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Extends short-term federal funding and authorities for many health, human services, defense, cybersecurity, and disaster programs through April 11 or April 12, 2025, and adds limited, targeted appropriations for defense shipbuilding, disaster relief, tribal relocation, and a one-time beneficiary payment. It updates specific statutes to change expiration dates or insert dollar amounts to keep programs operating for an additional brief period. Also permits apportionment of additional Department of Defense shipbuilding funds for the Columbia-class submarine and designates $750 million in FEMA disaster relief funding as emergency spending if the President so designates; it makes small programmatic funding insertions for community health centers, National Health Service Corps, teaching health centers, Special Diabetes Programs, and other health and human services activities. Budgetary scorecard exceptions for PAYGO and certain enforcement estimates are included.
The bill secures short-term funding and program continuity for national defense, disaster response, Medicare access, and community health services, but does so with temporary stopgap measures and exemptions that increase fiscal outlays, reduce transparency/oversight, and create repeated cliff risks and administrative strain.
Medicare beneficiaries retain temporary telehealth (including audio-only), hospice recertification, and certain Part D antiviral coverage through April 11–12, 2025, preserving near-term access to care.
The bill funds Columbia-class submarine procurement (up to $3.341B) and provides $1.93B to cover prior-year Navy shipbuilding cost increases, supporting Navy readiness and the defense industrial base.
Provides up to $750M in emergency funding for the FEMA Disaster Relief Fund (if designated an emergency), increasing federal capacity to respond to major disasters.
Taxpayers face higher federal outlays from substantial defense and disaster appropriations, which could increase deficits if not offset.
The very short (April 1–11/12, 2025) extensions create recurring cliff risks and add administrative burden on providers and states that must manage repeated stopgap funding.
The bill suspends the application of a prior fiscal control provision, reducing oversight and potentially weakening budgetary constraints during the continuing resolution period.
Introduced March 10, 2025 by Patty Murray · Last progress March 10, 2025