Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes.

Summary

Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027 This bill provides continuing FY2027 appropriations for federal agencies and extends various expiring programs and authorities. Specifically, the bill provides continuing FY2027 appropriations to federal agencies through the earlier of December 4, 2026, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations act. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2027 appropriations bills have not been enacted when FY2027 begins on October 1, 2026. The CR funds most programs and activities at the FY2026 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility or additional appropriations for various programs. For example, the bill includes exceptions for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); Small Business Administration loan programs; the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Disaster Relief Fund; the Indian Health Service; and wildfire suppression activities. In addition, the bill extends several expiring programs, authorities, and restrictions, including the Department of Agriculture’s livestock mandatory price reporting program, the National Flood Insurance Program, limits on pay increases for the Vice President and certain senior political appointees, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, the authority to waive certain pay limitations that apply to wildland firefighters and other wildland fire personnel, the authority for the District of Columbia to spend local funds, and the freeze on cost-of-living adjustments for Members of Congress. The bill also provides the customary payments to the beneficiaries of the late Representative David Scott and the late Senator Lindsey Graham.

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Where it stands

Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.

House Committee on Appropriations · U.S. House of Representatives

Also referred to House Committee on the Budget · U.S. House of Representatives, Senate Committee on Appropriations · U.S. Senate, Senate Committee on the Budget · U.S. Senate.

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Recorded votes

• Vote: On Passage

  U.S. HouseJul 21, 2026Result: Passed

  Voted yes (220)Voted no (205)Voted present (0)Absent (6)

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Related bills

• H.Res. 1438Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8884) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to reauthorize demonstration authority for the disability insurance program; providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 113) establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7008) to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6955) to make improvements to the Federal banking laws, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9770) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.Procedurally related

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Full history

1. Jul 22, 2026

   Sent to the executive

   Received in the Senate.

   U.S. Senate

2. Jul 22, 2026

   Introduced

   Received in the Senate.

   U.S. House

3. Jul 21, 2026

   Considered as Unfinished business. (consideration: cr H5019-5020)

   Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5019-5020)

4. Jul 21, 2026

   Considered as Unfinished business. (consideration: cr H5019-5020)

   Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5019-5020)

5. Jul 21, 2026

   Considered as Unfinished business. (consideration: cr H5019-5020)

   Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5019-5020)

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