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Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026Section 6201 › Proposal

Fiscal year 2026 is split at January 30, 2026

Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes, section 6201, Sec. 6201. Written by .

Fiscal year 2026 is split at January 30, 2026

The document says “is amendedWho acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 6201 in the PDF
What the document says

“in subparagraph (B), by striking "in fiscal year 2026" and inserting "during the portion of fiscal year 2026 beginning on January 31, 2026, and ending on September 30, 2026, and in fiscal year 2027"”

Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 6201

The section amends section 1886(d)(12) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(12)). Where the law spoke of fiscal year 2026 as a whole, it now speaks of two pieces: October 1, 2025 to January 30, 2026, which is treated with the earlier years, and January 31, 2026 to the end of the year, which is treated with fiscal year 2027.

What the document actually says

“in subparagraph (B), by striking "in fiscal year 2026" and inserting "during the portion of fiscal year 2026 beginning on January 31, 2026, and ending on September 30, 2026, and in fiscal year 2027"”

Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 6201
That sentence, in plain words

The words fiscal year 2026 come out. In their place go words that name two parts of that year.

What this is about

Medicare rules often turn on a year. This law only funds part of a year. So the year is cut in two, and each part gets its own rule.

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