F:\TRC\TRC_166.XML HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.J. RES. 59 OFFERED BY MR. ROGERS OF KENTUCKY Page 4, line 21, of the Senate engrossed amendment, in the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment, strike section 105 and all that follows through section 137 and insert the following: 1 SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority grant- 2 ed pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obliga3 tions or expenditures incurred for any project or activity 4 during the period for which funds or authority for such 5 project or activity are available under this joint resolution. 6 SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint 7 resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal 8 year 2014, appropriations and funds made available and 9 authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall 10 be available until whichever of the following first occurs: 11 (1) the enactment into law of an appropriation for any 12 project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2) 13 the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations 14 Act for fiscal year 2014 without any provision for such 15 project or activity; or (3) December 15, 2013. For pur16 poses of this joint resolution, the period of time covered f:\VHLC\101513\101513.092.xml October 15, 2013 (4:30 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:30 Oct 15, 2013 Jkt 000000 (562537|12) PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\DOCUME~1\TRCASS~1\APPLIC~1\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\5.5\GEN\C\TRC_166.XML HO F:\TRC\TRC_166.XML 2 1 by this joint resolution shall be considered to have begun 2 on October 1, 2013. 3 SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint 4 resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, 5 fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli6 cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is 7 enacted into law. 8 SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made 9 available by or authority granted pursuant to this joint 10 resolution may be used without regard to the time limita11 tions for submission and approval of apportionments set 12 forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but 13 nothing in this joint resolution may be construed to waive 14 any other provision of law governing the apportionment 15 of funds. 16 SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of 17 this joint resolution, except section 106, for those pro18 grams that would otherwise have high initial rates of oper19 ation or complete distribution of appropriations at the be20 ginning of fiscal year 2014 because of distributions of 21 funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, 22 such high initial rates of operation or complete distribu23 tion shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded 24 for such programs funded by this joint resolution that 25 would impinge on final funding prerogatives. f:\VHLC\101513\101513.092.xml October 15, 2013 (4:30 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:30 Oct 15, 2013 Jkt 000000 (562537|12) PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\DOCUME~1\TRCASS~1\APPLIC~1\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\5.5\GEN\C\TRC_166.XML HO F:\TRC\TRC_166.XML 3 1 SEC. 110. This joint resolution shall be implemented 2 so that only the most limited funding action of that per3 mitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to 4 provide for continuation of projects and activities. 5 SEC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory 6 payments whose budget authority was provided in appro7 priations Acts for fiscal year 2013, and for activities under 8 the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be 9 continued at the rate to maintain program levels under 10 current law, under the authority and conditions provided 11 in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2013, 12 to be continued through the date specified in section 13 106(3). 14 (b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for man- 15 datory payments due on or about the first day of any 16 month that begins after October 2013 but not later than 17 30 days after the date specified in section 106(3) may con18 tinue to be made, and funds shall be available for such 19 payments. 20 SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 21 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each 22 department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate 23 for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such de24 partment or agency, consistent with the applicable appro25 priations Act for fiscal year 2013, except that such author- f:\VHLC\101513\101513.092.xml October 15, 2013 (4:30 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:30 Oct 15, 2013 Jkt 000000 (562537|12) PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\DOCUME~1\TRCASS~1\APPLIC~1\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\5.5\GEN\C\TRC_166.XML HO F:\TRC\TRC_166.XML 4 1 ity provided under this section shall not be used until after 2 the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 3 to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative ex4 penses. 5 SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this joint resolution 6 may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 7 of Public Law 91-672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of 8 the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 9 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Au10 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 11 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act 12 of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 13 SEC. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference 14 in this joint resolution that was previously designated by 15 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 16 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 17 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 18 1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 19 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the Congress 20 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter21 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or 22 as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 23 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively. 24 (b) Of the amounts made available by section 101 25 for ''Social Security Administration, Limitation on Admin- f:\VHLC\101513\101513.092.xml October 15, 2013 (4:30 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:30 Oct 15, 2013 Jkt 000000 (562537|12) PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\DOCUME~1\TRCASS~1\APPLIC~1\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\5.5\GEN\C\TRC_166.XML HO F:\TRC\TRC_166.XML 5 1 istrative Expenses'' for the cost associated with continuing 2 disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social 3 Security Act and for the cost associated with conducting 4 redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI of the Social 5 Security Act, $273,000,000 is provided to meet the terms 6 of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced Budget 7 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, 8 and $469,639,000 is additional new budget authority 9 specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act. 10 (c) Section 5 of Public Law 113-6 shall apply to 11 amounts designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contin12 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism. 13 SEC. 115. Section 3003 of division G of Public Law 14 113-6 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this joint 15 resolution by substituting ''fiscal year 2014'' for ''fiscal 16 year 2013'' each place it appears. 17 SEC. 116. Section 408 of the Food for Peace Act (7 18 U.S.C. 1736b) shall be applied by substituting the date 19 specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ''De20 cember 31, 2012''. 21 SEC. 117. Amounts made available under section 101 22 for ''Department of Commerce--National Oceanic and At23 mospheric Administration--Procurement, Acquisition and 24 Construction'' may be apportioned up to the rate for oper25 ations necessary to maintain the planned launch schedules f:\VHLC\101513\101513.092.xml October 15, 2013 (4:30 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:30 Oct 15, 2013 Jkt 000000 (562537|12) PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\DOCUME~1\TRCASS~1\APPLIC~1\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\5.5\GEN\C\TRC_166.XML HO F:\TRC\TRC_166.XML 6 1 for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Geostationary 2 Operational Environmental Satellite system. 3 SEC. 118. (a) The authority provided by sections 4 1205 and 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act 5 for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81) shall continue 6 in effect, notwithstanding subsection (h) of section 1206, 7 through the earlier of the date specified in section 106(3) 8 of this joint resolution or the date of the enactment of 9 an Act authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for 10 military activities of the Department of Defense. 11 (b) This section shall take effect as though enacted 12 on September 30, 2013. 13 SEC. 119. Section 14704 of title 40, United States 14 Code, shall be applied to amounts made available by this 15 joint resolution by substituting the date specified in sec16 tion 106(3) of this joint resolution for ''October 1, 2012''. 17 SEC. 120. Notwithstanding any other provision of 18 this joint resolution, except section 106, the District of 19 Columbia may expend local funds under the heading ''Dis20 trict of Columbia Funds'' for such programs and activities 21 under title IV of H.R. 2786 (113th Congress), as reported 22 by the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep23 resentatives, at the rate set forth under ''District of Co24 lumbia Funds--Summary of Expenses'' as included in the 25 Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request Act of 2013 (D.C. Act f:\VHLC\101513\101513.092.xml October 15, 2013 (4:30 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:30 Oct 15, 2013 Jkt 000000 (562537|12) PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\DOCUME~1\TRCASS~1\APPLIC~1\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\5.5\GEN\C\TRC_166.XML HO F:\TRC\TRC_166.XML 7 1 20-127), as modified as of the date of the enactment of 2 this joint resolution. 