{"id":5972,"date":"2019-06-01T09:19:50","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T09:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=5972"},"modified":"2019-06-01T09:20:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-01T09:20:00","slug":"public-law-115-124-continuing-appropriations-amendments-act-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=5972","title":{"rendered":"Public Law 115-124 &#8211; Continuing Appropriations Amendments Act, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[115th Congress Public Law 124]<br \/>\n[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]<\/p>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embed-pdf-viewer\" src=\"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/PLAW-115publ124.pdf\" height=\"1000\" width=\"100%\" title=\"PLAW 115publ124\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/PLAW-115publ124.pdf\" title=\"PLAW 115publ124\">PLAW 115publ124<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[[Page 132 STAT. 314]]<\/p>\n<p>Public Law 115-124<br \/>\n115th Congress<\/p>\n<p>An Act<\/p>\n<p>Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year<br \/>\nending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes. &lt;&lt;NOTE: Feb. 9,<br \/>\n2018 &#8211; [H.R. 1301]&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the<br \/>\nUnited States of America in Congress assembled, &lt;&lt;NOTE: Continuing<br \/>\nAppropriations Amendments Act, 2018. 131 Stat. 1139, 1280, 2044; Ante,<br \/>\npp. 29, 120.&gt;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>Sec. 101. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (division D of<br \/>\nPublic Law 115-56) is further amended by inserting after section 165 the<br \/>\nfollowing new section:<br \/>\n&#8220;Sec. 166. (a) Employees furloughed as a result of any lapse in<br \/>\nappropriations which begins on or about February 9, 2018, shall be<br \/>\ncompensated at their standard rate of compensation, for the period of<br \/>\nsuch lapse in appropriations, as soon as practicable after such lapse in<br \/>\nappropriations ends.<br \/>\n&#8220;(b) &lt;&lt;NOTE: Definition.&gt;&gt; For purposes of this section,<br \/>\n`employee&#8217; means:<br \/>\n&#8220;(1) a Federal employee;<br \/>\n&#8220;(2) an employee of the District of Columbia Courts;<br \/>\n&#8220;(3) an employee of the Public Defender Service for the<br \/>\nDistrict of Columbia; or<br \/>\n&#8220;(4) a District of Columbia Government employee.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;(c) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the appropriations<br \/>\nmade and authority granted by this division for the purposes of<br \/>\nmaintaining the essential level of activity to protect life and property<br \/>\nand bringing about orderly termination of Government functions, and for<br \/>\npurposes as otherwise authorized by law, are hereby ratified and<br \/>\napproved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of this division.&#8221;.<br \/>\nSec. 102. For &lt;&lt;NOTE: Time period.&gt;&gt; the purposes of division D of<br \/>\nPublic Law 115-56, the time covered by such division shall be considered<br \/>\nto include the period which began on or about February 9, 2018, during<br \/>\nwhich there occurred a lapse in appropriations.<\/p>\n<p>This Act may be cited as the &#8220;Continuing Appropriations Amendments<br \/>\nAct, 2018&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Approved February 9, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>LEGISLATIVE HISTORY&#8211;H.R. 1301:<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:<br \/>\nVol. 163 (2017):<br \/>\nMar. 8, considered and passed House.<br \/>\nVol. 164 (2018):<br \/>\nFeb. 8, considered and passed<br \/>\nSenate, amended. 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