I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4872 
Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 20, 2018 
Mr. HOYER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2018, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 101. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 
2018 (division D of Public Law 115–56) is amended— 
(1) by striking the date specified in section 
106(3) and inserting ‘‘January 23, 2018’’; and 
(2) by adding after section 147 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 148. Funds appropriated by the Department 
of Defense Missile Defeat and Defense Enhancements Ap-
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gram Account’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper-
ations necessary to accommodate increased demand for 
commitments for general business loans authorized under 
section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)). 
‘‘SEC. 153. For an additional amount for the ‘Small 
Business Administration—Disaster Loans Program Ac-
count’ for the cost of direct loans authorized by section 
7(b) of the Small Business Act, $160,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided 
further, That the amount designated under this heading 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available only if the 
President subsequently so designates such amount and 
transmits such designation to the Congress. 
‘‘SEC. 154. For 2018, the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development may make temporary adjustments to 
the Section 8 housing choice voucher annual renewal fund-
ing allocations and administrative fee eligibility determina-
tions for public housing agencies in an area for which the 
President declared a disaster in 2017 or 2018 under title 
IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
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gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.), to avoid 
significant adverse funding impacts that would otherwise 
result from the disaster and that would otherwise prevent 
a public housing agency from leasing up to its authorized 
level of units under contract (but not to exceed such level), 
upon request by and in consultation with a public housing 
agency and supported by documentation as required by 
the Secretary that demonstrates the need for the adjust-
ment.’’. 
SEC. 102. The Further Additional Continuing Appro-
priations Act, 2018 (division A of Public Law 115–96) 
is amended by striking section 1002. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘End The Shutdown 
Act of 2018’’. 
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