In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
September 29 (legislative day, September 28), 2013. 
Resolved, That the House agree to the amendment of the 
Senate to the resolution (H.J. Res. 59) entitled ‘‘Joint Reso-
lution making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, 
and for other purposes.’’, with the following 
HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO SENATE AMENDMENT: 
Ω1æPage 4, line 21 of the Senate engrossed amendment, in 
the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment, 
strike section 105 and all that follows through section 129 
and insert the following (renumbering succeeding sections ac-
cordingly): 
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) 
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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) December 15, 2013. 
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 
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 
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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 
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-
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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. 
SEC. 115. 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. 
SEC. 116. 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. 117. 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 
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for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Geostationary 
Operational Environmental Satellite system. 
SEC. 118. 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. 119. 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 section 
106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 1, 2012’’. 
SEC. 120. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
joint resolution, except section 106, the District of Columbia 
may expend local funds under the heading ‘‘District of Co-
lumbia Funds’’ for such programs and activities under title 
IV of H.R. 2786 (113th Congress), as reported by the Com-
mittee on Appropriations 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 Request 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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SEC. 121. 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. 122. For the period covered by this joint resolu-
tion, section 550(b) of Public Law 109–295 (6 U.S.C. 121 
note) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in 
section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 4, 2013’’. 
SEC. 123. The authority provided by section 532 of 
Public Law 109–295 shall continue in effect through the 
date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 124. The authority provided by section 831 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) shall 
continue in effect through the date specified in section 
106(3) of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 125. (a) Any amounts made available pursuant 
to section 101 for ‘‘Department of Homeland Security— 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, ‘‘Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection—Border Security Fencing, In-
frastructure, and Technology’’, and ‘‘Department of Home-
land Security—U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be obligated at a rate 
for operations as necessary to respectively— 
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(1) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection Officers, equivalent to the 
staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013, and 
comply with the last proviso under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection—Salaries and Expenses’’ in divi-
sion D of Public Law 113–6; 
(2) sustain border security operations, including 
sustaining the operation of Tethered Aerostat Radar 
Systems; and 
(3) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Immigra-
tion and Customs Enforcement agents, equivalent to 
the staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013, 
and comply with the sixth proviso under the heading 
‘‘Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Immigra-
tion and Customs Enforcement—Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ in division D of Public Law 113–6. 
(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate on each use of the authority 
provided in this section. 
SEC. 126. 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 
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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. 127. 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 
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 
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for transfer to other appropriations accounts to repay 
amounts previously transferred for wildfire suppression. 
SEC. 128. 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. 129. (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 
Construction’’ in division E of Public Law 112–74 shall 
not be in effect. 
SEC. 130. Section 1244(c)(3) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1157 
note) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) FISCAL YEAR 2014.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in clauses (ii) and (iii), the total number of 
principal aliens who may be provided spe-
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cial immigrant status under this section in 
fiscal year 2014 during the period ending 
on December 15, 2013 shall be the sum of— 
‘‘(I) the number of aliens de-
scribed in subsection (b) whose appli-
cation for special immigrant status 
under this section is pending on Sep-
tember 30, 2013; and 
‘‘(II) 2,000. 
‘‘(ii) EMPLOYMENT
PERIOD.—The 1- 
year period during which the principal 
alien is required to have been employed by 
or on behalf of the United States Govern-
ment in Iraq under subsection (b)(1)(B) 
shall begin on or after March 20, 2003, and 
end on or before September 30, 2013. 
‘‘(iii) APPLICATION
DEADLINE.—The 
principal alien seeking special immigrant 
status under this subparagraph shall apply 
to the Chief of Mission in accordance with 
subsection (b)(4) not later than December 
15, 2013.’’. 
SEC. 131. (a) REPEAL OF MEDICAL DEVICE EXCISE 
TAX.—Chapter 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by striking subchapter E. 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Subsection (a) of 
section 4221 of such Code is amended by striking the last 
sentence. 
(2) Paragraph (2) of section 6416(b) of such Code is 
amended by striking the last sentence. 
(3) The table of subchapters for chapter 32 of such Code 
is amended by striking the item relating to subchapter E. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply to sales after the date of the enactment 
of this joint resolution. 
Ω2æPage 5, line 1 of the Senate engrossed amendment, in 
the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment, 
strike section 106 and all that follows through section 129 
and insert the following (renumbering succeeding sections ac-
cordingly): 
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 
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fiscal year 2014 without any provision for such project or 
activity; or (3) December 15, 2013. 
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 
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. 
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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 
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 
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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)). 
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-
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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. 
SEC. 115. 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. 
SEC. 116. 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. 117. 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. 
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SEC. 118. 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. 119. 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 section 
106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 1, 2012’’. 
SEC. 120. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
joint resolution, except section 106, the District of Columbia 
may expend local funds under the heading ‘‘District of Co-
lumbia Funds’’ for such programs and activities under title 
IV of H.R. 2786 (113th Congress), as reported by the Com-
mittee on Appropriations 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 Request Act of 2013 (D.C. Act 20–127), as modified 
as of the date of the enactment of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
provided for ‘‘The Judiciary—Courts of Appeals, District 
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Courts, and Other Judicial Services—Defender Services’’ at 
a rate for operations of $1,012,000,000. 
SEC. 122. For the period covered by this joint resolu-
tion, section 550(b) of Public Law 109–295 (6 U.S.C. 121 
note) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in 
section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 4, 2013’’. 
SEC. 123. The authority provided by section 532 of 
Public Law 109–295 shall continue in effect through the 
date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 124. The authority provided by section 831 of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) shall 
continue in effect through the date specified in section 
106(3) of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 125. (a) Any amounts made available pursuant 
to section 101 for ‘‘Department of Homeland Security— 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, ‘‘Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection—Border Security Fencing, In-
frastructure, and Technology’’, and ‘‘Department of Home-
land Security—U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be obligated at a rate 
for operations as necessary to respectively— 
(1) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection Officers, equivalent to the 
staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013, and 
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comply with the last proviso under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection—Salaries and Expenses’’ in divi-
sion D of Public Law 113–6; 
(2) sustain border security operations, including 
sustaining the operation of Tethered Aerostat Radar 
Systems; and 
(3) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Immigra-
tion and Customs Enforcement agents, equivalent to 
the staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013, 
and comply with the sixth proviso under the heading 
‘‘Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Immigra-
tion and Customs Enforcement—Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ in division D of Public Law 113–6. 
(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate on each use of the authority 
provided in this section. 
SEC. 126. 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 
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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. 127. 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 
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. 128. The authority provided by section 347 of 
the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appro-
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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. 129. (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 
Construction’’ in division E of Public Law 112–74 shall 
not be in effect. 
SEC. 130. Section 1244(c)(3) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1157 
note) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) FISCAL YEAR 2014.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in clauses (ii) and (iii), the total number of 
principal aliens who may be provided spe-
cial immigrant status under this section in 
fiscal year 2014 during the period ending 
on December 15, 2013 shall be the sum of— 
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‘‘(I) the number of aliens de-
scribed in subsection (b) whose appli-
cation for special immigrant status 
under this section is pending on Sep-
tember 30, 2013; and 
‘‘(II) 2,000. 
‘‘(ii) EMPLOYMENT
PERIOD.—The 1- 
year period during which the principal 
alien is required to have been employed by 
or on behalf of the United States Govern-
ment in Iraq under subsection (b)(1)(B) 
shall begin on or after March 20, 2003, and 
end on or before September 30, 2013. 
‘‘(iii) APPLICATION
DEADLINE.—The 
principal alien seeking special immigrant 
status under this subparagraph shall apply 
to the Chief of Mission in accordance with 
subsection (b)(4) not later than December 
15, 2013.’’. 
SEC. 131. (a) ONE-YEAR DELAY IN IMPLEMENTATION 
OF ACA.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law (in-
cluding section 106 of this joint resolution), to the extent 
that a provision of ACA (or a change in law attributable 
to such a provision) is scheduled to and would otherwise 
take effect on a date during the period beginning on October 
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1, 2013, and ending on December 31, 2014, such provision 
(or change) shall not be effective during the 1-year period 
beginning on such date. During such 1-year period, the pre-
vious sentence shall be implemented in a manner as to con-
tinue the law as in effect as of the day before such date 
and shall take into account changes that would otherwise 
be made without regard to any such provision. Upon the 
expiration of such 1-year period, except as may otherwise 
be provided, the provisions of ACA (including the changes 
in law attributable to such provisions) shall be implemented 
as if the previous provisions of this subsection had not ap-
plied. Section 2713(a)(4) of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300gg–13(a)(4)) shall not be effective for any 
period before January 1, 2015, with respect to the require-
ment for specific coverage for any sponsor of a group health 
plan (or, in the case of student health plans, the institution 
of higher education offering such plans), health insurance 
issuer, or individual opposing such requirement for cov-
erage based on religious or moral objections. 
(b)(1) INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986.—In the 
case of any amendment made by ACA to the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986, such amendment shall not apply to— 
(A) except as otherwise provided in this para-
graph, taxable years or plan years, as the case may 
be, beginning during 2014, 
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(B) in the case of sections 36B and 4980H of 
such Code, months beginning during 2014, 
(C) in the case of section 4191 of such Code, sales 
during 2014, 
(D) in the case of subchapter B of chapter 34 of 
such Code, policy and plan years beginning during 
2014, 
(E) in the case of section 5000B of such Code, 
services performed during 2014, 
(F) in the case of sections 6055 and 6056 of such 
Code, calendar year 2014, 
(G) in the case of any amendment made by ACA 
to section 6103 of such Code, disclosures during 2014, 
(H) in the case of any amendment made by sec-
tion 9004 of the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act, distributions made during 2014, and 
(I) in the case of any amendment made by sec-
tion 1409 of the Health Care and Education Rec-
onciliation Act of 2010, transactions entered into dur-
ing 2014. 
(2)(A) ANNUAL FEES.—Sections 9008 and 9010 of the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act shall not apply 
to annual payment dates (within the meaning of such sec-
tions) during 2014. 
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(B) 
PATIENT-CENTERED
OUTCOMES
RESEARCH 
TRUST FUND.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, during 2014, no amount may be— 
(i) appropriated, credited, or otherwise trans-
ferred to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research 
Trust Fund, or 
(ii) transferred from such Fund. 
Subsections (a) and (b)(1) shall not apply to section 9511 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
(3)(A) COORDINATION WITH PROVISIONS SUSPENDED 
UNDER THIS SUBSECTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply 
with respect to any provision of ACA to which this sub-
section applies. 
(B) COORDINATION WITH PROVISIONS NOT SUS-
PENDED UNDER SUBSECTION (a).—Paragraph (1) shall 
not apply to— 
(i) section 9815 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, 
(ii) the amendments made by section 1322(h) of 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and 
(iii) the amendments made by section 1004(d) of 
the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 
2010. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretaries of Health and 
Human Services and the Treasury shall take such steps as 
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may be required to implement the provisions of this section 
on a timely basis. 
(d) ACA DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘ACA’’ 
means— 
(1) the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act (Public Law 111–148), including any amendment 
made by such Act; and 
(2) title I and subtitle B of title II of the Health 
Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub-
lic Law 111–152), including any amendment made 
by such title or subtitle. 
Attest: 
Clerk. 
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. Res. 59 
HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
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