Overview of the FY2016 Continuing Resolution (H.R. 719)
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R44214.pdf
Explains what a continuing resolution is and how it substitutes for the failure by Congress to pass regular appropriation bills. Also provides summaries of so-called “anomalies” which have the effect of creating new law or changing existing law. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists