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Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes.
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[H.R. 9770 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 9770
Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 18, 2026
Mr. Cole introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the
Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums
are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues,
receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies,
corporations, and other organizational units of Government for fiscal
year 2027, and for other purposes, namely:
Sec. 101. Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for
operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal
year 2026 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 2026, and for which
appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in the
following appropriations Acts:
(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
(division B of Public Law 119-37).
(2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2026 (division A of Public Law 119-74).
(3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026
(division A of Public Law 119-75).
(4) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2026 (division B of Public Law 119-74).
(5) The Financial Services and General Government
Appropriations Act, 2026 (division E of Public Law 119-75).
(6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act,
2026 (division A of Public Law 119-86).
(7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (division C of Public
Law 119-74).
(8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
(division B of Public Law 119-75).
(9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026
(division C of Public Law 119-37).
(10) The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (division D of Public
Law 119-37).
(11) The National Security, Department of State, and
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 (division F of Public
Law 119-75).
(12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (division D of Public
Law 119-75).
Sec. 102. (a) 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 2026 or prior years;
(2) the increase in production rates above those sustained
with fiscal year 2026 funds; or
(3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of any
project, activity, operation, or organization (defined as any
project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program
element, and subprogram within a program element, and for any
investment items defined as a P-1 line item in a budget
activity within an appropriation account and an R-1 line item
that includes a program element and subprogram element within
an appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, or
other authority were not available during fiscal year 2026.
(b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority granted
pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense shall be used to
initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance procurement funding
for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically
appropriated later.
Sec. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available to
the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the pertinent
appropriations Act.
Sec. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no
appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to
section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume any project or activity
for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available
during fiscal year 2026.
Sec. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant to
this Act shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for any
project or activity during the period for which funds or authority for
such project or activity are available under this Act.
Sec. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the
applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2027, 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 2027 without any provision for such project
or activity.
(3) December 4, 2026.
Sec. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be charged
to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill
in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization is
contained is enacted into law.
Sec. 108. Appropriations made and funds made available by or
authority granted pursuant to this Act may be used without regard to
the time limitations for submission and approval of apportionments set
forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but nothing in
this Act may be construed to waive any other provision of law governing
the apportionment of funds.
Sec. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, except
section 106, for those programs that would otherwise have high initial
rates of operation or complete distribution of appropriations at the
beginning of fiscal year 2027 because of distributions of funding to
States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, such high initial rates
of operation or complete distribution shall not be made, and no grants
shall be awarded for such programs funded by this Act that would
impinge on final funding prerogatives.
Sec. 110. 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.
Sec. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments whose
budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for fiscal year
2026, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008,
activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain program levels
under current law, under the authority and conditions provided in the
applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026, to be continued
through the date specified in section 106(3).
(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory payments
due on or about the first day of any month that begins after October
2026 but not later than 30 days after the date specified in section
106(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be available for such
payments.
Sec. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian
personnel compensation and benefits in each department and agency may
be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to avoid
furloughs within such department or agency, consistent with the
applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026, except that such
authority provided under this section shall not be used until after the
department or agency has taken all necessary actions to reduce or defer
non-personnel-related administrative expenses.
Sec. 113. Funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated and
expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91-672 (22 U.S.C.
2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956
(22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1)
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)).
Sec. 114. (a)(1) For each amount incorporated by reference in this
Act that was previously designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(a)(i) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, each provision of law
designating each such amount as an emergency requirement pursuant to
such section shall not apply.
(2) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that was
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, or pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res.
14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal
year 2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2026 budget
enforcement in the House of Representatives, is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of
S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal
year 2027 budget enforcement in the House of Representatives.
(b) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that was
previously designated by the Congress as being for disaster relief
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 is designated by the Congress as being for
disaster relief pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget.
(c) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that was
previously designated in division B of Public Law 117-159, division J
of Public Law 117-58, or in section 443(b) of division G of Public Law
117-328 by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a
concurrent resolution on the budget shall continue to be treated as an
amount specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public Law 118-5.
Sec. 115. (a) Rescissions or cancellations of discretionary budget
authority that continue pursuant to section 101 in Treasury
Appropriations Fund Symbols (TAFS)--
(1) to which other appropriations are not provided by this
Act, but for which there is a current applicable TAFS that does
receive an appropriation in this Act; or
(2) which are no-year TAFS and receive other appropriations
in this Act,
may be continued instead by reducing the rate for operations otherwise
provided by section 101 for such current applicable TAFS, as long as
doing so does not impinge on the final funding prerogatives of the
Congress.
(b) Rescissions or cancellations described in subsection (a) shall
continue in an amount equal to the lesser of--
(1) the amount specified for rescission or cancellation in
the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101 of
this Act; or
(2) the amount of balances available, as of October 1,
2026, from the funds specified for rescission or cancellation
in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101
of this Act.
(c) No later than November 20, 2026, the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a comprehensive list of
the rescissions or cancellations that will continue pursuant to section
101: Provided, That the information in such comprehensive list shall be
periodically updated to reflect any subsequent changes in the amount of
balances available, as of October 1, 2026, from the funds specified for
rescission or cancellation in the applicable appropriations Act
referenced in section 101, and such updates shall be transmitted to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate upon request.
Sec. 116. Amounts made available by section 101 for ``Domestic
Food Programs--Food and Nutrition Service--Special Supplemental
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)'' may be
apportioned at the rate for operations necessary to maintain
participation.
Sec. 117. Section 260 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7
U.S.C. 1636i) and section 942 of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act
of 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1635 note; Public Law 106-78) shall be applied by
substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for
``September 30, 2026''.
Sec. 118. Amounts made available by section 101 for ``Small
Business Administration--Business Loans Program Account'' may be
apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to accommodate
increased demand for commitments for general business loans authorized
under paragraphs (1) through (35) of section 7(a) of the Small Business
Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)), for commitments to guarantee trust certificates
authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
634(g)), for commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 of the
Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 697), and for
commitments to guarantee debentures under section 303(b) of the Small
Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 683(b)).
Sec. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, except
section 106, the District of Columbia may expend local funds made
available under the heading ``District of Columbia--District of
Columbia Funds'' for such programs and activities under the Fiscal Year
2026 District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2026 (title IV of
Division E of Public Law 119-75) at the rate set forth in the Fiscal
Year 2027 Local Budget Act of 2026 (Bill 26-0659) as modified as of the
date of enactment of this Act.
Sec. 120. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, section 747 of title VII
of division E of Public Law 119-75 shall be applied by--
(1) substituting ``2026'' for ``2025'' each place it
appears;
(2) substituting ``2027'' for ``2026'' each place it
appears;
(3) substituting ``2028'' for ``2027''; and
(4) substituting ``section 747 of division E of Public Law
119-75'' for ``section 747 of division B of Public Law 118-47,
as continued in effect and modified by section 1605 of title VI
of division A of Public Law 119-4 (as continued in effect and
modified by division A of Public Law 119-37)'' each place it
appears.
Sec. 121. (a) Sections 1309(a) and 1319 of the National Flood
Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a) and 4026) shall be applied by
substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for
``September 30, 2026''
(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall become
effective immediately upon enactment of this Act.
(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2026,
this section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30,
2026.
Sec. 122. Amounts made available by section 101 to the Department
of Homeland Security under the heading ``Federal Emergency Management
Agency--Disaster Relief Fund'' may be apportioned up to the rate for
operations necessary to carry out response and recovery activities
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
Sec. 123. (a) In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section
101, amounts are provided for ``Department of Health and Human
Services--Indian Health Service--Indian Health Services'' at a rate for
operations of $75,774,000, for an additional amount for costs of
staffing and operating facilities that were opened, renovated, or
expanded in fiscal years 2022, 2026, and 2027, and such amounts may be
apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to staff and
operate such facilities.
(b) In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101,
amounts are provided for ``Department of Health and Human Services--
Indian Health Service--Indian Health Facilities'' at a rate for
operations of $8,296,000, for an additional amount for costs of
staffing and operating facilities that were opened, renovated, or
expanded in fiscal years 2022, 2026, and 2027, and such amounts may be
apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to staff and
operate such facilities.
Sec. 124. During the period covered by this Act, section 1701 of
title VII of division B of Public Law 117-43, as amended, shall be
applied by substituting ``calendar years 2021 through 2026'' for ``2021
or 2022 or 2023 or 2024'' each place it appears.
Sec. 125. Amounts made available by section 101 for ``Department
of the Interior--Department-Wide Programs--Wildland Fire Management''
and ``Department of Agriculture--Forest Service--Wildland Fire
Management'' may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary
for wildfire suppression activities.
Sec. 126. Activities authorized by part A of title IV (other than
under section 403(c) or 418) and section 1108(b) of the Social Security
Act shall continue through the date specified in section 106(3), in the
manner authorized for fiscal year 2026, and out of any money in the
Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are
hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purpose.
Sec. 127. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, there
is appropriated--
(1) for payment to Alfredia Scott, widow of David A. Scott,
late a Representative from the State of Georgia, $174,000; and
(2) for payment to the heirs at law of Lindsey O. Graham,
late a Senator from South Carolina, $174,000.
Sec. 128. 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 the period covered by this
Act.
This Act may be cited as the ``Continuing Appropriations Act,
2027''.
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