Which appropriations bills have passed for FY2026 and which remain at risk if no deal is reached by Jan. 30, 2026?

Checked on January 24, 2026
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Executive summary

Congress has enacted a small set of FY2026 appropriations into law and advanced a three‑bill minibus through both chambers, but most discretionary programs remain on a short-term continuing resolution that expires January 30, 2026—leaving nine appropriations bills at real risk if no deal is reached by that deadline [1] [2] [3].

1. What’s already signed into law and why it matters

Congress cleared and the President signed the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act (H.R.5371), which both ended the prior shutdown and provided full‑year FY2026 funding for agriculture, military construction and veterans affairs, and the legislative branch while extending most other funding only to January 30, 2026 [1] [3].

2. The three‑bill minibus that crossed Congress (and its procedural status)

A bipartisan package covering Commerce‑Justice‑Science (CJS), Energy and Water Development, and Interior and Environment was passed overwhelmingly in the Senate and earlier in the House; Senate and House votes and committee statements indicate the measure has cleared both chambers and was sent toward the President’s desk for signature, marking the principal set of discretionary accounts that have been resolved outside the CR process [4] [5] [6] [7].

3. House activity that has outpaced the Senate — bills passed but not yet law

The House has moved aggressively and claims to have passed all twelve appropriations measures in that chamber, including a consolidated package (H.R.7148) and a standalone Homeland Security bill (H.R.7147), plus other multi‑bill packages such as H.R.7006 (Financial Services & State) and separate action on CJS/Energy/Interior earlier in the month; however, passage in the House does not equal enacted law, and several House‑passed measures are still awaiting Senate consideration or presidential signature [8] [9] [6] [7].

4. The nine bills that remain at risk if January 30 passes without a deal

Congress.gov and CRS tracking make the situation explicit: while a few pockets of funding are settled, nine appropriations bills remain funded only by a continuing resolution that runs through January 30, 2026 — if a further agreement is not reached by that date, funding for those remaining programs would lapse [2] [1] [3]. Multiple observers and budget shops characterize those nine as comprising the bulk of discretionary spending and therefore the central exposure for another funding crisis [10].

5. Where the calendar and politics create the danger zone

The practical risk is twofold: procedural (conference, Senate floor time, and a presidential signature) and political (inter‑chamber and White House negotiations over toplines and policy riders). Analysts and appropriations trackers warned that nine bills remain unfinished after a lengthy prior shutdown and a short CR, underscoring how a failure to reach agreement by Jan. 30 would again force stopgap measures or precipitate a shutdown for the programs not yet enacted [10] [2] [3].

6. How to read the competing claims and what’s left unsaid by the sources

House Republican messaging stresses that the chamber “completed” all 12 bills, while Senate documents and CRS emphasize that only specific divisions are enacted or have crossed both chambers; sources confirm enacted status for the agriculture/military construction/veterans/legislative branch package and bipartisan passage of the three‑bill minibus, but do not uniformly show final presidential enactment for every Senate‑passed minibus item in the public snippets reviewed — an important factual boundary between “passed by one chamber,” “passed by both chambers,” and “signed into law” [8] [4] [1] [3].

7. Bottom line — what will happen if Jan. 30 passes without a deal

If no agreement is reached by Jan. 30, the continuing resolution language in place will expire and the nine appropriations bills that remain covered only by the CR will lose their temporary funding authority, triggering funding disruptions for those covered programs unless Congress either enacts the outstanding full‑year bills or approves another CR before the deadline [2] [1] [10].

Want to dive deeper?
Which nine FY2026 appropriations bills are specifically covered by the Jan. 30 continuing resolution and what programs do they fund?
What is the status of presidential signatures for the FY2026 minibus bills passed by both chambers as of Jan. 24, 2026?
How have previous short continuing resolutions affected federal program operations and service delivery in comparable funding gaps?