; and (3) the State (or such other grantee) may use funds available to the State (or the grantee) under such Federal program to reimburse such State (or the grantee), together with interest thereon calculated under section 6503(d) of title 31, United States Code. (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘State’’ and the term ‘‘grantee,’’ including United States territories and possessions, shall have the meaning given such terms under the applicable Federal program under subsection (a). In addition, ‘‘to continue carrying out a Federal program’’ means the continued performance by a State or other Federal grantee, during the period of a lapse in appropriations, of a Federal program that the State or such other grantee had been carrying out prior to the period of the lapse in appropriations. (c) The authority under this section applies with respect to any period in fiscal year 2019 (not limited to periods beginning or ending after the date of the enactment of this Act) during which there occurs a lapse in appropriations with respect to any department or agency of the Federal Government receiving funding in any division of this consolidated Act which, but for such lapse in appropriations, would have paid, or made reimbursement relating to, any of the expenses referred to in this section with respect to the program involved. Payments and reimbursements under this authority shall be made only to the extent and in amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts. 106. (a) Section 3(20)(B) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 ( 20 U.S.C. 2302(20)(B) ), as amended by section 7 of the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act ( Public Law 115–224 ), is amended by inserting “, except that, for the purpose of section 132, the term ‘recognized postsecondary credential’ as used in this subparagraph shall not include a baccalaureate degree” after “associate degree”. (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on July 1, 2019, as if included in the