This part bars money for one United Nations agency. As the source text is split, it also carries all of division H, the Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. That division moves a funding date to February 13, 2026, covers a gap in which funding lapsed, and repeals a section of an earlier Act.
The document says “may not”Who acts: Secretary of StateHow: statuteSec. 101 in the PDF
What the document says
“funds appropriated or otherwise made available by division F of this Act or other Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, including provisions of Acts providing supplemental appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, may not be used for a contribution, grant, or other payment to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency”
The funding limitation bars the use of funds appropriated by division F of this Act, or by other Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations and related programs, including supplemental appropriations Acts, for a contribution, grant or other payment to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. The bar applies notwithstanding any other provision of any other division of the Act and any other provision of law.
What the document actually says
“funds appropriated or otherwise made available by division F of this Act or other Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, including provisions of Acts providing supplemental appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, may not be used for a contribution, grant, or other payment to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency”
That sentence, in plain words
Money for the State Department and for aid abroad may not go to one United Nations agency. That holds for money in this law and in other such laws.
What this is about
The agency named is the one that helps Palestinian refugees. A grant is money given for a purpose. The bar covers grants and other payments.
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The document says “may not”Who acts: Secretary of StateHow: statuteSec. 101 in the PDF
What the document says
“(1) for any amounts provided in prior fiscal years or in fiscal year 2026; or
(2) for amounts provided in fiscal year 2027, until March 25, 2027.”
The funding limitation reaches amounts provided in prior fiscal years and in fiscal year 2026, and amounts provided in fiscal year 2027 until March 25, 2027.
What the document actually says
“(1) for any amounts provided in prior fiscal years or in fiscal year 2026; or
(2) for amounts provided in fiscal year 2027, until March 25, 2027.”
That sentence, in plain words
The bar covers money from past years and from 2026. It also covers money from 2027, up to March 25, 2027.
What this is about
A budget year runs from October to September. Money left over from an old year can still be spent. The bar reaches that money too.
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The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 101 in the PDF
What the document says
“The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 (division A of Public Law 119-37) is amended by striking the date specified in section 106(3) and inserting ``February 13, 2026''.”
Section 101 of division H amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026, division A of Public Law 119-37, by striking the date specified in its section 106(3) and inserting February 13, 2026.
What the document actually says
“The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 (division A of Public Law 119-37) is amended by striking the date specified in section 106(3) and inserting ``February 13, 2026''.”
That sentence, in plain words
In the stopgap funding law, cross out the date in one part. Write in February 13, 2026.
What this is about
A stopgap law keeps the government open for a short time. It names the day it runs out. Moving that day buys more time.
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“For the purposes of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 (division A of Public Law 119-37), the time covered by such division shall be considered to include the period which began on or about January 31, 2026, during which there occurred a lapse in appropriations.”
Section 102 of division H provides that the time covered by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 is considered to include the period beginning on or about January 31, 2026, during which there was a lapse in appropriations.
What the document actually says
“For the purposes of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 (division A of Public Law 119-37), the time covered by such division shall be considered to include the period which began on or about January 31, 2026, during which there occurred a lapse in appropriations.”
That sentence, in plain words
Treat the stopgap law as covering the days that started on or about January 31, 2026. In those days the money had run out.
What this is about
When funding runs out, that gap is called a lapse. This part folds the gap into the time the stopgap law covers.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: heads of departments and agenciesHow: statuteSec. 101 in the PDF
What the document says
“Amounts made available in the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 (division A of Public Law 119-37) and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 for personnel pay, allowances, and benefits in each department and agency shall be available for payments pursuant to subsection (c) of section 1341 of title 31, United States Code and such payments shall be made.”
Section 103 of division H makes the amounts provided for personnel pay, allowances and benefits in each department and agency, under both the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 and this Act, available for payments under section 1341(c) of title 31, United States Code, and directs that such payments be made.
What the document actually says
“Amounts made available in the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 (division A of Public Law 119-37) and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 for personnel pay, allowances, and benefits in each department and agency shall be available for payments pursuant to subsection (c) of section 1341 of title 31, United States Code and such payments shall be made.”
That sentence, in plain words
Money set aside for staff pay and benefits may be used for the payments named in one part of the money code. Those payments must be made.
What this is about
The money code is the set of federal rules about spending. This part points at one rule in it and says the pay goes out.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: heads of departments and agenciesHow: statuteSec. 101 in the PDF
What the document says
“All obligations incurred and in anticipation of the appropriations made and authority granted by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 (division A of Public Law 119-37) and by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 for the purposes of maintaining the essential level of activity to protect life and property and bringing about orderly termination of Government function, and for purposes as otherwise authorized by law, are hereby ratified and approved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of such Act.”
Section 104 of division H ratifies and approves obligations incurred in anticipation of the appropriations made by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 and by this Act, for maintaining the essential level of activity to protect life and property, for the orderly termination of government function, and for purposes otherwise authorized by law, if they are otherwise in accord with that Act.
What the document actually says
“All obligations incurred and in anticipation of the appropriations made and authority granted by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026 (division A of Public Law 119-37) and by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 for the purposes of maintaining the essential level of activity to protect life and property and bringing about orderly termination of Government function, and for purposes as otherwise authorized by law, are hereby ratified and approved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of such Act.”
That sentence, in plain words
Some costs were run up in the hope that money would come. Those costs count as approved, if they follow the rest of the law.
What this is about
An obligation is a promise to pay. During a gap, some work still must go on. This part signs off on those promises after the fact.
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“Section 213 of title II of division C of the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, and the amendments made by such section, are hereby repealed and shall have no force or effect.”
Section 105 of division H repeals section 213 of title II of division C of the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, together with the amendments that section made, and provides that they have no force or effect.
What the document actually says
“Section 213 of title II of division C of the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, and the amendments made by such section, are hereby repealed and shall have no force or effect.”
That sentence, in plain words
One part of an earlier 2026 law is wiped out. The changes that part made are wiped out too. They now have no force.
What this is about
To repeal is to take a law off the books. Here the changes the old part made go as well. It is as if the part had not passed.
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The document says “may be cited as”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 101 in the PDF
What the document says
“This division may be cited as the ``Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026''.”
Division H carries its own short title, the Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.
What the document actually says
“This division may be cited as the ``Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026''.”
That sentence, in plain words
This block of the law has a name. The name is the Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.
What this is about
A block of a big law can have its own name. The name is just a label. It changes no rule.
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, Public Law 119-75, sec. 101, 140 Stat. 628 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ75/html/PLAW-119publ75.htm
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“Funding Limitation,” Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, section 101. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/consolidated-appropriations-act-2026/section-101/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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What This Page Covers, and What It Leaves Out
The funding limitation itself, and each numbered section carried in division H: the new date, the treatment of the lapse period, the pay provision, the ratification of obligations, the repeal, and the division's short title.
Nothing of substance in the text as it is carried here. Where a section works only by naming an older Act, what that Act provides is not recorded.
As this law is sectioned, section 101 carries division G's funding limitation and then the whole of division H, whose own sections are numbered 101 through 105. The site addresses this material by the one section number the sectioner assigned it.
