Congress funds government through 2025 with cuts to some programs.

What it does

This bill gives money to federal agencies for the rest of 2025. It funds defense, agriculture, disaster relief, food safety, and many other services. Some programs got less money than before. Some programs got more money. The bill was signed into law.

Who it affects

The bill affects people who use disaster relief and veterans health care. States that use Medicaid got less advance money. Rural areas got more money for broadband and telemedicine.

One thing to notice

Medicaid advance payments dropped from 4.3 billion dollars to 160 million dollars. The Department of Defense got more power to move money between accounts.

From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.

Where it stands

• Mar 10, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
• Mar 10, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on the Budget and House Committee on Appropriations · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to…”
• Mar 11, 2025 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - 213 (Roll no. 70).”
• Mar 14, 2025 — Passed both chambers · Congress.gov: “Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 46. Record Vote Number: 133”
• Mar 14, 2025 — Sent to president · Congress.gov: “Presented to President”
• Mar 15, 2025 — Signed into law · Congress.gov: “Became Public Law No: 119-4”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

102 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 139 reports from Mar 2025 to Jun 2026.

Those reports show $34,855,343 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 10 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.

More groups named this bill than 99% of bills with any report.

Tom Cole, who sponsored the bill, received $1,644,758 from PACs for the 2026 election.

• American Medical Association — $5,643,000 in 2 reports
• Air Transport Association of America, Inc. (d/b/a Airlines for America) — $2,301,100 in 2 reports
• Croplife America — $2,212,242 in 3 reports
• Friends Committee on National Legislation — $2,000,000 in 2 reports
• American Association of Airport Executives — $1,172,100 in 1 report

Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.

Words to know

• Medicaid — A government health program that helps low-income people pay for medical care.
• advance payments — Money given early, before the time it is normally due.
• lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
• PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
• sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.