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To provide for interim appropriations for the National Capital Planning Commission and the Commission of Fine Arts with respect to any fiscal year for which appropriations are not otherwise provided for the commissions.
To provide for interim appropriations for the National Capital Planning Commission and the Commission of Fine Arts with respect to any fiscal year for which appropriations are not otherwise provided for the commissions.
Summary
This bill provides emergency federal funding for the National Capital Planning Commission and the Commission of Fine Arts if Congress fails to appropriate funds for them during a fiscal year. The emergency funding would be at the same spending rate and under the same conditions as the previous fiscal year. If Congress later enacts appropriations for these commissions or enacts a general appropriation bill for the Department of Interior and related agencies, any emergency spending would be charged to those appropriations. The emergency appropriations would end once actual appropriations are enacted. The bill applies to fiscal year 2025 and subsequent years.
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- Oct 8, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. · house
- Oct 8, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 8, 2025
Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations
A BILL
To provide for interim appropriations for the National Capital Planning Commission and the Commission of Fine Arts with respect to any fiscal year for which appropriations are not otherwise provided for the commissions.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. INTERIM APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS.
(a) Availability of Interim Appropriations.—If during a fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2025) there is an appropriation for the expenses of an entity described in subsection (b), and during the next fiscal year there is no appropriation for such expenses, there shall be appropriated for such next fiscal year, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as are necessary for the expenses of the entity, at a rate for operations and under the terms and conditions provided in the previous fiscal year.
(b) Entities Described.—The entities described in this subsection are as follows:
(1) The National Capital Planning Commission.
(2) The Commission of Fine Arts.
(c) Effect of Enactment of Subsequent Appropriations.—If an appropriation for the expenses of an entity described in subsection
(b), or a general appropriation bill providing appropriations for the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies without provision for such expenses, is enacted into law on any date during a fiscal year following the expenditure of funds during such fiscal year pursuant to this Act—
(1) such expenditure shall be charged to such appropriation (if any); and
(2) appropriations made available pursuant to this Act shall not be available after the date of the enactment of such appropriation or general appropriation bill. <all>
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