S.Amdt.1974 to H.J.Res.59113th Congress (2013-2014)
Amendment
| Amends Bill: | H.J.Res.59 — Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 |
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| Sponsor: | Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] (Submitted 09/25/2013, Proposed 09/25/2013) |
| Cosponsors: | 1 |
| Amendments to This Amendment: | S.Amdt.1975 |
| Latest Action: | Amendment SA 1974 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 44. Record Vote Number: 208. (09/27/2013) |
Amendment Text: S.Amdt.1974 — 113th Congress (2013-2014)
There is one version of the amendment.
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Amendment as Submitted (09/25/2013)
This Amendment appears on page S6895-6897 in the following article from the Congressional Record.
[Pages S6894-S6898] 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.''. ______ 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. [[Page S6895]] ______ 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. ______ 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. ______ 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 [[Page S6896]] 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. [[Page S6897]] 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''. ______ 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. [[Page S6898]] 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. ______ 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). ______ 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.' ''. ____________________