FULL-YEAR CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS AND EXTENSIONS ACT, 2025

On 2025-03-11, Representative Chip Roy (R-TX-21) delivered a floor speech titled "FULL-YEAR CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS AND EXTENSIONS ACT, 2025" in the House. The speech addressed healthcare and also covered taxes, the environment. It referenced legislation including HR1968, HR1156, HR8774, among other bills.

FULL-YEAR CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS AND EXTENSIONS ACT, 2025

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 45 (Tuesday, March 11, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 11, 2025)] [House] [Pages H1102-H1124] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] FULL-YEAR CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS AND EXTENSIONS ACT, 2025 Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 211, I call up the bill (H.R. 1968) making further continuing appropriations and other extensions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 211, the amendment printed in House Report 119-15 is adopted, and the bill, as amended, is considered read. The text of the bill, as amended, is as follows: H.R. 1968 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025''. SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Sec. 3. References. DIVISION A--FULL-YEAR CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2025 TITLE I--GENERAL PROVISIONS TITLE II--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES TITLE III--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES TITLE IV--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TITLE V--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES TITLE VI--FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT TITLE VII--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TITLE VIII--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES TITLE IX--DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES TITLE X--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH TITLE XI--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES TITLE XII--DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS TITLE XIII--TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES DIVISION B--HEALTH TITLE I--PUBLIC HEALTH EXTENDERS Sec. 2101. Extension for community health centers, National Health Service Corps, and teaching health centers that operate GME programs. Sec. 2102. Extension of special diabetes programs. Sec. 2103. National health security extensions. TITLE II--MEDICARE Sec. 2201. Extension of increased inpatient hospital payment adjustment for certain low-volume hospitals. Sec. 2202. Extension of the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program. Sec. 2203. Extension of add-on payments for ambulance services. Sec. 2204. Extension of funding for quality measure endorsement, input, and selection. Sec. 2205. Extension of funding outreach and assistance for low-income programs. Sec. 2206. Extension of the work geographic index floor. Sec. 2207. Extension of certain telehealth flexibilities. Sec. 2208. Extending acute hospital care at home waiver authorities. Sec. 2209. Extension of temporary inclusion of authorized oral antiviral drugs as covered part D drugs. Sec. 2210. Medicare improvement fund. Sec. 2211. Medicare sequestration. TITLE III--HUMAN SERVICES Sec. 2301. Sexual risk avoidance education extension. Sec. 2302. Personal responsibility education extension. Sec. 2303. Extension of funding for family-to-family health information centers. TITLE IV--MEDICAID Sec. 2401. Delaying Medicaid DSH reductions. DIVISION C--OTHER MATTERS Sec. 3101. Commodity futures trading commission whistleblower program. [[Page H1103]] Sec. 3102. Protection of certain facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft. Sec. 3103. Additional special assessment. Sec. 3104. National cybersecurity protection system authorization. Sec. 3105. Extension of temporary order for fentanyl-related substances. Sec. 3106. Budgetary effects. SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 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. DIVISION A--FULL-YEAR CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2025 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 2025, and for other purposes, namely: TITLE I--GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 1101. (a) Such amounts as may be necessary, at the level specified in subsection (c) and under the authority and conditions provided in applicable appropriations Acts for fiscal year 2024, for projects or activities (including the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically provided for, 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, 2024 (division B of Public Law 118-42). (2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division C of Public Law 118-42), except section 510 shall be applied by substituting ``$1,900,000,000'' for ``$1,353,000,000'', except section 521(a)(1) shall be applied by substituting ``$30,000,000'' for ``$35,000,000'', except section 521(a)(4) shall be applied by substituting ``$9,560,000,000'' for ``$12,440,000,000'', except section 521(b)(3) shall be applied by substituting ``$15,000,000'' for ``$5,000,000'', except section 521(b)(4) shall be applied by substituting ``$125,000,000'' for ``$120,000,000'', except section 521(b)(5) shall be applied by substituting ``$20,000,000'' for ``$15,000,000'', except section 521(c)(1) shall be applied by substituting ``$300,000,000'' for ``$131,572,000'', except section 521(c)(2) shall be applied by substituting ``$250,000,000'' for ``$500,000,000'', except section 521(f) shall be applied by inserting `` or title II of division C of Public Law 118-42'' after ``117-328'', and except sections 222, 521(a)(2), 521(a)(3), 521(a)(5), 521(b)(1), and 521(b)(2). (3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024 (division A of Public Law 118-47). (4) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division D of Public Law 118-42), except the third proviso under the heading ``Corps of Engineers--Civil--Construction'', and except sections 307, 311, and 312. (5) The Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2024 (division B of Public Law 118-47), except section 635 shall be applied by substituting ``$400,000,000'' for ``$387,500,000'', except the last proviso under the heading ``Federal Payment for Defender Services in District of Columbia Courts'' shall be applied by substituting ``$12,000,000'' for ``$25,000,000'', and except sections 636, 637, 638, and 639. (6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 (division C of Public Law 118-47), except sections 543 through 546, and including sections 102 through 105 of title I of division G of Public Law 118-47. (7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division E of Public Law 118-42), except the fourth and fifth paragraphs under the heading ``National Park Service--Administrative Provisions'', except the eighteenth proviso under the first paragraph under the heading ``Environmental Protection Agency--State and Tribal Assistance Grants'', and except sections 446 through 448. (8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division D of Public Law 118-47), except section 240 shall be applied by substituting ``$1,471,000,000'' for ``$1,250,000,000'' and by substituting ``2025, except that no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were previously designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985'' for ``2024'' in such section, except sections 241 and 310, except the amount included in section 528 shall be applied by substituting ``$13,059,000,000'' for ``$14,224,000,000'', and except the amount included in section 529 shall be applied by substituting ``$160,000,000'' for ``$4,309,000,000''. (9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2024 (division E of Public Law 118-47), except the matter under the heading ``Joint Items, Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 2025'', and including section 7 in the matter preceding division A of Public Law 118-47. (10) The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division A of Public Law 118-42), except the second provisos under the headings ``Veterans Health Administration, Medical Services'', ``Veterans Health Administration, Medical Community Care'', and ``Veterans Health Administration, Medical Support and Compliance''. (11) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024 (division F of Public Law 118-47), except sections 7074(e) and 7075(a). (12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division F of Public Law 118-42), except sections 108, 109B, 119G, 125, 154, 165, 171, and 236. (b) For purposes of this division, the term ``level'' means an amount. (c) The level referred to in subsection (a) shall be the amounts appropriated in the appropriations Acts referred to in such subsection, including transfers and obligation limitations. Sec. 1102. Appropriations made by section 1101 shall be available to the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. Sec. 1103. Appropriations provided by this division that, in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2024, carried a multiple-year or no-year period of availability shall retain a 

Referenced legislation: HCONRES71, HJRES25, HRES211, HR1156, HR1968, S4921, HR8774, HR8998