IA 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 108 
Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2018 during any period 
between October 1, 2017, and December 14, 2017, for which discre-
tionary appropriations have lapsed, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2017 
Mr. GALLEGO submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Appropriations 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2018 during 
any period between October 1, 2017, and December 14, 
2017, for which discretionary appropriations have lapsed, 
and for other purposes. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of 
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, 
and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corpora-
tions, and other organizational units of Government for 
fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes, namely: 
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SEC. 101. Such amounts as may be necessary, at a 
rate for operations as provided in the applicable appro-
priations Acts for fiscal year 2017 and under the authority 
and conditions provided in such Acts, for continuing 
projects or activities (including the costs of direct loans 
and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically 
provided for in this joint resolution, for which appropria-
tions, funds, or other authority were made available in the 
following appropriations Acts: 
(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2017 (division A of Public Law 
115–31). 
(2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (division B 
of Public Law 115–31). 
(3) The Department of Defense Appropriations 
Act, 2017 (division C of Public Law 115–31). 
(4) The Energy and Water Development and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (division 
D of Public Law 115–31). 
(5) The Financial Services and General Govern-
ment Appropriations Act, 2017 (division E of Public 
Law 115–31). 
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SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall 
be available to the extent and in the manner that would 
be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 
SEC. 104. Appropriations provided by this joint reso-
lution that, in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal 
year 2017, carried a multiple-year or no-year period of 
availability shall retain a comparable period of availability. 
SEC. 105. Except as otherwise provided in section 
102, no appropriation or funds made available or author-
ity granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to ini-
tiate or resume any project or activity for which appro-
priations, funds, or other authority were not available dur-
ing fiscal year 2017. 
SEC. 106. Appropriations made and authority grant-
ed pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obliga-
tions or expenditures incurred for any project or activity 
during the period for which funds or authority for such 
project or activity are available under this joint resolution. 
SEC. 107. Except as otherwise expressly provided in 
this joint resolution, the requirements, authorities, condi-
tions, limitations, and other provisions of the appropria-
tions Acts referred to in section 101 shall continue in ef-
fect through the period specified in section 108. 
SEC. 108. Unless otherwise provided for in this joint 
resolution or in the applicable appropriations Act, appro-
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priations and funds made available and authority granted 
pursuant to this joint resolution shall be available during 
any period between October 1, 2017, and December 14, 
2017, in which there is a lapse in discretionary appropria-
tions, but shall no longer be available if any of the fol-
lowing occurs during such period: (1) the enactment into 
law of an appropriation for any project or activity provided 
for in this joint resolution; or (2) the enactment into law 
of the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2018 
without any provision for such project or activity. 
SEC. 109. Expenditures made pursuant to this joint 
resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, 
fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli-
cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is 
enacted into law. 
SEC. 110. Appropriations made and funds made 
available by or authority granted pursuant to this joint 
resolution may be used without regard to the time limita-
tions for submission and approval of apportionments set 
forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but 
nothing in this joint resolution may be construed to waive 
any other provision of law governing the apportionment 
of funds. 
SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this joint resolution, except section 108, for those pro-
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grams that would otherwise have high initial rates of oper-
ation or complete distribution of appropriations at the be-
ginning of fiscal year 2018 because of distributions of 
funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, 
such high initial rates of operation or complete distribu-
tion shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded 
for such programs funded by this joint resolution that 
would impinge on final funding prerogatives. 
SEC. 112. This joint resolution shall be implemented 
so that only the most limited funding action of that per-
mitted in the joint resolution shall be taken in order to 
provide for continuation of projects and activities. 
SEC. 113. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory 
payments whose budget authority was provided in appro-
priations Acts for fiscal year 2017, and for activities under 
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, the levels established 
by section 101 shall be the amounts necessary to maintain 
program levels under current law and under the authority 
and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations 
Acts for fiscal year 2018. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 108, obligations for man-
datory payments due on or about the first day of any 
month that begins after October 1, 2017, but not later 
than 30 days after December 14, 2017, may continue to 
be made, and funds shall be available for such payments. 
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SEC. 114. Amounts made available under section 101 
for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each 
department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate 
for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such de-
partment or agency, consistent with the applicable appro-
priations Act for fiscal year 2017, except that such author-
ity provided under this section shall not be used until after 
the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 
to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative ex-
penses. 
SEC. 115. Funds appropriated by this joint resolution 
may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 
of Public Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of 
the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 
U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 
6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)). 
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