A Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 101. Further continuing appropriations The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (division D of Public Law 115–56 ) is amended by striking the date specified in section 106(3) and inserting December 22, 2017 . This division may be cited as the Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 . B Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Allocation Redistribution Special Rule 201. CHIP allocation redistribution special rule for certain shortfall States during first quarter of fiscal year 2018 Section 2104(f)(2) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1397dd(f)(2) ) is amended— (1) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows: (B) Determination of redistributed amounts if insufficient amounts available (i) Proration rule Subject to clause (ii), if the amounts available for redistribution under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year are less than the total amounts of the estimated shortfalls determined for the year under subparagraph (A), the amount to be redistributed under such paragraph for each shortfall State shall be reduced proportionally. (ii) Special rule for first quarter of fiscal year 2018 (I) In general For the period beginning on October 1, 2017, and ending December 31, 2017, with respect to any amounts available for redistribution under paragraph (1) for fiscal year 2018, the Secretary shall redistribute under such paragraph such amounts to each emergency shortfall State (as defined in subclause (II)) in such amount as is equal to the amount of the shortfall described in subclause (II) for such State and period (as may be adjusted under subparagraph (C)) before the Secretary may redistribute such amounts to any shortfall State that is not an emergency shortfall State. In the case of any amounts redistributed under this subclause to a State that is not an emergency shortfall State, such amounts shall be determined in accordance with clause (i). (II) Emergency shortfall State defined For purposes of this clause, the term emergency shortfall State means, with respect