This Act may be cited as the Keep Head Start Funded Act of 2025.

There are hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for fiscal year 2026 are not in effect, such sums as are necessary for carrying out without interruption, under the authority and conditions provided for in division A of the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 119–4Public Law 119-4View official source on GovInfo), all projects or activities under the Head Start Act that were conducted in fiscal year 2025, and for which appropriations were made available by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025.

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 (including a continuing appropriation) for any purpose for which amounts are made available in section 2. (2) The enactment into law of the regular or continuing appropriations resolution or other Act for the Department of Health and Human Services without any appropriation for such purpose. (3) September 30, 2026.

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.

This Act shall take effect as if enacted on September 30, 2025.