I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4874 
Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 22, 2018 
Mr. HOYER (for himself, Mr. BEYER, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
BROWN of Maryland, Mr. COHEN, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. GENE 
GREEN of Texas, Ms. LEE, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 
POLIS, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. THOMPSON of 
California, Mr. WALZ, Mr. WELCH, Mr. GOMEZ, Mrs. WATSON COLE-
MAN, Mr. RASKIN, and Mr. KENNEDY) 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 deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 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 26, 2018’’; and 
(2) by adding after section 147 the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 148. Funds appropriated by the Department 
of Defense Missile Defeat and Defense Enhancements Ap-
propriations Act, 2018 (division B of Public Law 115– 
96) may be obligated and expended notwithstanding sec-
tion 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 
‘‘SEC. 149. Amounts made available by section 101 
for ‘Department of Agriculture—Food and Nutrition 
Service—Child Nutrition Programs’ to carry out section 
749(g) of the Agriculture Appropriations Act of 2010 
(Public Law 111–80) may be apportioned up to the rate 
for operations necessary to ensure that the program can 
be fully operational by May 2018. 
‘‘SEC. 150. Amounts made available by section 101 
for ‘National Aeronautics and Space Administration—Ex-
ploration’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper-
ations necessary to maintain the planned launch capability 
schedules for the Space Launch System launch vehicle, 
Exploration Ground Systems, and Orion Multi-Purpose 
Crew Vehicle programs. 
‘‘SEC. 151. Amounts made available by section 101 
for ‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Office of 
the Inspector General’ may be apportioned up to the rate 
for operations necessary to sustain staffing levels achieved 
on June 30, 2017. 
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‘‘SEC. 152. Amounts made available by section 101 
for ‘Small Business Administration—Business Loans Pro-
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 
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President declared a disaster in 2017 or 2018 under title 
IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
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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