Sponsor
Angela Craig
Representative · D-MN
Representative · D-MN
The bill strengthens Congressional and agency budgetary control by blocking new executive directives during funding lapses, but does so at the cost of reduced executive flexibility that can delay program administration and hamper rapid national security or emergency responses.
Federal agencies and Congress will retain greater budgetary control because the bill prevents new executive orders or presidential memoranda during funding lapses, limiting unilateral executive action.
State governments and the separation-of-powers framework are protected because the bill restricts executive actions when Congress has not appropriated discretionary funds.
Taxpayers and federal employees may face increased risk because the restriction could hamper timely national security or emergency responses that depend on rapid executive action during an appropriations lapse.
Federal employees, state governments, and program beneficiaries could experience delays and uncertainty in administering federal programs that rely on executive directives during funding gaps.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Stops use of federal discretionary funds to issue or promulgate executive orders or presidential memoranda during discretionary funding lapses that begin after enactment.
Official title: To prohibit Federal funds from being obligated or expended to promulgate Executive orders during a lapse in discretionary appropriations.
Introduced October 3, 2025 by Angela Craig · Last progress October 3, 2025
Prohibits the use of federal funds to draft, issue, or implement any executive order or presidential memorandum during any lapse in discretionary appropriations that begins after the law takes effect. It does not create new spending, agencies, deadlines, or program authorizations — one section is naming only and the other imposes this funding restriction during funding lapses.