H.R. 9770 · 119th Congress

Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027

Introduced on Jul 18, 2026 by Tom Cole (R-OK-4). Latest action (Jul 22, 2026): Received in the Senate.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Jul 18, 2026
Cosponsors
0
Policy area
Economics and Public Finance
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

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

Subjects

  • Abortion
  • Access Board
  • Accounting and auditing
  • Administrative Conference of the U.S.
  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Administrative remedies
  • Adoption and foster care
  • Adult education and literacy
  • Advanced technology and technological innovations
  • Advisory bodies
  • Afghanistan
  • Africa
  • African Development Foundation
  • Aging
  • Agricultural conservation and pollution
  • Agricultural education
  • Agricultural equipment and machinery
  • Agricultural insurance
  • Agricultural marketing and promotion
  • Agricultural practices and innovations
  • Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
  • Agricultural research
  • Agricultural trade
  • Air quality
  • Alabama
  • Alaska
  • Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
  • Allergies
  • Alliances
  • Alternative and renewable resources
  • American Battle Monuments Commission
  • American Samoa
  • Animal and plant health
  • Animal protection and human-animal relationships
  • Appalachian Regional Commission
  • Appropriations
  • Aquatic ecology
  • Arab-Israeli relations
  • Architect of the Capitol
  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • Armed Forces Retirement Home
  • Arms control and nonproliferation
  • Army Corps of Engineers
  • Art, artists, authorship
  • Asia
  • Assault and harassment offenses
  • Athletes
  • Atmospheric science and weather
  • Australia
  • Aviation and airports
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Birds
  • Birth defects
  • Blood and blood diseases
  • Border security and unlawful immigration
  • Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
  • Budget process
  • Building construction
  • Burma
  • Business investment and capital
  • Buy American requirements
  • California
  • Cambodia
  • Canada
  • Cancer
  • Cardiovascular and respiratory health
  • Caribbean area
  • Cell biology and embryology
  • Cemeteries and funerals
  • Census and government statistics
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Central African Republic
  • Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
  • Chemical and biological weapons
  • Child care and development
  • Child health
  • Child safety and welfare
  • China
  • Citizenship and naturalization
  • Civics education
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Climate change and greenhouse gases
  • Coal
  • Coast guard
  • Collective security
  • Colombia
  • Colorado
  • Commemorative events and holidays
  • Commission of Fine Arts
  • Commission on Civil Rights
  • Commodities markets
  • Commodity Credit Corporation
  • Commodity Futures Trading Commission
  • Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
  • Community life and organization
  • Competition and antitrust
  • Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
  • Computer security and identity theft
  • Computers and information technology
  • Conflicts and wars
  • Congo
  • Congressional officers and employees
  • Congressional oversight
  • Congressional-executive branch relations
  • Connecticut
  • Consumer Product Safety Commission
  • Consumer affairs
  • Contracts and agency
  • Corporation for National and Community Service
  • Correctional facilities and imprisonment
  • Crime prevention
  • Crime victims
  • Crimes against children
  • Crimes against women
  • Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
  • Criminal justice information and records
  • Criminal procedure and sentencing
  • Cuba
  • Cultural exchanges and relations
  • Currency
  • Customs enforcement
  • Dams and canals
  • Data collection, sharing, protection
  • Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
  • Defense spending
  • Delaware
  • Delta Regional Authority
  • Denali Commission
  • Dental care
  • Department of Agriculture
  • Department of Commerce
  • Department of Defense
  • Department of Education
  • Department of Energy
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Department of Justice
  • Department of Labor
  • Department of State
  • Department of Transportation
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Department of the Interior
  • Department of the Treasury
  • Detention of persons
  • Digestive and metabolic diseases
  • Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
  • Director of National Intelligence
  • Disability and health-based discrimination
  • Disability and paralysis
  • Disability assistance
  • Disaster relief and insurance
  • District of Columbia
  • Domestic violence and child abuse
  • Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
  • Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
  • Drug therapy
  • Drug trafficking and controlled substances
  • Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
  • Economic development
  • Education of the disadvantaged
  • Education programs funding
  • Educational facilities and institutions
  • Educational technology and distance education
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Election Assistance Commission
  • Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
  • Electric power generation and transmission
  • Elementary and secondary education
  • Emergency communications systems
  • Emergency planning and evacuation
  • Employee benefits and pensions
  • Employee hiring
  • Employment and training programs
  • Employment discrimination and employee rights
  • Endangered and threatened species
  • Energy assistance for the poor and aged
  • Energy efficiency and conservation
  • Energy storage, supplies, demand
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
  • Environmental health
  • Environmental regulatory procedures
  • Environmental technology
  • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
  • Estonia
  • Ethiopia
  • Europe
  • Evidence and witnesses
  • Executive Office of the President
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Export-Import Bank of the United States
  • Family planning and birth control
  • Family relationships
  • Family services
  • Farm Credit Administration
  • Farmland
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
  • Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
  • Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
  • Federal Election Commission (FEC)
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
  • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
  • Federal Labor Relations Authority
  • Federal Maritime Commission
  • Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
  • Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
  • Federal Prison Industries, Inc.
  • Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
  • Federal appellate courts
  • Federal district courts
  • Federal officials
  • Federal-Indian relations
  • Firearms and explosives
  • Fires
  • First Amendment rights
  • First responders and emergency personnel
  • Fishes
  • Floods and storm protection
  • Florida
  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  • Food assistance and relief
  • Food industry and services
  • Food supply, safety, and labeling
  • Foreign aid and international relief
  • Foreign and international banking
  • Foreign labor
  • Foreign language and bilingual programs
  • Foreign loans and debt
  • Forests, forestry, trees
  • Fraud offenses and financial crimes
  • Gaza Strip
  • General Services Administration
  • Genetics
  • Geography and mapping
  • Georgia
  • Georgia (Republic)
  • Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)
  • Government buildings, facilities, and property
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
  • Government information and archives
  • Government lending and loan guarantees
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Government trust funds

