End The Shutdown Act of 2018

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4872 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4872

 Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2018, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 20, 2018

  Mr. Hoyer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the 
 Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2018, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
    Section 101.  The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (division D 
of Public Law 115-56) is amended--
            (1) by striking the date specified in section 106(3) and 
        inserting ``January 23, 2018''; and
            (2) by adding after section 147 the following:
    ``Sec. 148.  Funds appropriated by the Department of Defense 
Missile Defeat and Defense Enhancements Appropriations Act, 2018 
(division B of Public Law 115-96) may be obligated and expended 
notwithstanding section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)).
    ``Sec. 149.  Amounts made available by section 101 for `Department 
of Agriculture--Food and Nutrition Service--Child Nutrition Programs' 
to carry out section 749(g) of the Agriculture Appropriations Act of 
2010 (Public Law 111-80) may be apportioned up to the rate for 
operations necessary to ensure that the program can be fully 
operational by May 2018.
    ``Sec. 150.  Amounts made available by section 101 for `National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration--Exploration' may be apportioned 
up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain the planned launch 
capability schedules for the Space Launch System launch vehicle, 
Exploration Ground Systems, and Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle 
programs.
    ``Sec. 151.  Amounts made available by section 101 for `Department 
of Energy--Energy Programs--Office of the Inspector General' may be 
apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to sustain staffing 
levels achieved on June 30, 2017.
    ``Sec. 152.  Amounts made available by section 101 for `Small 
Business Administration--Business Loans Program Account' may be 
apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to accommodate 
increased demand for commitments for general business loans authorized 
under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)).
    ``Sec. 153.  For an additional amount for the `Small Business 
Administration--Disaster Loans Program Account' for the cost of direct 
loans authorized by section 7(b) of the Small Business Act, 
$160,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That the 
amount designated under this heading as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available only if the 
President subsequently so designates such amount and transmits such 
designation to the Congress.
    ``Sec. 154.  For 2018, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may make temporary adjustments to the Section 8 housing 
choice voucher annual renewal funding allocations and administrative 
fee eligibility determinations for public housing agencies in an area 
for which the President declared a disaster in 2017 or 2018 under title 
IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.), to avoid significant adverse funding 
impacts that would otherwise result from the disaster and that would 
otherwise prevent a public housing agency from leasing up to its 
authorized level of units under contract (but not to exceed such 
level), upon request by and in consultation with a public housing 
agency and supported by documentation as required by the Secretary that 
demonstrates the need for the adjustment.''.
    Sec. 102.  The Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 
2018 (division A of Public Law 115-96) is amended by striking section 
1002.
     This Act may be cited as the ``End The Shutdown Act of 2018''.
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