[House Report 113-239]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
113th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 113-239
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO THE JOINT
RESOLUTION (H.J. RES. 59) MAKING CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2014, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AND WAIVING A REQUIREMENT OF CLAUSE
6(a) OF RULE XIII WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS
REPORTED FROM THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
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September 30, 2013.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
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Mr. Sessions, from the Committee on Rules,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H. Res. 367]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 367, by a record vote of 9 to 4, report the
same to the House with the recommendation that the resolution
be adopted.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION
The resolution provides for the consideration of the Senate
amendment to H.J. Res. 59, the Continuing Appropriations
Resolution, 2014. The resolution makes in order a motion
offered by the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or his
designee that the House recede from its amendments and concur
in the Senate amendment with the amendment printed in this
report. The resolution provides 40 minutes of debate on the
motion equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. The
resolution provides that the Senate amendment and the motion
shall be considered as read. The resolution waives all points
of order against consideration of the motion.
Section 2 of the resolution waives clause 6(a) of rule XIII
(requiring a two-thirds vote to consider a rule on the same day
it is reported from the Rules Committee) against any resolution
reported from the Rules Committee through the legislative day
of October 7, 2013.
EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
consideration of the motion, the Committee is not aware of any
points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
COMMITTEE VOTES
The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion
to report, together with the names of those voting for and
against, are printed below:
Rules Committee record vote No. 76
Motion by Ms. Foxx to report the rule. Adopted: 9-4
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................ Yea Ms. Slaughter..................... Nay
Mr. Bishop of Utah.............................. Yea Mr. McGovern...................... Nay
Mr. Cole........................................ Yea Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Nay
Mr. Woodall..................................... Yea Mr. Polis......................... Nay
Mr. Nugent...................................... Yea
Mr. Webster..................................... Yea
Ms. Ros-Lehtinen................................ Yea
Mr. Burgess..................................... Yea
Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Yea
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SUMMARY OF THE HOUSE AMENDMENT TO THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.J. RES. 59
Provides a one-year delay in the Affordable Care Act
individual mandate; requires Members of Congress, congressional
staff, and political appointees (including White House staff)
to enroll in the Obamacare exchanges without an employer
subsidy for coverage; amends the expiration date of the CR to
be December 15, 2013; makes a technical change to the
Eisenhower Memorial Commission provision; adds a new provision
to extend the authority for the U.S. to issue Special Immigrant
Visas.
TEXT OF THE HOUSE AMENDMENT TO THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.J. RES. 59
In the matter proposed to be added by the Senate amendment,
insert at the end (before the short title) the following:
Sec. 138. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint
resolution, the date referred to in section 106(3) shall be
December 15, 2013.
Sec. 139. For the period covered by this joint resolution,
the authority provided by the provisos under the heading
``Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission--Capital
Construction'' in division E of Public Law 112-74 shall not be
in effect.
Sec. 140. Section 1244(c)(3) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1157 note) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(C) Fiscal year 2014.--
``(i) In general.--Except as provided
in clauses (ii) and (iii), the total
number of principal aliens who may be
provided special immigrant status under
this section in fiscal year 2014 during
the period ending on December 15, 2013
shall be the sum of--
``(I) the number of aliens
described in subsection (b)
whose application for special
immigrant status under this
section is pending on September
30, 2013; and
``(II) 2,000.
``(ii) Employment period.--The 1-year
period during which the principal alien
is required to have been employed by or
on behalf of the United States
Government 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.--The
principal alien seeking special
immigrant status under this
subparagraph shall apply to the Chief
of Mission in accordance with
subsection (b)(4) not later than
December 15, 2013.''.
Sec. 141. (a) Delay in Application of Individual Health
Insurance Mandate.--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.
Sec. 142. Section 1312(d)(3)(D) of the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)(D)) is amended--
(1) by striking the subparagraph heading and
inserting the following:
``(D) Members of congress, congressional
staff,
the president, vice president, and political
appointees.--'';
(2) in clause (i), in the matter preceding subclause
(I)--
(A) by striking ``and congressional staff''
and inserting ``, congressional staff, the
President, the Vice President, and political
appointees''; and
(B) by striking ``or congressional staff''
and inserting ``, congressional staff, the
President, the Vice President, or a political
appointee'';
(3) in clause (ii)--
(A) in subclause (I), by inserting before the
period at the end the following: ``, and
includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to
the Congress'';
(B) in subclause (II), by inserting after
``Congress,'' the following: ``of a standing,
select, or joint committee of Congress (or a
subcommittee thereof), of an office of the
House of Representatives for which the
appropriation for salaries and expenses of the
office for the year involved is provided under
the heading `House Leadership Offices' in the
act making appropriations for the Legislative
Branch for the fiscal year involved, or a
leadership office of the Senate (consisting of
the offices of the President pro Tempore,
Majority and Minority Leaders, Majority and
Minority Whips, Conferences of the Majority and
of the Minority, and Majority and Minority
Policy Committees of the Senate),''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(III) Political
appointee.--The term `political
appointee' means an individual
who--
``(aa) is employed in
a position described
under sections 5312
through 5316 of title
5, United States Code
(relating to the
Executive Schedule);
``(bb) is a limited
term appointee, limited
emergency appointee, or
noncareer appointee in
the Senior Executive
Service, as defined
under paragraphs (5),
(6), and (7),
respectively, of
section 3132(a) of
title 5, United States
Code;
``(cc) is employed in
a position in the
executive branch of the
Government of a
confidential or policy-
determining character
under schedule C of
subpart D of part 213
of title 5 of the Code
of Federal Regulations;
or
``(dd) is employed in
or under the Executive
Office of the President
in a position that is
excluded from the
competitive service by
reason of its
confidential, policy-
determining, policy-
making, or policy-
advocating
character.''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(iii) Government contribution.--No
Government contribution under section
8906 of title 5, United States Code,
shall be provided on behalf of an
individual who is a Member of Congress,
congressional staff, the President, the
Vice President, or a political
appointee for coverage under this
subparagraph.
``(iv) Limitation on amount of tax
credit or cost-sharing.--An individual
enrolling in health insurance coverage
pursuant to this paragraph shall not be
eligible to receive a tax credit under
section 36B of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 or reduced cost sharing
under section 1402 of this Act in an
amount that exceeds the total amount
which a similarly situated individual
(who is not so enrolled) would be
entitled to receive under such
sections.
``(v) Limitation on discretion for
designation of staff.--Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, a Member of
Congress shall not have discretion in
determinations with respect to which
employees employed by the office of
such Member are eligible to enroll for
coverage through an Exchange.''.