[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1301 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

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                  In the Senate of the United States,

                        February 9 (legislative day, February 8), 2018.
    Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
1301) entitled ``An Act making appropriations for the Department of 
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other 
purposes.'', do pass with the following

                               AMENDMENT:

            Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
      following:

    Sec. 101.  The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (division D of 
Public Law 115-56) is further amended by inserting after section 165 
the following new section:
    ``Sec. 166. (a) Employees furloughed as a result of any lapse in 
appropriations which begins on or about February 9, 2018, shall be 
compensated at their standard rate of compensation, for the period of 
such lapse in appropriations, as soon as practicable after such lapse 
in appropriations ends.
    ``(b) For purposes of this section, `employee' means:
            ``(1) a Federal employee;
            ``(2) an employee of the District of Columbia Courts;
            ``(3) an employee of the Public Defender Service for the 
        District of Columbia; or
            ``(4) a District of Columbia Government employee.
    ``(c) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the 
appropriations made and authority granted by this division for the 
purposes of maintaining the essential level of activity to protect life 
and property and bringing about orderly termination of Government 
functions, and for purposes as otherwise authorized by law, are hereby 
ratified and approved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of 
this division.''.
    Sec. 102.  For the purposes of division D of Public Law 115-56, the 
time covered by such division shall be considered to include the period 
which began on or about February 9, 2018, during which there occurred a 
lapse in appropriations.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Continuing Appropriations Amendments 
Act, 2018''.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H.R. 1301

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