HR 5304
Advanced toward a vote
Provides appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and related agencies for fiscal year 2026, setting the dollar amounts each program may spend and attaching many policy riders to those funds.
Official title: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Reported
11-SEP-2025
On the calendar
11-SEP-2025
- Appropriates funds for Labor programs including workforce training, Job Corps, unemployment insurance administration, OSHA, MSHA, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Provides funding for Health and Human Services agencies including NIH, CDC, HRSA, SAMHSA, CMS program management, and Head Start, and sets Medicaid and Medicare trust fund payment amounts.
- Funds Education Department programs including Title I grants, special education, Pell Grants at a maximum of $6,335, and student aid administration.
- Includes general provisions restricting funds for abortion, certain gender-related interventions, specified federal rules, and other policy topics, and rescinds unobligated balances from several prior accounts.
Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Reported to House, 11-SEP-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Appropriations Committee (House)
Economics and Public Finance
No cosponsors.