law, are hereby ratified and approved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of any division of this consolidated Act, and for purposes of such obligations the time period covered by this Act shall be considered to include the period which began on or about December 22, 2018, during which there occurred a lapse in appropriations. 105. (a) If a State (or another Federal grantee) used State funds (or the grantee’s non-Federal funds) to continue carrying out a Federal program or furloughed State employees (or the grantee’s employees) whose compensation is advanced or reimbursed in whole or in part by the Federal Government— (1) such furloughed employees shall be compensated at their standard rate of compensation for such period