3 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 4 provided for ''The Judiciary--Courts of Appeals, District 5 Courts, and Other Judicial Services--Defender Services'' 6 at a rate for operations of $1,012,000,000. 7 SEC. 122. (a) For the period covered by this joint 8 resolution, section 550(b) of Public Law 109-295 (6 9 U.S.C. 121 note) shall be applied by substituting the date 10 specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ''Oc11 tober 4, 2013''. 12 (b) This section shall take effect as though enacted 13 on September 30, 2013. 14 SEC. 123. (a) The authority provided by section 532 15 of Public Law 109-295 shall continue in effect through 16 the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 17 (b) This section shall take effect as though enacted 18 on September 30, 2013. 19 SEC. 124. (a) The authority provided by section 831 20 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) 21 shall continue in effect through the date specified in sec22 tion 106(3) of this joint resolution. 23 (b) This section shall take effect as though enacted 24 on September 30, 2013. f:\VHLC\101513\101513.092.xml October 15, 2013 (4:30 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:30 Oct 15, 2013 Jkt 000000 (562537|12) PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\DOCUME~1\TRCASS~1\APPLIC~1\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\5.5\GEN\C\TRC_166.XML HO F:\TRC\TRC_166.XML 8 1 SEC. 125. (a) Any amounts made available pursuant 2 to section 101 for ''Department of Homeland Security-- 3 U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Salaries and Ex4 penses'', ''Department of Homeland Security--U.S. Cus5 toms and Border Protection--Border Security Fencing, 6 Infrastructure, and Technology'', ''Department of Home7 land Security--U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Air 8 and Marine Operations'', and ''Department of Homeland 9 Security--U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-- 10 Salaries and Expenses'' shall be obligated at a rate for 11 operations as necessary to respectively-- 12 (1) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Customs 13 and Border Protection Officers, equivalent to the 14 staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013, and 15 comply with the last proviso under the heading ''De- 16 partment of Homeland Security--U.S. Customs and 17 Border Protection--Salaries and Expenses'' in divi- 18 sion D of Public Law 113-6; 19 (2) sustain border security operations, including 20 sustaining the operation of Tethered Aerostat Radar 21 Systems; 22 23 (3) sustain necessary Air and Marine operations; and 24 (4) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Immigra- 25 tion and Customs Enforcement agents, equivalent to f:\VHLC\101513\101513.092.xml October 15, 2013 (4:30 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:30 Oct 15, 2013 Jkt 000000 (562537|12) PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\DOCUME~1\TRCASS~1\APPLIC~1\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\5.5\GEN\C\TRC_166.XML HO F:\TRC\TRC_166.XML 9 1 the staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013, 2 and comply with the sixth proviso under the heading 3 ''Department of Homeland Security--U.S. Immigra- 4 tion and Customs Enforcement--Salaries and Ex- 5 penses'' in division D of Public Law 113-6. 6 (b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify 7 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep8 resentatives and the Senate on each use of the authority 9 provided in this section. 10 SEC. 126. In addition to the amount otherwise pro- 11 vided by section 101 for ''Department of the Interior-- 12 Department-wide Programs--Wildland Fire Manage13 ment'', there is appropriated $36,000,000 for an addi14 tional amount for fiscal year 2014, to remain available 15 until expended, for urgent wildland fire suppression activi16 ties: Provided, That of the funds provided, $15,000,000 17 is for burned area rehabilitation: Provided further, That 18 such funds shall only become available if funds previously 19 provided for wildland fire suppression will be exhausted 20 imminently and the Secretary of the Interior notifies the 21 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent22 atives and the Senate in writing of the need for these addi23 tional funds: Provided further, That such funds are also 24 available for transfer to other appropriations accounts to f:\VHLC\101513\101513.092.xml October 15, 2013 (4:30 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:30 Oct 15, 2013 Jkt 000000 (562537|12) PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\DOCUME~1\TRCASS~1\APPLIC~1\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\5.5\GEN\C\TRC_166.XML HO F:\TRC\TRC_166.XML 10 1 