(last updated 3/16/25)
The United States Senate voted on Friday evening 52-46 to clear HR 1968, the 2025 Full Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act (aka the Continuing Resolution/CR) and sent it along to the White House, where President Trump signs the funding bill on March 15th.
Here are links to HR 1968 as passed by the House and Senate along with a Section-by-Section Summary:
This year-long Continuing Resolution (CR) funds the government at Fiscal 2024 enacted levels through September 30, 2025.
This legislation increases Fiscal 2025 Defense spending by $6 Billion and reduces non-defense spending by $13 Billion.
The CR provides DOD with conditional authority to embark on New Starts during the CR.
Non-Defense agencies are prohibited from undertaking New Starts under the CR.
Defense-related highlights from the CR that should be of particular interest to Carahsoft vendor partners are as follows:
Civilian related highlights with spending impacts and policy provisions contained in the CR are as follows:
The enactment of the year-long CR now clears the decks for Congress to begin its oversight of the Fiscal 2026 budget process. This process will technically begin when President Trump submits his Fiscal 2026 Budget Request to Congress. While there is no word yet on when his Fiscal 2026 budget will be released, we expect President Trump will provide Congress a Fiscal 2026 budget in the April or May timeframe.