginning on the date on which the President submits 
to Congress a certification under subsection (b) and 
ending on the date of enactment of the joint resolution
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pursuant to section 1002(e) of the Continuing Appro-
priations Act, 2014. 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO OBLIGATIONS 
ISSUED DURING SUSPENSION PERIOD.—Effective on 
the day after the date of enactment of the joint resolu-
tion pursuant to section 1002(e) of the Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2014, the limitation in section 
3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, as increased 
by section 3101A of such title and section 2 of the No 
Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 (31 U.S.C. 3101 note), 
is increased to the extent that— 
‘‘(A) the face amount of obligations issued 
under chapter 31 of such title and the face 
amount of obligations whose principal and inter-
est are guaranteed by the United States Govern-
ment (except guaranteed obligations held by the 
Secretary of the Treasury) outstanding on the 
day after the date of enactment of the joint reso-
lution pursuant to section 1002(e) of the Con-
tinuing Appropriations Act, 2014, exceeds 
‘‘(B) the face amount of such obligations 
outstanding on the date of enactment of this Act. 
An obligation shall not be taken into account under 
subparagraph (A) unless the issuance of such obliga-
tion was necessary to fund a commitment incurred by
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the Federal Government that required payment before 
the day after the date of enactment of the joint resolu-
tion pursuant to section 1002(e) of the Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2014.’’. 
(e) DISAPPROVAL PROCESS.— 
(1) CONTENTS OF JOINT RESOLUTION.—For the 
purpose of this subsection, the term ‘‘joint resolution’’ 
means only a joint resolution— 
(A) disapproving the President’s exercise of 
authority to suspend the debt limit that is intro-
duced within 14 calendar days after the date on 
which the President submits to Congress the cer-
tification under subsection (b); 
(B) which does not have a preamble; 
(C) the title of which is only as follows: 
‘‘Joint resolution relating to the disapproval of 
the President’s exercise of authority to suspend 
the debt limit, as submitted under section 
1002(b) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 
2014 on lllll’’ (with the blank con-
taining the date of such submission); and 
(D) the matter after the resolving clause of 
which is only as follows: ‘‘That Congress dis-
approves of the President’s exercise of authority 
to suspend the debt limit, as exercised pursuant
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or consider a joint resolution under this sub-
section, the joint resolution of the House of Rep-
resentatives shall be entitled to expedited floor 
procedures under this subsection. 
(C) TREATMENT
OF
COMPANION
MEAS-
URES.—If, following passage of the joint resolu-
tion in the Senate, the Senate then receives the 
companion measure from the House of Rep-
resentatives, the companion measure shall not be 
debatable. 
(D) CONSIDERATION AFTER PASSAGE.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—If Congress passes a 
joint resolution, the period beginning on the 
date the President is presented with the 
joint resolution and ending on the date the 
President signs, allows to become law with-
out his signature, or vetoes and returns the 
joint resolution (but excluding days when 
either House is not in session) shall be dis-
regarded in computing the calendar day pe-
riod described in subsection (d). 
(ii) DEBATE ON A VETO MESSAGE.— 
Debate on a veto message in the Senate 
under this subsection shall be 1 hour equally