[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2775 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

                  In the Senate of the United States,

                                                      October 16, 2013.
    Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
2775) entitled ``An Act to condition the provision of premium and cost-
sharing subsidies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
upon a certification that a program to verify household income and 
other qualifications for such subsidies is operational, and for other 
purposes.'', do pass with the following

                              AMENDMENTS:

            Strike all after the enacting clause 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:

            DIVISION A--CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2014

    Sec. 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).
    Sec. 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.
    Sec. 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.
    Sec. 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.
    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) 
January 15, 2014.
    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. (a) Employees furloughed as a result of any lapse in 
appropriations which begins on or about October 1, 2013, shall be 
compensated at their standard rate of compensation, for the period of 
such lapse in appropriations, as soon as practicable after such lapse 
in appropriations ends.
    (b) For purposes of this section, ``employee'' means:
            (1) a federal employee;
            (2) an employee of the District of Columbia Courts;
            (3) an employee of the Public Defender Service for the 
        District of Columbia; or
            (4) a District of Columbia Government employee.
    (c) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the appropriations 
made and authority granted by this joint resolution for the purposes of 
maintaining the essential level of activity to protect life and 
property and bringing about orderly termination of Government 
functions, and for purposes as otherwise authorized by law, are hereby 
ratified and approved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of 
this joint resolution.
    Sec. 116. (a) If a State (or another Federal grantee) used State 
funds (or the grantee's non-Federal funds) to continue carrying out a 
Federal program or furloughed State employees (or the grantee's 
employees) whose compensation is advanced or reimbursed in whole or in 
part by the Federal Government--
            (1) such furloughed employees shall be compensated at their 
        standard rate of compensation for such period;
            (2) the State (or such other grantee) shall be reimbursed 
        for expenses that would have been paid by the Federal 
        Government during such period had appropriations been 
        available, including the cost of compensating such furloughed 
        employees, together with interest thereon calculated under 
        section 6503(d) of title 31, United States Code; and
            (3) the State (or such other grantee) may use funds 
        available to the State (or the grantee) under such Federal 
        program to reimburse such State (or the grantee), together with 
        interest thereon calculated under section 6503(d) of title 31, 
        United States Code.
    (b) For purposes of this section, the term ``State'' and the term 
``grantee'' shall have the meaning as such term is defined under the 
applicable Federal program under subsection (a). In addition, ``to 
continue carrying out a Federal program'' means the continued 
performance by a State or other Federal grantee, during the period of a 
lapse in appropriations, of a Federal program that the State or such 
other grantee had been carrying out prior to the period of the lapse in 
appropriations.
    (c) The authority under this section applies with respect to any 
period in fiscal year 2014 (not limited to periods beginning or ending 
after the date of the enactment of this joint resolution) during which 
there occurs a lapse in appropriations with respect to any department 
or agency of the Federal Government which, but for such lapse in 
appropriations, would have paid, or made reimbursement relating to, any 
of the expenses referred to in this section with respect to the program 
involved. Payments and reimbursements under this authority shall be 
made only to the extent and in amounts provided in advance in 
appropriations Acts.
    Sec. 117.  Expenditures made pursuant to the Pay Our Military Act 
(Public Law 113-39) shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, 
fund, or authorization provided in this joint resolution.
    Sec. 118.  For the purposes of this joint resolution, the time 
covered by this joint resolution shall be considered to have begun on 
October 1, 2013.
    Sec. 119.  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. 120.  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. 121.  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. 122.  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. 123.  Section 3(a)(6) of Public Law 100-676 is amended by 
striking both occurrences of ``$775,000,000'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof, ``$2,918,000,000''.
