What the bill does
Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This division bars the Government Publishing Office from furnishing a printed copy of the Federal Register without charge to any Member of Congress or any other office of the United States during a year unless the Member or office requests: (1) a printed copy of a specific issue of the Federal Register, or (2) a subscription to printed copies of the Federal Register for that year. DIVISION B–EXTENSION OF CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (Sec. 2001) This division amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 to provide continuing FY2018 appropriations to federal agencies through February 8, 2018 (January 19, 2018, under current law). It ends the government shutdown that began when the existing continuing resolution (CR) expired because none of the 12 FY2018 regular appropriations bills that fund the federal government have been enacted. This division also adds provisions to the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 that: permit funds appropriated by the Department of Defense Missile Defeat and Defense Enhancements Appropriations Act, 2018 to be obligated and expended notwithstanding a provision of the National Security Act of 1947 that requires a specific authorization of appropriations for intelligence activities; provide the Department of Agriculture with funding flexibility to ensure that certain demonstration projects for providing meals to low-income children during the summer will be fully operational by May 2018; provide the National Aeronautics and Space…
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures, Aging, Appropriations, Child health, Child safety and welfare, Congressional operations and organization, Congressional oversight, Defense spending, Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense