Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 25.
This bill is a short-term continuing resolution and policy extension that pushes many FY2025 funding and program deadlines from late March/early April to April 11–12, 2025. It authorizes targeted appropriations and apportionments, including large Department of Defense shipbuilding apportionments and $1.93 billion for prior-year shipbuilding cost increases, a $750 million FEMA disaster relief appropriation contingent on presidential emergency designation, modest domestic program funds, and multiple temporary extensions of health, Medicare, telehealth, Medicaid, cyber, and other authorities.
Support for health and telehealth extensions vs concern over entitlement expansion
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a well-specified appropriations/extension measure: it provides precise statutory amendments, dates, and dollar amounts appropriate for short-term continuing appropriations and program extensions, while delegating routine implementation to executing agencies.
This bill is a short-term continuing resolution and policy extension that pushes many FY2025 funding and program deadlines from late March/early April to April 11–12, 2025.
It authorizes targeted appropriations and apportionments, including large Department of Defense shipbuilding apportionments and $1.93 billion for prior-year shipbuilding cost increases, a $750 million FEMA disaster relief appropriation contingent on presidential emergency designation, modest domestic program funds, and multiple temporary extensions of health, Medicare, telehealth, Medicaid, cyber, and other authorities.
It also amends several statutes (CFTC whistleblower, DHS unmanned aircraft protections, special assessments) and states that the division’s budgetary effects should not be entered on PAYGO scorecards.
Short-term CRs that prevent funding gaps and include modest targeted funding generally clear Congress, though riders and emergency designations create negotiating points.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a well-specified appropriations/extension measure: it provides precise statutory amendments, dates, and dollar amounts appropriate for short-term continuing appropriations and program extensions, while delegating routine implementation to executing agencies.
Support for health and telehealth extensions vs concern over entitlement expansion
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Support for health and telehealth extensions vs concern over entitlement expansion
Generally supportive of the health, Medicare, telehealth, Medicaid, and disaster relief extensions that avoid service interruptions.
Concerned about the sizeable unoffset defense shipbuilding apportionments and the language exempting these actions from PAYGO and scorecards.
Pragmatic support for a short-term CR to avert disruptions while preferring final appropriations work continue.
Accepts targeted disaster and health extensions but is wary of ad hoc defense funding and PAYGO carve-outs that complicate budget discipline.
Supports preventing a shutdown and some defense-related funding, but objects to non-defense domestic spending increases and the bill's PAYGO/scorecard exemptions.
Skeptical of temporary telehealth and entitlement extensions without offsets.
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Short-term CRs that prevent funding gaps and include modest targeted funding generally clear Congress, though riders and emergency designations create negotiating points.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Support for health and telehealth extensions vs concern over entitlement expansion
Short-term CRs that prevent funding gaps and include modest targeted funding generally clear Congress, though riders and emergency designat…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a well-specified appropriations/extension measure: it provides precise statutory amendments, dates, and dollar amounts appropriate for short-term continuing approp…
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