repay amounts previously transferred for wildfire suppres2 sion. 3 SEC. 127. In addition to the amount otherwise pro- 4 vided by section 101 for ''Department of Agriculture-- 5 Forest Service--Wildland Fire Management'', there is ap6 propriated $600,000,000 for an additional amount for fis7 cal year 2014, to remain available until expended, for ur8 gent wildland fire suppression activities: Provided, That 9 such funds shall only become available if funds previously 10 provided for wildland fire suppression will be exhausted 11 imminently and the Secretary of Agriculture notifies the 12 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent13 atives and the Senate in writing of the need for these addi14 tional funds: Provided further, That such funds are also 15 available for transfer to other appropriations accounts to 16 repay amounts previously transferred for wildfire suppres17 sion. 18 SEC. 128. (a) The authority provided by section 347 19 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 20 Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(e) 21 of division A of Public Law 105-277; 16 U.S.C. 2104 22 note) shall continue in effect through the date specified 23 in section 106(3) of this joint resolution. 24 (b) This section shall take effect as though enacted 25 on September 30, 2013. f:\VHLC\101513\101513.092.xml October 15, 2013 (4:30 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:30 Oct 15, 2013 Jkt 000000 (562537|12) PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\DOCUME~1\TRCASS~1\APPLIC~1\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\5.5\GEN\C\TRC_166.XML HO F:\TRC\TRC_166.XML 11 1 SEC. 129. (a)(1) The authority provided by sub- 2 section (m)(3) of section 8162 of the Department of De3 fense Appropriations Act, 2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; 4 Public Law 106-79), as amended, shall continue in effect 5 through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint 6 resolution. 7 (2) This section shall take effect as though enacted 8 on September 30, 2013. 9 (b) For the period covered by this joint resolution, 10 the authority provided by the provisos under the heading 11 ''Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission--Capital 12 Construction'' in division E of Public Law 112-74 shall 13 not be in effect. 14 SEC. 130. Activities authorized under part A of title 15 IV and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act (except 16 for activities authorized in section 403(b)) shall continue 17 through the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint 18 resolution in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2013, 19 and out of any money in the Treasury of the United States 20 not otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated 21 such sums as may be necessary for such purpose. 22 SEC. 131. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter 23 under the heading ''Department of Labor--Mine Safety 24 and Health Administration--Salaries and Expenses'' in 25 division F of Public Law 112-74 shall be applied to funds f:\VHLC\101513\101513.092.xml October 15, 2013 (4:30 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:30 Oct 15, 2013 Jkt 000000 (562537|12) PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\DOCUME~1\TRCASS~1\APPLIC~1\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\5.5\GEN\C\TRC_166.XML HO F:\TRC\TRC_166.XML 12 1 appropriated by this joint resolution by substituting ''is 2 authorized to collect and retain up to $2,499,000'' for 3 ''may retain up to $1,499,000''. 4 SEC. 132. The first proviso under the heading ''De- 5 partment of Health and Human Services--Administration 6 for Children and Families--Low Income Home Energy 7 Assistance'' in division F of Public Law 112-74 shall be 8 applied to amounts made available by this joint resolution 9 by substituting ''2014'' for ''2012''. 10 SEC. 133. Amounts provided by section 101 for ''De- 11 partment of Health and Human Services--Administration 12 for Children and Families--Refugee and Entrant Assist13 ance'' may be obligated up to a rate for operations nec14 essary to maintain program operations at the level pro15 vided in fiscal year 2013, as necessary to accommodate 16 increased demand. 17 SEC. 134. During the period covered by this joint res- 18 olution, amounts provided under section 101 for ''Depart19 ment of Health and Human Services--Office of the Sec20 retary--Public Health and Social Services Emergency 21 Fund'' may be obligated at a rate necessary to assure 22 timely execution of planned advanced research and devel23 opment contracts pursuant to section 319L of the Public 24 Health Service Act, to remain available until expended, for 25 expenses necessary to support advanced research and de- f:\VHLC\101513\101513.092.xml October 15, 2013 (4:30 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:30 Oct 15, 2013 Jkt 000000 (562537|12) PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\DOCUME~1\TRCASS~1\APPLIC~1\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\5.5\GEN\C\TRC_166.XML HO F:\TRC\TRC_166.XML 13 1 velopment pursuant to section 319L of the Public Health 2 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-7e) and other administrative 3 expenses of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Devel4 opment Authority. 