The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate approved a ‘continuing resolution’ this week – approving the “Full Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025”, to fund the federal government at current levels through the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2025. Here’s the text of the legislation and a section-by-section summary.
What’s still unclear is whether the agencies funded by the CR will actually follow through and actually do what the CR says they’re supposed to do with the money – and that’s the crux of the drama in congress and elsewhere.
Without firm stipulations it’s likely that the DOGE Bros and agency heads will simply not extend the funds through contracts.
In addition to extending federal funding through Sept. 30, 2025, the CR includes the following provisions relevant to state and territorial public health:
- Extends funding for the following programs through Sept. 30, 2025:
o Community Health Centers
o Special Diabetes Program
o Teaching Health Centers that run GME
o National Disaster Medical System
o Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program
o Personal Responsibility Education
o Family-to-Family Health Information Centers
- Extends the authorization of the following programs through Sept. 30, 2025:
o Public Health Emergency Fund
o Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority
o BioShield Special Reserve Fund
o Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise
o National Advisory Committee on Children and Disasters
o National Advisory Committee on Seniors and Disasters
o National Disaster Medical System
o Authority for states and tribes to request temporary reassignment for federally funded persons
