Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026
What does the HR 5371 do?
HR 5371 is a House bill sponsored by Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK). This is the law that ended the October–November 2025 government shutdown. It keeps most agencies running at last year's levels through January 30, 2026, gives full-year budgets to Agriculture and the FDA, Congress, and military construction and veterans programs, and renews a long list of expiring health, farm, and veterans authorities. A hybrid funding law that ended the 2025 shutdown — a stopgap for most of government plus full-year appropriations for three areas and broad program extensions.
Did HR 5371 pass? Where it stands
As of July 17, 2026, HR 5371 has been signed into law on November 12, 2025.
Status: Signed into Law
Latest vote: House Passed 222–209 on November 12, 2025
Outlook: Enacted
Enacted: Signed into law on November 12, 2025
Key provisions
- Division A — Stopgap & Shutdown Reversal
- Funds most agencies at FY2025 rates through January 30, 2026
- Reverses October 2025 layoffs and provides federal worker back pay
- $199.68M cap and $200M transfer for the E-7 Wedgetail program
- Division B — Agriculture & FDA
- $107.48B for SNAP food assistance; $37.84B for child nutrition
- $8.2B for WIC; $6.96B for the Food and Drug Administration
- Full-year funding for USDA farm, rural, and research programs
- Division C — Legislative Branch
- $2.08B for the House of Representatives
- $852M for Capitol Police salaries and expenses
- $811.89M for the Government Accountability Office
- Division D — Military Construction & VA
- $246.63B advance-funded veterans' compensation and pensions
- $59.86B medical services and $38.7B community care, advance-funded
- $5.73B Navy and $3.93B Air Force military construction; $15.89B in prior-year VA rescissions
- Division E — Farm Bill Extension
- Extends the 2018 Farm Bill through the later of September 30, 2026
- Applied as if enacted September 30, 2025 to cover the lapse
- Division F — Health Extenders
- $1.42B for community health centers through January 30, 2026
- Extends Medicare telehealth and rural hospital programs
- Delays Medicaid safety-net hospital cuts; renews FDA OTC drug fees
- Division G — VA Extenders
- $660M for supportive services for very low-income veteran families
- Extends VA health, benefits, and housing authorities to September 30, 2026
- Division H — Budget Scorekeeping
- Exempts the extender divisions from PAYGO scorecards
- Zeroes PAYGO balances at the end of the 119th Congress first session
Last updated June 15, 2026