Congress has less than five (5) days to avert a government shutdown by the end of this week (March 14), and Speaker Mike Johnson (LA) has unveiled a (7) seven-month funding plan that would keep the federal government running through Sept. 30, 2025. The fiscal year 2025 started on October 1, 2024 and has been operating on a CR since that date. The continuing resolution (CR) would increase defense spending by about $6 billion, while non-defense funding would be cut by a total of about $13 billion. This
is considered a “clean” CR as it does not include large policy riders and hence a greater chance of passage.
The House could vote and pass the CR as soon as tomorrow, March 11, if it passes the House, the Senate would require all Republican votes plus seven (7) Senate Democrats to vote in favor of the CR by end of week.
DOE
budget for EM, NE, NNSA is the House FY 2025 number in the chart below (subject to small amendments). See the following funding lines the CR calls for below, with comparisons to the yet to be passed House Energy & Water Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriations Bill (H.R.8997):
DOE EM – small decrease in Other Defense Activities
- CR Other Defense Activities:
$1,107,000,000
- Current House bill (H.R.8997) Other Defense Activities: $1,179,000,000
NNSA – changes from House mark
- CR Weapons Activities: $19,293,000,000
- H.R.8997 Weapons Activities: $20,338,752,000
- CR Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation: $2,396,000,000
- H.R.8997 Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation: $2,445,000,000
For more information on DOE funding lines laid out in H.R.8997, and for comparisons to FY2024 and the Senate bill, see the tables below:
