113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 85 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Making continuing appropriations for the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency 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,
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and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, 
and funds, for the Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes, namely: 
SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary, 
at a rate for operations as provided in the Department 
of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 (division 
D of Public Law 113–6) and under the authority and con-
ditions provided in such Act, for continuing projects or 
activities that are not otherwise specifically provided for 
in this joint resolution, that were conducted in fiscal year 
2013, and for which appropriations, funds, or other au-
thority were made available by such Act under the heading 
‘‘Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery— 
Federal Emergency Management Agency’’. 
(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-
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thority made available by the Disaster Relief Appro-
priations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113–2). 
SEC. 102. Appropriations made by section 101 shall 
be available to the extent and in the manner that would 
be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 
SEC. 103. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint 
resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal 
year 2014, 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 enactment into law of the applicable appropriations 
Act for fiscal year 2014 without any provision for such 
project or activity; or (3) December 15, 2013. 
SEC. 104. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint 
resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, 
fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli-
cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is 
enacted into law. 
SEC. 105. This joint resolution shall be implemented 
so that only the most limited funding action of that per-
mitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to 
provide for continuation of projects and activities.
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SEC. 106. 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. 107. It is the sense of Congress that this joint 
resolution may also be referred to as the ‘‘National Emer-
gency and Disaster Recovery Act’’. 
This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Federal 
Emergency Management Agency Continuing Appropria-
tions Resolution, 2014’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 4, 
2013. 
Attest: 
Clerk.