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[H.J. Res. 123 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.J.Res.123

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen


                            Joint Resolution


 
 Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2018, and for 
                             other purposes.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled,

        DIVISION A--FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018

SEC. 101. FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS.

    The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (division D of Public Law 
115-56) is amended by striking the date specified in section 106(3) and 
inserting ``December 22, 2017''.
    This division may be cited as the ``Further Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2018''.

   DIVISION B--CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM (CHIP) ALLOCATION 
                      REDISTRIBUTION SPECIAL RULE

SEC. 201. CHIP ALLOCATION REDISTRIBUTION SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN 
              SHORTFALL STATES DURING FIRST QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 
              2018.

    Section 2104(f)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1397dd(f)(2)) is amended--
        (1) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:
            ``(B) Determination of redistributed amounts if 
        insufficient amounts available.--
                ``(i) Proration rule.--Subject to clause (ii), if the 
            amounts available for redistribution under paragraph (1) 
            for a fiscal year are less than the total amounts of the 
            estimated shortfalls determined for the year under 
            subparagraph (A), the amount to be redistributed under such 
            paragraph for each shortfall State shall be reduced 
            proportionally.
                ``(ii) Special rule for first quarter of fiscal year 
            2018.--

                    ``(I) In general.--For the period beginning on 
                October 1, 2017, and ending December 31, 2017, with 
                respect to any amounts available for redistribution 
                under paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2018, the Secretary 
                shall redistribute under such paragraph such amounts to 
                each emergency shortfall State (as defined in subclause 
                (II)) in such amount as is equal to the amount of the 
                shortfall described in subclause (II) for such State 
                and period (as may be adjusted under subparagraph (C)) 
                before the Secretary may redistribute such amounts to 
                any shortfall State that is not an emergency shortfall 
                State. In the case of any amounts redistributed under 
                this subclause to a State that is not an emergency 
                shortfall State, such amounts shall be determined in 
                accordance with clause (i).
                    ``(II) Emergency shortfall state defined.--For 
                purposes of this clause, the term `emergency shortfall 
                State' means, with respect to the period beginning 
                October 1, 2017, and ending December 31, 2017, a 
                shortfall State for which the Secretary estimates, in 
                accordance with subparagraph (A) (unless otherwise 
                specified in this subclause), that the projected 
                expenditures under the State child health plan and 
                under section 2105(g) (calculated as if the reference 
                under section 2105(g)(4)(A) to `2017' were a reference 
                to `2018' and insofar as the allotments are available 
                to the State under this subsection or subsection (e) or 
                (m)) for such period will exceed the sum of the amounts 
                described in clauses (i) through (iii) of subparagraph 
                (A) for such period, including after application of any 
                amount redistributed under paragraph (1) before such 
                date of enactment to such State. A shortfall State may 
                be an emergency shortfall State under the previous 
                sentence without regard to whether any amounts were 
                redistributed before such date of enactment to such 
                State under paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2018.
                    ``(III) Application of qualifying state option.--
                During the period described in subclause (I), section 
                2105(g)(4) shall apply to a qualifying State (as 
                defined in section 2105(g)(2)) as if under section 
                2105(g)(4)--

                        ``(aa) the reference to `2017' were a reference 
                    to `2018'; and
                        ``(bb) the reference to `under subsections (e) 
                    and (m) of such section' were a reference to `under 
                    subsections (e), (f), and (m) of such section'.''; 
                    and
        (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(D) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this paragraph may 
        be construed as preventing a commonwealth or territory 
        described in subsection (c)(3) from being treated as a 
        shortfall State or an emergency shortfall State.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.