HR 6938
Became law
Provides funding for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, Energy, and the Interior, plus NASA, the National Science Foundation, the Environmental Protection Agency, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.
Official title: Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
06-JAN-2026
Referred
06-JAN-2026
On the calendar
07-JAN-2026
Passed
08-JAN-2026
Senate
Received
08-JAN-2026
On the calendar
08-JAN-2026
Passed
15-JAN-2026
President
Presented
22-JAN-2026
Signed
23-JAN-2026
Became law
23-JAN-2026
- Divides the measure into three parts: Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior, Environment, and related agencies.
- Sets dollar amounts for agencies including NOAA, NIST, the Justice Department's law enforcement and grant programs, the Army Corps of Engineers, Energy Department programs, the National Park Service, and the EPA.
- Includes general provisions limiting how agencies may reprogram or transfer funds and requiring spending plans and reports to Congress.
- Rescinds specified unobligated balances from Commerce and Justice Department accounts by September 30, 2026.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (06-JAN-2026); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 08-JAN-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Budget Committee (House)
- Appropriations Committee (House)
- Appropriations Committee (Senate)
Economics and Public Finance
No cosponsors.
congress.gov page
Public Law (24-JAN-2026)
Placed on Calendar Senate (08-JAN-2026)
Engrossed in House (08-JAN-2026)
Introduced in House (06-JAN-2026)
Enrolled Bill
House: On passage Passed, 397-28, 08-JAN-2026
House: On Retaining Divisions B and C Agreed to, 419-6, 08-JAN-2026
House: On Retaining Division A Agreed to, 375-47, 08-JAN-2026
Senate: Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure invoked in..., 80-13, 12-JAN-2026
Senate: Passed Senate without amendment, 82-15, 15-JAN-2026
Senate: Cloture on the measure invoked in Senate, 85-14, 15-JAN-2026