Legislation· Dec 2024American Relief Act, 2025
Keeps the government funded through March 14, 2025, and adds emergency money for disasters.
Tradeoff
Keeps federal agencies funded at 2024 levels through March 14, 2025, which prevents a shutdown. Exempts the new emergency spending from certain budget scorekeeping rules.
What's in it
The abstract gives no dollar total; it continues through March 14, 2025 and adds disaster supplemental funding.
This bill mainly keeps the federal government funded at last year's levels for a few more months and sends extra money for disaster recovery, so the cost is new federal spending rather than a change in taxes or rules.
The House passed it 366-34 on December 20, and the Senate passed it 85-11 on December 21.
House
Introduced
(Dec 20, 2024)
House
Committee on (Dec 20, 2024)
The bill went to more than one committee at the same time.
Senate
Received from the House
Received(Dec 20, 2024)
House
On Motion to and Pass
Passed(Roll #517 · Dec 20, 2024)
366 yeanay 34Senate
Passage of the bill
Bill Passed(Roll #339 · Dec 21, 2024)
85 yeanay 11House
Sent to the President
(Dec 21, 2024)
White House · Signature
Signed
Joe Biden (D)
Enacted
Became law(Dec 21, 2024)
- Chuck Edwards (R-NC)
Final passage· 118th Congress · 2023–2025