Stability, Security, and Fairness Resolution of 2013

Bill: 113-hjres-62
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Graves, Tom [R-GA-14]
Introduced: 2013-09-12
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations

Budget deficits and national debt

Comprehensive health care

Congressional oversight

Defense spending

Disaster relief and insurance

Executive agency funding and structure

Government trust funds

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Health programs administration and funding

Military operations and strategy

Social security and elderly assistance
Latest action: action_date: 2013-09-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-09-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Stability, Security, and Fairness Resolution of 2013 - Makes continuing appropriations for FY2014.</p> <p>Appropriates amounts for continuing operations, projects, or activities which were conducted in FY2013 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in:</p> <ul> <li>the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division A of P.L. 113-6);</li> <li>the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division B of P.L. 113-6); and</li> <li>The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (division F of P.L. 113-6).</li> </ul> <p>Requires the rate for operations for each account to be calculated to reflect the full amount of any reduction required in FY2013 pursuant to:</p> <ul> <li> section 3004 of division G of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-6), if any; and</li> <li> the sequestration order issued to enforce a specified budget goal pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).</li> </ul> <p>(The Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act was amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011 to revise the discretionary spending limits and reduce the discretionary appropriations and direct spending specified in the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act unless a joint committee bill achieving an amount greater than $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction would be enacted by January 15, 2012.)</p> <p>Provides funding under this joint resolution through FY2014, unless otherwise provided for in this division or in the applicable appropriations Act.</p> <p>Authorizes continuation of other specified activities (including those for entitlements and other mandatory payments) through such fiscal year.</p> <p>Enacts the following bills into law:</p> <ul> <li>H.R. 2216 (Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014), as engrossed by the House of Representatives on June 4, 2013;</li> <li>H.R. 2217 (Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2014), as engrossed by the House on June 6, 2013; and </li> <li>H.R. 2397 (Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014), as engrossed by the House on July 24, 2013.</li> </ul> <p>Amends the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act to reduce the discretionary category in new budget authority for FY2014 from $1.066 trillion to $967.473 million.</p> <p>Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), if for FY2014 the amount of new budget authority provided by this joint resolution exceeds such discretionary spending limits, to increase the applicable percentage of 0% by the amount necessary to eliminate the excess of the limit.</p> <p>Rescinds the applicable 0%, subject to such requirement, of:</p> <ul> <li>the budget authority provided (or obligation limit imposed) for FY2014 for any discretionary account in section 101 of this joint resolution,</li> <li> the budget authority provided in any advance appropriation for FY2014 for any discretionary account (excluding any account funded under section 111 of this joint resolution) in any prior fiscal year appropriation Act, and</li> <li> the contract authority provided in FY2014 for any program subject to limitation incorporated or otherwise contained in section 101 of this joint resolution.</li> </ul> <p>Exempts:</p> <ul> <li>amounts designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism (OCO/GWOT) or for disaster relief; or</li> <li> the amount made available by this joint resolution for &quot;Social Security Administration, Limitation on Administrative Expenses&quot; for continuing disability reviews under titles II (Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance [OASDI] Benefits) and XVI (Grants to States for Aid to the Aged, Blind, or Disabled) of the Social Security Act (SSA), and for the cost associated with conducting redeterminations of eligibility under SSA title XVI.</li> </ul> <p>Prohibits, during any fiscal year, the use of federal funds to carryout: (1) the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA); or (2) certain PPACA related requirements in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.</p> <p>Rescinds any funds provided by PPACA, its title, or subtitle for FY2014.</p> <p>Delays: </p> <ul> <li>the obligation of any PPACA funds for FY2015 until January 1, 2015; and </li> <li> implementation of PPACA, its related requirements in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, or amendments made by either Act until December 31, 2014.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: IA 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 62 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 12, 2013 Mr. Graves of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Jordan , Mr. Meadows , Mr. Duncan of South Carolina , Mr. Southerland , Mr. Collins of Georgia , Mr. Labrador , Mr. Gowdy , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Olson , Mr. Marino , Mr. Palazzo , Mr. Pitts , Mr. Broun of Georgia , Mr. Salmon , Mr. Sensenbrenner , Mr. Hudson , Mr. Hensarling , Mr. DeSantis , Mr. Westmoreland , Mr. Massie , Mr. Gingrey of Georgia , Mr. Bridenstine , Mr. Brooks of Alabama , Mr. Cassidy , Mr. Neugebauer , Mr. Schweikert , Mr. Perry , Mr. Farenthold , Mr. Huizenga of Michigan , Mr. Messer , Mr. Flores , Mr. Mulvaney , Mr. Huelskamp , Mr. Daines , Mr. Wilson of South Carolina , Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. Ribble , Mr. Price of Georgia , Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia , Mr. Chabot , Mr. Franks of Arizona , and Mr. Stutzman ) introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations , and in addition to the Committees on the Budget and Ways and Means , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned JOINT RESOLUTION Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes.

