    [United States Statutes at Large, Volume 132, 115th Congress, 2nd Session]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    <> ENROLLMENT CORRECTIONS--H.R. 195

    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),
    That in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 195, the Clerk of the House of
    Representatives shall make the following corrections:
    (1) Insert before section 1 the following:

    ``DIVISION A--FEDERAL REGISTER PRINTING SAVINGS ACT OF 2017''.

    (2) In section 1, strike ``Act'' and insert ``division''.
    (3) Insert before section 2002 the following:
    ``Sec. 154 (a) Employees furloughed as a result of any lapse in
    appropriations which begins on or about January 20, 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. 155. (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,

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    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 2018 (not limited to periods beginning or ending
    after the date of the enactment of this division) 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.''.
    (4) Insert after section 2002 the following:
    ``Sec. 2003.  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 January 20, 2018, during which there
    occurred a lapse in appropriations.''.
    (5) Amend the title so as to read: ``Making further
    continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September
    30, 2018, and for other purposes''.

    Agreed to January 22, 2018.