End The Shutdown Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4872
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5]
Introduced: 2018-01-20
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations

Child health

Defense spending

Department of Agriculture

Department of Defense

Department of Energy

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Disaster relief and insurance

Executive agency funding and structure

Food assistance and relief

Government lending and loan guarantees

Government studies and investigations

Housing and community development funding

Military procurement, research, weapons development

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Nuclear weapons

Nutrition and diet

Public housing

Small Business Administration

Small business

Space flight and exploration

User charges and fees
Latest action: action_date: 2018-01-20
text: 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 committee concerned.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-01-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>End The Shutdown Act of 2018 </b></p> <p>This bill amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 to extend the expiration date of the FY2018 Continuing Resolution (CR) from January 19, 2018, to January 23, 2018. </p> <p>The bill provides continuing appropriations for federal agencies through the earlier of January 23, 2018, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations legislation. It ends the government shutdown that began when the existing CR expired because none of the 12 FY2018 regular appropriations bills that fund the federal government have been enacted. </p> <p>The bill also provides funding flexibility or additional funding for specified accounts within the Department of Defense, the Department of Agriculture, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Department of Energy, the Small Business Administration, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4872 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 committee concerned A BILL Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes.

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: 148. Funds appropriated by the Department of Defense Missile Defeat and Defense Enhancements Appropriations Act, 2018 (division B of Public Law 115–96 ) may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1) ). 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. 150. Amounts made available by section 101 for National Aeronautics and Space Administration—Exploration may be apportioned up to the rate for operations 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. 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. 152. Amounts made available by section 101 for Small Business Administration—Business Loans Program Account may be apportioned up to the rate for operations 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) ). 153. For an additional amount for the Small Business Administration—Disaster Loans Program Account 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 Budget 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. 154. For 2018, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may make temporary adjustments to the Section 8 housing choice voucher annual renewal funding allocations and administrative fee eligibility determinations 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 Emergency 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 adjustment. . 102. The Further Additional Continuing Appropriations 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 .