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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. CON. RES. 33 

Providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 195. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 22, 2018 

Mr. COCHRAN submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 

considered and agreed to 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 195. 

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: 


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

2 any lapse in appropriations which begins on or about Jan3 uary 20, 2018, shall be compensated at their standard 

4 rate of compensation, for the period of such lapse in ap5 propriations, as soon as practicable after such lapse in ap6 propriations ends. 

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

8 ‘‘(1) a Federal employee; 

9 ‘‘(2) an employee of the District of Columbia 

10 Courts; 

11 ‘‘(3) an employee of the Public Defender Serv12 ice for the District of Columbia; or 

13 ‘‘(4) a District of Columbia Government em14 ployee. 

15 ‘‘(c) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the ap16 propriations made and authority granted by this division 

17 for the purposes of maintaining the essential level of activ18 ity to protect life and property and bringing about orderly 

19 termination of Government functions, and for purposes as 

20 otherwise authorized by law, are hereby ratified and ap21 proved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of this 

22 division. 

23 ‘‘SEC. 155. (a) If a State (or another Federal grant24 ee) used State funds (or the grantee’s non-Federal funds) 

25 to continue carrying out a Federal program or furloughed 


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1 State employees (or the grantee’s employees) whose com2 pensation is advanced or reimbursed in whole or in part 

3 by the Federal Government— 

4 ‘‘(1) such furloughed employees shall be com5 pensated at their standard rate of compensation for 

6 such period; 

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

8 reimbursed for expenses that would have been paid 

9 by the Federal Government during such period had 

10 appropriations been available, including the cost of 

11 compensating such furloughed employees, together 

12 with interest thereon calculated under section 

13 6503(d) of title 31, United States Code; and 

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

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

16 such Federal program to reimburse such State (or 

17 the grantee), together with interest thereon cal18 culated under section 6503(d) of title 31, United 

19 States Code. 

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

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

22 term is defined under the applicable Federal program 

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

24 out a Federal program’ means the continued performance 

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


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

2 the State or such other grantee had been carrying out 

3 prior to the period of the lapse in appropriations. 

4 ‘‘(c) The authority under this section applies with re5 spect to any period in fiscal year 2018 (not limited to peri6 ods beginning or ending after the date of the enactment 

7 of this division) during which there occurs a lapse in ap8 propriations with respect to any department or agency of 

9 the Federal Government which, but for such lapse in ap10 propriations, would have paid, or made reimbursement re11 lating to, any of the expenses referred to in this section 

12 with respect to the program involved. Payments and reim13 bursements under this authority shall be made only to the 

14 extent and in amounts provided in advance in appropria15 tions Acts.’’. 

16 (4) Insert after section 2002 the following: 

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

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

19 considered to include the period which began on or about 

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

21 in appropriations.’’. 

22 (5) Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘Making fur23 ther continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 


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1 ending September 30, 2018, and for other pur2 poses’’. 

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