Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes.

Keeps the government funded at 2026 levels through December 4, 2026, preventing a shutdown while Congress finishes full-year bills.

The details

Introduced by Appropriations Chairman Cole, this stopgap measure, the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027, keeps the federal government funded at its fiscal year 2026 levels while Congress finishes the full 2027 spending bills. Funding runs through December 4, 2026, or until the matching full-year appropriations become law, whichever comes first, which is the deadline that prevents a government shutdown. It continues all 12 regular appropriations areas at 2026 rates and keeps mandatory programs such as SNAP food aid and TANF cash assistance running at current-law levels. It also carves out several exceptions: the WIC nutrition program for mothers and young children may spend above the flat rate to keep current enrollment, the National Flood Insurance Program is extended to the same December deadline, the Indian Health Service gets about $84 million more to staff newly opened facilities, and Small Business Administration loan programs may expand to meet demand. The Defense Department may not start new weapons production or new projects that were not funded in 2026, and agencies must cut non-personnel costs before using money to avoid worker furloughs. The Office of Management and Budget must send Congress a full list of continued spending rescissions by November 20, 2026, and members of Congress get no cost-of-living pay raise during this period; the measure also pays customary $174,000 death gratuities to the family of the late Representative David Scott and the heirs of the late Senator Lindsey Graham.