Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
Description
Funds federal agencies through fiscal year 2025 at mostly current levels and extends various expiring health, safety, and social programs.
Summary
What it does
This law provides federal agencies with funding for the remainder of fiscal year 2025, generally maintaining the spending levels established in fiscal year 2024. It prevents a government shutdown by extending appropriations and includes specific adjustments to funding levels for various programs. Additionally, the act extends several expiring authorities related to public health, national security, immigration, and social programs such as the National Flood Insurance Program and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
Who is affected
This legislation affects federal agencies and employees who rely on annual appropriations to maintain operations through the remainder of fiscal year 2025. It impacts beneficiaries of various extended programs, including individuals receiving assistance through Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Medicare, Medicaid, and the National Flood Insurance Program. Additionally, the bill affects specific industries and regulatory bodies, such as livestock producers subject to mandatory price reporting and entities involved with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission whistleblower program.
Key provisions
- Full-year continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2025. Provides funding to federal agencies for the remainder of fiscal year 2025, generally maintaining the spending levels established in fiscal year 2024 to prevent a government shutdown.
- Extension of public health and social safety net programs. Extends various expiring authorities and programs, including Medicare and Medicaid provisions, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, and several immigration-related authorities.
- Continuation of national security and public safety authorities. Extends the National Cybersecurity Protection System and grants the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security continued authority to mitigate threats from unmanned aircraft systems.
- Extension of the National Flood Insurance Program. Provides for the continued operation of the National Flood Insurance Program beyond its scheduled expiration date.
- Extension of fentanyl-related substance scheduling. Maintains the Drug Enforcement Administration's temporary order placing fentanyl-related substances in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.
- Extension of agricultural and financial regulatory programs. Continues the Department of Agriculture's livestock mandatory price reporting program and authorities related to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission whistleblower program.
Fiscal impact
- H.R. 1968, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025· As Posted on the Website of the House Committee on Rules, March 8, 2025
Effective dates
The bill provides funding for the remainder of fiscal year 2025 to prevent a government shutdown upon the expiration of the previous continuing resolution on March 14, 2025. It also extends various expiring programs and authorities through specified periods.
Relationship to existing law
This bill extends various expiring federal programs and authorities, including the National Flood Insurance Program, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, and the Drug Enforcement Administration's temporary scheduling order for fentanyl-related substances under the Controlled Substances Act. It also provides continuing appropriations for federal agencies for the remainder of fiscal year 2025, generally maintaining funding at levels established in fiscal year 2024.
Stated purpose
The bill aims to prevent a federal government shutdown by providing continuing appropriations for agencies through the remainder of fiscal year 2025. It also seeks to maintain government operations and services by extending various expiring programs and authorities across public health, national security, immigration, and social welfare sectors.