IV 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 100 

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 22, 2018 

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN submitted the following concurrent resolution; which 

was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the 

Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

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

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

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’’. 


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1 (3) Insert before section 2002 the following: 

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

3 any lapse in appropriations which begins on or about Jan4 uary 20, 2018, shall be compensated at their standard 

5 rate of compensation, for the period of such lapse in ap6 propriations, as soon as practicable after such lapse in ap7 propriations ends. 

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

9 ‘‘(1) a federal employee; 

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

11 Courts; 

12 ‘‘(3) an employee of the Public Defender Serv13 ice for the District of Columbia; or 

14 ‘‘(4) a District of Columbia Government em15 ployee. 

16 ‘‘(c) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the ap17 propriations made and authority granted by this division 

18 for the purposes of maintaining the essential level of activ19 ity to protect life and property and bringing about orderly 

20 termination of Government functions, and for purposes as 

21 otherwise authorized by law, are hereby ratified and ap22 proved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of this 

23 division. 

24 ‘‘SEC. 155. (a) If a State (or another Federal grant25 ee) used State funds (or the grantee’s non-Federal funds) 


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1 to continue carrying out a Federal program or furloughed 

2 State employees (or the grantee’s employees) whose com3 pensation is advanced or reimbursed in whole or in part 

4 by the Federal Government— 

5 ‘‘(1) such furloughed employees shall be com6 pensated at their standard rate of compensation for 

7 such period; 

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

9 reimbursed for expenses that would have been paid 

10 by the Federal Government during such period had 

11 appropriations been available, including the cost of 

12 compensating such furloughed employees, together 

13 with interest thereon calculated under section 

14 6503(d) of title 31, United States Code; and 

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

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

17 such Federal program to reimburse such State (or 

18 the grantee), together with interest thereon cal19 culated under section 6503(d) of title 31, United 

20 States Code. 

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

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

23 term is defined under the applicable Federal program 

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

25 out a Federal program’ means the continued performance 


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

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

3 the State or such other grantee had been carrying out 

4 prior to the period of the lapse in appropriations. 

5 ‘‘(c) The authority under this section applies with re6 spect to any period in fiscal year 2018 (not limited to peri7 ods beginning or ending after the date of the enactment 

8 of this division) during which there occurs a lapse in ap9 propriations with respect to any department or agency of 

10 the Federal Government which, but for such lapse in ap11 propriations, would have paid, or made reimbursement re12 lating to, any of the expenses referred to in this section 

13 with respect to the program involved. Payments and reim14 bursements under this authority shall be made only to the 

15 extent and in amounts provided in advance in appropria16 tions Acts.’’. 

17 (4) Insert after section 2002 the following: 

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

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

20 considered to include the period which began on or about 

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

22 in appropriations.’’. 

23 (5) Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘Making fur24 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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