The funding is treated as having begun on October 1, 2025
Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes, section 5, Sec. 5.
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The funding is treated as having begun on October 1, 2025
The document says “shall”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says
“Notwithstanding section 106(1), for the purposes of divisions A through D of the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, the time covered by such divisions shall be considered to have begun on October 1, 2025.”
Section 119 of division A backdates the funding period to the first day of the fiscal year, which is why the Act can reach the lapse that ran from October 1, 2025 to the day it was signed.
What the document actually says
“Notwithstanding section 106(1), for the purposes of divisions A through D of the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, the time covered by such divisions shall be considered to have begun on October 1, 2025.”
That sentence, in plain words
This money counts as if it started on October 1, 2025.
What this is about
The law was signed in November. The budget year began in October. This closes that gap by reaching back.
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Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, Public Law 119-37, sec. 5, 139 Stat. 496 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ37/html/PLAW-119publ37.htm
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“The funding is treated as having begun on October 1, 2025,” Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, section 5, Sec. 5. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/continuing-appropriations-agriculture-legislative/proposal/sec05-time-covered-began-october-1-2025/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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