Statement of Appropriations

What the document says

“The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.”

Section 5 is the sentence that turns the figures that follow into appropriations. Everything in divisions A through D is drawn against it.

What the document says

“Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2025 and under the authority and conditions provided in such Acts, for continuing projects or activities (including the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Act, that were conducted in fiscal year 2025”

This is the core of a continuing resolution. Section 101 of division A funds anything that ran in fiscal year 2025 at the 2025 rate and on the 2025 terms, except what divisions B through D fund separately. It lists exceptions, among them several sections of division A of Public Law 119-4 and provisions of Public Law 118-42 and Public Law 118-47 that it declines to carry forward.

What the document says

“appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this Act shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) The enactment into law of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this Act. (2) The enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026 without any provision for such project or activity. (3) January 30, 2026.”

Section 106 of division A sets the end of the short-term funding. For each project the money lasts until a full-year appropriation is enacted, or a full-year bill passes without it, or January 30, 2026 arrives, whichever comes first. Dozens of other provisions in the Act are written as the date specified in section 106(3), so they end on the same day.

What the document says

“No appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used for: (1) the new production of items not funded for production in fiscal year 2025 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates above those sustained with fiscal year 2025 funds; or”

Section 102 of division A holds defense spending to what was already under way. It bars new production, higher production rates, and the start or restart of any project for which money was not available in fiscal year 2025, and it bars using advance procurement funding to begin a multi-year buy unless Congress appropriates for it later.

What the document says

“This Act shall be implemented so that only the most limited funding action of that permitted in the Act shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activities.”

Section 110 of division A is the rule of restraint that runs through a continuing resolution. Where the Act allows a range of action, the smallest one that keeps a project going is the one that may be taken.

What the document says

“Notwithstanding section 106(1), amounts made available in divisions A through D of the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 for personnel pay, allowances, and benefits in each department and agency shall be available for payments pursuant to subsection (c) of section 1341 of title 31, United States Code and such payments shall be made.”

Section 116 of division A makes the pay money in divisions A through D available for the payments described in section 1341(c) of title 31, the provision that deals with pay for work done during a lapse in appropriations, and says those payments shall be made.

What the document says

“all obligations incurred and in anticipation of the appropriations made and authority granted by divisions A through D of the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 for the purposes of maintaining the essential level of activity to protect life and property and bringing about orderly termination of Government function, and for purposes as otherwise authorized by law, are hereby ratified and approved”

Section 117 of division A reaches backward. Bills run up during the lapse to protect life and property, or to shut operations down in an orderly way, are approved after the fact, so long as they fit the terms of divisions A through D.

What the document says

“If a State (or another Federal grantee) used State funds (or the grantee's non-Federal funds) to continue carrying out a Federal program or furloughed State employees (or the grantee's employees) whose compensation is advanced or reimbursed in whole or in part by the Federal Government-- (1) such furloughed employees shall be compensated at their standard rate of compensation for such period;”

Section 118 of division A covers states and other grantees that kept a federal program running on their own money during a lapse. Furloughed employees are to be paid their standard rate, the state is to be reimbursed with interest calculated under section 6503(d) of title 31, and the state may use federal program funds to reimburse itself. The authority applies to any lapse in fiscal year 2026 and only to the extent money is provided in appropriations Acts.

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 says

“Notwithstanding section 106(1), during the period between the date of enactment of this Act and the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act, no federal funds may be used to initiate, carry out, implement, or otherwise notice a reduction in force to reduce the number of employees within any department, agency, or office of the Federal Government.”

Section 120 of division A bars spending on a reduction in force between enactment and January 30, 2026. It covers all civilian positions whatever the funding source, and excepts voluntary separations and retirements, action needed to comply with a court order, and action taken from the first day of a lapse to run an orderly shutdown. The section defines reduction in force by reference to sections 3501 through 3504 and section 3595 of title 5.

What the document says

“Notwithstanding section 106(1), any reduction in force proposed, noticed, initiated, executed, implemented, or otherwise taken by an Executive Agency between October 1, 2025, and the date of enactment, shall have no force or effect.”

Subsection (e) of section 120 of division A voids reductions in force taken during the lapse. Notices are to be rescinded, employees returned to their September 30, 2025 status without interruption and paid what they would otherwise have been paid, and each agency is to notify affected employees and the chairs and ranking members of the Appropriations Committees within five days of enactment.

What the document says

“Any employee who received notice of being subject to such a reduction in force shall have that notice rescinded and be returned to employment status as of September 30, 2025, without interruption. Such employees shall receive all pay to which they otherwise would have been entitled in the absence of receiving such notice, including backpay in accordance with section 116 of this Act.”

This is the remedy that follows from voiding the reductions in force: the notice is withdrawn, the employment record shows no break, and the pay that would have been earned is paid, drawing on the pay money made available by section 116 of division A.

What the document says

“In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, for "Department of Justice--United States Marshals Service--Salaries and Expenses", there is appropriated $30,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2026, to remain available until September 30, 2027, to carry out protective operations.”

