[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 127 (Tuesday, September 24, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6760-S6761]
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 1966. Mr. NELSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 59, making continuing 
appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. ___.  None of the funds made available under this 
     joint resolution may be used to implement, carry out, 
     administer, or enforce the amendments made by sections 100205 
     and 100207 of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act 
     of 2012 (Public Law 112-141; 126 Stat. 917) to sections 1307 
     and 1308 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 
     U.S.C. 4014 and 4015).
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  SA 1967. Mr. VITTER (for himself, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Heller, Mr. Lee, Mr. 
Johnson of Wisconsin, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. Cruz) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 59, 
making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __.  Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Patient Protection 
     and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)(D)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking the subparagraph heading and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(D) Members of congress, congressional staff, and 
     political appointees in the exchange.--'';
       (2) in clause (i), in the matter preceding subclause (I)--
       (A) by striking ``and congressional staff with'' and 
     inserting ``, congressional staff, the President, the Vice 
     President, and political appointees with''; and
       (B) by striking ``or congressional staff shall'' and 
     inserting ``, congressional staff, the President, the Vice 
     President, or a political appointee shall'';
       (3) in clause (ii)--
       (A) in subclause (II), by inserting after ``Congress,'' the 
     following: ``of a committee of Congress, or of a leadership 
     office of Congress,''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:

       ``(III) Political appointee.--In this subparagraph, the 
     term `political appointee' means any individual who--

       ``(aa) is employed in a position described under sections 
     5312 through 5316 of title 5, United States Code, (relating 
     to the Executive Schedule);
       ``(bb) is a limited term appointee, limited emergency 
     appointee, or noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive 
     Service, as defined under paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), 
     respectively, of section 3132(a) of title 5, United States 
     Code; or
       ``(cc) is employed in a position in the executive branch of 
     the Government of a confidential or policy-determining 
     character under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 
     5 of the Code of Federal Regulations.''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(iii) Government contribution.--No Government 
     contribution under section 8906 of title 5, United States 
     Code, shall be provided on behalf of an individual who is a 
     Member of Congress, a congressional staff member, the 
     President, the Vice President, or a political appointees for 
     coverage under this paragraph.
       ``(iv) Limitation on amount of tax credit or cost-
     sharing.--An individual enrolling in health insurance 
     coverage pursuant to this paragraph shall not be eligible to 
     receive a tax credit under section 36B of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 or reduced cost sharing under section 
     1402 of this Act in an amount that exceeds the total amount 
     for which a similarly situated individual (who is not so 
     enrolled) would be entitled to receive under such sections.
       ``(v) Limitation on discretion for designation of staff.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a Member of 
     Congress shall not have discretion in determinations with 
     respect to which employees employed by the office of such 
     Member are eligible to enroll for coverage through an 
     Exchange.''.
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  SA 1968. Mr. HELLER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 59, making continuing 
appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __. (a) Appropriation of Funds for Military Pay and 
     Allowances.--During a funding gap impacting the Armed Forces, 
     the Secretary of the Treasury shall make available to the 
     Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     in the case of the Coast Guard), out of any amounts in the 
     general fund of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such 
     amounts as the Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard) determines 
     to be necessary to continue to provide pay and allowances 
     (without interruption) to the following:
       (1) Members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and 
     Coast Guard, including reserve components thereof, who 
     perform active service during the funding gap.
       (2) At the discretion of the Secretary of Defense, such 
     civilian personnel of the Department of Defense who are 
     providing support to the members of the Armed Forces 
     described in paragraph (1) as the Secretary considers 
     appropriate.
       (3) At the discretion of the Secretary of Defense, such 
     personnel of contractors of the Department of Defense who are 
     providing direct support to the members of the Armed Forces 
     described in paragraph (1) as the Secretary considers 
     appropriate.
       (b) Funding Gap Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``funding gap'' means any period of time after the beginning 
     of a fiscal year for which interim or full-year 
     appropriations for the personnel accounts of the Armed Forces 
     for that fiscal year have not been enacted.
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  SA 1969. Mr. HELLER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 59, making continuing 
appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. ___. (a) If both Houses of Congress have not approved 
     a concurrent resolution on the budget as described under 
     section 301 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment 
     Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632) for a fiscal year before 
     October 1 of that fiscal year and have not passed all the 
     regular appropriations bills for the next fiscal year before 
     October 1 of that fiscal year, the pay of each Member of 
     Congress may not be paid for each day following that October 
     1 until the date on which both Houses of Congress approve a 
     concurrent resolution on the budget for that fiscal year and 
     all the regular appropriations bills.
       (b)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
     may be appropriated or otherwise be made available from the 
     United States Treasury for the pay of any Member of Congress 
     during any period determined by the Chairpersons of the 
     Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Appropriations 
     of the Senate or the Chairpersons of the Committee on the 
     Budget and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives under subsection (c).
       (2) A Member of Congress may not receive pay for any period 
     determined by the Chairpersons of the Committee on the Budget 
     and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate or the 
     Chairpersons of the Committee on the Budget and the Committee 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives under 
     subsection (c), at any time after the end of that period.
       (c)(1)(A) On October 1 of each year, the Secretary of the 
     Senate shall submit a request to the Chairpersons of the 
     Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Appropriations 
     of the Senate for certification of determinations made under 
     subparagraphs (B)(i) and (ii).
       (B) The Chairpersons of the Committee on the Budget and the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the Senate shall--
       (i) on October 1 of each year, make a determination of 
     whether Congress is in compliance with subsection (a) and 
     whether Senators may not be paid under that subsection;
       (ii) determine the period of days following each October 1 
     that Senators may not be paid under subsection (a); and
       (iii) provide timely certification of the determinations 
     under clauses (i) and (ii) upon the request of the Secretary 
     of the Senate.
       (2)(A) On October 1 of each year, the Chief Administrative 
     Officer of the House of Representatives shall submit a 
     request to the

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     Chairpersons of the Committee on the Budget and the Committee 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives for 
     certification of determinations made under subparagraphs 
     (B)(i) and (ii).
       (B) The Chairpersons of the Committee on the Budget and the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     shall--
       (i) on October 1 of each year, make a determination of 
     whether Congress is in compliance with subsection (a) and 
     whether the Members of the House of Representatives may not 
     be paid under that subsection;
       (ii) determine the period of days following each October 1 
     that Members of the House of Representatives may not be paid 
     under subsection (a); and
       (iii) provide timely certification of the determinations 
     under clauses (i) and (ii) upon the request of the Chief 
     Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives.
       (d) This section shall take effect on February 1, 2015.
       (e) In this section, the term ``Member of Congress''--
       (1) has the meaning given that term in section 2106 of 
     title 5, United States Code; and
       (2) does not include the Vice President.

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