115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. CON. RES. 33 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

1 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 

2 concurring), That in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 195, 

3 the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall make the 

4 following corrections: 

5 (1) Insert before section 1 the following: 

6 ‘‘DIVISION A—FEDERAL REG7 ISTER PRINTING SAVINGS 

8 ACT OF 2017’’. 

9 (2) In section 1, strike ‘‘Act’’ and insert ‘‘divi10 sion’’. 

11 (3) Insert before section 2002 the following: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 154 (a) Employees furloughed as a result of 

13 any lapse in appropriations which begins on or about Jan14 uary 20, 2018, shall be compensated at their standard 

15 rate of compensation, for the period of such lapse in ap16 propriations, as soon as practicable after such lapse in ap17 propriations ends. 

18 ‘‘(b) For purposes of this section, ‘employee’ means: 

19 ‘‘(1) a Federal employee; 
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1 ‘‘(2) an employee of the District of Columbia 

2 Courts; 

3 ‘‘(3) an employee of the Public Defender Serv4 ice for the District of Columbia; or 

5 ‘‘(4) a District of Columbia Government em6 ployee. 

7 ‘‘(c) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the ap8 propriations made and authority granted by this division 

9 for the purposes of maintaining the essential level of activ10 ity to protect life and property and bringing about orderly 

11 termination of Government functions, and for purposes as 

12 otherwise authorized by law, are hereby ratified and ap13 proved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of this 

14 division. 

15 ‘‘SEC. 155. (a) If a State (or another Federal grant16 ee) used State funds (or the grantee’s non-Federal funds) 

17 to continue carrying out a Federal program or furloughed 

18 State employees (or the grantee’s employees) whose com19 pensation is advanced or reimbursed in whole or in part 

20 by the Federal Government— 

21 ‘‘(1) such furloughed employees shall be com22 pensated at their standard rate of compensation for 

23 such period; 

24 ‘‘(2) the State (or such other grantee) shall be 

25 reimbursed for expenses that would have been paid 
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1 by the Federal Government during such period had 

2 appropriations been available, including the cost of 

3 compensating such furloughed employees, together 

4 with interest thereon calculated under section 

5 6503(d) of title 31, United States Code; and 

6 ‘‘(3) the State (or such other grantee) may use 

7 funds available to the State (or the grantee) under 

8 such Federal program to reimburse such State (or 

9 the grantee), together with interest thereon cal10 culated under section 6503(d) of title 31, United 

11 States Code. 

12 ‘‘(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘State’ 

13 and the term ‘grantee’ shall have the meaning as such 

14 term is defined under the applicable Federal program 

15 under subsection (a). In addition, ‘to continue carrying 

16 out a Federal program’ means the continued performance 

17 by a State or other Federal grantee, during the period 

18 of a lapse in appropriations, of a Federal program that 

19 the State or such other grantee had been carrying out 

20 prior to the period of the lapse in appropriations. 

21 ‘‘(c) The authority under this section applies with re22 spect to any period in fiscal year 2018 (not limited to peri23 ods beginning or ending after the date of the enactment 

24 of this division) during which there occurs a lapse in ap25 propriations with respect to any department or agency of 
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1 the Federal Government which, but for such lapse in ap2 propriations, would have paid, or made reimbursement re3 lating to, any of the expenses referred to in this section 

4 with respect to the program involved. Payments and reim5 bursements under this authority shall be made only to the 

6 extent and in amounts provided in advance in appropria7 tions Acts.’’. 

8 (4) Insert after section 2002 the following: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 2003. For the purposes of division D of Public 

10 Law 115–56, the time covered by such division shall be 

11 considered to include the period which began on or about 

12 January 20, 2018, during which there occurred a lapse 

13 in appropriations.’’. 

14 (5) Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘Making fur15 ther continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 

16 ending September 30, 2018, and for other pur17 poses’’. 

Passed the Senate January 22, 2018. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. CON. RES. 33 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 

195.