1HOUSE · MAR 11, 2025
Passed the House
217–213PASSED
R 216–1 D 1–212
On Passage · roll 70 · 2 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Public Law 119-4
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
Became law on Mar 15, 2025.
Official title: Making further continuing appropriations and other extensions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Tom Cole R-OKWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 10, 2025
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseMar 11, 2025 · 217–213
- Passed SenateMar 14, 2025 · 54–46
- To the PresidentMar 14, 2025
- Became lawMar 15, 2025
Latest action: Mar 15, 2025 — Became Public Law No: 119-4.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1968.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1968, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025” on March 11, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As Posted on the Website of the House Committee on Rules, March 8, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 11, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61248
- CBO publication date
- March 11, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1968, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1968
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 11, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 44, March 10, 2025, Page H1067):The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law. . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States. . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their…Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 801 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1968, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1968
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 11, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8e7738bfa6ecf984ebffd183dceacb3b5bbf1aa3511462822593b79f3413abf0
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Vote results
4 recorded roll-call votes on H.R. 1968. The 2 that moved the bill are first, in date order.
2SENATE · MAR 14, 2025
Passed the Senate
54–46PASSED
R 52–1 D 1–44 I 1–1
On Passage of the Bill · roll 133
Procedural votes (2) — motions, rulings and amendments along the way (1 Senate, 1 House). Tap to show.
Oldest first. Totals are yea–nay.
- Send the bill back to committeeMotion to recommitHouse · Mar 11, 2025 · roll 69R 0–216 D 213–0213–216Failed
- Cloture vote to end debateCloture motionSenate · Mar 14, 2025 · roll 128 · Needed a 3/5 majority (60 votes)R 52–1 D 9–36 I 1–162–38Agreed
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 4 of 4 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Cole.
- H.R. 5371 (119th) Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026
- H.R. 6938 (119th) Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026
- H.R. 7147 (119th) Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.
- H.R. 7148 (119th) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
- H.R. 7006 (119th) Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026
- H.R. 7744 (119th) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
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- H.Res. 211 (119th) Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 25) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5…Procedurally related
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.