119 S3147 IS: Keep Head Start Funded Act of 2025 U.S. Senate 2025-11-06 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II119th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 3147IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESNovember 6, 2025Ms. Baldwin (for herself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Reed, Mr. Luján, Mr. Welch, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Kim, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Warnock, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Smith, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Alsobrooks, Mr. Coons, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Booker, and Mr. Whitehouse) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on AppropriationsA BILLTo provide for continuing appropriations for Head Start programs.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Keep Head Start Funded Act of 2025.

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Continuing appropriations for Head Start

There are hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2026, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for fiscal year 2026 are not in effect, such sums as are necessary for carrying out without interruption, under the authority and conditions provided for in division A of the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 119–4), all projects or activities under the Head Start Act that were conducted in fiscal year 2025, and for which appropriations were made available by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025.

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Termination

Appropriations and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this Act shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs:(1)The enactment into law of an appropriation (including a continuing appropriation) for any purpose for which amounts are made available in section 2.(2)The enactment into law of the regular or continuing appropriations resolution or other Act for the Department of Health and Human Services without any appropriation for such purpose.(3)September 30, 2026.

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Charge to future appropriations

Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted into law.

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Effective date

This Act shall take effect as if enacted on September 30, 2025.