    Sec. 124.  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. 125.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for 
``The Judiciary--Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial 
Services--Salaries and Expenses'' at a rate of operations of 
$4,820,181,000:  Provided, That notwithstanding section 302 of Division 
C, of Public Law 112-74 as continued by Public Law 113-6, not to exceed 
$25,000,000 shall be available for transfer between accounts to 
maintain minimum operating levels.
    Sec. 126.  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. 127.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint 
resolution, 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. 128.  Section 302 of the Universal Service Anti-deficiency 
Temporary Suspension Act is amended by striking ``December 31, 2013'', 
each place it appears and inserting ``January 15, 2014''.
    Sec. 129.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for 
the ``Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board'' at a rate for 
operations of $3,100,000.
    Sec. 130.  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. 131.  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. 132.  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. 133. (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'', ``Department of Homeland Security--
U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Air and Marine Operations'', 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;
            (3) sustain necessary Air and Marine operations; and
            (4) 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. 134.  Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement 
Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied by substituting ``11 years'' for 
``10 years''.
    Sec. 135.  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. 136.  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. 137.  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. 138. (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. 139.  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.
    Sec. 140.  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''.
    Sec. 141.  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''.
    Sec. 142.  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.
    Sec. 143.  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.
    Sec. 144.  Subsection (b) of section 163 of Public Law 111-242, as 
amended, is further amended by striking ``2013-2014'' and inserting 
``2015-2016''.
    Sec. 145.  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.
    Sec. 146.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
adjustment shall be made under section 610(a) of the Legislative 
Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) (relating to cost of living 
adjustments for Members of Congress) during fiscal year 2014.
    Sec. 147.  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.
    Sec. 148.  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.
    Sec. 149.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for 
``Department of Transportation--Federal Aviation Administration--
Operations'', at a rate for operations of $9,248,418,000.
    Sec. 150.  Section 601(e)(1)(B) of division B of Public Law 110-432 
shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) 
for ``4 years after such date''.
    Sec. 151.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for 
``Maritime Administration--Maritime Security Program'', at a rate for 
operations of $186,000,000.
    Sec. 152.  Section 44302 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended in paragraph (f) by deleting ``September 30, 2013, and may 
extend through December 31, 2013'' and inserting ``the date specified 
in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014'' in lieu 
thereof.
    Sec. 153.  Section 44303 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended in paragraph (b) by deleting ``December 31, 2013'' and 
inserting ``the date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2014'' in lieu thereof.
    Sec. 154.  Section 44310 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by deleting ``December 31, 2013'' and inserting ``the date 
specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 
2014'' in lieu thereof.
    Sec. 155.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Transportation may obligate not more than $450,000,000 of 
the amounts made available to carry out section 125 of title 23, United 
States Code, under chapter 9 of title X of division A of the Disaster 
Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113-2; 127 Stat. 34) under 
the heading ``emergency relief program'' under the heading ``federal-
aid highways'' under the heading ``Federal Highway Administration'' for 
emergency relief projects in the State of Colorado arising from damage 
caused by flooding events in that State in calendar year 2013:  
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 156.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, 
any reference in this division to ``this joint resolution'' shall be 
deemed a reference to ``this Act''.
    Sec. 157.  Fourteen days after the Department of Homeland Security 
submits a report or expenditure plan required under this division to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of 
Representatives, the Secretary shall submit a copy of that report to 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives.

