Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2025

The "Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2025" provides temporary funding for federal government operations. It extends the current continuing appropriations until April 11, 2025 , preventing a government shutdown for this short period. The bill includes specific appropriations for the Department of Defense, allocating funds for Navy shipbuilding programs, such as the Columbia Class Submarine and prior year shipbuilding cost increases, totaling over $5.2 billion. Additionally, the legislation provides an emergency appropriation of $750 million for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Disaster Relief Fund to address major disasters. It also allocates $1.65 million for the Office of Navajo and Hopi Relocation and a payment to the beneficiary of a late Representative. A significant portion of the bill, Division B, focuses on extending various critical federal programs. These extensions primarily last until April 11 or April 12, 2025. Key public health programs receiving extensions include Community Health Centers, the National Health Service Corps, and Special Diabetes Programs. Medicare provisions are also extended, covering areas such as inpatient hospital payment adjustments for low-volume hospitals, the Medicare-Dependent Hospital program, and add-on payments for ambulance services. Crucially, several telehealth flexibilities , including the removal of geographic requirements and the expansion of eligible practitioners, are prolonged. The bill also extends funding for outreach programs assisting low-income individuals and eliminates certain Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital payment cuts. Finally, the Act includes miscellaneous extensions for programs like the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Whistleblower Program and the National Cybersecurity Protection System Authorization. It also reduces the Medicare Improvement Fund by over $230 million. The bill specifies that its budgetary effects will not be counted on statutory PAYGO scorecards.