Of a perfecting nature.

TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

SA 1970. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. McCain, Mr. Leahy, and Mr.
Graham) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 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 1244 of Public Law 110-181, as amended,
is further amended by adding at the end of subsection
(c)(3)(B) the following new subparagraph:
``(C) Fiscal year 2014.--Any unused balance of the total
number of principal aliens who may be provided special
immigrant status under this subsection in fiscal years 2008
through 2013 may be carried forward and provided through the
end of fiscal year 2014, notwithstanding the provisions of
subparagraphs (A) and (B), and consistent with relevant terms
of subsection (b), except that the one year period during
which an alien must have been employed in accordance with
subsection (b)(1) shall be the period from March 20, 2003
through September 30, 2013, and except that the principal
alien seeking special immigrant status under this
subparagraph shall apply to the Chief of Mission in
accordance with subsection (b)(4) no later than September 30,
2014.''.
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SA 1971. Mr. TOOMEY 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) Chapter 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended by striking subchapter E.
(b) Subsection (a) of section 4221 of such Code is amended
by striking the last sentence.
(c) Paragraph (2) of section 6416(b) of such Code is
amended by striking the last sentence.
(d) The table of subchapters for chapter 32 of such Code is
amended by striking the item relating to subchapter E.
(e) The Secretary of the Treasury shall provide a refund,
without interest, to any manufacturer, producer, or importer
of taxable medical devices in an amount equal to the taxes
imposed by section 4191 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
that were paid by such manufacturer, producer, or importer
for the sale of any such devices after December 31, 2012.
(f) The amendments made by this section shall apply to
sales after December 31, 2012.

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SA 1972. Mr. TOOMEY 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) In General.--Section 5000A(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``2013'' and
inserting inserting ``2014''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 5000A(c)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended--
(A) by striking ``2014'' in clause (i) and inserting
``2015'', and
(B) by striking ``2015'' in clauses (ii) and (iii) and
inserting ``2016''.
(2) Section 5000A(c)(3)(B) of such Code is amended--
(A) by striking ``2014'' and inserting ``2015'', and
(B) by striking ``2015'' (prior to amendment by
subparagraph (A)) and inserting ``2016''.
(3) Section 5000A(c)(3)(D) of such Code is amended--
(A) by striking ``2016'' and inserting ``2017'', and
(B) by striking ``2015'' and inserting ``2016''.
(4) Section 5000A(e)(1)(D) of such Code is amended--
(A) by striking ``2014'' and inserting ``2015'', and
(B) by striking ``2013'' and inserting ``2014''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall take effect as if included in section 1501 of the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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SA 1973. Mr. TOOMEY 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. __. RESPECT FOR RIGHTS OF CONSCIENCE.

(a) Findings and Purposes.--
(1) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(A) As Thomas Jefferson declared to New London Methodists
in 1809, ``[n]o provision in our Constitution ought to be
dearer to man than that which protects the rights of
conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority''.
(B) Jefferson's statement expresses a conviction on respect
for conscience that is deeply embedded in the history and
traditions of our Nation and codified in numerous State and
Federal laws, including laws on health care.
(C) Until enactment of the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148, in this section
referred to as ``PPACA''), the Federal Government has not
sought to impose specific coverage or care requirements that
infringe on the rights of conscience of insurers, purchasers
of insurance, plan sponsors, beneficiaries, and other
stakeholders, such as individual or institutional health care
providers.
(D) PPACA creates a new nationwide requirement for health
plans to cover ``essential health benefits'' and ``preventive
services'' (including a distinct set of ``preventive services
for women''), delegating to the Department of Health and
Human Services the authority to provide a list of detailed
services under each category, and imposes other new
requirements with respect to the provision of health care
services.
(E) While PPACA provides an exemption for some religious
groups that object to participation in Government health
programs generally, it does not allow purchasers, plan
sponsors, and other stakeholders with religious or moral
objections to specific items or services to decline providing
or obtaining coverage of such items or services, or allow
health care providers with such objections to decline to
provide them.
(F) By creating new barriers to health insurance and
causing the loss of existing insurance arrangements, these
inflexible mandates in PPACA jeopardize the ability of
individuals to exercise their rights of conscience and their
ability to freely participate in the health insurance and
health care marketplace.
(2) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are--
(A) to ensure that health care stakeholders retain the
right to provide, purchase, or enroll in health coverage that
is consistent with their religious beliefs and moral
convictions, without fear of being penalized or discriminated
against under PPACA; and
(B) to ensure that no requirement in PPACA creates new
pressures to exclude those exercising such conscientious
objection from health plans or other programs under PPACA.
(b) Respect for Rights of Conscience.--
(1) In general.--Section 1302(b) of the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148; 42 U.S.C.
18022(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(6) Respecting rights of conscience with regard to
specific items or services.--
``(A) For health plans.--A health plan shall not be
considered to have failed to provide the essential health
benefits package described in subsection (a) (or preventive
health services described in section 2713 of the Public
Health Service Act), to fail to be a qualified health plan,
or to fail to fulfill any other requirement under this title
on the basis that it declines to provide coverage of specific
items or services because--
``(i) providing coverage (or, in the case of a sponsor of a
group health plan, paying for coverage) of such specific
items or services is contrary to the religious beliefs or
moral convictions of the sponsor, issuer, or other entity
offering the plan; or
``(ii) such coverage (in the case of individual coverage)
is contrary to the religious beliefs or moral convictions of
the purchaser or beneficiary of the coverage.
``(B) For health care providers.--Nothing in this title (or
any amendment made by this title) shall be construed to
require an individual or institutional health care provider,
or authorize a health plan to require a provider, to provide,
participate in, or refer for a specific item or service
contrary to the provider's religious beliefs or moral
convictions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
title, a health plan shall not be considered to have failed
to provide timely or other access to items or services under
this title (or any amendment made by this title) or to
fulfill any other requirement under this title because it has
respected the rights of conscience of such a provider
pursuant to this paragraph.
``(C) Nondiscrimination in exercising rights of
conscience.--No Exchange or other official or entity acting
in a governmental capacity in the course of implementing this
title (or any amendment made by this title) shall
discriminate against a health plan, plan sponsor, health care
provider, or other person because of such plan's, sponsor's,
provider's, or person's unwillingness to provide coverage of,
participate in, or refer for, specific items or services
pursuant to this paragraph.
``(D) Construction.--Nothing in subparagraph (A) or (B)
shall be construed to permit a health plan or provider to
discriminate in a manner inconsistent with subparagraphs (B)
and (D) of paragraph (4).
``(E) Private rights of action.--The various protections of
conscience in this paragraph constitute the protection of
individual rights and create a private cause of action for
those persons or entities protected. Any person or entity may
assert a violation of this paragraph as a claim or defense in
a judicial proceeding.
``(F) Remedies.--
``(i) Federal jurisdiction.--The Federal courts shall have
jurisdiction to prevent and redress actual or threatened
violations of this paragraph by granting all forms of legal
or equitable relief, including, but not limited to,
injunctive relief, declaratory relief, damages, costs, and
attorney fees.
``(ii) Initiating party.--An action under this paragraph
may be instituted by the Attorney General of the United
States, or by any person or entity having standing to
complain of a threatened or actual violation of this
paragraph, including, but not limited to, any actual or
prospective plan sponsor, issuer, or other entity offering a
plan, any actual or prospective purchaser or beneficiary of a
plan, and any individual or institutional health care
provider.
``(iii) Interim relief.--Pending final determination of any
action under this paragraph, the court may at any time enter
such restraining order or prohibitions, or take such other
actions, as it deems necessary.
``(G) Administration.--The Office for Civil Rights of the
Department of Health and Human Services is designated to
receive complaints of discrimination based on this paragraph
and coordinate the investigation of such complaints.
``(H) Actuarial equivalence.--Nothing in this paragraph
shall prohibit the Secretary from issuing regulations or
other guidance to ensure that health plans excluding specific
items or services under this paragraph shall have an
aggregate actuarial value at least equivalent to that of
plans at the same level of coverage that do not exclude such
items or services.''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1)
shall be effective as if included in the enactment of Public
Law 111-148.
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SA 1974. Mr. REID (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) proposed an
amendment to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 59, making continuing
appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes; as
follows:

=========================== NOTE ===========================

On page S6895, September 24, 2013, in the third column, the
following language appears: SA 1974. Mr. REID proposed an
amendment to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 59, making continuing
appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes; as
follows:

The Record has been corrected to read: SA 1974. Mr. REID (for
himself and Ms. Mikulski) proposed an amendment to the joint
resolution H.J. Res. 59, making continuing appropriations for
fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes; as follows:

========================= END NOTE =========================

Strike all after the first word 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:
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

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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) November 15, 2013.
Sec. 107.  Expenditures made pursuant to this joint
resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation,
fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such
applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained
is enacted into law.
Sec. 108.  Appropriations made and funds made available by
or authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution may be
used without regard to the time limitations for submission
and approval of apportionments set forth in section 1513 of
title 31, United States Code, but nothing in this joint
resolution may be construed to waive any other provision of
law governing the apportionment of funds.
Sec. 109.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this
joint resolution, except section 106, for those programs that
would otherwise have high initial rates of operation or
complete distribution of appropriations at the beginning of
fiscal year 2014 because of distributions of funding to
States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, such high
initial rates of operation or complete distribution shall not
be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such programs
funded by this joint resolution that would impinge on final
funding prerogatives.
Sec. 110.  This joint resolution shall be implemented so
that only the most limited funding action of that permitted
in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to provide
for continuation of projects and activities.
Sec. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments
whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts
for fiscal year 2013, and for activities under the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the
rate to maintain program levels under current law, under the
authority and conditions provided in the applicable
appropriations Act for fiscal year 2013, to be continued
through the date specified in section 106(3).
(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory
payments due on or about the first day of any month that
begins after October 2013 but not later than 30 days after
the date specified in section 106(3) may continue to be made,
and funds shall be available for such payments.
Sec. 112.  Amounts made available under section 101 for
civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each
department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate for
operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such
department or agency, consistent with the applicable
appropriations Act for fiscal year 2013, except that such
authority provided under this section shall not be used until
after the department or agency has taken all necessary
actions to reduce or defer non-personnel-related
administrative expenses.
Sec. 113.  Funds appropriated by this joint resolution may
be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of
Public Law 91-672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680),
section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act,
Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section
504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
3094(a)(1)).
Sec. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference in this
joint resolution that was previously designated by the
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on
Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as being
for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such
Act is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or as being for disaster relief
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively.
(b) Of the amounts made available by section 101 for
``Social Security Administration, Limitation on
Administrative Expenses'' for the cost associated with
continuing disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the
Social Security Act and for the cost associated with
conducting redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI of
the Social Security Act, $273,000,000 is provided to meet the
terms of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and
$469,639,000 is additional new budget authority specified for
purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act.
(c) Section 5 of Public Law 113-6 shall apply to amounts
designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contingency
Operations/Global War on Terrorism.
Sec. 115.  Section 3003 of division G of Public Law 113-6
shall be applied to funds appropriated by this joint
resolution by substituting ``fiscal year 2014'' for ``fiscal
year 2013'' each place it appears.
Sec. 116.  Section 408 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C.
1736b) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in
section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ``December 31,
2012''.
Sec. 117.  Amounts made available under section 101 for
``Department of Commerce--National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration--Procurement, Acquisition and Construction''
may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to
maintain the planned launch schedules for the Joint Polar
Satellite System and the Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite system.
Sec. 118.  The authority provided by sections 1205 and 1206
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2012 (Public Law 112-81) shall continue in effect,
notwithstanding subsection (h) of section 1206, through the
earlier of the date specified in section 106(3) of this joint
resolution or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing
appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for military activities
of the Department of Defense.
Sec. 119.  Section 14704 of title 40, United States Code,
shall be applied to amounts made available by this joint
resolution by substituting the date specified in section
106(3) of this joint resolution for ``October 1, 2012''.
Sec. 120.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this
joint resolution, except section 106, the District of
Columbia may expend local funds under the heading ``District
of Columbia Funds'' for such programs and activities under
title IV of H.R. 2786 (113th Congress), as reported by the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives,
at the rate set forth under ``District of Columbia Funds--
Summary of Expenses'' as included in the Fiscal Year 2014
Budget Request Act of 2013 (D.C. Act 20-127), as modified as
of the date of the enactment of this joint resolution.
Sec. 121.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
provided for ``The Judiciary--Courts of Appeals, District
Courts, and Other Judicial Services--Defender Services'' at a
rate for operations of $1,012,000,000.
Sec. 122.  For the period covered by this joint resolution,
section 550(b) of Public Law 109-295 (6 U.S.C. 121 note)
shall be applied by substituting the date specified in
section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ``October 4,
2013''.
Sec. 123.  The authority provided by section 532 of Public
Law 109-295 shall continue in effect through the date
specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution.

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Sec. 124.  The authority provided by section 831 of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) shall continue
in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) of
this joint resolution.
Sec. 125. (a) Any amounts made available pursuant to
section 101 for ``Department of Homeland Security--U.S.
Customs and Border Protection--Salaries and Expenses'',
``Department of Homeland Security--U.S. Customs and Border
Protection--Border Security Fencing, Infrastructure, and
Technology'', and ``Department of Homeland Security--U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement--Salaries and Expenses''
shall be obligated at a rate for operations as necessary to
respectively--
(1) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection Officers, equivalent to the staffing levels
achieved on September 30, 2013, and comply with the last
proviso under the heading ``Department of Homeland Security--
U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Salaries and Expenses''
in division D of Public Law 113-6;
(2) sustain border security operations, including
sustaining the operation of Tethered Aerostat Radar Systems;
and
(3) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement agents, equivalent to the staffing levels
achieved on September 30, 2013, and comply with the sixth
proviso under the heading ``Department of Homeland Security--
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement--Salaries and
Expenses'' in division D of Public Law 113-6.
(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate on each use of the authority provided in this
section.
Sec. 126.  In addition to the amount otherwise provided by
section 101 for ``Department of the Interior--Department-wide
Programs--Wildland Fire Management'', there is appropriated
$36,000,000 for an additional amount for fiscal year 2014, to
remain available until expended, for urgent wildland fire
suppression activities:  Provided, That of the funds
provided, $15,000,000 is for burned area rehabilitation:
Provided further, That such funds shall only become available
if funds previously provided for wildland fire suppression
will be exhausted imminently and the Secretary of the
Interior notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate in writing of the
need for these additional funds:  Provided further, That such
funds are also available for transfer to other appropriations
accounts to repay amounts previously transferred for wildfire
suppression.
Sec. 127.  In addition to the amount otherwise provided by
section 101 for ``Department of Agriculture--Forest Service--
Wildland Fire Management'', there is appropriated
$600,000,000 for an additional amount for fiscal year 2014,
to remain available until expended, for urgent wildland fire
suppression activities:  Provided, That such funds shall only
become available if funds previously provided for wildland
fire suppression will be exhausted imminently and the
Secretary of Agriculture notifies the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
in writing of the need for these additional funds:  Provided
further, That such funds are also available for transfer to
other appropriations accounts to repay amounts previously
transferred for wildfire suppression.
Sec. 128.  The authority provided by section 347 of the
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(e) of
division A of Public Law 105-277; 16 U.S.C. 2104 note) shall
continue in effect through the date specified in section
106(3) of this joint resolution.
Sec. 129.  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.
Sec. 130.  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. 131.  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. 132.  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. 133.  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. 134.  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. 135.  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. 136.  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. 137.  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.
This joint resolution may be cited as the ``Continuing
Appropriations Resolution, 2014''.
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SA 1975. Mr. REID proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1974 proposed
by Mr. Reid to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 59, making continuing
appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes; as
follows:

At the end, add the following:
This Act shall become effective 1 day after enactment.
______

SA 1976. Mr. REID proposed an amendment to the joint resolution H.J.
Res. 59, making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for
other purposes; as follows:

At the end, add the following:
This Act shall become effective 4 days after enactment.
______

SA 1977. Mr. REID proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1976 proposed
by Mr. Reid to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 59, making continuing
appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes; as
follows:

In the amendment, strike ``4 days'' and insert ``3 days''.
______

SA 1978. Mr. REID proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1977 proposed
by Mr. Reid to the amendment SA 1976 proposed by Mr. Reid to the joint
resolution H.J. Res. 59, making continuing appropriations for fiscal
year 2014, and for other purposes; as follows:

In the amendment, strike ``3 days'' and insert ``2 days''.
______

SA 1979. Mr. COATS (for himself and Mr. McConnell) 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:

TITLE_--HEALTH PROVISIONS

Subtitle A--Fairness for American Families Act

SEC. __01. SHORT TITLE.

This Subtitle may be cited as the ``Fairness for American
Families Act''.

SEC. __02. DELAY IN APPLICATION OF INDIVIDUAL HEALTH
INSURANCE MANDATE.

(a) In General.--Section 5000A(a) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``2013'' and inserting
``2014''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 5000A(c)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended--
(A) by striking ``2014'' in clause (i) and inserting
``2015'', and
(B) by striking ``2015'' in clauses (ii) and (iii) and
inserting ``2016''.
(2) Section 5000A(c)(3)(B) of such Code is amended--
(A) by striking ``2014'' and inserting ``2015'', and
(B) by striking ``2015'' (prior to amendment by
subparagraph (A)) and inserting ``2016''.
(3) Section 5000A(c)(3)(D) of such Code is amended--
(A) by striking ``2016'' and inserting ``2017'', and
(B) by striking ``2015'' and inserting ``2016''.
(4) Section 5000A(e)(1)(D) of such Code is amended--
(A) by striking ``2014'' and inserting ``2015'', and
(B) by striking ``2013'' and inserting ``2014''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall take effect as if included in section 1501 of the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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Subtitle B--Authority for Mandate Delay Act

SEC. __11. SHORT TITLE.

This subtitle may be cited as the ``Authority for Mandate
Delay Act''.

