Congress Passes Stopgap Bill to Avoid Government Shutdown Against a Friday Deadline**

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December 22, 2017

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**which includes the EB-5 Program extension to January 19, 2018

WASHINGTON — Congress gave final approval on Thursday to legislation to keep the government funded into January, averting a government shutdown this weekend but kicking fights over issues like immigration, surveillance and health care into the new year.

The stopgap spending bill extends government funding until Jan. 19 while also providing a short-term funding fix for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, whose financing lapsed at the end of September.

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December 7, 2016

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EB-5 Regional Center program to be Extended Through April 28, 2017

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December 7, 2016

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Yesterday, Congress introduced a bill for another continuing resolution that will extend federal government funding through April 28, 2017. Included in this stop-gap measure is a short-term reauthorization of the EB-5 Regional Center Program through April 28, 2017, avoiding a lapse to the Program which would otherwise sunset on December 9, 2016.