U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml AMENDMENT NO. llll SEN. APPRO. Calendar No. lll Purpose: To provide continuing appropriations. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES--113th Cong., 1st Sess. H.R. lllllll (title) llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll l llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll l Referred to the Committee on llllllllll and ordered to be printed Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed AMENDMENT intended to be proposed by Mr. REID (for himself and Ms. MIKULSKI) Viz: 1 Strike all after the first word, and insert the fol- 2 lowing: 3 The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any 4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and 5 out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and 6 funds, for the several departments, agencies, corporations, 7 and other organizational units of Government for fiscal 8 year 2014, and for other purposes, namely: U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 2 1 DIVISION A--CONTINUING 2 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2014 3 SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary, 4 at a rate for operations as provided in the applicable ap5 propriations Acts for fiscal year 2013 and under the au6 thority and conditions provided in such Acts, for con7 tinuing projects or activities (including the costs of direct 8 loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifi9 cally provided for in this joint resolution, that were con10 ducted in fiscal year 2013, and for which appropriations, 11 funds, or other authority were made available in the fol12 lowing appropriations Acts: 13 (1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 14 and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap- 15 propriations Act, 2013 (division A of Public Law 16 113-6), except section 735. 17 (2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Re- 18 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 (division B 19 of Public Law 113-6). 20 21 (3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 (division C of Public Law 113-6). 22 (4) The Department of Homeland Security Ap- 23 propriations Act, 2013 (division D of Public Law 24 113-6). U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 3 1 (5) The Military Construction and Veterans Af- 2 fairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 3 2013 (division E of Public Law 113-6). 4 (6) The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations 5 Act, 2013 (division F of Public Law 113-6). 6 (b) The rate for operations provided by subsection (a) 7 for each account shall be calculated to reflect the full 8 amount of any reduction required in fiscal year 2013 pur9 suant to-- 10 (1) any provision of division G of the Consoli- 11 dated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 12 2013 (Public Law 113-6), including section 3004; 13 and 14 (2) the Presidential sequestration order dated 15 March 1, 2013, except as attributable to budget au- 16 thority made available by-- 17 (A) sections 140(b) or 141(b) of the Con- 18 tinuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (Public 19 Law 112-175); or 20 21 22 (B) the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113-2). SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made avail- 23 able or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the 24 Department of Defense shall be used for: (1) the new pro25 duction of items not funded for production in fiscal year U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 4 1 2013 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates 2 above those sustained with fiscal year 2013 funds; or (3) 3 the initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project, 4 activity, operation, or organization (defined as any project, 5 subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and 6 subprogram within a program element, and for any invest7 ment items defined as a P-1 line item in a budget activity 8 within an appropriation account and an R-1 line item that 9 includes a program element and subprogram element with10 in an appropriation account) for which appropriations, 11 funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal 12 year 2013. 13 (b) No appropriation or funds made available or au- 14 thority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Depart15 ment of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year pro16 curements utilizing advance procurement funding for eco17 nomic order quantity procurement unless specifically ap18 propriated later. 19 SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall 20 be available to the extent and in the manner that would 21 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 22 SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 23 102, no appropriation or funds made available or author24 ity granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to ini25 tiate or resume any project or activity for which appro- U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 5 1 priations, funds, or other authority were not available dur2 ing fiscal year 2013. 3 SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority grant- 4 ed pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obliga5 tions or expenditures incurred for any project or activity 6 during the period for which funds or authority for such 7 project or activity are available under this joint resolution. 