The House has authorized a finalized National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2022, authorizing $768.1 billion in defense spending after a series of delays, amendment disputes, and political tension. The NDAA was signed minutes after the House passed a measure to avert a first-ever government default, clearing the way for Congressional Democrats to expedite their year-end legislative agenda and focus on President Biden's social and energy policies.

After postponing decisions earlier in the year, Congress has an agreement on a short-term spending bill that funds agencies through February 18. However, there is still the possibility of a shutdown on December 3, as all 100 senators must agree to expedited consideration to avoid at least a temporary shutdown of federal agencies.

The Senate and the House of Representatives passed a continuing resolution today funding the government at FY 2021 levels until December 3, 2021.

On September 21, 2021, the House passed a stopgap continuing resolution (CR) that would fund agencies at their current levels for about nine weeks.

On the night of September 22, 2020, nine days before the government was due to shut down, the House passed a stopgap funding measure through December 11, 2020. Members of the House passed the funding measure in a 359 to 57 vote. The bill includes an important measure prioritized by Republicans: $30 billion in farm aid.

In a proposed rule submitted to the Federal Register on July 20, the Office of Personnel Management implements provisions within the FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (FY 2020 NDAA) that ensure the continuation of certain federal benefits and services in the event of a lapse in appropriations. The FY 2020 NDAA names certain Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program and Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance (FEGLI) services as emergency services under the Antideficiency Act.