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Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026Section 3 › Proposal

Inside a division, this Act means that division alone

Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes, section 3, Sec. 3. Written by .

Inside a division, this Act means that division alone

The document says “shallWho acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 3 in the PDF
What the document says

“Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to "this Act" contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of that division.”

Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 3

Section 3 is a reading rule. Each division of the Act carries its own appropriations and its own general provisions, several of which say none of the funds made available by this Act. Section 3 confines each such phrase to the division it appears in, unless the text says otherwise.

What the document actually says

“Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to "this Act" contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of that division.”

Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 3
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When one part of this law says this Act, it means just that part.

What this is about

The law is built from eight big parts. Each part has its own rules about money. This keeps one part's rules from spilling into another.

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