Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes.
That the following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units of Government for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes, namely:
Sec. 101.
Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2026 and under the authority and conditions provided in such Acts, for continuing projects or activities (including the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Act, that were conducted in fiscal year 2026, and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in the following appropriations Acts:
(1)
The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (division B of Public Law 119–37).
(2)
The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (division A of Public Law 119–74).
(3)
The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 (division A of Public Law 119–75).
(4)
The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (division B of Public Law 119–74).
(5)
The Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2026 (division E of Public Law 119–75).
(6)
The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 (division A of Public Law 119–86).
(7)
The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (division C of Public Law 119–74).
(8)
The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (division B of Public Law 119–75).
(9)
The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026 (division C of Public Law 119–37).
(10)
The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (division D of Public Law 119–37).
(11)
The National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 (division F of Public Law 119–75).
(12)
The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (division D of Public Law 119–75).
Sec. 102.
(a)
No appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used for:
(1)
the new production of items not funded for production in fiscal year 2026 or prior years;
(2)
the increase in production rates above those sustained with fiscal year 2026 funds; or
(3)
the initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project, activity, operation, or organization (defined as any project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, and subprogram within a program element, and for any investment items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity within an appropriation account and an R–1 line item that includes a program element and subprogram element within an appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal year 2026.
(b)
No appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated later.
Sec. 103.
Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available to the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act.
Sec. 104.
Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during fiscal year 2026.
Sec. 105.
Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant to this Act shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for any project or activity during the period for which funds or authority for such project or activity are available under this Act.
Sec. 106.
Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2027, appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this Act shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs:
(1)
The enactment into law of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this Act.
(2)
The enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2027 without any provision for such project or activity.
(3)
December 4, 2026.
Sec. 107.
Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted into law.
Sec. 108.
Appropriations made and funds made available by or authority granted pursuant to this Act may be used without regard to the time limitations for submission and approval of apportionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but nothing in this Act may be construed to waive any other provision of law governing the apportionment of funds.
Sec. 109.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, except section 106, for those programs that would otherwise have high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of appropriations at the beginning of fiscal year 2027 because of distributions of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, such high initial rates of operation or complete distribution shall not be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded by this Act that would impinge on final funding prerogatives.
Sec. 110.
This Act shall be implemented so that only the most limited funding action of that permitted in the Act shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activities.
Sec. 111.
(a)
For entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2026, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain program levels under current law, under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026, to be continued through the date specified in section 106(3).
(b)
Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory payments due on or about the first day of any month that begins after October 2026 but not later than 30 days after the date specified in section 106(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be available for such payments.
Sec. 112.
Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such department or agency, consistent with the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026, except that such authority provided under this section shall not be used until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses.
Sec. 113.
Funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)).
Sec. 114.
(a)
(1)
For each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that was previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(a)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, each provision of law designating each such amount as an emergency requirement pursuant to such section shall not apply.
(2)
Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that was designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2026 budget enforcement in the House of Representatives, is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2027 budget enforcement in the House of Representatives.
(b)
Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that was previously designated by the Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is designated by the Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget.
(c)
Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that was previously designated in division B of Public Law 117–159, division J of Public Law 117–58, or in section 443(b) of division G of Public Law 117–328 by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget shall continue to be treated as an amount specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public Law 118–5.
Sec. 115.
(a)
Rescissions or cancellations of discretionary budget authority that continue pursuant to section 101 in Treasury Appropriations Fund Symbols (TAFS)—
(1)
to which other appropriations are not provided by this Act, but for which there is a current applicable TAFS that does receive an appropriation in this Act; or
(2)
which are no-year TAFS and receive other appropriations in this Act,
may be continued instead by reducing the rate for operations otherwise provided by section 101 for such current applicable TAFS, as long as doing so does not impinge on the final funding prerogatives of the Congress.
