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H.R. 1974 · Where this bill is now

Became law through another bill

Its text was included in H.R. 5371, Public Law 119-37 (per the Congressional Research Service). This bill number itself: In committee.

See H.R. 5371 on Congress.gov ↗

What this bill does

In plain words · AI-written from the official summary

Federal spending bill extends through April 2025

This is a continuing resolution, which is a temporary spending bill that keeps federal agencies running. It funds most programs and activities at their 2024 levels through April 11, 2025, and extends various expiring programs like certain public health, Medicare, and Medicaid authorities. The bill also includes some exceptions, such as additional emergency funding for disaster relief, extra support for Navy shipbuilding programs, and funding for specific initiatives like the Office of Navajo and Hopi Relocation.

How it affects you

This bill affects you indirectly by keeping federal agencies and services running without interruption. If you receive Medicare or Medicaid benefits, use public health services, or live in areas that might need disaster relief, those programs continue to operate. If a government shutdown had happened instead, federal employees would have faced furloughs and many government services would have paused.

Read the official summary (Introduced in House, Mar 10, 2025)

Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2025

This bill provides continuing FY2025 appropriations for federal agencies through April 11, 2025. It also extends various expiring programs and authorities, including several public health programs.

Specifically, the bill provides continuing FY2025 appropriations to federal agencies through the earlier of April 11, 2025, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations act. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2025 appropriations bills have not been enacted when the existing CR expires on March 14, 2025.

The CR funds most programs and activities at the FY2024 levels with some exceptions that provide funding flexibility and additional appropriations for various programs. For example, the CR

• provides additional emergency funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Disaster Relief Fund,

• permits the Navy to apportion funds at the rate necessary to fund the Columbia-class submarine program and cost increases for certain shipbuilding programs, and

• provides additional funding for the Office of Navajo and Hopi Relocation.

In addition, the bill extends several expiring programs and authorities, including

• several public health, Medicare, and Medicaid authorities and programs;

• authorities related to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission whistleblower program;

• authorities for the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice to take actions to mitigate a credible threat from an unmanned aircraft system;

• the special assessment on nonindigent persons or entities convicted of certain offenses involving sexual abuse or human trafficking; and

• the National Cybersecurity Protection System.

Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.

119th Congress
1st Session
H. R. 1974

A BILL

Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2025

In the HouseNo vote yetLaw via H.R. 5371Public Law 119-37

Sponsor: Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3) · Introduced Mar 10, 2025 · Economics and Public Finance · 1 version of the text

Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Mar 10, 2025: “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.”

Sections

Sections · 2
Division A — FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2025 · 2
Division B — Extensions and other matters · Title I — Health extensions · 17
Division B — Extensions and other matters · Title II — Miscellaneous extensions · 4
Division B — Extensions and other matters · Title III — Budgetary effects · 1
H.R. 1974: Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2025 — Bill Status, Votes and Text · Public Law Tracker