[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 132, 115th Congress, 2nd Session]
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Public Law 115-124
115th Congress

An Act


 
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes. <>

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <>

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''.

Approved February 9, 2018.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 1301:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
Vol. 163 (2017):
Mar. 8, considered and passed House.
Vol. 164 (2018):
Feb. 8, considered and passed
Senate, amended. House concurred
in Senate amendment.