Section 122 of division A adds money above the continuing rate for the Marshals Service and allows the account to be apportioned at the rate needed to maintain program operations.

What the document says

“there is appropriated $28,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2026, to remain available until expended, for the protection of the Supreme Court Justices, including the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, to be expended as the Chief Justice may approve.”

Section 143 of division A adds to the Supreme Court's salaries and expenses account for the protection of the Justices, including vehicles, and leaves the spending to the Chief Justice's approval.

What the document says

“there is appropriated $30,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2026, to remain available until expended, for reimbursements for mutual aid and related training provided under the agreements described in section 7302 of Public Law 108-458”

Section 157 of division A funds the account the Capitol Police use to repay other forces that lend help under the agreements described in section 7302 of Public Law 108-458. The money carries the same conditions as if it had been provided by title I of division C, and obligations have to be notified to the Appropriations Committees and to the Senate Rules and House Administration Committees within fifteen days.

What the document says

“For payment to Ashley Paige Turner, heir of Sylvester Turner, late a Representative from the State of Texas, $174,000.”

Section 156 of division A makes three payments of $174,000 each, the customary sum of a Member's annual salary, to Ashley Paige Turner, heir of Sylvester Turner of Texas; Ramona Grijalva, widow of Raul M. Grijalva of Arizona; and Catherine M. Smith, widow of Gerald E. Connolly of Virginia.

What the document says

“The United States Governor of the Bank may subscribe on behalf of the United States up to 40,000 additional shares of the paid-in capital stock of the Bank.”

Section 160 of division A amends section 562(c) of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Act by adding a capital increase paragraph. The subscription takes effect only to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts, and the new paragraph authorizes $437,457,804, without fiscal year limitation, for the Secretary of the Treasury to pay for it.

What the document says

“Of the unobligated balance of funds available to the Department of Defense for the E-7 program under the heading "Aircraft Procurement, Air Force" in Public Law 119-4, $200,000,000 is hereby transferred to and merged with amounts available for the E-7 program under the heading "Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force"”

Section 129 of division A moves money the Air Force had for buying the E-7 into the account it uses for development, for continued rapid prototyping to hold the schedule and move to production. Section 122 allows a further $199,676,000 of continued research money to be apportioned for the same program despite the no-new-starts rules in sections 102 and 104.

What the document says

“This division may be cited as the "Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026".”

Each of the four spending divisions carries its own short title. Division A is the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026; division B the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2026; division C the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026; and division D the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026.

What the document says

“For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $107,481,218,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2027, and $3,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2028, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations”

This is the largest single appropriation in the Act. It funds the program commonly called SNAP for fiscal year 2026 and holds $6,000,000,000 of it in reserve across two later years. The heading also states that the appropriation is subject to any work registration or workfare requirements as may be required by law.

What the document says

“For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $8,200,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2027, of which $150,000,000 shall be placed in reserve, to remain available until expended, to be allocated as the Secretary deemed necessary”

The program is usually called WIC. Of the total, not less than $90,000,000 is for breastfeeding peer counselors and $14,000,000 for infrastructure, and the Secretary is directed to hold the cash-value voucher for women and children at the amount recommended by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, adjusted for inflation.

What the document says

“For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $37,841,674,000 to remain available through September 30, 2027”

This funds school lunch, school breakfast and the related child nutrition programs. Named pieces within the total include $10,000,000 for grants to buy equipment for school kitchens and $5,000,000 for farm to school work, with any single farm to school grant capped at $500,000 in fiscal year 2026.

What the document says

“notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 107-188; $6,957,972,000: Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading, $1,556,039,000 shall be derived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended”

The heading funds the agency for fiscal year 2026 and states how much of the total is drawn from each user fee: among others $1,556,039,000 from prescription drug fees, $478,166,000 from medical device fees, $670,900,000 from human generic drug fees and $712,000,000 from tobacco product fees. Within the total, $1,171,319,000 is for the Human Foods Program and $2,496,766,000 for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.

What the document says

“The term `hemp' means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, including the seeds thereof and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a total tetrahydrocannabinols concentration (including tetrahydrocannabinolic acid) of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis.”

Section 781 of division B rewrites the definition of hemp in section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, effective 365 days after enactment. The new definition measures total tetrahydrocannabinols rather than delta-9 alone, and excludes named categories of hemp-derived cannabinoid products, including final products with more than 0.4 milligrams combined total per container and products containing cannabinoids that were synthesized outside the plant. It also directs the Food and Drug Administration to publish lists of cannabinoids within 90 days.

What the document says

“unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and Human Services (as the case may be) notifies in writing and receives approval from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or the use of such authority.”

Section 716 of division B is the reprogramming control. Money may not be moved to create a new program, end one, relocate an office, reorganize offices, or contract out work now done by federal employees without thirty days notice and the approval of both Appropriations Committees, and a lower threshold of $500,000 or ten percent applies to enlarging or cutting existing activities.

