[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
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[H.R. 1370 Engrossed Amendment House (EAH)]

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                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                     December 21, 2017.
    Resolved, That the House agree to the amendment of the Senate to 
the bill (H.R. 1370) entitled ``An Act to amend the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue 
Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance and develop training 
programs as part of the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign, 
and for other purposes.'', with the following

                  HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENT:

            In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the 
      amendment of the Senate, insert the following:

   DIVISION A--FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018

    Sec. 1001.  The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (division D of 
Public Law 115-56) is further amended--
            (1) by striking the date specified in section 106(3) and 
        inserting ``January 19, 2018''; and
            (2) by adding after section 142 the following:
    ``Sec. 143.  Notwithstanding section 104, amounts made available by 
section 111 for `Department of Homeland Security--Coast Guard--Retired 
Pay' may be obligated to carry out Retired Pay Reform, as authorized by 
part 1 of subtitle D of title VI of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92, as amended), and the 
matter under such heading in division F of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115-31; 131 Stat. 409) shall be 
applied during the period covered by this Act by inserting `payment of 
continuation pay under section 356 of title 37, United States Code,' 
after `payment for career status bonuses,'.
    ``Sec. 144.  In addition to amounts provided by section 101, 
amounts are provided for `Department of Health and Human Services--
Indian Health Service--Indian Health Services' at a rate for operations 
of $11,761,000 and amounts are provided for `Department of Health and 
Human Services--Indian Health Service--Indian Health Facilities' at a 
rate for operations of $1,104,000, for an additional amount for costs 
of staffing and operating newly constructed facilities; and such 
amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to 
staff and operate newly constructed facilities.
    ``Sec. 145.  Amounts made available by section 101 for `Department 
of Health and Human Services--Administration for Children and 
Families--Refugee and Entrant Assistance' may be apportioned up to the 
rate for operations necessary to maintain program operations for 
carrying out section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (8 U.S.C. 1232) and section 462 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279) at the level 
provided in fiscal year 2017.
    ``Sec. 146.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for 
the purposes described in the third paragraph under the heading 
`Department of Health and Human Services--Office of the Secretary--
Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund' at a rate for 
operations of $112,000,000; and such amounts may be apportioned up to 
the rate for operations necessary to prepare for or respond to an 
influenza pandemic.
    ``Sec. 147.  Notwithstanding section 251(a)(1) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and the timetable in 
section 254(a) of such Act, the final sequestration report for fiscal 
year 2018 pursuant to section 254(f)(1) of such Act and any order for 
fiscal year 2018 pursuant to section 254(f)(5) of such Act shall be 
issued, for the Congressional Budget Office, 10 days after the date 
specified in section 106(3), and for the Office of Management and 
Budget, 15 days after the date specified in section 106(3).''.
    Sec. 1002. (a) Notwithstanding the dates specified in section 
403(b) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-261; 122 
Stat. 2474), the amendments made by such section shall not take effect 
until the date specified in section 106(3) of the Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2018 (division D of Public Law 115-56), as amended.
    (b) If during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of 
this Act and ending on the date specified in section 106(3) of the 
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (division D of Public Law 115-56), 
as amended, any Act amending the dates specified in section 403(b) of 
the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-261; 122 Stat. 2474) is 
enacted, this section shall be repealed.
     This division may be cited as the ``Further Additional Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2018''.

                      DIVISION B--MISSILE DEFENSE

    The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2018, and for other purposes, namely:

            TITLE I--MISSILE DEFEAT AND DEFENSE ENHANCEMENTS

                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

                       OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

                    Operation and Maintenance, Navy

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'' 
for necessary costs to repair damage to the U.S.S. John S. McCain and 
the U.S.S. Fitzgerald, $673,500,000: 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.

                  Operation and Maintenance, Air Force

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Air 
Force'' for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the 
use of ballistic missiles, $18,750,000: 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.

                Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide

    For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-
Wide'' for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the 
use of ballistic missiles, $23,735,000: 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.

                              PROCUREMENT

                       Missile Procurement, Army

    For an additional amount for ``Missile Procurement, Army'' for 
necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of 
ballistic missiles, $884,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020: 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.

                     Missile Procurement, Air Force

    For an additional amount for ``Missile Procurement, Air Force'' for 
necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of 
ballistic missiles, $12,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 
2020: 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.

