L. 113–67 (text) (PDF)) is a federal statute concerning spending and the budget in the United States, that was signed into law by President Barack Obama on December 26, 2013.

In forming the deal behind the bill that was passed, Ryan and Murray explicitly avoided trying to find a "grand bargain", in which Democrats would buy into reduced entitlements spending while Republicans would agree to higher tax rates, as several past negotiations along such lines had failed.

[1] The deal did represent a rare example of bipartisanship during this period[2] and promised to end for a while the last-minute, crisis-driven budget battles that had consumed Congress for much of the prior three years.

This was in contrast to the previous fiscal year in which a full-year continuing resolution preserved FY 2012 spending levels without the chance to make reductions in specific programs, which triggered the across-the-board sequestration cuts.

The deal was proposed by negotiators Senator Patty Murray and Representative Paul Ryan on December 10, 2013.

[13] The second amendment is the addition of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 to the bill to maintain medicare reimbursements to physicians.

[17] Final Senate passage came on December 18 by a 64–36 margin,[17] with 9 Republicans supporting it along with all 55 Democrats and aligned independents.

[8] Republican Representative Mick Mulvaney opposed the agreement but did not blame Ryan for it, instead saying that the problem was too few conservatives had been elected to Congress to pass a budget with a greater focus on debt reduction.

[19] Mulvaney said that he expected the budget deal to pass because "it was designed to get the support of defense hawks and appropriators and Democrats," not conservatives.

[6] Republican Raul Labrador criticized the "terrible plan", saying that "it makes promises to the American people that are false.

"[7] Senators Rand Paul and Marco Rubio, considered likely Republicans candidates for President in 2016, were both against the deal.

"[7] Advocacy groups Heritage Action, the Club for Growth, and FreedomWorks all opposed the budget deal.

[6] Senator Mark Pryor introduced the bill "To repeal section 403 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 (S. 1963; 113th Congress)" on January 27, 2014.

[21] The bill would repeal the provision of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 that makes changes to the cost of living allowance to military veterans.