Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026

Official title: H.R. 5371, Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026

What this does

Division A funds most of the federal government at fiscal year 2025 rates and conditions through January 30, 2026, treats that coverage as beginning October 1, 2025, and provides that employees be paid, including back pay, ending a lapse in appropriations. Section 120 bars any federally funded reduction in force through January 30, 2026, and voids any reduction in force an executive agency took between October 1, 2025, and enactment, reinstating affected employees as of September 30, 2025, with back pay. Divisions B, C, and D provide full-year fiscal 2026 appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, the FDA, and related agencies; the Legislative Branch; and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies. Divisions E and G extend agricultural programs and Department of Veterans Affairs authorities. Division F extends funding for community health centers, the National Health Service Corps, and teaching health centers that run graduate medical education programs through January 30, 2026, and carries Medicare, Medicaid, human-services, FDA over-the-counter drug user fee, and No Surprises Act provisions. Division H keeps the budgetary effects of the extender divisions off the statutory PAYGO scorecards.

Senate vote · 60-40

Democrats7–38

Republicans52–1

Independents1–1

House vote · 217-212

Democrats1–210

Republicans216–2

Independents0–0

How we know · 7 sourced claims

Division A funds most of the federal government at fiscal year 2025 rates and conditions through January 30, 2026.Source: Division A, sections 101 and 106(3)
The Act treats its coverage as beginning October 1, 2025, and provides that employees be paid, including back pay, ending a lapse in appropriations.Source: Division A, sections 116 and 119
Section 120 bars any federally funded reduction in force through January 30, 2026, and voids any reduction in force an executive agency took between October 1, 2025, and enactment, reinstating affected employees as of September 30, 2025, with back pay.Source: Division A, section 120
Divisions B, C, and D provide full-year fiscal 2026 appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, the FDA, and related agencies; the Legislative Branch; and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies.Source: Divisions B, C, and D
Division F extends funding for community health centers, the National Health Service Corps, and teaching health centers that operate graduate medical education programs through January 30, 2026, and carries Medicare, Medicaid, FDA over-the-counter drug user fee, and No Surprises Act provisions.Source: Division F
Divisions E and G extend agricultural programs and Department of Veterans Affairs authorities.Source: Divisions E and G
Division H keeps the budgetary effects of the extender divisions off the statutory PAYGO scorecards.Source: Division H, section 8001

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R50–1D7–38I1–1

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