FY 2026 Federal Appropriations: How much does Congress still have to get done?

Congress is trying to pass as many appropriations bills as possible before the end of the fiscal year, in order to fund the government for FY 2026. Here is the status of each bill.

Thursday, August 28th 2025, 10:35 pm

By: Alex Cameron

WASHINGTON, D.C. -

The federal government is funded by Congress through the passage of 12 appropriations bills. Appropriations committees in both the House and Senate write and move their own versions of these bills, which are then approved by the respective chamber's full membership, reconciled in a House-Senate conference, with the final versions then passed again in each chamber before going to the White House for the president's signature. The last time Congress actually achieved all of these steps before the start of the fiscal year, October 1, was 1997. Increasingly, Congress uses a combination of continuing resolutions and omnibus bills to buy time and consolidate the process. Nevertheless, appropriators make the effort each year to get their work done in a timely fashion. Here is the current status of the FY 2026 appropriations bills:

Agriculture

House — approved by full committee markup, 6/23

Senate — approved by full committee markup, 7/10

Commerce, Justice, Science

House — approved by subcommittee, 7/15

Senate — approved by full committee markup, 7/17

Defense

House — approved by full committee markup, 6/12; passed full House, 7/18

Senate — approved by full committee markup, 7/31

Energy and Water Development

House — approved by full committee markup, 7/17

Senate —TBD

Financial Services and General Government

House — approved by subcommittee, 7/21

Senate —TBD

Homeland Security

House — approved by full committee markup, 6/24

Senate — TBD

Interior, Environment

House — approved by full committee markup, 7/22

Senate — approved by full committee markup, 7/24

Labor, HHS, Education

House — TBD

Senate — approved by full committee markup, 7/31

Legislative Branch

House — approved by full committee markup, 6/26

Senate — approved by full committee markup, 7/10

Military Construction, VA

House — approved by full committee markup, 6/11; passed full house, 6/25

Senate — approved by full committee markup, 7/17

National Security, State

House — approved by full committee markup, 7/23

Senate — TBD

Transportation, HUD

House — approved by full committee markup, 7/17

Senate — approved by full committee markup, 7/24

Alex Cameron

Alex Cameron is Griffin Media’s Washington Bureau Chief, reporting from our nation’s capital on issues that impact Oklahomans. An award-winning journalist, Alex first joined the News 9 team in 1995, and his reporting has taken him around the world, covering stories in Bosnia, Colorado, Washington, D.C., Seattle, New York and Ukraine. 