Congress funds agencies through 2026 and extends trade deals.

What it does

This bill pays for federal agencies to run through December 11, 2026. It extends trade help for African countries through 2028. It extends customs fees through March 2032. The bill includes money for Navy ships, disaster aid, and housing programs. Congress froze its own pay raises.

Who it affects

All Americans benefit from agencies staying open. African countries gain extended trade help. Navy shipbuilders, housing groups, and customs brokers get specific money or fee extensions.

One thing to notice

The bill includes $2.4 billion in Navy ship cost overruns. These overruns skip normal rules for checking spending.

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

Where it stands

1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.

• Dec 9, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
• Dec 9, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means”
• Dec 10, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
• Dec 10, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 37 - 3”
• Jan 12, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required)…”
• Jan 12, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”
• Aug 8, 2026 — Passed both chambers · Congress.gov: “Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Yea-Nay Vote. 90 - 6. Record Vote Number: 228”
• Sep 2, 2026 — Signed into law · Congress.gov: “Became Public Law No: 119-103”
• Sep 2, 2026 — Sent to president · Congress.gov: “Presented to President”

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

Money around this bill

9 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 15 reports from Dec 2025 to Jun 2026.

Those reports show $63,122,373 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 15 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.

More groups named this bill than 89% of bills with any report.

Jason Smith, who sponsored the bill, received $2,860,780 from PACs for the 2026 election.

• Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A. — $54,660,000 in 3 reports
• National Retail Federation — $3,881,000 in 2 reports
• Fedex Corporation — $2,930,000 in 1 report
• Coalition for a Prosperous America — $600,000 in 2 reports
• Cintas — $540,000 in 2 reports

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

Words to know

• trade help — Special access to buy and sell goods between countries.
• customs fees — Money that importers pay the government to bring goods into the United States.
• agencies — Departments and offices that run the federal government.
• pay raises — Extra money added to a worker's regular salary each year.
• 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.