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[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 100 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 100

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

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                    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

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

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

    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 195, the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives shall make the following corrections:
            (1) Insert before section 1 the following:

     ``DIVISION A--FEDERAL REGISTER PRINTING SAVINGS ACT OF 2017''.

            (2) In section 1, strike ``Act'' and insert ``division''.
            (3) Insert before section 2002 the following:
    ``Sec. 154. (a) Employees furloughed as a result of any lapse in 
appropriations which begins on or about January 20, 2018, shall be 
compensated at their standard rate of compensation, for the period of 
such lapse in appropriations, as soon as practicable after such lapse 
in appropriations ends.
    ``(b) For purposes of this section, `employee' means:
            ``(1) a federal employee;
            ``(2) an employee of the District of Columbia Courts;
            ``(3) an employee of the Public Defender Service for the 
        District of Columbia; or
            ``(4) a District of Columbia Government employee.
    ``(c) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the 
appropriations made and authority granted by this division for the 
purposes of maintaining the essential level of activity to protect life 
and property and bringing about orderly termination of Government 
functions, and for purposes as otherwise authorized by law, are hereby 
ratified and approved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of 
this division.
    ``Sec. 155. (a) If a State (or another Federal grantee) used State 
funds (or the grantee's non-Federal funds) to continue carrying out a 
Federal program or furloughed State employees (or the grantee's 
employees) whose compensation is advanced or reimbursed in whole or in 
part by the Federal Government--
            ``(1) such furloughed employees shall be compensated at 
        their standard rate of compensation for such period;
            ``(2) the State (or such other grantee) shall be reimbursed 
        for expenses that would have been paid by the Federal 
        Government during such period had appropriations been 
        available, including the cost of compensating such furloughed 
        employees, together with interest thereon calculated under 
        section 6503(d) of title 31, United States Code; and
            ``(3) the State (or such other grantee) may use funds 
        available to the State (or the grantee) under such Federal 
        program to reimburse such State (or the grantee), together with 
        interest thereon calculated under section 6503(d) of title 31, 
        United States Code.
    ``(b) For purposes of this section, the term `State' and the term 
`grantee' shall have the meaning as such term is defined under the 
applicable Federal program under subsection (a). In addition, `to 
continue carrying out a Federal program' means the continued 
performance by a State or other Federal grantee, during the period of a 
lapse in appropriations, of a Federal program that the State or such 
other grantee had been carrying out prior to the period of the lapse in 
appropriations.
    ``(c) The authority under this section applies with respect to any 
period in fiscal year 2018 (not limited to periods beginning or ending 
after the date of the enactment of this division) during which there 
occurs a lapse in appropriations with respect to any department or 
agency of the Federal Government which, but for such lapse in 
appropriations, would have paid, or made reimbursement relating to, any 
of the expenses referred to in this section with respect to the program 
involved. Payments and reimbursements under this authority shall be 
made only to the extent and in amounts provided in advance in 
appropriations Acts.''.
            (4) Insert after section 2002 the following:
    ``Sec. 2003.  For the purposes of division D of Public Law 115-56, 
the time covered by such division shall be considered to include the 
period which began on or about January 20, 2018, during which there 
occurred a lapse in appropriations.''.
            (5) Amend the title so as to read: ``Making further 
        continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 
        30, 2018, and for other purposes''.
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