President Signs Continuing Resolution To Fund Government as FY2018 Begins, also Raises Debt Ceiling and Includes Emergency Supplemental Hurricane Funds
Legislative Update
September 7, 2017
Update: Friday afternoon, President Trump signed the FY2018 Continuing Resolution.
Update: Friday morning, the House of Representatives approved the bill by a vote of 316 to 90. The bill now goes to the White House for the expected signature by the President.
Update: Late Thursday afternoon, the Senate approved the bill by a vote of 80 to 17. The bill now goes to the House, where it is expected to pass despite opposition from fiscal conservatives.
As announced by the Senate Appropriations Committee on September 6, the Senate is expected to take up legislation this week to provide initial emergency supplemental funding for the federal response to disasters caused by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, raise the debt ceiling to allow the United States to meet its fiscal obligations, and assure the continued operation of the federal government through December 8, 2017. The legislation includes:
- A $15.25 billion emergency supplemental package.
- Raising the debt ceiling through December 8.
- A Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund government operations at the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 levelminus an across-the-board cut of 0.6791 percentwith the start of FY2018 on October 1, 2017, and through December 8, 2017. Note that the CR contains language prohibiting the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) from capping reimbursement of the Facilities and Administrative (indirect) costs in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant.