Which nine appropriations bills were covered by the January 30, 2026 continuing resolution and which agencies do they fund?

1. The nine appropriations bills held to Jan. 30, 2026 — the CR’s scope

The CR extended temporary funding through January 30, 2026, for nine of the 12 regular FY2026 appropriations bills that were not enacted as full-year measures; Congress and CRS described the measure as providing continuing appropriations for those nine bills while enacting three full-year bills separately ^{[2] [4]}.

2. Titles of the nine regular appropriations bills covered by the CR

The nine regular appropriations bills kept on continuing status were the standard set of annual measures not enacted as full-year bills: Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS); Defense; Energy and Water Development; Financial Services and General Government; Homeland Security; Interior and Environment; Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (Labor–HHS–ED); State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (often called State-Foreign Ops or “National Security-State” in some reporting); and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (Transportation–HUD) ^{[2] [3] [5]}.

3. Which agencies and programs those nine bills fund (reporting-linked mapping)

Reporting and committee summaries identify how those bill titles map to major departments and programs: the Commerce-Justice-Science bill covers agencies such as the Departments of Commerce and Justice and civilian science agencies (reported as part of the remaining package of annual bills) ^{[6] [3]}, the Defense bill funds the Department of Defense (noted as one of the regular bills pending passage) ^[5], and Energy and Water funds Army Corps of Engineers and energy-related programs (Energy-Water was cited among bills moving through chambers) ^[5]. The Financial Services bill funds Treasury and GSA-related accounts and general government operations (reported in the context of pending bills) ^[3], Homeland Security funds DHS programs and operations (coverage of DHS funding disputes appeared in appropriations reporting) ^[7], Interior and Environment funds EPA and Interior programs (EPA funding changes were discussed in the coverage of the package) ^[8], Labor–HHS–ED funds Education and health programs including Head Start and child care priorities that advocates flagged as pending (reporting urged inclusion of Labor–HHS–ED provisions) ^{[9] [7]}, State-Foreign Ops funds State and foreign assistance programs (reported as the National Security‑State bill in package descriptions) ^[3], and Transportation–HUD funds transportation programs and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which stakeholders noted in analyses of the package ^[7].

4. What the law actually did and what remained to be done

Congress enacted full-year appropriations for Agriculture, MilCon-VA, and the Legislative Branch while using the CR to keep the other nine bills operating at FY2025 levels (or per specified continuing authorities) until January 30, 2026, as described by the CRS summary and Appropriations Committee materials; expenditures during the CR are charged against the eventual full-year bills when enacted ^{[1] [2]}. Reporting repeatedly warned that, unless those nine bills were enacted by Jan. 30, agencies covered by them faced another lapse or partial shutdown ^{[3] [8]}.

5. Political context and practical consequences noted in reporting

Stakeholders framed the CR as a short-term fix that reopened government and provided back pay while negotiators worked on the nine outstanding packages; several news and appropriations sources emphasized agency uncertainty (delays to contracts/grants, program planning) and the partisan fights around specific agency funding lines—DHS, EPA, HHS, HUD and others were singled out in coverage as flashpoints in negotiating the remaining bills ^{[1] [8] [7]}. The sources make clear this CR was procedural relief, not a replacement for full appropriations for