8 SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint 9 resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal 10 year 2014, appropriations and funds made available and 11 authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall 12 be available until whichever of the following first occurs: 13 (1) the enactment into law of an appropriation for any 14 project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2) 15 the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations 16 Act for fiscal year 2014 without any provision for such 17 project or activity; or (3) January 15, 2014. 18 SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint 19 resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, 20 fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli21 cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is 22 enacted into law. 23 SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made 24 available by or authority granted pursuant to this joint 25 resolution may be used without regard to the time limita- U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 6 1 tions for submission and approval of apportionments set 2 forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but 3 nothing in this joint resolution may be construed to waive 4 any other provision of law governing the apportionment 5 of funds. 6 SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of 7 this joint resolution, except section 106, for those pro8 grams that would otherwise have high initial rates of oper9 ation or complete distribution of appropriations at the be10 ginning of fiscal year 2014 because of distributions of 11 funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, 12 such high initial rates of operation or complete distribu13 tion shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded 14 for such programs funded by this joint resolution that 15 would impinge on final funding prerogatives. 16 SEC. 110. This joint resolution shall be implemented 17 so that only the most limited funding action of that per18 mitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to 19 provide for continuation of projects and activities. 20 SEC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory 21 payments whose budget authority was provided in appro22 priations Acts for fiscal year 2013, and for activities under 23 the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be 24 continued at the rate to maintain program levels under 25 current law, under the authority and conditions provided U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 7 1 in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2013, 2 to be continued through the date specified in section 3 106(3). 4 (b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for man- 5 datory payments due on or about the first day of any 6 month that begins after October 2013 but not later than 7 30 days after the date specified in section 106(3) may con8 tinue to be made, and funds shall be available for such 9 payments. 10 SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 11 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each 12 department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate 13 for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such de14 partment or agency, consistent with the applicable appro15 priations Act for fiscal year 2013, except that such author16 ity provided under this section shall not be used until after 17 the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 18 to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative ex19 penses. 20 SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this joint resolution 21 may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 22 of Public Law 91-672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of 23 the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 24 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Au25 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 8 1 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act 2 of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 3 SEC. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference 4 in this joint resolution that was previously designated by 5 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 6 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 7 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 8 1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 9 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the Congress 10 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter11 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or 12 as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 13 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively. 14 (b) Of the amounts made available by section 101 15 for ''Social Security Administration, Limitation on Admin16 istrative Expenses'' for the cost associated with continuing 17 disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social 18 Security Act and for the cost associated with conducting 19 redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI of the Social 20 Security Act, $273,000,000 is provided to meet the terms 21 of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced Budget 22 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, 23 and $469,639,000 is additional new budget authority 24 specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act. U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 9 1 (c) Section 5 of Public Law 113-6 shall apply to 2 amounts designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contin3 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism. 4 SEC. 115. (a) Employees furloughed as a result of 5 any lapse in appropriations which begins on or about Octo6 ber 1, 2013, shall be compensated at their standard rate 7 of compensation, for the period of such lapse in appropria8 tions, as soon as practicable after such lapse in appropria9 tions ends. 10 (b) For purposes of this section, ''employee'' means: 11 (1) a federal employee; 12 (2) an employee of the District of Columbia 13 14 15 16 Courts; (3) an employee of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia; or (4) a District of Columbia Government em- 17 ployee. 18 (c) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the ap- 19 propriations made and authority granted by this joint res20 olution for the purposes of maintaining the essential level 21 of activity to protect life and property and bringing about 22 orderly termination of Government functions, and for pur23 poses as otherwise authorized by law, are hereby ratified 24 and approved if otherwise in accord with the provisions 25 of this joint resolution. U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 10 1 SEC. 116. (a) If a State (or another Federal grantee) 2 used State funds (or the grantee's non-Federal funds) to 3 continue carrying out a Federal program or furloughed 4 State employees (or the grantee's employees) whose com5 pensation is advanced or reimbursed in whole or in part 6 by the Federal Government-- 7 (1) such furloughed employees shall be com- 8 pensated at their standard rate of compensation for 9 such period; 10 (2) the State (or such other grantee) shall be 11 reimbursed for expenses that would have been paid 12 by the Federal Government during such period had 13 appropriations been available, including the cost of 14 compensating such furloughed employees, together 15 with interest thereon calculated under section 16 6503(d) of title 31, United States Code; and 17 (3) the State (or such other grantee) may use 18 funds available to the State (or the grantee) under 19 such Federal program to reimburse such State (or 20 the grantee), together with interest thereon cal- 21 culated under section 6503(d) of title 31, United 22 States Code. 23 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ''State'' 24 and the term ''grantee'' shall have the meaning as such 25 term is defined under the applicable Federal program U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 11 1 under subsection (a). In addition, ''to continue carrying 2 out a Federal program'' means the continued performance 3 by a State or other Federal grantee, during the period 4 of a lapse in appropriations, of a Federal program that 5 the State or such other grantee had been carrying out 6 prior to the period of the lapse in appropriations. 7 (c) The authority under this section applies with re- 8 spect to any period in fiscal year 2014 (not limited to peri9 ods beginning or ending after the date of the enactment 10 of this joint resolution) during which there occurs a lapse 11 in appropriations with respect to any department or agen12 cy of the Federal Government which, but for such lapse 13 in appropriations, would have paid, or made reimburse14 ment relating to, any of the expenses referred to in this 15 section with respect to the program involved. Payments 16 and reimbursements under this authority shall be made 17 only to the extent and in amounts provided in advance 18 in appropriations Acts. 19 SEC. 117. Expenditures made pursuant to the Pay 20 Our Military Act (Public Law 113-39) shall be charged 21 to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization pro22 vided in this joint resolution. 23 SEC. 118. For the purposes of this joint resolution, 24 the time covered by this joint resolution shall be consid25 ered to have begun on October 1, 2013. U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 12 1 SEC. 119. Section 3003 of division G of Public Law 2 113-6 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this joint 3 resolution by substituting ''fiscal year 2014'' for ''fiscal 4 year 2013'' each place it appears. 5 SEC. 120. Section 408 of the Food for Peace Act (7 6 U.S.C. 1736b) shall be applied by substituting the date 7 specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ''De8 cember 31, 2012''. 9 SEC. 121. Amounts made available under section 101 10 for ''Department of Commerce--National Oceanic and At11 mospheric Administration--Procurement, Acquisition and 12 Construction'' may be apportioned up to the rate for oper13 ations necessary to maintain the planned launch schedules 14 for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Geostationary 15 Operational Environmental Satellite system. 16 SEC. 122. The authority provided by sections 1205 17 and 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 18 Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81) shall continue in 19 effect, notwithstanding subsection (h) of section 1206, 20 through the earlier of the date specified in section 106(3) 21 of this joint resolution or the date of the enactment of 22 an Act authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for 23 military activities of the Department of Defense. U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 13 1 SEC. 123. Section 3(a)(6) of Public Law 100-676 is 2 amended by striking both occurrences of ''$775,000,000'' 3 and inserting in lieu thereof, ''$2,918,000,000''. 4 SEC. 124. Section 14704 of title 40, United States 5 Code, shall be applied to amounts made available by this 6 joint resolution by substituting the date specified in sec7 tion 106(3) of this joint resolution for ''October 1, 2012''. 8 SEC. 125. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 9 provided for ''The Judiciary--Courts of Appeals, District 10 Courts, and Other Judicial Services--Salaries and Ex11 penses'' at a rate of operations of $4,820,181,000: Pro12 vided, That notwithstanding section 302 of Division C, of 13 Public Law 112-74 as continued by Public Law 113-6, 14 not to exceed $25,000,000 shall be available for transfer 15 between accounts to maintain minimum operating levels. 16 SEC. 126. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 17 provided for ''The Judiciary--Courts of Appeals, District 18 Courts, and Other Judicial Services--Defender Services'' 19 at a rate for operations of $1,012,000,000. 20 SEC. 127. Notwithstanding any other provision of 21 this joint resolution, the District of Columbia may expend 22 local funds under the heading ''District of Columbia 23 Funds'' for such programs and activities under title IV 24 of H.R. 2786 (113th Congress), as reported by the Com25 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 14 1 at the rate set forth under ''District of Columbia Funds-- 2 Summary of Expenses'' as included in the Fiscal Year 3 2014 Budget Request Act of 2013 (D.C. Act 20-127), as 4 modified as of the date of the enactment of this joint reso5 lution. 6 SEC. 128. Section 302 of the Universal Service Anti- 7 deficiency Temporary Suspension Act is amended by strik8 ing ''December 31, 2013'', each place it appears and in9 serting ''January 15, 2014''. 10 SEC. 129. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 11 provided for the ''Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight 12 Board'' at a rate for operations of $3,100,000. 13 SEC. 130. Fourteen days after the Department of 14 Homeland Security submits a report or expenditure plan 15 required under this division to the Committees on Appro16 priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 17 the Secretary shall submit a copy of that report to the 18 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af19 fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Secu20 rity of the House of Representatives. 21 SEC. 131. For the period covered by this joint resolu- 22 tion, section 550(b) of Public Law 109-295 (6 U.S.C. 121 23 note) shall be applied by substituting the date specified 24 in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ''October 4, 25 2013''. U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 15 1 SEC. 132. The authority provided by section 532 of 2 Public Law 109-295 shall continue in effect through the 3 date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 4 SEC. 133. The authority provided by section 831 of 5 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) shall 6 continue in effect through the date specified in section 7 106(3) of this joint resolution. 8 SEC. 134. (a) Any amounts made available pursuant 9 to section 101 for ''Department of Homeland Security-- 10 U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Salaries and Ex11 penses'', ''Department of Homeland Security--U.S. Cus12 toms and Border Protection--Border Security Fencing, 13 Infrastructure, and Technology'', ''Department of Home14 land Security--U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Air 15 and Marine Operations'', and ''Department of Homeland 16 Security--U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-- 17 Salaries and Expenses'' shall be obligated at a rate for 18 operations as necessary to respectively-- 19 (1) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Customs 20 and Border Protection Officers, equivalent to the 21 staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013, and 22 comply with the last proviso under the heading ''De- 23 partment of Homeland Security--U.S. Customs and 24 Border Protection--Salaries and Expenses'' in divi- 25 sion D of Public Law 113-6; U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 16 1 (2) sustain border security operations, including 2 sustaining the operation of Tethered Aerostat Radar 3 Systems; 4 5 (3) sustain necessary Air and Marine operations; and 6 (4) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Immigra- 7 tion and Customs Enforcement agents, equivalent to 8 the staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013, 9 and comply with the sixth proviso under the heading 10 ''Department of Homeland Security--U.S. Immigra- 11 tion and Customs Enforcement--Salaries and Ex- 12 penses'' in division D of Public Law 113-6. 13 (b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify 14 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep15 resentatives and the Senate on each use of the authority 16 provided in this section. 17 SEC. 135. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recre- 18 ation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied 19 by substituting ''11 years'' for ''10 years''. 20 SEC. 136. In addition to the amount otherwise pro- 21 vided by section 101 for ''Department of the Interior-- 22 Department-wide Programs--Wildland Fire Manage23 ment'', there is appropriated $36,000,000 for an addi24 tional amount for fiscal year 2014, to remain available 25 until expended, for urgent wildland fire suppression activi- U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 17 1 ties: Provided, That of the funds provided, $15,000,000 2 is for burned area rehabilitation: Provided further, That 3 such funds shall only become available if funds previously 4 provided for wildland fire suppression will be exhausted 5 imminently and the Secretary of the Interior notifies the 6 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent7 atives and the Senate in writing of the need for these addi8 tional funds: Provided further, That such funds are also 9 available for transfer to other appropriations accounts to 10 repay amounts previously transferred for wildfire suppres11 sion. 12 SEC. 137. In addition to the amount otherwise pro- 13 vided by section 101 for ''Department of Agriculture-- 14 Forest Service--Wildland Fire Management'', there is ap15 propriated $600,000,000 for an additional amount for fis16 cal year 2014, to remain available until expended, for ur17 gent wildland fire suppression activities: Provided, That 18 such funds shall only become available if funds previously 19 provided for wildland fire suppression will be exhausted 20 imminently and the Secretary of Agriculture notifies the 21 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent22 atives and the Senate in writing of the need for these addi23 tional funds: Provided further, That such funds are also 24 available for transfer to other appropriations accounts to U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 18 1 repay amounts previously transferred for wildfire suppres2 sion. 3 SEC. 138. The authority provided by section 347 of 4 the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Ap5 propriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(e) of 6 division A of Public Law 105-277; 16 U.S.C. 2104 note) 7 shall continue in effect through the date specified in sec8 tion 106(3) of this joint resolution. 