What the document says

“not less than $200,000,000 shall be used by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs for enforcement activities related to e-cigarettes, vapes, and other electronic nicotine delivery systems”

Section 772 of division B directs part of the agency's tobacco fee money to enforcement against vapes, of which not less than $2,000,000 goes to a task force led by the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security and the agency itself. The section also requires the January 2020 enforcement priorities document to be updated within a year to cover flavored disposable products, requires a semiannual report to the Appropriations Committees, and amends section 801(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to add tobacco products.

What the document says

“For an additional amount for "SENATE--Contingent Expenses of the Senate--senators' official personnel and office expense account", $75,000,000, which shall be allocated to each personal office in an equal amount, for payments for security enhancements and services under section 4 of Senate Resolution 294 (96th Congress), agreed to April 29, 1980, as amended by S. Res. 413 (119th Congress), agreed to September 18, 2025”

Section 212 of division C adds three sums for Senate security: $75,000,000 shared equally among personal offices, $18,500,000 for the Sergeant at Arms, of which $10,000,000 is for state office security and $3,500,000 for residential security systems, and $10,000,000 for miscellaneous items. Subsection (d) says none of the Senate funds used to provide personal protective services may result in designating or deputizing individuals as agents of the federal government.

What the document says

“A provider for a Senate office shall not be barred from providing notice to a Senate office and the Office of the SAA under subparagraph (A) by operation of any court order, any statutory provision, any other provision of law, any rule of civil or criminal procedure, or any other rule, regulation, or policy.”

Section 213 of division C rewrites section 10 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005. A phone or email provider that receives legal process for Senate data has to notify the Senate office and the Sergeant at Arms, no court order or other law can bar that notice, and the provider is not liable for giving it. Notice may be delayed up to 60 days at a time, renewable, only where the Senator is a formally designated target of a criminal investigation and a court makes the required findings.

What the document says

“Any Senator whose Senate data, or the Senate data of whose Senate office, has been acquired, subpoenaed, searched, accessed, or disclosed in violation of this section may bring a civil action against the United States if the violation was committed by an officer, employee, or agent of the United States or of any Federal department or agency.”

The new subsection (d) added by section 213 of division C creates a private cause of action. A prevailing Senator is awarded, for each instance, the greater of $500,000 in statutory damages or actual damages, plus fees and costs. Sovereign immunity is expressly waived, no officer may assert absolute or qualified immunity, and suit must be brought within five years of actual notice of the violation.

What the document says

“The amendments made by this section shall apply to any acquisition, subpoena, search, accessing, or disclosure of Senate data (as defined in section 10(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 6628(a)), as amended by this section), and to any failure to disclose such an acquisition, subpoena, search, accessing, or disclosure, occurring on or after January 1, 2022.”

The new rules are given limited retroactive effect. Where a Senator already knew of a violation before enactment, the suit has to be brought within five years of the date of enactment rather than five years of that notice.

What the document says

“For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, including overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government contributions for health, retirement, social security, professional liability insurance, tuition reimbursement, recruitment and retention bonuses, and other applicable employee benefits, $653,422,000, of which overtime shall not exceed $80,067,000 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate are notified”

Division C funds the Capitol Police salaries account and caps overtime within it unless the Appropriations Committees are notified. A separate general expenses appropriation of $198,928,000 covers equipment and training, and bars using that money to buy a drone made in the People's Republic of China or by an affiliated business except for national security purposes.

What the document says

“Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress) during fiscal year 2026.”

Section 210 of division C blocks the automatic pay adjustment for Members for the year, as legislative branch bills have done each year since 2009.

What the document says

“including personnel in the Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services necessary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for construction and operation of facilities in support of the functions of the Commander in Chief, $2,381,909,000, to remain available until September 30, 2030”

This is the first of division D's construction accounts. Of the total, not more than $415,688,000 is for study, planning, design and host nation support, and $377,950,000 is for the projects, activities and amounts specified in the table under this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4.

What the document says

“$5,850,000,000, which shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under this heading that became available on October 1, 2025, to remain available until expended; and, in addition, $246,630,525,000, which shall become available on October 1, 2026, to remain available until expended”

The compensation and pensions account pays disability compensation, pensions and burial benefits. Like other veterans benefit accounts it is funded a year in advance, which is why the larger figure does not become available until the following October. Readjustment benefits are funded the same way, at $4,877,886,000 now and $24,703,528,000 from October 1, 2026.

What the document says

“None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense in this Act may be used to construct, renovate, or expand any facility in the United States, its territories, or possessions to house any individual detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the control of the Department of Defense.”

Section 412 of division D repeats a restriction carried in military construction bills for years. It does not apply to work on the facilities at Guantanamo Bay itself, and it is written by reference to individuals held there as of June 24, 2009 who are not United States citizens or members of the armed forces.

What the document says

“Each department or agency funded in this or any other appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026 shall, no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on funds that are allotted and available for obligation as of the end of the reporting period and on obligations as of the end of the reporting period”

Section 416 of division D reaches beyond its own division to every agency funded for fiscal year 2026. Reports are broken out by program, project and activity, by the public law that provided the money, and by period of availability, and are sent again on the fifteenth of every month while the money remains available.