This bill, titled the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027, would provide temporary funding for federal departments, agencies, and programs for fiscal year 2027. It continues projects and activities at the same rate of operations provided in the 2026 appropriations acts until one of three things happens: 1) a fiscal year 2027 appropriation for that program is enacted, 2) a FY2027 appropriations act is enacted without funding that program, or 3) December 4, 2026. The bill includes specific limits and rules, such as restrictions on new Department of Defense production and on starting new projects that did not have FY2026 funding. The text also names programs and accounts where apportionments or special rules apply, including disaster relief, certain food programs, Indian Health Service, small business loan guarantees, and wildfire suppression funding.
If enacted, the bill would keep many federal services running at the same funding levels as in 2026 for a short time. Federal employees and contractors paid from those accounts could continue working under the same rates for operations. Certain programs named in the bill could get extra short-term allowances (for example, to avoid furloughs for civilian personnel or to maintain WIC participation). The Department of Defense could not use these funds to start new production lines or increase production beyond FY2026 levels. Disaster response and wildfire suppression activities could be funded at rates needed to carry out response and recovery work.
The bill does not provide a total cost estimate. It continues funding at fiscal year 2026 rates for the listed appropriations Acts and provides specific additional amounts in a few places in the text. For example, it provides $75,774,000 for Indian Health Service staffing and operations and $8,296,000 for Indian Health Facilities staffing and operations. It also authorizes two payments of $174,000 each to named survivors. Otherwise, appropriations are continued at FY2026 rates and are available only until the conditions described in section 106.
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