Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
What does the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 do?
HR 1968 is a House bill sponsored by Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK). Funds the federal government for the rest of fiscal year 2025 (through September 30, 2025) by continuing fiscal year 2024 appropriations, but with the Department of Defense funded at new line-item levels and given added flexibility while most nondefense agencies stay at prior-year amounts. It also extends a set of expiring health programs — community health centers, telehealth, and several Medicare and Medicaid provisions — and a handful of other authorities. Full-year stopgap funding the government through September 30, 2025: continues FY2024 levels, sets new defense amounts, and extends expiring health programs.
Did HR 1968 pass? Where it stands
As of July 17, 2026, HR 1968 has been signed into law.
Status: Signed into Law
Latest vote: Senate Bill Passed 54–46 on March 14, 2025
Outlook: Enacted
Key provisions
- Full-Year Funding Through September 30, 2025
- Continues fiscal year 2024 appropriations for most of the government for the rest of FY2025
- Funds run through September 30, 2025, replacing the expiring short-term stopgap
- Strips out the earmarks (community project funding) that were carried in the FY2024 bills
- Defense Funded in Full; Nondefense Held Flat
- Sets specific, account-by-account funding levels for the Department of Defense rather than simply continuing prior-year amounts
- Most nondefense agencies remain at FY2024 levels, an effective cut after inflation
- Requires agencies to submit detailed FY2025 spending plans and OMB to report monthly on obligations
- Health Program Extensions
- Extends funding for community health centers, the National Health Service Corps, and teaching health centers through September 30, 2025
- Extends Medicare telehealth flexibilities and hospital-at-home authority and delays Medicaid DSH payment cuts
- Extends the temporary scheduling order for fentanyl-related substances through September 30, 2025
Last updated June 15, 2026