SEC. __12. DELAY IN APPLICATION OF EMPLOYER HEALTH INSURANCE
MANDATE.

(a) In General.--Section 1513(d) of the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act is amended by striking ``December 31,
2013'' and inserting ``December 31, 2014''.
(b) Reporting Requirements.--
(1) Reporting by employers.--Section 1514(d) of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act is amended by striking
``December 31, 2013'' and inserting ``December 31, 2014''.
(2) Reporting by insurance providers.--Section 1502(e) of
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is amended by
striking ``2013'' and inserting ``2014''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall take effect as if included in the provision of the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to which they
relate.
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SA 1980. Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. Coburn, and Mr. Johnson of
Wisconsin) 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. ____. ADJUSTMENT OF DISCRETIONARY SPENDING CAPS AND
DISCRETIONARY SPENDING.

(a) Discretionary Spending Caps.--Section 251(c)(3) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2
U.S.C. 901(c)(3)) is amended to read as follows:
``(3) for fiscal year 2014, for the discretionary category,
$967,473,000,000 in new budget authority;''.
(b) Rescission.--There is rescinded the applicable
percentage (as specified in subsection (c)) of--
(1) the budget authority provided (or obligation limit
imposed) for fiscal year 2014 for any discretionary
appropriations account under this joint resolution;
(2) the budget authority provided in any advance
appropriation for fiscal year 2014 for any discretionary
appropriations account (excluding any account funded under
section 111 of this joint resolution) in any prior fiscal
year appropriation Act; and
(3) the contract authority provided in fiscal year 2014 for
any program subject to limitation incorporated or otherwise
contained under this joint resolution.
(c) Applicable Percentage.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), for
purposes of subsection (b), the applicable percentage shall
be 0 percent.
(2) Breach.--If, for fiscal year 2014, the annualized
amount of new budget authority provided under this joint
resolution exceeds the discretionary spending limit under
section 251(c)(3) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act, as amended by subsection (a) of this
section, and as adjusted in strict conformity with section
251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)), not later than 10 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office
of Management and Budget shall--
(A) increase the applicable percentage for purposes of
subsection (b) by such amount as is necessary to eliminate
the amount of the excess of such limit; and
(B) implement a rescission under subsection (b).
(3) Discretionary spending limit.--
(A) In general.--The calculation of the discretionary
spending limits for fiscal year 2014 in the report entitled
``OMB Sequestration Preview Report to the President and
Congress for Fiscal Year 2014 and OMB Report to the Congress
on the Joint Committee Reductions for Fiscal Year 2014''
issued by the Office of Management and Budget on April 10,
2013 and the corrected version of such report issued on May
20, 2013 shall have no force or effect with respect to
amounts made available for fiscal year 2014 under this joint
resolution or any other provision of law.
(B) Application of discretionary spending limits.--For
purposes of applying the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.) in
relation to amounts made available for fiscal year 2014 under
this joint resolution or any other provision of law--
(i) subject to adjustment in strict conformance with
section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)), the discretionary
spending limit shall be the amount specified in paragraph (3)
of section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(c)), as amended by
subsection (a); and
(ii) the Office of Management and Budget shall not
implement any calculation relating to or any reduction of the
amount specified in paragraph (3) of section 251(c) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2
U.S.C. 901(c)) under section 251A of such Act.
(C) Direct spending.--Nothing in this section shall modify
the reduction in direct spending for fiscal year 2014 under
section 251A(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a(8)).
(d) Application of Rescission.--Any rescission under
subsection (b) shall be applied proportionately--
(1) to each discretionary appropriations account and each
item of budget authority described in such subsection; and
(2) within each such account and item, to each program,
project, and activity (which shall be determined as such
programs, projects, and activities are delineated in the
applicable appropriation Act or accompanying reports covering
such account or item).
(e) Reporting.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall submit to the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and make
publicly available online a report specifying the account and
amount of each rescission made under this section.
(f) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``account'',
``budget authority'', and ``discretionary appropriations''
have the meanings given such terms under section 250 of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2
U.S.C. 900).
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SA 1981. Mr. REID (for Mr. Alexander) proposed an amendment to the
bill S. 252, to reduce preterm labor and delivery and the risk of
pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and to
reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity; as follows:

On page 3, strike lines 14 and 15, insert the following:
``amended by striking `$5,000,000' and all that follows
through `2011.' and inserting `$1,880,000 for each of fiscal
years 2014 through 2018.' ''.
On page 5, strike lines 13 and 14, and insert the
following:
``(2) in subsection (c), by striking `$5,000,000' and all
that follows through `2011.' and inserting `$1,900,000 for
each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.' ''.

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