                      Other Procurement, Air Force

    For an additional amount for ``Other Procurement, Air Force'' for 
necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of 
ballistic missiles, $288,055,000 to remain available until September 
30, 2020: 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.

                       Procurement, Defense-Wide

    For an additional amount for ``Procurement, Defense-Wide'' for 
necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of 
ballistic missiles, $1,239,140,000 to remain available until September 
30, 2020: 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.

               RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION

            Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army

    For an additional amount for ``Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation, Army'' for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend 
against the use of ballistic missiles, $20,700,000 to remain available 
until September 30, 2019: 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.

            Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy

    For an additional amount for ``Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation, Navy'' for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend 
against the use of ballistic missiles, $60,000,000 to remain available 
until September 30, 2019: 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.

         Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force

    For an additional amount for ``Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation, Air Force'' for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and 
defend against the use of ballistic missiles, $255,744,000 to remain 
available until September 30, 2019: 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.

        Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide

    For an additional amount for ``Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation, Defense-Wide'' for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and 
defend against the use of ballistic missiles, $1,010,220,000 to remain 
available until September 30, 2019: 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.

              TITLE II--MISSILE CONSTRUCTION ENHANCEMENTS

                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

                  MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE

    For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, Defense-
Wide'', $200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, to 
carry out construction of a missile field in Alaska: Provided, That 
such funds may be obligated or expended for planning and design and 
military construction projects not otherwise authorized by law: 
Provided further, 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.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 2001.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made 
available in this division are in addition to amounts appropriated or 
otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 
2018.
    Sec. 2002. (a) Funds made available in title I of this division 
shall be allocated to programs, projects, and activities in accordance 
with the detailed congressional budget justifications submitted by the 
Department of Defense to accompany the Fiscal Year 2018 Budget 
Amendments requested by the President on November 6, 2017: Provided, 
That changes to the allocation of such funds shall be subject to the 
reprogramming requirements set forth in the annual appropriations Act.
    (b) Funds made available in this division may be obligated and 
expended notwithstanding sections 102 and 104 of division D of Public 
Law 115-56.
    Sec. 2003.  Each amount designated in this division 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 only if the President subsequently so designates all such 
amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress.
    This division may be cited as the ``Department of Defense Missile 
Defeat and Defense Enhancements Appropriations Act, 2018''.

                     DIVISION C--HEALTH PROVISIONS

                    TITLE I--PUBLIC HEALTH EXTENDERS

SEC. 3101. EXTENSION FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, THE NATIONAL HEALTH 
              SERVICE CORPS, AND TEACHING HEALTH CENTERS THAT OPERATE 
              GME PROGRAMS.

    (a) Community Health Centers Funding.--Section 10503(b)(1) of the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b-2(b)(1)) is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end; 
        and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following:
                    ``(F) $550,000,000 for the period of the first and 
                second quarters of fiscal year 2018; and''.
    (b) National Health Service Corps.--Section 10503(b)(2) of the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b-2(b)(2)) is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following:
                    ``(F) $65,000,000 for period of the first and 
                second quarters of fiscal year 2018.''.
    (c) Teaching Health Centers That Operate Graduate Medical Education 
Programs.--Subsection (g) of section 340H of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 256h) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``To carry out'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) In general.--To carry out'';
            (2) by striking ``and $15,000,000 for the first quarter of 
        fiscal year 2018'' and inserting ``and $30,000,000 for the 
        period of the first and second quarters of fiscal year 2018, to 
        remain available until expended''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Administrative expenses.--Of the amount made 
        available to carry out this section for any fiscal year, the 
        Secretary may not use more than 5 percent of such amount for 
        the expenses of administering this section.''.
    (d) Application.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to this section are 
subject to the requirements contained in Public Law 115-31 for funds 
for programs authorized under sections 330 through 340 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b-256).
    (e) Conforming Amendments.--Section 3014(h) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``section 10503(b)(1)(E) 
        of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 
        254b-2(b)(1)(E)), as amended by section 221 of the Medicare 
        Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015'' and inserting 
        ``subparagraphs (E) and (F) of section 10503(b)(1) of the 
        Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b-
        2(b)(1))''; and
            (2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``and section 3101(d) of 
        the CHIP and Public Health Funding Extension Act'' after 
        ``section 221(c) of the Medicare Access and CHIP 
        Reauthorization Act of 2015''.

SEC. 3102. EXTENSION FOR SPECIAL DIABETES PROGRAMS.

