A Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the federal government through April 2017 is expected to occur sometime today; however, the Senate has yet to finalize negotiations over miner healthcare provisions leaving passage uncertain.  The CR will include a continuation of Federal PILT payments based upon previous fiscal years allocation.  Efforts to reauthorize Secure Rural Schools payments have stalled, and Congress is unlikely to revisit the SRS discussion until Spring 2017.  Congress will need to pass an additional stopgap spending measure by midnight today in order to avoid a government shutdown.