Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014

Full title	Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes
Introduced in	113th United States Congress
Introduced on	July 22, 2013
Sponsored by	Rep. Diane Black (R, TN-6)
Number of co-sponsors	103
Citations
Public Law	Pub.L. 113–46
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 2775 by Rep. Diane Black (R, TN-6) on July 22, 2013 Committee consideration by: United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, United States House Committee on Ways and Means, United States House Energy Subcommittee on Health Passed the House on September 12, 2013 (Roll Call Vote 458: 235-191) Passed the Senate as the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014 on October 16, 2013 (Recorded Vote 219: 81-18) with amendment House agreed to Senate amendment on October 16, 2013 (Roll Call Vote 550: 285-144) Signed into law by President Barack Obama on October 17, 2013

In the United States, the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014 (Pub.L. 113–46;H.R. 2775) is a law that was used as the vehicle to resolve, for the time being, both the United States federal government shutdown of 2013 and the United States debt-ceiling crisis of 2013. After the Republican-led House of Representatives could not agree on an originating resolution to end the government crisis, as had been agreed, the Democratic-led Senate used bill H.R. 2775 to resolve the impasse, to satisfy the Origination Clause requirement of Article One of the United States Constitution, which requires that revenue bills must originate in the House of Representatives. Traditionally, appropriation bills also originate in the House of Representatives.

The original bill H.R. 2775 was introduced into the House of Representatives on July 22, 2013, and was called the No Subsidies Without Verification Act. It sought to declare that no premium tax credits or reductions in cost-sharing for the purchase of qualified health benefit plans under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, often informally referred to as "Obamacare") shall be allowed before the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) certifies to Congress that there is a program in place, consistent with PPACA requirements, that verifies the household income and coverage requirements of individuals applying for such credits and cost-sharing reduction. The bill passed the House on September 12, 2013.

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