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, corporations, and other organizational units of Government for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes, namely: 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for operations as provided in the applicable appropriations 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 provided 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 appropriations Acts: (1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division A of Public Law 113–6 ). (2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division B of Public Law 113–6 ). (3) The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (division F of Public Law 113–6 ). (b) The rate for operations provided by subsection (a) shall reflect the reductions made in fiscal year 2013 under— (1) section 3004 of division G of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113–6), if any; and (2) the sequestration order issued pursuant to section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 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. 103. Appropriations provided by this division that, in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2013, carried a multiple-year or no-year period of availability shall retain a comparable period of availability. 104. 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, funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal year 2013. 105. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this division, the requirements, authorities, conditions, limitations, and other provisions of the appropriations Acts referred to in section 101 shall continue in effect through the date specified in section 106. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this division or in the applicable appropriations Act, appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this division shall be available through September 30, 2014. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted into law. 108. 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. 414(a)(1) ). 109. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2013, and for activities under the Food Stamp Act of 1977, 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, to be continued through the date specified in section 106. (b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory payments due on or about the first day of any month that begins after October 2014 but not later than 30 days after the date specified in section 106 may continue to be made, and funds shall be available for such payments. 110. 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. 111. (a) The provisions of the following bills are hereby enacted into law: (1) H.R. 2216 (Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014), as engrossed by the House of Representatives on June 4, 2013. (2) H.R. 2217 (Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2014), as engrossed by the House of Representatives on June 6, 2013. (3) H.R. 2397 (Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014), as engrossed by the House of Representatives on July 24, 2013. (b) In publishing this Act in slip form and in the United States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall include after the date of approval at the end appendixes setting forth the texts of the bills referred to in subsection (a) of this section and the text of any other bill enacted into law by reference by reason of the enactment of this Act. 112. (a) The Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by striking section 251(c)(3) and inserting the following: (3) with respect to fiscal year 2014, for the discretionary category, $967,473,000 in new budget authority; . (b) If, for fiscal year 2014, the amount of new budget authority provided by this joint resolution exceeds the discretionary spending limit set forth in section 251(c)(3) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act (as amended by subsection (a) of this section), the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall increase the applicable percentage in subsection (d) by such amount as is necessary to eliminate the amount of the excess of such limit. (c) Subject to subsection (b), there is rescinded the applicable percentage (as specified in subsection (c)) of— (1) the budget authority provided (or obligation limit imposed) for fiscal year 2014 for any discretionary account in section 101 of this joint resolution; (2) the budget authority provided in any advance appropriation for fiscal year 2014 for any discretionary account (excluding any account funded under section 111 of this joint resolution) in any prior fiscal year appropriation Act; and (3) the contract authority provided in fiscal year 2014 for any program subject to limitation incorporated or otherwise contained in section 101 of this joint resolution. (d) For purposes of subsection (b), the applicable percentage shall be 0 percent. (e) Any rescission made by subsection (c) shall be applied proportionately— (1) to each discretionary account and each item of budget authority described in such subsection; and (2) within each such account and item, to each program, project, and activity (with programs, projects, and activities as delineated in the applicable appropriation Act or accompanying reports covering such account or item). (f) This section shall not apply to— (1) amounts 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; or (2) the amount made available by section 113 of this joint resolution for Social Security Administration, Limitation on Administrative Expenses for continuing disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act and for the cost associated with conducting redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI of the Social Security Act. 113. Of the funds made available by section 101 for Social Security Administration, Limitation on Administrative Expenses for the cost associated with continuing disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act and for the cost associated with conducting redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI of the Social Security 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, and $483,052,000 is additional new budget authority specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act. 114. (a) Limitation on funding the Affordable Care Act Notwithstanding any other provision of law— (1) none of the funds made available by this joint resolution or any other Act may be used to carry out Public Law 111–148 or title I or subtitle B of title II of Public Law 111–152 (including any amendment made by such Act, title, or subtitle, respectively) during any fiscal year; (2) any funds provided by such Act, title, or subtitle for fiscal year 2014 are rescinded; and (3) any funds so provided for fiscal year 2015 shall not be available for obligation until January 1, 2015. (b) Delay in implementation of the Affordable Care Act No provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148) or title I and subtitle B of title II of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 ( Public Law 111–152 ), or of the amendments made by either such Act, shall have effect until December 31, 2014. This joint resolution may be cited as the Stability, Security, and Fairness Resolution of 2013 .