In the nature of a substitute.

SA 1941. Mr. McCONNELL proposed an amendment to the concurrent
resolution H. Con. Res. 104, providing for a correction in the
enrollment of H.R. 1892; as follows:

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
Sec. 101.  The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018
(division D of Public Law 115-56) is further amended by
inserting after section 165 the following new section:
``Sec. 166. (a) Employees furloughed as a result of any
lapse in appropriations which begins on or about February 9,
2018, shall be compensated at their standard rate of
compensation, for the period of such lapse in appropriations,
as soon as practicable after such lapse in appropriations
ends.
``(b) For purposes of this section, `employee' means:
``(1) a Federal employee;
``(2) an employee of the District of Columbia Courts;
``(3) an employee of the Public Defender Service for the
District of Columbia; or
``(4) a District of Columbia Government employee.
``(c) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the
appropriations made and authority granted by this division
for the purposes of maintaining the essential level of
activity to protect life and property and bringing about
orderly termination of Government functions, and for purposes
as otherwise authorized by law, are hereby ratified and
approved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of this
division.''.
Sec. 102.  For the purposes of division D of Public Law
115-56, the time covered by such division shall be considered
to include the period which began on or about February 9,
2018, during which there occurred a lapse in appropriations.
This Act may be cited as the ``Continuing Appropriations
Amendments Act, 2018''.
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