Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024
Latest action. Became public lawWhat a bill becomes when enacted, numbered by Congress and order of enactment: Public Law 119-4 is the 4th law of the 119th Congress.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) No: 118-22.
Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024
This act provides continuing FY2024 appropriations for federal agencies. The act also extends several expiring programs and authorities, including programs authorized by the 2018 farm bill and several public health programs.
DIVISION A--FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024
Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024
(Sec. 101) This section provides continuing FY2024 appropriations for federal agencies and extends several expiring programs and authorities.
It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2024 appropriations bills have not been enacted when the existing CR expires on November 17, 2023.
The CR provides funding through January 19, 2024, for agencies and programs that were funded in the following four FY2023 appropriations acts:
the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023;
the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023;
the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023; and
the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023.
For most other federal agencies and programs, the CR provides funding through February 2, 2024.
The CR generally funds most programs and activities at the FY2023 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility and additional appropriations for various programs. For example, the CR includes exceptions for:
the Navy's procurement of one Columbia Class Submarine,
activities of the U.S. Secret Service that are related to National Special Security Events and the 2024 Presidential Campaign, and
activities of the Department of Education that are necessary to ensure the continuation of student loan servicing activities.
This section also extends several expiring programs and authorities, including
the U.S. Parole Commission,
the authority for the Department of Defense (DOD) to provide physical protection and personal security for certain former or retired DOD officials who face serious and credible threats arising from duties performed while employed by DOD,
restrictions on firearms that are undetectable by walk-through metal detectors and X-ray machines commonly used at airports,
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Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
This bill has been enacted. It is law.
The record's latest action, on November 17, 2023: Became Public Law No: 118-22.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
KAY GRANGER (R-TX) introduced it on November 13, 2023. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
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Vote history
- HousePassed
- SenatePassed
- PresidentSigned into law