                       DIVISION B--OTHER MATTERS

   verification of household income and other qualifications for the 
          provision of aca premium and cost-sharing subsidies

    Sec. 1001. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this 
section as the ``Secretary'') shall ensure that American Health Benefit 
Exchanges verify that individuals applying for premium tax credits 
under section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and reductions 
in cost-sharing under section 1402 of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18071) are eligible for such credits and 
cost sharing reductions consistent with the requirements of section 
1411 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 18081), and, prior to making such credits 
and reductions available, the Secretary shall certify to the Congress 
that the Exchanges verify such eligibility consistent with the 
requirements of such Act.
    (b) Report by Secretary.--Not later than January 1, 2014, the 
Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress that details the 
procedures employed by American Health Benefit Exchanges to verify 
eligibility for credits and cost-sharing reductions described in 
subsection (a).
    (c) Report by Inspector General.--Not later than July 1, 2014, the 
Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services shall 
submit to the Congress a report regarding the effectiveness of the 
procedures and safeguards provided under the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act for preventing the submission of inaccurate or 
fraudulent information by applicants for enrollment in a qualified 
health plan offered through an American Health Benefit Exchange.

                           default prevention

    Sec. 1002. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
``Default Prevention Act of 2013''.
    (b) Certification.--Not later than 3 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the President may submit to Congress a written 
certification that absent a suspension of the limit under section 
3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary of the Treasury 
would be unable to issue debt to meet existing commitments.
    (c) Suspension.--
            (1) In general.--Section 3101(b) of title 31, United States 
        Code, shall not apply for the period beginning on the date on 
        which the President submits to Congress a certification under 
        subsection (b) and ending on February 7, 2014.
            (2) Special rule relating to obligations issued during 
        suspension period.--Effective February 8, 2014, the limitation 
        in section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, as 
        increased by section 3101A of such title and section 2 of the 
        No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013 (31 U.S.C. 3101 note), is 
        increased to the extent that--
                    (A) the face amount of obligations issued under 
                chapter 31 of such title and the face amount of 
                obligations whose principal and interest are guaranteed 
                by the United States Government (except guaranteed 
                obligations held by the Secretary of the Treasury) 
                outstanding on February 8, 2014, exceeds
                    (B) the face amount of such obligations outstanding 
                on the date of enactment of this Act.
        An obligation shall not be taken into account under 
        subparagraph (A) unless the issuance of such obligation was 
        necessary to fund a commitment incurred by the Federal 
        Government that required payment before February 8, 2014.
    (d) Disapproval.--If there is enacted into law within 22 calendar 
days after Congress receives a written certification by the President 
under subsection (b) a joint resolution disapproving the President's 
exercise of authority to suspend the debt ceiling under subsection (e), 
effective on the date of enactment of the joint resolution, subsection 
(c) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(c) Suspension.--
            ``(1) In general.--Section 3101(b) of title 31, United 
        States Code, shall not apply for the period beginning on the 
        date on which the President submits to Congress a certification 
        under subsection (b) and ending on the date of enactment of the 
        joint resolution pursuant to section 1002(e) of the Continuing 
        Appropriations Act, 2014.
            ``(2) Special rule relating to obligations issued during 
        suspension period.--Effective on the day after the date of 
        enactment of the joint resolution pursuant to section 1002(e) 
        of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014, the limitation in 
        section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, as increased 
        by section 3101A of such title and section 2 of the No Budget, 
        No Pay Act of 2013 (31 U.S.C. 3101 note), is increased to the 
        extent that--
                    ``(A) the face amount of obligations issued under 
                chapter 31 of such title and the face amount of 
                obligations whose principal and interest are guaranteed 
                by the United States Government (except guaranteed 
                obligations held by the Secretary of the Treasury) 
                outstanding on the day after the date of enactment of 
                the joint resolution pursuant to section 1002(e) of the 
                Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014, exceeds
                    ``(B) the face amount of such obligations 
                outstanding on the date of enactment of this Act.
        An obligation shall not be taken into account under 
        subparagraph (A) unless the issuance of such obligation was 
        necessary to fund a commitment incurred by the Federal 
        Government that required payment before the day after the date 
        of enactment of the joint resolution pursuant to section 
        1002(e) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014.''.
    (e) Disapproval Process.--
            (1) Contents of joint resolution.--For the purpose of this 
        subsection, the term ``joint resolution'' means only a joint 
        resolution--
                    (A) disapproving the President's exercise of 
                authority to suspend the debt limit that is introduced 
                within 14 calendar days after the date on which the 
                President submits to Congress the certification under 
                subsection (b);
                    (B) which does not have a preamble;
                    (C) the title of which is only as follows: ``Joint 
                resolution relating to the disapproval of the 
                President's exercise of authority to suspend the debt 
                limit, as submitted under section 1002(b) of the 
                Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014 on _____'' (with 
                the blank containing the date of such submission); and
                    (D) the matter after the resolving clause of which 
                is only as follows: ``That Congress disapproves of the 
                President's exercise of authority to suspend the debt 
                limit, as exercised pursuant to the certification under 
                section 1002(b) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 
                2014.''.
            (2) Expedited consideration in house of representatives.--
                    (A) Reporting and discharge.--Any committee of the 
                House of Representatives to which a joint resolution is 
                referred shall report it to the House of 
                Representatives without amendment not later than 5 
                calendar days after the date of introduction of a joint 
                resolution described in paragraph (1). If a committee 
                fails to report the joint resolution within that 
                period, the committee shall be discharged from further 
                consideration of the joint resolution and the joint 
                resolution shall be referred to the appropriate 
                calendar.
                    (B) Proceeding to consideration.--After each 
                committee authorized to consider a joint resolution 
                reports it to the House of Representatives or has been 
                discharged from its consideration, it shall be in 
                order, not later than the sixth day after introduction 
                of a joint resolution under paragraph (1), to move to 
                proceed to consider the joint resolution in the House 
                of Representatives. All points of order against the 
                motion are waived. Such a motion shall not be in order 
                after the House of Representatives has disposed of a 
                motion to proceed on a joint resolution. The previous 
                question shall be considered as ordered on the motion 
                to its adoption without intervening motion. The motion 
                shall not be debatable. A motion to reconsider the vote 
                by which the motion is disposed of shall not be in 
                order.
                    (C) Consideration.--The joint resolution shall be 
                considered as read. All points of order against the 
                joint resolution and against its consideration are 
                waived. The previous question shall be considered as 
                ordered on the joint resolution to its passage without 
                intervening motion except 2 hours of debate equally 
                divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
                opponent. A motion to reconsider the vote on passage of 
                the joint resolution shall not be in order.
            (3) Expedited procedure in senate.--
                    (A) Reconvening.--Upon receipt of a certification 
                under subsection (b), if the Senate would otherwise be 
                adjourned, the majority leader of the Senate, after 
                consultation with the minority leader of the Senate, 
                shall notify the Members of the Senate that, pursuant 
                to this subsection, the Senate shall convene not later 
                than the thirteenth calendar day after receipt of such 
                certification.
                    (B) Placement on calendar.--Upon introduction in 
                the Senate, the joint resolution shall be immediately 
                placed on the calendar.
                    (C) Floor consideration.--
                            (i) In general.--Notwithstanding rule XXII 
                        of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is in 
                        order at any time during the period beginning 
                        on the day after the date on which Congress 
                        receives a certification under subsection (b) 
                        and ending on the 6th day after the date of 
                        introduction of a joint resolution under 
                        paragraph (1) (even if a previous motion to the 
                        same effect has been disagreed to) to move to 
                        proceed to the consideration of the joint 
                        resolution, and all points of order against the 
                        joint resolution (and against consideration of 
                        the joint resolution) are waived. The motion to 
                        proceed is not debatable. The motion is not 
                        subject to a motion to postpone. A motion to 
                        reconsider the vote by which the motion is 
                        agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in 
                        order. If a motion to proceed to the 
                        consideration of the joint resolution is agreed 
                        to, the joint resolution shall remain the 
                        unfinished business until disposed of.
                            (ii) Consideration.--Consideration of the 
                        joint resolution, and on all debatable motions 
                        and appeals in connection therewith, shall be 
                        limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall 
                        be divided equally between the majority and 
                        minority leaders or their designees. A motion 
                        further to limit debate is in order and not 
                        debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to 
                        postpone, or a motion to proceed to the 
                        consideration of other business, or a motion to 
                        recommit the joint resolution is not in order.
                            (iii) Vote on passage.--If the Senate has 
                        voted to proceed to a joint resolution, the 
                        vote on passage of the joint resolution shall 
                        occur immediately following the conclusion of 
                        consideration of the joint resolution, and a 
                        single quorum call at the conclusion of the 
                        debate if requested in accordance with the 
                        rules of the Senate.
                            (iv) Rulings of the chair on procedure.--
                        Appeals from the decisions of the Chair 
                        relating to the application of the rules of the 
                        Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure 
                        relating to a joint resolution shall be decided 
                        without debate.
            (4) Amendment not in order.--A joint resolution of 
        disapproval considered pursuant to this subsection shall not be 
        subject to amendment in either the House of Representatives or 
        the Senate.
            (5) Coordination with action by other house.--
                    (A) In general.--If, before passing the joint 
                resolution, one House receives from the other a joint 
                resolution--
                            (i) the joint resolution of the other House 
                        shall not be referred to a committee; and
                            (ii) the procedure in the receiving House 
                        shall be the same as if no joint resolution had 
                        been received from the other House, except that 
                        the vote on passage shall be on the joint 
                        resolution of the other House.
                    (B) Treatment of joint resolution of other house.--
                If the Senate fails to introduce or consider a joint 
                resolution under this subsection, the joint resolution 
                of the House of Representatives shall be entitled to 
                expedited floor procedures under this subsection.
                    (C) Treatment of companion measures.--If, following 
                passage of the joint resolution in the Senate, the 
                Senate then receives the companion measure from the 
                House of Representatives, the companion measure shall 
                not be debatable.
                    (D) Consideration after passage.--
                            (i) In general.--If Congress passes a joint 
                        resolution, the period beginning on the date 
                        the President is presented with the joint 
                        resolution and ending on the date the President 
                        signs, allows to become law without his 
                        signature, or vetoes and returns the joint 
                        resolution (but excluding days when either 
                        House is not in session) shall be disregarded 
                        in computing the calendar day period described 
                        in subsection (d).
                            (ii) Debate on a veto message.--Debate on a 
                        veto message in the Senate under this 
                        subsection shall be 1 hour equally divided 
                        between the majority and minority leaders or 
                        their designees.
            (6) Rules of house of representatives and senate.--This 
        subsection is enacted by Congress--
                    (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the 
                Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, and 
                as such it is deemed a part of the rules of each House, 
                respectively, but applicable only with respect to the 
                procedure to be followed in that House in the case of a 
                joint resolution, and it supersedes other rules only to 
                the extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and
                    (B) with full recognition of the constitutional 
                right of either House to change the rules (so far as 
                relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 
                in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the 
                case of any other rule of that House.
     This Act may be cited as the ``Continuing Appropriations Act, 
2014''.

            Amend the title so as to read: ``An Act making continuing 
        appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, 
        and for other purposes.''.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
113th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H.R. 2775

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