    (a) Special Diabetes Program for Type I Diabetes.--Section 
330B(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-2(b)(2)) is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
                    ``(D) $37,500,000 for the period of the first and 
                second quarters of fiscal year 2018, to remain 
                available until expended.''.
    (b) Special Diabetes Program for Indians.--Subparagraph (D) of 
section 330C(c)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-
3(c)(2)) is amended by inserting ``and $37,500,000 for the second 
quarter of fiscal year 2018'' before the period at the end.

SEC. 3103. PREVENTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH FUND.

    Section 4002(b) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300u-11(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``each of fiscal years 
        2018 and 2019'' and inserting ``fiscal year 2018'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (8) as 
        paragraphs (5) through (9);
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(4) for fiscal year 2019, $800,000,000;'';
            (4) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``$1,000,000,000'' and inserting ``$800,000,000''; and
            (5) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``$1,500,000,000'' and inserting ``$1,250,000,000''.

          TITLE II--CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM (CHIP)

SEC. 3201. FUNDING EXTENSION OF THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) Appropriation; Total Allotment.--Section 2104(a) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (19), by striking ``and'';
            (2) in paragraph (20), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(21) for fiscal year 2018, for purposes of making 1 semi-
        annual allotment--
                    ``(A) $2,850,000,000 for the period beginning on 
                October 1, 2017, and ending on March 31, 2018.''.
    (b) Allotments.--
            (1) In general.--Section 2104(m) of the Social Security Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(m)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)(B)(ii), in the matter 
                preceding subclause (I), by inserting ``and paragraph 
                (10)'' after ``clauses (iii) and (iv)'';
                    (B) in paragraph (5)--
                            (i) by striking ``or (4)'' and inserting 
                        ``(4), or (10)''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``or 2017'' and inserting 
                        ``, 2017, or 2018'';
                    (C) in paragraph (9)--
                            (i) in the heading, by striking ``fiscal 
                        years 2015 and 2017'' and inserting ``certain 
                        fiscal years'';
                            (ii) by striking ``or (4)'' and inserting 
                        ``, (4), or (10)''; and
                            (iii) by striking ``or fiscal year 2017'' 
                        and inserting ``, 2017, or 2018''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(10) For fiscal year 2018.--
                    ``(A) First half.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Subject to paragraphs 
                        (5) and (7), from the amount made available 
                        under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (21) of 
                        subsection (a) for the semi-annual period 
                        described in such subparagraph, the Secretary 
                        shall compute a State allotment for each State 
                        (including the District of Columbia and each 
                        commonwealth and territory) for such semi-
                        annual period in an amount equal to \1/2\ of 
                        the amount described in clause (ii) for the 
                        State.
                            ``(ii) Full year amount based on growth 
                        factor updated amount.--The amount described in 
                        this clause for a State is equal to the sum 
                        of--
                                    ``(I) the sum of the 2 semi-annual 
                                allotments made to the State under 
                                paragraph (4) for fiscal year 2017; and
                                    ``(II) the amount of any payments 
                                made to the State under subsection (n) 
                                for fiscal year 2017,
                        multiplied by the allotment increase factor 
                        under paragraph (6) for fiscal year 2018.''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 2104(m)(2) of such Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(m)(2)) is amended--
                    (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``2010 
                through 2016'' and inserting ``beginning with fiscal 
                year 2010''; and
                    (B) by striking ``the allotment increase factor 
                under paragraph (5)'' each place it appears and 
                inserting ``the allotment increase factor under 
                paragraph (6)''.
            (3) Application of regular expenditure rules.--Amounts 
        allotted to a State under section 2104(m)(10)(A) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(m)(10)(A)) (as added by 
        paragraph (1)) shall be subject to the same requirements of 
        title XXI of such Act and applicable regulations of the 
        Secretary of Health and Human Services as apply to other 
        allotments made to States for a fiscal year under section 2104 
        of such Act.
    (c) Extension of CHIP Allocation Redistribution Special Rule for 
Certain Shortfall States.--
            (1) In general.--Section 2104(f)(2)(B)(ii) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(f)(2)(B)), as amended by section 
        201 of Public Law 115-90, is amended--
                    (A) in the clause heading, by striking ``first 
                quarter'' and inserting ``first half'';
                    (B) by redesignating subclause (III) as subclause 
                (VI); and
                    (C) by striking subclauses (I) and (II) and 
                inserting the following:
                                    ``(I) In general.--For each month 
                                beginning during the period beginning 
                                on October 1, 2017, and ending March 
                                31, 2018, subject to the succeeding 
                                subclauses of this clause, the 
                                Secretary shall redistribute any 
                                amounts available for redistribution 
                                under paragraph (1) for fiscal year 
                                2018, to each State that is an 
                                emergency shortfall State for the month 
                                (as defined in subclause (II)) such 
                                amount as the Secretary determines will 
                                eliminate the estimated shortfall 
                                described in subclause (II) for such 
                                State for the month (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 a month 
                                beginning during the period beginning 
                                October 1, 2017, and ending March 31, 
                                2018, a shortfall State for which the 
                                Secretary estimates, in accordance with 
                                subparagraph (A) (unless otherwise 
                                specified in this subclause) and on a 
                                monthly basis using the most recent 
                                data available to the Secretary as of 
                                such month, 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 month will exceed the 
                                sum of the amounts described in clauses 
                                (i) through (iii) of subparagraph (A) 
                                for such month, including after 
                                application of any amount redistributed 
                                under paragraph (1) for a previous 
                                month for fiscal year 2018 in 
                                accordance with this clause, to such 
                                State. A shortfall State may be an 
                                emergency shortfall State under the 
                                previous sentence without regard to 
                                whether any amounts were redistributed 
                                to such State under paragraph (1) for a 
                                previous month in fiscal year 2018.
                                    ``(III) Funds redistributed in the 
                                order in which states realize funding 
                                shortfalls.--The Secretary shall 
                                redistribute the amounts available for 
                                redistribution under paragraph (1) to 
                                emergency shortfall States described in 
                                subclause (II) in the order in which 
                                such States realize monthly funding 
                                shortfalls under this title for fiscal 
                                year 2018. The Secretary shall only 
                                make redistributions under this clause 
                                to the extent that such amounts are 
                                available for such redistributions.
                                    ``(IV) Proration rule.--If the 
                                amounts available for redistribution 
                                under paragraph (1) for a month during 
                                the period described in subclause (I) 
                                are less than the total amounts of the 
                                estimated shortfalls determined for the 
                                month for emergency shortfall States 
                                described in subclause (II), the amount 
                                computed under subclause (I) for each 
                                emergency shortfall State shall be 
                                reduced proportionally.
                                    ``(V) Unobligated redistributed 
                                funds.--The Secretary shall withhold 
                                any funds redistributed under paragraph 
                                (1) for fiscal year 2018 before January 
                                1, 2018, but which have not been 
                                obligated for amounts expended by a 
                                State as of that date, and shall 
                                redistribute such funds in accordance 
                                with the preceding subclauses of this 
                                clause.''.
            (2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in the amendments made 
        by paragraph (1) shall be construed as authorizing the 
        Secretary of Health and Human Services to de-obligate any funds 
        redistributed under clause (ii) of section 2104(f)(2)(B) of the 
        Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(f)(2)(B)) that have been 
        obligated for amounts expended by an emergency shortfall State 
        described in such clause as of January 1, 2018.
    This division may be cited as the ``CHIP and Public Health Funding 
Extension Act''.