5 SEC. 135. Notwithstanding any other provision of 6 this joint resolution, there is appropriated for payment to 7 Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg, widow of Frank R. Lau8 tenberg, late a Senator from New Jersey, $174,000. 9 SEC. 136. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 10 provided for ''Department of Veterans Affairs--Depart11 mental Administration--General Operating Expenses, 12 Veterans Benefits Administration'' at a rate for operations 13 of $2,455,490,000. 14 SEC. 137. (a) The authority provided by the penul- 15 timate proviso under the heading ''Department of Housing 16 and Urban Development--Rental Assistance Demonstra17 tion'' in division C of Public Law 112-55 shall continue 18 in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) of 19 this joint resolution. 20 (b) This section shall take effect as though enacted 21 on September 30, 2013. 22 SEC. 138. Subsection 163(b) of Public Law 111-242, 23 as amended by Public Law 111-322 and Public Law 112- 24 175, is amended by striking ''2013-2014'' and inserting 25 ''2015-2016''. f:\VHLC\101513\101513.092.xml October 15, 2013 (4:30 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:30 Oct 15, 2013 Jkt 000000 (562537|12) PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\DOCUME~1\TRCASS~1\APPLIC~1\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\5.5\GEN\C\TRC_166.XML HO F:\TRC\TRC_166.XML 14 1 SEC. 139. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 2 provided for ''Department of Transportation--Federal 3 Aviation Administration--Operations'' at a rate for oper4 ations of $9,248,418,000. 5 SEC. 140. Expenditures made pursuant to the Pay 6 Our Military Act (Public Law 113-39) shall be charged 7 to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization pro8 vided in this joint resolution. 9 SEC. 141. (a) Employees furloughed as a result of 10 any lapse in appropriations which begins on or about Octo11 ber 1, 2013, shall be compensated at their standard rate 12 of compensation, for the period of such lapse in appropria13 tions, as soon as practicable after such lapse in appropria14 tions ends. 15 (b) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the ap- 16 propriations made and the authority granted by this joint 17 resolution for the purposes of maintaining the essential 18 level of activity to protect life and property and bringing 19 about orderly termination of Government functions, and 20 for other purposes authorized by law, are hereby ratified 21 and approved if otherwise in accord with the provisions 22 of this joint resolution. 23 (c) For the purposes of this section, the term ''em- 24 ployee'' means-- 25 (1) a Federal employee; f:\VHLC\101513\101513.092.xml October 15, 2013 (4:30 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:30 Oct 15, 2013 Jkt 000000 (562537|12) PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\DOCUME~1\TRCASS~1\APPLIC~1\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\5.5\GEN\C\TRC_166.XML HO F:\TRC\TRC_166.XML 15 1 2 (2) an employee of the District of Columbia Courts; 3 4 (3) an employee of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia; and 5 (4) a District of Columbia Government em- 6 ployee. 7 SEC. 142. (a) If a State used State funds to continue 8 carrying out a Federal program or furloughed State em9 ployees whose compensation is advanced or reimbursed in 10 whole or in part by the Federal Government-- 11 (1) such furloughed employees shall be com- 12 pensated at their standard rate of compensation for 13 such period; 14 (2) the State shall be reimbursed for expenses 15 that would have been paid by the Federal Govern- 16 ment during such period had appropriations been 17 available, including the cost of compensating such 18 furloughed employees, together with interest thereon 19 due under section 6503(d) of title 31, United States 20 Code; and 21 (3) the State may use funds available to the 22 State under such Federal program to reimburse 23 such State, together with interest thereon due under 24 section 6503(d) of title 31, United States Code. f:\VHLC\101513\101513.092.xml October 15, 2013 (4:30 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:30 Oct 15, 2013 Jkt 000000 (562537|12) PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\DOCUME~1\TRCASS~1\APPLIC~1\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\5.5\GEN\C\TRC_166.XML HO F:\TRC\TRC_166.XML 16 1 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ''State'' 2 shall have the meaning as such term is defined under the 3 applicable Federal program under subsection (a). 4 (c) The authority under this section applies with re- 5 spect to any period beginning on October 1, 2013, and 6 ending on the date of the enactment of this joint resolution 7 during which there occurs a lapse in appropriations with 8 respect to any department or agency of the Federal Gov9 ernment which, but for such lapse in appropriations, 10 would have paid, or made reimbursement relating to, any 11 of the expenses referred to in subsection (a) with respect 12 to the program involved. Payments and reimbursements 13 under this authority shall be made only to the extent and 14 in amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts. 15 (d) The Director of the Office of Management and 16 Budget shall, not later than 60 days after the date of the 17 enactment of this joint resolution, submit a report to the 18 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent19 atives and the Senate that provides an accounting of reim20 bursements paid, or expected to be paid, to States under 21 this section. 22 SEC. 143. Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Patient Pro- 23 tection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 24 18032(d)(3)(D)) is amended-- f:\VHLC\101513\101513.092.xml October 15, 2013 (4:30 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:30 Oct 15, 2013 Jkt 000000 (562537|12) PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\DOCUME~1\TRCASS~1\APPLIC~1\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\5.5\GEN\C\TRC_166.XML HO F:\TRC\TRC_166.XML 17 1 2 (1) by striking the subparagraph heading and inserting the following: 3 ''(D) MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, CONGRES- 4 SIONAL STAFF, THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESI- 5 DENT, AND POLITICAL APPOINTEES.--''; 6 (2) in clause (i), in the matter preceding sub- 7 clause (I)-- 8 (A) by striking ''and congressional staff'' 9 and inserting '', congressional staff, the Presi- 10 dent, the Vice President, and political ap- 11 pointees''; and 12 (B) by striking ''or congressional staff'' 13 and inserting '', congressional staff, the Presi- 14 dent, the Vice President, or a political ap- 15 pointee''; 16 (3) in clause (ii)-- 17 (A) in subclause (I), by inserting before 18 the period at the end the following: '', and in- 19 cludes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to 20 the Congress''; 21 (B) in subclause (II), by inserting after 22 ''Congress,'' the following: ''of a standing, se- 23 lect, or joint committee of Congress (or a sub- 24 committee thereof), of an office of the House of 25 Representatives for which the appropriation for f:\VHLC\101513\101513.092.xml October 15, 2013 (4:30 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:30 Oct 15, 2013 Jkt 000000 (562537|12) PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\DOCUME~1\TRCASS~1\APPLIC~1\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\5.5\GEN\C\TRC_166.XML HO F:\TRC\TRC_166.XML 18 1 salaries and expenses of the office for the year 2 involved is provided under the heading 'House 3 Leadership Offices' in the act making appro- 4 priations for the Legislative Branch for the fis- 5 cal year involved, or a leadership office of the 6 Senate (consisting of the offices of the Presi- 7 dent pro Tempore, Majority and Minority Lead- 8 ers, Majority and Minority Whips, Conferences 9 of the Majority and of the Minority, and Major- 10 ity and Minority Policy Committees of the Sen- 11 ate),''; and 12 (C) by adding at the end the following: 13 ''(III) POLITICAL APPOINTEE.-- 14 The term 'political appointee' means 15 an individual who-- 16 ''(aa) is employed in a posi- 17 tion 18 5312 through 5316 of title 5, 19 United States Code (relating to 20 the Executive Schedule); described under sections 21 ''(bb) is a limited term ap- 22 pointee, limited emergency ap- 23 pointee, or noncareer appointee 24 in the Senior Executive Service, 25 as defined under paragraphs (5), f:\VHLC\101513\101513.092.xml October 15, 2013 (4:30 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:30 Oct 15, 2013 Jkt 000000 (562537|12) PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\DOCUME~1\TRCASS~1\APPLIC~1\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\5.5\GEN\C\TRC_166.XML HO F:\TRC\TRC_166.XML 19 1 (6), and (7), respectively, of sec- 2 tion 3132(a) of title 5, United 3 States Code; 4 ''(cc) is employed in a posi- 5 tion in the executive branch of 6 the Government of a confidential 7 or policy-determining character 8 under schedule C of subpart C of 9 part 213 of title 5 of the Code of 10 Federal Regulations; or 11 ''(dd) is employed in or 12 under the Executive Office of the 13 President in a position that is ex- 14 cluded from the competitive serv- 15 ice by reason of its confidential, 16 policy-determining, 17 ing, or policy-advocating char- 18 acter.''; and policy-mak- 19 (4) by adding at the end the following: 20 ''(iii) GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION.-- 21 No Government contribution under section 22 8906 of title 5, United States Code, shall 23 be provided on behalf of an individual who 24 is a Member of Congress, congressional 25 staff, the President, the Vice President, or f:\VHLC\101513\101513.092.xml October 15, 2013 (4:30 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:30 Oct 15, 2013 Jkt 000000 (562537|12) PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\DOCUME~1\TRCASS~1\APPLIC~1\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\5.5\GEN\C\TRC_166.XML HO F:\TRC\TRC_166.XML 20 1 a political appointee for coverage under 2 this subparagraph. 