9 SEC. 139. (a) The authority provided by subsection 10 (m)(3) of section 8162 of the Department of Defense Ap11 propriations Act, 2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 12 106-79), as amended, shall continue in effect through the 13 date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 14 (b) For the period covered by this joint resolution, 15 the authority provided by the provisos under the heading 16 ''Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission--Capital 17 Construction'' in division E of Public Law 112-74 shall 18 not be in effect. 19 SEC. 140. Activities authorized under part A of title 20 IV and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act (except 21 for activities authorized in section 403(b)) shall continue 22 through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint 23 resolution in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2013, 24 and out of any money in the Treasury of the United States U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 19 1 not otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated 2 such sums as may be necessary for such purpose. 3 SEC. 141. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter 4 under the heading ''Department of Labor--Mine Safety 5 and Health Administration--Salaries and Expenses'' in 6 division F of Public Law 112-74 shall be applied to funds 7 appropriated by this joint resolution by substituting ''is 8 authorized to collect and retain up to $2,499,000'' for 9 ''may retain up to $1,499,000''. 10 SEC. 142. The first proviso under the heading ''De- 11 partment of Health and Human Services--Administration 12 for Children and Families--Low Income Home Energy 13 Assistance'' in division F of Public Law 112-74 shall be 14 applied to amounts made available by this joint resolution 15 by substituting ''2014'' for ''2012''. 16 SEC. 143. Amounts provided by section 101 for ''De- 17 partment of Health and Human Services--Administration 18 for Children and Families--Refugee and Entrant Assist19 ance'' may be obligated up to a rate for operations nec20 essary to maintain program operations at the level pro21 vided in fiscal year 2013, as necessary to accommodate 22 increased demand. 23 SEC. 144. During the period covered by this joint res- 24 olution, amounts provided under section 101 for ''Depart25 ment of Health and Human Services--Office of the Sec- U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 20 1 retary--Public Health and Social Services Emergency 2 Fund'' may be obligated at a rate necessary to assure 3 timely execution of planned advanced research and devel4 opment contracts pursuant to section 319L of the Public 5 Health Service Act, to remain available until expended, for 6 expenses necessary to support advanced research and de7 velopment pursuant to section 319L of the Public Health 8 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-7e) and other administrative 9 expenses of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Devel10 opment Authority. 11 SEC. 145. Subsection (b) of section 163 of Public 12 Law 111-242, as amended, is further amended by striking 13 ''2013-2014'' and inserting ''2015-2016''. 14 SEC. 146. Notwithstanding any other provision of 15 this joint resolution, there is appropriated for payment to 16 Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg, widow of Frank R. Lau17 tenberg, late a Senator from New Jersey, $174,000. 18 SEC. 147. Notwithstanding any other provision of 19 law, no adjustment shall be made under section 610(a) 20 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 21 31) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members 22 of Congress) during fiscal year 2014. 23 SEC. 148. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 24 provided for ''Department of Veterans Affairs--Depart25 mental Administration--General Operating Expenses, U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 21 1 Veterans Benefits Administration'' at a rate for operations 2 of $2,455,490,000. 3 SEC. 149. The authority provided by the penultimate 4 proviso under the heading ''Department of Housing and 5 Urban Development--Rental Assistance Demonstration'' 6 in division C of Public Law 112-55 shall continue in effect 7 through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint 8 resolution. 9 SEC. 150. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 10 provided for ''Department of Transportation--Federal 11 Aviation Administration--Operations'', at a rate for oper12 ations of $9,248,418,000. 13 SEC. 151. Section 601(e)(1)(B) of division B of Pub- 14 lic Law 110-432 shall be applied by substituting the date 15 specified in section 106(3) for ''4 years after such date''. 16 SEC. 152. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 17 provided for ''Maritime Administration--Maritime Secu18 rity Program'', at a rate for operations of $186,000,000. 19 SEC. 153. Section 44302 of title 49, United States 20 Code, is amended in paragraph (f) by deleting ''September 21 30, 2013, and may extend through December 31, 2013'' 22 and inserting ''the date specified in section 106(3) of the 23 Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014'' in lieu thereof. 24 SEC. 154. Section 44303 of title 49, United States 25 Code, is amended in paragraph (b) by deleting ''December U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 22 1 31, 2013'' and inserting ''the date specified in section 2 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014'' in 3 lieu thereof. 4 SEC. 155. Section 44310 of title 49, United States 5 Code, is amended by deleting ''December 31, 2013'' and 6 inserting ''the date specified in section 106(3) of the Con7 tinuing Appropriations Act, 2014'' in lieu thereof. 8 SEC. 156. Notwithstanding any other provision of 9 law, the Secretary of Transportation may obligate not 10 more than $450,000,000 of the amounts made available 11 to carry out section 125 of title 23, United States Code, 12 under chapter 9 of title X of division A of the Disaster 13 Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113-2; 127 14 Stat. 34) under the heading ''EMERGENCY 15 GRAM'' under the heading ''FEDERAL-AID RELIEF PROHIGHWAYS'' 16 under the heading ''FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRA17 TION'' for emergency relief projects in the State of Colo- 18 rado arising from damage caused by flooding events in 19 that State in calendar year 2013: Provided, That such 20 amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency 21 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 22 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 23 1985. U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 23 1 SEC. 157. Notwithstanding any other provision of 2 this division, any reference in this division to ''this joint 3 resolution'' shall be deemed a reference to ''this Act''. 4 5 DIVISION B--OTHER MATTERS VERIFICATION OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND OTHER 6 QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE PROVISION OF ACA PRE- 7 MIUM AND COST-SHARING SUBSIDIES 8 SEC. 1001. (a) IN GENERAL.--Notwithstanding any 9 other provision of law, the Secretary of Health and 10 Human Services (referred to in this section as the ''Sec11 retary'') shall ensure that American Health Benefit Ex12 changes verify that individuals applying for premium tax 13 credits under section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code 14 of 1986 and reductions in cost-sharing under section 1402 15 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 16 U.S.C. 18071) are eligible for such credits and cost shar17 ing reductions consistent with the requirements of section 18 1411 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 18081), and, prior to making 19 such credits and reductions available, the Secretary shall 20 certify to the Congress that the Exchanges verify such eli21 gibility consistent with the requirements of such Act. 22 (b) REPORT BY SECRETARY.--Not later than Janu- 23 ary 1, 2014, the Secretary shall submit a report to the 24 Congress that details the procedures employed by Amer25 ican Health Benefit Exchanges to verify eligibility for U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 24 1 credits and cost-sharing reductions described in subsection 2 (a). 3 (c) REPORT BY INSPECTOR GENERAL.--Not later 4 than July 1, 2014, the Inspector General of the Depart5 ment of Health and Human Services shall submit to the 6 Congress a report regarding the effectiveness of the proce7 dures and safeguards provided under the Patient Protec8 tion and Affordable Care Act for preventing the submis9 sion of inaccurate or fraudulent information by applicants 10 for enrollment in a qualified health plan offered through 11 an American Health Benefit Exchange. 12 13 DEFAULT PREVENTION SEC. 1002. (a) SHORT TITLE.--This section may be 14 cited as the ''Default Prevention Act of 2013''. 15 (b) CERTIFICATION.--Not later than 3 days after the 16 date of enactment of this Act, the President may submit 17 to Congress a written certification that absent a suspen18 sion of the limit under section 3101(b) of title 31, United 19 States Code, the Secretary of the Treasury would be un20 able to issue debt to meet existing commitments. 21 22 (c) SUSPENSION.-- (1) IN GENERAL.--Section 3101(b) of title 31, 23 United States Code, shall not apply for the period 24 beginning on the date on which the President sub- U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 25 1 mits to Congress a certification under subsection (b) 2 and ending on February 7, 2014. 3 (2) SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO OBLIGATIONS 4 ISSUED 5 February 8, 2014, the limitation in section 3101(b) 6 of title 31, United States Code, as increased by sec- 7 tion 3101A of such title and section 2 of the No 8 Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 (31 U.S.C. 3101 note), 9 is increased to the extent that-- DURING SUSPENSION PERIOD.--Effective 10 (A) the face amount of obligations issued 11 under chapter 31 of such title and the face 12 amount of obligations whose principal and in- 13 terest are guaranteed by the United States Gov- 14 ernment (except guaranteed obligations held by 15 the Secretary of the Treasury) outstanding on 16 February 8, 2014, exceeds 17 (B) the face amount of such obligations 18 outstanding on the date of enactment of this 19 Act. 20 An obligation shall not be taken into account under 21 subparagraph (A) unless the issuance of such obliga- 22 tion was necessary to fund a commitment incurred 23 by the Federal Government that required payment 24 before February 8, 2014. 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APPRO. 