[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 59 Engrossed Amendment House (EAH)]
In the House of Representatives, U. S.,
September 29 (legislative day, September 28), 2013.
Resolved, That the House agree 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.'', with the
following
HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO SENATE AMENDMENT:
(1)Page 4, line 21 of the Senate engrossed amendment, in the matter proposed to
be inserted by the Senate amendment, strike section 105 and all that follows
through section 129 and insert the following (renumbering succeeding sections
accordingly):
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian
personnel compensation and benefits in each department and agency may
be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to avoid
furloughs within such 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.
Sec. 113. Funds appropriated by this joint resolution may be
obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91-672
(22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations
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)).
Sec. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference in this joint
resolution that was previously designated by the Congress for Overseas
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the Congress for Overseas
Contingency Operations/Global War on 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 116. Section 408 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736b)
shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3)
of this joint resolution for ``December 31, 2012''.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 119. Section 14704 of title 40, United States Code, shall be
applied to amounts made available by this joint resolution by
substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint
resolution for ``October 1, 2012''.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 121. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for
``The Judiciary--Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial
Services--Defender Services'' at a rate for operations of
$1,012,000,000.
Sec. 122. For the period covered by this joint 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''.
Sec. 123. The authority provided by section 532 of Public Law 109-
295 shall continue in effect through the date specified in section
106(3) of this joint resolution.
Sec. 124. The authority provided by section 831 of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) shall continue in effect through
the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution.
Sec. 125. (a) Any amounts made available pursuant to section 101
for ``Department of Homeland Security--U.S. Customs and Border
Protection--Salaries and 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 129. (a) 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.
(b) 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.
Sec. 130. 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.''.
Sec. 131. (a) Repeal of Medical Device Excise Tax.--Chapter 32 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subchapter E.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Subsection (a) of section 4221 of
such Code is amended by striking the last sentence.
(2) Paragraph (2) of section 6416(b) of such Code is amended by
striking the last sentence.
(3) The table of subchapters for chapter 32 of such Code is amended
by striking the item relating to subchapter E.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to sales after the date of the enactment of this joint
resolution.
(2)Page 5, line 1 of the Senate engrossed amendment, in the matter proposed to
be inserted by the Senate amendment, strike section 106 and all that follows
through section 129 and insert the following (renumbering succeeding sections
accordingly):
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian
personnel compensation and benefits in each department and agency may
be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to avoid
furloughs within such 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.
Sec. 113. Funds appropriated by this joint resolution may be
obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91-672
(22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations
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)).
Sec. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference in this joint
resolution that was previously designated by the Congress for Overseas
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the Congress for Overseas
Contingency Operations/Global War on 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 116. Section 408 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736b)
shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3)
of this joint resolution for ``December 31, 2012''.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 119. Section 14704 of title 40, United States Code, shall be
applied to amounts made available by this joint resolution by
substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint
resolution for ``October 1, 2012''.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 121. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for
``The Judiciary--Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial
Services--Defender Services'' at a rate for operations of
$1,012,000,000.
Sec. 122. For the period covered by this joint 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''.
Sec. 123. The authority provided by section 532 of Public Law 109-
295 shall continue in effect through the date specified in section
106(3) of this joint resolution.
Sec. 124. The authority provided by section 831 of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) shall continue in effect through
the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution.
Sec. 125. (a) Any amounts made available pursuant to section 101
for ``Department of Homeland Security--U.S. Customs and Border
Protection--Salaries and 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 129. (a) 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.
(b) 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.
Sec. 130. 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.''.
Sec. 131. (a) One-year Delay in Implementation of ACA.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including section 106 of
this joint resolution), to the extent that a provision of ACA (or a
change in law attributable to such a provision) is scheduled to and
would otherwise take effect on a date during the period beginning on
October 1, 2013, and ending on December 31, 2014, such provision (or
change) shall not be effective during the 1-year period beginning on
such date. During such 1-year period, the previous sentence shall be
implemented in a manner as to continue the law as in effect as of the
day before such date and shall take into account changes that would
otherwise be made without regard to any such provision. Upon the
expiration of such 1-year period, except as may otherwise be provided,
the provisions of ACA (including the changes in law attributable to
such provisions) shall be implemented as if the previous provisions of
this subsection had not applied. Section 2713(a)(4) of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-13(a)(4)) shall not be effective
for any period before January 1, 2015, with respect to the requirement
for specific coverage for any sponsor of a group health plan (or, in
the case of student health plans, the institution of higher education
offering such plans), health insurance issuer, or individual opposing
such requirement for coverage based on religious or moral objections.
(b)(1) Internal Revenue Code of 1986.--In the case of any amendment
made by ACA to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, such amendment shall
not apply to--
(A) except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, taxable
years or plan years, as the case may be, beginning during 2014,
(B) in the case of sections 36B and 4980H of such Code,
months beginning during 2014,
(C) in the case of section 4191 of such Code, sales during
2014,
(D) in the case of subchapter B of chapter 34 of such Code,
policy and plan years beginning during 2014,
(E) in the case of section 5000B of such Code, services
performed during 2014,
(F) in the case of sections 6055 and 6056 of such Code,
calendar year 2014,
(G) in the case of any amendment made by ACA to section
6103 of such Code, disclosures during 2014,
(H) in the case of any amendment made by section 9004 of
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, distributions
made during 2014, and
(I) in the case of any amendment made by section 1409 of
the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010,
transactions entered into during 2014.
(2)(A) Annual Fees.--Sections 9008 and 9010 of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act shall not apply to annual payment
dates (within the meaning of such sections) during 2014.
(B) Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund.--Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, during 2014, no amount may be--
(i) appropriated, credited, or otherwise transferred to the
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund, or
(ii) transferred from such Fund.
Subsections (a) and (b)(1) shall not apply to section 9511 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(3)(A) Coordination With Provisions Suspended Under This
Subsection.--Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to any
provision of ACA to which this subsection applies.
(B) Coordination With Provisions Not Suspended Under Subsection
(a).--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to--
(i) section 9815 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
(ii) the amendments made by section 1322(h) of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act, and
(iii) the amendments made by section 1004(d) of the Health
Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
(c) Implementation.--The Secretaries of Health and Human Services
and the Treasury shall take such steps as may be required to implement
the provisions of this section on a timely basis.
(d) ACA Defined.--In this section, the term ``ACA'' means--
(1) the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public
Law 111-148), including any amendment made by such Act; and
(2) title I and subtitle B of title II of the Health Care
and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-152),
including any amendment made by such title or subtitle.
Attest:
Clerk.
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. J. Res. 59
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