(b)
Rescissions or cancellations described in subsection (a) shall continue in an amount equal to the lesser of—
(1)
the amount specified for rescission or cancellation in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101 of this Act; or
(2)
the amount of balances available, as of October 1, 2026, from the funds specified for rescission or cancellation in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101 of this Act.
(c)
No later than November 20, 2026, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a comprehensive list of the rescissions or cancellations that will continue pursuant to section 101: Provided, That the information in such comprehensive list shall be periodically updated to reflect any subsequent changes in the amount of balances available, as of October 1, 2026, from the funds specified for rescission or cancellation in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101, and such updates shall be transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate upon request.
Sec. 116.
Amounts made available by section 101 for Domestic Food Programs—Food and Nutrition Service—Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
may be apportioned at the rate for operations necessary to maintain participation.
Sec. 117.
Section 260 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636i) and section 942 of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1635 note; Public Law 106–78) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for September 30, 2026
.
Sec. 118.
Amounts made available by section 101 for Small Business Administration—Business Loans Program Account
may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to accommodate increased demand for commitments for general business loans authorized under paragraphs (1) through (35) of section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)), for commitments to guarantee trust certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 634(g)), for commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 697), and for commitments to guarantee debentures under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 683(b)).
Sec. 119.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, except section 106, the District of Columbia may expend local funds made available under the heading District of Columbia—District of Columbia Funds
for such programs and activities under the Fiscal Year 2026 District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2026 (title IV of Division E of Public Law 119–75) at the rate set forth in the Fiscal Year 2027 Local Budget Act of 2026 (Bill 26–0659) as modified as of the date of enactment of this Act.
Sec. 120.
(a)
Notwithstanding section 101, section 747 of title VII of division E of Public Law 119–75 shall be applied by—
(1)
substituting 2026
for 2025
each place it appears;
(2)
substituting 2027
for 2026
each place it appears;
(3)
substituting 2028
for 2027
; and
(4)
substituting section 747 of division E of Public Law 119–75
for section 747 of division B of Public Law 118–47, as continued in effect and modified by section 1605 of title VI of division A of Public Law 119–4 (as continued in effect and modified by division A of Public Law 119–37)
each place it appears.
Sec. 121.
(a)
Sections 1309(a) and 1319 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a) and 4026) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for September 30, 2026
(b)
(1)
Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall become effective immediately upon enactment of this Act.
(2)
If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2026,
this section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2026.
Sec. 122.
Amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of Homeland Security under the heading Federal Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Relief Fund
may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to carry out response and recovery activities under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
Sec. 123.
(a)
In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, amounts are provided for Department of Health and Human Services—Indian Health Service—Indian Health Services
at a rate for operations of $75,774,000, for an additional amount for costs of staffing and operating facilities that were opened, renovated, or expanded in fiscal years 2022, 2026, and 2027, and such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to staff and operate such facilities.
(b)
In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, amounts are provided for Department of Health and Human Services—Indian Health Service—Indian Health Facilities
at a rate for operations of $8,296,000, for an additional amount for costs of staffing and operating facilities that were opened, renovated, or expanded in fiscal years 2022, 2026, and 2027, and such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to staff and operate such facilities.
Sec. 124.
During the period covered by this Act, section 1701 of title VII of division B of Public Law 117–43, as amended, shall be applied by substituting calendar years 2021 through 2026
for 2021 or 2022 or 2023 or 2024
each place it appears.
Sec. 125.
Amounts made available by section 101 for Department of the Interior—Department-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management
and Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management
may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary for wildfire suppression activities.
Sec. 126.
Activities authorized by part A of title IV (other than under section 403(c) or 418) and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act shall continue through the date specified in section 106(3), in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2026, and out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purpose.
Sec. 127.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, there is appropriated—
(1)
for payment to Alfredia Scott, widow of David A. Scott, late a Representative from the State of Georgia, $174,000; and
(2)
for payment to the heirs at law of Lindsey O. Graham, late a Senator from South Carolina, $174,000.
Sec. 128.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress) during the period covered by this Act.
This Act may be cited as the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027
.