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Introduced September 5, 2025 by David Joyce
Limits and conditions Federal spending and agency actions for fiscal year 2026 across many departments. It imposes funding caps and transfer limits, bans or delays many pending agency rules, requires numerous reports and certifications, and adds wide-ranging policy riders affecting Treasury/IRS operations, judicial spending rules, procurement and vehicle rules, agency hiring and training, federal benefit coverage, and extensive restrictions on the District of Columbia's local laws. The measure is an omnibus-style appropriations and policy package: it changes how agencies may use FY2026 funds, directs what they must report and when, blocks implementation of a long list of federal regulations and program changes, freezes certain pay and benefits policies, and inserts social and administrative policy conditions (on topics such as gender-affirming care in federal health plans, abortion in D.C., DEI/CRT, vaccine mandates, and content-moderation collaborations). Many transfers and reprogramming moves require advance congressional approval and multiple near-term reporting deadlines are imposed.
The bill increases congressional oversight, transparency, and some taxpayer protections while simultaneously imposing wide limits on agency rulemaking, workforce flexibility, health coverage, climate initiatives, and D.C. autonomy—trading regulatory and operational agility for tighter legislative control and ideological constraints.
Taxpayers and Congress gain substantially stronger transparency, budget reporting, and oversight across federal agencies (more frequent budget/reprogramming reports, EO cost estimates, GSA lease reporting, impoundment notifications, and other required disclosures).
Individual taxpayers and federal employees get improved IRS customer service and stronger privacy protections (required IRS 1-800 helpline, taxpayer-rights training, confidentiality safeguards; prohibitions on compelled electronic-content disclosures and limits on certain PII collection).
Small businesses and some consumers are shielded from certain new regulatory costs and retained choices (restrictions on some agency rulemakings, explicit protection of access to gas stoves, and limits on select regulatory initiatives).
Millions of Americans could face weaker or delayed regulatory protections because the bill imposes broad limits on agency rulemaking, inter-account transfers, and reprogramming flexibility—reducing agencies' ability to respond quickly to emergent risks or implement new safeguards (affects financial regulation, consumer protection, public health, and more).
Federal employees and their families lose significant health coverage: FEHB abortion coverage is broadly restricted and coverage for many gender-affirming services is banned, narrowing care access for affected employees and dependents.
Recruitment, retention, and workforce capacity across the federal government are likely to suffer due to pay freezes for senior officials, bans on rehiring bonuses/awards, new hiring restrictions for noncitizens, limits on locality pay and vehicle purchases, and curbs on DEI/training programs.