Provides fiscal year 2026 funding for the Department of Defense, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, financial services and general government agencies, national security and State Department programs, and other federal activities, along with some related policy riders.

Official title: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026

Outcome Public Law 119-75

Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions

House

Introduced 20-JAN-2026

Referred 20-JAN-2026

On the calendar 22-JAN-2026

Passed 22-JAN-2026

Senate

Received 26-JAN-2026

On the calendar 26-JAN-2026

Blocked 29-JAN-2026

Passed 30-JAN-2026

President

Presented 03-FEB-2026

Signed 03-FEB-2026

Became law 03-FEB-2026

Key points

Sets dollar amounts for military pay, operations, procurement, and research for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026
Provides funding for Labor Department job training and workplace programs, and for Health and Human Services programs such as the NIH, CDC, and Medicaid grants to states
Provides funding for Education Department programs, including Title I grants for schools and student aid, and includes a $174,000 payment to the widow of Representative Douglas L. LaMalfa

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Official CRS summary

Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (House agreed to Senate amendment, 03-FEB-2026).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov

Committee referrals (3)

Policy area

Economics and Public Finance

Sponsor Tom Cole (R-OK) Cosponsors · 0

No cosponsors.