Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014

Bill: 113-hjres-59
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5]
Introduced: 2013-09-10
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Africa

Agricultural conservation and pollution

Appropriations

Aviation and airports

Border security and unlawful immigration

Budget deficits and national debt

Budget process

Caribbean area

Child health

Comprehensive health care

Conflicts and wars

Congressional officers and employees

Congressional oversight

Correctional facilities and imprisonment

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Customs enforcement

Debt collection

Defense spending

Department of Commerce

Department of Defense

Department of Health and Human Services

Department of Homeland Security

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Department of Justice

Department of State

Department of Veterans Affairs

Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad

Disaster relief and insurance

District of Columbia

Economic development

Education programs funding

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Employee benefits and pensions

Energy assistance for the poor and aged

Energy research

Energy revenues and royalties

Executive agency funding and structure

Federal appellate courts

Federal district courts

Federal officials

Fires

Food assistance and relief

Foreign aid and international relief

Foreign labor

Forests, forestry, trees

Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Freedom of information

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Government information and archives

Government lending and loan guarantees

Government studies and investigations

Government trust funds

Gulf of Mexico

Health care costs and insurance

Health care coverage and access

Health care quality

Health facilities and institutions

Health information and medical records

Health personnel

Health programs administration and funding

Health promotion and preventive care

Health technology, devices, supplies

Higher education

Hospital care

House Committee on the Budget

Housing and community development funding

Immigration status and procedures

Immunology and vaccination

Income tax credits

Industrial facilities

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Inflation and prices

Interest, dividends, interest rates

Iraq

Judicial procedure and administration

Latin America

Law enforcement administration and funding

Legislative rules and procedure

Licensing and registrations

Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Medicaid

Medical research

Medicare

Members of Congress

Mexico

Middle East

Military assistance, sales, and agreements

Military facilities and property

Military operations and strategy

Military personnel and dependents

Military procurement, research, weapons development

Mining

Monuments and memorials

New Jersey

Oil and gas

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Poverty and welfare assistance

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Public contracts and procurement

Puerto Rico

Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Research administration and funding

Research and development

Rural conditions and development

Sales and excise taxes

Senate

Senate Committee on the Budget

Social security and elderly assistance

Spacecraft and satellites

State and local finance

Strategic materials and reserves

Student aid and college costs

Terrorism

Transportation costs

Transportation programs funding

Transportation safety and security

Uganda

Unemployment

User charges and fees

Veterans' pensions and compensation

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2013-12-26
text: Became Public Law No: 113-67.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-09-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 - 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);</li> <li>the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 (division C of P.L. 113-6);</li> <li>the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 (division D of P.L. 113-6);</li> <li>the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division E 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> any provision of division G of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-6); and</li> <li> the presidential sequestration order dated March 1, 2013, except as attributable to budget authority made available by: (1) the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (P.L. 112-175); or (2) the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-2). </li> </ul> <p>Provides funding under this joint resolution until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in it, (2) enactment of the applicable appropriations Act for FY2014 without any provision for such project or activity, or (3) December 15, 2013.</p> <p>Authorizes continuation of other specified activities (including those for entitlements and other mandatory payments) through such date.</p> <p>Allows amounts made available for the Department of Commerce--National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)--Procurement, Acquisition and Construction to be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain the planned launch schedules for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system.</p> <p>Makes appropriations for payment to Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg, widow of Frank R. Lautenberg, late a Senator from New Jersey.</p>

action_date: 2013-09-20
action_desc: Passed House amended
text: <p>Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 - Makes continuing appropriations for FY2014.</p> <p>(Sec. 101) 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);</li> <li>the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 (division C of P.L. 113-6);</li> <li>the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 (division D of P.L. 113-6);</li> <li>the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division E 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> any provision of division G of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-6); and</li> <li> the presidential sequestration order dated March 1, 2013, except as attributable to budget authority made available by: (1) the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (P.L. 112-175); or (2) the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-2). </li> </ul> <p>(Sec. 102) Bars the use of DOD appropriations or funds made available or authority granted in this joint resolution for: (1) the new production of items not funded for production in FY2013 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates above those sustained with FY2013 funds; (3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of specified projects, activities, or operations for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during FY2013; or (4) the initiation of multi-year procurements utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated later. </p> <p>(Sec. 106) Provides funding under this joint resolution until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in it; (2) enactment of the applicable appropriations Act for FY2014 without any provision for such project or activity; or (3) December 15, 2013.</p> <p>(Sec. 109) Prohibits high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of appropriations at the beginning of FY2014 for those programs that would otherwise have them because of distributions of funding to states, foreign countries, grantees, or others. Prohibits also the awarding of grants for any programs funded by this joint resolution that would impinge on final funding prerogatives.</p> <p> (Sec. 110) Declares that this joint resolution shall be implemented so that only the most limited funding action permitted shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activities.</p> <p> (Sec. 111) Continues funding through December 15, 2013, at the FY2013 level for entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in FY2013 appropriations Acts, as well as for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.</p> <p> (Sec. 112) Authorizes amounts made available under this joint resolution for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each department and agency to be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to avoid furloughs, consistent with the applicable FY2013 appropriations Act. Prohibits use of this authority until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses. </p> <p>(Sec. 114) Continues designation of each amount incorporated by reference in this joint resolution that was previously designated by Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or for disaster relief, respectively. Allows such funds to be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and notifies Congress.</p> <p> Provides additional new budget authority from amounts made available under this joint resolution for the Social Security Administration (SSA) for continuing disability reviews and redeterminations.</p> <p>(Sec. 115) Applies to funds made available under this joint resolution for FY2014 certain requirements and prohibitions of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013, namely:</p> <ul> <li> the requirement that the head of any executive branch department, agency, board, commission, or office funded by this or any other appropriations Act report annually to the Inspector General (IG) (or senior ethics official for any federal entity without an IG) regarding the costs and contracting procedures related to each conference held by any such entity during FY2014 for which the cost to the federal government was more than $100,000;</li> <li> the requirement that the head of any federal entity, within 15 days of any conference it held for which the cost was over $20,000, notify the IG or the senior ethics official of the date, location, and number of employees attending such conference;</li> <li> the prohibition against the use of federal grants or contracts by an executive branch agency to defray the costs of such a conference not directly and programmatically related to the purpose for which the grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, or other routine purposes related to a project funded by the grant or contract; and</li> <li>the prohibition against the use of federal funds for travel and conference activities that are not in compliance with OMB Memorandum M-12-12 dated May 11, 2012. </li> </ul> <p>(Sec. 116) Amends the Food for Peace Act to extend through December 15, 2013, authority for agreements to finance sales or to provide other assistance.</p> <p>(Sec. 117) Allows amounts made available for the &quot;Department of Commerce--National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)--Procurement, Acquisition and Construction&quot; to be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain the planned launch schedules for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system.</p> <p>(Sec. 118) Continues through the earlier of December 15, 2013, or the enactment of an authorization of FY2014 appropriations for Department of Defense (DOD) military activities, the DOD Secretary's authority to provide logistic support, supplies, and services for foreign forces, including the national military forces of Uganda, participating in operations to mitigate and eliminate the threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army.</p> <p>(Sec. 119) Extends through December 15, 2013, specified federal law relating to Appalachian regional development.</p> <p>(Sec. 120) Authorizes the District of Columbia to expend local funds for certain programs and activities.</p> <p> (Sec. 121) Provides funding for &quot;The Judiciary--Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services--Defender Services&quot; at a specified rate for operations.</p> <p>(Sec. 122) Continues through December 15, 2013, the requirement that the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) issue interim final regulations establishing risk-based performance standards for the security of chemical facilities and requiring vulnerability assessments and the development and implementation of site security plans for chemical facilities that meet specified requirements.</p> <p>(Sec. 123) Continues through December 15, 2013, the Secret Service's authority granted by the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 to use certain funds (including the proceeds of undercover investigative operations) for such operations.</p> <p>(Sec. 124) Continues through December 15, 2013, the DHS Secretary's authority to carry out a pilot program for: (1) basic, applied, and advanced research and development projects for response to existing or emerging terrorist threats; and (2) defense prototype projects.</p> <p>(Sec. 125) Requires any amounts made available pursuant to this joint resolution for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of DHS for salaries and expenses and for Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology, and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of DHS for salaries and expenses to be obligated at a rate for necessary operations to respectively sustain:</p> <ul> <li> the staffing levels of CBP Officers, equivalent to the staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013, and comply with specified requirements of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-6);</li> <li>border security operations, including sustaining the operation of Tethered Aerostat Radar Systems; and </li> <li>the staffing levels of ICE agents, equivalent to the staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013, and comply with specified requirements of P.L. 113-6.</li> </ul> <p>Requires the DHS Secretary to notify congressional appropriations committees on each use of such authority.</p> <p>(Sec. 126) Appropriates additional funding for FY2014 for wildland fire management programs of the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture, to remain available until expended for urgent wildland fire suppression activities.</p> <p>(Sec. 128) Continues through December 15, 2013, the authority of the Forest Service: </p> <ul> <li>to enter into up to 28 contracts with private persons (of which Region One of the Forest Service shall have authority to enter into nine) to perform services to achieve land management goals for national forests that meet local and rural community needs; and</li> <li> to apply the value of timber or other forest products removed as an offset against the cost of services received under a contract.</li> </ul> <p>(Sec. 129) Extends through December 15, 2013, activities authorized by part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) in the manner authorized for FY2013. Makes appropriations for such purpose. Excludes from this extension, however, activities otherwise authorized for: (1) the Contingency Fund for State Welfare Programs in the Treasury; and (2) funding of certain TANF research, evaluations, national studies, and demonstrations.</p> <p>(Sec. 130) Applies to funds made available under this joint resolution for FY2014 certain authority granted to the Mine Safety and Health Administration of the Department of Labor in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (CAA-2012) to: (1) collect and retain up to $2.499 million (currently, only retain up to $1.499 million) from fees collected for approval and certification of equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines; and (2) use the funds for such activities.</p> <p>(Sec. 131) Applies to funds made available under this joint resolution for FY2014 the treatment of funds for low-income home energy assistance payments for FY2012 under the CAA-2012 which requires that all but a specified portion of such funds be allocated as though the total appropriation for such payments for FY2012 was less than $1.975 billion.</p> <p> (Sec. 132) Provides funding for &quot;Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)--Administration for Children and Families--Refugee and Entrant Assistance&quot; at a specified rate for operations. Allows obligation of such amounts up to a rate for operations necessary to maintain program operations at the FY2013 level to accommodate increased demand.</p> <p>(Sec. 133) Authorizes, during the period covered by this joint resolution, any unobligated amounts available in the &quot;Nonrecurring expenses fund&quot; established in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 to be transferred to the HHS Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund for an additional amount for FY2014, to remain available until expended, for expenses necessary:</p> <ul> <li> to support advanced research and development pursuant to the Public Health Service Act, and other administrative expenses of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Agency;</li> <li> for procuring security countermeasures; or</li> <li> to prepare for and respond to an influenza pandemic and other emerging infectious diseases, including activities such as the development and purchase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical supplies, diagnostics, and other surveillance tools. </li> </ul> <p>Allows products purchased with amounts made available by this joint resolution for the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund to be, at the discretion of the HHS Secretary, deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile.</p> <p> (Sec. 134) Makes appropriations for payment to Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg, widow of Frank R. Lautenberg, late a Senator from New Jersey.</p> <p>(Sec. 135) Provides funding for &quot;Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)--Departmental Administration--General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration" at a specified rate for operations.</p> <p>(Sec. 136) Continues through December 15, 2013, the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 to waive or alter certain project-based assistance requirements for owners of certain properties assisted under the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, the National Housing Act, or section 8 (voucher program) of the United States Housing Act of 1937. (Makes such owners, under specified conditions, eligible for conversion of tenant-based vouchers to project-based vouchers.)</p> <p>(Sec. 137) Prohibits the use of federal funds to carry out:</p> <ul> <li> the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA),</li> <li> certain PPACA-related requirements in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (HCERA), or</li> <li>amendments made by either such Act.</li> </ul> <p>Declares that no entitlement to benefits under any provision of PPACA, the PPACA-related requirements in HCERA, or the amendments made by either such Act, shall remain in effect on and after enactment of this joint resolution.</p> <p>Prohibits any payment from being awarded, owed, or made to any state, district, or territory under any such provision.</p> <p>Rescinds all unobligated balances available under such laws.</p> <p>(Sec. 138) Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, until December 15, 2014, to issue obligations to pay with legal tender, and solely for the purpose of paying, the principal and interest on U.S. obligations held by the public, or held by the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and Disability Insurance Trust Fund, in the event that the federal debt reaches the statutory limit after enactment of this joint resolution.</p> <p>Prohibits: (1) the use of the issued obligations to pay compensation for Members of Congress, and (2) these obligations from being taken into account in applying the current $16.394 trillion public debt limit to the extent that they would otherwise cause such limit to be exceeded.</p> <p>Requires the Secretary, if such authority is exercised after enactment of this joint resolution, to report to specified congressional committees each week the authority is in use and provide an accounting of: (1) the principal on mature obligations and interest due or accrued by the United States, and (2) any obligations issued pursuant to this joint resolution.</p>

action_date: 2013-09-27
action_desc: Passed Senate amended
text: <p>Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 - Makes continuing appropriations for FY2014.</p> <p>(Sec. 101) 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), except for a provision of such Act concerning movement of plant pests under a temporary permit;</li> <li>the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division B of P.L. 113-6);</li> <li>the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 (division C of P.L. 113-6);</li> <li>the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 (division D of P.L. 113-6);</li> <li>the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division E 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> any provision of division G of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-6); and</li> <li> the presidential sequestration order dated March 1, 2013, except as attributable to budget authority made available by: (1) the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (P.L. 112-175); or (2) the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-2). </li> </ul> <p>(Sec. 102) Bars the use of Department of Defense (DOD) appropriations or funds made available or authority granted in this joint resolution for: (1) the new production of items not funded for production in FY2013 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates above those sustained with FY2013 funds; (3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of specified projects, activities, or operations for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during FY2013; or (4) the initiation of multi-year procurements utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated later. </p> <p>(Sec. 106) Provides funding under this joint resolution until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in it, (2) enactment of the applicable appropriations Act for FY2014 without any provision for such project or activity, or (3) November 15, 2013.</p> <p>(Sec. 109) Prohibits high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of appropriations at the beginning of FY2014 for those programs that would otherwise have them because of distributions of funding to states, foreign countries, grantees, or others. Prohibits also the awarding of grants for any programs funded by this joint resolution that would impinge on final funding prerogatives.</p> <p> (Sec. 110) Declares that this joint resolution shall be implemented so that only the most limited funding action permitted shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activities.</p> <p> (Sec. 111) Continues funding through November 15, 2013, at the FY2013 level for entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in FY2013 appropriations Acts, as well as for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.</p> <p> (Sec. 112) Authorizes amounts made available under this joint resolution for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each department and agency to be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to avoid furloughs, consistent with the applicable FY2013 appropriations Act. Prohibits use of this authority until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses. </p> <p>(Sec. 114) Continues designation of each amount incorporated by reference in this joint resolution that was previously designated by Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or for disaster relief, respectively. Allows such funds to be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and notifies Congress.</p> <p> Provides additional new budget authority from amounts made available under this joint resolution for the Social Security Administration (SSA) for continuing disability reviews and redeterminations.</p> <p>(Sec. 115) Applies to funds made available under this joint resolution for FY2014 certain requirements and prohibitions of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013, namely:</p> <ul> <li> the requirement that the head of any executive branch department, agency, board, commission, or office funded by this or any other appropriations Act report annually to the Inspector General (IG) (or senior ethics official for any federal entity without an IG) regarding the costs and contracting procedures related to each conference held by any such entity during FY2014 for which the cost to the federal government was more than $100,000;</li> <li> the requirement that the head of any federal entity, within 15 days of any conference it held for which the cost was over $20,000, notify the IG or the senior ethics official of the date, location, and number of employees attending such conference;</li> <li> the prohibition against the use of federal grants or contracts by an executive branch agency to defray the costs of such a conference not directly and programmatically related to the purpose for which the grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, or other routine purposes related to a project funded by the grant or contract; and</li> <li>the prohibition against the use of federal funds for travel and conference activities that are not in compliance with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum M-12-12 dated May 11, 2012. </li> </ul> <p>(Sec. 116) Amends the Food for Peace Act to extend through November 15, 2013, authority for agreements to finance sales or to provide other assistance.</p> <p>(Sec. 117) Allows amounts made available for the &quot;Department of Commerce--National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)--Procurement, Acquisition and Construction&quot; to be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain the planned launch schedules for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system.</p> <p>(Sec. 118) Continues through the earlier of November 15, 2013, or the enactment of an authorization of FY2014 appropriations for DOD military activities, the DOD Secretary's authority to provide logistic support, supplies, and services for foreign forces, including the national military forces of Uganda, participating in operations to mitigate and eliminate the threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army.</p> <p>(Sec. 119) Extends through November 15, 2013, specified federal law relating to Appalachian regional development.</p> <p>(Sec. 120) Authorizes the District of Columbia to expend local funds for certain programs and activities.</p> <p> (Sec. 121) Provides funding for &quot;The Judiciary--Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services--Defender Services&quot; at a specified rate for operations.</p> <p>(Sec. 122) Continues through November 15, 2013, the requirement that the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) issue interim final regulations establishing risk-based performance standards for the security of chemical facilities and requiring vulnerability assessments and the development and implementation of site security plans for chemical facilities that meet specified requirements.</p> <p>(Sec. 123) Continues through November 15, 2013, the authority of the U.S. Secret Service to use appropriated funds and proceeds from undercover investigative operations for specified purposes.</p> <p>(Sec. 124) Continues through November 15, 2013, the DHS Secretary's authority to carry out a pilot program for: (1) basic, applied, and advanced research and development projects for response to existing or emerging terrorist threats; and (2) defense prototype projects.</p> <p>(Sec. 125) Requires any amounts made available pursuant to this joint resolution for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of DHS for salaries and expenses and for Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology, and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of DHS for salaries and expenses to be obligated at a rate for necessary operations to respectively sustain:</p> <ul> <li> the staffing levels of CBP Officers, equivalent to the staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013, and comply with specified requirements of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-6);</li> <li>border security operations, including sustaining the operation of Tethered Aerostat Radar Systems; and </li> <li>the staffing levels of ICE agents, equivalent to the staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013, and comply with specified requirements of P.L. 113-6.</li> </ul> <p>Requires the DHS Secretary to notify congressional appropriations committees on each use of such authority.</p> <p>(Sec. 126) Appropriates additional funding for FY2014 for wildland fire management programs of the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture, to remain available until expended for urgent wildland fire suppression activities.</p> <p>(Sec. 128) Continues through November 15, 2013, the authority of the Forest Service: </p> <ul> <li>to enter into up to 28 contracts with private persons (of which Region One of the Forest Service shall have authority to enter into nine) to perform services to achieve land management goals for national forests that meet local and rural community needs; and</li> <li> to apply the value of timber or other forest products removed as an offset against the cost of services received under a contract.</li> </ul> <p>(Sec. 129) Continues in effect the authority for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission until the earlier of enactment of FY2014 appropriations or November 15, 2013.</p> <p>(Sec. 130) Extends through November 15, 2013, activities authorized by part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) in the manner authorized for FY2013. Makes appropriations for such purpose. Excludes from this extension, however, activities otherwise authorized for: (1) the Contingency Fund for State Welfare Programs in the Treasury; and (2) funding of certain TANF research, evaluations, national studies, and demonstrations.</p> <p>(Sec. 131) Applies to funds made available under this joint resolution for FY2014 certain authority granted to the Mine Safety and Health Administration of the Department of Labor in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (CAA-2012) to: (1) collect and retain up to $2.499 million (currently, only retain up to $1.499 million) from fees collected for approval and certification of equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines; and (2) use the funds for such activities.</p> <p>(Sec. 132) Applies to funds made available under this joint resolution for FY2014 the treatment of funds for low-income home energy assistance payments for FY2012 under the CAA-2012, which requires that all but a specified portion of such funds be allocated as though the total appropriation for such payments for FY2012 was less than $1.975 billion.</p> <p> (Sec. 133) Provides funding for &quot;Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)--Administration for Children and Families--Refugee and Entrant Assistance&quot; at a specified rate for operations. Allows obligation of such amounts up to a rate for operations necessary to maintain program operations at the FY2013 level to accommodate increased demand.</p> <p>(Sec. 134) Authorizes obligation, during the period covered by this joint resolution, of amounts provided for the HHS Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund 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 expenses necessary to support advanced research and development and other administrative expenses of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.</p> <p> (Sec. 135) Makes appropriations for payment to Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg, widow of Frank R. Lautenberg, late a Senator from New Jersey.</p> <p>(Sec. 136) Provides funding for &quot;Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)--Departmental Administration--General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration" at a specified rate for operations.</p> <p>(Sec. 137) Continues through November 15, 2013, the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 to waive or alter certain project-based assistance requirements for owners of certain properties assisted under the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, the National Housing Act, or section 8 (voucher program) of the United States Housing Act of 1937. (Makes such owners, under specified conditions, eligible for conversion of tenant-based vouchers to project-based vouchers.)</p>

action_date: 2013-09-29
action_desc: House agreed to Senate amendment with amendment
text: <p>Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 - Makes continuing appropriations for FY2014.</p> <p>(Sec. 101) 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), except for a provision of such Act concerning movement of plant pests under a temporary permit;</li> <li>the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division B of P.L. 113-6);</li> <li>the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 (division C of P.L. 113-6);</li> <li>the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 (division D of P.L. 113-6);</li> <li>the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division E 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> any provision of division G of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-6); and</li> <li> the presidential sequestration order dated March 1, 2013, except as attributable to budget authority made available by: (1) the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (P.L. 112-175); or (2) the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-2). </li> </ul> <p>(Sec. 102) Bars the use of Department of Defense (DOD) appropriations or funds made available or authority granted in this joint resolution for: (1) the new production of items not funded for production in FY2013 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates above those sustained with FY2013 funds; (3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of specified projects, activities, or operations for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during FY2013; or (4) the initiation of multi-year procurements utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated later. </p> <p>(Sec. 106) Provides funding under this joint resolution until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in it, (2) enactment of the applicable appropriations Act for FY2014 without any provision for such project or activity, or (3) December 15, 2013.</p> <p>(Sec. 109) Prohibits high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of appropriations at the beginning of FY2014 for those programs that would otherwise have them because of distributions of funding to states, foreign countries, grantees, or others. Prohibits also the awarding of grants for any programs funded by this joint resolution that would impinge on final funding prerogatives.</p> <p> (Sec. 110) Declares that this joint resolution shall be implemented so that only the most limited funding action permitted shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activities.</p> <p> (Sec. 111) Continues funding through December 15, 2013, at the FY2013 level for entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in FY2013 appropriations Acts, as well as for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.</p> <p> (Sec. 112) Authorizes amounts made available under this joint resolution for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each department and agency to be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to avoid furloughs, consistent with the applicable FY2013 appropriations Act. Prohibits use of this authority until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses. </p> <p>(Sec. 114) Continues designation of each amount incorporated by reference in this joint resolution that was previously designated by Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or for disaster relief, respectively. Allows such funds to be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and notifies Congress.</p> <p> Provides additional new budget authority from amounts made available under this joint resolution for the Social Security Administration (SSA) for continuing disability reviews and redeterminations.</p> <p>(Sec. 115) Applies to funds made available under this joint resolution for FY2014 certain requirements and prohibitions of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013, namely:</p> <ul> <li> the requirement that the head of any executive branch department, agency, board, commission, or office funded by this or any other appropriations Act report annually to the Inspector General (IG) (or senior ethics official for any federal entity without an IG) regarding the costs and contracting procedures related to each conference held by any such entity during FY2014 for which the cost to the federal government was more than $100,000;</li> <li> the requirement that the head of any federal entity, within 15 days of any conference it held for which the cost was over $20,000, notify the IG or the senior ethics official of the date, location, and number of employees attending such conference;</li> <li> the prohibition against the use of federal grants or contracts by an executive branch agency to defray the costs of such a conference not directly and programmatically related to the purpose for which the grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, or other routine purposes related to a project funded by the grant or contract; and</li> <li>the prohibition against the use of federal funds for travel and conference activities that are not in compliance with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum M-12-12 dated May 11, 2012. </li> </ul> <p>(Sec. 116) Amends the Food for Peace Act to extend through December 15, 2013, authority for agreements to finance sales or to provide other assistance.</p> <p>(Sec. 117) Allows amounts made available for the &quot;Department of Commerce--National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)--Procurement, Acquisition and Construction&quot; to be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain the planned launch schedules for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system.</p> <p>(Sec. 118) Continues through the earlier of December 15, 2013, or the enactment of an authorization of FY2014 appropriations for DOD military activities, the DOD Secretary's authority to provide logistic support, supplies, and services for foreign forces, including the national military forces of Uganda, participating in operations to mitigate and eliminate the threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army.</p> <p>(Sec. 119) Extends through December 15, 2013, specified federal law relating to Appalachian regional development.</p> <p>(Sec. 120) Authorizes the District of Columbia to expend local funds for certain programs and activities.</p> <p> (Sec. 121) Provides funding for &quot;The Judiciary--Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services--Defender Services&quot; at a specified rate for operations.</p> <p>(Sec. 122) Continues through December 15, 2013, the requirement that the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) issue interim final regulations establishing risk-based performance standards for the security of chemical facilities and requiring vulnerability assessments and the development and implementation of site security plans for chemical facilities that meet specified requirements.</p> <p>(Sec. 123) Continues through December 15, 2013, the authority of the U.S. Secret Service to use appropriated funds and proceeds from undercover investigative operations for specified purposes.</p> <p>(Sec. 124) Continues through December 15, 2013, the DHS Secretary's authority to carry out a pilot program for: (1) basic, applied, and advanced research and development projects for response to existing or emerging terrorist threats; and (2) defense prototype projects.</p> <p>(Sec. 125) Requires any amounts made available pursuant to this joint resolution for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of DHS for salaries and expenses and for Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology, and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of DHS for salaries and expenses to be obligated at a rate for necessary operations to respectively sustain:</p> <ul> <li> the staffing levels of CBP Officers, equivalent to the staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013, and comply with specified requirements of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-6);</li> <li>border security operations, including sustaining the operation of Tethered Aerostat Radar Systems; and </li> <li>the staffing levels of ICE agents, equivalent to the staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013, and comply with specified requirements of P.L. 113-6.</li> </ul> <p>Requires the DHS Secretary to notify congressional appropriations committees on each use of such authority.</p> <p>(Sec. 126) Appropriates additional funding for FY2014 for wildland fire management programs of the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture, to remain available until expended for urgent wildland fire suppression activities.</p> <p>(Sec. 128) Continues through December 15, 2013, the authority of the Forest Service: </p> <ul> <li>to enter into up to 28 contracts with private persons (of which Region One of the Forest Service shall have authority to enter into nine) to perform services to achieve land management goals for national forests that meet local and rural community needs; and</li> <li> to apply the value of timber or other forest products removed as an offset against the cost of services received under a contract.</li> </ul> <p>(Sec. 129) Continues in effect the authority for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission until the earlier of enactment of FY2014 appropriations or December 15, 2013. Suspends certain authorities relating to procurement and permits for such Memorial.</p> <p>(Sec. 130) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to provide that the total number of aliens eligible for special immigrant status for the period ending on December 15, 2013, shall be the sum of the number of such aliens whose applications were pending on September 30, 2013, and 2,000. Imposes a deadline of December 15, 2013, for applications for special immigrant status.</p> <p>(Sec. 131) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the excise tax on medical devices. </p> <p>Delays the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act until October 1, 2014.</p> <p>(Sec. 132) Extends through December 15, 2013, activities authorized by part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) in the manner authorized for FY2013. Makes appropriations for such purpose. Excludes from this extension, however, activities otherwise authorized for: (1) the Contingency Fund for State Welfare Programs in the Treasury; and (2) funding of certain TANF research, evaluations, national studies, and demonstrations.</p> <p>(Sec. 133) Applies to funds made available under this joint resolution for FY2014 certain authority granted to the Mine Safety and Health Administration of the Department of Labor in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (CAA-2012) to: (1) collect and retain up to $2.499 million (currently, only retain up to $1.499 million) from fees collected for approval and certification of equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines; and (2) use the funds for such activities.</p> <p>(Sec. 134) Applies to funds made available under this joint resolution for FY2014 the treatment of funds for low-income home energy assistance payments for FY2012 under the CAA-2012, which requires that all but a specified portion of such funds be allocated as though the total appropriation for such payments for FY2012 was less than $1.975 billion.</p> <p>(Sec. 135) Provides funding for &quot;Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)--Administration for Children and Families--Refugee and Entrant Assistance&quot; at a specified rate for operations. Allows obligation of such amounts up to a rate for operations necessary to maintain program operations at the FY2013 level to accommodate increased demand.</p> <p>(Sec. 136) Authorizes obligation, during the period covered by this joint resolution, of amounts provided for the HHS Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund 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 expenses necessary to support advanced research and development and other administrative expenses of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.</p> <p>(Sec. 137) Makes appropriations for payment to Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg, widow of Frank R. Lautenberg, late a Senator from New Jersey.</p> <p>(Sec. 138) Provides funding for &quot;Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)--Departmental Administration--General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration" at a specified rate for operations.</p> <p>(Sec. 139) Continues through December 15, 2013, the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 to waive or alter certain project-based assistance requirements for owners of certain properties assisted under the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, the National Housing Act, or section 8 (voucher program) of the United States Housing Act of 1937. (Makes such owners, under specified conditions, eligible for conversion of tenant-based vouchers to project-based vouchers.)</p>

action_date: 2013-09-30
action_desc: House receded and concurred with amendment, 2nd occurrence
text: <p>Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 - Makes continuing appropriations for FY2014.</p> <p>(Sec. 101) 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), except for a provision of such Act concerning movement of plant pests under a temporary permit;</li> <li>the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division B of P.L. 113-6);</li> <li>the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 (division C of P.L. 113-6);</li> <li>the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 (division D of P.L. 113-6);</li> <li>the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division E 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> any provision of division G of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-6); and</li> <li> the presidential sequestration order dated March 1, 2013, except as attributable to budget authority made available by: (1) the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (P.L. 112-175); or (2) the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-2). </li> </ul> <p>(Sec. 102) Bars the use of Department of Defense (DOD) appropriations or funds made available or authority granted in this joint resolution for: (1) the new production of items not funded for production in FY2013 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates above those sustained with FY2013 funds; (3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of specified projects, activities, or operations for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during FY2013; or (4) the initiation of multi-year procurements utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated later. </p> <p>(Sec. 106) Provides funding under this joint resolution until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in it, (2) enactment of the applicable appropriations Act for FY2014 without any provision for such project or activity, or (3) December 15, 2013.</p> <p>(Sec. 109) Prohibits high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of appropriations at the beginning of FY2014 for those programs that would otherwise have them because of distributions of funding to states, foreign countries, grantees, or others. Prohibits also the awarding of grants for any programs funded by this joint resolution that would impinge on final funding prerogatives.</p> <p> (Sec. 110) Declares that this joint resolution shall be implemented so that only the most limited funding action permitted shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activities.</p> <p> (Sec. 111) Continues funding through December 15, 2013, at the FY2013 level for entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in FY2013 appropriations Acts, as well as for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.</p> <p> (Sec. 112) Authorizes amounts made available under this joint resolution for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each department and agency to be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to avoid furloughs, consistent with the applicable FY2013 appropriations Act. Prohibits use of this authority until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses. </p> <p>(Sec. 114) Continues designation of each amount incorporated by reference in this joint resolution that was previously designated by Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or for disaster relief, respectively. Allows such funds to be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and notifies Congress.</p> <p> Provides additional new budget authority from amounts made available under this joint resolution for the Social Security Administration (SSA) for continuing disability reviews and redeterminations.</p> <p>(Sec. 115) Applies to funds made available under this joint resolution for FY2014 certain requirements and prohibitions of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013, namely:</p> <ul> <li> the requirement that the head of any executive branch department, agency, board, commission, or office funded by this or any other appropriations Act report annually to the Inspector General (IG) (or senior ethics official for any federal entity without an IG) regarding the costs and contracting procedures related to each conference held by any such entity during FY2014 for which the cost to the federal government was more than $100,000;</li> <li> the requirement that the head of any federal entity, within 15 days of any conference it held for which the cost was over $20,000, notify the IG or the senior ethics official of the date, location, and number of employees attending such conference;</li> <li> the prohibition against the use of federal grants or contracts by an executive branch agency to defray the costs of such a conference not directly and programmatically related to the purpose for which the grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, or other routine purposes related to a project funded by the grant or contract; and</li> <li>the prohibition against the use of federal funds for travel and conference activities that are not in compliance with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum M-12-12 dated May 11, 2012. </li> </ul> <p>(Sec. 116) Amends the Food for Peace Act to extend through December 15, 2013, authority for agreements to finance sales or to provide other assistance.</p> <p>(Sec. 117) Allows amounts made available for the &quot;Department of Commerce--National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)--Procurement, Acquisition and Construction&quot; to be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain the planned launch schedules for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system.</p> <p>(Sec. 118) Continues through the earlier of December 15, 2013, or the enactment of an authorization of FY2014 appropriations for DOD military activities, the DOD Secretary's authority to provide logistic support, supplies, and services for foreign forces, including the national military forces of Uganda, participating in operations to mitigate and eliminate the threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army.</p> <p>(Sec. 119) Extends through December 15, 2013, specified federal law relating to Appalachian regional development.</p> <p>(Sec. 120) Authorizes the District of Columbia to expend local funds for certain programs and activities.</p> <p> (Sec. 121) Provides funding for &quot;The Judiciary--Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services--Defender Services&quot; at a specified rate for operations.</p> <p>(Sec. 122) Continues through December 15, 2013, the requirement that the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) issue interim final regulations establishing risk-based performance standards for the security of chemical facilities and requiring vulnerability assessments and the development and implementation of site security plans for chemical facilities that meet specified requirements.</p> <p>(Sec. 123) Continues through December 15, 2013, the authority of the United States Secret Service to use appropriated funds and proceeds from undercover investigative operations for specified purposes.</p> <p>(Sec. 124) Continues through December 15, 2013, the DHS Secretary's authority to carry out a pilot program for: (1) basic, applied, and advanced research and development projects for response to existing or emerging terrorist threats; and (2) defense prototype projects.</p> <p>(Sec. 125) Requires any amounts made available pursuant to this joint resolution for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of DHS for salaries and expenses and for Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology, and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of DHS for salaries and expenses to be obligated at a rate for necessary operations to respectively sustain:</p> <ul> <li> the staffing levels of CBP Officers, equivalent to the staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013, and comply with specified requirements of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-6);</li> <li>border security operations, including sustaining the operation of Tethered Aerostat Radar Systems; and </li> <li>the staffing levels of ICE agents, equivalent to the staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013, and comply with specified requirements of P.L. 113-6.</li> </ul> <p>Requires the DHS Secretary to notify congressional appropriations committees on each use of such authority.</p> <p>(Sec. 126) Appropriates additional funding for FY2014 for wildland fire management programs of the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture, to remain available until expended for urgent wildland fire suppression activities.</p> <p>(Sec. 128) Continues through December 15, 2013, the authority of the Forest Service: </p> <ul> <li>to enter into up to 28 contracts with private persons (of which Region One of the Forest Service shall have authority to enter into nine) to perform services to achieve land management goals for national forests that meet local and rural community needs; and</li> <li> to apply the value of timber or other forest products removed as an offset against the cost of services received under a contract.</li> </ul> <p>(Sec. 129) Continues in effect the authority for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission until the earlier of enactment of FY2014 appropriations or December 15, 2013.</p> <p>(Sec. 130) Extends through December 15, 2013, activities authorized by part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) in the manner authorized for FY2013. Makes appropriations for such purpose. Excludes from this extension, however, activities otherwise authorized for: (1) the Contingency Fund for State Welfare Programs in the Treasury; and (2) funding of certain TANF research, evaluations, national studies, and demonstrations.</p> <p>(Sec. 131) Applies to funds made available under this joint resolution for FY2014 certain authority granted to the Mine Safety and Health Administration of the Department of Labor in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (CAA-2012) to: (1) collect and retain up to $2.499 million (currently, only retain up to $1.499 million) from fees collected for approval and certification of equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines; and (2) use the funds for such activities.</p> <p>(Sec. 132) Applies to funds made available under this joint resolution for FY2014 the treatment of funds for low-income home energy assistance payments for FY2012 under the CAA-2012, which requires that all but a specified portion of such funds be allocated as though the total appropriation for such payments for FY2012 was less than $1.975 billion.</p> <p> (Sec. 133) Provides funding for &quot;Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)--Administration for Children and Families--Refugee and Entrant Assistance&quot; at a specified rate for operations. Allows obligation of such amounts up to a rate for operations necessary to maintain program operations at the FY2013 level to accommodate increased demand.</p> <p>(Sec. 134) Authorizes obligation, during the period covered by this joint resolution, of amounts provided for the HHS Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund at a rate necessary to assure timely execution of planned advanced research and development contracts pursuant to the Public Health Service Act, to remain available until expended, for expenses necessary to support advanced research and development and other administrative expenses of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.</p> <p> (Sec. 135) Makes appropriations for payment to Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg, widow of Frank R. Lautenberg, late a Senator from New Jersey.</p> <p>(Sec. 136) Provides funding for &quot;Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)--Departmental Administration--General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration" at a specified rate for operations.</p> <p>(Sec. 137) Continues through December 15, 2013, the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 to waive or alter certain project-based assistance requirements for owners of certain properties assisted under the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, the National Housing Act, or section 8 (voucher program) of the United States Housing Act of 1937. (Makes such owners, under specified conditions, eligible for conversion of tenant-based vouchers to project-based vouchers.)</p> <p>(Sec. 138) Extends (until December 15, 2013) the expiration date for funding under this joint resolution, unless an earlier enactment of appropriations for specified activities or projects occurs. </p> <p>(Sec. 139) Suspends, for the period covered by this joint resolution, certain authorities relating to procurement and permits for design and construction of a memorial in honor of Dwight D. Eisenhower. </p> <p>(Sec. 140) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to provide that the total number of aliens eligible for special immigrant status (Iraqis who were employed by or on behalf of the U.S. government in Iraq) for the period ending on December 15, 2013, shall be the sum of: (1) the number of such aliens whose applications were pending on September 30, 2013, and (2) 2000. Imposes a deadline of December 15, 2013, for applications for special immigrant status. </p> <p>(Sec. 141) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to delay until 2015 application of the requirement that individuals maintain minimum essential health insurance coverage (the &quot;individual mandate&quot;).</p> <p>(Sec. 142) Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to extend the requirement for participation in an American Health Benefit Exchange (a state health insurance exchange created by PPACA) to the President, Vice-President, executive branch political appointees, and employees of congressional committees and leadership offices of Congress (currently, this requirement applies to Members of Congress and their staff). Prohibits any government contribution to or subsidy for the health insurance coverage of such officials and employees. </p>

action_date: 2013-12-12
action_desc: House receded and concurred with amendment
text: <p><b>Division A: Bipartisan Budget Agreement</b> - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 - <b>Division A [<i>sic</i>]: Budget Enforcement and Deficit Reduction </b>- <b>Title I: Budget Enforcement - Subtitle A: Amendments to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act</b> - (Sec. 101) Amends the Balanced Budget Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to establish (increased) discretionary spending limits (spending caps) for the revised security and nonsecurity categories for FY2014-FY2015. Continues the existing spending limits in such categories for FY2016-FY2021 imposed under the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA). (Pursuant to BCA procedures, the initial limits for FY2014-FY2021 are to be lowered (sequestered) by the Office of Management and Budget [OMB] each fiscal year to achieve certain budgetary savings.)</p> <p>Amends the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act to direct OMB to make the calculations necessary to implement the direct defense and nondefense spending reductions calculated pursuant to the BCA without regard to this Act's revisions of the discretionary spending limits for FY2014-FY2015.</p> <p>Directs the President, upon issuance of OMB sequestration preview reports for FY2022-FY2023, to order a sequestration, effective upon issuance so that the percentage reductions for nonexempt direct spending for the defense and nondefense functions are the same percent as the corresponding percentage reductions for such spending for FY2021.</p> <p>Makes conforming amendments to the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act to define:</p> <ul> <li> "revised security category" as discretionary appropriations in budget function 050, </li> <li>"revised nonsecurity category" as discretionary appropriations other than in budget function 050, and</li> <li>"category" as the subsets of these discretionary appropriations.</li> </ul> <p>Requires:</p> <ul> <li> discretionary appropriations in each of the categories to be those designated in the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on the Balanced Budget Act of 1997; and</li> <li>new accounts or activities to be categorized only after consultation with congressional appropriations and budget committees, and to the extent practicable, to include written communication to those committees that affords them the opportunity to comment before official action is taken for such accounts or activities.</li> </ul> <p><b>Subtitle B: Establishing a Congressional Budget</b> - (Sec. 111) Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2014, including appropriate budgetary levels for FY2015-FY2023. </p> <p>Requires the Chairmen of the congressional budget committees to submit statements for publication in the Congressional Record as soon as practicable after enactment of this Act that include:</p> <ul> <li>committee allocations for the Committee on Appropriations of the respective chamber for FY2014 consistent with the discretionary spending limits set forth in this Act; </li> <li>committee allocations for all other committees of the respective chamber for: (1) FY2014, (2) FY2014-FY2018 in the Senate only, and (3) FY2014-FY2023;</li> <li>aggregate spending levels for FY2014 in accordance with such allocations;</li> <li>aggregate revenue levels for: (1) FY2014, (2) FY2014-FY2018 in the Senate only, and (3) FY2014-FY2023; and</li> <li>in the Senate only, levels of Social Security revenues and outlays for FY2014-FY2023 consistent with the CBO May 2013 baseline adjusted to account for the budgetary effects of this Act and legislation enacted before this Act but not included in such baseline.</li> </ul> <p>Authorizes the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, after enactment of this Act, to reduce the aggregates, allocations, and other budgetary levels included in the Chairman's statement to reflect the budgetary effects of any legislation enacted during the 113th Congress that reduces the deficit.</p> <p>(Sec. 112) Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate any legislation that would require advanced appropriations, except by a supermajority waiver, other than for:</p> <ul> <li> up to $28.852 billion in new budget authority in FY2015-FY2016 for programs, projects, activities, or accounts identified in the joint explanatory statement of managers accompanying this budget resolution;</li> <li> the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; and</li> <li> the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the Medical Services, Medical Support and Compliance, and Medical Facilities accounts of the Veterans Health Administration.</li> </ul> <p>Makes this requirement inapplicable if a budget resolution for FY2015 is adopted in both chambers.</p> <p>(Sec. 113) Provides that, for the remainder of the 113th Congress in the House of Representatives, the provisions of H.Con.Res. 25 (113th Congress), as deemed in force by H.Res. 243 (113th Congress), shall remain in force to the extent its budgetary levels are not superseded by this subtitle or by further action of the House.</p> <p>(Sec. 114) Requires the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee (Chairman in this section), for enforcement of the Senate Pay-As-You-Go Scorecard requirements, to: (1) reduce any balances of direct spending and revenues for any fiscal year to zero, effective upon enactment of this joint resolution; and (2) do the same for FY2015 between April 15 and May 15, 2014.</p> <p>Authorizes the Chairman to revise the committee allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits set pursuant to this subtitle for any legislation that amends the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act to repeal or revise the enforcement procedures established under it, by the amounts provided in that legislation for those purposes, provided that it would not increase the deficit over the FY2014-FY2023 total. (Thus requires a deficit-neutral reserve fund to replace sequestration.)</p> <p>Declares that specified deficit-neutral reserve funds established in S.Con.Res. 8 (113th Congress), as passed by the Senate, shall have force and effect.</p> <p>Makes certain requirements of this section expire, including such deficit-neutral reserve funds, if a budget resolution for FY2015 is agreed to by both chambers.</p> <p>(Sec. 115) Requires the allocations, aggregates, and levels in this Act to apply in the House and the Senate after April 15, 2014, in the same manner as an FY2015 budget resolution if an actual budget resolution for FY2015 has not been adopted by that date.</p> <p><b>Subtitle C: Technical Corrections</b> - (Sec. 121) Makes technical corrections to the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act and to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.</p> <p><b>Title II: Prevention of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse</b> - (Sec. 201) Amends title III (Unemployment Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require all states to use a specified mechanism (Treasury Offset Program) under the Internal Revenue Code for collecting unemployment compensation debts to recover any such debt remaining uncollected one year after the date when it was finally determined to be due and collected.</p> <p>(Sec. 202) Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) with respect to payment for prenatal and preventive pediatric care without regard to a third party's liability to pay for such services. Authorizes a state Medicaid plan to make such a payment, if cost-effective and unable to adversely affect access to care, only if a liable third party has not made payment within 90 days after the service provider has initially submitted a payment claim to that third party.</p> <p>Authorizes the state Medicaid plan to do the same with respect to any covered services provided to an individual on whose behalf the proper state agency is enforcing child support. Allows the state, however, to make such a payment within 30 days only if doing so is cost effective and necessary to ensure access to care.</p> <p>Allows a state to recover Medicaid expenditures from liable third parties pursuant to rights it has acquired or has had assigned to it.</p> <p>(Sec. 203) Prohibits the Secretary of Commerce from disclosing to any person information contained in the Death Master File with respect to any deceased individual during the three calendar years after the individual's death, unless that person is certified, under a program established by the Secretary, as eligible to access such information and to perform periodic audits. Prescribes penalties for unauthorized disclosure. </p> <p>(Sec. 204) Includes anticipated or actual release dates among the types of information prisons are required to report to the Social Security Administration through the Prisoner Update Processing System (PUPS).</p> <p>Authorizes the Commissioner of Social Security, under an agreement with a state or local detention facility, to provide PUPS data to any agency administering a federal or federally-assisted cash, food, or medical assistance program for research conducted by federal and state agencies, and to the Secretary of the Treasury for the purpose of tax administration, debt collection, and identifying, preventing, and recovering improper payments under federally funded programs. </p> <p>Amends the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012, with respect to the Do Not Pay Initiative, to require federal agencies to review PUPS data before certifying a payment or award.</p> <p><b>Title III: Natural Resources</b> - (Sec. 301) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal the Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and and Other Petroleum Resources program. Rescinds unobligated funds appropriated for it.</p> <p> (Sec. 302) Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to: (1) reduce by 2%, beginning in FY2014, the amount of payments to the states for administrative costs incurred by the United States in implementing the program for leasing and prospecting on federal land; and (2) require the amount of such reduction to be deposited to miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury.</p> <p>(Sec. 303) Approves the Agreement between the United States of America and the United Mexican States Concerning Transboundary Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico, signed at Los Cabos, February 20, 2012.</p> <p>(Sec. 304) Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary in this title) to implement any transboundary hydrocarbon agreement for the management of transboundary hydrocarbon reservoirs entered into by the President and approved by Congress after enactment of this Act. </p> <p>Instructs the Secretary, in implementing such an agreement, to protect U.S. interests to promote domestic job creation and ensure the expeditious and orderly development and conservation of domestic mineral resources in accordance with federal laws governing the exploration, development, and production of hydrocarbon resources on the Outer Continental Shelf (OTS).</p> <p>Prescribes procedures for submission to Congress of a transboundary hydrocarbon agreement that does not constitute a treaty in the judgment of the President. </p> <p>Authorizes the Secretary to take necessary action to implement the Transboundary Agreement with Mexico.</p> <p>Prohibits any construction of this Act as: (1) authorizing the Secretary to participate in any negotiations, conferences, or consultations with Cuba regarding exploration, development, or production of hydrocarbon resources in the Gulf of Mexico along the U.S. maritime border with Cuba or the area known by the Department of the Interior as the "Eastern Gap"; or (2) affecting the sovereign rights and the jurisdiction of the United States under international law over the OTS that appertains to it.</p> <p>(Sec. 305) Amends the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 regarding royalty management and enforcement to prohibit the payment of interest on any excessive overpayment (currently, on any aggregate overpayment exceeding 10% of the monthly royalties paid on all of a lessee's or designee's federal leases).</p> <p>(Sec. 306) Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to repeal the authority of the Secretary to acquire in-kind royalty crude oil. </p> <p>Rescinds permanently any unobligated balances available in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Petroleum Account in the Treasury on the date of enactment of this Act. </p> <p><strong>Title IV: Federal Civilian and Military Retirement</strong> - (Sec. 401) Defines "further revised annuity employee" for purposes of the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) as any individual who, on December 31, 2013: (1) is not a federal employee or Member of Congress under FERS; (2) is not performing civilian service which is credible service under FERS; (3) has less than five years of credible civilian service; and (4) after December 31, 2013, becomes employed as a federal employee or Member of Congress and performs service which is credible service under FERS.</p> <p>Increases the rate of contribution to FERS for further revised annuity employees, including federal employees, Members of Congress, congressional employees, law enforcement employees or air traffic controllers, nuclear materials couriers, and customs and border protection officers.</p> <p>Requires federal agencies to continue their current level of contributions to FERS after December 31, 2013, and to apply excess contributions to the reduction of the unfunded liability of the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS). </p> <p>(Sec. 402) Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to increase the rate of contribution to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System (FRSDF) by foreign service employees who begin service after December 31, 2013. Requires agencies that participate in FRSDF to continue their current level of contributions to FRSDF to reduce its unfunded liability. </p> <p>(Sec. 403) Revises the cost-of-living adjustment to the retirement pay of members of the Armed Forces who have not reached age 62 to require an annual adjustment to such pay, beginning on December 1, 2015, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) less 1%. Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to recompute the retired pay of members when they reach age 62 to restore reductions made to their cost-of-living adjustments. </p> <p><b>Title V: Higher Education -</b> (Sec. 501) Amends the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program under title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow guaranty agencies to assign rehabilitated FFELs to the Secretary of Education if they are unable to sell the loans to eligible lenders. (Currently, the Secretary would also have to determine that market conditions unduly limit their ability to sell such loans.)</p> <p>Lowers the maximum amount guaranty agencies may charge borrowers when they sell rehabilitated FFELs from 18.5% to 16% of the outstanding principal and interest on such loans. </p> <p>Requires guaranty agencies, upon selling rehabilitated FFELs, to repay the Secretary all of the federal default reinsurance payment on such loans. (Currently, such agencies can retain 18.5% of that payment.)</p> <p>(Sec. 502) Amends the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program to eliminate the requirement that the Secretary: (1) award Direct Loan servicing contracts to nonprofit servicers; (2) allocate the loan accounts of 100,000 borrowers to each of those nonprofit servicers; and (3) establish a separate pricing tier for each of those 100,000 borrower loan accounts at a competitive market rate.</p> <p> Eliminates the mandatory funding set aside for contracting with those nonprofit servicers.</p> <p><b>Title VI: Transportation</b>- (Sec. 601) Repeals, effective October 1, 2014, the Aviation Infrastructure Security Service Fee imposed on domestic and foreign air carriers.</p> <p>Revises aviation passenger security fee requirements. </p> <p>Increases such fees, beginning July 1, 2014, to $5.60 per one-way trip for flights originating at a U.S. airport. (Under current law a fee of $2.50 is imposed per passenger enplanement, with a maximum one-way trip fee of $5.00.) </p> <p>Requires that certain funds derived from such fees in the Aviation Security Capital Fund be credited as offsetting receipts and deposited into the general fund of the Treasury in specified amounts for FY2014-FY2023.</p> <p>Eliminates the Checkpoint Screening Security Fund, but continues the availability of funds currently in it.</p> <p>(Sec. 602) Repeals the authority of the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to reimburse (subsidize) the Secretary of Agriculture and the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) for increased ocean freight and ocean freight differential transportation charges incurred in the export of agricultural commodities and their products. </p> <p>(Sec. 603) Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is responsible for monitoring passenger exit points from the sterile areas at airports at which it provided such monitoring as of December 1, 2013. </p> <p><strong>Title VII: Miscellaneous Provisions</strong> - (Sec. 701) Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to extend through FY2023 the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to collect customs user fees for the processing of certain merchandise.</p> <p>(Sec. 702) Revises the limitation on costs of compensation for contractor and subcontractor employees under federal civilian and defense contracts to impose a cap of $487,000, adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Employment Cost Index of the Bureau of Labor Statistics for all workers. Makes such revised limitation applicable to contracts entered into 180 days after the enactment of this Act. Repeals the authority of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to determine, on an annual basis, the allowable level of such compensation costs. </p> <p>Requires the OMB Director, not later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, to report to specified congressional committees on contractor compensation.</p> <p>Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD) and the OMB Director, not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, to report to Congress on alternative benchmarks and industry standards for compensation costs for civilian and defense contracts. </p> <p>(Sec. 703) Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to increase the flat-rate and variable rate premiums payable to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) in 2015 and 2016. Increases the variable rate premium cap to $500 for plan years beginning after 2015.</p> <p>(Sec. 704) Cancels unobligated balances available under the Department of Justice (DOJ) Assets Forfeiture Fund and the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund. </p> <p>(Sec. 705) Amends the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to allow the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the Department of Agriculture to collect user fees for conservation planning technical assistance. Limits such fees to $150 for each conservation plan for which technical assistance is provided. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to waive such fee in certain instances, including for beginning farmers or farmers and ranchers who have limited resources or who are socially disadvantaged.</p> <p>Establishes in the Treasury the Conservation Technical Assistance Fund to hold conservation planning technical assistance user fees to be used for carrying out the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act. </p> <p>(Sec. 706) Modifies the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) to allow a "self plus one" enrollment tier (i.e., an enrolled employee plus one eligible family member).</p> <p><b>Division B: Medicare and Other Health Provisions - </b>Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013<b> - Title I: Medicare Extenders - </b>(Sec. 1101) Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish an update to the single conversion factor in the formula for the physician payment of 0.5% for January through March of 2014.</p> <p>(Sec. 1102) Extends through March 31, 2014, the 1.0 floor on the geographic indexing adjustment to the work portion of the physician fee schedule.</p> <p>(Sec. 1103) Extends through March 31, 2014, the process for granting exceptions to the dollar amount caps on Medicare coverage of physical therapy, speech-language pathology, and occupation therapy services.</p> <p>(Sec. 1104) Extends through March 31, 2014, the bonus and increased payments for ground ambulance services as well as the increased payments for super rural ambulance services (in low population density areas).</p> <p> (Sec. 1105) Extends the Medicare inpatient hospital payment adjustment for low-volume subsection (d) hospitals in certain rural areas to: (1) that portion of FY2014 beginning on April 1, 2014; (2) FY2015; and (3) subsequent fiscal years.</p> (Generally, a subsection (d) hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.) <p>(Sec. 1106) Extends through March 31, 2014, the Medicare-dependent, small rural hospital program for subsection (d) hospitals.</p> <p>(Sec. 1107) Extends the authorization for specialized MedicareAdvantage (MA) plans for special needs individuals through December 31, 2015.</p> <p>(Sec. 1108) Extends through December 31, 2014, the authorization for Medicare reasonable cost reimbursement contracts with certain health maintenance organizations.</p> <p>(Sec. 1109) Extends existing funding for contracts with consensus-based entity regarding development of an integrated national strategy and priorities for health care performance measurement in all applicable settings.</p> <p>(Sec. 1110) Amends the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, to provide additional funding for the portion of FY2014 before April 1, 2014, for grants to state health insurance programs, area agencies on aging, Aging and Disability Resource Centers, and the contract with the national center for benefits and outreach enrollment.</p> <p><b>Title II: Other Health Provisions</b> - (Sec. 1201) Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to extend: (1) the qualifying individual (QI) program through March 31, 2014, and (2) the total amount available for allocation under such program.</p> <p>(Sec. 1202) Extends the Transitional Medical Assistance (TMA) Program through March 31, 2014.</p> <p>(Sec. 1203) Amends SSA title V (Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant) to extend funding for family-to-family health information centers through March 31, 2014.</p> <p>(Sec. 1204) Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid), with respect to adjustment in payments for inpatient hospital services furnished by disproportionate share hospitals (DSH), to delay until FY2016 specified reductions in Medicaid DSH allotments. </p> <p>(Sec. 1205) Amends the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act, as amended by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, with respect to implementation of direct spending reductions (sequester), to require application of the President's Medicare sequestration order for FY2023, notwithstanding the 2% limit for payments for the Medicare programs, so that: (1) for the first six months in which such order is effective the payment reduction shall be 2.90%, and (2) for the second six months in which the order is effective the payment reduction shall be 1.1%.</p> <p>(Sec. 1206) Sets forth requirements for payment for inpatient services in long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) with application of site neutral IPPS payment rate in certain cases.</p> <p>Directs the Medicare Payment Assessment Commission (MEDPAC) to examine the effect of applying such requirements on: (1) the quality of patient care in LTCHs, (2) the use of hospice care and post-acute care settings, (3) different types of LTCHs, and (4) the growth in Medicare spending for services in such hospitals</p> <p>Amends the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 to extend: (1) for an additional four years certain rules for payments for LTCH hospitals-within-hospitals and the delay in the 25% patient threshold payment adjustment (as well as a related assessment report); and (2) through calendar 2015-2017 the moratorium on establishment of and increase in beds for LTCHs.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) (Secretary in this title) to establish a functional status quality measure for change in mobility among LTCH inpatients requiring ventilator support.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary to evaluate both the payment rates and regulations governing any subsection (d) hospital that first received an LTCH payment in 1986 which has: (1) an average inpatient length of stay of more than 20 days, and (2) 80% or more of its annual Medicare inpatient discharges with a principal diagnosis that reflects a finding of neoplastic disease in the 12-month cost reporting period ending in FY1997. Authorizes the Secretary, based on that evaluation, to adjust certain payment rates for such a hospital as well as the governing regulations.</p>

