[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 133, 116th Congress, 1st Session]
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Public Law 116-5
116th Congress

Joint Resolution


 
Making further continuing appropriations 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. 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 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

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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

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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.

Approved January 25, 2019.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.J. Res. 28:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 165 (2019):
Jan. 17, considered and passed House; proceedings vacated
and further consideration postponed.
Jan. 23, considered and passed House.
Jan. 25, considered and passed Senate, amended. House
concurred in Senate amendment.