H. R. 601—18 
235 shall be applied through the date specified in section 106(3) 
of this Act by substituting ‘‘seven’’ for ‘‘six’’. 
SEC. 138. In making Federal financial assistance, the National 
Institutes of Health shall continue through the date specified in 
section 106(3) of this Act to apply the provisions relating to indirect 
costs in part 75 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, including 
with respect to the approval of deviations from negotiated rates, 
to the same extent and in the same manner as the National 
Institutes of Health applied such provisions in the third quarter 
of fiscal year 2017. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be used to develop or implement a modified approach to 
such provisions, or to intentionally or substantially expand the 
fiscal effect of the approval of such deviations from negotiated 
rates beyond the proportional effect of such approvals in such 
quarter. 
SEC. 139. (a) Section 529 of division H of Public Law 115– 
31 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘prior to the beginning of fiscal 
year 2018 under section 2104(n)(2)’’ for ‘‘from the appropriation 
to the Fund for the first semiannual allotment period for fiscal 
year 2017 under section 2104(n)(2)(A)(ii)’’; and 
(b) section 532 of division H of Public Law 115–31 shall be 
applied by substituting ‘‘2,652,000,000’’ for ‘‘1,132,000,000’’. 
SEC. 140. Notwithstanding 2 U.S.C. 4577, amounts made avail-
able by section 101 for ‘‘Legislative Branch—Senate—Salaries, Offi-
cers and Employees—Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Door-
keeper’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 
to maintain current Senate cybersecurity capabilities. 
SEC. 141. (a) The remaining unobligated balances of funds 
made available under the heading ‘‘Department of Veterans 
Affairs—Departmental 
Administration—Construction, 
Major 
Projects’’ in division A of the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act 
of 2013 and Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013 (Public 
Law 113–2) are hereby rescinded: Provided, That the amounts 
rescinded pursuant to this section that were previously designated 
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to that section of that Act. 
(b) In addition to the amount otherwise provided by section 
101 for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Departmental Adminis-
tration—Construction, Major Projects’’, there is appropriated for 
an additional amount for fiscal year 2017, to remain available 
until September 30, 2022, an amount equal to the unobligated 
balances rescinded pursuant to subsection (a), for renovations and 
repairs as a consequence of damage caused by Hurricane Sandy: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 
funds may be obligated and expended to carry out planning and 
design and major medical facility construction not otherwise author-
ized by law: Provided further, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(c) Each amount designated in this section by the Congress 
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 (or rescinded, if applicable) only if the President
H. R. 601—19 
subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits such 
designations to the Congress. 
(d) This section shall become effective immediately upon enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 142. Sections 579(a)(1) and (b) of the Multifamily Assisted 
Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f 
note) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 
106(3) for ‘‘October 1, 2017’’. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appropriations 
Act, 2018’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.