119-s3147

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3147 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 3147

 To provide for continuing appropriations for Head Start programs.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 November 6, 2025

Ms. Baldwin (for herself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Van 
Hollen, Mr. Reed, Mr. Lujan, 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 
 Appropriations

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 A BILL

 To provide for continuing appropriations for Head Start programs.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

SEC. 2. 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.

SEC. 3. 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.

SEC. 4. 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.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

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