# 119-s-3147: Keep Head Start Funded Act of 2025

119-s-3147, Keep Head Start Funded Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3147
- Congress: 119
- Title: Keep Head Start Funded Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-11-06
- Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI)
- Cosponsors: 33
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Provides continuing funding for Head Start programs during FY2026 funding gaps.** This bill would provide continuing appropriations from Treasury as needed to carry out Head Start activities at the same levels funded in fiscal year 2025 under Public Law 119-4. Those expenditures would be charged to the applicable appropriation or fund whenever a later law enacts such appropriations. The authority would take effect as if enacted on September 30, 2025 and would end on the earliest of a new appropriation for these purposes, enactment of Department of Health and Human Services appropriations that exclude these funds, or September 30, 2026.

## Cosponsors (33)

- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] (D-MD), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] (D-RI), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] (D-GA), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] (D-VA), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD] (D-MD), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] (D-DE), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] (D-WA), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (D-RI), 2025-11-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-11-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] (D-MI), 2025-11-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-11-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] (R-AK), 2025-11-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] (D-MI), 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Keep Head Start funded during lapse: benefit, medium. If Congress has not passed FY2026 funding, your child's Head Start program would keep running. The bill would provide from the Treasury such sums as are necessary. Those funds would cover Head Start projects that ran in FY2025 funded by Public Law 119-4. It would take effect as if enacted on Septem…

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- 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026
- 119-s-1503: Equality Act
- 119-sres-913: A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former United States Senator for the State of Kansas.
- 119-sres-897: A resolution honoring the life, service, and legacy of the Honorable Jon Llewellyn Kyl, former Senator for the State of Arizona.
- 119-sres-801: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Lindsey Olin Graham, a Senator from the State of South Carolina.

## Sources
- [119-s-3147 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3147)

## Related
- [119-s-2837: Protect America’s Workforce Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2837)
- [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108)
- [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503)
- [119-sres-913: A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former Uni…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-913)
- [119-sres-897: A resolution honoring the life, service, and legacy of the Honorable Jon Llewel…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-897)
- [119-sres-801: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Lindsey Olin Graham,…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-801)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3147 (as of 2026-04-21).