action_date: 2013-12-26
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since the House receded and concurred in the Senate amendment with an amendment on December 12, 2013. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p><b>Division A: Bipartisan Budget Agreement</b> - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 - <b>Division A [<i>sic</i>]: Budget Enforcement and Deficit Reduction </b>- <b>Title I: Budget Enforcement - Subtitle A: Amendments to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act</b> - (Sec. 101) Amends the Balanced Budget Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to establish (increased) discretionary spending limits (spending caps) for the revised security and nonsecurity categories for FY2014-FY2015. Continues the existing spending limits in such categories for FY2016-FY2021 imposed under the Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA). (Pursuant to BCA procedures, the initial limits for FY2014-FY2021 are to be lowered (sequestered) by the Office of Management and Budget [OMB] each fiscal year to achieve certain budgetary savings.)</p> <p>Amends the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act to direct OMB to make the calculations necessary to implement the direct defense and nondefense spending reductions calculated pursuant to the BCA without regard to this Act's revisions of the discretionary spending limits for FY2014-FY2015.</p> <p>Directs the President, upon issuance of OMB sequestration preview reports for FY2022-FY2023, to order a sequestration, effective upon issuance so that the percentage reductions for nonexempt direct spending for the defense and nondefense functions are the same percent as the corresponding percentage reductions for such spending for FY2021.</p> <p>Makes conforming amendments to the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act to define:</p> <ul> <li> "revised security category" as discretionary appropriations in budget function 050, </li> <li>"revised nonsecurity category" as discretionary appropriations other than in budget function 050, and</li> <li>"category" as the subsets of these discretionary appropriations.</li> </ul> <p>Requires:</p> <ul> <li> discretionary appropriations in each of the categories to be those designated in the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on the Balanced Budget Act of 1997; and</li> <li>new accounts or activities to be categorized only after consultation with congressional appropriations and budget committees, and to the extent practicable, to include written communication to those committees that affords them the opportunity to comment before official action is taken for such accounts or activities.</li> </ul> <p><b>Subtitle B: Establishing a Congressional Budget</b> - (Sec. 111) Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2014, including appropriate budgetary levels for FY2015-FY2023. </p> <p>Requires the Chairmen of the congressional budget committees to submit statements for publication in the Congressional Record as soon as practicable after enactment of this Act that include:</p> <ul> <li>committee allocations for the Committee on Appropriations of the respective chamber for FY2014 consistent with the discretionary spending limits set forth in this Act; </li> <li>committee allocations for all other committees of the respective chamber for: (1) FY2014, (2) FY2014-FY2018 in the Senate only, and (3) FY2014-FY2023;</li> <li>aggregate spending levels for FY2014 in accordance with such allocations;</li> <li>aggregate revenue levels for: (1) FY2014, (2) FY2014-FY2018 in the Senate only, and (3) FY2014-FY2023; and</li> <li>in the Senate only, levels of Social Security revenues and outlays for FY2014-FY2023 consistent with the CBO May 2013 baseline adjusted to account for the budgetary effects of this Act and legislation enacted before this Act but not included in such baseline.</li> </ul> <p>Authorizes the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, after enactment of this Act, to reduce the aggregates, allocations, and other budgetary levels included in the Chairman's statement to reflect the budgetary effects of any legislation enacted during the 113th Congress that reduces the deficit.</p> <p>(Sec. 112) Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate any legislation that would require advanced appropriations, except by a supermajority waiver, other than for:</p> <ul> <li> up to $28.852 billion in new budget authority in FY2015-FY2016 for programs, projects, activities, or accounts identified in the joint explanatory statement of managers accompanying this budget resolution;</li> <li> the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; and</li> <li> the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the Medical Services, Medical Support and Compliance, and Medical Facilities accounts of the Veterans Health Administration.</li> </ul> <p>Makes this requirement inapplicable if a budget resolution for FY2015 is adopted in both chambers.</p> <p>(Sec. 113) Provides that, for the remainder of the 113th Congress in the House of Representatives, the provisions of H.Con.Res. 25 (113th Congress), as deemed in force by H.Res. 243 (113th Congress), shall remain in force to the extent its budgetary levels are not superseded by this subtitle or by further action of the House.</p> <p>(Sec. 114) Requires the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee (Chairman in this section), for enforcement of the Senate Pay-As-You-Go Scorecard requirements, to: (1) reduce any balances of direct spending and revenues for any fiscal year to zero, effective upon enactment of this joint resolution; and (2) do the same for FY2015 between April 15 and May 15, 2014.</p> <p>Authorizes the Chairman to revise the committee allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits set pursuant to this subtitle for any legislation that amends the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act to repeal or revise the enforcement procedures established under it, by the amounts provided in that legislation for those purposes, provided that it would not increase the deficit over the FY2014-FY2023 total. (Thus requires a deficit-neutral reserve fund to replace sequestration.)</p> <p>Declares that specified deficit-neutral reserve funds established in S.Con.Res. 8 (113th Congress), as passed by the Senate, shall have force and effect.</p> <p>Makes certain requirements of this section expire, including such deficit-neutral reserve funds, if a budget resolution for FY2015 is agreed to by both chambers.</p> <p>(Sec. 115) Requires the allocations, aggregates, and levels in this Act to apply in the House and the Senate after April 15, 2014, in the same manner as an FY2015 budget resolution if an actual budget resolution for FY2015 has not been adopted by that date.</p> <p><b>Subtitle C: Technical Corrections</b> - (Sec. 121) Makes technical corrections to the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act and to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.</p> <p><b>Title II: Prevention of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse</b> - (Sec. 201) Amends title III (Unemployment Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require all states to use a specified mechanism (Treasury Offset Program) under the Internal Revenue Code for collecting unemployment compensation debts to recover any such debt remaining uncollected one year after the date when it was finally determined to be due and collected.</p> <p>(Sec. 202) Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) with respect to payment for prenatal and preventive pediatric care without regard to a third party's liability to pay for such services. Authorizes a state Medicaid plan to make such a payment, if cost-effective and unable to adversely affect access to care, only if a liable third party has not made payment within 90 days after the service provider has initially submitted a payment claim to that third party.</p> <p>Authorizes the state Medicaid plan to do the same with respect to any covered services provided to an individual on whose behalf the proper state agency is enforcing child support. Allows the state, however, to make such a payment within 30 days only if doing so is cost effective and necessary to ensure access to care.</p> <p>Allows a state to recover Medicaid expenditures from liable third parties pursuant to rights it has acquired or has had assigned to it.</p> <p>(Sec. 203) Prohibits the Secretary of Commerce from disclosing to any person information contained in the Death Master File with respect to any deceased individual during the three calendar years after the individual's death, unless that person is certified, under a program established by the Secretary, as eligible to access such information and to perform periodic audits. Prescribes penalties for unauthorized disclosure. </p> <p>(Sec. 204) Includes anticipated or actual release dates among the types of information prisons are required to report to the Social Security Administration through the Prisoner Update Processing System (PUPS).</p> <p>Authorizes the Commissioner of Social Security, under an agreement with a state or local detention facility, to provide PUPS data to any agency administering a federal or federally-assisted cash, food, or medical assistance program for research conducted by federal and state agencies, and to the Secretary of the Treasury for the purpose of tax administration, debt collection, and identifying, preventing, and recovering improper payments under federally funded programs. </p> <p>Amends the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012, with respect to the Do Not Pay Initiative, to require federal agencies to review PUPS data before certifying a payment or award.</p> <p><b>Title III: Natural Resources</b> - (Sec. 301) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal the Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and and Other Petroleum Resources program. Rescinds unobligated funds appropriated for it.</p> <p> (Sec. 302) Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to: (1) reduce by 2%, beginning in FY2014, the amount of payments to the states for administrative costs incurred by the United States in implementing the program for leasing and prospecting on federal land; and (2) require the amount of such reduction to be deposited to miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury.</p> <p>(Sec. 303) Approves the Agreement between the United States of America and the United Mexican States Concerning Transboundary Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico, signed at Los Cabos, February 20, 2012.</p> <p>(Sec. 304) Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary in this title) to implement any transboundary hydrocarbon agreement for the management of transboundary hydrocarbon reservoirs entered into by the President and approved by Congress after enactment of this Act. </p> <p>Instructs the Secretary, in implementing such an agreement, to protect U.S. interests to promote domestic job creation and ensure the expeditious and orderly development and conservation of domestic mineral resources in accordance with federal laws governing the exploration, development, and production of hydrocarbon resources on the Outer Continental Shelf (OTS).</p> <p>Prescribes procedures for submission to Congress of a transboundary hydrocarbon agreement that does not constitute a treaty in the judgment of the President. </p> <p>Authorizes the Secretary to take necessary action to implement the Transboundary Agreement with Mexico.</p> <p>Prohibits any construction of this Act as: (1) authorizing the Secretary to participate in any negotiations, conferences, or consultations with Cuba regarding exploration, development, or production of hydrocarbon resources in the Gulf of Mexico along the U.S. maritime border with Cuba or the area known by the Department of the Interior as the "Eastern Gap"; or (2) affecting the sovereign rights and the jurisdiction of the United States under international law over the OTS that appertains to it.</p> <p>(Sec. 305) Amends the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 regarding royalty management and enforcement to prohibit the payment of interest on any excessive overpayment (currently, on any aggregate overpayment exceeding 10% of the monthly royalties paid on all of a lessee's or designee's federal leases).</p> <p>(Sec. 306) Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to repeal the authority of the Secretary to acquire in-kind royalty crude oil. </p> <p>Rescinds permanently any unobligated balances available in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Petroleum Account in the Treasury on the date of enactment of this Act. </p> <p><strong>Title IV: Federal Civilian and Military Retirement</strong> - (Sec. 401) Defines "further revised annuity employee" for purposes of the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) as any individual who, on December 31, 2013: (1) is not a federal employee or Member of Congress under FERS; (2) is not performing civilian service which is credible service under FERS; (3) has less than five years of credible civilian service; and (4) after December 31, 2013, becomes employed as a federal employee or Member of Congress and performs service which is credible service under FERS.</p> <p>Increases the rate of contribution to FERS for further revised annuity employees, including federal employees, Members of Congress, congressional employees, law enforcement employees or air traffic controllers, nuclear materials couriers, and customs and border protection officers.</p> <p>Requires federal agencies to continue their current level of contributions to FERS after December 31, 2013, and to apply excess contributions to the reduction of the unfunded liability of the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS). </p> <p>(Sec. 402) Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to increase the rate of contribution to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System (FRSDF) by foreign service employees who begin service after December 31, 2013. Requires agencies that participate in FRSDF to continue their current level of contributions to FRSDF to reduce its unfunded liability. </p> <p>(Sec. 403) Revises the cost-of-living adjustment to the retirement pay of members of the Armed Forces who have not reached age 62 to require an annual adjustment to such pay, beginning on December 1, 2015, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) less 1%. Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to recompute the retired pay of members when they reach age 62 to restore reductions made to their cost-of-living adjustments. </p> <p><b>Title V: Higher Education -</b> (Sec. 501) Amends the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program under title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow guaranty agencies to assign rehabilitated FFELs to the Secretary of Education if they are unable to sell the loans to eligible lenders. (Currently, the Secretary would also have to determine that market conditions unduly limit their ability to sell such loans.)</p> <p>Lowers the maximum amount guaranty agencies may charge borrowers when they sell rehabilitated FFELs from 18.5% to 16% of the outstanding principal and interest on such loans. </p> <p>Requires guaranty agencies, upon selling rehabilitated FFELs, to repay the Secretary all of the federal default reinsurance payment on such loans. (Currently, such agencies can retain 18.5% of that payment.)</p> <p>(Sec. 502) Amends the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program to eliminate the requirement that the Secretary: (1) award Direct Loan servicing contracts to nonprofit servicers; (2) allocate the loan accounts of 100,000 borrowers to each of those nonprofit servicers; and (3) establish a separate pricing tier for each of those 100,000 borrower loan accounts at a competitive market rate.</p> <p> Eliminates the mandatory funding set aside for contracting with those nonprofit servicers.</p> <p><b>Title VI: Transportation</b>- (Sec. 601) Repeals, effective October 1, 2014, the Aviation Infrastructure Security Service Fee imposed on domestic and foreign air carriers.</p> <p>Revises aviation passenger security fee requirements. </p> <p>Increases such fees, beginning July 1, 2014, to $5.60 per one-way trip for flights originating at a U.S. airport. (Under current law a fee of $2.50 is imposed per passenger enplanement, with a maximum one-way trip fee of $5.00.) </p> <p>Requires that certain funds derived from such fees in the Aviation Security Capital Fund be credited as offsetting receipts and deposited into the general fund of the Treasury in specified amounts for FY2014-FY2023.</p> <p>Eliminates the Checkpoint Screening Security Fund, but continues the availability of funds currently in it.</p> <p>(Sec. 602) Repeals the authority of the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to reimburse (subsidize) the Secretary of Agriculture and the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) for increased ocean freight and ocean freight differential transportation charges incurred in the export of agricultural commodities and their products. </p> <p>(Sec. 603) Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is responsible for monitoring passenger exit points from the sterile areas at airports at which it provided such monitoring as of December 1, 2013. </p> <p><strong>Title VII: Miscellaneous Provisions</strong> - (Sec. 701) Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to extend through FY2023 the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to collect customs user fees for the processing of certain merchandise.</p> <p>(Sec. 702) Revises the limitation on costs of compensation for contractor and subcontractor employees under federal civilian and defense contracts to impose a cap of $487,000, adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Employment Cost Index of the Bureau of Labor Statistics for all workers. Makes such revised limitation applicable to contracts entered into 180 days after the enactment of this Act. Repeals the authority of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to determine, on an annual basis, the allowable level of such compensation costs. </p> <p>Requires the OMB Director, not later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, to report to specified congressional committees on contractor compensation.</p> <p>Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD) and the OMB Director, not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, to report to Congress on alternative benchmarks and industry standards for compensation costs for civilian and defense contracts. </p> <p>(Sec. 703) Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to increase the flat-rate and variable rate premiums payable to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) in 2015 and 2016. Increases the variable rate premium cap to $500 for plan years beginning after 2015.</p> <p>(Sec. 704) Cancels unobligated balances available under the Department of Justice (DOJ) Assets Forfeiture Fund and the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund. </p> <p>(Sec. 705) Amends the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act to allow the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the Department of Agriculture to collect user fees for conservation planning technical assistance. Limits such fees to $150 for each conservation plan for which technical assistance is provided. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to waive such fee in certain instances, including for beginning farmers or farmers and ranchers who have limited resources or who are socially disadvantaged.</p> <p>Establishes in the Treasury the Conservation Technical Assistance Fund to hold conservation planning technical assistance user fees to be used for carrying out the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act. </p> <p>(Sec. 706) Modifies the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) to allow a "self plus one" enrollment tier (i.e., an enrolled employee plus one eligible family member).</p> <p><b>Division B: Medicare and Other Health Provisions - </b>Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013<b> - Title I: Medicare Extenders - </b>(Sec. 1101) Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish an update to the single conversion factor in the formula for the physician payment of 0.5% for January through March of 2014.</p> <p>(Sec. 1102) Extends through March 31, 2014, the 1.0 floor on the geographic indexing adjustment to the work portion of the physician fee schedule.</p> <p>(Sec. 1103) Extends through March 31, 2014, the process for granting exceptions to the dollar amount caps on Medicare coverage of physical therapy, speech-language pathology, and occupation therapy services.</p> <p>(Sec. 1104) Extends through March 31, 2014, the bonus and increased payments for ground ambulance services as well as the increased payments for super rural ambulance services (in low population density areas).</p> <p> (Sec. 1105) Extends the Medicare inpatient hospital payment adjustment for low-volume subsection (d) hospitals in certain rural areas to: (1) that portion of FY2014 beginning on April 1, 2014; (2) FY2015; and (3) subsequent fiscal years.</p> (Generally, a subsection (d) hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.) <p>(Sec. 1106) Extends through March 31, 2014, the Medicare-dependent, small rural hospital program for subsection (d) hospitals.</p> <p>(Sec. 1107) Extends the authorization for specialized MedicareAdvantage (MA) plans for special needs individuals through December 31, 2015.</p> <p>(Sec. 1108) Extends through December 31, 2014, the authorization for Medicare reasonable cost reimbursement contracts with certain health maintenance organizations.</p> <p>(Sec. 1109) Extends existing funding for contracts with consensus-based entity regarding development of an integrated national strategy and priorities for health care performance measurement in all applicable settings.</p> <p>(Sec. 1110) Amends the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, to provide additional funding for the portion of FY2014 before April 1, 2014, for grants to state health insurance programs, area agencies on aging, Aging and Disability Resource Centers, and the contract with the national center for benefits and outreach enrollment.</p> <p><b>Title II: Other Health Provisions</b> - (Sec. 1201) Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to extend: (1) the qualifying individual (QI) program through March 31, 2014, and (2) the total amount available for allocation under such program.</p> <p>(Sec. 1202) Extends the Transitional Medical Assistance (TMA) Program through March 31, 2014.</p> <p>(Sec. 1203) Amends SSA title V (Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant) to extend funding for family-to-family health information centers through March 31, 2014.</p> <p>(Sec. 1204) Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid), with respect to adjustment in payments for inpatient hospital services furnished by disproportionate share hospitals (DSH), to delay until FY2016 specified reductions in Medicaid DSH allotments. </p> <p>(Sec. 1205) Amends the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act, as amended by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, with respect to implementation of direct spending reductions (sequester), to require application of the President's Medicare sequestration order for FY2023, notwithstanding the 2% limit for payments for the Medicare programs, so that: (1) for the first six months in which such order is effective the payment reduction shall be 2.90%, and (2) for the second six months in which the order is effective the payment reduction shall be 1.1%.</p> <p>(Sec. 1206) Sets forth requirements for payment for inpatient services in long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) with application of site neutral IPPS payment rate in certain cases.</p> <p>Directs the Medicare Payment Assessment Commission (MEDPAC) to examine the effect of applying such requirements on: (1) the quality of patient care in LTCHs, (2) the use of hospice care and post-acute care settings, (3) different types of LTCHs, and (4) the growth in Medicare spending for services in such hospitals</p> <p>Amends the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 to extend: (1) for an additional four years certain rules for payments for LTCH hospitals-within-hospitals and the delay in the 25% patient threshold payment adjustment (as well as a related assessment report); and (2) through calendar 2015-2017 the moratorium on establishment of and increase in beds for LTCHs.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) (Secretary in this title) to establish a functional status quality measure for change in mobility among LTCH inpatients requiring ventilator support.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary to evaluate both the payment rates and regulations governing any subsection (d) hospital that first received an LTCH payment in 1986 which has: (1) an average inpatient length of stay of more than 20 days, and (2) 80% or more of its annual Medicare inpatient discharges with a principal diagnosis that reflects a finding of neoplastic disease in the 12-month cost reporting period ending in FY1997. Authorizes the Secretary, based on that evaluation, to adjust certain payment rates for such a hospital as well as the governing regulations.</p>

tv_txt: 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H.J. RES. 59 In the Senate of the United States, September 27, 2013. Amendment:

That the resolution from the House of Representatives (H.J. Res. 59) entitled Joint resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes. , do pass with the following Strike all after the first word 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: 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 ), 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 Appropriations Act, 2013 (division D of Public Law 113–6). (5) The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 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 pursuant to— (1) any provision of division G of the Consolidated 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 authority made available by— (A) sections 140(b) or 141(b) of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 ( Public Law 112–175 ); or (B) the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 ( Public Law 113–2 ). 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used for: (1) the new production 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, activity, operation, or organization (defined as any project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and subprogram 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 includes 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 authority 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. 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. 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, funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal year 2013. 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. 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 enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2014 without any provision for such project or activity; or (3) November 15, 2013. 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. Appropriations made and funds made available by or authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution 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. 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 complete distribution of appropriations at the beginning of fiscal 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. 110. This joint resolution shall be implemented so that only the most limited funding action of that permitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activities. 111. (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 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, to be continued through the date specified in section 106(3). (b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory 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. 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 department or agency, consistent with the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2013, except that such authority 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 expenses. 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) ). 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 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, 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 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism. 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. 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 December 31, 2012 . 117. Amounts made available under section 101 for Department of Commerce—National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Procurement, Acquisition and Construction may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain the planned launch schedules for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system. 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 authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense. 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 . 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 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 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. 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. 122. For the period covered by this joint resolution, 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”. 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. 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. 125. (a) Any amounts made available pursuant to section 101 for Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Salaries and Expenses , Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology , and Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—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 Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Salaries and Expenses in division 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. Immigration 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. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Salaries and Expenses in division D of Public Law 113–6. (b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on each use of the authority provided in this section. 126. In addition to the amount otherwise provided by section 101 for Department of the Interior—Department-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 Secretary of the Interior notifies the Committees 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. 127. In addition to the amount otherwise provided by section 101 for Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management , there is appropriated $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 provided for wildland fire suppression will be exhausted imminently and the Secretary of Agriculture notifies the Committees 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. 128. The authority provided by section 347 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 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 section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 129. The authority provided by subsection (m)(3) of section 8162 of the Department of Defense Appropriations 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. 130. 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 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 hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purpose. 131. 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 . 132. The first proviso under the heading Department 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 . 133. Amounts provided by section 101 for Department of Health and Human Services—Administration for Children and Families—Refugee and Entrant Assistance may be obligated up to a rate for operations necessary to maintain program operations at the level provided in fiscal year 2013, as necessary to accommodate increased demand. 134. During the period covered by this joint resolution, amounts provided under section 101 for Department of Health and Human Services—Office of the Secretary—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 expenses necessary to support advanced research and development 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 Authority. 135. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, there is appropriated for payment to Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg, widow of Frank R. Lautenberg, late a Senator from New Jersey, $174,000. 136. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for Department of Veterans Affairs—Departmental Administration—General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration at a rate for operations of $2,455,490,000. 137. 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. This joint resolution may be cited as the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 .

Secretary

tv_txt: 113th CONGRESS 1st Session In the House of Representatives, U. S., September 30, 2013 HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENT:

That the House recede from its amendments to the amendment of the Senate to the resolution (H.J. Res. 59) entitled Joint Resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes. , and concur therein with the following In the matter proposed to be added by the Senate amendment, insert at the end (before the short title) the following: 138. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, the date referred to in section 106(3) shall be December 15, 2013. 139. 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. 140. 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 special 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 described in subsection (b) whose application for special immigrant status under this section is pending on September 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 Government 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. . 141. (a) Delay in application of individual health insurance mandate Section 5000A(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 2013 and inserting 2014 . (b) Conforming amendments (1) Section 5000A(c)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (A) by striking 2014 in clause (i) and inserting 2015 , and (B) by striking 2015 in clauses (ii) and (iii) and inserting 2016 . (2) Section 5000A(c)(3)(B) of such Code is amended— (A) by striking 2014 and inserting 2015 , and (B) by striking 2015 (prior to amendment by subparagraph (A)) and inserting 2016 . (3) Section 5000A(c)(3)(D) of such Code is amended— (A) by striking 2016 and inserting 2017 , and (B) by striking 2015 and inserting 2016 . (4) Section 5000A(e)(1)(D) of such Code is amended— (A) by striking 2014 and inserting 2015 , and (B) by striking 2013 and inserting 2014 . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in section 1501 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 142. Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)(D) ) is amended— (1) by striking the subparagraph heading and inserting the following: (D) Members of Congress, congressional staff, the President, Vice President, and political appointees ; (2) in clause (i), in the matter preceding subclause (I)— (A) by striking and congressional staff and inserting , congressional staff, the President, the Vice President, and political appointees ; and (B) by striking or congressional staff and inserting , congressional staff, the President, the Vice President, or a political appointee ; (3) in clause (ii)— (A) in subclause (I), by inserting before the period at the end the following: , and includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress ; (B) in subclause (II), by inserting after Congress, the following: of a standing, select, or joint committee of Congress (or a subcommittee thereof), of an office of the House of Representatives for which the appropriation for salaries and expenses of the office for the year involved is provided under the heading House Leadership Offices in the act making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year involved, or a leadership office of the Senate (consisting of the offices of the President pro Tempore, Majority and Minority Leaders, Majority and Minority Whips, Conferences of the Majority and of the Minority, and Majority and Minority Policy Committees of the Senate), ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (III) Political appointee The term political appointee means an individual who— (aa) is employed in a position described under sections 5312 through 5316 of title 5, United States Code (relating to the Executive Schedule); (bb) is a limited term appointee, limited emergency appointee, or noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive Service, as defined under paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively, of section 3132(a) of title 5, United States Code; (cc) is employed in a position in the executive branch of the Government of a confidential or policy-determining character under schedule C of subpart D of part 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations; or (dd) is employed in or under the Executive Office of the President in a position that is excluded from the competitive service by reason of its confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating character. ; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (iii) Government contribution No Government contribution under section 8906 of title 5, United States Code, shall be provided on behalf of an individual who is a Member of Congress, congressional staff, the President, the Vice President, or a political appointee for coverage under this subparagraph. (iv) Limitation on amount of tax credit or cost-sharing An individual enrolling in health insurance coverage pursuant to this paragraph shall not be eligible to receive a tax credit under section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or reduced cost sharing under section 1402 of this Act in an amount that exceeds the total amount which a similarly situated individual (who is not so enrolled) would be entitled to receive under such sections. (v) Limitation on discretion for designation of staff Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a Member of Congress shall not have discretion in determinations with respect to which employees employed by the office of such Member are eligible to enroll for coverage through an Exchange. .

Lorraine Miller Clerk.

tv_txt: IA 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 59 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 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 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 (division C of Public Law 113–6 ). (4) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 (division D of Public Law 113–6 ). (5) The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 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 pursuant to— (1) any provision of division G of the Consolidated 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 authority made available by— (A) sections 140(b) or 141(b) of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 ( Public Law 112–175 ); or (B) the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 ( Public Law 113–2 ). 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used for (1) the new production 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, activity, operation, or organization (defined as any project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and subprogram 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 includes 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 authority 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. 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. 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, funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal year 2013. 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. 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 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. 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. Appropriations made and funds made available by or authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution 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. 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 complete distribution of appropriations at the beginning of fiscal 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. 110. This joint resolution shall be implemented so that only the most limited funding action of that permitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activities. 111. (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 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, to be continued through the date specified in section 106(3). (b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory 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. 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 department or agency, consistent with the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2013, except that such authority 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 expenses. 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) ). 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 amount made available by section 101 for Social Security Administration—Limitation on Administrative 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 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism. 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. 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 December 31, 2012 . 117. Amounts made available under section 101 for Department of Commerce—National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Procurement, Acquisition and Construction may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain the planned launch schedules for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system. 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, notwithstanding 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 authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense. 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 . 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 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 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. 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. 122. For the period covered by this joint resolution, 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”. 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. 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. 125. (a) Any amounts made available pursuant to section 101 for Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Salaries and Expenses , Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology , and Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—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 Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Salaries and Expenses in division 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. Immigration 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. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Salaries and Expenses in division D of Public Law 113–6 . (b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on each use of the authority provided in this section. 126. In addition to the amount otherwise provided by section 101 for Department of the Interior—Department-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 Secretary of the Interior notifies the Committees 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. 127. In addition to the amount otherwise provided by section 101 for Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management , there is appropriated $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 provided for wildland fire suppression will be exhausted imminently and the Secretary of Agriculture notifies the Committees 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. 128. The authority provided by section 347 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 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 section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 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) 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 hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purpose. 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 . 131. The first proviso under the heading Department 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 . 132. Amounts provided by section 101 for Department of Health and Human Services—Administration for Children and Families—Refugee and Entrant Assistance may be obligated up to a rate for operations necessary to maintain program operations at the level provided in fiscal year 2013, as necessary to accommodate increased demand. 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 Social 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 development 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 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, including activities such as the development and purchase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical supplies, diagnostics, and other surveillance tools. (b) Products purchased with amounts made available by this joint resolution for Department of Health and Human Services—Office of the Secretary—Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund may, at the discretion of the Secretary, be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile pursuant to section 319F–2 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d–6b ). 134. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, there is appropriated for payment to Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg, widow of Frank R. Lautenberg, late a Senator from New Jersey, $174,000. 135. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for Department of Veterans Affairs—Departmental Administration—General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration at a rate for operations of $2,455,490,000. 136. 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. 137. (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds shall be made available to carry out any provisions 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. (b) Limitation No entitlement to benefits under any 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 the amendments made by either such Act, shall remain in effect on and after the date of the enactment of this joint resolution, nor shall any payment be awarded, owed, or made to any State, District, or territory under any such provision. (c) Unobligated balances Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all unobligated balances available under the provisions of law referred to in subsection (a) are hereby rescinded. 138. (a) In general Until December 15, 2014, in the event that the debt of the United States Government, as defined in section 3101 of title 31, United States Code, reaches the statutory limit, the Secretary of the Treasury shall, in addition to any other authority provided by law, issue obligations under chapter 31 of title 31, United States Code, to pay with legal tender, and solely for the purpose of paying, the principal and interest on obligations of the United States described in subsection (b) after the date of the enactment of this joint resolution. (b) Obligations described For purposes of this subsection, obligations described in this subsection are obligations which are— (1) held by the public, or (2) held by the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and Disability Insurance Trust Fund. (c) Prohibition on compensation for Members of Congress None of the obligations issued under subsection (a) may be used to pay compensation for Members of Congress. (d) Obligations exempt from public debt limit Obligations issued under subsection (a) shall not be taken into account in applying the limitation in section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, to the extent that such obligation would otherwise cause the limitation in section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, to be exceeded. (e) Report on certain actions (1) In general If, after the date of the enactment of this joint resolution, the Secretary of the Treasury exercises his authority under subsection (a), the Secretary shall thereafter submit a report each week the authority is in use providing an accounting relating to— (A) the principal on mature obligations and interest that is due or accrued of the United States, and (B) any obligations issued pursuant to subsection (a). (2) Submission The report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate. This joint resolution may be cited as the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 .

