HR 5371, explained
Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026
Active Became Public Law No: 119-37. · Author: Tom Cole (R-OK)
In plain English
This bill ends a government shutdown that started on October 1, 2025. It provides money to run most federal agencies through January 30, 2026, and gives full-year funding through the end of 2026 for agriculture, military construction, veterans affairs, and Congress. It also extends various programs that were set to expire.
If this passes
What would actually change, according to the official CRS summary. No predictions, no opinions.
- Most federal agencies would receive funding at 2025 spending levels through January 30, 2026, or until a regular 2026 budget is passed—whichever comes first.
- The Department of Defense would be prohibited from starting new or speeded-up production of certain weapons and equipment until a regular budget is enacted.
- Agencies would not be allowed to start new projects or restart old ones that were not funded in 2025.
- Agriculture, military construction, veterans affairs, and legislative branch programs would receive full funding through the end of fiscal year 2026.
Who's lobbying this bill
353 organizations reported lobbying activity
mentioning this bill. Federal lobbying reports list the bills an organization worked and its total quarterly lobbying spend, they don't say which side the organization took, and fees aren't itemized per bill.
Chamber Of Commerce Of The U.S.A.total lobbying spend, quarters naming this bill · 2 filings
$35.9M American Medical Associationtotal lobbying spend, quarters naming this bill · 5 filings
$31.5M Novartistotal lobbying spend, quarters naming this bill · 5 filings
$13.8M Money and the vote
How the chambers voted, from official roll-call records.
House · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment2025-11-13
222–209 Senate · On Passage of the Bill H.R. 53712025-11-11
60–40 Lobbying organizations' PAC money, by vote
Where an organization lobbying this bill has an affiliated PAC (linked through the FEC's
own connected-organization records), this shows that PAC's direct contributions to the members on each side of the
vote. Contributions span whole election cycles and are not tied to any single vote; no causal link is asserted.
American Medical Associationdirect PAC contributions to House members voting (2024 + 2026 cycles)
$548K → Yes (222) · $627K → No (209) American Medical Associationdirect PAC contributions to Senate members voting (2024 + 2026 cycles)
$72K → Yes (60) · $52K → No (40)
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Sources
- Bill text and CRS summary: Congress.gov.
- Lobbying activity: quarterly LDA reports filed with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House (lda.senate.gov).
- Votes: official House Clerk and Senate roll-call records. PAC contributions: FEC bulk data (committee-to-candidate transactions).
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