House Temporary Spending Bill foxnews/politics/interactive/2013/09/28/house-temporary-spending-bill/ The House is voting on two bills Saturday -- to temporarily fund the government and to delay ObamaCare for one year. Page 1/12 AMENDMENT TO H.J. RES. 59OFFERED BY MR. PAULSEN OF MINNESOTA In the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senateamendment, strike section 105 and all that followsthrough section 129 and insert the following (renum-bering succeeding sections accordingly): SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority grant-ed pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obliga-tions or expenditures incurred for any project or activityduring the period for which funds or authority for suchproject or activity are available under this joint resolution.SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this jointresolution or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscalyear 2014, appropriations and funds made available andauthority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shallbe available until whichever of the following first occurs:(1) the enactment into law of an appropriation for anyproject or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2)the enactment into law of the applicable appropriationsAct for fiscal year 2014 without any provision for suchproject or activity; or (3) December 15, 2013.SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this jointresolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, 2 fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli-cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained isenacted into law.SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds madeavailable by or authority granted pursuant to this jointresolution may be used without regard to the time limita-tions for submission and approval of apportionments setforth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, butnothing in this joint resolution may be construed to waiveany other provision of law governing the apportionmentof funds.SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision ofthis joint resolution, except section 106, for those pro-grams that would otherwise have high initial rates of oper-ation or complete distribution of appropriations at the be-ginning of fiscal year 2014 because of distributions offunding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others,such high initial rates of operation or complete distribu-tion shall not be made, and no grants shall be awardedfor such programs funded by this joint resolution thatwould impinge on final funding prerogatives.SEC. 110. This joint resolution shall be implementedso that only the most limited funding action of that per-mitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order toprovide for continuation of projects and activities. 3 SEC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatorypayments whose budget authority was provided in appro-priations Acts for fiscal year 2013, and for activities underthe Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall becontinued at the rate to maintain program levels undercurrent law, under the authority and conditions providedin the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2013,to be continued through the date specified in section106(3).(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for man-datory payments due on or about the first day of anymonth that begins after October 2013 but not later than30 days after the date specified in section 106(3) may con-tinue to be made, and funds shall be available for suchpayments.SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in eachdepartment and agency may be apportioned up to the ratefor operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such de-partment or agency, consistent with the applicable appro-priations Act for fiscal year 2013, except that such author-ity provided under this section shall not be used until afterthe department or agency has taken all necessary actionsto reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative ex-penses. 4 SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this joint resolutionmay be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10of Public Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 ofthe State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Au-thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C.6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Actof 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)).SEC. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by referencein this joint resolution that was previously designated bythe Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/GlobalWar on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of theBalanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is designated by the Congressfor Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act oras being for disaster relief pursuant to section251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively.(b) Of the amounts made available by section 101for ‘‘Social Security Administration, Limitation on Admin-istrative Expenses’’ for the cost associated with continuingdisability reviews under titles II and XVI of the SocialSecurity Act and for the cost associated with conductingredeterminations of eligibility under title XVI of the Social 5 Security Act, $273,000,000 is provided to meet the termsof section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced Budgetand Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended,and $469,639,000 is additional new budget authorityspecified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act.(c) Section 5 of Public Law 113–6 shall apply toamounts designated in subsection (a) for Overseas Contin-gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism.SEC. 115. Section 3003 of division G of Public Law113–6 shall be applied to funds appropriated by this jointresolution by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2014’’ for ‘‘fiscalyear 2013’’ each place it appears.SEC. 116. Section 408 of the Food for Peace Act (7U.S.C. 1736b) shall be applied by substituting the datespecified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘De-cember 31, 2012’’.SEC. 117. Amounts made available under section 101for ‘‘Department of Commerce—National Oceanic and At-mospheric Administration—Procurement, Acquisition andConstruction’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper-ations necessary to maintain the planned launch schedulesfor the Joint Polar Satellite System and the GeostationaryOperational Environmental Satellite system.SEC. 118. The authority provided by sections 1205and 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 6 Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81) shall continue ineffect, 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 ofan Act authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2014 formilitary activities of the Department of Defense.SEC. 119. Section 14704 of title 40, United StatesCode, shall be applied to amounts made available by thisjoint resolution by substituting the date specified in sec-tion 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 1, 2012’’.SEC. 120. Notwithstanding any other provision ofthis joint resolution, except section 106, the District ofColumbia may expend local funds under the heading ‘‘Dis-trict of Columbia Funds’’ for such programs and activitiesunder title IV of H.R. 2786 (113th Congress), as reportedby the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-resentatives, at the rate set forth under ‘‘District of Co-lumbia Funds—Summary of Expenses’’ as included in theFiscal Year 2014 Budget Request Act of 2013 (D.C. Act20–127), as modified as of the date of the enactment ofthis joint resolution.SEC. 121. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts areprovided for ‘‘The Judiciary—Courts of Appeals, DistrictCourts, and Other Judicial Services—Defender Services’’at a rate for operations of $1,012,000,000. 7 SEC. 122. For the period covered by this joint resolu-tion, section 550(b) of Public Law 109–295 (6 U.S.C. 121note) shall be applied by substituting the date specifiedin section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘October 4,2013’’.SEC. 123. The authority provided by section 532 ofPublic Law 109–295 shall continue in effect through thedate specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution.SEC. 124. The authority provided by section 831 ofthe Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) shallcontinue in effect through the date specified in section106(3) of this joint resolution.SEC. 125. (a) Any amounts made available pursuantto section 101 for ‘‘Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Salaries and Ex-penses’’, ‘‘Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Cus-toms and Border Protection—Border Security Fencing,Infrastructure, and Technology’’, and ‘‘Department ofHomeland Security—U.S. Immigration and Customs En-forcement—Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be obligated ata rate for operations as necessary to respectively—(1) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Customsand Border Protection Officers, equivalent to thestaffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013, andcomply with the last proviso under the heading ‘‘De- 8 partment of Homeland Security—U.S. Customs andBorder Protection—Salaries and Expenses’’ in divi-sion D of Public Law 113–6;(2) sustain border security operations, includingsustaining the operation of Tethered Aerostat RadarSystems; and(3) sustain the staffing levels of U.S. Immigra-tion and Customs Enforcement agents, equivalent tothe staffing levels achieved on September 30, 2013,and comply with the sixth proviso under the heading‘‘Department of Homeland Security—U.S. Immigra-tion and Customs Enforcement—Salaries and Ex-penses’’ in division D of Public Law 113–6.(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notifythe Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-resentatives and the Senate on each use of the authorityprovided in this section.SEC. 126. In addition to the amount otherwise pro-vided by section 101 for ‘‘Department of the Interior—Department-wide Programs—Wildland Fire Manage-ment’’, there is appropriated $36,000,000 for an addi-tional amount for fiscal year 2014, to remain availableuntil expended, for urgent wildland fire suppression activi-ties: Provided, That of the funds provided, $15,000,000is for burned area rehabilitation: Provided further, That 9 such funds shall only become available if funds previouslyprovided for wildland fire suppression will be exhaustedimminently and the Secretary of the Interior notifies theCommittees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-atives and the Senate in writing of the need for these addi-tional funds: Provided further, That such funds are alsoavailable for transfer to other appropriations accounts torepay amounts previously transferred for wildfire suppres-sion.SEC. 127. In addition to the amount otherwise pro-vided by section 101 for ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management’’, there is ap-propriated $600,000,000 for an additional amount for fis-cal year 2014, to remain available until expended, for ur-gent wildland fire suppression activities: Provided, Thatsuch funds shall only become available if funds previouslyprovided for wildland fire suppression will be exhaustedimminently and the Secretary of Agriculture notifies theCommittees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-atives and the Senate in writing of the need for these addi-tional funds: Provided further, That such funds are alsoavailable for transfer to other appropriations accounts torepay amounts previously transferred for wildfire suppres-sion. 10 SEC. 128. The authority provided by section 347 ofthe Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Ap-propriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(e) ofdivision A of Public Law 105–277; 16 U.S.C. 2104 note)shall continue in effect through the date specified in sec-tion 106(3) of this joint resolution.SEC. 129. (a) The authority provided by subsection(m)(3) of section 8162 of the Department of Defense Ap-propriations Act, 2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law106–79), as amended, shall continue in effect through thedate 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—CapitalConstruction’’ in division E of Public Law 112–74 shallnot be in effect.SEC. 130. Section 1244(c)(3) of the National DefenseAuthorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1157note) is amended by adding at the end the following:‘‘(C) FISCAL YEAR 2014.—‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro-vided in clauses (ii) and (iii), the totalnumber of principal aliens who may beprovided special immigrant status underthis section in fiscal year 2014 during the 11 period ending on December 15, 2013 shallbe the sum of—‘‘(I) the number of aliens de-scribed in subsection (b) whose appli-cation for special immigrant statusunder this section is pending on Sep-tember 30, 2013; and‘‘(II) 2,000.‘‘(ii) EMPLOYMENT PERIOD.—The 1-year period during which the principalalien is required to have been employed byor on behalf of the United States Govern-ment in Iraq under subsection (b)(1)(B)shall begin on or after March 20, 2003,and end on or before September 30, 2013.‘‘(iii) APPLICATION DEADLINE.—Theprincipal alien seeking special immigrantstatus under this subparagraph shall applyto the Chief of Mission in accordance withsubsection (b)(4) not later than December15, 2013.’’.SEC. 131. (a) REPEAL OF MEDICAL DEVICE EXCISETAX.—Chapter 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986is amended by striking subchapter E. 12 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Subsection (a)of section 4221 of such Code is amended by striking thelast sentence.(2) Paragraph (2) of section 6416(b) of such Codeis amended by striking the last sentence.(3) The table of subchapters for chapter 32 of suchCode is amended by striking the item relating to sub-chapter E.(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made bythis section shall apply to sales after the date of the enact-ment of this joint resolution.◊ . .. . . .
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