Compensation and Ratification of Authority.—

Sec. 124. Compensation and Ratification of Authority.—(a) Any Federal employees furloughed as a result of a lapse in appropriations, if any, after midnight November 13, 1995, until the enactment of this joint resolution shall be compensated at their standard rate of compensation for the period during which there was a lapse in appropriations. All obligations incurred in anticipation of the appropriations made and authority granted by this Act for the purposes of maintaining the essential level of activity to protect life and property and bring about orderly termination of Government functions are hereby ratified and approved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of this joint resolution.