3 ''(iv) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF TAX 4 CREDIT OR COST-SHARING.--An 5 enrolling in health insurance coverage pur- 6 suant to this paragraph shall not be eligi- 7 ble to receive a tax credit under section 8 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 9 or reduced cost sharing under section 1402 10 of this Act in an amount that exceeds the 11 total amount which a similarly situated in- 12 dividual (who is not so enrolled) would be 13 entitled to receive under such sections. 14 ''(v) LIMITATION individual ON DISCRETION FOR 15 DESIGNATION 16 standing any other provision of law, a 17 Member of Congress shall not have discre- 18 tion in determinations with respect to 19 which employees employed by the office of 20 such Member are eligible to enroll for cov- 21 erage through an Exchange.''. 22 OF STAFF.--Notwith- SEC. 144. (a) Section 3101(b) of title 31, United 23 States Code, shall not apply for the period beginning on 24 the date of the enactment of this joint resolution and end25 ing on February 7, 2014. f:\VHLC\101513\101513.092.xml October 15, 2013 (4:30 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:30 Oct 15, 2013 Jkt 000000 (562537|12) PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\DOCUME~1\TRCASS~1\APPLIC~1\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\5.5\GEN\C\TRC_166.XML HO F:\TRC\TRC_166.XML 21 1 (b) Effective February 8, 2014, the limitation in ef- 2 fect under section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, 3 shall be increased to the extent that-- 4 (1) the face amount of obligations issued under 5 chapter 31 of such title and the face amount of obli- 6 gations whose principal and interest are guaranteed 7 by the United States Government (except guaran- 8 teed obligations held by the Secretary of the Treas- 9 ury) outstanding on February 8, 2014, exceeds 10 (2) the face amount of such obligations out- 11 standing on the date of the enactment of this joint 12 resolution. 13 SEC. 145. (a) An obligation shall not be taken into 14 account under section 144(b)(1) unless the issuance of 15 such obligation was necessary to fund a commitment in16 curred pursuant to law by the Federal Government that 17 required payment before February 8, 2014. 18 (b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall not issue obli- 19 gations for the period specified in section 144(a) for the 20 purpose of increasing the cash balance above normal oper21 ating balances in anticipation of the expiration of such pe22 riod. 23 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 24 Secretary of the Treasury shall not, during the period be25 ginning on the date of the enactment of this joint resolu- f:\VHLC\101513\101513.092.xml October 15, 2013 (4:30 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:30 Oct 15, 2013 Jkt 000000 (562537|12) PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\DOCUME~1\TRCASS~1\APPLIC~1\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\5.5\GEN\C\TRC_166.XML HO F:\TRC\TRC_166.XML 22 1 tion and ending on April 15, 2014, for purposes of reduc2 ing the face amount of obligations described in section 3 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, that are out4 standing-- 5 (1) direct or approve the issuance of debt by 6 the Federal Financing Bank for the purpose of en- 7 tering into an exchange transaction for debt that is 8 subject to the limit under such section, 9 (2) suspend investments in the Government Se- 10 curities Investment Fund of the Thrift Savings 11 Fund, 12 (3) suspend investments in the Exchange Sta- 13 bilization Fund established under section 5302 of 14 title 31, United States Code, 15 (4) suspend new investments in the Civil Serv- 16 ice Retirement and Disability Fund or the Postal 17 Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund, or 18 (5) sell or redeem securities, obligations, or 19 other invested assets of the Civil Service Retirement 20 and Disability Fund or the Postal Service Retiree 21 Health Benefits Fund before maturity. 22 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 23 Secretary of the Treasury shall not, during the period 24 specified in subsection (c), issue State and Local Govern- f:\VHLC\101513\101513.092.xml October 15, 2013 (4:30 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:30 Oct 15, 2013 Jkt 000000 (562537|12) PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\DOCUME~1\TRCASS~1\APPLIC~1\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\5.5\GEN\C\TRC_166.XML HO F:\TRC\TRC_166.XML 23 1 ment Series securities or convert such securities that are 2 unredeemed to alternate certificates of indebtedness. ? f:\VHLC\101513\101513.092.xml October 15, 2013 (4:30 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 16:30 Oct 15, 2013 Jkt 000000 (562537|12) PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 C:\DOCUME~1\TRCASS~1\APPLIC~1\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\5.5\GEN\C\TRC_166.XML HO