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The new language redefined the stockpile’s role as “to supplement state and local supplies ... as a short-term stopgap.”

Congress has until Sept. 30 to approve a stopgap funding bill and avoid a government shutdown.

LyBurtus said she was told it would be a stopgap measure — just for three weeks — until she could line up more help at home.

Yaroslavsky and Blumenfield said they had always planned for the city’s funding to serve as a stopgap until state officials get their grant program up and running and provide reimbursement.

Officials conceded the president’s executive action, which is likely to face legal challenges, is essentially a stopgap.