Policy Change Tracker
What changed in the rules that fund your work
One page per live issue. Each is a dated changelog: what changed, when, and the primary source that says so. No advice, no forecasts. We re-check every source and note the date.
Three of these expire on December 11, 2026 →
Federal
- Changed
FEMA BRIC restart
The FY2024-25 BRIC funding opportunity (DHS-25-MT-047-00-98, $1 billion) closed July 23, 2026; FEMA is reviewing subapplications; no FY2026 BRIC notice has been posted.
Latest: FEMA removes the BRIC National Review Panel solicitation from its hazard mitigation information collection
- Changed Extension end date:
IIJA surface-transportation extension to December 11, 2026
Division C of Public Law 119-103 extends IIJA surface-transportation programs through Dec. 11, 2026 at 72/365 of FY2026 levels; FHWA apportioned $11.2 billion on Oct. 1; no reauthorization enacted.
Latest: FHWA apportions $11.207 billion of Federal-aid highway funds for the 72-day extension period
- Changed Continuing resolution expires:
FY2027 appropriations and the December 11, 2026 continuing resolution
Public Law 119-103 funds the government at FY2026 rates through Dec. 11, 2026; no full-year FY2027 appropriations act has been enacted.
Latest: OMB Bulletin 27-01 automatically apportions the CR pro rata through Dec. 11
- Changed Bar on finalization lifts:
Uniform Guidance rewrite (OMB-2026-0034)
Proposed rule 91 FR 32198 closed to comment July 13, 2026; section 157 of the continuing resolution bars issuing or finalizing it through Dec. 11, 2026; no final rule published.
Latest: NIH tells applicants the CR prohibits implementing the Uniform Guidance revisions
- Changed
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and Solar for All litigation
The en banc D.C. Circuit (Aug. 4, 2026) affirmed the injunction against EPA's March 2025 GGRF terminations; two district courts (Sept. 2026) vacated the Solar for All termination.
Latest: D.D.C. vacates EPA's program-wide Solar for All elimination decision in Harris County v. EPA
- Changed Continuing resolution expires:
FY2027 budget: proposed elimination of CDBG, HOME, HOPWA and PRO Housing
The FY2027 budget zeroes CDBG, HOME, HOPWA and PRO Housing; the House committee bill keeps CDBG at $3.3 billion and cuts HOME to $500 million; no Senate bill; the CR runs through Dec. 11, 2026.
Latest: CRS: no Senate FY2027 THUD bill proposed; full-year appropriations not enacted
- Changed Expenditure deadline:
SLFRF expenditure deadline: December 31, 2026
Funds obligated by Dec. 31, 2024 must be expended by Dec. 31, 2026 (Sept. 30, 2026 for Surface Transportation and Title I projects); the final Project and Expenditure Report is due April 30, 2027.
Latest: September 2026 newsletter: final report due April 30, 2027; closeout is a two-step process
California
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