Summary

Provides short-term funding and deadline extensions across federal programs through mid-April 2025, prevents lapses in defense shipbuilding, disaster relief, health programs, Medicare/Medicaid authorities, and a few targeted payments. It allows limited apportionment of specific Department of Defense shipbuilding accounts, adds a conditional $750 million emergency disaster relief appropriation, funds tribal relocation and a named beneficiary payment, and adjusts multiple health program expiration dates and short-term dollar amounts for April 1–11/12, 2025.

Key Points

• Short-term extension of multiple federal funding authorities through April 11–12, 2025 to avoid lapses.
• Authorizes apportionment flexibility and specific funding for Navy shipbuilding, including $3.3413 billion for Columbia-class procurement and up to $1.93 billion for prior-year cost increases across 22 line items.
• Provides $750 million in additional FEMA disaster relief funding, designated as emergency but available only after a presidential disaster designation is transmitted to Congress.
• Adds modest, specific appropriations for tribal relocation and a one-time beneficiary payment.
• Inserts brief April 1–11, 2025 funding amounts for community health centers, National Health Service Corps, teaching health centers, and diabetes programs.
• Extends numerous Medicare, Medicaid, and public health flexibilities and payment adjustments for the short extension period.
• Directs certain HHS changes to be implemented by program instruction and excludes these budget effects from PAYGO scorecards.
• Includes narrowly targeted appropriations and technical changes rather than sweeping policy reforms.

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