26 1 (d) DISAPPROVAL.--If there is enacted into law with- 2 in 22 calendar days after Congress receives a written cer3 tification by the President under subsection (b) a joint res4 olution disapproving the President's exercise of authority 5 to suspend the debt ceiling under subsection (e), effective 6 on the date of enactment of the joint resolution, subsection 7 (c) is amended to read as follows: 8 9 ''(c) SUSPENSION.-- ''(1) IN GENERAL.--Section 3101(b) of title 31, 10 United States Code, shall not apply for the period 11 beginning on the date on which the President sub- 12 mits to Congress a certification under subsection (b) 13 and ending on the date of enactment of the joint 14 resolution pursuant to section 1002(e) of the Con- 15 tinuing Appropriations Act, 2014. 16 ''(2) SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO OBLIGATIONS 17 ISSUED DURING SUSPENSION PERIOD.--Effective 18 the day after the date of enactment of the joint reso- 19 lution pursuant to section 1002(e) of the Continuing 20 Appropriations Act, 2014, the limitation in section 21 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, as increased 22 by section 3101A of such title and section 2 of the 23 No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 (31 U.S.C. 3101 24 note), is increased to the extent that-- on U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 27 1 ''(A) the face amount of obligations issued 2 under chapter 31 of such title and the face 3 amount of obligations whose principal and in- 4 terest are guaranteed by the United States Gov- 5 ernment (except guaranteed obligations held by 6 the Secretary of the Treasury) outstanding on 7 the day after the date of enactment of the joint 8 resolution pursuant to section 1002(e) of the 9 Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014, exceeds 10 ''(B) the face amount of such obligations 11 outstanding on the date of enactment of this 12 Act. 13 An obligation shall not be taken into account under 14 subparagraph (A) unless the issuance of such obliga- 15 tion was necessary to fund a commitment incurred 16 by the Federal Government that required payment 17 before the day after the date of enactment of the 18 joint resolution pursuant to section 1002(e) of the 19 Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014.''. 20 (e) DISAPPROVAL PROCESS.-- 21 (1) CONTENTS OF JOINT RESOLUTION.--For 22 the purpose of this subsection, the term ''joint reso- 23 lution'' means only a joint resolution-- 24 (A) disapproving the President's exercise 25 of authority to suspend the debt limit that is in- U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 28 1 troduced within 14 calendar days after the date 2 on which the President submits to Congress the 3 certification under subsection (b); 4 (B) which does not have a preamble; 5 (C) the title of which is only as follows: 6 ''Joint resolution relating to the disapproval of 7 the President's exercise of authority to suspend 8 the debt limit, as submitted under section 9 1002(b) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 10 2014 on lllll'' (with the blank con- 11 taining the date of such submission); and 12 (D) the matter after the resolving clause of 13 which is only as follows: ''That Congress dis- 14 approves of the President's exercise of authority 15 to suspend the debt limit, as exercised pursuant 16 to the certification under section 1002(b) of the 17 Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014.''. 18 (2) EXPEDITED 19 20 CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.-- (A) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.--Any 21 committee of the House of Representatives to 22 which a joint resolution is referred shall report 23 it to the House of Representatives without 24 amendment not later than 5 calendar days after 25 the date of introduction of a joint resolution de- U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 29 1 scribed in paragraph (1). If a committee fails to 2 report the joint resolution within that period, 3 the committee shall be discharged from further 4 consideration of the joint resolution and the 5 joint resolution shall be referred to the appro- 6 priate calendar. 7 (B) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.-- 8 After each committee authorized to consider a 9 joint resolution reports it to the House of Rep- 10 resentatives or has been discharged from its 11 consideration, it shall be in order, not later 12 than the sixth day after introduction of a joint 13 resolution under paragraph (1), to move to pro- 14 ceed to consider the joint resolution in the 15 House of Representatives. All points of order 16 against the motion are waived. Such a motion 17 shall not be in order after the House of Rep- 18 resentatives has disposed of a motion to proceed 19 on a joint resolution. The previous question 20 shall be considered as ordered on the motion to 21 its adoption without intervening motion. The 22 motion shall not be debatable. A motion to re- 23 consider the vote by which the motion is dis- 24 posed of shall not be in order. U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 30 1 (C) CONSIDERATION.--The joint resolution 2 shall be considered as read. All points of order 3 against the joint resolution and against its con- 4 sideration are waived. The previous question 5 shall be considered as ordered on the joint reso- 6 lution to its passage without intervening motion 7 except 2 hours of debate equally divided and 8 controlled by the proponent and an opponent. A 9 motion to reconsider the vote on passage of the 10 joint resolution shall not be in order. 11 (3) EXPEDITED PROCEDURE IN SENATE.-- 12 (A) RECONVENING.--Upon receipt of a 13 certification under subsection (b), if the Senate 14 would otherwise be adjourned, the majority 15 leader of the Senate, after consultation with the 16 minority leader of the Senate, shall notify the 17 Members of the Senate that, pursuant to this 18 subsection, the Senate shall convene not later 19 than the thirteenth calendar day after receipt of 20 such certification. 21 (B) PLACEMENT ON CALENDAR.--Upon in- 22 troduction in the Senate, the joint resolution 23 shall be immediately placed on the calendar. 24 (C) FLOOR CONSIDERATION.-- U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 31 1 (i) IN GENERAL.--Notwithstanding 2 rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the 3 Senate, it is in order at any time during 4 the period beginning on the day after the 5 date on which Congress receives a certifi- 6 cation under subsection (b) and ending on 7 the 6th day after the date of introduction 8 of a joint resolution under paragraph (1) 9 (even if a previous motion to the same ef- 10 fect has been disagreed to) to move to pro- 11 ceed to the consideration of the joint reso- 12 lution, and all points of order against the 13 joint resolution (and against consideration 14 of the joint resolution) are waived. The 15 motion to proceed is not debatable. The 16 motion is not subject to a motion to post- 17 pone. A motion to reconsider the vote by 18 which the motion is agreed to or disagreed 19 to shall not be in order. If a motion to pro- 20 ceed to the consideration of the joint reso- 21 lution is agreed to, the joint resolution 22 shall remain the unfinished business until 23 disposed of. 24 (ii) 25 CONSIDERATION.--Consideration of the joint resolution, and on all debatable U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 32 1 motions and appeals in connection there- 2 with, shall be limited to not more than 10 3 hours, which shall be divided equally be- 4 tween the majority and minority leaders or 5 their designees. A motion further to limit 6 debate is in order and not debatable. An 7 amendment to, or a motion to postpone, or 8 a motion to proceed to the consideration of 9 other business, or a motion to recommit 10 11 the joint resolution is not in order. (iii) VOTE ON PASSAGE.--If the Sen- 12 ate has voted to proceed to a joint resolu- 13 tion, the vote on passage of the joint reso- 14 lution shall occur immediately following the 15 conclusion of consideration of the joint res- 16 olution, and a single quorum call at the 17 conclusion of the debate if requested in ac- 18 cordance with the rules of the Senate. 19 (iv) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PRO- 20 CEDURE.--Appeals 21 the Chair relating to the application of the 22 rules of the Senate, as the case may be, to 23 the procedure relating to a joint resolution 24 shall be decided without debate. from the decisions of U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 33 1 (4) AMENDMENT NOT IN ORDER.--A joint reso- 2 lution of disapproval considered pursuant to this 3 subsection shall not be subject to amendment in ei- 4 ther the House of Representatives or the Senate. 5 6 7 (5) COORDINATION WITH ACTION BY OTHER HOUSE.-- (A) IN GENERAL.--If, before passing the 8 joint resolution, one House receives from the 9 other a joint resolution-- 10 (i) the joint resolution of the other 11 House shall not be referred to a com- 12 mittee; and 13 (ii) the procedure in the receiving 14 House shall be the same as if no joint res- 15 olution had been received from the other 16 House, except that the vote on passage 17 shall be on the joint resolution of the other 18 House. 19 (B) TREATMENT OF JOINT RESOLUTION 20 OF OTHER HOUSE.--If the Senate fails to intro- 21 duce or consider a joint resolution under this 22 subsection, the joint resolution of the House of 23 Representatives shall be entitled to expedited 24 floor procedures under this subsection. U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 34 1 (C) TREATMENT OF COMPANION MEAS- 2 URES.--If, 3 tion in the Senate, the Senate then receives the 4 companion measure from the House of Rep- 5 resentatives, the companion measure shall not 6 be debatable. 7 following passage of the joint resolu- (D) CONSIDERATION 8 (i) IN AFTER PASSAGE.-- GENERAL.--If Congress passes 9 a joint resolution, the period beginning on 10 the date the President is presented with 11 the joint resolution and ending on the date 12 the President signs, allows to become law 13 without his signature, or vetoes and re- 14 turns the joint resolution (but excluding 15 days when either House is not in session) 16 shall be disregarded in computing the cal- 17 endar day period described in subsection 18 (d). 19 (ii) DEBATE ON A VETO MESSAGE.-- 20 Debate on a veto message in the Senate 21 under this subsection shall be 1 hour 22 equally divided between the majority and 23 minority leaders or their designees. U:\2014REPT\14rept\Amendment10-16-13D.xml SEN. APPRO. 35 1 (6) RULES 2 AND SENATE.--This 3 gress-- OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES subsection is enacted by Con- 4 (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power 5 of the Senate and House of Representatives, re- 6 spectively, and as such it is deemed a part of 7 the rules of each House, respectively, but appli- 8 cable only with respect to the procedure to be 9 followed in that House in the case of a joint 10 resolution, and it supersedes other rules only to 11 the extent that it is inconsistent with such 12 rules; and 13 (B) with full recognition of the constitu- 14 tional right of either House to change the rules 15 (so far as relating to the procedure of that 16 House) at any time, in the same manner, and 17 to the same extent as in the case of any other 18 rule of that House. 19 This Act may be cited as the ''Continuing Appropria- 20 tions Act, 2014''.