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Keep Head Start Funded Act of 2025
To provide for continuing appropriations for Head Start programs.
Summary
The Keep Head Start Funded Act of 2025 provides continuing appropriations for Head Start programs for fiscal year 2026. The bill appropriates funds necessary to continue all Head Start programs without interruption at the level funded in fiscal year 2025. These appropriations remain available until Congress enacts a full-year appropriations bill for these programs, enacts an appropriations resolution for the Department of Health and Human Services without funding for Head Start, or until September 30, 2026, whichever occurs first. Expenditures made under this bill are charged to applicable appropriations when future legislation is enacted. The bill takes effect retroactively as if enacted on September 30, 2025.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI)
33 cosponsors
- Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD] (D-MD)
- Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] (D-CO)
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT)
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ)
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] (D-DE)
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV)
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL)
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL)
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ)
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY)
- Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] (D-NH)
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM)
- Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] (D-VA)
- Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] (D-AZ)
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ)
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM)
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA)
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR)
- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] (R-AK)
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] (D-WA)
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA)
- Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] (D-MI)
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] (D-RI)
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT)
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA)
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH)
- Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] (D-MI)
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN)
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] (D-MD)
- Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] (D-GA)
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT)
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (D-RI)
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR)
Actions (2)
- Nov 6, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. · senate
- Nov 6, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
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
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. <all>
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