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Passed House, Jul 21, 2026). Public domain.

Continuing Appropriations Act, 2027

This bill provides continuing FY2027 appropriations for federal agencies and extends various expiring programs and authorities.

Specifically, the bill provides continuing FY2027 appropriations to federal agencies through the earlier of December 4, 2026, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations act. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2027 appropriations bills have not been enacted when FY2027 begins on October 1, 2026.

The CR funds most programs and activities at the FY2026 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility or additional appropriations for various programs. For example, the bill includes exceptions for

  • the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC);
  • Small Business Administration loan programs;
  • the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Disaster Relief Fund;
  • the Indian Health Service; and
  • wildfire suppression activities.

In addition, the bill extends several expiring programs, authorities, and restrictions, including

  • the Department of Agriculture’s livestock mandatory price reporting program,
  • the National Flood Insurance Program,
  • limits on pay increases for the Vice President and certain senior political appointees,
  • the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program,
  • the authority to waive certain pay limitations that apply to wildland firefighters and other wildland fire personnel,
  • the authority for the District of Columbia to spend local funds, and
  • the freeze on cost-of-living adjustments for Members of Congress.

The bill also provides the customary payments to the beneficiaries of the late Representative David Scott and the late Senator Lindsey Graham.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Tom ColeR-OK-4Sponsor

No cosponsors.

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

  1. On Passage
    Jul 21, 2026· House· Passage· Passed 220–205

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Jul 18, 2026Introduced in House
  2. Jul 18, 2026Introduced in House
  3. Jul 18, 2026 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  4. Jul 18, 2026 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  5. Jul 20, 2026 · HouseRules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1438 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 8800, H.R. 8884, H. Con. Res. 113, H.R. 7008, H.R. 6955 and H.R. 9770. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 8800 under a structured rule and for consideration of H.R. 8884, H. Con. Res. 113, H.R. 7008, H.R. 6955, and H.R. 9770 under a closed rule, with one hour of debate on each measure and one motion to recommit on H.R. 8800, H.R. 8884, H.R. 7008, H.R. 6955, and H.R. 9770.
  6. Jul 21, 2026 · HouseRule H. Res. 1438 passed House.
  7. Jul 21, 2026 · HouseConsidered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1438. (consideration: CR H4731-4736)
  8. Jul 21, 2026 · HouseRule provides for consideration of H.R. 8800, H.R. 8884, H. Con. Res. 113, H.R. 7008, H.R. 6955 and H.R. 9770. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 8800 under a structured rule and for consideration of H.R. 8884, H. Con. Res. 113, H.R. 7008, H.R. 6955, and H.R. 9770 under a closed rule, with one hour of debate on each measure and one motion to recommit on H.R. 8800, H.R. 8884, H.R. 7008, H.R. 6955, and H.R. 9770.
  9. Jul 21, 2026 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 9770.
  10. Jul 21, 2026 · HouseThe previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
  11. Jul 21, 2026 · HousePOSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 9770, the Chair put the question on passage of the bill and by voice vote, announced the ayes had prevailed. Ms. DeLauro demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
  12. Jul 21, 2026 · HouseConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5019-5020)
  13. Jul 21, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 220 - 205 (Roll no. 272).House · Roll call 272
  14. Jul 21, 2026 · HouseOn passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 220 - 205 (Roll no. 272). (text: CR H4731-4733)House · Roll call 272
  15. Jul 21, 2026 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  16. Jul 22, 2026 · SenateReceived in the Senate.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.