[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 31 Engrossed in House (EH)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. J. RES. 31
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JOINT RESOLUTION
Making further continuing appropriations for the Department of Homeland
Security for fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
Section 1. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 (division C of
Public Law 115-245) is further amended--
(1) in section 105--
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or'' at the
end;
(B) in paragraph (3)--
(i) by inserting ``except as provided in
paragraph (4),'' before ``December''; and
(ii) by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; or''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(4) with respect to appropriations and funds made
available, and other authorities granted, pursuant to section
101(5) of this joint resolution for the Department of Homeland
Security, February 28, 2019.''; and
(2) in section 110, by adding at the end the following:
``(c) With respect to mandatory payments whose budget authority was
provided in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act,
2018 (division F of Public Law 115-141), subsections (a) and (b) shall
be applied by substituting `section 105(4)' for `section 105(3)' each
place it appears.''.
Sec. 2. (a) Amounts appropriated by operation of the amendments
made by section 1 for the salaries and expenses of employees shall be
available for payment of salaries in accordance with section 1341(c) of
title 31, United States Code (as added by the Government Employee Fair
Treatment Act of 2019).
(b) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the appropriations
made and authority granted by this joint resolution 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 joint resolution, and for purposes of such obligations the time
period covered by this joint resolution shall be considered to include
the period beginning on or about December 22, 2018, during which there
occurred a lapse in appropriations.
Sec. 3. (a) If a State (or another Federal grantee) used State
funds (or the grantee's non-Federal funds) to continue carrying out a
Federal program or furloughed State employees (or the grantee's
employees) whose compensation is advanced or reimbursed in whole or in
part by the Federal Government--
(1) such furloughed employees shall be compensated at their
standard rate of compensation for such period;
(2) the State (or such other grantee) shall be reimbursed
for expenses that would have been paid by the Federal
Government during such period had appropriations been
available, including the cost of compensating such furloughed
employees, together with interest thereon calculated under
section 6503(d) of title 31, United States Code; and
(3) the State (or such other grantee) may use funds
available to the State (or the grantee) under such Federal
program to reimburse such State (or the grantee), together with
interest thereon calculated under section 6503(d) of title 31,
United States Code.
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ``State'' and the term
``grantee'', including United States territories and possessions, shall
have the meaning given such terms under the applicable Federal program
under subsection (a). In addition, ``to continue carrying out a Federal
program'' means the continued performance by a State or other Federal
grantee, during the period of a lapse in appropriations, of a Federal
program that the State or such other grantee had been carrying out
prior to the period of the lapse in appropriations.
(c) The authority under this section applies with respect to the
period of a lapse in appropriations beginning on or about December 22,
2018, and ending on the date of enactment of this joint resolution with
respect to the Department of Homeland Security which, but for such
lapse in appropriations, would have paid, or made reimbursement
relating to, any of the expenses referred to in this section with
respect to the program involved. Payments and reimbursements under this
authority shall be made only to the extent and in amounts provided in
advance in appropriations Acts.
Passed the House of Representatives January 24, 2019.
Attest:
Clerk.
116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. J. RES. 31
_______________________________________________________________________
JOINT RESOLUTION
Making further continuing appropriations for the Department of Homeland
Security for fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes.