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be used for activities reimbursable by, or for which funds are 
made available by, the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
or the Army Corps of Engineers: Provided further, That funds 
allocated under this heading shall not be considered relevant to 
the non-disaster formula allocations made pursuant to section 106 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5306): Provided further, That a State or subdivision thereof may 
use up to 5 percent of its allocation for administrative costs: Pro-
vided further, That in administering the funds under this heading, 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may waive, or 
specify alternative requirements for, any provision of any statute 
or regulation that the Secretary administers in connection with 
the obligation by the Secretary or the use by the recipient of 
these funds (except for requirements related to fair housing, non-
discrimination, labor standards, and the environment), if the Sec-
retary finds that good cause exists for the waiver or alternative 
requirement and such waiver or alternative requirement would 
not be inconsistent with the overall purpose of title I of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding the preceding proviso, recipients of funds provided 
under this heading that use such funds to supplement Federal 
assistance provided under section 402, 403, 404, 406, 407, or 502 
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) may adopt, without review or public 
comment, any environmental review, approval, or permit performed 
by a Federal agency, and such adoption shall satisfy the responsibil-
ities of the recipient with respect to such environmental review, 
approval or permit: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 
104(g)(2) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 
(42 U.S.C. 5304(g)(2)), the Secretary may, upon receipt of a request 
for release of funds and certification, immediately approve the 
release of funds for an activity or project assisted under this heading 
if the recipient has adopted an environmental review, approval 
or permit under the preceding proviso or the activity or project 
is categorically excluded from review under the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.): Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall publish via notice in the Federal Register 
any waiver, or alternative requirement, to any statute or regulation 
that the Secretary administers pursuant to title I of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974 no later than 5 days 
before the effective date of such waiver or alternative requirement: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, up to $10,000,000 may be transferred, in aggregate, to 
‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Program Office 
Salaries and Expenses—Community Planning and Development’’ 
for necessary costs, including information technology costs, of 
administering and overseeing the obligation and expenditure of 
amounts under this heading: Provided further, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That 
the amount designated under this heading as an emergency require-
ment 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 trans-
mits such designation to the Congress.
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This division may be cited as the ‘‘Supplemental Appropriations 
for Disaster Relief Requirements, 2017’’. 
DIVISION C—TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF PUBLIC DEBT 
LIMIT 
SEC. 101. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3101(b) of title 31, United 
States Code, shall not apply for the period beginning on the date 
of enactment of this Act and ending on December 8, 2017. 
(b) SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO OBLIGATIONS ISSUED DURING 
EXTENSION PERIOD.—Effective on December 9, 2017, the limitation 
in effect under section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, 
shall be increased to the extent that— 
(1) the face amount of obligations issued under chapter 
31 of such title and the face amount of obligations whose 
principal and interest are guaranteed by the United States 
Government (except guaranteed obligations held by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury) outstanding on December 9, 2017, 
exceeds 
(2) the face amount of such obligations outstanding on 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) RESTORING CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORITY OVER THE NATIONAL 
DEBT.— 
(1) EXTENSION LIMITED TO NECESSARY OBLIGATIONS.—An 
obligation shall not be taken into account under section 
101(b)(1) unless the issuance of such obligation was necessary 
to fund a commitment incurred pursuant to law by the Federal 
Government that required payment before December 9, 2017. 
(2) PROHIBITION ON CREATION OF CASH RESERVE DURING 
EXTENSION PERIOD.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall not 
issue obligations during the period specified in section 101(a) 
for the purpose of increasing the cash balance above normal 
operating balances in anticipation of the expiration of such 
period. 
DIVISION D—CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 
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, corporations, and other organizational units 
of Government for fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes, namely: 
SEC. 101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate 
for operations as provided in the applicable appropriations 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 Act, that were conducted in fiscal 
year 2017, and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority 
were made available in the following appropriations Acts: 
(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 
(division A of Public Law 115–31) and section 193 of Public 
Law 114–223, as amended by division A of Public Law 114– 
254. 
(2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2017 (division B of Public Law 115–31), 
except section 540.
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(3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 
(division C of Public Law 115–31). 
(4) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 2017 (division D of Public Law 115– 
31). 
(5) The Financial Services and General Government Appro-
priations Act, 2017 (division E of Public Law 115–31). 
(6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 
Act, 2017 (division F of Public Law 115–31), except section 
310. 
(7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (division G of Public 
Law 115–31), except that the language under the heading 
‘‘FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund’’ in the Depart-
ments of Agriculture and the Interior shall be applied by adding 
at the end the following: ‘‘Provided further, That notwith-
standing the first proviso under the heading and notwith-
standing the FLAME Act of 2009, 43 U.S.C. 1748a(e), such 
funds shall be available to be transferred to and merged with 
other appropriations accounts to fully repay amounts previously 
transferred for wildfire suppression’’. 
(8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 
(division H of Public Law 115–31) and sections 171, 194, and 
195 of Public Law 114–223, as amended by division A of Public 
Law 114–254. 
(9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017 (divi-
sion I of Public Law 115–31) and section 175 of Public Law 
114–223, as amended by division A of Public Law 114–254. 
(10) The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (division A of Public 
Law 114–223), except for appropriations for fiscal year 2017 
in the matter preceding the first proviso under the heading 
‘‘Medical Community Care’’, and division L of Public Law 115– 
31. 
(11) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public 
Law 115–31). 
(12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 (division K of 
Public Law 115–31), except sections 420 and 421. 
(13) The Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017 (divi-
sion B of Public Law 114–254). 
(b) The rate for operations provided by subsection (a) is hereby 
reduced by 0.6791 percent. 
SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or 
authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of 
Defense shall be used for: (1) the new production of items not 
funded for production in fiscal year 2017 or prior years; (2) the 
increase in production rates above those sustained with fiscal year 
2017 funds; or (3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of 
any project, activity, operation, or organization (defined as any 
project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and 
subprogram within a program element, and for any investment 
items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity within an 
appropriation account and an R–1 line item that includes a program 
element and subprogram element within an appropriation account)
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for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not avail-
able during fiscal year 2017. 
(b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority 
granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense 
shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance 
procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement 
unless specifically appropriated later. 
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. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no 
appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursu-
ant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume any project 
or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were 
not available during fiscal year 2017. 
SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant 
to this Act shall cover all obligations 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 Act. 
SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the 
applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2018, appropriations 
and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this 
Act shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs: 
(1) the enactment into law of an appropriation for any 
project or activity provided for in this Act; 
(2) the enactment into law of the applicable appropriations 
Act for fiscal year 2018 without any provision for such project 
or activity; or 
(3) December 8, 2017. 
SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be 
charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization 
whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or 
authorization is contained is enacted into law. 
SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made available by 
or authority granted pursuant to this Act may be used without 
regard to the time limitations for submission and approval of appor-
tionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, 
but nothing in this Act may be construed to waive any other 
provision of law governing the apportionment of funds. 
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
except section 106, for those programs that would otherwise have 
high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of appropria-
tions at the beginning of fiscal year 2018 because of distributions 
of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, such 
high initial rates of operation or complete distribution shall not 
be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded 
by this Act that would impinge on final funding prerogatives. 
SEC. 110. This Act shall be implemented so that only the 
most limited funding action of that permitted in the Act shall 
be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activi-
ties. 
SEC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments 
whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for 
fiscal year 2017, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain