IA 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 67 
Requiring reaffirmation of the Affordable Care Act and making continuing 
appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 
Mr. CRAWFORD introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee 
on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Requiring reaffirmation of the Affordable Care Act and mak-
ing continuing appropriations 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 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, corpora-
tions, and other organizational units of Government for 
fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes, namely: 
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SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary, 
at a rate for operations as provided in the applicable ap-
propriations Acts for fiscal year 2013 and under the au-
thority and conditions provided in such Acts, for con-
tinuing projects or activities (including the costs of direct 
loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifi-
cally provided for in this joint resolution, that were con-
ducted in fiscal year 2013, and for which appropriations, 
funds, or other authority were made available in the fol-
lowing appropriations Acts: 
(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2013 (division A of Public Law 
113–6). 
(2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Re-
lated 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). 
(5) The Military Construction and Veterans Af-
fairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2013 (division E of Public Law 113–6). 
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(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 pro-
duction of items not funded for production in fiscal year 
2013 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates 
above those sustained with fiscal year 2013 funds; or (3) 
the initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project, 
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activity, operation, or organization (defined as any project, 
subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and 
subprogram within a program element, and for any invest-
ment items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity 
within an appropriation account and an R–1 line item that 
includes a program element and subprogram element with-
in 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 Depart-
ment of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year pro-
curements utilizing advance procurement funding for eco-
nomic order quantity procurement unless specifically ap-
propriated 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 author-
ity granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to ini-
tiate or resume any project or activity for which appro-
priations, funds, or other authority were not available dur-
ing fiscal year 2013. 
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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 pro-
grams that would otherwise have high initial rates of oper-
ation or complete distribution of appropriations at the be-
ginning of fiscal year 2014 because of distributions of 
funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, 
such high initial rates of operation or complete distribu-
tion 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 
provide 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 
continued 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, 
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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 con-
tinue 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 
department 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 Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 
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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 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’’, $470,638,000 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 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 
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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 
specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘De-
cember 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. 
SEC. 118. The authority provided by section 1206 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2012 (Public Law 112–81) shall continue in effect, not-
withstanding subsection (h) 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 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 sec-
tion 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 1, 2012’’. 
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SEC. 120. 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. 2786 (113th 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 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 
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 
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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, 
Infrastructure, and Technology’’, and ‘‘Department of 
Homeland Security—U.S. Immigration and Customs En-
forcement—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 
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 
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‘‘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— 
Department-wide Programs—Wildland Fire Manage-
ment’’, there is appropriated $36,000,000 for an addi-
tional amount for fiscal year 2014, to remain available 
until expended, for urgent wildland fire suppression activi-
ties: 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 Secretary of the Interior notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate in writing of the need for these addi-
tional funds: Provided further, That such funds are also 
available for transfer to other appropriations accounts to 
repay amounts previously transferred for wildfire suppres-
sion. 
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SEC. 127. In addition to the amount otherwise pro-
vided by section 101 for ‘‘Department of Agriculture— 
Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management’’, there is ap-
propriated $600,000,000 for an additional amount for fis-
cal year 2014, to remain available until expended, for ur-
gent wildland fire suppression activities: Provided, That 
such funds shall only become available if funds previously 
provided for wildland fire suppression will be exhausted 
imminently and the Secretary of Agriculture notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate in writing of the need for these addi-
tional funds: Provided further, That such funds are also 
available for transfer to other appropriations accounts to 
repay amounts previously transferred for wildfire suppres-
sion. 
SEC. 128. The authority provided by section 347 of 
the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(e) of 
division A of Public Law 105–277; 16 U.S.C. 2104 note) 
shall continue in effect through the date specified in sec-
tion 106(3) of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 129. Activities authorized under part A of title 
IV and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act (except 
for activities authorized in sections 403(b) and 413(h)) 
shall continue through the date specified in section 106(3) 
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of this joint resolution 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 here-
by appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such 
purpose. 
SEC. 130. 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 
authorized to collect and retain up to $2,499,000’’ for 
‘‘may retain up to $1,499,000’’. 
SEC. 131. 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 ‘‘2014’’ for ‘‘2012’’. 
SEC. 132. Amounts provided by section 101 for ‘‘De-
partment of Health and Human Services—Administration 
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 pro-
vided in fiscal year 2013, as necessary to accommodate 
increased demand. 
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SEC. 133. (a) During the period covered by this joint 
resolution, any unobligated amounts available in the 
‘‘Nonrecurring expenses fund’’ established in section 223 
of division G of Public Law 110–161 (42 U.S.C. 3514a) 
may be transferred to ‘‘Department of Health and Human 
Services—Office of the Secretary—Public Health and So-
cial Services Emergency Fund’’ for an additional amount 
for fiscal year 2014, to remain available until expended, 
for expenses necessary— 
(1) 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 admin-
istrative expenses of the Biomedical Advanced Re-
search and Development Agency; 
(2) for procuring security countermeasures (as 
defined in section 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(c)(1)(B))); 
or 
(3) to prepare for and respond to an influenza 
pandemic and other emerging infectious diseases, in-
cluding activities such as the development and pur-
chase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical sup-
plies, diagnostics, and other surveillance tools. 
(b) Products purchased with amounts made available 
by this joint resolution for ‘‘Department of Health and 
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Human Services—Office of the Secretary—Public Health 
and Social Services Emergency Fund’’ may, at the discre-
tion of the Secretary, be deposited in the Strategic Na-
tional Stockpile pursuant to section 319F–2 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b). 
SEC. 134. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
provided for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Depart-
mental Administration—General Operating Expenses, 
Veterans Benefits Administration’’ at a rate for operations 
of $2,455,490,000. 
SEC. 135. 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 
resolution. 
SEC. 136. (a) Unless the House of Representatives 
and the Senate each vote on the passage of a concurrent 
resolution consistent with the requirements of subsection 
(b), the provisions of this joint resolution shall have no 
force or effect. 
(b) The matter after the resolving clause of the con-
current resolution described in this section shall state the 
following: ‘‘Congress affirms that it makes sense for the 
United 
States 
Government 
to 
rush 
ahead 
with 
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