[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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