The section is applied as if it had been enacted on September 30, 2025
Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes, section 5002, Sec. 5002.
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The section is applied as if it had been enacted on September 30, 2025
The document says “shall apply”Who acts: Secretary of AgricultureHow: statuteSec. 5002 in the PDF
What the document says
“This section and the amendments made by this section shall be applied and administered as if this section and those amendments had been enacted on September 30, 2025.”
The backdating closes the gap between the day the 2018 Act's authorities lapsed and the day this Act was signed, so no program is treated as having stopped in between.
What the document actually says
“This section and the amendments made by this section shall be applied and administered as if this section and those amendments had been enacted on September 30, 2025.”
That sentence, in plain words
Treat this part as if it became law on September 30, 2025.
What this is about
The old farm law ran out at the end of September. This law came in November. The backdating fills that gap.
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Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, Public Law 119-37, sec. 5002, 139 Stat. 626 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ37/html/PLAW-119publ37.htm
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“The section is applied as if it had been enacted on September 30, 2025,” Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, section 5002, Sec. 5002. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/continuing-appropriations-agriculture-legislative/proposal/sec5002-applied-as-if-enacted-september-30-2025/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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