[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 16 (Friday, January 25, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H1215-H1216]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019
Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the
Speaker's table the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 28) making further
continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes,
with the Senate amendment thereto, and concur in the Senate amendment.
The Clerk read the title of the joint resolution.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the Senate amendment.
The Clerk read as follows:
Senate amendment:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
Section 1. short title. This joint resolution may be cited
as the ``Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act,
2019''.
Sec. 101. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019
(division C of Public Law 115-245) is further amended--
(1) by striking the date specified in section 105(3) and
inserting ``February 15, 2019''; and
(2) by adding after section 136 the following:
``Sec. 137. Amounts made available in this Act for
personnel pay, allowances, and benefits in each department
and agency shall be available for obligations incurred
pursuant to subsection (c) of section 1341 of title 31,
United States Code.
``Sec. 138. All obligations incurred and in anticipation
of the appropriations made and authority granted by this Act
for the purposes of maintaining the essential level of
activity to protect life and property and bringing about
orderly termination of Government function, and for purposes
as otherwise authorized by law, are
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hereby ratified and approved if otherwise in accord with the
provisions of this Act.
``Sec. 139. (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' shall have the meaning as such term is
defined 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 any period in fiscal year 2019 (not limited to periods
beginning or ending after the date of the enactment of this
Act) during which there occurs a lapse in appropriations with
respect to any department or agency of the Federal Government
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.
``Sec. 140. 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 2019 pursuant to section
254(f)(1) of such Act and any order for fiscal year 2019
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 105(3), and for the Office of Management
and Budget, 15 days after the date specified in section
105(3).
``Sec. 141. Section 319L(e)(1)(A) of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-7e(e)(1)(A)) shall continue in
effect through the date specified in section 105(3) of this
Act.
``Sec. 142. Section 405(a) of the Pandemic and All Hazards
Preparedness Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6a note) shall continue in
effect through the date specified in section 105(3) of this
Act.''.
Sec. 102. For the purposes of division C of Public Law
115-245, the time covered by such division shall be
considered to include the period which began on or about
December 22, 2018, during which there occurred a lapse in
appropriations.
Sec. 103. Subsection (c)(2) of section 1341 of title 31,
United States Code, is amended by inserting ``, and subject
to the enactment of appropriations Acts ending the lapse''
before the period.
Sec. 104. For the purposes of the annual report issued
pursuant to section 5 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of
2010 (2 U.S.C. 934) after adjournment of the second session
of the 115th Congress, and for determining whether a
sequestration order is necessary under such section, the
debit for the budget year on the 5-year scorecard, if any,
and the 10-year scorecard, if any, shall be deducted from
such scorecard in 2019 and added to such scorecard in 2020.
Mrs. LOWEY (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent
to dispense with the reading.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentlewoman from New York?
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the original request
of the gentlewoman from New York?
There was no objection.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
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