The Ranking Members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), released an alternative Continuing Resolution (CR) on September 17, 2025.
The CR would continue discretionary appropriations through October 31, 2025.
However, the DeLauro-Murray CR includes a number of policy provisions unrelated to continuing government funding. These provisions would increase government spending by nearly $1.5 trillion.
The CR also includes several provisions that restrict the authority of the Trump Administration to administer funding efficiently and effectively:
- 102: Prohibits new starts by the Department of Defense.
- 111: Restricts reprogramming and transfer authority to align funding with Administration priorities.
- 119: Guts the Impoundment Control Act rescissions process.
- 123: Requires NASA to continue all missions under formulation by the Science Mission Directorate.
- 126: Requires Department of Commerce to renew NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership agreements, under all previous terms and conditions.
- 135: Requires the Department of Energy to spend FY 2025 funds for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and other energy subsidy accounts on certain projects, restricts reprogramming authority for such funds, and eliminates existing waiver authority provided to the Secretary of Energy for restrictions on reprogramming that “pose a substantial risk to human health, the environment, welfare, or national security.”
- 143: Establishes a new Inspector General of the Office of Management and Budget within the Executive Office of the President
