The document says “shall”Who 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.”
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.”
That sentence, in plain words
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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Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, Public Law 119-37, sec. 3, 139 Stat. 496 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ37/html/PLAW-119publ37.htm
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“References,” Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026, section 3. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/continuing-appropriations-agriculture-legislative/section-3/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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What This Page Covers, and What It Leaves Out
The one thing the section does: fix what the words this Act mean inside a division.
Nothing else. The section has one sentence and sets no other rule.
The section amends no older statute, so nothing recorded here depends on a document that is not indexed.
