Making further continuing appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes.

IIA Calendar No. 6 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 1 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JANUARY 4, 2019 Received; read the first time JANUARY 8, 2019 Read the second time and placed on the calendar JOINT RESOLUTION Making further continuing appropriations for the Depart- ment of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 1 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 3 2019 (division C of Public Law 115–245) is further 4 amended— 5 (1) in section 105— 6 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 7 the end; 8 (B) in paragraph (3)— 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:17 Jan 09, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HJ1.PCS HJ1 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 HJ 1 PCS (i) by inserting ‘‘except as provided in 1 paragraph (4),’’ before ‘‘December’’; and 2 (ii) by striking the period at the end 3 and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 4 (C) by adding at the end the following: 5 ‘‘(4) with respect to appropriations and funds 6 made available, and other authorities granted, pur- 7 suant to section 101(5) of this joint resolution for 8 the Department of Homeland Security, February 8, 9 2019.’’; and 10 (2) in section 110, by adding at the end the fol- 11 lowing: 12 ‘‘(c) With respect to mandatory payments whose 13 budget authority was provided in the Department of 14 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2018 (division F 15 of Public Law 115–141), subsections (a) and (b) shall be 16 applied by substituting ‘section 105(4)’ for ‘section 17 105(3)’ each place it appears.’’. 18 SEC. 2. (a) Employees furloughed as a result of a 19 lapse in appropriations beginning on or about December 20 22, 2018, and ending on the date of the enactment of this 21 joint resolution shall be compensated at their standard 22 rate of compensation, for the period of such lapse in ap- 23 propriations, as soon as practicable after such lapse in ap- 24 propriations ends. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:17 Jan 09, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HJ1.PCS HJ1 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 HJ 1 PCS (b) For purposes of this section, ‘‘employee’’ means 1 any Federal employee whose salary and expenses are pro- 2 vided by the amendment made by section 1(1)(C). 3 (c) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the ap- 4 propriations made and authority granted by this joint res- 5 olution for the purposes of maintaining the essential level 6 of activity to protect life and property and bringing about 7 orderly termination of Government functions, and for pur- 8 poses as otherwise authorized by law, are hereby ratified 9 and approved if otherwise in accord with the provisions 10 of this joint resolution. 11 SEC. 3. (a) If a State (or another Federal grantee) 12 used State funds (or the grantee’s non-Federal funds) to 13 continue carrying out a Federal program or furloughed 14 State employees (or the grantee’s employees) whose com- 15 pensation is advanced or reimbursed in whole or in part 16 by the Federal Government— 17 (1) such furloughed employees shall be com- 18 pensated at their standard rate of compensation for 19 such period; 20 (2) the State (or such other grantee) shall be 21 reimbursed for expenses that would have been paid 22 by the Federal Government during such period had 23 appropriations been available, including the cost of 24 compensating such furloughed employees, together 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:17 Jan 09, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HJ1.PCS HJ1 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 4 HJ 1 PCS with interest thereon calculated under section 1 6503(d) of title 31, United States Code; and 2 (3) the State (or such other grantee) may use 3 funds available to the State (or the grantee) under 4 such Federal program to reimburse such State (or 5 the grantee), together with interest thereon cal- 6 culated under section 6503(d) of title 31, United 7 States Code. 8 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘State’’ 9 and the term ‘‘grantee’’, including United States terri- 10 tories and possessions, shall have the meaning given such 11 terms under the applicable Federal program under sub- 12 section (a). In addition, ‘‘to continue carrying out a Fed- 13 eral program’’ means the continued performance by a 14 State or other Federal grantee, during the period of a 15 lapse in appropriations, of a Federal program that the 16 State or such other grantee had been carrying out prior 17 to the period of the lapse in appropriations. 18 (c) The authority under this section applies with re- 19 spect to the period of a lapse in appropriations beginning 20 on or about December 22, 2018, and ending on the date 21 of enactment of this joint resolution with respect to the 22 Department of Homeland Security which, but for such 23 lapse in appropriations, would have paid, or made reim- 24 bursement relating to, any of the expenses referred to in 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:17 Jan 09, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HJ1.PCS HJ1 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 5 HJ 1 PCS this section with respect to the program involved. Pay- 1 ments and reimbursements under this authority shall be 2 made only to the extent and in amounts provided in ad- 3 vance in appropriations Acts. 4 Passed the House of Representatives January 3, 2019. Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, Clerk. VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:17 Jan 09, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HJ1.PCS HJ1 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS Calendar No. 6 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. J. RES. 1 JOINT RESOLUTION Making further continuing appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes. JANUARY 8, 2019 Read the second time and placed on the calendar VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:17 Jan 09, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\HJ1.PCS HJ1 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS