To ensure that the reduced annual cost-of-living adjustment to the retired pay of members and former members of the Armed Forces under the age of 62 required by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 will not apply to members or former members who first became members prior to January 1, 2014, and for other purposes.
Public Law 113-82 · S. 25 · 113th Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Barack Obama (D) on Feb 15, 2014 · Economics and Public Finance
Sponsor: Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Cosponsors (1): Sen. Mike Lee
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 326 yea, 90 nay326–90
- SenateRecorded vote: 95 yea, 3 nay95–3
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, with respect to the implementation of direct spending reductions, to require the President to order a sequestration for FY2024 on the date the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issues its sequestration preview report for such fiscal year.
Makes the reduction in annual cost-of-living adjustments of military retired pay for armed forces members under age 62 enacted by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 inapplicable to those who first became members before January 1, 2014. (That Act reduced the cost-of-living adjustments from the full Consumer Price Index [CPI] to the CPI less 1%.)
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to replace the requirement to establish a Medicare Improvement Fund with one that requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a Transitional Fund for Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) Reform, available to provide funds to pay for physicians' services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) to supplement the conversion factor for 2017 if the conversion factor for that year is less than that for 2013. Makes $2.3 billion available to the Fund from the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund for expenditures during or after 2017.
Who voted for it
Every senator of the 113th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 95 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
95 yea3 nay2 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(54)
Sen. Bernie SandersD-VT
Sen. Elizabeth WarrenD-MA
Sen. Kirsten GillibrandD-NY
Sen. Patrick LeahyD-VT
Sen. Barbara BoxerD-CA
Sen. Ed MarkeyD-MA
Sen. Bob MenendezD-NJ
Sen. Sherrod BrownD-OH
Sen. Richard BlumenthalD-CT
Sen. Mazie HironoD-HI
Sen. Christopher MurphyD-CT
Sen. Jack ReedD-RI
Sen. Brian SchatzD-HI
Sen. Cory BookerD-NJ
Sen. Benjamin CardinD-MD
Sen. Tammy BaldwinD-WI
Sen. Chuck SchumerD-NY
Sen. Maria CantwellD-WA
Sen. Debbie StabenowD-MI
Sen. Sheldon WhitehouseD-RI
Sen. Barbara MikulskiD-MD
Sen. Jeff MerkleyD-OR
Sen. Tom UdallD-NM
Sen. Al FrankenD-MN
Sen. Patty MurrayD-WA
Sen. Ron WydenD-OR
Sen. Tim JohnsonD-SD
Sen. Dianne FeinsteinD-CA
Sen. Jay RockefellerD-WV
Sen. Richard DurbinD-IL
Sen. Carl LevinD-MI
Sen. Tom HarkinD-IA
Sen. Christopher CoonsD-DE
Sen. Harry ReidD-NV
Sen. Bill NelsonD-FL
Sen. Amy KlobucharD-MN
Sen. Jeanne ShaheenD-NH
Sen. Bob CaseyD-PA
Sen. Martin HeinrichD-NM- Sen. John WalshD-MT
Sen. Mark UdallD-CO
Sen. Michael BennetD-CO
Sen. Tim KaineD-VA
Sen. Mark BegichD-AK
Sen. Mark WarnerD-VA
Sen. Mary LandrieuD-LA
Sen. Heidi HeitkampD-ND
Sen. Angus KingD-ME
Sen. Kay HaganD-NC
Sen. Joe DonnellyD-IN
Sen. Jon TesterD-MT
Sen. Mark PryorD-AR
Sen. Claire McCaskillD-MO
Sen. Joe ManchinD-WV
Republicans who voted yea(41)
Sen. Susan CollinsR-ME
Sen. Lisa MurkowskiR-AK
Sen. Lamar AlexanderR-TN
Sen. Johnny IsaksonR-GA
Sen. Thad CochranR-MS
Sen. Kelly AyotteR-NH
Sen. Mark KirkR-IL
Sen. Orrin HatchR-UT
Sen. Lindsey GrahamR-SC
Sen. Roger WickerR-MS
Sen. John HoevenR-ND
Sen. Rob PortmanR-OH
Sen. Bob CorkerR-TN
Sen. Roy BluntR-MO
Sen. Mike JohannsR-NE
Sen. John McCainR-AZ
Sen. John BoozmanR-AR
Sen. Richard BurrR-NC
Sen. Dean HellerR-NV
Sen. Deb FischerR-NE
Sen. David VitterR-LA
Sen. John ThuneR-SD
Sen. Jerry MoranR-KS
Sen. Mitch McConnellR-KY
Sen. Chuck GrassleyR-IA
Sen. Richard ShelbyR-AL
Sen. Pat ToomeyR-PA
Sen. John CornynR-TX
Sen. John BarrassoR-WY
Sen. Michael EnziR-WY
Sen. Jim InhofeR-OK
Sen. Jeff SessionsR-AL
Sen. Pat RobertsR-KS
Sen. Mike CrapoR-ID
Sen. Marco RubioR-FL
Sen. Tim ScottR-SC
Sen. Ron JohnsonR-WI
Sen. James RischR-ID
Sen. Ted CruzR-TX
Sen. Mike LeeR-UT
Sen. Rand PaulR-KY
Data notes
The Senate’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 326 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
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Related bills
2 bills the Library of Congress relates to this one.
H.Con.Res. 81Related bill
Providing a correction in the enrollment of S. 25.
H.R. 251 · became Public Law 113-19Identical billRelated bill
South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act
Data notes
Related bills are identified by the Congressional Research Service, the House and the Senate: companion and identical bills, bills with similar text, bills that were folded into this law, and rules that brought it to the floor. A bill that is itself a public law in this site’s data links here; the others link to Congress.gov.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 23 actions.
- Feb 15, 2014Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 113-82.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Feb 14, 2014FloorFloor · Presented to President.
- Feb 12, 2014Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to House amendment to Senate bill by Yea-Nay Vote. 95 - 3. Record Vote Number: 35.Senate roll call 35
- FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- FloorFloor · Pursuant to the provisions of H. Con. Res. 81, enrollment corrections on S. 25 have been made.
- FloorFloor · Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
- OtherOther · Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to House amendment to Senate bill by Yea-Nay Vote. 95 - 3. Record Vote Number: 35.Senate roll call 35
- Feb 11, 2014FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 326 - 90, 1 Present (Roll no. 60).House roll call 60
- FloorFloor · Considered as unfinished business.
- FloorFloor · At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 25.
- FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Fitzpatrick moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jun 20, 2013FloorFloor · Held at the desk.
- FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- FloorFloor · Received in the House.
- Jun 19, 2013FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Apr 22, 2013CalendarCalendar · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 46.
- CommitteeCommittee · Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden without amendment. With written report No. 113-15.
- Mar 14, 2013CommitteeCommittee · Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Jan 22, 2013CommitteeCommittee · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in Senate
Data notes
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Amendments
No amendments to this bill are on record.
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Official record
The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.