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DIVISION A--FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018
Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018
(Sec. 1001) Amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 to provide continuing FY2018 appropriations to federal agencies through January 19, 2018 (December 22, 2017, under current law).
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(This provision prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur when the existing continuing resolution expires because the FY2018 appropriations bills have not been enacted.)
Adds provisions to the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 that:
permit funds provided to the Coast Guard to be used to carry out Retired Pay Reform, including continuation pay;
provide additional funding to the Indian Health Service for the costs of staffing and operating newly constructed facilities;
permit funds provided to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain programs and activities related to: (1) the care of unaccompanied alien children, and (2) efforts to combat the trafficking of children;
provide additional funding for HHS to prepare for or respond to an influenza pandemic; and
exempt security spending from sequestration (automatic spending cuts) for FY2018 and delay the sequestration for nonsecurity spending.
(Sec. 1002) Extends certain authorities provided by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) through the duration of the continuing resolution. Specifies that this section is repealed if legislation amending the dates included in section 403(b) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 is enacted.
DIVISION B--MISSILE DEFENSE
Department of Defense Missile Defeat and Defense Enhancements Appropriations Act, 2018
Provides FY2018 emergency appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for missile defense programs. (Emergency spending is exempt from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules.)
TITLE I--MISSILE DEFEAT AND DEFENSE ENHANCEMENTS
Provides Operation and Maintenance funds to DOD for necessary costs to repair damage to the USS John S. McCain and the USS Fitzgerald.
Provides Operation and Maintenance; Procurement; and Research, Development, Test and Evaluation funds to DOD for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of ballistic missiles.
TITLE II--MISSILE CONSTRUCTION ENHANCEMENTS
Provides appropriations for Defense-Wide Military Construction for construction of a missile field in Alaska.
TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Sec. 2001) Specifies that the funds provided by this division are in addition to funds appropriated or otherwise made available to DOD for FY2018.
(Sec. 2002) Requires funds provided by title I of this division to be allocated in accordance with the detailed congressional budget justifications submitted by DOD with the FY2018 budget amendments requested by the President on November 6, 2017. Specifies that any changes to the allocation of funds are subject to reprogramming requirements.
(Sec. 2003) Specifies that funds designated in this division as emergency requirements are available only if the President subsequently designates all of the amounts as emergency requirements and transmits the designations to Congress.
DIVISION C--HEALTH PROVISIONS
TITLE I--PUBLIC HEALTH EXTENDERS
CHIP and Public Health Funding Extension Act
(Sec. 3101) Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend and make appropriations through the second quarter of FY2018 for community health centers and the National Health Service Corps.
Amends the Public Health Service Act to make appropriations through the second quarter of FY2018 for a program that pays teaching health centers to establish or expand graduate medical residency training programs.
(Sec. 3102) Makes appropriations through the second quarter of FY2018 for type I diabetes programs and diabetes programs for Native Americans.
(Sec. 3103) Reduces FY2019-FY2022 for the Prevention and Public Health Fund.
TITLE II--CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM (CHIP)
(Sec. 3201) Amends title XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program [CHIP]) of the Social Security Act to extend funding for CHIP through the first half of FY2018.
Establishes a special rule, with respect to the first half of FY2018, for the redistribution of unused CHIP allotments to state child health plans experiencing emergency shortfalls. Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), on a monthly basis, to redistribute unused allotments to each state in an amount that will eliminate the state's emergency shortfall before the CMS may distribute the allotments to any state that is experiencing a nonemergency shortfall. Requires the CMS to redistribute such allotments in the order in which states realize monthly emergency shortfalls, but only to the extent that amounts are available for redistribution.
DIVISION D--OTHER MATTERS
(Sec. 4001) Provides $2.1 billion in mandatory funding for the Veterans Choice Program, which allows veterans to receive health care from providers outside of the Department of Veterans Affairs facilities.
DIVISION E--BUDGETARY EFFECTS
(Sec. 5001) Exempts the budgetary effects of division C and each succeeding division of this bill from Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rules and certain budget scorekeeping guidelines.
(Sec. 5002) Exempts the budgetary effects of specified reconciliation legislation from PAYGO rules. (This provision applies to the tax legislation that was signed into law on December 22, 2017, and was considered pursuant to the reconciliation instructions included in the FY2018 congressional budget resolution.)
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Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] · R–TX
Legislative record
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Became Public Law No: 115-96.
Became Public Law No: 115-96.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Senate agreed, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1370 by Yea-Nay Vote. 66 - 32. Record Vote Number: 325.
Senate roll call 325 · Individual votesResolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1370 by Yea-Nay Vote. 66 - 32. Record Vote Number: 325.
Senate roll call 325 · Individual votesMotion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to the measure (the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment) agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 91 - 8. Record Vote Number: 324.
Senate roll call 324 · Individual votesPoint of order that the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment violates section 306 of the CBA against the measure raised in Senate.
Motion by Senator McConnell to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment made in the Senate. (CR S8235)
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S8235)
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion that the House agree with an amendment to the Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 231 - 188 (Roll no. 708). (text: CR H10394-10397)
House roll call 708 · Individual votesResolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree with an amendment to the Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 231 - 188 (Roll no. 708).(text: CR H10394-10397)
House roll call 708 · Individual votesDEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the motion to agree in the Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 1370.
Mr. Frelinghuysen moved that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment.
Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 670, Mr. Frelinghuysen brought up H.R. 1370 and offered a motion. (consideration: CR H10394-10403)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7029-7030)
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4480-4481)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4480-4481)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1370.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4480-4483)
Mr. McCaul moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 92.
Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-143, Part I.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-143, Part I.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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