Sponsor
Rosa L. Delauro
Representative · D-CT
Representative · D-CT
Official title: Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.
Introduced September 18, 2025 by Rosa L. Delauro · Last progress September 18, 2025
The bill preserves short-term continuity of many federal programs and operations—protecting beneficiaries, providers, and federal workers—at the cost of freezing FY2025 funding levels, reducing congressional control and transparency, and creating fiscal and administrative trade-offs that may hamper longer-term priorities and flexibility.
Millions of program beneficiaries (Medicaid recipients, food assistance recipients, WIC participants, and other mandatory/entitlement beneficiaries) continue receiving benefits at FY2025 rates through the continuing resolution, avoiding sudden interruptions in health and nutrition services.
Federal civilian employees avoid furloughs because agencies may apportion personnel pay at rates needed to prevent furloughs after cutting certain non‑personnel admin costs.
Community health centers, the National Health Service Corps, teaching health centers, and targeted diabetes programs receive short-term funding for October 2025, maintaining primary care access and provider placements in underserved areas.
The continuing resolution shifts substantive spending decisions and starts from Congress to agencies by extending FY2025 rates and granting apportionment waivers, reducing congressional prioritization and oversight during the extension period.
Holding funding at FY2025 rates freezes growth, fails to account for inflation and new priorities, and can prevent funding increases needed by states, hospitals, and localities.
Short, one‑month appropriations (October 2025) increase federal outlays without typical PAYGO or budget-allocation scoring and reduce transparency about budget and deficit impacts.
Based on analysis of 9 sections of legislative text.
Temporarily continues FY2025 funding and authorities into FY2026 through Oct 31, 2025, adds targeted one-month public-health supplements, creates a VA Native American veteran housing loan subsidy account, and designates certain emergency appropriations.
Extends federal funding and authorities for most FY2026 projects and activities at FY2025 levels and terms through October 31, 2025 (or earlier if replaced by FY2026 appropriations). It includes implementation rules for how continuing funds are treated, additional one-month public-health supplements for October 2025, new and amended program authorities (including a VA Native American Veteran Housing direct-loan subsidy account), several emergency designations, and limited Department of Defense restrictions on new production and multi-year procurements. The measure also rescinds and immediately reappropriates certain unobligated competitive-award balances, allows short-term actions to avoid termination of housing assistance, permits limited apportionment flexibility (e.g., for Essential Air Service), and requires HUD and certain homelessness programs to receive one-time noncompetitive renewals. Many funding items are time-limited or designated as emergency requirements and remain available only until replaced by regular FY2026 appropriations or until October 31, 2025 (unless otherwise noted).