Passed the House of Representatives September 20, 2013. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: IA 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 59 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 10, 2013 Mr. Rogers of Kentucky 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 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 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 (division C of Public Law 113–6 ). (4) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 (division D of Public Law 113–6 ). (5) The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 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 pursuant to— (1) any provision of division G of the Consolidated 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 authority made available by— (A) sections 140(b) or 141(b) of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 ( Public Law 112–175 ); or (B) the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 ( Public Law 113–2 ). 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used for (1) the new production 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, activity, operation, or organization (defined as any project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and subprogram 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 includes 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 authority 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. 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. 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, funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal year 2013. 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. 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 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. 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. Appropriations made and funds made available by or authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution 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. 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 complete distribution of appropriations at the beginning of fiscal 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. 110. This joint resolution shall be implemented so that only the most limited funding action of that permitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activities. 111. (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 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, to be continued through the date specified in section 106(3). (b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory 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. 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 department or agency, consistent with the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2013, except that such authority 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 expenses. 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) ). 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 amount made available by section 101 for Social Security Administration—Limitation on Administrative 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 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism. 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. 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 December 31, 2012 . 117. Amounts made available under section 101 for Department of Commerce—National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Procurement, Acquisition and Construction may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain the planned launch schedules for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system. 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, notwithstanding 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 authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense. 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 . 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 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 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. 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. 122. For the period covered by this joint resolution, 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”. 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. 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. 125. (a) Any amounts made available pursuant to section 101 for Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Salaries and Expenses , Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology , and Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—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 Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Salaries and Expenses in division 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. Immigration 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. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Salaries and Expenses in division D of Public Law 113–6 . (b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on each use of the authority provided in this section. 126. In addition to the amount otherwise provided by section 101 for Department of the Interior—Department-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 Secretary of the Interior notifies the Committees 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. 127. In addition to the amount otherwise provided by section 101 for Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management , there is appropriated $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 provided for wildland fire suppression will be exhausted imminently and the Secretary of Agriculture notifies the Committees 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. 128. The authority provided by section 347 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 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 section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 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) 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 hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purpose. 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 . 131. The first proviso under the heading Department 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 . 132. Amounts provided by section 101 for Department of Health and Human Services—Administration for Children and Families—Refugee and Entrant Assistance may be obligated up to a rate for operations necessary to maintain program operations at the level provided in fiscal year 2013, as necessary to accommodate increased demand. 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 Social 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 development 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 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, including activities such as the development and purchase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical supplies, diagnostics, and other surveillance tools. (b) Products purchased with amounts made available by this joint resolution for Department of Health and Human Services—Office of the Secretary—Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund may, at the discretion of the Secretary, be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile pursuant to section 319F–2 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d–6b ). 134. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, there is appropriated for payment to Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg, widow of Frank R. Lautenberg, late a Senator from New Jersey, $174,000. 135. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for Department of Veterans Affairs—Departmental Administration—General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration at a rate for operations of $2,455,490,000. 136. 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. This joint resolution may be cited as the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 .

tv_txt: IIA Calendar No. 195 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. J. RES. 59 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 23, 2013 Received; read twice and placed on the calendar pursuant to the order of September 19, 2013 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 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 (division C of Public Law 113–6 ). (4) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 (division D of Public Law 113–6 ). (5) The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 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 pursuant to— (1) any provision of division G of the Consolidated 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 authority made available by— (A) sections 140(b) or 141(b) of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 ( Public Law 112–175 ); or (B) the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 ( Public Law 113–2 ). 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used for (1) the new production 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, activity, operation, or organization (defined as any project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and subprogram 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 includes 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 authority 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. 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. 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, funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal year 2013. 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. 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 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. 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. Appropriations made and funds made available by or authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution 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. 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 complete distribution of appropriations at the beginning of fiscal 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. 110. This joint resolution shall be implemented so that only the most limited funding action of that permitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activities. 111. (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 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, to be continued through the date specified in section 106(3). (b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory 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. 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 department or agency, consistent with the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2013, except that such authority 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 expenses. 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) ). 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 amount made available by section 101 for Social Security Administration—Limitation on Administrative 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 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism. 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. 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 December 31, 2012 . 117. Amounts made available under section 101 for Department of Commerce—National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Procurement, Acquisition and Construction may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain the planned launch schedules for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system. 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, notwithstanding 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 authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities of the Department of Defense. 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 . 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 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 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. 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. 122. For the period covered by this joint resolution, 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”. 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. 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. 125. (a) Any amounts made available pursuant to section 101 for Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Salaries and Expenses , Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and Technology , and Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—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 Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Salaries and Expenses in division 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. Immigration 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. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—Salaries and Expenses in division D of Public Law 113–6 . (b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on each use of the authority provided in this section. 126. In addition to the amount otherwise provided by section 101 for Department of the Interior—Department-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 Secretary of the Interior notifies the Committees 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. 127. In addition to the amount otherwise provided by section 101 for Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management , there is appropriated $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 provided for wildland fire suppression will be exhausted imminently and the Secretary of Agriculture notifies the Committees 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. 128. The authority provided by section 347 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 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 section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 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) 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 hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purpose. 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 . 131. The first proviso under the heading Department 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 . 132. Amounts provided by section 101 for Department of Health and Human Services—Administration for Children and Families—Refugee and Entrant Assistance may be obligated up to a rate for operations necessary to maintain program operations at the level provided in fiscal year 2013, as necessary to accommodate increased demand. 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 Social 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 development 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 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, including activities such as the development and purchase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical supplies, diagnostics, and other surveillance tools. (b) Products purchased with amounts made available by this joint resolution for Department of Health and Human Services—Office of the Secretary—Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund may, at the discretion of the Secretary, be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile pursuant to section 319F–2 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d–6b ). 134. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, there is appropriated for payment to Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg, widow of Frank R. Lautenberg, late a Senator from New Jersey, $174,000. 135. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for Department of Veterans Affairs—Departmental Administration—General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration at a rate for operations of $2,455,490,000. 136. 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. 137. (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds shall be made available to carry out any provisions 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. (b) Limitation No entitlement to benefits under any 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 the amendments made by either such Act, shall remain in effect on and after the date of the enactment of this joint resolution, nor shall any payment be awarded, owed, or made to any State, District, or territory under any such provision. (c) Unobligated balances Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all unobligated balances available under the provisions of law referred to in subsection (a) are hereby rescinded. 138. (a) In general Until December 15, 2014, in the event that the debt of the United States Government, as defined in section 3101 of title 31, United States Code, reaches the statutory limit, the Secretary of the Treasury shall, in addition to any other authority provided by law, issue obligations under chapter 31 of title 31, United States Code, to pay with legal tender, and solely for the purpose of paying, the principal and interest on obligations of the United States described in subsection (b) after the date of the enactment of this joint resolution. (b) Obligations described For purposes of this subsection, obligations described in this subsection are obligations which are— (1) held by the public, or (2) held by the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and Disability Insurance Trust Fund. (c) Prohibition on compensation for Members of Congress None of the obligations issued under subsection (a) may be used to pay compensation for Members of Congress. (d) Obligations exempt from public debt limit Obligations issued under subsection (a) shall not be taken into account in applying the limitation in section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, to the extent that such obligation would otherwise cause the limitation in section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, to be exceeded. (e) Report on certain actions (1) In general If, after the date of the enactment of this joint resolution, the Secretary of the Treasury exercises his authority under subsection (a), the Secretary shall thereafter submit a report each week the authority is in use providing an accounting relating to— (A) the principal on mature obligations and interest that is due or accrued of the United States, and (B) any obligations issued pursuant to subsection (a). (2) Submission The report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate. This joint resolution may be cited as the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 .

Passed the House of Representatives September 20, 2013. Karen L. Haas, Clerk

September 23, 2013 Received; read twice and placed on the calendar pursuant to the order of September 19, 2013

tv_txt: I One Hundred Thirteenth Congress of the United States of America At the First Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, the third day of January, two thousand and thirteen H. J. RES. 59 JOINT RESOLUTION Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes.

That A Bipartisan Budget Agreement 1. Short title and table of contents (a) Short title This division may be cited as the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 . (b) Table of contents The table of contents of this division is as follows: Division A—Budget Enforcement and Deficit Reduction Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. Title I—Budget Enforcement Subtitle A—Amendments to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 Sec. 101. Amendments to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Subtitle B—Establishing a Congressional budget Sec. 111. Fiscal year 2014 budget resolution. Sec. 112. Limitation on advance appropriations in the Senate. Sec. 113. Rule of construction in the House of Representatives. Sec. 114. Additional Senate budget enforcement. Sec. 115. Authority for fiscal year 2015 budget resolution in the House of Representatives. Sec. 116. Authority for fiscal year 2015 budget resolution in the Senate. Sec. 117. Exclusion of savings from PAYGO scorecards. Sec. 118. Exercise of rulemaking powers. Subtitle C—Technical Corrections Sec. 121. Technical corrections to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Sec. 122. Technical corrections to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Title II—Prevention of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Sec. 201. Improving the collection of unemployment insurance overpayments. Sec. 202. Strengthening Medicaid Third-Party Liability. Sec. 203. Restriction on access to the death master file. Sec. 204. Identification of inmates requesting or receiving improper payments. Title III—Natural Resources Sec. 301. Ultra-deepwater and unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resources. Sec. 302. Amendment to the Mineral Leasing Act. Sec. 303. Approval of agreement with Mexico. Sec. 304. Amendment to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Sec. 305. Federal oil and gas royalty prepayment cap. Sec. 306. Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Title IV—Federal Civilian and Military Retirement Sec. 401. Increase in contributions to Federal Employees Retirement System for new employees. Sec. 402. Foreign Service Pension System. Sec. 403. Annual adjustment of retired pay and retainer pay amounts for retired members of the Armed Forces under age 62. Title V—Higher Education Sec. 501. Default reduction program. Sec. 502. Elimination of nonprofit servicing contracts. Title VI—Transportation Sec. 601. Aviation security service fees. Sec. 602. Transportation cost reimbursement. Sec. 603. Sterile areas at airports. Title VII—Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 701. Extension of customs user fees. Sec. 702. Limitation on allowable government contractor compensation costs. Sec. 703. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation premium rate increases. Sec. 704. Cancellation of Unobligated Balances. Sec. 705. Conservation planning technical assistance user fees. Sec. 706. Self plus one coverage. (c) References Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to this Act contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of that division. I Budget Enforcement A Amendments to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 101. Amendments to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (a) Revised discretionary spending limits Section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by striking paragraphs (1) through (10) and inserting the following new paragraphs: (1) for fiscal year 2014— (A) for the revised security category, $520,464,000,000 in new budget authority; and (B) for the revised nonsecurity category, $491,773,000,000 in new budget authority; (2) for fiscal year 2015— (A) for the revised security category, $521,272,000,000 in new budget authority; and (B) for the revised nonsecurity category, $492,356,000,000 in new budget authority; (3) for fiscal year 2016— (A) for the revised security category, $577,000,000,000 in new budget authority; and (B) for the revised nonsecurity category, $530,000,000,000 in new budget authority; (4) for fiscal year 2017— (A) for the revised security category, $590,000,000,000 in new budget authority; and (B) for the revised nonsecurity category, $541,000,000,000 in new budget authority; (5) for fiscal year 2018— (A) for the revised security category, $603,000,000,000 in new budget authority; and (B) for the revised nonsecurity category, $553,000,000,000 in new budget authority; (6) for fiscal year 2019— (A) for the revised security category, $616,000,000,000 in new budget authority; and (B) for the revised nonsecurity category, $566,000,000,000 in new budget authority; (7) for fiscal year 2020— (A) for the revised security category, $630,000,000,000 in new budget authority; and (B) for the revised nonsecurity category, $578,000,000,000 in new budget authority; and (8) for fiscal year 2021— (A) for the revised security category, $644,000,000,000 in new budget authority; and (B) for the revised nonsecurity category, $590,000,000,000 in new budget authority; . (b) Direct spending adjustments for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (1) Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as redesignated by subsection (d), is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (10) Implementing direct spending reductions for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (A) OMB shall make the calculations necessary to implement the direct spending reductions calculated pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (4) without regard to the amendment made to section 251(c) revising the discretionary spending limits for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013. (B) Paragraph (5)(B) shall not be implemented for fiscal years 2014 and 2015. . (2) Paragraph (5)(B) of section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as redesignated by subsection (d)(2)(C) of this section, is amended by striking On and inserting Except as provided by paragraph (10), on . (c) Extension of direct spending reductions for fiscal years 2022 and 2023 Paragraph (6), as redesignated by subsection (d)(2)(C) of this section, of section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by inserting (A) before On the date and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (B) On the dates OMB issues its sequestration preview reports for fiscal year 2022 and for fiscal year 2023, pursuant to section 254(c), the President shall order a sequestration, effective upon issuance such that— (i) the percentage reduction for nonexempt direct spending for the defense function is the same percent as the percentage reduction for nonexempt direct spending for the defense function for fiscal year 2021 calculated under paragraph (3)(B); and (ii) the percentage reduction for nonexempt direct spending for nondefense functions is the same percent as the percentage reduction for nonexempt direct spending for nondefense functions for fiscal year 2021 calculated under paragraph (4)(B). . (d) Conforming amendments Part C of title II of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 900 et seq. ) is amended— (1) in section 250(c)(4) ( 2 U.S.C. 900(c)(4) ), by adding at the end the following: (D) The term revised security category means discretionary appropriations in budget function 050. (E) The term revised nonsecurity category means discretionary appropriations other than in budget function 050. (F) The term category means the subsets of discretionary appropriations in section 251(c). Discretionary appropriations in each of the categories shall be those designated in the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. New accounts or activities shall be categorized only after consultation with the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate and that consultation shall, to the extent practicable, include written communication to such committees that affords such committees the opportunity to comment before official action is taken with respect to new accounts or activities. ; and (2) in section 251A ( 2 U.S.C. 901a )— (A) by striking, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), Unless through as follows: and inserting the following: Discretionary appropriations and direct spending accounts shall be reduced in accordance with this section as follows: ; (B) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2); (C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (11) as paragraphs (1) through (9), respectively; (D) in paragraph (2), as redesignated, by striking paragraph (3) and inserting paragraph (1) ; (E) in paragraph (3), as redesignated, by striking paragraph (4) each place it appears and inserting paragraph (2) ; (F) in paragraph (4), as redesignated, by striking paragraph (4) each place it appears and inserting paragraph (2) ; (G) in paragraph (5), as redesignated— (i) by striking paragraph (5) each place it appears and inserting paragraph (3) ; and (ii) by striking paragraph (6) each place it appears and inserting paragraph (4) ; (H) in paragraph (6), as redesignated— (i) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting paragraph (2) ; and (ii) by striking paragraphs (5) and (6) and inserting paragraphs (3) and (4) ; (I) in paragraph (7), as redesignated— (i) by striking paragraph (8) and inserting paragraph (6) ; and (ii) by striking paragraph (6) each place it appears and inserting paragraph (4) ; and (J) in paragraph (9), as redesignated, by striking paragraph (4) and inserting paragraph (2) . B Establishing a Congressional budget 111. Fiscal year 2014 budget resolution (a) Fiscal year 2014 For the purpose of enforcing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for fiscal year 2014, and enforcing, in the Senate, budgetary points of order in prior concurrent resolutions on the budget, the allocations, aggregates, and levels provided for in subsection (b) shall apply in the same manner as for a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2014 with appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2014 and for fiscal years 2015 through 2023. (b) Committee allocations, aggregates, and levels The Chairmen of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall each submit a statement for publication in the Congressional Record as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act that includes— (1) for the Committee on Appropriations of that House, committee allocations for fiscal year 2014 consistent with the discretionary spending limits set forth in this Act for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; (2) for all committees of that House other than the Committee on Appropriations, committee allocations for— (A) fiscal year 2014; (B) fiscal years 2014 through 2018 in the Senate only; and (C) fiscal years 2014 through 2023; consistent with the May 2013 baseline of the Congressional Budget Office adjusted to account for the budgetary effects of this Act and legislation enacted prior to this Act but not included in the May 2013 baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; (3) aggregate spending levels for fiscal year 2014 in accordance with the allocations established under paragraphs (1) and (2), for the purpose of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; (4) aggregate revenue levels for— (A) fiscal year 2014; (B) fiscal years 2014 through 2018 in the Senate only; and (C) fiscal years 2014 through 2023; consistent with the May 2013 baseline of the Congressional Budget Office adjusted to account for the budgetary effects of this Act and legislation enacted prior to this Act but not included in the May 2013 baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, for the purpose of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and (5) in the Senate only, levels of Social Security revenues and outlays for fiscal year 2014 and for the periods of fiscal years 2014 through 2018 and 2014 through 2023 consistent with the May 2013 baseline of the Congressional Budget Office adjusted to account for the budgetary effects of this Act and legislation enacted prior to this Act but not included in the May 2013 baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, for the purpose of enforcing sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. (c) Further adjustments After the date of enactment of this Act, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives may reduce the aggregates, allocations, and other budgetary levels included in the statement of the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives referred to in subsection (b) to reflect the budgetary effects of any legislation enacted during the 113th Congress that reduces the deficit. 112. Limitation on advance appropriations in the Senate (a) Point of order against advance appropriations in the Senate (1) In general (A) Point of order Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would provide an advance appropriation. (B) Definition In this subsection, the term advance appropriation means any new budget authority provided in a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for fiscal year 2014 that first becomes available for any fiscal year after 2014 or any new budget authority provided in a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for fiscal year 2015 that first becomes available for any fiscal year after 2015. (2) Exceptions Advance appropriations may be provided— (A) for fiscal years 2015 and 2016 for programs, projects, activities, or accounts identified in a statement submitted to the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate under the heading Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations in an aggregate amount not to exceed $28,852,000,000 in new budget authority in each fiscal year; (B) for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; and (C) for the Department of Veterans Affairs for the Medical Services, Medical Support and Compliance, and Medical Facilities accounts of the Veterans Health Administration. (3) Supermajority waiver and appeal (A) Waiver In the Senate, paragraph (1) may be waived or suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. (B) Appeal An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under paragraph (1). (4) Form of point of order A point of order under paragraph (1) may be raised by a Senator as provided in section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. (5) Conference reports When the Senate is considering a conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses in relation to, a bill, upon a point of order being made by any Senator pursuant to this subsection, and such point of order being sustained, such material contained in such conference report or amendment between the Houses shall be stricken, and the Senate shall proceed to consider the question of whether the Senate shall recede from its amendment and concur with a further amendment, or concur in the House amendment with a further amendment, as the case may be, which further amendment shall consist of only that portion of the conference report or House amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken. Any such motion in the Senate shall be debatable. In any case in which such point of order is sustained against a conference report (or Senate amendment derived from such conference report by operation of this paragraph), no further amendment shall be in order. (6) Inapplicability In the Senate, section 402 of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress) shall no longer apply. (b) Expiration Subsection (a) shall expire if a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015 is agreed to by the Senate and House of Representatives pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 113. Rule of construction in the House of Representatives In the House of Representatives, for the remainder of the 113th Congress, the provisions of H. Con. Res. 25 (113th Congress), as deemed in force by H. Res. 243 (113th Congress), shall remain in force to the extent its budgetary levels are not superseded by this subtitle or by further action of the House of Representatives. 114. Additional Senate budget enforcement (a) Senate pay-As-You-Go scorecard (1) In general Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, for the purpose of enforcing section 201 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress), the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate shall reduce any balances of direct spending and revenues for any fiscal year to zero. (2) Fiscal year 2015 After April 15, 2014, but not later than May 15, 2014, for the purpose of enforcing section 201 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress), the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate shall reduce any balances of direct spending and revenues for any fiscal year to zero. (3) Publication Upon resetting the Senate paygo scorecard pursuant to paragraph (2), the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate shall publish a notification of such action in the Congressional Record. (b) Further adjustments With respect to any allocations, aggregates, or levels set or adjustments made pursuant to this subtitle, sections 412 through 414 of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress) shall remain in effect. (c) Deficit-Neutral reserve fund To replace sequestration The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits set pursuant to this subtitle for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that amend section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 901a ) to repeal or revise the enforcement procedures established under that section, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2014 through 2023. For purposes of determining deficit-neutrality under this subsection, the Chairman may include the estimated effects of any amendment or amendments to the discretionary spending limits in section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 901(c) ). (d) Additional deficit-Neutral reserve funds In the Senate only, sections 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 338, 339, 340, 341, 344, 348, 349, 350, 353, 354, 356, 361, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 371, 376, 378, 379, and 383 of S. Con. Res. 8 (113th Congress), as passed the Senate, shall have force and effect. (e) Expiration Subsections (a)(2), (c), and (d) shall expire if a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015 is agreed to by the Senate and House of Representatives pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 115. Authority for fiscal year 2015 budget resolution in the House of Representatives (a) Fiscal year 2015 If a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015 has not been adopted by April 15, 2014, for the purpose of enforcing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the allocations, aggregates, and levels provided for in subsection (b) shall apply in the House of Representatives after April 15, 2014, in the same manner as for a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015 with appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2015 and for fiscal years 2016 through 2024. (b) Committee allocations, aggregates, and levels In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall submit a statement for publication in the Congressional Record after April 15, 2014, but not later than May 15, 2014, containing— (1) for the Committee on Appropriations, committee allocations for fiscal year 2015 at the total level as set forth in section 251(c)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; (2) for all committees other than the Committee on Appropriations, committee allocations for fiscal year 2015 and for the period of fiscal years 2015 through 2024 at the levels included in the most recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as adjusted for the budgetary effects of any provision of law enacted during the period beginning on the date such baseline is issued and ending on the date of submission of such statement, for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and (3) aggregate spending levels for fiscal year 2015 and aggregate revenue levels for fiscal year 2015 and for the period of fiscal years 2015 through 2024, at the levels included in the most recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as adjusted for the budgetary effects of any provision of law enacted during the period beginning on the date such baseline is issued and ending on the date of submission of such statement, for the purpose of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. (c) Additional matter The statement referred to in subsection (b) may also include for fiscal year 2015, the matter contained in title IV (reserve funds) and in sections 601, 603(a), 605(a), and 609 of H. Con. Res. 25 (113th Congress), as adopted by the House, updated by one fiscal year, including updated amounts for section 601. (d) Fiscal year 2015 allocation to the Committee on Appropriations If the statement referred to in subsection (b) is not filed by May 15, 2014, then the matter referred to in subsection (b)(1) shall be submitted by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget for publication in the Congressional Record on the next day that the House of Representatives is in session. (e) Adjustments The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives may adjust the levels included in the statement referred to in subsection (b) to reflect the budgetary effects of any legislation enacted during the 113th Congress that reduces the deficit or as otherwise necessary. (f) Application Subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) shall no longer apply if a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015 is agreed to by the Senate and House of Representatives pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 116. Authority for fiscal year 2015 budget resolution in the Senate (a) Fiscal year 2015 For the purpose of enforcing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, after April 15, 2014, and enforcing budgetary points of order in prior concurrent resolutions on the budget, the allocations, aggregates, and levels provided for in subsection (b) shall apply in the Senate in the same manner as for a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015 with appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2014 and 2016 through 2024. (b) Committee allocations, aggregates, and levels After April 15, 2014, but not later than May 15, 2014, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate shall file— (1) for the Committee on Appropriations, committee allocations for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 consistent with the discretionary spending limits set forth in this Act for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; (2) for all committees other than the Committee on Appropriations, committee allocations for fiscal years 2014, 2015, 2015 through 2019, and 2015 through 2024 consistent with the most recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; (3) aggregate spending levels for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 in accordance with the allocations established under paragraphs (1) and (2), for the purpose of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; (4) aggregate revenue levels for fiscal years 2014, 2015, 2015 through 2019, and 2015 through 2024 consistent with the most recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office for the purpose of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and (5) levels of Social Security revenues and outlays for fiscal years 2014, 2015, 2015 through 2019, and 2015 through 2024 consistent with the most recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office for the purpose of enforcing sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. (c) Additional Matter The filing referred to in subsection (b) may also include, for fiscal year 2015, the reserve funds included in section 114(c) and (d) of this Act, updated by one fiscal year. (d) Superseding previous statement In the Senate, the filing referred to in subsection (b) shall supersede the statement referred to in section 111(b) of this Act. (e) Expiration This section shall expire if a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015 is agreed to by the Senate and House of Representatives pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 117. Exclusion of savings from PAYGO scorecards (a) Statutory Pay-As-You-Go scorecards Notwithstanding section 1(c) of this division, the budgetary effects of this Act shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. (b) Senate PAYGO scorecards Notwithstanding section 1(c) of this division, the budgetary effects of this Act shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of section 201 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress). 118. Exercise of rulemaking powers The provisions of this subtitle are enacted by the Congress— (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively, and as such they shall be considered as part of the rules of each House, respectively, or of that House to which they specifically apply, and such rules shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change such rules (so far as relating to such House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of such House. C Technical Corrections 121. Technical corrections to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 The Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended as follows: (1) In section 252(b)(2)(B), strike applicable to budget year and insert applicable to the budget year . (2) In section 252(c)(1)(C)(i), strike paragraph (1) and insert subsection (b) . (3) In section 254(c)(3)(A), strike subsection 252(b) and insert section 252(b) . (4) In section 254(f)(4), strike subsection 252(b) and insert section 252(b) . (5) In section 255(a), strike section 231b(a), 231b(f)(2), 231c(a), and 231c(f) of title 45 United States Code and insert sections 3 and 4 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 ( 45 U.S.C. 231 et seq. ) . (6) In section 255(h), in the item relating to Federal Pell Grants, strike section 401 Title IV and insert section 401 of title IV . (7) In the first subsection (j) of section 255 (relating to Split Treatment Programs), move the margins for the list items two ems to the right. (8) Redesignate the second subsection (j) of section 255 (relating to Identification of Programs) as subsection (k). (9) In section 257(b)(2)(A)(i), strike differenes and insert differences . (10) In section 258(a)(1), strike section 254(j) and insert section 254(i) . 122. Technical corrections to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended as follows: (1) In sections 301(a)(6) and 301(a)(7), strike For purposes and insert for purposes . (2) In section 301(a), in the matter following paragraph (7), strike old age and insert old-age . (3) In section 302(g)(2)(A), strike committee on the Budget and insert Committee on the Budget . (4) In section 305(a)(1), strike clause 2(l)(6) of rule XI and insert clause 4 of rule XIII . (5) In section 305(a)(5), strike provisions of rule XXIII and insert provisions of rule XVIII . (6) In section 305(b)(1), strike section 304(a) and insert section 304 . (7) In section 306 strike No and insert (a) In the Senate.— In the Senate, no , strike of either House and in that House , strike of that House , and add at the end the following new subsection: (b) In the House of Representatives In the House of Representatives, no bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto, or conference report thereon, dealing with any matter which is within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget shall be considered unless it is a bill or joint resolution which has been reported by the Committee on the Budget (or from the consideration of which such committee has been discharged) or unless it is an amendment to such a bill or joint resolution. . (8) In section 308(d), in the subsection heading, strike Scorekeeping Guidelines.— and insert Scorekeeping Guidelines.— . (9) In section 310(c)(1)(A)(i) and (ii), strike under that paragraph by more than and insert under that paragraph by more than— . (10) In section 314(d)(2), strike subparagraph (A), redesignate subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (A) and (B) respectively, in subparagraph (A), as redesignated, strike under subparagraph (A) and insert under paragraph (1) , and in subparagraph (B), as redesignated, strike under subparagraph (B) and insert under subparagraph (A) . (11) In section 315, add at the end the following new sentence: In the case of a reported bill or joint resolution considered pursuant to a special order of business, a point of order under section 303 shall be determined on the basis of the text made in order as an original bill or joint resolution for the purpose of amendment or to the text on which the previous question is ordered directly to passage, as the case may be. . (12) In section 401(b)(2), strike section 302(b) and insert section 302(a) . (13) In section 401(c), add at the end the following new paragraph: (3) In the House of Representatives, subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to new authority described in those subsections to the extent that a provision in a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto or a conference report thereon, establishes prospectively for a Federal office or position a specified or minimum level of compensation to be funded by annual discretionary appropriations. . (14) In section 421(5)(A)(i)(II), strike subparagraph (B)) and insert subparagraph (B) . (15) In section 505(c), strike section 406(b) both places it appears and insert section 405(b) . (16) In section 904(c)(2), strike 258A(b)(3)(C)(I) and 258(h)(3) and insert 258A(b)(3)(C)(i) and 258B(h)(3) , respectively, and strike and 314(e) and insert 314(e), and 314(f) . (17) In section 904(d)(3), strike 258A(b)(3)(C)(I) and 258(h)(3) and insert 258A(b)(3)(C)(i) and 258B(h)(3) , respectively, and strike and 312(c) and insert 312(c), 314(e), and 314(f) . II Prevention of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse 201. Improving the collection of unemployment insurance overpayments (a) In general Section 303 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 503 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (m) In the case of a covered unemployment compensation debt (as defined under section 6402(f)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) that remains uncollected as of the date that is 1 year after the debt was finally determined to be due and collected, the State to which such debt is owed shall take action to recover such debt under section 6402(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect upon the date of enactment of this Act. 202. Strengthening Medicaid Third-Party Liability (a) Payment for prenatal and preventive pediatric care and in cases involving medical support Section 1902(a)(25) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(25) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (E)(i), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: , except that the State may, if the State determines doing so is cost-effective and will not adversely affect access to care, only make such payment if a third party so liable has not made payment within 90 days after the date the provider of such services has initially submitted a claim to such third party for payment for such services ; and (2) in subparagraph (F)(i), by striking 30 days after such services are furnished and inserting 90 days after the date the provider of such services has initially submitted a claim to such third party for payment for such services, except that the State may make such payment within 30 days after such date if the State determines doing so is cost-effective and necessary to ensure access to care. . (b) Recovery of Medicaid expenditures from beneficiary liability settlements (1) State plan requirements Section 1902(a)(25) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(25) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking to the extent of such legal liability ; and (B) in subparagraph (H), by striking payment by any other party for such health care items or services and inserting any payments by such third party . (2) Assignment of rights of payment Section 1912(a)(1)(A) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396k(a)(1)(A) ) is amended by striking payment for medical care from any third party and inserting any payment from a third party that has a legal liability to pay for care and services available under the plan . (3) Liens Section 1917(a)(1)(A) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396p(a)(1)(A) ) is amended to read as follows: (A) pursuant to— (i) the judgment of a court on account of benefits incorrectly paid on behalf of such individual, or (ii) rights acquired by or assigned to the State in accordance with section 1902(a)(25)(H) or section 1912(a)(1)(A), or . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2014. 203. Restriction on access to the death master file (a) In general The Secretary of Commerce shall not disclose to any person information contained on the Death Master File with respect to any deceased individual at any time during the 3-calendar-year period beginning on the date of the individual's death, unless such person is certified under the program established under subsection (b). (b) Certification program (1) In general The Secretary of Commerce shall establish a program— (A) to certify persons who are eligible to access the information described in subsection (a) contained on the Death Master File, and (B) to perform periodic and unscheduled audits of certified persons to determine the compliance by such certified persons with the requirements of the program. (2) Certification A person shall not be certified under the program established under paragraph (1) unless such person certifies that access to the information described in subsection (a) is appropriate because such person— (A) has— (i) a legitimate fraud prevention interest, or (ii) a legitimate business purpose pursuant to a law, governmental rule, regulation, or fiduciary duty, and (B) has systems, facilities, and procedures in place to safeguard such information, and experience in maintaining the confidentiality, security, and appropriate use of such information, pursuant to requirements similar to the requirements of section 6103(p)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and (C) agrees to satisfy the requirements of such section 6103(p)(4) as if such section applied to such person. (3) Fees (A) In general The Secretary of Commerce shall establish under section 9701 of title 31, United States Code, a program for the charge of fees sufficient to cover (but not to exceed) all costs associated with evaluating applications for certification and auditing, inspecting, and monitoring certified persons under the program. Any fees so collected shall be deposited and credited as offsetting collections to the accounts from which such costs are paid. (B) Report The Secretary of Commerce shall report on an annual basis to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives on the total fees collected during the preceding year and the cost of administering the certification program under this subsection for such year. (c) Imposition of penalty (1) In general Any person who is certified under the program established under subsection (b), who receives information described in subsection (a), and who during the period of time described in subsection (a)— (A) discloses such information to any person other than a person who meets the requirements of subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of subsection (b)(2), (B) discloses such information to any person who uses the information for any purpose not listed under subsection (b)(2)(A) or who further discloses the information to a person who does not meet such requirements, or (C) uses any such information for any purpose not listed under subsection (b)(2)(A), and any person to whom such information is disclosed who further discloses or uses such information as described in the preceding subparagraphs, shall pay a penalty of $1,000 for each such disclosure or use. (2) Limitation on penalty (A) In general The total amount of the penalty imposed under this subsection on any person for any calendar year shall not exceed $250,000. (B) Exception for willful violations Subparagraph (A) shall not apply in the case of violations under paragraph (1) that the Secretary of Commerce determines to be willful or intentional violations. (d) Death Master File For purposes of this section, the term Death Master File means information on the name, social security account number, date of birth, and date of death of deceased individuals maintained by the Commissioner of Social Security, other than information that was provided to such Commissioner under section 205(r) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 405(r) ). (e) Exemption from Freedom of Information Act requirement with respect to certain records of deceased individuals (1) In general No Federal agency shall be compelled to disclose the information described in subsection (a) to any person who is not certified under the program established under subsection (b). (2) Treatment of information For purposes of section 552 of title 5, United States Code, this section shall be considered a statute described in subsection (b)(3) of such section 552. (f) Effective date (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), this section shall take effect on the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) FOIA exemption Subsection (e) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 204. Identification of inmates requesting or receiving improper payments (a) Information provided to the Prisoner Update Processing System (PUPS) (1) Section 202( x )(3)(B)( i )(I) Section 202(x)(3)(B)(i)(I) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 402(x)(3)(B)(i)(I) ) is amended by— (A) inserting first, middle, and last before names ; (B) striking the comma after the words social security account numbers and inserting or taxpayer identification numbers, prison assigned inmate numbers, last known addresses, ; (C) inserting dates of release or anticipated dates of release, dates of work release, before and, to the extent available ; and (D) by inserting and clause (iv) of this subparagraph after paragraph (1) . (2) Section 1611( e )(1)(I)( i )(I) Section 1611(e)(1)(I)(i)(I) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(1)(I)(i)(I) ) is amended by— (A) inserting first, middle, and last before names ; (B) striking the comma after the words social security account numbers and inserting or taxpayer identification numbers, prison assigned inmate numbers, last known addresses, ; (C) inserting dates of release or anticipated dates of release, dates of work release, before and, to the extent available ; and (D) by inserting and clause (iv) of this subparagraph after this paragraph . (b) Authority of Secretary of the Treasury to access PUPS (1) Section 202( x )(3)(B) Section 202(x)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 402(x)(3)(B) ) is amended— (A) in clause (iv), by inserting before the period the following: , for statistical and research activities conducted by Federal and State agencies, and to the Secretary of the Treasury for the purposes of tax administration, debt collection, and identifying, preventing, and recovering improper payments under federally funded programs ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (v) (I) The Commissioner may disclose information received pursuant to this paragraph to any officer, employee, agent, or contractor of the Department of the Treasury whose official duties require such information to assist in the identification, prevention, and recovery of improper payments or in the collection of delinquent debts owed to the United States, including payments certified by the head of an executive, judicial, or legislative paying agency, and payments made to individuals whose eligibility, or continuing eligibility, to participate in a Federal program (including those administered by a State or political subdivision thereof) is being reviewed. (II) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 552a of title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of Federal or State law, the Secretary of the Treasury may compare information disclosed under subclause (I) with any other personally identifiable information derived from a Federal system of records or similar records maintained by a Federal contractor, a Federal grantee, or an entity administering a Federal program or activity, and may redisclose such comparison of information to any paying or administering agency and to the head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the head of any State agency charged with the administration of prisons with respect to inmates whom the Secretary of the Treasury has determined may have been issued, or facilitated in the issuance of, an improper payment. (III) The comparison of information disclosed under subclause (I) shall not be considered a matching program for purposes of section 552a of title 5, United States Code. . (2) Section 1611( e )(1)(I) Section 1611(e)(1)(I) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(1)(I) ) is amended— (A) in clause (iii), by inserting before the period the following: , for statistical and research activities conducted by Federal and State agencies, and to the Secretary of the Treasury for the purposes of tax administration, debt collection, and identifying, preventing, and recovering improper payments under federally funded programs ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (v) (I) The Commissioner may disclose information received pursuant to this paragraph to any officer, employee, agent, or contractor of the Department of the Treasury whose official duties require such information to assist in the identification, prevention, and recovery of improper payments or in the collection of delinquent debts owed to the United States, including payments certified by the head of an executive, judicial, or legislative paying agency, and payments made to individuals whose eligibility, or continuing eligibility, to participate in a Federal program (including those administered by a State or political subdivision thereof) is being reviewed. (II) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 552a of title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of Federal or State law, the Secretary of the Treasury may compare information disclosed under subclause (I) with any other personally identifiable information derived from a Federal system of records or similar records maintained by a Federal contractor, a Federal grantee, or an entity administering a Federal program or activity and may redisclose such comparison of information to any paying or administering agency and to the head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the head of any State agency charged with the administration of prisons with respect to inmates whom the Secretary of the Treasury has determined may have been issued, or facilitated in the issuance of, an improper payment. (III) The comparison of information disclosed under subclause (I) shall not be considered a matching program for purposes of section 552a of title 5, United States Code. . (c) Conforming amendment to the Do Not Pay Initiative Section 5(a)(2) of the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012 ( 31 U.S.C. 3321 note) is amended by adding at the end the following: (F) Information regarding incarcerated individuals maintained by the Commissioner of Social Security under sections 202(x) and 1611(e) of the Social Security Act. . III Natural Resources 301. Ultra-deepwater and unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resources (a) Repeal Subtitle J of title IX of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 16371 et seq. ) is repealed. (b) Rescission Any unobligated funds appropriated for carrying out the subtitle repealed by subsection (a) are rescinded. 302. Amendment to the Mineral Leasing Act Section 35(b) of the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 191(b) ) is amended to read as follows— (b) Deduction for administrative costs In determining the amount of payments to the States under this section, beginning in fiscal year 2014 and for each year thereafter, the amount of such payments shall be reduced by 2 percent for any administrative or other costs incurred by the United States in carrying out the program authorized by this Act, and the amount of such reduction shall be deposited to miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury. . 303. Approval of agreement with Mexico The Agreement between the United States of America and the United Mexican States Concerning Transboundary Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico, signed at Los Cabos, February 20, 2012, is hereby approved. 304. Amendment to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: 32. Transboundary hydrocarbon agreements (a) Authorization After the date of enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, the Secretary may implement the terms of any transboundary hydrocarbon agreement for the management of transboundary hydrocarbon reservoirs entered into by the President and approved by Congress. In implementing such an agreement, the Secretary shall protect the interests of the United States to promote domestic job creation and ensure the expeditious and orderly development and conservation of domestic mineral resources in accordance with all applicable United States laws governing the exploration, development, and production of hydrocarbon resources on the Outer Continental Shelf. (b) Submission to congress (1) In general No later than 180 days after all parties to a transboundary hydrocarbon agreement have agreed to its terms, a transboundary hydrocarbon agreement that does not constitute a treaty in the judgment of the President shall be submitted by the Secretary to— (A) the Speaker of the House of Representatives; (B) the Majority Leader of the Senate; (C) the Chair of the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and (D) the Chair of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. (2) Contents of submission The submission shall include— (A) any amendments to this Act or other Federal law necessary to implement the agreement; (B) an analysis of the economic impacts such agreement and any amendments necessitated by the agreement will have on domestic exploration, development, and production of hydrocarbon resources on the Outer Continental Shelf; and (C) a detailed description of any regulations expected to be issued by the Secretary to implement the agreement. (c) Implementation of specific transboundary agreement with Mexico The Secretary may take actions as necessary to implement the terms of the Agreement between the United States of America and the United Mexican States Concerning Transboundary Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico, signed at Los Cabos, February 20, 2012, including— (1) approving unitization agreements and related arrangements for the exploration, development, or production of oil and natural gas from transboundary reservoirs or geological structures; (2) making available, in the limited manner necessary under the agreement and subject to the protections of confidentiality provided by the agreement, information relating to the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas from a transboundary reservoir or geological structure that may be considered confidential, privileged, or proprietary information under law; (3) taking actions consistent with an expert determination under the agreement; and (4) ensuring only appropriate inspection staff at the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement or other Federal agency personnel designated by the Bureau, the operator, or the lessee have authority to stop work on any installation or other device or vessel permanently or temporarily attached to the seabed of the United States that may be erected thereon for the purpose of resource exploration, development or production activities as approved by the Secretary. (d) Savings provisions Nothing in this section shall be construed— (1) to authorize the Secretary to participate in any negotiations, conferences, or consultations with Cuba regarding exploration, development, or production of hydrocarbon resources in the Gulf of Mexico along the United States maritime border with Cuba or the area known by the Department of the Interior as the Eastern Gap ; or (2) as affecting the sovereign rights and the jurisdiction that the United States has under international law over the Outer Continental Shelf that appertains to it. . 305. Federal oil and gas royalty prepayment cap (a) In general Section 111(i) of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 ( 30 U.S.C. 1721(i) ) is amended by striking (i) Upon and all that follows through For purposes and inserting the following: (i) Limitation on interest (1) In general Interest shall not be paid on any excessive overpayment. (2) Excessive overpayment defined For purposes . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on July 1, 2014. 306. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (a) Repeal of authority To acquire in-Kind royalty crude oil Section 160(a) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6240(a) ) is amended to read as follows: (a) The Secretary may acquire, place in storage, transport, or exchange petroleum products acquired by purchase or exchange. . (b) Rescission of funds Any unobligated balances available in the SPR Petroleum Account in the Treasury on the date of enactment of this section are permanently rescinded. IV Federal Civilian and Military Retirement 401. Increase in contributions to Federal Employees Retirement System for new employees (a) Definition (1) In general Section 8401 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (A) in paragraph (36), by striking and at the end; (B) in paragraph (37), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (38) the term further revised annuity employee means any individual who— (A) on December 31, 2013— (i) is not an employee or Member covered under this chapter; (ii) is not performing civilian service which is creditable service under section 8411; and (iii) has less than 5 years of creditable civilian service under section 8411; and (B) after December 31, 2013, becomes employed as an employee or becomes a Member covered under this chapter performing service which is creditable service under section 8411. . (2) Technical amendment Section 8401(37)(B) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting and before January 1, 2014, after after December 31, 2012, . (b) Increase in individual contributions Section 8422(a)(3) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting or further revised annuity employees after revised annuity employees ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (C) The applicable percentage under this paragraph for civilian service by further revised annuity employees shall be as follows: Employee 10.6 After December 31, 2013. Congressional employee 10.6 After December 31, 2013. Member 10.6 After December 31, 2013. Law enforcement officer, firefighter, member of the Capitol Police, member of the Supreme Court Police, or air traffic controller 11.1 After December 31, 2013. Nuclear materials courier 11.1 After December 31, 2013. Customs and border protection officer 11.1 After December 31, 2013. . (c) Government contributions Section 8423(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking (2) and inserting (2)(A) ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (B) (i) Subject to clauses (ii) and (iii), for purposes of any period in any year beginning after December 31, 2013, the normal-cost percentage under this subsection shall be determined and applied as if section 401(b) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 had not been enacted. (ii) Any contributions under this subsection in excess of the amounts which (but for clause (i)) would otherwise have been payable shall be applied toward reducing the unfunded liability of the Civil Service Retirement System. (iii) After the unfunded liability of the Civil Service Retirement System has been eliminated, as determined by the Office, Government contributions under this subsection shall be determined and made disregarding this subparagraph. (iv) The preceding provisions of this subparagraph shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the contributions payable by the United States Postal Service and the Postal Regulatory Commission. . (d) Annuity calculation Section 8415(d) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting or a further revised annuity employee after a revised annuity employee . 402. Foreign Service Pension System (a) Definition (1) In general Section 852 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 4071a ) is amended— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (8), (9), and (10) as paragraphs (9), (10), and (11), respectively; and (B) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following: (8) the term further revised annuity participant means any individual who— (A) on December 31, 2013— (i) is not a participant; (ii) is not performing service which is creditable service under section 854; and (iii) has less than 5 years creditable service under section 854; and (B) after December 31, 2013, becomes a participant performing service which is creditable service under section 854; . (2) Technical amendment Section 852(7)(B) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 4071a(7)(B) ) is amended by inserting and before January 1, 2014, after after December 31, 2012, . (b) Deductions and withholdings from pay Section 856(a)(2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 4071e(a)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting or a further revised annuity participant after revised annuity participant ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (C) The applicable percentage for a further revised annuity participant shall be as follows: 11.15 After December 31, 2013. . (c) Government contributions Section 857 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 4071f ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (c) (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), for purposes of any period in any year beginning after December 31, 2013, the normal-cost percentage under this section shall be determined and applied as if section 402(b) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 had not been enacted. (2) Any contributions under this section in excess of the amounts which (but for paragraph (1)) would otherwise have been payable shall be applied toward reducing the unfunded liability of the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System. (3) After the unfunded liability of the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System has been eliminated, as determined by the Secretary of State, Government contributions under this section shall be determined and made disregarding this subsection. . 403. Annual adjustment of retired pay and retainer pay amounts for retired members of the Armed Forces under age 62 (a) CPI minus one percent Section 1401a(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting paragraph (2), (3), or (4) ; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph (4): (4) Reduced percentage for retired members under age 62 (A) In general Effective on December 1 of each year, the retired pay of each member and former member under 62 years of age entitled to that pay shall be adjusted in accordance with this paragraph instead of paragraph (2) or (3). (B) CPI minus one If the percent determined under paragraph (2) is greater than 1 percent, the Secretary shall increase the retired pay of each member and former member by the difference between— (i) the percent determined under paragraph (2); and (ii) 1 percent. (C) No negative adjustment If the percent determined under paragraph (2) is equal to or less than 1 percent, the Secretary shall not increase the retired pay of members and former members under this paragraph. (D) Revised adjustment upon reaching age 62 When a member or former member whose retired pay has been subject to adjustment under this paragraph becomes 62 years of age, the Secretary of Defense shall recompute the retired pay of the member or former member, to be effective on the date of the next adjustment of retired pay under this subsection, so as to be the amount equal to the amount of retired pay to which the member or former member would be entitled on that date if increases in the retired pay of the member or former member had been computed as provided in paragraph (2) or as specified in section 1410 of this title, as applicable, rather than this paragraph. (E) Inapplicability of catch-up rule Paragraph (5) shall not apply in the case of adjustments made, or not made, as a result of application of this paragraph. . (b) Restoral of full retirement amount at age 62 Section 1410(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting paragraph (3) or (4) . (c) Effective date The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on December 1, 2015. V Higher Education 501. Default reduction program Effective July 1, 2014, section 428F(a)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1078–6(a)(1) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following: (ii) beginning July 1, 2014, assign the loan to the Secretary if the guaranty agency has been unable to sell the loan under clause (i). ; and (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking clause (i) and inserting the following: (i) the guaranty agency— (I) shall, in the case of a sale made on or after July 1, 2014, repay the Secretary 100 percent of the amount of the principal balance outstanding at the time of such sale, multiplied by the reinsurance percentage in effect when payment under the guaranty agreement was made with respect to the loan; and (II) may, in the case of a sale made on or after July 1, 2014, in order to defray collection costs— (aa) charge to the borrower an amount not to exceed 16 percent of the outstanding principal and interest at the time of the loan sale; and (bb) retain such amount from the proceeds of the loan sale; and . 502. Elimination of nonprofit servicing contracts The Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq. ) is amended— (1) in section 456 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087f )— (A) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (4); and (B) by striking subsection (c); and (2) in section 458(a) ( 20 U.S.C. 1087h(a) ), by striking paragraph (2). VI Transportation 601. Aviation security service fees (a) Air carrier fees (1) Repeal Section 44940(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is repealed. (2) Conforming amendment Section 44940(d)(1) of such title is amended by striking , and may impose a fee under subsection (a)(2), . (3) Effective date The repeal made by paragraph (1) and the amendment made by paragraph (2) shall each take effect on October 1, 2014. (b) Restructuring of passenger fee Section 44940(c) of such title is amended to read as follows: (c) Limitation on fee Fees imposed under subsection (a)(1) shall be $5.60 per one-way trip in air transportation or intrastate air transportation that originates at an airport in the United States. . (c) Deposit of receipts in general fund Section 44940(i) of such title is amended to read as follows: (i) Deposit of receipts in general fund (1) In general Beginning in fiscal year 2014, out of fees received in a fiscal year under subsection (a)(1), after amounts are made available in the fiscal year under section 44923(h), the next funds derived from such fees in the fiscal year, in the amount specified for the fiscal year in paragraph (4), shall be credited as offsetting receipts and deposited in the general fund of the Treasury. (2) Fee levels The Secretary of Homeland Security shall impose the fee authorized by subsection (a)(1) so as to collect in a fiscal year at least the amount specified in paragraph (4) for the fiscal year for making deposits under paragraph (1). (3) Relationship to other provisions Subsections (b) and (f) shall not apply to amounts to be used for making deposits under this subsection. (4) Fiscal year amounts For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), the fiscal year amounts are as follows: (A) $390,000,000 for fiscal year 2014. (B) $1,190,000,000 for fiscal year 2015. (C) $1,250,000,000 for fiscal year 2016. (D) $1,280,000,000 for fiscal year 2017. (E) $1,320,000,000 for fiscal year 2018. (F) $1,360,000,000 for fiscal year 2019. (G) $1,400,000,000 for fiscal year 2020. (H) $1,440,000,000 for fiscal year 2021. (I) $1,480,000,000 for fiscal year 2022. (J) $1,520,000,000 for fiscal year 2023. . (d) Imposition of fee increase The Secretary of Homeland Security shall implement the fee increase authorized by the amendment made by subsection (b)— (1) beginning on July 1, 2014; and (2) through the publication of notice of such fee in the Federal Register, notwithstanding section 9701 of title 31, United States Code, and the procedural requirements of section 553 of title 5, United States Code. (e) Continued availability of existing balances The amendments made by this section shall not affect the availability of funds made available under section 44940(i) of title 49, United States Code, before the date of enactment of this Act. 602. Transportation cost reimbursement (a) Repeal Sections 55316 and 55317 of chapter 553 of title 46, United States Code, are repealed. (b) Table of sections amendment The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 553 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking the items relating to section 55316 and 55317. 603. Sterile areas at airports Section 44903 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (n) Passenger exit points from sterile area (1) In general The Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that the Transportation Security Administration is responsible for monitoring passenger exit points from the sterile area of airports at which the Transportation Security Administration provided such monitoring as of December 1, 2013. (2) Sterile area defined In this section, the term sterile area has the meaning given that term in section 1540.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling). . VII Miscellaneous Provisions 701. Extension of customs user fees Section 13031(j)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 ( 19 U.S.C. 58c(j)(3) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking October 22, 2021 and inserting September 30, 2023 ; and (2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking October 29, 2021 and inserting September 30, 2023 . 702. Limitation on allowable government contractor compensation costs (a) Limitation (1) Civilian contracts Section 4304(a)(16) of title 41, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (16) Costs of compensation of contractor and subcontractor employees for a fiscal year, regardless of the contract funding source, to the extent that such compensation exceeds $487,000 per year, adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Employment Cost Index for all workers, as calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, except that the head of an executive agency may establish one or more narrowly targeted exceptions for scientists, engineers, or other specialists upon a determination that such exceptions are needed to ensure that the executive agency has continued access to needed skills and capabilities. . (2) Defense contracts Section 2324(e)(1)(P) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (P) Costs of compensation of contractor and subcontractor employees for a fiscal year, regardless of the contract funding source, to the extent that such compensation exceeds $487,000 per year, adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Employment Cost Index for all workers, as calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, except that the head of an executive agency may establish one or more narrowly targeted exceptions for scientists, engineers, or other specialists upon a determination that such exceptions are needed to ensure that the executive agency has continued access to needed skills and capabilities. . (b) Conforming amendments (1) Repeal Section 1127 of title 41, United States Code, is hereby repealed. (2) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 11 of title 41, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 1127. (c) Applicability This section and the amendments made by this section shall apply only with respect to costs of compensation incurred under contracts entered into on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (d) Reports (1) In general Not later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit a report on contractor compensation to— (A) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; (B) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; (C) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; (D) the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives; (E) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and (F) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. (2) Elements The report required under paragraph (1) shall include— (A) the total number of contractor employees, by executive agency, in the narrowly targeted exception positions described under subsection (a) during the preceding fiscal year; (B) the taxpayer-funded compensation amounts received by each contractor employee in a narrowly targeted exception position during such fiscal year; and (C) the duties and services performed by contractor employees in the narrowly targeted exception positions during such fiscal year. (e) Review Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall report to Congress on alternative benchmarks and industry standards for compensation, including whether any such benchmarks or standards would provide a more appropriate measure of allowable compensation for the purposes of section 2324(e)(1)(P) of title 10, United States Code, and section 4304(a)(16) of title 41, United States Code, as amended by this Act. 703. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation premium rate increases (a) Flat-Rate premium increases Section 4006(a)(3)(A)(i) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ( 29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(3)(A)(i) ) is amended— (1) in subclause (II), by striking and at the end; (2) in subclause (III), by inserting and before January 1, 2015, after December 31, 2013 ; and (3) by inserting after subclause (III) the following: (IV) for plan years beginning after December 31, 2014, and before January 1, 2016, $57; and (V) for plan years beginning after December 31, 2015, and before January 1, 2017, $64. . (b) Flat-Rate premium rate indexed to wages (1) In general Section 4006(a)(3) of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(3) ) is amended— (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (G) through (J) as subparagraphs (H) through (K), respectively; and (B) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following: (G) For each plan year beginning in a calendar year after 2016, there shall be substituted for the premium rate specified in clause (i) of subparagraph (A) an amount equal to the greater of— (i) the product derived by multiplying the premium rate specified in clause (i) of subparagraph (A) by the ratio of— (I) the national average wage index (as defined in section 209(k)(1) of the Social Security Act) for the first of the 2 calendar years preceding the calendar year in which such plan year begins, to (II) the national average wage index (as so defined) for 2014; and (ii) the premium rate in effect under clause (i) of subparagraph (A) for plan years beginning in the preceding calendar year. If the amount determined under this subparagraph is not a multiple of $1, such product shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $1. . (2) Conforming amendments Section 4006(a)(3)(F) of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(3)(F) ) is amended— (A) in the matter before clause (i), by inserting and before 2013 after after 2006 ; and (B) in the flush text following clause (ii), by striking the second sentence. (c) Variable rate premium increases (1) In general Section 4006(a)(8)(C) of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(8)(C) ) is amended— (A) in clause (i), by striking and at the end; (B) in clause (ii), by striking $5. and inserting $10; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (iii) in the case of plan years beginning in calendar year 2016, by $5. . (2) Conforming amendments Section 4006(a)(8) of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(8) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) in clause (ii), by striking and at the end; (ii) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (iv) for plan years beginning after calendar year 2016, the amount in effect for plan years beginning in 2016 (determined after application of subparagraph (C)). ; and (B) in subparagraph (D)— (i) in clause (ii), by striking and at the end; (ii) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (iv) 2014, in the case of plan years beginning after calendar year 2016. . (d) Increase in variable rate premium cap (1) In general Section 4006(a)(3)(E)(i) of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(3)(E)(i) ) is amended— (A) in subclause (I), by striking and at the end; (B) in subclause (II)— (i) by inserting and before 2016 after 2012 ; and (ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (III) in the case of plan years beginning in a calendar year after 2015, shall not exceed $500. . (2) Index to wages Section 4006(a)(3) of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(3) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (K) (as redesignated by subsection (b)(1)(A)), by inserting and before 2016 after 2013 ; and (B) by inserting at the end the following: (L) For each plan year beginning in a calendar year after 2016, there shall be substituted for the dollar amount specified in subclause (III) of subparagraph (E)(i) an amount equal to the greater of— (i) the product derived by multiplying such dollar amount by the ratio of— (I) the national average wage index (as defined in section 209(k)(1) of the Social Security Act) for the first of the 2 calendar years preceding the calendar year in which such plan year begins, to (II) the national average wage index (as so defined) for 2014; and (ii) such dollar amount for plan years beginning in the preceding calendar year. If the amount determined under this subparagraph is not a multiple of $1, such product shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $1. . (e) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 2013. 704. Cancellation of Unobligated Balances (a) Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, of the unobligated balances available under the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund, $693,000,000 are permanently cancelled. (b) Treasury Forfeiture Fund Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, of the unobligated balances available under the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, $867,000,000, are permanently cancelled. 705. Conservation planning technical assistance user fees (a) User fees authorized Section 3 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act ( 16 U.S.C. 590c ) is amended— (1) by striking require— and inserting require the following: ; (2) in paragraph (1), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a period; (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ; and at the end and inserting a period; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (4) (A) The payment of user fees for conservation planning technical assistance if the Secretary determines that the fees, subject to subparagraph (B), are— (i) reasonable and appropriate; (ii) assessed for conservation planning technical assistance resulting in the development of a conservation plan; and (iii) assessed based on the size of the land or the complexity of the resource issues involved. (B) Fees under subparagraph (A) may not exceed $150 per conservation plan for which technical assistance is provided. (C) The Secretary may waive fees otherwise required under subparagraph (A) in the case of conservation planning technical assistance provided— (i) to beginning farmers or ranchers (as defined in section 343(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1991(a) ); (ii) to limited resource farmers or ranchers (as defined by the Secretary); (iii) to socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers (as defined in section 355(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2003(e) ); (iv) to qualify for an exemption from ineligibility under section 1212 of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3812 ); or (v) to comply with Federal, State, or local regulatory requirements. . (b) Conservation technical assistance fund Section 6 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act ( 16 U.S.C. 590f ) is amended— (1) by striking Sec. 6. and all that follows through There are hereby authorized and inserting the following: 6. Authorization of appropriations and conservation technical assistance funds (a) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (b) Conservation technical assistance fund (1) In general There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the Conservation Technical Assistance Fund (referred to in this subsection as the Fund ), to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. (2) Deposits An amount equal to the amounts collected as fees under section 3(4) and late payments, interest, and such other amounts as are authorized to be collected pursuant to section 3717 of title 31, United States Code, shall be deposited in the Fund. (3) Availability Amounts in the Fund shall— (A) only be available to the extent and in the amount provided in advance in appropriations Acts; (B) be used for the costs of carrying out this Act; and (C) remain available until expended. . 706. Self plus one coverage (a) Election of coverage Section 8905 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: (a) An employee may enroll in an approved health benefits plan described in section 8903 or 8903a— (1) as an individual; (2) for self plus one; or (3) for self and family. ; (2) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (1), in the matter following subparagraph (B), by inserting for self plus one or before self and family as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection ; and (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting for self plus one or before for self and family ; and (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting (or, in the case of self plus one coverage, not more than 1 such child) after adopted children ; (3) in subsection (e), by striking or each spouse may enroll as an individual and inserting or for a self plus one enrollment that covers the spouse, or each spouse may enroll as an individual or for a self plus one enrollment that does not cover the other spouse or a child who is covered under the enrollment of the other spouse ; and (4) in subsection (h)— (A) by striking self and family enrollment each place it appears and inserting self plus one or self and family enrollment, as necessary to provide health insurance coverage for each child who is covered under the order, ; (B) by striking a child each place it appears and inserting 1 or more children ; (C) by striking the child resides each place it appears and inserting the child or children reside ; (D) in paragraph (1), by striking self and family coverage each place it appears and inserting self plus one or self and family coverage, as necessary to provide health insurance coverage for each child who is covered under the order, ; and (E) in paragraph (3), by striking the child continues and inserting the child or children continue . (b) Continued Coverage Section 8905a of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (d)(3)(A), by inserting for self plus one or before for self and family ; and (2) in subsection (f)(3)(A), by striking for self and family based on such person's separation from service and inserting based on such person's separation from service under a self plus one enrollment that covered the individual or under a self and family enrollment . (c) Contributions Section 8906(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking at the end and ; (2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following: (B) enrollments under this chapter for self plus one; and . (d) Weighted average for first year For the first contract year for which an employee may enroll for self plus one coverage under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, the Office of Personnel Management shall determine the weighted average of the subscription charges that will be in effect for the contract year for enrollments for self plus one under such chapter based on an actuarial analysis. B Medicare and Other Health Provisions 1001. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This division may be cited as the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 . (b) Table of contents The table of contents of this division is as follows: Division B—Medicare and Other Health Provisions Sec. 1001. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 1002. Findings; purpose statement. Title I—Medicare Extenders Sec. 1101. Physician payment update. Sec. 1102. Extension of work GPCI floor. Sec. 1103. Extension of therapy cap exceptions process. Sec. 1104. Extension of ambulance add-ons. Sec. 1105. Medicare inpatient hospital payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals. Sec. 1106. Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program. Sec. 1107. 1-year extension of authorization for special needs plans. Sec. 1108. 1-year extension of Medicare reasonable cost contracts. Sec. 1109. Extension of existing funding for contract with consensus-based entity. Sec. 1110. Extension of funding outreach and assistance for low-income programs. Title II—Other Health Provisions Sec. 1201. Extension of the qualifying individual (QI) program. Sec. 1202. Temporary extension of transitional medical assistance (TMA). Sec. 1203. Extension of funding for family-to-family health information centers. Sec. 1204. Delay of reductions to Medicaid DSH allotments. Sec. 1205. Realignment of the Medicare sequester for fiscal year 2023. Sec. 1206. Payment for inpatient services in long-term care hospitals (LTCHs). 1002. Findings; purpose statement In order to support the provision of quality care for our nation’s seniors, Congress finds it appropriate to reform physician reimbursements under the Medicare program. SGR reform legislation provides such an opportunity, but not until next year. In order to facilitate such reform, Congress finds that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should continue to focus its efforts on the following areas: (1) Simplify and Reduce Administrative Burden on Physicians The application and assessment of measures and other activities under SGR reform should be facilitated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in a way that accounts for the administrative burden such measurement places on physicians. Therefore, the Congress encourages CMS to identify and implement, to the extent practicable, mechanisms to ensure that the application and assessment of measures be coordinated across programs. (2) Timely Feedback for Physicians In order for measure and assessment programs to encourage the highest quality care for Medicare seniors, the Congress finds it critical that CMS provide physicians with feedback on performance in as close to real time as possible. Such timely feedback will ensure that physicians can excel under a system of meaningful measurement. (3) Encourage Development of New Models There is great need to test alternatives to Fee-For-Service reimbursement in the Medicare program. One option is the promotion and adoption of new models of care for physicians. To date, there has been significant development and testing of models for primary care. Congress supports these efforts and encourages them to continue in the future. Congress also encourages the development and testing of models of specialty care. I Medicare Extenders 1101. Physician payment update Section 1848(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 10 1395w–4(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (15) Update for January through March of 2014 (A) In general Subject to paragraphs (7)(B), (8)(B), (9)(B), (10)(B), (11)(B), (12)(B), (13)(B), and (14)(B), in lieu of the update to the single conversion factor established in paragraph (1)(C) that would otherwise apply for 2014 for the period beginning on January 1, 2014, and ending on March 31, 2014, the update to the single conversion factor shall be 0.5 percent. (B) No effect on computation of conversion factor for remaining portion of 2014 and subsequent years The conversion factor under this subsection shall be computed under paragraph (1)(A) for the period beginning on April 1, 2014, and ending on December 31, 2014, and for 2015 and subsequent years as if subparagraph (A) had never applied. . 1102. Extension of work GPCI floor Section 1848(e)(1)(E) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(e)(1)(E) ) is amended by striking January 1, 2014 and inserting April 1, 2014 . 1103. Extension of therapy cap exceptions process Section 1833(g) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395l(g) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (5)(A), in the first sentence, by striking December 31, 2013 and inserting March 31, 2014 ; and (2) in paragraph (6)(A)— (A) by striking December 31, 2013 and inserting March 31, 2014 ; and (B) by striking or 2013 and inserting , 2013, or the first three months of 2014 . 1104. Extension of ambulance add-ons (a) Ground Ambulance Section 1834(l)(13)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(l)(13)(A) ) is amended— (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking January 1, 2014 and inserting April 1, 2014 ; and (2) in each of clauses (i) and (ii), by striking January 1, 2014 and inserting April 1, 2014 each place it appears. (b) Super rural ground ambulance Section 1834(l)(12)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(l)(12)(A) ) is amended by striking January 1, 2014 and inserting April 1, 2014 . 1105. Medicare inpatient hospital payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals Section 1886(d)(12) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(12) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking fiscal year 2014 and subsequent fiscal years and inserting the portion of fiscal year 2014 beginning on April 1, 2014, fiscal year 2015, and subsequent fiscal years ; (2) in subparagraph (C)(i)— (A) by inserting and the portion of fiscal year 2014 before April 1, 2014, after and 2013, each place it appears; and (B) by inserting or portion of fiscal year after during the fiscal year ; and (3) in subparagraph (D)— (A) by inserting and the portion of fiscal year 2014 before April 1, 2014, after and 2013, ; and (B) by inserting or the portion of fiscal year after in the fiscal year . 1106. Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program (a) In general Section 1886(d)(5)(G) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(G) ) is amended— (1) in clause (i), by striking October 1, 2013 and inserting April 1, 2014 ; and (2) in clause (ii)(II), by striking October 1, 2013 and inserting April 1, 2014 . (b) Conforming amendments (1) Extension of target amount Section 1886(b)(3)(D) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(b)(3)(D) ) is amended— (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking October 1, 2013 and inserting April 1, 2014 ; and (B) in clause (iv), by inserting and the portion of fiscal year 2014 before April 1, 2014 after through fiscal year 2013 . (2) Permitting hospitals to decline reclassification Section 13501(e)(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww note) is amended by striking through fiscal year 2013 and inserting through the first 2 quarters of fiscal year 2014 . 1107. 1-year extension of authorization for special needs plans Section 1859(f)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–28(f)(1) ) is amended by striking 2015 and inserting 2016 . 1108. 1-year extension of Medicare reasonable cost contracts Section 1876(h)(5)(C)(ii) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395mm(h)(5)(C)(ii) ) is amended, in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking January 1, 2014 and inserting January 1, 2015 . 1109. Extension of existing funding for contract with consensus-based entity Section 1890(d) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395aaa(d) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: Amounts transferred under the preceding sentence shall remain available until expended. . 1110. Extension of funding outreach and assistance for low-income programs (a) Additional funding for state health insurance programs Subsection (a)(1)(B) of section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 ( 42 U.S.C. 1395b–3 note), as amended by section 3306 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Public Law 111–148 ) and section 610 of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 ( Public Law 112–240 ), is amended— (1) in clause (ii), by striking and at the end; (2) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by inserting after clause (iii) the following new clause: (iv) for the portion of fiscal year 2014 before April 1, 2014, of $3,750,000. . (b) Additional funding for area agencies on aging Subsection (b)(1)(B) of such section 119, as so amended, is amended— (1) in clause (ii), by striking and at the end; (2) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by inserting after clause (iii) the following new clause: (iv) for the portion of fiscal year 2014 before April 1, 2014, of $3,750,000. . (c) Additional funding for aging and disability resource centers Subsection (c)(1)(B) of such section 119, as so amended, is amended— (1) in clause (ii), by striking and at the end; (2) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by inserting after clause (iii) the following new clause: (iv) for the portion of fiscal year 2014 before April 1, 2014, of $2,500,000. . (d) Additional funding for contract with the national center for benefits and outreach enrollment Subsection (d)(2) of such section 119, as so amended, is amended— (1) in clause (ii), by striking and at the end; (2) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by inserting after clause (iii) the following new clause: (iv) for the portion of fiscal year 2014 before April 1, 2014, of $2,500,000. . II Other Health Provisions 1201. Extension of the qualifying individual (QI) program (a) Extension Section 1902(a)(10)(E)(iv) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(E)(iv) ) is amended by striking December 2013 and inserting March 2014 . (b) Extending total amount available for allocation Section 1933(g) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396u–3(g) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (S), by striking and after the semicolon; (B) in subparagraph (T), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (U) for the period that begins on January 1, 2014, and ends on March 31, 2014, the total allocation amount is $200,000,000. . 1202. Temporary extension of transitional medical assistance (TMA) Sections 1902(e)(1)(B) and 1925(f) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(1)(B) , 1396r–6(f)) are each amended by striking December 31, 2013 and inserting March 31, 2014 . 1203. Extension of funding for family-to-family health information centers Section 501(c)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 701(c)(1)(A) ) is amended— (1) in clause (ii), by striking at the end and ; (2) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new clause: (iv) $2,500,000 for the portion of fiscal year 2014 before April 1, 2014. . 1204. Delay of reductions to Medicaid DSH allotments (a) In general Section 1923(f) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396r–4(f) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (7)(A)— (A) in clause (i), by striking 2014 and inserting 2016 ; and (B) in clause (ii)— (i) by striking subclauses (I) and (II); (ii) by redesignating subclauses (III) through (VII) as subclauses (I) through (V), respectively; and (iii) in subclause (I) (as redesignated by clause (ii)), by striking $600,000,000 and inserting $1,200,000,000 ; and (2) in paragraph (8)— (A) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); (B) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph: (C) Fiscal year 2023 Only with respect to fiscal year 2023, the DSH allotment for a State, in lieu of the amount determined under paragraph (3) for the State for that year, shall be equal to the DSH allotment for the State for fiscal year 2022, as determined under subparagraph (B), increased, subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (3), and paragraph (5), by the percentage change in the consumer price index for all urban consumers (all items; U.S. city average), for fiscal year 2022. ; and (C) in subparagraph (D) (as redesignated by subparagraph (A)), by striking fiscal year 2022 and inserting fiscal year 2023 . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be effective as of October 1, 2013. 1205. Realignment of the Medicare sequester for fiscal year 2023 Paragraph (6) (relating to implementing direct spending reductions, as redesignated by section 101(d)(2)(C), and as amended by section 101(c), of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013) of section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 901a ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (C) Notwithstanding the 2 percent limit specified in subparagraph (A) for payments for the Medicare programs specified in section 256(d), the sequestration order of the President under such subparagraph for fiscal year 2023 shall be applied to such payments so that— (i) with respect to the first 6 months in which such order is effective for such fiscal year, the payment reduction shall be 2.90 percent; and (ii) with respect to the second 6 months in which such order is so effective for such fiscal year, the payment reduction shall be 1.11 percent. . 1206. Payment for inpatient services in long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) (a) Establishment of criteria for application of site neutral payment (1) In general Section 1886(m) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(m) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (6) Application of site neutral IPPS payment rate in certain cases (A) General application of site neutral IPPS payment amount for discharges failing to meet applicable criteria (i) In general For a discharge in cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2015, except as provided in clause (ii) and subparagraph (C), payment under this title to a long-term care hospital for inpatient hospital services shall be made at the applicable site neutral payment rate (as defined in subparagraph (B)). (ii) Exception for certain discharges meeting criteria Clause (i) shall not apply (and payment shall be made to a long-term care hospital without regard to this paragraph) for a discharge if— (I) the discharge meets the ICU criterion under clause (iii) or the ventilator criterion under clause (iv); and (II) the discharge does not have a principal diagnosis relating to a psychiatric diagnosis or to rehabilitation. (iii) Intensive care unit (ICU) criterion (I) In general The criterion specified in this clause (in this paragraph referred to as the ICU criterion ), for a discharge from a long-term care hospital, is that the stay in the long-term care hospital ending with such discharge was immediately preceded by a discharge from a stay in a subsection (d) hospital that included at least 3 days in an intensive care unit (ICU), as determined by the Secretary. (II) Determining ICU days In determining intensive care unit days under subclause (I), the Secretary shall use data from revenue center codes 020x or 021x (or such successor codes as the Secretary may establish). (iv) Ventilator criterion The criterion specified in this clause (in this paragraph referred to as the ventilator criterion ), for a discharge from a long-term care hospital, is that— (I) the stay in the long-term care hospital ending with such discharge was immediately preceded by a discharge from a stay in a subsection (d) hospital; and (II) the individual discharged was assigned to a Medicare-Severity-Long-Term-Care-Diagnosis-Related-Group (MS–LTC–DRG) based on the receipt of ventilator services of at least 96 hours. (B) Applicable site neutral payment rate defined (i) In general In this paragraph, the term applicable site neutral payment rate means— (I) for discharges in cost reporting periods beginning during fiscal year 2016 or fiscal year 2017, the blended payment rate specified in clause (iii); and (II) for discharges in cost reporting periods beginning during fiscal year 2018 or a subsequent fiscal year, the site neutral payment rate (as defined in clause (ii)). (ii) Site neutral payment rate defined In this paragraph, the term site neutral payment rate means the lower of— (I) the IPPS comparable per diem amount determined under paragraph (d)(4) of section 412.529 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, including any applicable outlier payments under section 412.525 of such title; or (II) 100 percent of the estimated cost for the services involved. (iii) Blended payment rate The blended payment rate specified in this clause, for a long-term care hospital for inpatient hospital services for a discharge, is comprised of— (I) half of the site neutral payment rate (as defined in clause (ii)) for the discharge; and (II) half of the payment rate that would otherwise be applicable to such discharge without regard to this paragraph, as determined by the Secretary. (C) Limiting payment for all hospital discharges to site neutral payment rate for hospitals failing to meet applicable LTCH discharge thresholds (i) Notice of LTCH discharge payment percentage For cost reporting periods beginning during or after fiscal year 2016, the Secretary shall inform each long-term care hospital of its LTCH discharge payment percentage (as defined in clause (iv)) for such period. (ii) Limitation For cost reporting periods beginning during or after fiscal year 2020, if the Secretary determines for a long-term care hospital that its LTCH discharge payment percentage for the period is not at least 50 percent— (I) the Secretary shall inform the hospital of such fact; and (II) subject to clause (iii), for all discharges in the hospital in each succeeding cost reporting period, the payment amount under this subsection shall be the payment amount that would apply under subsection (d) for the discharge if the hospital were a subsection (d) hospital. (iii) Process for reinstatement The Secretary shall establish a process whereby a long-term care hospital may seek to and have the provisions of subclause (II) of clause (ii) discontinued with respect to that hospital. (iv) LTCH discharge payment percentage In this subparagraph, the term LTCH discharge payment percentage means, with respect to a long-term care hospital for a cost reporting period beginning during or after fiscal year 2020, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of— (I) the number of discharges for such hospital and period for which payment is not made at the site neutral payment rate, to (II) the total number of discharges for such hospital and period. (D) Inclusion of subsection (d) Puerto Rico hospitals In this paragraph, any reference in this paragraph to a subsection (d) hospital shall be deemed to include a reference to a subsection (d) Puerto Rico hospital. . (2) MedPac study and report on impact of changes (A) Study The Medicare Payment Assessment Commission shall examine the effect of applying section 1886(m)(6) of the Social Security Act, as added by the amendment made by paragraph (1), on— (i) the quality of patient care in long-term care hospitals; (ii) the use of hospice care and post-acute care settings; (iii) different types of long-term care hospitals; and (iv) the growth in Medicare spending for services in such hospitals. (B) Report Not later than June 30, 2019, the Commission shall submit to Congress a report on such study. The Commission shall include in such report such recommendations for changes in the application of such section as the Commission deems appropriate as well as the impact of the application of such section on the need to continue applying the 25 percent rule described under sections 412.534 and 412.536 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations. (3) Calculation of length of stay excluding cases paid on a site neutral basis (A) In general For discharges occurring in cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2015, subject to subparagraph (B), in calculating the length of stay requirement applicable to a long-term care hospital or satellite facility under section 1886(d)(1)(B)(iv)(I) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(1)(B)(iv)(I) ) and section 1861(ccc)(2) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x(ccc)(2) ), the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall exclude the following: (i) Site neutral payment Any patient for whom payment is made at the site neutral payment rate (as defined in section 1886(m)(6)(B)(ii)) of such Act, as added by paragraph (1)). (ii) Medicare Advantage Any patient for whom payment is made under a Medicare Advantage plan under part C of title XVIII of such Act. (B) Limitation on converting subsection (d) hospitals Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a hospital that is classified as of December 10, 2013, as a subsection (d) hospital (as defined in section 1886(d)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(1)(B) ) for purposes of determining whether the requirements of section 1886(d)(1)(B)(iv)(I) or 1861(ccc)(2) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(1)(B)(iv)(I) , 1395x(ccc)(2)) are met. (b) Extension of certain LTCH payment rules and moratorium on the establishment of certain hospitals and facilities (1) Extension of certain payment rules (A) Payment for hospitals-within-hospitals Paragraph (2)(C) of section 114(c) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww note), as amended by sections 3106(a) and 10312(a) of Public Law 111–148 , is amended by striking 5-year period and inserting 9-year period . (B) 25 percent patient threshold payment adjustment; making the grandfathered exemption for long-term care hospitals permanent Section 114(c)(1) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww note), as amended by sections 3106(a) and 10312(a) of Public Law 111–148 , is amended— (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking for a 5-year period ; and (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting for a 9-year period, before section 412.536 . (C) Report assessing continued suspension of 25 percent rule Not later than 1 year before the end of the 9-year period referred to in section 114(c)(1) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww note), as amended by subparagraph (B), the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to Congress a report on the need for any further extensions (or modifications of the extensions) of the 25 percent rule described in sections 412.534 and 412.536 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, particularly taking into account the application of section 1886(m)(6) of the Social Security Act, as added by subsection (a)(1). (2) Extension of moratorium on establishment of and increase in beds for LTCHs Section 114(d) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww note), as amended by sections 3106(b) and 10312(b) of Public Law 111–148 , is amended— (A) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting after 5-year period the following: (and for the period beginning January 1, 2015, and ending September 30, 2017) ; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (6) Limitation on application of exceptions Paragraphs (2) and (3) shall not apply during the period beginning January 1, 2015, and ending September 30, 2017. . (c) Additional quality measure Section 1886(m)(5)(D) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(m)(5)(D) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: (iv) Additional quality measures Not later than October 1, 2015, the Secretary shall establish a functional status quality measure for change in mobility among inpatients requiring ventilator support. . (d) Review of treatment of certain LTCHs (1) Evaluation As part of the annual rulemaking for fiscal year 2015 or fiscal year 2016 to carry out the payment rates under subsection (d) of section 1886 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww ), the Secretary shall evaluate both the payment rates and regulations governing hospitals which are classified under subclause (II) of subsection (d)(1)(B)(iv) of such section. (2) Adjustment authority Based upon such evaluation, the Secretary may adjust payment rates under subsection (b)(3) of section 1886 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww ) for a hospital so classified (such as payment based upon the TEFRA-payment model) and may adjust the regulations governing such hospitals, including applying the regulations governing hospitals which are classified under clause (I) of subsection (d)(1)(B) of such section.

Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.

tv_txt: 113th CONGRESS 1st Session In the House of Representatives, U. S., December 12, 2013 HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENT:

That the House recede from its amendment to the amendment of the Senate to the resolution (H.J. Res. 59) entitled Joint Resolution making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes. , and concur therein with the following In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment, insert the following: A Bipartisan Budget Agreement 1. Short title and table of contents (a) Short title This division may be cited as the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 . (b) Table of contents The table of contents of this division is as follows: Division A—Budget Enforcement and Deficit Reduction Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. Title I—Budget Enforcement Subtitle A—Amendments to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 Sec. 101. Amendments to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Subtitle B—Establishing a Congressional budget Sec. 111. Fiscal year 2014 budget resolution. Sec. 112. Limitation on advance appropriations in the Senate. Sec. 113. Rule of construction in the House of Representatives. Sec. 114. Additional Senate budget enforcement. Sec. 115. Authority for fiscal year 2015 budget resolution in the House of Representatives. Sec. 116. Authority for fiscal year 2015 budget resolution in the Senate. Sec. 117. Exclusion of savings from PAYGO scorecards. Sec. 118. Exercise of rulemaking powers. Subtitle C—Technical Corrections Sec. 121. Technical corrections to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Sec. 122. Technical corrections to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Title II—Prevention of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Sec. 201. Improving the collection of unemployment insurance overpayments. Sec. 202. Strengthening Medicaid Third-Party Liability. Sec. 203. Restriction on access to the death master file. Sec. 204. Identification of inmates requesting or receiving improper payments. Title III—Natural Resources Sec. 301. Ultra-deepwater and unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resources. Sec. 302. Amendment to the Mineral Leasing Act. Sec. 303. Approval of agreement with Mexico. Sec. 304. Amendment to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Sec. 305. Federal oil and gas royalty prepayment cap. Sec. 306. Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Title IV—Federal Civilian and Military Retirement Sec. 401. Increase in contributions to Federal Employees’ Retirement System for new employees. Sec. 402. Foreign Service Pension System. Sec. 403. Annual adjustment of retired pay and retainer pay amounts for retired members of the Armed Forces under age 62. Title V—Higher Education Sec. 501. Default reduction program. Sec. 502. Elimination of nonprofit servicing contracts. Title VI—Transportation Sec. 601. Aviation security service fees. Sec. 602. Transportation cost reimbursement. Sec. 603. Sterile areas at airports. Title VII—Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 701. Extension of customs user fees. Sec. 702. Limitation on allowable government contractor compensation costs. Sec. 703. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation premium rate increases. Sec. 704. Cancellation of Unobligated Balances. Sec. 705. Conservation planning technical assistance user fees. Sec. 706. Self plus one coverage. (c) References Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to this Act contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of that division. I Budget Enforcement A Amendments to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 101. Amendments to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (a) Revised discretionary spending limits Section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by striking paragraphs (1) through (10) and inserting the following new paragraphs: (1) for fiscal year 2014— (A) for the revised security category, $520,464,000,000 in new budget authority; and (B) for the revised nonsecurity category, $491,773,000,000 in new budget authority; (2) for fiscal year 2015— (A) for the revised security category, $521,272,000,000 in new budget authority; and (B) for the revised nonsecurity category, $492,356,000,000 in new budget authority; (3) for fiscal year 2016— (A) for the revised security category, $577,000,000,000 in new budget authority; and (B) for the revised nonsecurity category, $530,000,000,000 in new budget authority; (4) for fiscal year 2017— (A) for the revised security category, $590,000,000,000 in new budget authority; and (B) for the revised nonsecurity category, $541,000,000,000 in new budget authority; (5) for fiscal year 2018— (A) for the revised security category, $603,000,000,000 in new budget authority; and (B) for the revised nonsecurity category, $553,000,000,000 in new budget authority; (6) for fiscal year 2019— (A) for the revised security category, $616,000,000,000 in new budget authority; and (B) for the revised nonsecurity category, $566,000,000,000 in new budget authority; (7) for fiscal year 2020— (A) for the revised security category, $630,000,000,000 in new budget authority; and (B) for the revised nonsecurity category, $578,000,000,000 in new budget authority; and (8) for fiscal year 2021— (A) for the revised security category, $644,000,000,000 in new budget authority; and (B) for the revised nonsecurity category, $590,000,000,000 in new budget authority; . (b) Direct spending adjustments for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (1) Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as redesignated by subsection (d), is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (10) Implementing direct spending reductions for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (A) OMB shall make the calculations necessary to implement the direct spending reductions calculated pursuant to paragraphs (3) and (4) without regard to the amendment made to section 251(c) revising the discretionary spending limits for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013. (B) Paragraph (5)(B) shall not be implemented for fiscal years 2014 and 2015. . (2) Paragraph (5)(B) of section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as redesignated by subsection (d)(2)(C) of this section, is amended by striking On and inserting Except as provided by paragraph (10), on . (c) Extension of direct spending reductions for fiscal years 2022 and 2023 Paragraph (6), as redesignated by subsection (d)(2)(C) of this section, of section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by inserting (A) before On the date and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (B) On the dates OMB issues its sequestration preview reports for fiscal year 2022 and for fiscal year 2023, pursuant to section 254(c), the President shall order a sequestration, effective upon issuance such that— (i) the percentage reduction for nonexempt direct spending for the defense function is the same percent as the percentage reduction for nonexempt direct spending for the defense function for fiscal year 2021 calculated under paragraph (3)(B); and (ii) the percentage reduction for nonexempt direct spending for nondefense functions is the same percent as the percentage reduction for nonexempt direct spending for nondefense functions for fiscal year 2021 calculated under paragraph (4)(B). . (d) Conforming amendments Part C of title II of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 900 et seq. ) is amended— (1) in section 250(c)(4) ( 2 U.S.C. 900(c)(4) ), by adding at the end the following: (D) The term revised security category means discretionary appropriations in budget function 050. (E) The term revised nonsecurity category means discretionary appropriations other than in budget function 050. (F) The term category means the subsets of discretionary appropriations in section 251(c). Discretionary appropriations in each of the categories shall be those designated in the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. New accounts or activities shall be categorized only after consultation with the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate and that consultation shall, to the extent practicable, include written communication to such committees that affords such committees the opportunity to comment before official action is taken with respect to new accounts or activities. ; and (2) in section 251A ( 2 U.S.C. 901a )— (A) by striking, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), Unless through as follows: and inserting the following: Discretionary appropriations and direct spending accounts shall be reduced in accordance with this section as follows: ; (B) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2); (C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (11) as paragraphs (1) through (9), respectively; (D) in paragraph (2), as redesignated, by striking paragraph (3) and inserting paragraph (1) ; (E) in paragraph (3), as redesignated, by striking paragraph (4) each place it appears and inserting paragraph (2) ; (F) in paragraph (4), as redesignated, by striking paragraph (4) each place it appears and inserting paragraph (2) ; (G) in paragraph (5), as redesignated— (i) by striking paragraph (5) each place it appears and inserting paragraph (3) ; and (ii) by striking paragraph (6) each place it appears and inserting paragraph (4) ; (H) in paragraph (6), as redesignated— (i) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting paragraph (2) ; and (ii) by striking paragraphs (5) and (6) and inserting paragraphs (3) and (4) ; (I) in paragraph (7), as redesignated— (i) by striking paragraph (8) and inserting paragraph (6) ; and (ii) by striking paragraph (6) each place it appears and inserting paragraph (4) ; and (J) in paragraph (9), as redesignated, by striking paragraph (4) and inserting paragraph (2) . B Establishing a Congressional budget 111. Fiscal year 2014 budget resolution (a) Fiscal year 2014 For the purpose of enforcing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for fiscal year 2014, and enforcing, in the Senate, budgetary points of order in prior concurrent resolutions on the budget, the allocations, aggregates, and levels provided for in subsection (b) shall apply in the same manner as for a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2014 with appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2014 and for fiscal years 2015 through 2023. (b) Committee allocations, aggregates, and levels The Chairmen of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall each submit a statement for publication in the Congressional Record as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act that includes— (1) for the Committee on Appropriations of that House, committee allocations for fiscal year 2014 consistent with the discretionary spending limits set forth in this Act for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; (2) for all committees of that House other than the Committee on Appropriations, committee allocations for— (A) fiscal year 2014; (B) fiscal years 2014 through 2018 in the Senate only; and (C) fiscal years 2014 through 2023; consistent with the May 2013 baseline of the Congressional Budget Office adjusted to account for the budgetary effects of this Act and legislation enacted prior to this Act but not included in the May 2013 baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; (3) aggregate spending levels for fiscal year 2014 in accordance with the allocations established under paragraphs (1) and (2), for the purpose of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; (4) aggregate revenue levels for— (A) fiscal year 2014; (B) fiscal years 2014 through 2018 in the Senate only; and (C) fiscal years 2014 through 2023; consistent with the May 2013 baseline of the Congressional Budget Office adjusted to account for the budgetary effects of this Act and legislation enacted prior to this Act but not included in the May 2013 baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, for the purpose of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and (5) in the Senate only, levels of Social Security revenues and outlays for fiscal year 2014 and for the periods of fiscal years 2014 through 2018 and 2014 through 2023 consistent with the May 2013 baseline of the Congressional Budget Office adjusted to account for the budgetary effects of this Act and legislation enacted prior to this Act but not included in the May 2013 baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, for the purpose of enforcing sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. (c) Further adjustments After the date of enactment of this Act, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives may reduce the aggregates, allocations, and other budgetary levels included in the statement of the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives referred to in subsection (b) to reflect the budgetary effects of any legislation enacted during the 113th Congress that reduces the deficit. 112. Limitation on advance appropriations in the Senate (a) Point of order against advance appropriations in the Senate (1) In general (A) Point of order Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would provide an advance appropriation. (B) Definition In this subsection, the term advance appropriation means any new budget authority provided in a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for fiscal year 2014 that first becomes available for any fiscal year after 2014 or any new budget authority provided in a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for fiscal year 2015 that first becomes available for any fiscal year after 2015. (2) Exceptions Advance appropriations may be provided— (A) for fiscal years 2015 and 2016 for programs, projects, activities, or accounts identified in a statement submitted to the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate under the heading Accounts Identified for Advance Appropriations in an aggregate amount not to exceed $28,852,000,000 in new budget authority in each fiscal year; (B) for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; and (C) for the Department of Veterans Affairs for the Medical Services, Medical Support and Compliance, and Medical Facilities accounts of the Veterans Health Administration. (3) Supermajority waiver and appeal (A) Waiver In the Senate, paragraph (1) may be waived or suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. (B) Appeal An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under paragraph (1). (4) Form of point of order A point of order under paragraph (1) may be raised by a Senator as provided in section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. (5) Conference reports When the Senate is considering a conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses in relation to, a bill, upon a point of order being made by any Senator pursuant to this subsection, and such point of order being sustained, such material contained in such conference report or amendment between the Houses shall be stricken, and the Senate shall proceed to consider the question of whether the Senate shall recede from its amendment and concur with a further amendment, or concur in the House amendment with a further amendment, as the case may be, which further amendment shall consist of only that portion of the conference report or House amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken. Any such motion in the Senate shall be debatable. In any case in which such point of order is sustained against a conference report (or Senate amendment derived from such conference report by operation of this paragraph), no further amendment shall be in order. (6) Inapplicability In the Senate, section 402 of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress) shall no longer apply. (b) Expiration Subsection (a) shall expire if a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015 is agreed to by the Senate and House of Representatives pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 113. Rule of construction in the House of Representatives In the House of Representatives, for the remainder of the 113th Congress, the provisions of H. Con. Res. 25 (113th Congress), as deemed in force by H. Res. 243 (113th Congress), shall remain in force to the extent its budgetary levels are not superseded by this subtitle or by further action of the House of Representatives. 114. Additional Senate budget enforcement (a) Senate pay-as-you-go scorecard (1) In general Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, for the purpose of enforcing section 201 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress), the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate shall reduce any balances of direct spending and revenues for any fiscal year to zero. (2) Fiscal year 2015 After April 15, 2014, but not later than May 15, 2014, for the purpose of enforcing section 201 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress), the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate shall reduce any balances of direct spending and revenues for any fiscal year to zero. (3) Publication Upon resetting the Senate paygo scorecard pursuant to paragraph (2), the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate shall publish a notification of such action in the Congressional Record. (b) Further adjustments With respect to any allocations, aggregates, or levels set or adjustments made pursuant to this subtitle, sections 412 through 414 of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress) shall remain in effect. (c) Deficit-neutral reserve fund to replace sequestration The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits set pursuant to this subtitle for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that amend section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 901a ) to repeal or revise the enforcement procedures established under that section, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2014 through 2023. For purposes of determining deficit-neutrality under this subsection, the Chairman may include the estimated effects of any amendment or amendments to the discretionary spending limits in section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 901(c) ). (d) Additional deficit-Neutral reserve funds In the Senate only, sections 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 338, 339, 340, 341, 344, 348, 349, 350, 353, 354, 356, 361, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 371, 376, 378, 379, and 383 of S. Con. Res. 8 (113th Congress), as passed the Senate, shall have force and effect. (e) Expiration Subsections (a)(2), (c), and (d) shall expire if a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015 is agreed to by the Senate and House of Representatives pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 115. Authority for fiscal year 2015 budget resolution in the House of Representatives (a) Fiscal year 2015 If a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015 has not been adopted by April 15, 2014, for the purpose of enforcing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the allocations, aggregates, and levels provided for in subsection (b) shall apply in the House of Representatives after April 15, 2014, in the same manner as for a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015 with appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2015 and for fiscal years 2016 through 2024. (b) Committee allocations, aggregates, and levels In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall submit a statement for publication in the Congressional Record after April 15, 2014, but not later than May 15, 2014, containing— (1) for the Committee on Appropriations, committee allocations for fiscal year 2015 at the total level as set forth in section 251(c)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; (2) for all committees other than the Committee on Appropriations, committee allocations for fiscal year 2015 and for the period of fiscal years 2015 through 2024 at the levels included in the most recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as adjusted for the budgetary effects of any provision of law enacted during the period beginning on the date such baseline is issued and ending on the date of submission of such statement, for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and (3) aggregate spending levels for fiscal year 2015 and aggregate revenue levels for fiscal year 2015 and for the period of fiscal years 2015 through 2024, at the levels included in the most recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as adjusted for the budgetary effects of any provision of law enacted during the period beginning on the date such baseline is issued and ending on the date of submission of such statement, for the purpose of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. (c) Additional matter The statement referred to in subsection (b) may also include for fiscal year 2015, the matter contained in title IV (reserve funds) and in sections 601, 603(a), 605(a), and 609 of H. Con. Res. 25 (113th Congress), as adopted by the House, updated by one fiscal year, including updated amounts for section 601. (d) Fiscal year 2015 allocation to the Committee on Appropriations If the statement referred to in subsection (b) is not filed by May 15, 2014, then the matter referred to in subsection (b)(1) shall be submitted by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget for publication in the Congressional Record on the next day that the House of Representatives is in session. (e) Adjustments The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives may adjust the levels included in the statement referred to in subsection (b) to reflect the budgetary effects of any legislation enacted during the 113th Congress that reduces the deficit or as otherwise necessary. (f) Application Subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) shall no longer apply if a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015 is agreed to by the Senate and House of Representatives pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 116. Authority for fiscal year 2015 budget resolution in the Senate (a) Fiscal year 2015 For the purpose of enforcing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, after April 15, 2014, and enforcing budgetary points of order in prior concurrent resolutions on the budget, the allocations, aggregates, and levels provided for in subsection (b) shall apply in the Senate in the same manner as for a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015 with appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2014 and 2016 through 2024. (b) Committee allocations, aggregates, and levels After April 15, 2014, but not later than May 15, 2014, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate shall file— (1) for the Committee on Appropriations, committee allocations for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 consistent with the discretionary spending limits set forth in this Act for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; (2) for all committees other than the Committee on Appropriations, committee allocations for fiscal years 2014, 2015, 2015 through 2019, and 2015 through 2024 consistent with the most recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; (3) aggregate spending levels for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 in accordance with the allocations established under paragraphs (1) and (2), for the purpose of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; (4) aggregate revenue levels for fiscal years 2014, 2015, 2015 through 2019, and 2015 through 2024 consistent with the most recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office for the purpose of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and (5) levels of Social Security revenues and outlays for fiscal years 2014, 2015, 2015 through 2019, and 2015 through 2024 consistent with the most recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office for the purpose of enforcing sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. (c) Additional Matter The filing referred to in subsection (b) may also include, for fiscal year 2015, the reserve funds included in section 114(c) and (d) of this Act, updated by one fiscal year. (d) Superseding previous statement In the Senate, the filing referred to in subsection (b) shall supersede the statement referred to in section 111(b) of this Act. (e) Expiration This section shall expire if a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015 is agreed to by the Senate and House of Representatives pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 117. Exclusion of savings from PAYGO scorecards (a) Statutory Pay-As-You-Go scorecards Notwithstanding section 1(c) of this division, the budgetary effects of this Act shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. (b) Senate PAYGO scorecards Notwithstanding section 1(c) of this division, the budgetary effects of this Act shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of section 201 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress). 118. Exercise of rulemaking powers The provisions of this subtitle are enacted by the Congress— (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively, and as such they shall be considered as part of the rules of each House, respectively, or of that House to which they specifically apply, and such rules shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change such rules (so far as relating to such House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of such House. C Technical Corrections 121. Technical corrections to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 The Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended as follows: (1) In section 252(b)(2)(B), strike applicable to budget year and insert applicable to the budget year . (2) In section 252(c)(1)(C)(i), strike paragraph (1) and insert subsection (b) . (3) In section 254(c)(3)(A), strike subsection 252(b) and insert section 252(b) . (4) In section 254(f)(4), strike subsection 252(b) and insert section 252(b) . (5) In section 255(a), strike section 231b(a), 231b(f)(2), 231c(a), and 231c(f) of title 45 United States Code and insert sections 3 and 4 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 ( 45 U.S.C. 231 et seq. ) . (6) In section 255(h), in the item relating to Federal Pell Grants, strike section 401 Title IV and insert section 401 of title IV . (7) In the first subsection (j) of section 255 (relating to Split Treatment Programs), move the margins for the list items two ems to the right. (8) Redesignate the second subsection (j) of section 255 (relating to Identification of Programs) as subsection (k). (9) In section 257(b)(2)(A)(i), strike differenes and insert differences . (10) In section 258(a)(1), strike section 254(j) and insert section 254(i) . 122. Technical corrections to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended as follows: (1) In sections 301(a)(6) and 301(a)(7), strike For purposes and insert for purposes . (2) In section 301(a), in the matter following paragraph (7), strike old age and insert old-age . (3) In section 302(g)(2)(A), strike committee on the Budget and insert Committee on the Budget . (4) In section 305(a)(1), strike clause 2(l)(6) of rule XI and insert clause 4 of rule XIII . (5) In section 305(a)(5), strike provisions of rule XXIII and insert provisions of rule XVIII . (6) In section 305(b)(1), strike section 304(a) and insert section 304 . (7) In section 306 strike No and insert (a) In the Senate.— In the Senate, no , strike of either House and in that House , strike of that House , and add at the end the following new subsection: (b) In the House of Representatives In the House of Representatives, no bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto, or conference report thereon, dealing with any matter which is within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget shall be considered unless it is a bill or joint resolution which has been reported by the Committee on the Budget (or from the consideration of which such committee has been discharged) or unless it is an amendment to such a bill or joint resolution. . (8) In section 308(d), in the subsection heading, strike Scorekeeping Guidelines.— and insert Scorekeeping Guidelines.— (9) In section 310(c)(1)(A)(i) and (ii), strike under that paragraph by more than and insert under that paragraph by more than— . (10) In section 314(d)(2), strike subparagraph (A), redesignate subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (A) and (B) respectively, in subparagraph (A), as redesignated, strike under subparagraph (A) and insert under paragraph (1) , and in subparagraph (B), as redesignated, strike under subparagraph (B) and insert under subparagraph (A) . (11) In section 315, add at the end the following new sentence: In the case of a reported bill or joint resolution considered pursuant to a special order of business, a point of order under section 303 shall be determined on the basis of the text made in order as an original bill or joint resolution for the purpose of amendment or to the text on which the previous question is ordered directly to passage, as the case may be. . (12) In section 401(b)(2), strike section 302(b) and insert section 302(a) . (13) In section 401(c), add at the end the following new paragraph: (3) In the House of Representatives, subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to new authority described in those subsections to the extent that a provision in a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto or a conference report thereon, establishes prospectively for a Federal office or position a specified or minimum level of compensation to be funded by annual discretionary appropriations. . (14) In section 421(5)(A)(i)(II), strike subparagraph (B)) and insert subparagraph (B) . (15) In section 505(c), strike section 406(b) both places it appears and insert section 405(b) . (16) In section 904(c)(2), strike 258A(b)(3)(C)(I) and 258(h)(3) and insert 258A(b)(3)(C)(i) and 258B(h)(3) , respectively, and strike and 314(e) and insert 314(e), and 314(f) . (17) In section 904(d)(3), strike 258A(b)(3)(C)(I) and 258(h)(3) and insert 258A(b)(3)(C)(i) and 258B(h)(3) , respectively, and strike and 312(c) and insert 312(c), 314(e), and 314(f) . II Prevention of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse 201. Improving the collection of unemployment insurance overpayments (a) In general Section 303 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 503 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (m) In the case of a covered unemployment compensation debt (as defined under section 6402(f)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) that remains uncollected as of the date that is 1 year after the debt was finally determined to be due and collected, the State to which such debt is owed shall take action to recover such debt under section 6402(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect upon the date of enactment of this Act. 202. Strengthening Medicaid Third-Party Liability (a) Payment for prenatal and preventive pediatric care and in cases involving medical support Section 1902(a)(25) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(25) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (E)(i), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: , except that the State may, if the State determines doing so is cost-effective and will not adversely affect access to care, only make such payment if a third party so liable has not made payment within 90 days after the date the provider of such services has initially submitted a claim to such third party for payment for such services ; and (2) in subparagraph (F)(i), by striking 30 days after such services are furnished and inserting 90 days after the date the provider of such services has initially submitted a claim to such third party for payment for such services, except that the State may make such payment within 30 days after such date if the State determines doing so is cost-effective and necessary to ensure access to care. . (b) Recovery of Medicaid expenditures from beneficiary liability settlements (1) State plan requirements Section 1902(a)(25) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(25) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking to the extent of such legal liability ; and (B) in subparagraph (H), by striking payment by any other party for such health care items or services and inserting any payments by such third party . (2) Assignment of rights of payment Section 1912(a)(1)(A) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396k(a)(1)(A) ) is amended by striking payment for medical care from any third party and inserting any payment from a third party that has a legal liability to pay for care and services available under the plan . (3) Liens Section 1917(a)(1)(A) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396p(a)(1)(A) ) is amended to read as follows: (A) pursuant to— (i) the judgment of a court on account of benefits incorrectly paid on behalf of such individual, or (ii) rights acquired by or assigned to the State in accordance with section 1902(a)(25)(H) or section 1912(a)(1)(A), or . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2014. 203. Restriction on access to the death master file (a) In general The Secretary of Commerce shall not disclose to any person information contained on the Death Master File with respect to any deceased individual at any time during the 3-calendar-year period beginning on the date of the individual's death, unless such person is certified under the program established under subsection (b). (b) Certification program (1) In general The Secretary of Commerce shall establish a program— (A) to certify persons who are eligible to access the information described in subsection (a) contained on the Death Master File, and (B) to perform periodic and unscheduled audits of certified persons to determine the compliance by such certified persons with the requirements of the program. (2) Certification A person shall not be certified under the program established under paragraph (1) unless such person certifies that access to the information described in subsection (a) is appropriate because such person— (A) has— (i) a legitimate fraud prevention interest, or (ii) a legitimate business purpose pursuant to a law, governmental rule, regulation, or fiduciary duty, and (B) has systems, facilities, and procedures in place to safeguard such information, and experience in maintaining the confidentiality, security, and appropriate use of such information, pursuant to requirements similar to the requirements of section 6103(p)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and (C) agrees to satisfy the requirements of such section 6103(p)(4) as if such section applied to such person. (3) Fees (A) In general The Secretary of Commerce shall establish under section 9701 of title 31, United States Code, a program for the charge of fees sufficient to cover (but not to exceed) all costs associated with evaluating applications for certification and auditing, inspecting, and monitoring certified persons under the program. Any fees so collected shall be deposited and credited as offsetting collections to the accounts from which such costs are paid. (B) Report The Secretary of Commerce shall report on an annual basis to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives on the total fees collected during the preceding year and the cost of administering the certification program under this subsection for such year. (c) Imposition of penalty (1) In general Any person who is certified under the program established under subsection (b), who receives information described in subsection (a), and who during the period of time described in subsection (a)— (A) discloses such information to any person other than a person who meets the requirements of subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of subsection (b)(2), (B) discloses such information to any person who uses the information for any purpose not listed under subsection (b)(2)(A) or who further discloses the information to a person who does not meet such requirements, or (C) uses any such information for any purpose not listed under subsection (b)(2)(A), and any person to whom such information is disclosed who further discloses or uses such information as described in the preceding subparagraphs, shall pay a penalty of $1,000 for each such disclosure or use. (2) Limitation on penalty (A) In general The total amount of the penalty imposed under this subsection on any person for any calendar year shall not exceed $250,000. (B) Exception for willful violations Subparagraph (A) shall not apply in the case of violations under paragraph (1) that the Secretary of Commerce determines to be willful or intentional violations. (d) Death Master File For purposes of this section, the term Death Master File means information on the name, social security account number, date of birth, and date of death of deceased individuals maintained by the Commissioner of Social Security, other than information that was provided to such Commissioner under section 205(r) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 405(r) ). (e) Exemption from Freedom of Information Act requirement with respect to certain records of deceased individuals (1) In general No Federal agency shall be compelled to disclose the information described in subsection (a) to any person who is not certified under the program established under subsection (b). (2) Treatment of information For purposes of section 552 of title 5, United States Code, this section shall be considered a statute described in subsection (b)(3) of such section 552. (f) Effective date (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), this section shall take effect on the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) FOIA exemption Subsection (e) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 204. Identification of inmates requesting or receiving improper payments (a) Information provided to the Prisoner Update Processing System (PUPS) (1) Section 202 (x) (3)(B) (i) (I) Section 202(x)(3)(B)(i)(I) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 402(x)(3)(B)(i)(I) ) is amended by— (A) inserting first, middle, and last before names ; (B) striking the comma after the words social security account numbers and inserting or taxpayer identification numbers, prison assigned inmate numbers, last known addresses, ; (C) inserting dates of release or anticipated dates of release, dates of work release, before and, to the extent available ; and (D) by inserting and clause (iv) of this subparagraph after paragraph (1) . (2) Section 1611 (e) (1)(I) (i) (I) Section 1611(e)(1)(I)(i)(I) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(1)(I)(i)(I) ) is amended by— (A) inserting first, middle, and last before names ; (B) striking the comma after the words social security account numbers and inserting or taxpayer identification numbers, prison assigned inmate numbers, last known addresses, ; (C) inserting dates of release or anticipated dates of release, dates of work release, before and, to the extent available ; and (D) by inserting and clause (iv) of this subparagraph after this paragraph . (b) Authority of Secretary of the Treasury to access PUPS (1) Section 202 (x) (3)(B) Section 202(x)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 402(x)(3)(B) ) is amended— (A) in clause (iv), by inserting before the period the following: , for statistical and research activities conducted by Federal and State agencies, and to the Secretary of the Treasury for the purposes of tax administration, debt collection, and identifying, preventing, and recovering improper payments under federally funded programs ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (v) (I) The Commissioner may disclose information received pursuant to this paragraph to any officer, employee, agent, or contractor of the Department of the Treasury whose official duties require such information to assist in the identification, prevention, and recovery of improper payments or in the collection of delinquent debts owed to the United States, including payments certified by the head of an executive, judicial, or legislative paying agency, and payments made to individuals whose eligibility, or continuing eligibility, to participate in a Federal program (including those administered by a State or political subdivision thereof) is being reviewed. (II) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 552a of title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of Federal or State law, the Secretary of the Treasury may compare information disclosed under subclause (I) with any other personally identifiable information derived from a Federal system of records or similar records maintained by a Federal contractor, a Federal grantee, or an entity administering a Federal program or activity, and may redisclose such comparison of information to any paying or administering agency and to the head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the head of any State agency charged with the administration of prisons with respect to inmates whom the Secretary of the Treasury has determined may have been issued, or facilitated in the issuance of, an improper payment. (III) The comparison of information disclosed under subclause (I) shall not be considered a matching program for purposes of section 552a of title 5, United States Code. . (2) Section 1611 (e) (1)(I) Section 1611(e)(1)(I) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(1)(I) ) is amended— (A) in clause (iii), by inserting before the period the following: , for statistical and research activities conducted by Federal and State agencies, and to the Secretary of the Treasury for the purposes of tax administration, debt collection, and identifying, preventing, and recovering improper payments under federally funded programs ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (v) (I) The Commissioner may disclose information received pursuant to this paragraph to any officer, employee, agent, or contractor of the Department of the Treasury whose official duties require such information to assist in the identification, prevention, and recovery of improper payments or in the collection of delinquent debts owed to the United States, including payments certified by the head of an executive, judicial, or legislative paying agency, and payments made to individuals whose eligibility, or continuing eligibility, to participate in a Federal program (including those administered by a State or political subdivision thereof) is being reviewed. (II) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 552a of title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of Federal or State law, the Secretary of the Treasury may compare information disclosed under subclause (I) with any other personally identifiable information derived from a Federal system of records or similar records maintained by a Federal contractor, a Federal grantee, or an entity administering a Federal program or activity and may redisclose such comparison of information to any paying or administering agency and to the head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the head of any State agency charged with the administration of prisons with respect to inmates whom the Secretary of the Treasury has determined may have been issued, or facilitated in the issuance of, an improper payment. (III) The comparison of information disclosed under subclause (I) shall not be considered a matching program for purposes of section 552a of title 5, United States Code. . (c) Conforming amendment to the Do Not Pay Initiative Section 5(a)(2) of the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012 ( 31 U.S.C. 3321 note) is amended by adding at the end the following: (F) Information regarding incarcerated individuals maintained by the Commissioner of Social Security under sections 202(x) and 1611(e) of the Social Security Act. . III Natural Resources 301. Ultra-deepwater and unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resources (a) Repeal Subtitle J of title IX of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 16371 et seq. ) is repealed. (b) Rescission Any unobligated funds appropriated for carrying out the subtitle repealed by subsection (a) are rescinded. 302. Amendment to the Mineral Leasing Act Section 35(b) of the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 191(b) ) is amended to read as follows— (b) Deduction for administrative costs In determining the amount of payments to the States under this section, beginning in fiscal year 2014 and for each year thereafter, the amount of such payments shall be reduced by 2 percent for any administrative or other costs incurred by the United States in carrying out the program authorized by this Act, and the amount of such reduction shall be deposited to miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury. . 303. Approval of agreement with Mexico The Agreement between the United States of America and the United Mexican States Concerning Transboundary Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico, signed at Los Cabos, February 20, 2012, is hereby approved. 304. Amendment to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: 32. Transboundary hydrocarbon agreements (a) Authorization After the date of enactment of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, the Secretary may implement the terms of any transboundary hydrocarbon agreement for the management of transboundary hydrocarbon reservoirs entered into by the President and approved by Congress. In implementing such an agreement, the Secretary shall protect the interests of the United States to promote domestic job creation and ensure the expeditious and orderly development and conservation of domestic mineral resources in accordance with all applicable United States laws governing the exploration, development, and production of hydrocarbon resources on the Outer Continental Shelf. (b) Submission to congress (1) In general No later than 180 days after all parties to a transboundary hydrocarbon agreement have agreed to its terms, a transboundary hydrocarbon agreement that does not constitute a treaty in the judgment of the President shall be submitted by the Secretary to— (A) the Speaker of the House of Representatives; (B) the Majority Leader of the Senate; (C) the Chair of the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and (D) the Chair of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. (2) Contents of submission The submission shall include— (A) any amendments to this Act or other Federal law necessary to implement the agreement; (B) an analysis of the economic impacts such agreement and any amendments necessitated by the agreement will have on domestic exploration, development, and production of hydrocarbon resources on the Outer Continental Shelf; and (C) a detailed description of any regulations expected to be issued by the Secretary to implement the agreement. (c) Implementation of specific transboundary agreement with Mexico The Secretary may take actions as necessary to implement the terms of the Agreement between the United States of America and the United Mexican States Concerning Transboundary Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico, signed at Los Cabos, February 20, 2012, including— (1) approving unitization agreements and related arrangements for the exploration, development, or production of oil and natural gas from transboundary reservoirs or geological structures; (2) making available, in the limited manner necessary under the agreement and subject to the protections of confidentiality provided by the agreement, information relating to the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas from a transboundary reservoir or geological structure that may be considered confidential, privileged, or proprietary information under law; (3) taking actions consistent with an expert determination under the agreement; and (4) ensuring only appropriate inspection staff at the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement or other Federal agency personnel designated by the Bureau, the operator, or the lessee have authority to stop work on any installation or other device or vessel permanently or temporarily attached to the seabed of the United States that may be erected thereon for the purpose of resource exploration, development or production activities as approved by the Secretary. (d) Savings provisions Nothing in this section shall be construed— (1) to authorize the Secretary to participate in any negotiations, conferences, or consultations with Cuba regarding exploration, development, or production of hydrocarbon resources in the Gulf of Mexico along the United States maritime border with Cuba or the area known by the Department of the Interior as the Eastern Gap ; or (2) as affecting the sovereign rights and the jurisdiction that the United States has under international law over the Outer Continental Shelf that appertains to it. . 305. Federal oil and gas royalty prepayment cap (a) In general Section 111(i) of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 ( 30 U.S.C. 1721(i) ) is amended by striking (i) Upon and all that follows through For purposes and inserting the following: (i) Limitation on interest (1) In general Interest shall not be paid on any excessive overpayment. (2) Excessive overpayment defined For purposes . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on July 1, 2014. 306. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (a) Repeal of authority to acquire in-kind royalty crude oil Section 160(a) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6240(a) ) is amended to read as follows: (a) The Secretary may acquire, place in storage, transport, or exchange petroleum products acquired by purchase or exchange. . (b) Rescission of funds Any unobligated balances available in the SPR Petroleum Account in the Treasury on the date of enactment of this section are permanently rescinded. IV Federal Civilian and Military Retirement 401. Increase in contributions to Federal Employees’ Retirement System for new employees (a) Definition (1) In general Section 8401 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (A) in paragraph (36), by striking and at the end; (B) in paragraph (37), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (38) the term further revised annuity employee means any individual who— (A) on December 31, 2013— (i) is not an employee or Member covered under this chapter; (ii) is not performing civilian service which is creditable service under section 8411; and (iii) has less than 5 years of creditable civilian service under section 8411; and (B) after December 31, 2013, becomes employed as an employee or becomes a Member covered under this chapter performing service which is creditable service under section 8411. . (2) Technical amendment Section 8401(37)(B) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting and before January 1, 2014, after after December 31, 2012, . (b) Increase in individual contributions Section 8422(a)(3) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting or further revised annuity employees after revised annuity employees ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (C) The applicable percentage under this paragraph for civilian service by further revised annuity employees shall be as follows: Employee 10.6 After December 31, 2013. Congressional employee 10.6 After December 31, 2013. Member 10.6 After December 31, 2013. Law enforcement officer, firefighter, member of the Capitol Police, member of the Supreme Court Police, or air traffic controller 11.1 After December 31, 2013. Nuclear materials courier 11.1 After December 31, 2013. Customs and border protection officer 11.1 After December 31, 2013. . (c) Government contributions Section 8423(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking (2) and inserting (2)(A) ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (B) (i) Subject to clauses (ii) and (iii), for purposes of any period in any year beginning after December 31, 2013, the normal-cost percentage under this subsection shall be determined and applied as if section 401(b) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 had not been enacted. (ii) Any contributions under this subsection in excess of the amounts which (but for clause (i)) would otherwise have been payable shall be applied toward reducing the unfunded liability of the Civil Service Retirement System. (iii) After the unfunded liability of the Civil Service Retirement System has been eliminated, as determined by the Office, Government contributions under this subsection shall be determined and made disregarding this subparagraph. (iv) The preceding provisions of this subparagraph shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the contributions payable by the United States Postal Service and the Postal Regulatory Commission. . (d) Annuity calculation Section 8415(d) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting or a further revised annuity employee after a revised annuity employee . 402. Foreign Service Pension System (a) Definition (1) In general Section 852 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 4071a ) is amended— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (8), (9), and (10) as paragraphs (9), (10), and (11), respectively; and (B) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following: (8) the term further revised annuity participant means any individual who— (A) on December 31, 2013— (i) is not a participant; (ii) is not performing service which is creditable service under section 854; and (iii) has less than 5 years creditable service under section 854; and (B) after December 31, 2013, becomes a participant performing service which is creditable service under section 854; . (2) Technical amendment Section 852(7)(B) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 4071a(7)(B) ) is amended by inserting and before January 1, 2014, after after December 31, 2012, . (b) Deductions and withholdings from pay Section 856(a)(2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 4071e(a)(2) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting or a further revised annuity participant after revised annuity participant ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (C) The applicable percentage for a further revised annuity participant shall be as follows: 11.15 After December 31, 2013. . (c) Government contributions Section 857 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 4071f ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (c) (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), for purposes of any period in any year beginning after December 31, 2013, the normal-cost percentage under this section shall be determined and applied as if section 402(b) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 had not been enacted. (2) Any contributions under this section in excess of the amounts which (but for paragraph (1)) would otherwise have been payable shall be applied toward reducing the unfunded liability of the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System. (3) After the unfunded liability of the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System has been eliminated, as determined by the Secretary of State, Government contributions under this section shall be determined and made disregarding this subsection. . 403. Annual adjustment of retired pay and retainer pay amounts for retired members of the Armed Forces under age 62 (a) CPI minus one percent Section 1401a(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting paragraph (2), (3), or (4) ; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph (4): (4) Reduced percentage for retired members under age 62 (A) In general Effective on December 1 of each year, the retired pay of each member and former member under 62 years of age entitled to that pay shall be adjusted in accordance with this paragraph instead of paragraph (2) or (3). (B) CPI minus one If the percent determined under paragraph (2) is greater than 1 percent, the Secretary shall increase the retired pay of each member and former member by the difference between— (i) the percent determined under paragraph (2); and (ii) 1 percent. (C) No negative adjustment If the percent determined under paragraph (2) is equal to or less than 1 percent, the Secretary shall not increase the retired pay of members and former members under this paragraph. (D) Revised adjustment upon reaching age 62 When a member or former member whose retired pay has been subject to adjustment under this paragraph becomes 62 years of age, the Secretary of Defense shall recompute the retired pay of the member or former member, to be effective on the date of the next adjustment of retired pay under this subsection, so as to be the amount equal to the amount of retired pay to which the member or former member would be entitled on that date if increases in the retired pay of the member or former member had been computed as provided in paragraph (2) or as specified in section 1410 of this title, as applicable, rather than this paragraph. (E) Inapplicability of catch-up rule Paragraph (5) shall not apply in the case of adjustments made, or not made, as a result of application of this paragraph. . (b) Restoral of full retirement amount at age 62 Section 1410(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting paragraph (3) or (4) . (c) Effective date The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on December 1, 2015. V Higher Education 501. Default reduction program Effective July 1, 2014, section 428F(a)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1078-6(a)(1) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following: (ii) beginning July 1, 2014, assign the loan to the Secretary if the guaranty agency has been unable to sell the loan under clause (i). ; and (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking clause (i) and inserting the following: (i) the guaranty agency— (I) shall, in the case of a sale made on or after July 1, 2014, repay the Secretary 100 percent of the amount of the principal balance outstanding at the time of such sale, multiplied by the reinsurance percentage in effect when payment under the guaranty agreement was made with respect to the loan; and (II) may, in the case of a sale made on or after July 1, 2014, in order to defray collection costs— (aa) charge to the borrower an amount not to exceed 16 percent of the outstanding principal and interest at the time of the loan sale; and (bb) retain such amount from the proceeds of the loan sale; and . 502. Elimination of nonprofit servicing contracts The Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq. ) is amended— (1) in section 456 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087f )— (A) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (4); and (B) by striking subsection (c); and (2) in section 458(a) ( 20 U.S.C. 1087h(a) ), by striking paragraph (2). VI Transportation 601. Aviation security service fees (a) Air carrier fees (1) Repeal Section 44940(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is repealed. (2) Conforming amendment Section 44940(d)(1) of such title is amended by striking , and may impose a fee under subsection (a)(2), . (3) Effective date The repeal made by paragraph (1) and the amendment made by paragraph (2) shall each take effect on October 1, 2014. (b) Restructuring of passenger fee Section 44940(c) of such title is amended to read as follows: (c) Limitation on fee Fees imposed under subsection (a)(1) shall be $5.60 per one-way trip in air transportation or intrastate air transportation that originates at an airport in the United States. . (c) Deposit of receipts in general fund Section 44940(i) of such title is amended to read as follows: (i) Deposit of receipts in general fund (1) In general Beginning in fiscal year 2014, out of fees received in a fiscal year under subsection (a)(1), after amounts are made available in the fiscal year under section 44923(h), the next funds derived from such fees in the fiscal year, in the amount specified for the fiscal year in paragraph (4), shall be credited as offsetting receipts and deposited in the general fund of the Treasury. (2) Fee levels The Secretary of Homeland Security shall impose the fee authorized by subsection (a)(1) so as to collect in a fiscal year at least the amount specified in paragraph (4) for the fiscal year for making deposits under paragraph (1). (3) Relationship to other provisions Subsections (b) and (f) shall not apply to amounts to be used for making deposits under this subsection. (4) Fiscal year amounts For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), the fiscal year amounts are as follows: (A) $390,000,000 for fiscal year 2014. (B) $1,190,000,000 for fiscal year 2015. (C) $1,250,000,000 for fiscal year 2016. (D) $1,280,000,000 for fiscal year 2017. (E) $1,320,000,000 for fiscal year 2018. (F) $1,360,000,000 for fiscal year 2019. (G) $1,400,000,000 for fiscal year 2020. (H) $1,440,000,000 for fiscal year 2021. (I) $1,480,000,000 for fiscal year 2022. (J) $1,520,000,000 for fiscal year 2023. . (d) Imposition of fee increase The Secretary of Homeland Security shall implement the fee increase authorized by the amendment made by subsection (b)— (1) beginning on July 1, 2014; and (2) through the publication of notice of such fee in the Federal Register, notwithstanding section 9701 of title 31, United States Code, and the procedural requirements of section 553 of title 5, United States Code. (e) Continued availability of existing balances The amendments made by this section shall not affect the availability of funds made available under section 44940(i) of title 49, United States Code, before the date of enactment of this Act. 602. Transportation cost reimbursement (a) Repeal Sections 55316 and 55317 of chapter 553 of title 46, United States Code, are repealed. (b) Table of sections amendment The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 553 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking the items relating to section 55316 and 55317. 603. Sterile areas at airports Section 44903 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (n) Passenger exit points from sterile area (1) In general The Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that the Transportation Security Administration is responsible for monitoring passenger exit points from the sterile area of airports at which the Transportation Security Administration provided such monitoring as of December 1, 2013. (2) Sterile area defined In this section, the term sterile area has the meaning given that term in section 1540.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling). . VII Miscellaneous Provisions 701. Extension of customs user fees Section 13031(j)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 ( 19 U.S.C. 58c(j)(3) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking October 22, 2021 and inserting September 30, 2023 ; and (2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking October 29, 2021 and inserting September 30, 2023 . 702. Limitation on allowable government contractor compensation costs (a) Limitation (1) Civilian contracts Section 4304(a)(16) of title 41, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (16) Costs of compensation of contractor and subcontractor employees for a fiscal year, regardless of the contract funding source, to the extent that such compensation exceeds $487,000 per year, adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Employment Cost Index for all workers, as calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, except that the head of an executive agency may establish one or more narrowly targeted exceptions for scientists, engineers, or other specialists upon a determination that such exceptions are needed to ensure that the executive agency has continued access to needed skills and capabilities. . (2) Defense contracts Section 2324(e)(1)(P) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (P) Costs of compensation of contractor and subcontractor employees for a fiscal year, regardless of the contract funding source, to the extent that such compensation exceeds $487,000 per year, adjusted annually to reflect the change in the Employment Cost Index for all workers, as calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, except that the head of an executive agency may establish one or more narrowly targeted exceptions for scientists, engineers, or other specialists upon a determination that such exceptions are needed to ensure that the executive agency has continued access to needed skills and capabilities. . (b) Conforming amendments (1) Repeal Section 1127 of title 41, United States Code, is hereby repealed. (2) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 11 of title 41, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 1127. (c) Applicability This section and the amendments made by this section shall apply only with respect to costs of compensation incurred under contracts entered into on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (d) Reports (1) In general Not later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit a report on contractor compensation to— (A) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; (B) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; (C) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; (D) the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives; (E) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and (F) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. (2) Elements The report required under paragraph (1) shall include— (A) the total number of contractor employees, by executive agency, in the narrowly targeted exception positions described under subsection (a) during the preceding fiscal year; (B) the taxpayer-funded compensation amounts received by each contractor employee in a narrowly targeted exception position during such fiscal year; and (C) the duties and services performed by contractor employees in the narrowly targeted exception positions during such fiscal year. (e) Review Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall report to Congress on alternative benchmarks and industry standards for compensation, including whether any such benchmarks or standards would provide a more appropriate measure of allowable compensation for the purposes of section 2324(e)(1)(P) of title 10, United States Code, and section 4304(a)(16) of title 41, United States Code, as amended by this Act. 703. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation premium rate increases (a) Flat-rate premium increases Section 4006(a)(3)(A)(i) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ( 29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(3)(A)(i) ) is amended— (1) in subclause (II), by striking and at the end; (2) in subclause (III), by inserting and before January 1, 2015, after December 31, 2013 ; and (3) by inserting after subclause (III) the following: (IV) for plan years beginning after December 31, 2014, and before January 1, 2016, $57; and (V) for plan years beginning after December 31, 2015, and before January 1, 2017, $64. . (b) Flat-rate premium rate indexed to wages (1) In general Section 4006(a)(3) of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(3) ) is amended— (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (G) through (J) as subparagraphs (H) through (K), respectively; and (B) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following: (G) For each plan year beginning in a calendar year after 2016, there shall be substituted for the premium rate specified in clause (i) of subparagraph (A) an amount equal to the greater of— (i) the product derived by multiplying the premium rate specified in clause (i) of subparagraph (A) by the ratio of— (I) the national average wage index (as defined in section 209(k)(1) of the Social Security Act) for the first of the 2 calendar years preceding the calendar year in which such plan year begins, to (II) the national average wage index (as so defined) for 2014; and (ii) the premium rate in effect under clause (i) of subparagraph (A) for plan years beginning in the preceding calendar year. If the amount determined under this subparagraph is not a multiple of $1, such product shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $1. . (2) Conforming amendments Section 4006(a)(3)(F) of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(3)(F) ) is amended— (A) in the matter before clause (i), by inserting and before 2013 after after 2006 ; and (B) in the flush text following clause (ii), by striking the second sentence. (c) Variable rate premium increases (1) In general Section 4006(a)(8)(C) of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(8)(C) ) is amended— (A) in clause (i), by striking and at the end; (B) in clause (ii), by striking $5. and inserting $10; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (iii) in the case of plan years beginning in calendar year 2016, by $5. . (2) Conforming amendments Section 4006(a)(8) of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(8) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) in clause (ii), by striking and at the end; (ii) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (iv) for plan years beginning after calendar year 2016, the amount in effect for plan years beginning in 2016 (determined after application of subparagraph (C)). ; and (B) in subparagraph (D)— (i) in clause (ii), by striking and at the end; (ii) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (iv) 2014, in the case of plan years beginning after calendar year 2016. . (d) Increase in variable rate premium cap (1) In general Section 4006(a)(3)(E)(i) of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(3)(E)(i) ) is amended— (A) in subclause (I), by striking and at the end; (B) in subclause (II)— (i) by inserting and before 2016 after 2012 ; and (ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (III) in the case of plan years beginning in a calendar year after 2015, shall not exceed $500. . (2) Index to wages Section 4006(a)(3) of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(3) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (K) (as redesignated by subsection (b)(1)(A)), by inserting and before 2016 after 2013 ; and (B) by inserting at the end the following: (L) For each plan year beginning in a calendar year after 2016, there shall be substituted for the dollar amount specified in subclause (III) of subparagraph (E)(i) an amount equal to the greater of— (i) the product derived by multiplying such dollar amount by the ratio of— (I) the national average wage index (as defined in section 209(k)(1) of the Social Security Act) for the first of the 2 calendar years preceding the calendar year in which such plan year begins, to (II) the national average wage index (as so defined) for 2014; and (ii) such dollar amount for plan years beginning in the preceding calendar year. If the amount determined under this subparagraph is not a multiple of $1, such product shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $1. . (e) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 2013. 704. Cancellation of Unobligated Balances (a) Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, of the unobligated balances available under the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund, $693,000,000 are permanently cancelled. (b) Treasury Forfeiture Fund Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, of the unobligated balances available under the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, $867,000,000, are permanently cancelled. 705. Conservation planning technical assistance user fees (a) User fees authorized Section 3 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act ( 16 U.S.C. 590c ) is amended— (1) by striking require— and inserting require the following: ; (2) in paragraph (1), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a period; (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ; and at the end and inserting a period; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (4) (A) The payment of user fees for conservation planning technical assistance if the Secretary determines that the fees, subject to subparagraph (B), are— (i) reasonable and appropriate; (ii) assessed for conservation planning technical assistance resulting in the development of a conservation plan; and (iii) assessed based on the size of the land or the complexity of the resource issues involved. (B) Fees under subparagraph (A) may not exceed $150 per conservation plan for which technical assistance is provided. (C) The Secretary may waive fees otherwise required under subparagraph (A) in the case of conservation planning technical assistance provided— (i) to beginning farmers or ranchers (as defined in section 343(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1991(a) ); (ii) to limited resource farmers or ranchers (as defined by the Secretary); (iii) to socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers (as defined in section 355(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2003(e) ); (iv) to qualify for an exemption from ineligibility under section 1212 of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3812 ); or (v) to comply with Federal, State, or local regulatory requirements. . (b) Conservation technical assistance fund Section 6 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act ( 16 U.S.C. 590f ) is amended— (1) by striking Sec. 6. and all that follows through There are hereby authorized and inserting the following: 6. Authorization of appropriations and conservation technical assistance funds (a) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (b) Conservation technical assistance fund (1) In general There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the Conservation Technical Assistance Fund (referred to in this subsection as the Fund ), to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. (2) Deposits An amount equal to the amounts collected as fees under section 3(4) and late payments, interest, and such other amounts as are authorized to be collected pursuant to section 3717 of title 31, United States Code, shall be deposited in the Fund. (3) Availability Amounts in the Fund shall— (A) only be available to the extent and in the amount provided in advance in appropriations Acts; (B) be used for the costs of carrying out this Act; and (C) remain available until expended. . 706. Self plus one coverage (a) Election of coverage Section 8905 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: (a) An employee may enroll in an approved health benefits plan described in section 8903 or 8903a— (1) as an individual; (2) for self plus one; or (3) for self and family. ; (2) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (1), in the matter following subparagraph (B), by inserting for self plus one or before self and family as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection ; and (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting for self plus one or before for self and family ; and (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting (or, in the case of self plus one coverage, not more than 1 such child) after adopted children ; (3) in subsection (e), by striking or each spouse may enroll as an individual and inserting or for a self plus one enrollment that covers the spouse, or each spouse may enroll as an individual or for a self plus one enrollment that does not cover the other spouse or a child who is covered under the enrollment of the other spouse ; and (4) in subsection (h)— (A) by striking self and family enrollment each place it appears and inserting self plus one or self and family enrollment, as necessary to provide health insurance coverage for each child who is covered under the order, ; (B) by striking a child each place it appears and inserting 1 or more children ; (C) by striking the child resides each place it appears and inserting the child or children reside ; (D) in paragraph (1), by striking self and family coverage each place it appears and inserting self plus one or self and family coverage, as necessary to provide health insurance coverage for each child who is covered under the order, ; and (E) in paragraph (3), by striking the child continues and inserting the child or children continue . (b) Continued Coverage Section 8905a of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (d)(3)(A), by inserting for self plus one or before for self and family ; and (2) in subsection (f)(3)(A), by striking for self and family based on such person's separation from service and inserting based on such person's separation from service under a self plus one enrollment that covered the individual or under a self and family enrollment . (c) Contributions Section 8906(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking at the end and ; (2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following: (B) enrollments under this chapter for self plus one; and . (d) Weighted average for first year For the first contract year for which an employee may enroll for self plus one coverage under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, the Office of Personnel Management shall determine the weighted average of the subscription charges that will be in effect for the contract year for enrollments for self plus one under such chapter based on an actuarial analysis. B Medicare and Other Health Provisions 1001. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This division may be cited as the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 . (b) Table of contents The table of contents of this division is as follows: Division B—Medicare and Other Health Provisions Sec. 1001. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 1002. Findings; purpose statement. Title I—Medicare Extenders Sec. 1101. Physician payment update. Sec. 1102. Extension of work GPCI floor. Sec. 1103. Extension of therapy cap exceptions process. Sec. 1104. Extension of ambulance add-ons. Sec. 1105. Medicare inpatient hospital payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals. Sec. 1106. Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program. Sec. 1107. 1-year extension of authorization for special needs plans. Sec. 1108. 1-year extension of Medicare reasonable cost contracts. Sec. 1109. Extension of existing funding for contract with consensus-based entity. Sec. 1110. Extension of funding outreach and assistance for low-income programs. Title II—Other Health Provisions Sec. 1201. Extension of the qualifying individual (QI) program. Sec. 1202. Temporary extension of transitional medical assistance (TMA). Sec. 1203. Extension of funding for family-to-family health information centers. Sec. 1204. Delay of reductions to Medicaid DSH allotments. Sec. 1205. Realignment of the Medicare sequester for fiscal year 2023. Sec. 1206. Payment for inpatient services in long-term care hospitals (LTCHs). 1002. Findings; purpose statement In order to support the provision of quality care for our nations seniors, Congress finds it appropriate to reform physician reimbursements under the Medicare program. SGR reform legislation provides such an opportunity, but not until next year. In order to facilitate such reform, Congress finds that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should continue to focus its efforts on the following areas: (1) Simplify and Reduce Administrative Burden on Physicians The application and assessment of measures and other activities under SGR reform should be facilitated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in a way that accounts for the administrative burden such measurement places on physicians. Therefore, the Congress encourages CMS to identify and implement, to the extent practicable, mechanisms to ensure that the application and assessment of measures be coordinated across programs. (2) Timely Feedback for Physicians In order for measure and assessment programs to encourage the highest quality care for Medicare seniors, the Congress finds it critical that CMS provide physicians with feedback on performance in as close to real time as possible. Such timely feedback will ensure that physicians can excel under a system of meaningful measurement. (3) Encourage Development of New Models There is great need to test alternatives to Fee-For-Service reimbursement in the Medicare program. One option is the promotion and adoption of new models of care for physicians. To date, there has been significant development and testing of models for primary care. Congress supports these efforts and encourages them to continue in the future. Congress also encourages the development and testing of models of specialty care. I Medicare Extenders 1101. Physician payment update Section 1848(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 10 1395w–4(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (15) Update for January through March of 2014 (A) In general Subject to paragraphs (7)(B), (8)(B), (9)(B), (10)(B), (11)(B), (12)(B), (13)(B), and (14)(B), in lieu of the update to the single conversion factor established in paragraph (1)(C) that would otherwise apply for 2014 for the period beginning on January 1, 2014, and ending on March 31, 2014, the update to the single conversion factor shall be 0.5 percent. (B) No effect on computation of conversion factor for remaining portion of 2014 and subsequent years The conversion factor under this subsection shall be computed under paragraph (1)(A) for the period beginning on April 1, 2014, and ending on December 31, 2014, and for 2015 and subsequent years as if subparagraph (A) had never applied. . 1102. Extension of work GPCI floor Section 1848(e)(1)(E) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w-4(e)(1)(E) ) is amended by striking January 1, 2014 and inserting April 1, 2014 . 1103. Extension of therapy cap exceptions process Section 1833(g) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395l(g) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (5)(A), in the first sentence, by striking December 31, 2013 and inserting March 31, 2014 ; and (2) in paragraph (6)(A)— (A) by striking December 31, 2013 and inserting March 31, 2014 ; and (B) by striking or 2013 and inserting , 2013, or the first three months of 2014 . 1104. Extension of ambulance add-ons (a) Ground Ambulance Section 1834(l)(13)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(l)(13)(A) ) is amended— (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking January 1, 2014 and inserting April 1, 2014 ; and (2) in each of clauses (i) and (ii), by striking January 1, 2014 and inserting April 1, 2014 each place it appears. (b) Super rural ground ambulance Section 1834(l)(12)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(l)(12)(A) ) is amended by striking January 1, 2014 and inserting April 1, 2014 . 1105. Medicare inpatient hospital payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals Section 1886(d)(12) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(12) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking fiscal year 2014 and subsequent fiscal years and inserting the portion of fiscal year 2014 beginning on April 1, 2014, fiscal year 2015, and subsequent fiscal years ; (2) in subparagraph (C)(i)— (A) by inserting and the portion of fiscal year 2014 before April 1, 2014, after and 2013, each place it appears; and (B) by inserting or portion of fiscal year after during the fiscal year ; and (3) in subparagraph (D)— (A) by inserting and the portion of fiscal year 2014 before April 1, 2014, after and 2013, ; and (B) by inserting or the portion of fiscal year after in the fiscal year . 1106. Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program (a) In general Section 1886(d)(5)(G) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(G) ) is amended— (1) in clause (i), by striking October 1, 2013 and inserting April 1, 2014 ; and (2) in clause (ii)(II), by striking October 1, 2013 and inserting April 1, 2014 . (b) Conforming amendments (1) Extension of target amount Section 1886(b)(3)(D) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(b)(3)(D) ) is amended— (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking October 1, 2013 and inserting April 1, 2014 ; and (B) in clause (iv), by inserting and the portion of fiscal year 2014 before April 1, 2014 after through fiscal year 2013 . (2) Permitting hospitals to decline reclassification Section 13501(e)(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww note) is amended by striking through fiscal year 2013 and inserting through the first 2 quarters of fiscal year 2014 . 1107. 1-year extension of authorization for special needs plans Section 1859(f)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–28(f)(1) ) is amended by striking 2015 and inserting 2016 . 1108. 1-year extension of Medicare reasonable cost contracts Section 1876(h)(5)(C)(ii) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395mm(h)(5)(C)(ii) ) is amended, in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking January 1, 2014 and inserting January 1, 2015 . 1109. Extension of existing funding for contract with consensus-based entity Section 1890(d) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395aaa(d) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: Amounts transferred under the preceding sentence shall remain available until expended. . 1110. Extension of funding outreach and assistance for low-income programs (a) Additional funding for state health insurance programs Subsection (a)(1)(B) of section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 ( 42 U.S.C. 1395b–3 note), as amended by section 3306 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Public Law 111–148 ) and section 610 of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 ( Public Law 112–240 ), is amended— (1) in clause (ii), by striking and at the end; (2) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by inserting after clause (iii) the following new clause: (iv) for the portion of fiscal year 2014 before April 1, 2014, of $3,750,000. . (b) Additional funding for area agencies on aging Subsection (b)(1)(B) of such section 119, as so amended, is amended— (1) in clause (ii), by striking and at the end; (2) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by inserting after clause (iii) the following new clause: (iv) for the portion of fiscal year 2014 before April 1, 2014, of $3,750,000. . (c) Additional funding for aging and disability resource centers Subsection (c)(1)(B) of such section 119, as so amended, is amended— (1) in clause (ii), by striking and at the end; (2) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by inserting after clause (iii) the following new clause: (iv) for the portion of fiscal year 2014 before April 1, 2014, of $2,500,000. . (d) Additional funding for contract with the national center for benefits and outreach enrollment Subsection (d)(2) of such section 119, as so amended, is amended— (1) in clause (ii), by striking and at the end; (2) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by inserting after clause (iii) the following new clause: (iv) for the portion of fiscal year 2014 before April 1, 2014, of $2,500,000. . II Other Health Provisions 1201. Extension of the qualifying individual (QI) program (a) Extension Section 1902(a)(10)(E)(iv) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(E)(iv) ) is amended by striking December 2013 and inserting March 2014 . (b) Extending total amount available for allocation Section 1933(g) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396u–3(g) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (S), by striking and after the semicolon; (B) in subparagraph (T), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (U) for the period that begins on January 1, 2014, and ends on March 31, 2014, the total allocation amount is $200,000,000. . 1202. Temporary extension of transitional medical assistance (TMA) Sections 1902(e)(1)(B) and 1925(f) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(1)(B) , 1396r–6(f)) are each amended by striking December 31, 2013 and inserting March 31, 2014 . 1203. Extension of funding for family-to-family health information centers Section 501(c)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 701(c)(1)(A) ) is amended— (1) in clause (ii), by striking at the end and ; (2) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new clause: (iv) $2,500,000 for the portion of fiscal year 2014 before April 1, 2014. . 1204. Delay of reductions to Medicaid DSH allotments (a) In general Section 1923(f) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396r–4(f) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (7)(A)— (A) in clause (i), by striking 2014 and inserting 2016 ; and (B) in clause (ii)— (i) by striking subclauses (I) and (II); (ii) by redesignating subclauses (III) through (VII) as subclauses (I) through (V), respectively; and (iii) in subclause (I) (as redesignated by clause (ii)), by striking $600,000,000 and inserting $1,200,000,000 ; and (2) in paragraph (8)— (A) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); (B) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph: (C) Fiscal year 2023 Only with respect to fiscal year 2023, the DSH allotment for a State, in lieu of the amount determined under paragraph (3) for the State for that year, shall be equal to the DSH allotment for the State for fiscal year 2022, as determined under subparagraph (B), increased, subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (3), and paragraph (5), by the percentage change in the consumer price index for all urban consumers (all items; U.S. city average), for fiscal year 2022. ; and (C) in subparagraph (D) (as redesignated by subparagraph (A)), by striking fiscal year 2022 and inserting fiscal year 2023 . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be effective as of October 1, 2013. 1205. Realignment of the Medicare sequester for fiscal year 2023 Paragraph (6) (relating to implementing direct spending reductions, as redesignated by section 101(d)(2)(C), and as amended by section 101(c), of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013) of section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 901a ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (C) Notwithstanding the 2 percent limit specified in subparagraph (A) for payments for the Medicare programs specified in section 256(d), the sequestration order of the President under such subparagraph for fiscal year 2023 shall be applied to such payments so that— (i) with respect to the first 6 months in which such order is effective for such fiscal year, the payment reduction shall be 2.90 percent; and (ii) with respect to the second 6 months in which such order is so effective for such fiscal year, the payment reduction shall be 1.11 percent. . 1206. Payment for inpatient services in long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) (a) Establishment of criteria for application of site neutral payment (1) In general Section 1886(m) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(m) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (6) Application of site neutral IPPS payment rate in certain cases (A) General application of site neutral IPPS payment amount for discharges failing to meet applicable criteria (i) In general For a discharge in cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2015, except as provided in clause (ii) and subparagraph (C), payment under this title to a long-term care hospital for inpatient hospital services shall be made at the applicable site neutral payment rate (as defined in subparagraph (B)). (ii) Exception for certain discharges meeting criteria Clause (i) shall not apply (and payment shall be made to a long-term care hospital without regard to this paragraph) for a discharge if— (I) the discharge meets the ICU criterion under clause (iii) or the ventilator criterion under clause (iv); and (II) the discharge does not have a principal diagnosis relating to a psychiatric diagnosis or to rehabilitation. (iii) Intensive care unit (ICU) criterion (I) In general The criterion specified in this clause (in this paragraph referred to as the ICU criterion ), for a discharge from a long-term care hospital, is that the stay in the long-term care hospital ending with such discharge was immediately preceded by a discharge from a stay in a subsection (d) hospital that included at least 3 days in an intensive care unit (ICU), as determined by the Secretary. (II) Determining ICU days In determining intensive care unit days under subclause (I), the Secretary shall use data from revenue center codes 020x or 021x (or such successor codes as the Secretary may establish). (iv) Ventilator criterion The criterion specified in this clause (in this paragraph referred to as the ventilator criterion ), for a discharge from a long-term care hospital, is that— (I) the stay in the long-term care hospital ending with such discharge was immediately preceded by a discharge from a stay in a subsection (d) hospital; and (II) the individual discharged was assigned to a Medicare-Severity-Long-Term-Care-Diagnosis-Related-Group (MS–LTC–DRG) based on the receipt of ventilator services of at least 96 hours. (B) Applicable site neutral payment rate defined (i) In general In this paragraph, the term applicable site neutral payment rate means— (I) for discharges in cost reporting periods beginning during fiscal year 2016 or fiscal year 2017, the blended payment rate specified in clause (iii); and (II) for discharges in cost reporting periods beginning during fiscal year 2018 or a subsequent fiscal year, the site neutral payment rate (as defined in clause (ii)). (ii) Site neutral payment rate defined In this paragraph, the term site neutral payment rate means the lower of— (I) the IPPS comparable per diem amount determined under paragraph (d)(4) of section 412.529 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, including any applicable outlier payments under section 412.525 of such title; or (II) 100 percent of the estimated cost for the services involved. (iii) Blended payment rate The blended payment rate specified in this clause, for a long-term care hospital for inpatient hospital services for a discharge, is comprised of— (I) half of the site neutral payment rate (as defined in clause (ii)) for the discharge; and (II) half of the payment rate that would otherwise be applicable to such discharge without regard to this paragraph, as determined by the Secretary. (C) Limiting payment for all hospital discharges to site neutral payment rate for hospitals failing to meet applicable LTCH discharge thresholds (i) Notice of LTCH discharge payment percentage For cost reporting periods beginning during or after fiscal year 2016, the Secretary shall inform each long-term care hospital of its LTCH discharge payment percentage (as defined in clause (iv)) for such period. (ii) Limitation For cost reporting periods beginning during or after fiscal year 2020, if the Secretary determines for a long-term care hospital that its LTCH discharge payment percentage for the period is not at least 50 percent— (I) the Secretary shall inform the hospital of such fact; and (II) subject to clause (iii), for all discharges in the hospital in each succeeding cost reporting period, the payment amount under this subsection shall be the payment amount that would apply under subsection (d) for the discharge if the hospital were a subsection (d) hospital. (iii) Process for reinstatement The Secretary shall establish a process whereby a long-term care hospital may seek to and have the provisions of subclause (II) of clause (ii) discontinued with respect to that hospital. (iv) LTCH discharge payment percentage In this subparagraph, the term LTCH discharge payment percentage means, with respect to a long-term care hospital for a cost reporting period beginning during or after fiscal year 2020, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of— (I) the number of discharges for such hospital and period for which payment is not made at the site neutral payment rate, to (II) the total number of discharges for such hospital and period. (D) Inclusion of subsection (d) Puerto Rico hospitals In this paragraph, any reference in this paragraph to a subsection (d) hospital shall be deemed to include a reference to a subsection (d) Puerto Rico hospital. . (2) MedPac study and report on impact of changes (A) Study The Medicare Payment Assessment Commission shall examine the effect of applying section 1886(m)(6) of the Social Security Act, as added by the amendment made by paragraph (1), on— (i) the quality of patient care in long-term care hospitals; (ii) the use of hospice care and post-acute care settings; (iii) different types of long-term care hospitals; and (iv) the growth in Medicare spending for services in such hospitals. (B) Report Not later than June 30, 2019, the Commission shall submit to Congress a report on such study. The Commission shall include in such report such recommendations for changes in the application of such section as the Commission deems appropriate as well as the impact of the application of such section on the need to continue applying the 25 percent rule described under sections 412.534 and 412.536 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations. (3) Calculation of length of stay excluding cases paid on a site neutral basis (A) In general For discharges occurring in cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2015, subject to subparagraph (B), in calculating the length of stay requirement applicable to a long-term care hospital or satellite facility under section 1886(d)(1)(B)(iv)(I) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(1)(B)(iv)(I) ) and section 1861(ccc)(2) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x(ccc)(2) ), the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall exclude the following: (i) Site neutral payment Any patient for whom payment is made at the site neutral payment rate (as defined in section 1886(m)(6)(B)(ii)) of such Act, as added by paragraph (1)). (ii) Medicare Advantage Any patient for whom payment is made under a Medicare Advantage plan under part C of title XVIII of such Act. (B) Limitation on converting subsection (d) hospitals Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a hospital that is classified as of December 10, 2013, as a subsection (d) hospital (as defined in section 1886(d)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(1)(B) ) for purposes of determining whether the requirements of section 1886(d)(1)(B)(iv)(I) or 1861(ccc)(2) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(1)(B)(iv)(I) , 1395x(ccc)(2)) are met. (b) Extension of certain LTCH payment rules and moratorium on the establishment of certain hospitals and facilities (1) Extension of certain payment rules (A) Payment for hospitals-within-hospitals Paragraph (2)(C) of section 114(c) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww note), as amended by sections 3106(a) and 10312(a) of Public Law 111–148 , is amended by striking 5-year period and inserting 9-year period . (B) 25 percent patient threshold payment adjustment; making the grandfathered exemption for long-term care hospitals permanent Section 114(c)(1) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww note), as amended by sections 3106(a) and 10312(a) of Public Law 111–148 , is amended— (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking for a 5-year period ; and (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting for a 9-year period, before section 412.536 . (C) Report assessing continued suspension of 25 percent rule Not later than 1 year before the end of the 9-year period referred to in section 114(c)(1) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww note), as amended by subparagraph (B), the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to Congress a report on the need for any further extensions (or modifications of the extensions) of the 25 percent rule described in sections 412.534 and 412.536 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, particularly taking into account the application of section 1886(m)(6) of the Social Security Act, as added by subsection (a)(1). (2) Extension of moratorium on establishment of and increase in beds for LTCHs Section 114(d) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww note), as amended by sections 3106(b) and 10312(b) of Public Law 111–148 , is amended— (A) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting after 5-year period the following: (and for the period beginning January 1, 2015, and ending September 30, 2017) ; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (6) Limitation on application of exceptions Paragraphs (2) and (3) shall not apply during the period beginning January 1, 2015, and ending September 30, 2017. . (c) Additional quality measure Section 1886(m)(5)(D) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(m)(5)(D) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: (iv) Additional quality measures Not later than October 1, 2015, the Secretary shall establish a functional status quality measure for change in mobility among inpatients requiring ventilator support. . (d) Review of treatment of certain LTCHs (1) Evaluation As part of the annual rulemaking for fiscal year 2015 or fiscal year 2016 to carry out the payment rates under subsection (d) of section 1886 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww ), the Secretary shall evaluate both the payment rates and regulations governing hospitals which are classified under subclause (II) of subsection (d)(1)(B)(iv) of such section. (2) Adjustment authority Based upon such evaluation, the Secretary may adjust payment rates under subsection (b)(3) of section 1886 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww ) for a hospital so classified (such as payment based upon the TEFRA-payment model) and may adjust the regulations governing such hospitals, including applying the regulations governing hospitals which are classified under clause (I) of subsection (d)(1)(B) of such section.

Lorraine Miller Clerk.