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Keep Head Start Funded Act of 2025

USA119th CongressS-3147| Senate 
| Updated: 11/6/2025
Tammy Baldwin

Tammy Baldwin

Democratic Senator

Wisconsin

Cosponsors (33)
Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic)Angela D. Alsobrooks (Democratic)Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Ruben Gallego (Democratic)Adam B. Schiff (Democratic)Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic)Richard J. Durbin (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Jack Reed (Democratic)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Ben Ray Luján (Democratic)Alex Padilla (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Tim Kaine (Democratic)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Chris Van Hollen (Democratic)Martin Heinrich (Democratic)Michael F. Bennet (Democratic)Patty Murray (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Andy Kim (Democratic)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Elissa Slotkin (Democratic)Raphael G. Warnock (Democratic)Gary C. Peters (Democratic)Ron Wyden (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)Mark Kelly (Democratic)Lisa Murkowski (Republican)

Appropriations Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This bill aims to provide continuing appropriations for Head Start programs during fiscal year 2026. It ensures that all Head Start projects and activities conducted in fiscal year 2025 can continue without interruption, even if regular or interim appropriations for FY2026 are not yet in effect. The funding will be provided under the same authority and conditions as the previous fiscal year. These appropriations will remain available until a specific appropriation for Head Start is enacted, a broader Department of Health and Human Services appropriation is passed without Head Start funding, or September 30, 2026, whichever comes first. Expenditures made under this Act will be charged to future applicable appropriations, and the Act takes effect retroactively to September 30, 2025.
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Timeline
Nov 6, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Nov 6, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
  • November 6, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 6, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

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Keep Head Start Funded Act of 2025

USA119th CongressS-3147| Senate 
| Updated: 11/6/2025
This bill aims to provide continuing appropriations for Head Start programs during fiscal year 2026. It ensures that all Head Start projects and activities conducted in fiscal year 2025 can continue without interruption, even if regular or interim appropriations for FY2026 are not yet in effect. The funding will be provided under the same authority and conditions as the previous fiscal year. These appropriations will remain available until a specific appropriation for Head Start is enacted, a broader Department of Health and Human Services appropriation is passed without Head Start funding, or September 30, 2026, whichever comes first. Expenditures made under this Act will be charged to future applicable appropriations, and the Act takes effect retroactively to September 30, 2025.
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Timeline
Nov 6, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Nov 6, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
  • November 6, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 6, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Tammy Baldwin

Tammy Baldwin

Democratic Senator

Wisconsin

Cosponsors (33)
Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic)Angela D. Alsobrooks (Democratic)Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Ruben Gallego (Democratic)Adam B. Schiff (Democratic)Catherine Cortez Masto (Democratic)Richard J. Durbin (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Jack Reed (Democratic)Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democratic)Ben Ray Luján (Democratic)Alex Padilla (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Tim Kaine (Democratic)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Chris Van Hollen (Democratic)Martin Heinrich (Democratic)Michael F. Bennet (Democratic)Patty Murray (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Andy Kim (Democratic)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Peter Welch (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Elissa Slotkin (Democratic)Raphael G. Warnock (Democratic)Gary C. Peters (Democratic)Ron Wyden (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)Mark Kelly (Democratic)Lisa Murkowski (Republican)

Appropriations Committee

Education

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted