Federal Government It’s partly approaching shutdownwith Range of effects About public services and the broader US economy.
Farrow and potential layoffs of employees will halt government activities. Other features – NASA’s space mission, president, etc. Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown Certain public health activities at the FDA and USDA will continue.
This sees some of the things the agency is planning.
On Tuesday, September 30, 2025, at the Capitol in Washington, a partisan standoff on healthcare and spending threatens to trigger the first US government shutdown in nearly seven years.
Homeland security and immigration enforcement will mostly continue as is
Most Department of Homeland Security employees will continue to work, reflecting the fact that much of the department’s workforce is either related to law enforcement or in areas funded by user fees as opposed to Congressional budgets.
The Department of Homeland Security said the plan published on its website would fill up about 14,000 of its approximately 271,000 employees if government closures occur. These include maintaining the majority of officers and employees, including Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Transport and Security Management, Citizenship and Immigration Administration, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Departmental activities such as providing protection for secret services Trumpprocessing cargo and passengers, coming to the country and carrying out the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts, the plan said.
Medicare and Medicaid payments continue – there are likely delays
Medicare and Medicaid programs and services will continue uninterrupted, but shortages of staffing could mean delays in some services, such as mailing Medicare cards. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, the government has enough money to fund Medicaid in the first quarter of the next fiscal year. Eligible states will also continue to receive payments from children’s health insurance programs or tips.
Senate majority leader John Tune, Rs.D. interviewed Brett Byer of Fox News Channel, outside the West Wing of the White House on Monday, September 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
FEMA Fallout could block some new mortgages
FEMA’s core disaster relief functions are not affected, but other aspects of the agency’s work will be affected, at least in the short term. Approvals for some grants have been suspended and new policies could not be written under the National Flood Insurance Program, which will suspend new mortgages requiring flood insurance.
Still, an extended shutdown could, in the worst-case scenario, exhaust FEMA’s existing disaster relief fund, which has around $10 billion in existence. House speaker Mike Johnson On Monday at the White House, FEMA warned that it would “not be funded” during the closure.
Plans to deal with the lack of air traffic controllers will be overthrown
Already certified and on-site air traffic controllers are one of the key workers who will continue during the closure but whose salary may be affected.
Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, says that having to work without a paycheck adds stress to the controller. I’m already doing a difficult job. He said that because it has been closed in the past, some controllers had to get side jobs to help pay invoices while the shutdown drag was on.
Colonel Jason Ambrosi, president of the Airline Pilot Association, urged Congress to reach an agreement. “Shutdowns threaten the stability of the world’s safest aviation systems,” Ambrosi said.
However, schools with aspiring air traffic controllers attending Oklahoma City have been closed, and students have been sent home, hurting the administration’s efforts to address a significant shortage of professionals. Training disruptions will encourage some to pursue another career, making it much more difficult to eliminate the shortage of 3,000 controllers across the country.
Shutdowns could also set back billions of dollars in efforts to overhaul and modernize air traffic control equipment.
CDC plans a wide range of furrows
Based in Atlanta Centers for Disease Control and PreventionMore than half of the agency workers are fully fulfiled. Those still working include those who deal with outbreaks of infectious diseases, care for research animals, and maintain the laboratory. Federal authorities said the CDC will continue to monitor the outbreak of the disease.
According to the federal government’s plan, it includes research into work to prevent disease risks and illness, communication with the public, and research into health risks and methods to help state and local officials prevent deaths from overdose or other health problems. document.
NIH research stalls and patients are affected immediately
Research and patient care in National Institutes of Health You’ll be defeated.
Patients currently enrolled in research in research-only hospitals called “House of Hope” will continue to receive care during government closures. Patients with additional illnesses who wish to access experimental therapy cannot register except in special circumstances and new studies will not be launched.
Scientists face the prospect of wasting costly laboratory research, as most of the vast campuses of the best medical research institutes in the United States are empty.
Approximately three-quarters of NIH employees will be torn. Those who are still working include hospital staff and staff needed for security and animal care. There are also ripple effects as NIH funds basic research and clinical trials. Universities and other institutions Nationwide – and while existing grants are not affected, agents cannot approve pending applications.
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y. and House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, DN.Y., right, speak with reporters following a meeting with Republican leaders on the government’s funding crisis in Capitol, Washington.
Most core FDA missions continue
Most Food and Drug Administration Core responsibilities continue, including dealing with public health threats, product recalls and managing drug shortages.
Several routine activities, including previously scheduled inspections of the company’s manufacturing plant, will be suspended. However, agencies will continue to conduct inspections if they have reason to suspect issues that could put consumers at risk.
Government activities to ensure the immediate safety of food supplies, including food recalls, investigations and import inspections, will continue. However, long-term food safety efforts, including initiatives aimed at reducing food-borne illnesses, will be suspended.
According to the government’s closure plan, approximately 86% of agency staff will continue to work, as their work is deemed essential or funded by non-federal sources. FDA scientists reviewing drugs, medical devices and tobacco products are mostly or fully funded by company fees, not by federal government.
The State Department plans to furrow in the state while keeping foreign services open
State Department Embassies and consulates overseas remain open, serving American citizens, but hopes to abandon more than half of the US direct employment officers. No permanent layoffs are foreseen.
According to the 71-page plan posted on its website on Monday, the department said that of the 26,995 employed in the country, only 10,344 will be exempt from the defeat of the closure, only staff deemed to be essential. Employees considered “exceptions” by shutdown plans are those who need work to deal with emergencies and national security.
House speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is working with Director of Management and Budget Russell Vert and Vice President J.D. Vance as he addressed media members outside the Westwing of the White House in Washington, Washington on Monday, September 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
“Important” EPA activities continue
Environmental Protection Agency The emergency response plan for possible government shutdowns says that more than 10% of staff will be in place to handle “critical institutional activities” required by law or necessary to protect lives and property.
According to the EPA’s land, buildings, equipment, continuous research, law enforcement, emergency investigations, emergency and disaster assistance protection, according to the EPA. Response work will also continue at specific super fund cleanup sites. In particular, if operations fail to be maintained, it poses an imminent threat to human life, the memo says.
According to the memo, if the shutdown begins on Wednesday, more than 1,700 employees will need to go to work. When Trump began his second term in January, the agency had around 15,000 employees, but fired hundreds of employees and offered voluntary retirement or resignation. Broader efforts by Trump and billionaire Elon Musk Reduce federal workers.
The Trump proposed EPA said 12,856 employees are expected for the budget year that begins Wednesday.
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