                       DIVISION D--OTHER MATTERS

SEC. 4001. VA CHOICE.

    There is appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, $2,100,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, to be deposited in the Veterans Choice Fund under section 802 
of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 (Public 
Law 113-146; 38 U.S.C. 1701 note).

                     DIVISION E--BUDGETARY EFFECTS

SEC. 5001. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

    (a) In General.--The budgetary effects of division C and each 
succeeding division shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard 
maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act 
of 2010.
    (b) Senate PAYGO Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of division C 
and each succeeding division shall not be entered on any PAYGO 
scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 
(115th Congress).
    (c) Classification of Budgetary Effects.--Notwithstanding Rule 3 of 
the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory 
statement of the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 
105-217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of division C and 
each succeeding division shall not be estimated--
            (1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; and
            (2) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the 
        Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an 
        appropriation Act.

SEC. 5002. BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF RECONCILIATION ACT.

    (a) Definition of Reconciliation Act.--In this section, the term 
``reconciliation Act'' means an Act enacted into law before, on, or 
after the date of enactment of this Act that was considered pursuant to 
the reconciliation instructions in H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.
    (b) PAYGO Scorecard.--The budgetary effects of the reconciliation 
Act shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant 
to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 
933(d)).

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
115th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H.R. 1370

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                  HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENT