This year’s federal fiscal year started October 1, but there’s still not a budget for this year. At least there’s a new continuing resolution. Last week the US House and Senate passed a continuing resolution that temporarily funds the federal government through December 20. It’s called the Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020 and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019, and it continued current funding levels through December 20, 2019.
The previous continuing resolution had expired last Thursday. Here’s a section-by-section summary of the bill can be found funding bill and here’s the full text. Public health programs will continue to be funded at the current level, for now. Congress now has 3 weeks to continue work on FY20 (current year) budget negotiations.
