Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2026

Key Points

• This bill sets 2026 budgets for a wide range of government offices, including the Treasury Department, the IRS, the White House, the Supreme Court and lower courts, and independent agencies like the SBA, SEC, FTC, and Postal Service.
• The IRS gets billions for taxpayer services and enforcement, and the bill bars the agency from targeting people for their First Amendment activity or groups based on their ideological beliefs.
• Small businesses get over $300 million for development programs plus tens of billions in loan guarantee authority, and the bill blocks the Consumer Product Safety Commission from using funds to ban gas stoves as a class of products.
• Washington, D.C. receives special funding for resident college tuition and school improvement, but the bill blocks D.C. from spending money to legalize recreational marijuana or to lobby for statehood.
• The bill freezes 2026 pay for the Vice President and top political appointees, and sets strict limits on federal spending for luxury travel, conferences, and office redecoration.
• The bill continues bans on using federal or D.C. funds for most abortions, with exceptions for rape, incest, or danger to the mother's life, while requiring contraceptive coverage in contracts that include prescription drug coverage.